Donny Walden Racing

We have elected to skip tonight's MARS Racing Series race at Peoria Speedway. We will kick off our weekly racing season next weekend at Farmer City and Fairbury Speedway. Photo Credit: 82 Imagery

Well, mother nature wins again..

Tonight’s races have been rained out! We will try next week to get the 2024 Points chase underway. See you all next week! 👋

𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙀𝘿 𝙊𝙐𝙏: After careful consideration, we will unfortunately have to cancel tonight’s race. The cold, wet conditions have left the track, less than ideal for a races. Please know, we do not make these types of decisions lightly. Thank you all for your continued support. See you all next Friday night for !!

We kick off our 2024 season tonight, as this marks the start of our 22nd year in Super Late Model competition! Our Walden Automotive-backed MB Customs Race Car powered by Rhyne Engines takes to the track Farmer City Raceway!

Both tonight and tomorrow's World of Outlaws Late Model Series-sanctioned Illini 100 event is shaping up to be a stellar field of cars.

Can't be there? You can catch every lap LIVE this weekend on DIRTVision 🏁

The guys have been hard at it, and the 1w is coming back out of the barn and going to kick off the 24’ season this weekend at the Farmer City Raceway for the Illini 100 for the first time in….let’s just say a while!! Stay stunned for pictures of this years ride!

20 cars on hand tonight at Farmer City for JR Kimler Memorial Special. We timed in 4th quick and was running 2nd in heat race but retired early with mechanical issues and wasn’t able to make it back out for the feature. Congrats to Frank Heckenast Jr on the feature win.

We will be back in action at Farmer City Raceway tonight!

Donny and the team raced over in Fairbury this evening. The 1w was 2nd quick in time trials (12.88) and ran a strong 2nd in our heat race, and ended up 7th in the feature event among the 20 starters. Congrats to Florida’s Kyle Bronson on the feature win. Our next race will be Friday July 21st at Farmer City!

This past weekend was a tough one as Friday's evening was cut short after heavy contact with the turn 3 wall in qualifying thus ending our night. Saturday, Donny timed in 7th quickest amongst the 28 cars on hand at Fairbury. After starting on the pole in heat #1, the air cleaner stud snapped off while leading thus forcing us to run an LCQ. After starting 10th, Donny advanced up to finished 2nd earning him a 17th starting spot for the $5000 to win event. Unfortunately, during the LCQ we had contact with another car and suffered damage to the right front. With not much turnaround time for the feature, Donny struggled placing 13th. Congrats to Frank Heckenast Jr. on the win over Dennis Erb Jr. We will get re-grouped and be back next weekend! Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Mother Nature Sweeps the Weekend Across the Midwest... Our next race will be Friday July 7th at Farmer City for 10k to win Summer Nationals race, and Saturday July 8th at Fairbury Speedway for a 5k to win special!

Fairbury Speedway Rained Out for Saturday July 1st.

Heavy morning rains, saturated grounds, and forecasted rain for tonight has forced Fairbury Speedway officials to cancel tonight’s FALS Cup races at the Fairbury Speedway for July 1st. Fireworks, which was originally schedule for today, will be postponed and re-scheduled for Friday night of the Prairie Dirt Classic, July 28th. First Responder night scheduled for tonight has been moved to Saturday July 15th.

With the rainout, the FALS Cup weekly championship will pick back up next week Saturday July 8th for a special FALS Cup FloRacing night including $5,000 to win Bob Harty Memorial Late Model Special, $2,000 to win Modifieds plus the annual $1,000 to win Eden-Piercy Memorial Sportsman Special, along with Street Stocks and Hobby Mods.

Full championship points and Top Shop Series points will be awarded next Saturday July 8th in all divisions.

Along with a very tight championship points battle, the new Top Shop Series will continue its season long points battle which will give away a race shop make-over of over $6,000 in supplies.

All the point standings and schedule of events for the rest of the season can be found on the Fairbury Speedway website @ www.fairburyspeedway.com.

From all of us at the Fairbury Speedway, have a safe and enjoyable 4th of July Holiday Weekend!

Mother Nature Claims Tonight's Races at Farmer City Raceway...We will try for Fairbury tomorrow night.

We finished runner up tonight in the feature event at Farmer City. Congrats to Steve Sheppard Jr. on the win.

Donny picks up the heat race win and will start on the pole along side Steve Sheppard Jr. for the feature event!

Quick time tonight here at Farmer City with a 12.529 over Sheppard Jr, Moody, Weaver, and Billington!

As we expected, a very stout field of 55 Late Models last night at Fairbury for the Summer Nationals race. The 1w timed in 5th quick, picked up the 3rd and final transfer spot in our heat race behind Brandon Sheppard, and Georgia's, Ashton Winger. For the 50 lap 10k to win feature, Donny rolled off 16th and worked the low side all the way up to a very solid 8th place finish against some of the best drivers in the business. All things considered it was a great night for our team in just our 7th start of the season! Thanks to all our sponsors and friends for your support! Congratulations to Bobby Pierce on the win! Photo Credit: UAMP Motorsports

Struggled last night at Farmer City, and finished 8th in the feature. Congratulations to Steve Sheppard Jr. on the win! We will try our best tonight at Fairbury American Legion Speedway for the 10k to win Summer Nationals race. It's shaping up to be quite the field of cars, if you are not in the area, remember you can watch it live on dirtvison.com. Photo Credit: Jeffrey Hall

We finished 2nd in the feature tonight at Fairbury Speedway after starting 7th for the Bob and Pappy Allen Memorial. Congrats to Mike Spatola on the win.

Timed in 4th quick last night at Farmer City, picked up the heat race win, and finished 5th in the feature behind race winner Mike Spatola, Kevin Weaver, McKay Wenger, and Spencer Diercks. We will be at Fairbury American Legion Speedway tonight for the Bob & Pappy Allen Memorial Race. Photo Credit: Hall Racing Photos

We will be racing tonight at !

🆁🅰🅲🅴 🅳🅰🆈: It’s time! Tonight we have a Full Show plus the Vintage Racing of Illinois Series in action along with Kid Mods!!

Gates open 4pm
Hotlaps 6:30pm

🎟️ $15 General Admission
🎟️ FREE 12 & Under
🎟️ $5 Veterans
Fence Parking $10

Pit Passes $35
Kids Pit $20

More info at farmercityracing.com.

Grab your friends and see you tonight for exciting racing action!!

Finished 5th last night at Fairbury. We will be back in action next weekend at Farmer City and Fairbury.

We will be racing tonight at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway. Start times are pushed back 1 hour.

Friday's MARS Racing Series was our first official night of racing this year. After timing in 7th quick in group B, we rolled off 4th in heat #3 taking the top 4. Donny unfortunately lost the final transfer spot on the last corner forcing us to run a B-Main. Thankfully we were able to finish 2nd, to earn a 20th starting position for the main event. During the early stages of the feature, the 1w made a charge up to 12th place before the track ultimately took rubber. Donny exited the race on lap 27 with a right rear going down and was credited with an 18th place finish. Congratulations to Arkansas' Billy Moyer of the Win! We will be at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway tonight! If you can't make it, you can watch every lap live on FloSports
Photo Credit: Josh James Artwork

A new look for the 1w this year! We are excited to get back racing this weekend to kick off our 2023 season! Special thanks to Nightowl Designs for the new look! Our good friends at Limelite Graphics did an awesome with the print as well! We will post some pictures tomorrow of her!

Some exciting news 1w fans! We are making our 2023 season debut this weekend at the Farmer City Raceway on Friday, and Peoria Speedway on Saturday! Want some more exciting news?? We will have a fresh new look to kick off our 21st season of Late Model competition! Here's a sneak peak, stay tuned for the unveiling tomorrow evening!

Night #1 of the FALS Frenzy is in the books. Our night started off stellar with the 1w setting quick time among the 36 entrants with a 12.327 lap around the Fairbury Speedway. Unfortunately, Donny struggled in the heat race & lost the final transfer spot on a restart with just 2 laps remaining forcing us to run a b-main which only advanced the top 2. We were not able to capitalize our front row starting position and finished 4th ending our night early... Congrats to Shannon Babb on picking up the Win! We will re-group and try again tonight again at Fairbury as this will be our final race of the 2022 season, paying $15,000 to win tonight with the MARS Racing Series.

A throwback to 2012 w/ Donny & Mike Mullvain!