Coming to a town near you - More tracks

More tracks that could appeal to local fans and competitors are in the works.

Besides Keith and Jennifer Adamson's quarter-mile dirt track scheduled to open later this year near Poplar Bluff, Mo., dirt ovals are under construction near Camden, Tenn., and near casino-heavy Tunica, Miss. Both are expected to open by the end of this year with weekly events. Officials with the Tunica facility already are discussing plans for World of Outlaws events for next season and could host sprints each Saturday.

Also to the south, the quarter-mile dirt oval near Atwood, Tenn., is scheduled to open with an event July 4 that will pay $1,000 to win for IMCA-style modifieds and several stock classes. Racing there will be each Saturday, headlined by the modified class.

What happened

Tim Siner led a field of 24 cars to win the MARA midget series event Saturday at SEMO Motor Speedway near Sikeston, Mo. It was the first of two MARA events at the track this season, the other on July 13. Steve Knepper was second.

Joey Montgomery of Fredericktown, Mo., won the MARA midget series event at BelleClair Speedway near Belleville, Ill., on Sunday.

Joey finished eighth and his brother, Tim, was fifth in a sprint event Friday at North Central Arkansas Speedway near Flippin, Ark.

More Montgomery: Tim won Saturday's sprint feature at St. Francis County Raceway near Farmington, Mo. Tim Hill (modifieds), Karl Francis (hobby stocks), and Lance McKinney (600cc multis) also won.

Todd Rowland of Jackson, Mo., won Saturday's sprint feature at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark near Benton, Mo., his first of the year. Chris Hall of Sikeston, Mo., won for the first time this season in modifieds. Cline Myers Jr. of Scott City, Mo., won his eighth straight pure street feature, breaking Keith Brugger's record set in 1997. Garrett Moll and Wesley Short of Scott City topped the cruiser class for their first win.

Alan Rettig of Sikeston won for the fourth time in five weeks in Malden (Mo.) Speedway's late model division Friday. Robert Powers of Campbell, Mo., topped modifieds; Claudie Cook of Portageville, Mo., won in hobby stocks; and Jared Wagster of Portageville led pure streets.

Arkansas' Billy Moyer won the UMP Summernationals late model event at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway near Calvert City on Saturday and leads Scott Bloomquist and Don O'Neal in the chase for the series' $100,000 top prize. James was 10th at KLMS.

Joey Mack of Benton, Mo., leads Dwaine Hottinger in the MARS rookie of the year chase by 62 points after he finished 10th and 11th at late model events in Oklahoma over the weekend.

What's ahead

Malden Speedway will host its first event this season for outlaw-style sprints Friday. Expect a host of ATPR and SFCR regulars. Also racing are modified, hobby, pure street and cruiser classes.

Fredericktown Raceway will take a week off and not race on Friday, July 5.

Ken Schrader's scheduled trip to ATPR for an Aug. 21 event appears definite, according to his Web site. Other nearby visits planned by Schrader: June 29, July 31 and Aug. 7 at I-55 Raceway near Pevely, Mo.; and July 24 at SFCR.

The Summernationals makes regional stops this weekend, starting today at Mt. Vernon (Ill.) Speedway. The tour goes to Paducah (Ky.) Raceway on Friday and to I-55 Raceway on Saturday.