The Mitch Miller Memorial will take place Labor Day weekend at the Belleville High Banks Saturday, September 2nd, and Sunday, September 3rd, for two big nights of racing featuring the RMMRA Midgets, Hobby Stocks, and Cruisers.
This double header will honor the racing legacy of Robert “Mitch” Miller (1936-2022) who passed away last November at age 86. Miller spent […]
The first feature of the Monday night program came down to an old fashioned Kansas/Nebraska showdown on the Short Track. Steve Swarthout of Beatrice, Nebraska held the lead as the 18-car field clicked off the laps. Fairbury’s Lee Horky and Belleville’s Tyler Frye caught the leader with four laps left and shuffled Swarthout back to third-place on Lap 17
Four heat races and a redraw, for those who finished in the topthree spots in their heat races, placed 11 Time IMCA Stock Car National Champion Mike Nichols on the pole for the 50-lap grind. The Harlan, Iowa racer grabbed the lead at the outset and fended off challenges from Jamestown’s Austin Carter, Norfolk, Nebraska’s TeJay Mielke, and home towner Tyler Frye. Working high and low in the tight corners, Frye fought past those two cars as Nichols drove away from the field over the first sixteen circuits.
Monday night’s Pre-Fourth celebration on the High Banks had the bang and the bucks shared with racers and fans in Belleville. In customary fashion, the bomb blast during our Nation’s Anthem raised the blood pressure of everyone in Belleville
The inaugural Belleville Dirt Nationals at the Belleville High Banks event date will move to June 9-14, 2022. The adjusted schedule will set up a rare Monday-Tuesday mega-show for Super Late Models on June 13-14. The Super Late Model features will retain their respective $25,000-to-win (Friday) and $50,000-to-win (Saturday) payouts.
“The World’s Fastest Half-Mile Dirt Track,” will host seven days and nights of racing culminating with $25,000-to-win Friday and $50,000-to-win Saturday night Super Late Model shows. This will be the first time since 2008 that Super Late Models have raced at the legendary half-mile facility.
BELLEVILLE, Kansas (July 5, 2021) – The Drive to Zero POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series took to action atop the famed ½-mile of Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Independence Day. Twenty-two cars were in attendance for Sunday’s event, but it was Lincoln, Nebraska’s Jason Martin taking home the $1,000 pay day. [Read More]
by John Rittenoure – TULSA, Okla. (June 7, 2021) – Late model stock cars will converge on the famed Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Saturday for the Kansas-Sooner Klash.
It will be the first visit to the 23-degree banked Belleville half-mile for the Complete Well Testing Sooner Late Model Series……
The High Banks Hall of Fame & National Midget Auto Racing Museum is proud to announce our 2021 class that will be inducted on Thursday, August 5th, 2021.
Joining this prestigious group will also be the 2020 High Banks HOF Class whose original ceremony was postponed from last year due to health concerns with Covid 19.
The 2021 Class of 5 will include midget racing greats Keith Rauch….[Read More]
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Belleville, Kansas – July 4, 2019 – Jake Bubak from Aurora, Colorado took the lead at the start and never looked back to claim the Lucas Oil POWRi United Rebel Sprint Series presented by Mel Hambelton Ford Racing special Independence Day, Thursday night edition of racing atop the famed Belleville High Banks Speedway in Belleville, Kansas.
J.D. Johnson from Wichita and Bubak started on the front row for the twenty-lap feature with Bubak quickly taking the lead as the green flag fell. Johnson, Ty Williams, Jake Martens and Zach Blurton were the top five after the first lap was complete.
Williams and Martens would pass Johnson for second and third, respectively, on lap two as Bubak set sail on the rest of the field. Bubak, aboard the Jeff Stefonick owned #11 sprint based out of Colorado, would cruise the distance to claim his series-leading fourth feature victory of the season. His victory was worth $1000.
Williams would finish a strong second while Martens came home third. Eighth-starting Blurton finished fourth while Tyler Drueke rounded out the top five.
Kaleb Johnson earned the features Keizer Wheels Hard Charger award as he started twenty-second and came home with a eleventh-place finish.
The three heat races for the twenty-three-car field were won by J.D. Johnson, Martens and Huish.
The URSS touring regulars will take Friday night off before making their lone 2019 appearance at Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas for another $1000 to-win event on Saturday night.
United Rebel Sprint Series
Belleville High Banks/Belleville, Kansas
July 4, 2019
23 Cars
A Feature: 1) Jake Bubak (2), 2) Ty Williams (3), 3) Jake Martens (4), 4) Zach Blurton (8), 5) Tyler Drueke (13), 6) Jeremy Huish (6), 7) Toby Chapman (10), Chad Koch (7), 9) Stuart Snyder (14), 10) Trey Gropp (20), 11) Kaleb Johnson (22), 12) Jack Potter (9), 13) Mike Moore (15), 14) Kyler Johnson (r) (5), 15)Tracey Hill (17), 16) Shane Sundquist (12), 17) Monty Ferriera (11), 18) Brett Becker (23), 19) Ken Potter (16), 20) Aaron Ploussard (19), 21) Dalton Webb (r) (21), 22) J D Johnson (1), 23) John Webster (18)
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