The 2009 season is stacking up to be the best yet for the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders. A couple of season highlights include a three-day September weekend of racing in Illinois, and the return of the popular bus trips to a pair of events!

A popular three-day weekend of racing in Illinois was derailed a bit by weather last September, but hopefully, this year’s edition will go clean and green. On Friday, September 11, the sprint car series visits the Morgan County Speedway in Jacksonville for the “Herb Barlow Memorial”. The popular event showcases not only the sprint cars, but the POWRi midget series, making for one of the most popular open-wheel doubleheaders in the country. Josh Schneiderman is the defending champion of the September event in Jacksonville.

The Invaders will then travel north on Saturday to the Spoon River Speedway near Canton, where the extreme high-banked 3/8 mile oval plays host to the “Tom Knowles Memorial”. The popular event is another open-wheel fan’s dream, as the midgets will again piggyback as part of the program. The event has seen a “Who’s Who?” of victors over the years including the late great Kevin Doty, Donnie Beechler, Gary Wright, Jay Drake, Terry McCarl, Steve Knepper, Terry Gray, Dan Boorse and all-time Sprint Invaders feature winner, Jerrod Hull, just to name a few! Last year, it was 17 year old Jordan Goldesberry who claimed his first career win in the event.

Sunday, September 13, Quincy Raceways will play host to the Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders. The series had several races scheduled for the newly configured 3/8 mile facility in 2008, but all were cancelled by weather. The track should make for an entertaining end to the weekend. Ricky Logan and Matt Sutton held wins with the Sprint Invaders at the older version of the racetrack in Quincy.

Bus Trips Return!

The first Sprint Invaders bus trip ever commenced last September. The bus traveled from the Burlington area to Moline, Illinois for a race at the Quad City Raceway. For one small fee, fans were treated to the ride, their ticket, and prizes along the way! The trip was such a success, that two more are planned for 2009!

The first will be on Sunday, June 28, when the Sprint Invaders return to the high-banked ¼ mile Quad City Raceway in Moline. The second will take place in conjunction with the “Tom Knowles Memorial” at the Spoon River Speedway on Saturday, September 12. That trip will also include a stop in Illinois.

For updates and information on the bus trips, and the entire 2009 Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders schedule, check in on www.SprintInvaders.com!