TICKETS FOR THE DEC. 18 LEFFLER MEMORIAL NOW ON SALE!

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Du Quoin, Illinois (November 15, 2021)………Tickets for the 8th running of the Jason Leffler Memorial Presented by Fatheadz Eyewear are now on sale at https://sneed-motorsports-llc.ticketleap.com/jason-leffler-memorial-race/?fbclid=IwAR1iTn3O1okgB20mQBzebu3-lOueySGo9vE4Afa1M3mFjaipcZN3g41G51w.

The event returns to the schedule on Saturday night, December 18, with its debut under the roof of the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin for a USAC Midget non-points special event that will pay $8,000 to win for the 50-lap feature on the 1/5-mile dirt oval.

The thrills of midget racing on a dirt bullring in southern Illinois remain unchanged with the event’s new venue.  The Leffler Memorial has featured seven different winners in its previous seven editions.  Since the dawn of the event in 2013, a new winner has emerged on each and every occasion.

The event honors the life and memory of Leffler, the four-time USAC National driving champion (1997-98-99 Midget & 1998 Silver Crown) who lost his life in a sprint car accident at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Speedway in June of 2013.

A format similar to the Chili Bowl will be utilized with drivers accumulating points based on their advancement and finishing position during the heats and qualifying races, which will seed the feature lineup.

Ten previous USAC-sanctioned midget events have been held at the Southern Illinois Center, including four in recent years during the month of December.  Those wintertime classics were won by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2015), Tyler Courtney (2016), Christopher Bell (2017) and Thomas Meseraull (2018).  Daniel Robinson captured a USAC Midwest Regional Midget victory at SIC on September 1 of this year.