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Valley Speedway celebrates class teams and drivers accomplishments for 2016 season. Banquet will be at American Legion Hall in Blue Springs February 4th. Watch for menu selection and auction items. People ordering their tickets on line from our web site will get either a Lucas Oil T Shirt, Lucas Oil Hat, or other Lucas Oil racing products. The dead line to order early tickets and get a gift is January 23rd. Tickets at the door will be $5 higher Doors will open at 5pm dinner will be served at...more

Valley Speedway wrapped up the 2016 race season with a great banquet. Drivers, pit crews, fans, and staff had a great time. The top ten in each class received their award. There was lots of food and great deals on the silent auction items. Thanks to everyone for coming and Valley Speedway is looking forward to a great season in 2017.

Valley Speedway is ready to begin the 2017 racing season with test and tunes March 11,18, and 25. Test and tunes will start at noon and continue until 6. This is a great time to shake down your car prior to racing season and get some seat time. Only 1 car on the track at a time for around 8 laps will give you a chance to work on set up without traffic. We will have Tech here each practice from 12 until 2 to pre tech and weigh cars if needed. Valley Speedway registered cars will be $40 and...more

RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE By Ray Cunningham -- Starting this Tuesday, July 10th at Red Dirt Speedway in Meeker, Oklahoma, and ending July 15th at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Missouri on Sunday night, midget drivers from across the nation will converge on the Heartland for 7 races in six days in USAC and POWRi competition. PHOTO CREDIT: John Lee of High-Fly'n Photos -- http://www.highfly-nphotos.com Five of the races will be under USAC’s National Midget sanction, including the race at...more

RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE By Ray Cunningham (Grain Valley, MO) --Affectionately known as the “Colonel” for his days as an auctioneer, the late John E. Helm will be honored this Saturday night at Valley Speedway when the Allstar POWRi Valley Midgets and the Valley POWRi Sprints take to the Grain Valley Oval for the fourth time together in 2018, along with the B Modifieds, and other classes. Helm, competed at tracks including KC favorites, Riverside, and Olympic Stadium, in the 1950’s and 1960’s, in...more

(Photo by Hale Photography) OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – A transition to three new divisions of racing in 2016 led to impressive results throughout the season for Luke Howard. Though the Overland Park, Kan. youngster couldn’t manage to break through for a victory, he did tally an impressive 36 top-ten finishes in 48 races across midget competition primarily at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., and in micro sprint action at Sweet Springs (Mo.) Motorsports Complex. Howard’s first midget start came...more

Grain Valley, MO (June 10, 2017) - Thirteen year old, Luke Howard picked up his first POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget win Saturday, June 10 at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri. Morgan Frewaldt, Dustin Gilbert, Lee Lengel, and Pat Schudy rounded out the top five. Schudy was the heat race winner for the evening. M.Frewaldt was the Hard Charger. The POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget League will be back in action Saturday, June 17 at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri. POWRi Lucas Oil...more

(Photo by A to Z Photography) OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – As the summer continues to heat up into July, Overland Park, Kan. racer Luke Howard hopes for more of what June brought him on the dirt tracks of west central Missouri. Howard earned the first midget win of his career early in the month, one week after his runner-up finish in his family’s Esslinger-powered Boss Chassis. In addition, the 13-year-old tacked on three top-ten results in four starts in the month of June behind the wheel of a Pace...more

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (September 30, 2017) - Chad Winfrey scored his first POWRi Lucas Oil Allstar Midget League win Saturday night at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri. Two-time champion Pat Schudy was second over, Morgan Frewaldt, Merril Lamb, and Don Dawson II rounded out the top five. Winfrey has been close to a victory all season long with three runner-up finishes already under his belt in 2017 running his first full season in midgets. Point leader Dustin Gilbert bent a valve before...more

RACINBOYS EXCLUSIVE By Ray Cunningham (Grain Valley, MO) -- Dustin Gilbert was crowned the Allstar POWRi Midget Champion for 2017 after the final two races of the season were cancelled in October at Valley Speedway. Gilbert had led the point standings since June, and never relinquished the lead from that point on. The Kansas racer would win his first title in the series over a top five that included Luke Howard, Chad Winfrey, Morgan Frewaldt, and Pat Schudy, PHOTO CREDIT: John Lee of...more