Bob Gardner Racing

05/20/2026

Looking for a crew member to join the Bob Gardner Racing team! If you're passionate about racing and ready to be part of an exciting crew, please send a message to Bob Gardner Racing for more details.

Requirements:
- Knowledge about car setup
- Prior experience necessary
- Availability to work a couple nights a week in the shop and most weekends during the season.

03/30/2026

Check these guys out! Racers helping racers! Plus, they just do things different than most companies which helps the local and regional teams out!

Top 3 reasons local racers get burned on merch:

1.Forced into minimum orders of 100+
2.Buy 150 shirts… stuck with boxes after selling 50
3.Shirts show up when the season is basically over

Race season starts in a week. If this is your plan, you’re already behind.

Top Shelf Designz does it different:

Minimums starting at 15 pieces
Order what you need, when you need it
Roughly 3 week turnaround

No overstock. No guessing. No missed opportunities.

If your merch isn’t dialed in before the first green flag, you’re leaving money on the table. Let’s fix it.

Send us a message and lets get started.

02/17/2026

Coles County Speedway and Fast laps, Open Hearts Foundation, Inc doing great things for an amazing cause. Please go support if you can!

02/16/2026

From one racing family to another……
We’d like to ask all our dirt racing supporters to help support a great foundation created by another dirt racing family. Please like, share and support Fast laps, Open Hearts Foundation, Inc when possible. We look forward to seeing you all at a race track here soon!

Fast Laps, Open Hearts Foundation exists to create opportunity, inclusion, and hope for children with developmental disabilities by turning community passion into meaningful support.

02/11/2026

Would you look at that!! We’ve got a shot at going from the outhouse to the Penthouse! Making the top 50 is an honor but we still have some work to do. Thank you to Race DRT for this opportunity! We should probably let Cody and Emma hear from our BGR fans.

Thanks to all our supporters
CCG Transport
JGR
Illinois Solar Services
Glens’s Autobody
Kirby Risk Electric
VG Performance
Velocita-USA
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products
Stealth Racing Carburetors
Pro Power Racing Engines
Performance Bodies
VP Racing Fuels
Top Shelf Designz
Young Blood Graphix
Longhorn Chassis
Ho**er Harness

Well well well... Would ya look at that!

Once again, it is not easy to narrow down the list. We had well over 500 drivers put their name in the hat and we have it narrowed down to roughly 50 that we are considering.

Of these drivers... Who do you want to see in the Race DRT DREAM seat?!?

www.RaceDRT.com

12/25/2025

🎄🏁 Merry Christmas from the BGR team!
We’re incredibly thankful for our sponsors, fans, crew, friends, and family who support us every step of the way.

Whether you’re at the track, following along online, or helping behind the scenes, you all play a huge role in keeping us racing.

We appreciate every bit of support more than you know. Enjoy the holidays, stay safe, and spend time with those who matter most—we’ll be back at the track before you know it! 🎅🎁🏁

12/09/2025

🔥 Big announcement for the 2026 Road to the Dome at Coles County! 🔥

The event just leveled up again with Rural King and FloRacing both renewing for three more years. This one’s growing, and 2026 is looking massive.

BGR will be keeping a close eye on this one

12/09/2025

Friday night Gateway Dirt Nationals pics.

The results weren’t what we came for, but our Midwest Farm & Land Real Estate backed 4G sure looked good rolling around that place.

We can’t thank Brandon Swartslander with Midwest Farm & Land enough for supporting us at this event this year. Your backing means a lot to our whole program. If you need farm ground, land, or real estate, make sure you give them a call. They’ll take care of you!

And to every single sponsor on this car, we appreciate you more than you know. Thank you for trusting us to represent your brand, your parts, and your work everywhere we unload.


FK Rod Ends
Pro Power Racing Engines
Stealth Racing Carburetors
Longhorn Chassis
Keyser Manufacturing
Allstar Performance
VP Racing Fuels
Dynamic Drivelines
Performance Bodies
Velocita-USA
Dependable Towing & Recovery
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products
Young Blood Graphix
Top Shelf Designs
VGPerformance
SuperEncite
**erHarness

12/07/2025

This week had everything — the highs, the frustrations, and a whole lot of hard racing. Did we enjoy ourselves? Absolutely. Are we leaving wanting more? No doubt about it.

But that’s racing. You take the hits, you learn from them, and you come back hungrier.

A huge thank you to Cody and Emma Sommers for putting on an event that racers dream about being part of. And to everyone who stopped by, grabbed merch, talked racing, or just showed support — we felt it.

The fire for 2026 is already lit.
Gateway Dirt Nationals

12/06/2025

Last night didn’t go quite how we wanted. Got turned toward the fence, nowhere for the other guy to go, and it just wasn’t our night.

Today’s a new day. We made it into a qualifier and we’re rolling out last. They’re only taking the top 2 out of it, The driver’s gonna have to put it all on the line and wheel the damn thing.


Dirtman Photography