{"id":3508,"date":"2015-05-28T13:49:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T18:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-80speedway.com\/i80\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2017-03-29T13:44:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T19:44:39","slug":"soup-race-coming-friday-june-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/soup-race-coming-friday-june-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Soup Race coming Friday, June 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"CENTER\"><b>14<\/b><sup><b>th<\/b><\/sup><b> Annual Alphabet Soup is June 26<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mark down Friday, June 26 on your calendar. Plan on being at I-80 Speedway. It&#8217;s the 14<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> annual Alphabet soup Race, one of I-80 Speedway&#8217;s longest running events. This year&#8217;s Soup will once again include the Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA), the Cornbelt Clash (CBC) and the MARS DIRTcar Series as they collide at I-80 Speedway. As the three series are racing in the Liberty 50 at the Adams County Speedway the following night and the CBC and MARS will be at the Park Jefferson Speedway on Thursday, June 25 you can anticipate a strong field of Super Late Models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Last year&#8217;s Soup Race was one of only two rainouts at I-80 in 2014. In 2013, \u201cthe Reaper\u201d Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa scored an impressive win at the Soup Race. That earned him a provisional into the Silver Dollar National which he ended up using. He started 34<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> against the best in the national and had the lead by lap 47 only to tangle with a lapped car a short time later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Other drivers expected include; Defending CBS and MLRA Champion Chad Simpson, defending MARS Champion Tony Jackson, Jr., Terry Phillips (a many time winner at I-80), Jesse Stovall, the Eckrich Brothers, Kyle Berck, Tad Pospisil and many more of the best Super Late Model drivers in the Midwest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Also racing on the Soup night will be the Nebraska 360 Sprint Cars and the GOTRA. Pit Gate opens at 4pm, Grandstands at 5:30 pm with racing at 7:15 pm. Grandstand tickets are $20 for Adults, $5 for Juniors (6-12) with 5 and under free as always. Pit passes will be $30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I-80 Speedway is located one block north of Interstate 80 Exit 420, halfway between Omaha and Lincoln. The Physical Address is 13909 &#8211; 238<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Street, Greenwood, NE. For more information, visit <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">www.i-80speedway.com<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ryan-Gustin-close-up-Boyd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3509\" src=\"http:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ryan-Gustin-close-up-Boyd.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Gustin close up (Boyd)\" width=\"3415\" height=\"2277\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> or call (402)-342-3453. Don&#8217;t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14th Annual Alphabet Soup is June 26 Mark down Friday, June 26 on your calendar. Plan on being at I-80 Speedway. It&#8217;s the 14th annual Alphabet soup Race, one of I-80 Speedway&#8217;s longest running events. This year&#8217;s Soup will once again include the Midwest Late Model Racing Association (MLRA), the Cornbelt Clash (CBC) and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14297,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions\/14297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-80speedway.com\/i80\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}