{"id":3638,"date":"2023-05-29T21:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T01:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:05:15","slug":"what-to-watch-for-midgets-take-on-tri-city-wayne-county-before-summer-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremeoutlawseries.com\/midgets\/what-to-watch-for-midgets-take-on-tri-city-wayne-county-before-summer-break\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Midgets Take on Tri-City, Wayne County Before Summer Break"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota<\/a> heads back to Illinois for a three-race weekend this Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3, at two tracks the tour has yet to hold competition.<\/p>\n Tri-City Speedway<\/a> in Pontoon Beach, IL, kicks things off on Thursday, June 1 with the first of three 30-lap, $4,000-to-win Features for the weekend. The following two will be held at Wayne County Speedway<\/a> in Wayne City, IL, Friday-Saturday, June 2-3.<\/p>\n The three-day stretch is the last batch of Xtreme Outlaw races before a multi-week summer break which ends with the next Series event on the calendar at Doe Run Raceway on Friday, July 21. Coupled with a visit to Southern Illinois Raceway the following evening, the weekend kicks off a stretch of four consecutive race weekends \u2013 culminating with a five-races-in-five-days, Speedweek-style event at five different tracks in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Aug. 8-12.<\/p>\n Tickets for this weekend\u2019s races will be on sale at the gate on race day. If you can\u2019t make it to the tracks to watch in person, stream all the action live on DIRTVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here are the drivers to watch and storylines to follow this weekend:<\/em><\/p>\n GATEWAY TO THE DIRT<\/strong> \u2013 With the NASCAR events taking place in St. Louis this weekend, Cup Series regulars Chase Briscoe and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will be taking advantage of the nearby Xtreme Outlaw races and competing on the dirt.<\/p>\n Briscoe was scheduled to compete with the Series last week at Millbridge Speedway but suffered terminal mechanical failure in the opening Hot Laps session, ending his week early. He\u2019ll now pilot a Mahindra Tractors, Spike Chassis #5 for Paul May Motorsports Friday and Saturday night at Wayne County.<\/p>\n