Dale Mc Kinney Sr.
Dale Sr. was born in McLeansboro, Ill. On December 5,
1937. He began his racing career in 1961, on a 3/8 mile dirt track
named Aurora Downs in Aurora Ill. He has also raced at Bob and Joe's
Speedway, now known as Sycamore Speedway in Sycamore Ill. More tracks
include Sante Fe Speedway by Joliet Ill., Ellis Speedway in Owensboro
Ky., and Princeton Speedway in Princeton In., and various others. He
last raced a Chevette at Tennessee Motor Speedway in Baxter Tenn. In
1998. He is now retired from racing and currently owns Tri-State
Racing Equipment in Lebanon, Tenn. He currently resides in Lebanon,
Tn.
Dale Mc Kinney Jr.
Dale jr. Was born in Henderson Ky., On September 11, 1967.
He began racing in 1986, at Highland Rim Speedway, a 1/4 mile asphalt
track in Ridgetop Tenn. He raced a Late-model Stockcar there for 2
years, and then moved to the Mini Modified class for a season. Jr.,
had to quit racing for a year do to a severe accident in which he had
both of his legs crushed and was confined to a wheelchair for a year.
He made his return to racing in a 4 cylinder Mustang that he raced at
BeechBend Raceway park in Bowling Green Ky. The following year he
raced a Limited Late Model at Bowling Green, before moving back to
the Late-model series where he raced Friday nights at Beechbend and
Saturday nights at The Rim. He finally quit racing asphalt in 1995
for various reasons. Dale Jr. decided that he would return to his
father's roots and try his hand at dirt track racing. He has
currently competed in 4 different classes at Tennessee Motor Speedway
in Baxter Tenn. His first year in the Super Late Model series he
finished 9th in the point standings. The following year he
ran in the Sportsman division, the Chevette division and the Super
Stock division. In 1999 he ran in Super Stock where he had a less
than stellar year. In the 2000 season he will return to the Super
Late Models driving the Tri-State Racing Equipment #00 entry. It is a
TNT Racecars Latemodel built for the Hav a Tampa series. Dale Jr.
currently resides in Lebanon Tenn.
Les Mc Kinney
Les was born in McLeansboro,Ill. On December 1, 1942. He
began driving a car for Dale Sr. at the same tracks his older brother
Dale raced on including Aurora Downs Speedway, Bob and Joe's
Speedway, Sante Fe Speedway, Mazon Speedway. He also raced and owned
Olney Speedway in Olney, Ill. He has been out of racing for a few
years now, but is considering building a car to run in the 2000
season. He currently resides in Parkersburg, Ill.
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