Lakeside Speedway Race Track in Kansas City, Kansas, USA

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Lakeside Speedway races A-Mods, B-Mods, Stock Cars, Pure Stocks, E-Mods, Mod-Lites, and Grand Nationals.

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• Email: lakesidespeedway1955@gmail.com
• Phone: 913-299-9206
• Surface: 4/10 mile semi-banked dirt oval

• 5615 Wolcott Dr
  Kansas City, Kansas, 66109 USA
• lat: 39.194285, lng: -94.8019
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Lakeside Speedway Dirt Track Racing Schedule

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  CHRIS SIMPSON SEEKING A FAST START TO 2024 WITH LUCAS OIL MLRA

  Wheatland, Missouri (March 22, 2024) - Leaving the Lucas Oil Speedway after the season opening MLRA Spring Nationals in 2023, few people probably had Chris Simpson on their radar to be a contender for the series season championship. A guy that had just recorded back-to-back 25th place finishes had put himself into a deep hole, but his remarkable season turn-a-round may be one of the best examples in recent years of a team that had a never give up attitude. It was that perseverance for the Oxford, Iowa driver that led his race team to a runner-up finish in the final championship standings. "We struggled pretty much both nights at Wheatland, which got our hopes down and we weren't sitting very good points wise. Those first two nights just killed us, you know I pulled off not thinking of running the whole series and at the end of the year it bit me pretty hard," commented Simpson. "But to see where we started and where we ended up, obviously we only had the one win and I definitely feel like we left a couple more on the table, but we were right there. I think we added it up the other day and we had like eight second place finishes. And anytime you can look back at a year and see you had that many top fives or that many top twos you know your stuff is pretty good and there isn't a real big reason to go making a lot of changes." The driver of the Hoker Trucking # 32 bounced back in a big way over the next four races by finishing no worse than 5th, while mixing in a pair of runner-up finishes and scoring his 16th career MLRA victory at the Lake Ozark Speedway. It was that string of top five runs that eventually helped lead Simpson into considering a full time run at the MLRA title, something he is not accustomed to doing. "I planned on running all the way to Wheatland and then if we needed a provisional (Show-Me 100) I would have it and that's like three grand to start. At that point we were second in points, and I felt like we had quite a few races left to make up ground on Chad (Simpson), but obviously with the rainouts and stuff like that it just didn't go in our favor," explained the 40-year-old Simpson. For much of his racing career Simpson has preferred to run an outlaw schedule, picking and choosing where to race from week to week. In fact, his last top five points finish prior to 2023 came back in 2014 when he finished 4th in the former Corn Belt Clash series standings. "When you run kind of an outlaw schedule you go and if you do good you do good, if you don't you go home and it's not like you've got to worry about it. Just running for points puts another worry on you, but I think it makes you better too." Juggling a busy sales occupation in the family's business, Five Star Shop Service, and with having three very active children, also adds to the complexity of a series commitment for anyone he explains. "Running the series is hard, and I know it's hard for Chad too. With kids and youth sports, my son is in youth baseball, my youngest daughter is in youth softball, and my oldest daughter is in volleyball. Those are just times you will never get back if you don't go spend time with them and do those things. Hopefully the schedules will work out again this year so we can be at every race, but yet make it to a bunch of the kid's activities as well." Of his sixteen career wins, which dates to Lakeside Speedway in 2009, Simpson has managed to accumulate victories at 11 different MLRA venues over the years. It's that quick to adapt versatility that makes him a regular threat for the win. With another trio of new tracks on this year's MLRA schedule, including a short road trip of 45 minutes to the Cedar County Raceway in Tipton, IA, things appear to be setting up nicely for another possible run to the title. "I think a lot of why I'm able to adapt quickly is a testament to my racing from over the years. Because like back when guys like my brother were following the WDRL or MLRA per say, I kind of branched out instead and went to places like LaSalle, I went to places like Fairbury, IL. I think just me jumping out and racing different tracks has helped me a ton as far as going to a new track and being competitive. Just going to all those different tracks really helps you, so when you do follow a series or go to a new track it's easier to adapt." Since first jumping into the world of late model racing, where he originally shared a ride with brother Chad between their home tracks of Farley Speedway (now 300 Raceway) and West Liberty Raceway, Simpson notes how much the sport of dirt late model racing has evolved. "The technology and just all that we have to do anymore has changed things, and especially the amount of money we have to spend to stay up front. It was there back then just not to this degree, and I try to be real smart about it," he commented of the racers budget. "I really liked it when MLRA had you mark four tires, and you ran the same four tires all night. I think for a team like me and a team like anybody running the MLRA schedule they love that because for one it's a lot less tire work. And for me, the way we grew up racing was on hard tires, so you had to learn to take care of your stuff. I think that's what some of the younger guys don't do is throughout the night they don't take care of their tires, or in a longer race they don't take care of their tires and you can kind of see that at the end of the races with guys like me being more used to it. We just grew up where that's what you had to do, if you were going to finish up front you had to take care of your equipment." While his series leading four second place finishes from a year-a-go, including three to his brother and eventual series champion Chad, might not have been enough to capture the title, he notes that the season did bring back one important element--having fun. "Honestly, for me last season was just fun racing with Chad again. We were at a point where we were super competitive, and we had a few differences between the years with all the different things that come along with racing, but honestly it was fun again. As most people around noticed me and Chad parked with each other wherever we went and that's how it should be, we're brothers. He's been super successful in the MLRA stuff, and I've been successful too, I've just never really stuck it out and ran a full series as long as he has been, but he's been awesome doing it." "It's nice if I'm down crew guys or if he's down crew guys at times, we can help each other and have a few beers or grill out afterwards and just kind of hang out. That part made it fun again for me last year." With a furry of nine nights of racing on the MLRA schedule during the month of April, Chris Simpson will find out quick if 2024 will be the season where he quite possibly puts a championship trophy on his mantle come seasons end. "It's always nice to have the "W's", but obviously when you're running up front you really can't complain. As of right now we are going right out of the gate with our best car, best motors, and going to try and jump in the points lead right away," he concluded. Chris Simpson Racing/Marketing Partners: Hoker Trucking, Randy Davidson Trucking, C&J Trucking, Hot Rod Septic Treatment, HD Equipment, RLM, Capital Signs, IITI, & Factory CS.  For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. **2024 MLRA WINNERS CIRCLE PROGRAM** Once again in 2024 the MLRA will continue it's "Winners Circle Program" by awarding $200 in appearance money to the top (10) in points at each venue with perfect attendance, in addition to purse money earned. For full program details contact Series Director Ernie Leftwich. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA Cedar Creek Beef Jerky "The Official Beef Jerky" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Cedar Creek Beef Jerky, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fast Track Photos, Fox Shocks, Hoosier Race Tires, Hooker Harness, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance, MyRacePass, Outerwears, PEM, Performance Bodies, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Whelen, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. Highway 54, P.O. Box 8, Wheatland, MO 65779 +1 (417) 282-5984

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  NOW'S THE TIME: AARON MARRANT TO CHASE MLRA'S SUNOCO ROOKIE TITLE  

  Wheatland, Missouri (March 11, 2024) - Aaron Marrant will be the first to tell you that the 2023 race season was quite possibly the toughest in his near 20-year racing career. However, with the turn of the calendar the Richmond, Missouri driver is ready to flip the script in 2024, as he and his team embark on their journey to capture the Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA) Rookie Of The Year, presented by Sunoco Race Fuels. Marrant, along with team owners Michael and Misty Meise, have made their fair share of starts with the MLRA series in recent years, but with a transition to a Longhorn chassis and a move to Durham Ford horsepower in the offseason, he feels now is their best opportunity to commit full time to the series' 27 race schedule. "I work a 40-hour a week job, my car owner (Michael) owns a small business and works in that business. So, I mean it's just hard for us to make the whole schedule usually and it seemed like this year the schedule wasn't quite as bad on the midweek races and Thursday, Friday, Saturday shows and all that, so we're going to give it a shot," commented Marrant. The 38-year-old Marrant has been circling the dirt in and around the Kansas City area since 2005, racking up numerous victories and championships along the way in the modified ranks before hooking up with Meise nearly eight years ago. "They had somebody else driving for them and then they had other commitments or whatever, and they just called and asked if I wanted to drive their late model. I was like heck yeah I'll drive it," he recalls of his partnership with Meise. "I drove it a couple of nights at the end of the year I think back in 2015 I believe, and then Mike was like do you wanna do this and run for points at Lucas (Oil Speedway) and ULMA stuff, and again I was like yeah, we can do that."  From the start of their late model ventures the team found early success, with Marrant winning track titles at Lucas Oil Speedway and numerous features at a collection of tracks in the central Missouri area in addition to ULMA (United Late Model Association) championships in 2017 and 2019. The 2020 season brought the driver of the Burlington Auto Repair entry his first real taste of super late model racing, as they ventured into the open motor world for the first time. Proving he knew his way around the Lucas Oil Speedway, Marrant collected his first ever "Fast Time Award" with the Lucas Oil MLRA that season at the Ron Jenkins Memorial, before going on to record a fifth place finish that night. Now, after four years of part time racing with the MLRA, he is confident they have the equipment and some experience to compete full time for rookie honors, while also knowing how challenging the task at hand will be. "We were really successful in ULMA and we even raced our ULMA car with the MLRA a couple times and run top ten and run decent. But I'm here to tell you there is a big difference in chassis going from 650 horsepower to 900 horsepower. Experience goes out the window, when you drive a 900-horsepower race car there's nothing that's going to prepare you for that."  Marrant is hopeful the team can get in a couple of nights of racing on the new package in mid-March at Arrowhead Speedway and Springfield Raceway before the MLRA opener on April 5th - 6th at the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL. "2023 was a huge struggle," he noted. "I started racing cars in 2005 and last year was by far the worst year of racing I've ever had. I mean we struggled, and it didn't matter what we did, it didn't help. That's why it prompted the whole change of the entire program-- motor, car, everything." With the plans on running the full MLRA schedule, Marrant also explains how important seat time will be when it comes to contending for top fives and victories. "Our struggles from last year were kind of part of the decision on trying to run the whole schedule. We need to race more, and I mean we're so far behind on experience and it's hard to gain experience when your racing 22 times a year and everybody you're racing against is racing 45 or 50 nights. We really don't have a comfort, so the new car is not going to be that different for us. We're just hoping that we can get out there and race more, because you're not going to get experience from just staying home." "These cars have got so advanced and it's really hard on the super late model level to keep up with everything that's going on without an engineer or a crew chief or someone you know that's just in it all the time. I mean me and Michael, we just come home on Saturday night, he washes the car on Sunday and we go back to work on Monday and that makes it really hard for us. We just gotta race more, we need laps, so that's what were going to try to do this year with planning on running the whole schedule." In 2023 Marrant competed in only 12 MLRA events and logged just one top ten, that being an 8th place at the Moberly Motorsports Park in Moberly, MO. His best season came just one year prior when he logged a pair of MLRA top five runs including a 3rd place podium run in his back yard at the Lakeside Speedway. It's tracks like Lakeside and Lucas Oil Speedway that have him excited to get this seasons MLRA schedule underway. "It's a big help going to a track you're familiar with, because when you're traveling, you're trying to learn the car, trying to learn the set-up, and then you throw on top of it a new track that I've never been to, or I've been to once. I mean yeah, that makes it hard. It makes a huge difference when I'm already comfortable at the track that were going to and I already know the track. That makes it easier on us to just focus on learning the car and set-up and keeping up with the track, and I'm not having to learn the track as we go."  With the 2023 season of struggles now behind them, Marrant is optimistic he can get the team back to their winning ways once again. "I mean its crazy to even say after last year, but we've had multiple top fives and a quick time, so I know we're capable of doing it if we can just put it all together. This year we're really trying to get it in victory lane and that's saying a lot, but I mean I don't see why we couldn't do it if we get the new car and motor figured out. And like I said, racing more isn't going to do anything but help us get faster." Aaron Marrant Racing/Marketing Partners: Burlington Auto Repair, Summit Heating & Cooling, Rickets Meise Properties, Mainstreet Auto Body, Mark & Doni Conarroe, Bob Morton Enterprises, AT Transportation.  Car Owners: Michael and Misty Meise  Special Thanks: Kurt Swenson & Scott "Big Riggs" Young For all of the latest news and information, including the full 2024 schedule, fans are encouraged to visit the series website at www.MLRARacing.com. **2024 MLRA WINNERS CIRCLE PROGRAM** Once again in 2024 the MLRA will continue it's "Winners Circle Program" by awarding $200 in appearance money to the top (10) in points at each venue with perfect attendance, in addition to purse money earned. For full program details contact Series Director Ernie Leftwich. For all of the latest news and information fans are encouraged to visit the series website: Explore MLRARACING.COM Hit the Road the the Lucas Oil MLRA and stay up to date via our Social Media Accounts: Facebook X Instagram CONTACT: Ernie Leftwich Lucas Oil MLRA Series Director Mobile: (417) 309-3509 Email Ernie Leftwich 2024 Official Lucas Oil MLRA Marketing Partners Arizona Sport Shirts "The Official Merchandise Provider" of Lucas Oil MLRA Cedar Creek Beef Jerky "The Official Beef Jerky" of Lucas Oil MLRA General Tire "The Official Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Hoosier Race Tires "The Official Race Tire" of Lucas Oil MLRA Lucas Oil Products "The Official Oil" of Lucas Oil MLRA MAVTV Motorsports Network "The Official Television Network" of Lucas Oil MLRA MyRacePass "The Official Timing System" of Lucas Oil MLRA Rugged Radios "The Official Radio" of Lucas Oil MLRA Sunoco Race Fuels "The Official Fuel" of Lucas Oil MLRA 2024 MLRA Supporters Include: Arizona Sport Shirts, Behrents Performance Warehouse, Cedar Creek Beef Jerky, Dirt Car Lift, Earnhardt Technologies, Fast Shafts, Fast Track Photos, Fox Shocks, Hoosier Race Tires, Hooker Harness, Lucas Cattle Co., MD3, Midwest Sheet Metal, MSD Performance, MyRacePass, Outerwears, PEM, Performance Bodies, Protect The Harvest, Rugged Radios, Strange Oval, Sunoco Race Fuels, Swift Springs, Whelen, Xceldyne Lucas Oil MLRA 700 E. Highway 54, P.O. Box 8, Wheatland, MO 65779 +1 (417) 282-5984

Lakeside Speedway Nearby Dirt Tracks

Distance information is direct (as the crow flies) - driving distance will differ due to road routes and things like lakes or mountains.

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  Valley Speedway Race Track35 miles away - Grain Valley, Missouri, USA
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  US 36 Raceway Race Track46 miles away - Osborn, Missouri, USA
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  I70 Speedway Race Track51 miles away - Odessa, Missouri, USA
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  I35 Speedway Race Track60 miles away - Winston, Missouri, USA
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  Central Missouri Speedway Race Track62 miles away - Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
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  Electric City Speedway Race Track66 miles away - Butler, Missouri, USA
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  Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex Race Track75 miles away - Sweet Springs, Missouri, USA
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  Bethany Speedway Race Track83 miles away - Bethany, Missouri, USA
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  Missouri State Fair Speedway Race Track89 miles away - Sedalia, Missouri, USA
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  Nevada Speedway Race Track97 miles away - Nevada, Missouri, USA
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  Humboldt Speedway Race Track100 miles away - Humboldt, Kansas, USA

Lakeside Speedway Dirt Track Racing Organizations

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  ASCS - American Sprint Car Series Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  POWRi - Performance Open Wheel Racing Inc Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  SLMR - Super Late Model Racing Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  USAC - United States Auto Club Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  USMTS - United States Modified Touring Series Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  USRA - United States Racing Association Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  WoO - World of Outlaws Dirt Track Racing Organization