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Wow, is it great to finally see the sun. The race track on Wednesday night, was already starting to dry on the high side of the track. With a nice breeze today, the crew should have the track in shape in a short time tonight. Special "Thank You" to Sturdevant's Auto Parts for sponsoring the races this Friday night. They will be having several special Lucky Programs prizes, (Wizard's Car Care Kit, valued at $50) plus other items to give away. The Late Model Touring Series will be racing this...more

After being rained out last week, mother nature finally cooperated and we were able to race this past Friday night. In addition to the regular classes, the late model street stocks were also making their first appearance on the year. With 83 cars checked in and nice calm night, each race was set to be full of action. S&S Electric MCRA Pickups First out on the track were the MCRA Pickups. 7 trucks made the call to the feature race with Matt Odom leading the field to take the green flag. When...more

It was a warm Friday night as racing action returned to the Murray County Speedway. The races this week were sponsored by Marthaler Chevrolet, Ford & Dodge of Worthington. With all of our regular classes present and a nice car count, the night would be action packed. S&S Electric MCRA Pickups The MCRA pickups started out the night. 7 trucks made the call to the 8 lap feature. Jon Joehnck led the field to the green flag. Very early on in the race, contact resulted in Dan Jensen rolling multiple...more

Racing Action for June 9th from the Murray County Speedway Racing action returned on a very windy Friday night at the Murray County Speedway. All of the normal classes were in attendance and the races were sponsored by Van't Hof Milk Hauling. With a good car count, the night looked to be action packed. S&S Electric MCRA Pickups The first feature race to take the track were the pickups. 5 trucks made the call for the 8 lap feature. TJ Gertsema led the field to the green flag. As the race...more

Racing action returned on a cloudy Friday evening at the Murray County Speedway. With other tracks being rained out, more cars meant more action for race fans. The races were sponsored by Pizza Ranch of Slayton & Midwest Supply of Slayton. S&S Electric MCRA Pickups The MCRA Pickups started off the features. 7 trucks made the call for the 8 lap feature. Craig Gertsema led the field to the green flag. When the green flag dropped it was Matt Odom who jumped out to the race lead. Jordan Rolling...more

Racing action returned to the Murray County Speedway on a cloudy and windy Friday evening. Racing action featured all of the usual classes and the races were sponsored by Avoca Spray & Rowdy's Repair of Slayton. S&S Electric MCRA Pickups First up on the night were the MCRA pickups. 6 trucks made the call for the 8 lap feature. Keith Gertsema led the field to the green. On the start, Gertsema took the early lead. Jordan Rolling quickly stormed his way to the front and overtook Gertsema for the...more

Racing action returned to the Murray Speedway on a warm Friday evening. It was “Salute to Ag” night and with that meant free admission into the grandstands. Along with the usual classes, the SWMN Hotrods joined us this week. S&S Electric MCRA Pickups First to take the track were the pickups. Dan Jensen led the field to the green flag. On the start, Matt Odom jumped out to the early lead. Jordan Rolling got to second and quickly challenged for the lead. Problems for Jon Joehnck caused him to...more

Swede Anderson Has devoted his life to fixing cars and building race cars! He started building go-karts with whatever spare pieces and parts he could get his hands on back when he was just a kid in the 50s. He built his first race car in the mid-1960s and has been building them ever since. Swede has never been interested in driving the cars, just building ‘em! Swede is from Worthington, Minnesota where he owned and managed Anderson Alignment with his son, Charles. These guys spent many hours...more

The second part of the announcement for Friday night July 14th, in honor of our Hall of Fame Class, will be the Swede Anderson Shoot-Out for the RH Sealcoating Modifieds. First place winners check will be $1,000. This event will be a draw - redraw. To honor Swede, the track will also be have a Fan Donation Prize Envelopes for 2nd to 20th place. How this works is, there will be an envelope for each place in the modified feature. When the fan enters into the grandstand area, the fan can choose...more

A exciting night of racing at the Murray County Speedway is only a few days away. The speedway will be honoring our military services this evening, admission price will be $7, when showing your military card. Sponsoring races this week is Rob-See-Co Seeds, looking forward to working with our sponsor for the first time. Next, the 2017 Hall of Fame induction of Swede Anderson, Scott Kleve, Jackie Linder, Dan Ross, Dave Ross, Brian Postma, Dottie Muecke. There will be many memories from the past,...more