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Hours

Friday: Gates open at 5pm
Racing starts at 6pm (All season)

Saturday: Gates open at noon
Racing at 2pm (All season)

Sunday: Gates open at 9am
Racing at 11am (All season)

2026 Race Season Schedule

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Date

Event

Special Info

Pts

Sat, Mar 21

NHRA Chassis Certification & Extended Technical Inspection (ETI)No Racing 

Sat, Mar 21

Track Clean Up (Volunteer Day)

No Racing 

Sun, Mar 22

NHRA Chassis Certification & Extended Technical Inspection (ETI)
(DAY 2 IF NEEDED)

No Racing 

Sat, Mar 28

Test-n-Tune & ETI
Front Gate Fee: $10 Per Person & Test-n-Tune Fee: $30 per Driver

Gates Open Noon
Time Runs 1 - 5 pm

 

Sat, Apr 4

Test-n-Tune & ETI
Front Gate Fee: $10 Per Person & Test-n-Tune Fee: $30 per Driver

Gates Open Noon
Time Runs 1 - 5 pm

 

Sat, Apr 11

Gamblers & Test-n-Tune

$1500 to Win

Gates Open: 10 am
Time Runs: Noon

Gamblers: 3 pm

 

Fri, Apr 17

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

First Friday Fun Night
Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Apr 18

ET #1, Quick 8 #1 (Q8) & Novice Street (NS)

Guaranteed Payouts Start
Track & Bracket Finals Points Start

Gates Open Noon
Time Runs 2 pm

Pts

Fri, Apr 24

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Apr 25

ET #2, Outlaw Index Battle, Bikes #1, Jr. Dragster #1 (Jr's) & NS

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Jr's Sponsored by: Coles County Dragway USA

 

Pts

Sun, Apr 26

ET #3, Q8 #2, Jr's #2, Novice Street (NS), & TnT


Jr's Sponsored by:

 

 

Pts

Fri, May 1

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & TnT

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, May 2

ET #4, Bikes #2, Jr's #3, NS & TnT

Jr's Sponsored by:

 

Pts

Sun, May 3

ET #5,  Jr's #4, High School (HS), NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, May 8

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, May 9

ET #6, Q8 #3, Bikes #3, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, May 15

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, May 16

ET #7, Outlaw Index Battle #2, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, May 22

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, May 23

NHRA Speed for All Series

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Fri, May 29

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, May 30

ET #8, Q8 #4, Bikes #4, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, Jun 5

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee) 

 

Sat, Jun 6

Mack Unfinished Business Index
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Illinois Outlaw Gassers, Box / No-Box, Jr's (No Points) & NS

$500 to Win Jr's

GATES OPEN AT 2 PM
TIME RUN ONLY AT 4 PM

 

Sun, Jun 7

ET #9, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, Jun 12

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Jun 13

ET #10, Outlaw Index Battle #3, Bikes #5, Jr's #5, NS & TnT

Jr's Sponsored by: 

 

Pts

Fri, Jun 19

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Jun 20

Hoosier No-Prep 

Heads Up Pro Tree

 

 

Sun, Jun 21

ET #11, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, Jun 26

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Jun 27

ET #12, Q8 #5, Bikes #6, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, Jul 3

Easton Memorial Gamblers

$1500 to Win

Easton Family Memorial Friday Warm-Up 

 Sat, Jul 4

Easton Memorial
Box/No-Box, Jr's & NS

$4K to Win Combo & $500 to Win Jr's 

GATES OPEN AT 11 AM
TIME RUN ONLY AT 1 PM

 

 Sun, Jul 5

Easton Memorial
Box/No-Box, Jr's & NS

$2K to Win Combo, $500 to Win Sportsman & $324 to Win Jr's

 

 

Fri, Jul 10

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Jul 11

TBA
Box/No-Box, Jr's #6, NS & TnT

 

Jr's Sponsored by:

GATES OPEN AT 2 PM
1 TIME RUN ONLY AT 4 PM

Jr's
Pts

Sun, Jul 12

ET #13, Q8 #6, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, Jul 17

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Jul 18

ET #14, Outlaw Index Battle #4, Bikes #7, NS & TnT

 

Pts

Fri, Jul 24

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Jul 25

Heads Up Cash Days

Grudge TnT, Gamblers Box / No-Box Combo, Small Tire & NS

 

Prepped Track

 

Fri, Jul 31

Nick Agresta Memorial Weekend Gamblers

 

 

Sat, Aug 1

Nick Agresta Box / No-Box 

GATES OPEN AT 9 AM
TIME RUNS ONLY AT 11 AM

 

Sun, Aug 2

Nick Agresta Box / No-Box

GATES OPEN AT 9 AM
TIME RUNS ONLY AT 11 AM

 

Fri, Aug 7

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Aug 8

Terry & Tie Luechtefeld Memorial
Box / No-Box Winner

Box / No-Box, Footbrake, Jr's #7 & NS

 

Jr's Sponsored by:

GATES OPEN AT 2 PM
1 TIME RUN ONLY AT 4 PM

 

Jr's
Pts

Fri, Aug 14

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Aug 15

ET #15, Outlaw Index Battle #5, Jr's #8, NS & TnT

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S/P, Pro & Sportsman

Jr's Sponsored by: 

75th Anniversary Challenge
Wally Race

Pts

Sun, Aug 16

ET #16, Bikes #8, Jr's #9 NS & TnT

Jr's Sponsored by:

Bracket Finals Points End

Pts

Fri, Aug 21

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune
Nostalgia Gassers Racing Association Exhibtion

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Aug 22

Nostalgia Gassers Racing Association Exhibtion
Box/No-Box

 

 

Fri, Aug 28

Hooper Memorial Weekend Gamblers

 

 

Sat, Aug 29

Box/No-Box, Jr's (No Points) 

 

 

Sun, Aug 30

Box/No-Box, Jr's (No Points) 

 

 

Sep 4-7

CLOSED

Labor Day Weekend
US Nationals		 

Sep 9-13

CLOSED

NHRA Division 3 Bracket Finals
(Wednesday-Sunday)		 

Fri, Sep 18

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Sep 19

Box/No-Box Combo, Outlaw Index Battle #6, NS & TnT

$3K to Win Combo

  

Sun, Sep 20

ET #17, Q8 #7, NS & TnT

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King of the Track
Wally Race

Pts

Fri, Sep 25

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

 Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Sep 26

ET #18, Q8 #8, Jr's #10, Bikes #9, NS & TnT

JRDL Challenge Wally Race
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Jr's Sponsored by:

Jr. Wally Weekend

Pts

Sun, Sep 27

ET #19, Jr's #11, NS & TnT

JRDL Challenge Wally Race
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Jr's Sponsored by:

Jr. Wally Weekend

Pts

Fri, Oct 2

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

 Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Oct 3

ET #20, Bikes #10, NS & TnT

Final Summit ET Points Race

Pts

Fri, Oct 9

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

 Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Oct 10

TBA
Box / No-Box, NS & TnT

 

 

Fri, Oct 16

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

 Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Oct 17

Box / No-Box, Jr's #12, NS & TnT

Jr's Sponsored by:

Final Jr. Dragster Points Race

Pts

Fri, Oct 23

Paap Printing Prep Track Friday Fun Night & Test-n-Tune

Final Friday Fun Night of 2026

 Prepped Track
($10 Gate Fee & $25 TnT Fee)

 

Sat, Oct 24

Grudge TnT, Gamblers Box, No-Box & NS

$1500 to Win Combo

Final Event for 2026

 

 

CLOSED FOR THE SEASON

 

 

 

 

 

Legend

ET = S/P, Pro and SPT

Outlaw Index - Heads up

TnT = Test-n-Tune Prepped Track

ETI = Extended Technical Inspection

Jr's = Jr. Dragster

JS = Jr. Street Fighter

S/P = Super Pro

PRO = Pro

SPT = Sportsman

 

BOX = Box

NBP = No-Box Pro

FB = Footbrake

OI - Outlaw Index

 

Colors

Blue = Special Events

Red = Track Closed

Yellow = Gamblers

Green = ET and Heads Up Points