Midwest Racing Association

06/17/2026

🚨 Sponsor Spotlight 🚨

With this week being a Valley Speedway double-header week, there's one company that comes to mind for the Sponsor Spotlight. That company is Lies Trash Service!

Lies (pronounced Lee's) is a massive supporter of racing in the Kansas City area particularly at Valley Speedway.

Lies Trash Service is a Blue Springs, MO owned and operated family business that offers residential and commercial trash hauling services. They strive to offer affordable and reliable services with convenient options for their customers. They champion small business and hope to be an asset to their community.

Lies Trash Service is sponsoring ALL 6 of our Valley Speedway events. Thank you David Lies and Lies Trash Service!

06/17/2026

🔥 CALLING ALL RACE TEAMS! 🔥

After the racing action wraps up on Friday night, we're inviting teams to stick around and be part of a special fan experience at Valley Speedway!

🏁 Display your race car on the front straightaway ✍️ Meet the fans 📸 Take photos 🧢 Sign autographs 🔥 Hang out around the bonfire in the infield

This is a great opportunity to connect with the fans who support our sport and help create an unforgettable atmosphere after the races.
Drivers, crew members, and race teams from all classes are welcome to participate. Let's fill the front straight with race cars and make it a night to remember!

If your team is interested in displaying a car, comment below or send us a message.

🏁 Valley Speedway 📅 Friday Night After the Races 🔥

Bonfire • Fan Meet & Greet • Autographs • Photos

Let's show the fans what grassroots racing is all about!

06/17/2026

06/16/2026

ATTENTION DRIVERS AND TEAMS:

Mufflers are required at all Valley Speedway events including this Friday and Saturday.

06/15/2026

Night ✌️ is for the dads!

This Saturday, June 20th, Valley Speedway will see its 2nd night of Non-Winged action in a row as we celebrate Father’s Day with a good ol’ fashioned, traditional Sprint Car race.

Spectator gates open: 5pm
Hot Laps: 5:30pm
Racing: 6pm

06/14/2026

Two Times The Fun For The MRA At Valley This Friday And Saturday Night!

By Ray Cunningham

Grain Valley, Mo: This Friday Night, June 19th, and Saturday, June 20th, The Wholesale Batteries Inc. USAC MRA Sprint Series returns to action with “Two Times The Fun” racing at Valley Speedway on consecutive nights!

Under Friday Night Lights June 19th, the MRA will run, along with The Midwest Lightning Sprints, and Mod Lites in The Salute To Service Showdown honoring our Veterans courtesy of Lies Trash Service, and Rod End Supply.

While the next night, June 20th, the MRA returns to the Valley for another full night of racing with the Fathers Day Dirt Classic, also featuring the regular Saturday night classes.

Recap of 2026 So Far:
Unfortunately, the inaugural season of the MRA sprint series has included two rainouts. However, in the three programs that have been
run the racing has been spectacular, with two of the three features being decided with near photo finish results!

Last Time Out:
On May 23rd the MRA sprint cars raced at Valley Speedway for the first time this season in front of a packed house of fans, and a juiced up track at Dennis Shrouts palace of speed.
21 cars lined up for the 25 lap feature, and put on a show that featured side by side racing throughout the field, with Nixa, Mo. driver Wesley Smith passing the “Jack of All Trades” Jack Wagner of Lone Jack, Mo. with one lap to go for a narrow win aboard his Wesley Smith Racing 44, besting Wagner driving the Jesse Hockett Racing/Wagner Boys Racing 77, with Tom Curran running third in the TCR 11x for his first podium in MRA competition.

Point Standings is Tight, Tight, Tight:
Racing for the Ultimate prize, 10,000 dollars going to the winner of the first ever MRA Championship in 2026 courtesy of Wholesale Batteries Inc. Jack Wagner with one win, two podiums, and three top fives leads fellow Lone Jack racer Braydon Cromwell, two podiums, and three top fives by 3 points! With Nesbit, Mississippi’s Chase Howard in third place just 17 points back, Topeka, Kansas, wheelman, Wyatt Burks in fourth 19 points behind, and Parkville, Missouri, gasser, Justin Johnson in fifth, 43 points behind the leader of the pack Wagner.

Join us this weekend Friday Night, June 19th, for The Salute to Service showdown, and Saturday Night, June 20th, for the Fathers Day Dirt Classic at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Missouri, For Two Times The Fun with the MRA Sprint Car Series! Photos Courtesy of John Lee High Fly’N Photos

Wholesale Batteries, Inc.
USAC Racing
Midwest Lightning Sprints
Valley Speedway
John Lee
High Fly'N Photos www.highfly-nphotos.com
Dennis Shrout
Heroes Among Us Midwest
Salute To Service Showdown - USAC MRA Sprint Car Series + Midwest Lightning Sprints Valley Speedway

06/14/2026

This Friday…we salute our veterans!

This Friday, June 19th, Valley Speedway plays host to the 4th points race of the Wholesale Batteries, Inc. USAC MRA Sprint Car Series season. This event will be known as the “Salute To Service Showdown”.

Thanks to so many incredible lap sponsors, we’ll be donating $1250 to Heroes Among Us Midwest.

Heroes Among Us will also be in attendance and ready to give you more information and/or collect donations if you’re able.

Spectator gates open: 6pm
Hot Laps: 6:30pm
Racing: 7pm

06/13/2026

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06/12/2026

The invasion has been called off 🫤

Due to a high likelihood of showers tomorrow evening, we’re forced to call off the I-35 Invasion. We’re disappointed to have 40% of our points races, up to this point, rained out but we look forward to getting 2 nights of racing in next weekend at Valley Speedway.

06/11/2026

Plan Tight, Hang Loose

I-35 Speedway is scheduled to race on Saturday, June 13, 2026, featuring the Schaeffer's Racing Oil, Triple Cross Trucking, Kingdom Truss, and CR Seeds and Service MRA Sprint Car Series along with the regular weekly show. However, forecasters are predicting unsettled weather for the third straight Saturday, so we will not know until race day how conditions may affect the event. At this time, Saturday, June 13, remains our preferred date for racing this weekend.

If racing is canceled on Saturday, June 13, the backup plan is to race on Sunday, June 14, 2026, weather and track conditions permitting. Sunday’s event would be a regular weekly show featuring all USRA classes, E Mods, and Beginner Tuners. The MRA Sprint Car Series will not be included in the contingency plan. If racing moves to Sunday, hot laps will begin at 4:00 P.M., racing will start at 4:30 P.M., and the pit gates and grandstands will open two hours before race time. Regular weekly admission prices would apply: $15 for grandstand seating and $12 for seniors and military.