Track Info
The Fairbury American Legion Speedway is a 1/4 mile semi-banked dirt oval located in Fairbury, Illinois at the Fairbury fairgrounds. The track is operated by the local American Legion, in a largely volunteer system of neighborhood folks who put their time and effort into trying to provide a top-notch dirt track facility for fans throughout the Midwest. FALS has won UMP's track of the year once in the '90's and most recently in 2006 and 2007.
The tracks weekly divisions consist of the UMP DIRTcar Late Models, the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds, the UMP DIRTcar Sportsman, and the UMP DIRTcar Stock Car (Street Stock) division.
The track will run a number of high profile events including the annual running of one of Illinois' premier nostalgia late model races, the Prairie Dirt Classic, as well as specials in each division throughout the year.
Track Records
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Late Model
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Modified
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Sportsman
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Street Stock |
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Scott Bull
12.215 (8.27.11) |
Lance Dehm
13.465 (5.12.12) |
Jason Unzicker
14.243 (7.11.09) |
Andrew Funk 15.489 (7.25.09) |
Past Winners of the Prairie Dirt Classic
| Year | Winner | Year | Winner | Year | Winner | |||||
| 2012 | Jason Feger | 2004 | Dennis Erb Jr. | 1996 | John Gill | |||||
| 2011 | Eric Smith | 2003 | Don O'Neal | 1995 | Bob Pierce | |||||
| 2010 | Billy Moyer | 2002 | Shannon Babb | 1994 | Bob Pierce | |||||
| 2009 | Jimmy Mars | 2001 | Bob Pierce | 1993 | Billy Moyer | |||||
| 2008 | Billy Moyer | 2000 | Bob Pierce | 1992 | Billy Moyer | |||||
| 2007 | Brian Birkhofer | 1999 | Bob Pierce | 1991 | Kevin Weaver | |||||
| 2006 | Shannon Babb | 1998 | Billy Moyer | 1990 | Snooky Dehm | |||||
| 2005 | Jimmy Mars | 1997 | Billy Drake | |||||||
Past Winners of the Prairie Dirt Shootout |
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| 2012 | Shannon Babb | 2011 | Brian Shirley | 2010 | Brian Shirley | |||||
Past Modified Winners of the Prairie Dirt Classic |
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| 2012 | Jeff Leka | 2008 | Dave Porth | 2004 | Scott Bull | |||||
| 2011 | Nick Allen | 2007 | McKay Wenger | 2003 | Lance Dehm | |||||
| 2010 | Mike Harrison | 2006 | Lance Dehm | 2002 | Tom Kroll | |||||
| 2009 | Dave Porth | 2005 | Chad Kinder | |||||||