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MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May...
Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles Cou...
MARS Championship Tour event tonight at Highland S...
MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May...

MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May...

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MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May with Three Midwestern Gems FAIRBURY, IL (May 19, 2026) – After a pair of action-packed nights of rac
Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles Cou...

Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles Cou...

5/18/2026 -
Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles County Speedway Mattoon, IL Mission 40 presented by Rural King Feature Results for the MARS Late Model
MARS Championship Tour event tonight at Highland S...

MARS Championship Tour event tonight at Highland S...

5/16/2026 -
MARS Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends and MARS MARS Modified Championship powered by Summit Racing Equipment event for tonight at Highla

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MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May with Three Midw

MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May with Three Midw...

5/19/2026
MARS Championship Tours Continue the Month of May with Three Midwestern Gems FAIRBURY, IL (May 19, 2026) – After a pair of action-packed nights of racing last weekend for the MARS Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends and the MARS Modified Championship powered by...more
Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles County Speedway

Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles County Speedway

5/18/2026
Official Summary of Results May 18, 2026 Coles County Speedway Mattoon, IL Mission 40 presented by Rural King Feature Results for the MARS Late Model Championship Powered by FK Rod Ends – 18 entries Brandon Sheppard – New Berlin, IL - $5,000 Ryan Unzicker – El Paso, IL -...more
MARS Championship Tour event tonight at Highland Speedway is Canc

MARS Championship Tour event tonight at Highland Speedway is Canc...

5/16/2026
MARS Late Model Championship powered by FK Rod Ends and MARS MARS Modified Championship powered by Summit Racing Equipment event for tonight at Highland Speedway is unfortunately canceled for tonight. Rounds of showers have continued to fall at the speedway, and with the...more
Official Summary of Results May 16, 2026 Quincy Raceways

Official Summary of Results May 16, 2026 Quincy Raceways

5/16/2026
Official Summary of Results May 16, 2026 Quincy Raceways Quincy, IL Gem City Showdown presented by Dennis Woodworth Attorney at Law Feature Results for the MARS Late Model Championship Powered by FK Rod Ends – 23 entries Jordan Bauer – St. Jacob, IL - $6,000 Dylan Thornton...more


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LRD Products Added to Growing List of Partners for the MARS Modified Championship Tour Season
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LRD Products Added to Growing List of Partners for the MARS Modified Championship Tour Season

LRD Products Added to Growing List of Partners for the MARS Modified Championship Tour Season

FAIRBURY, IL (March 5, 2026) – As the fourth season for the MARS Modified Championship Powered by Summit Racing Equipment is set to kick off in approximately a month, the tour is excited to announce the addition of LRD Products to the growing list of partners for the tour.

LRD Products is located in Woodstock, Illinois and owned by DIRTcar UMP Modified racer Mike Learman. Looking for T-bars, radiator mounts, spoilers, body work, suspension components, or anything else that can be custom fabricated for your Dirt Late Model or Modified? LRD Products has got you covered.

You can sporadically catch Learman behind the wheel throughout the Midwest, but much of his time is now spent building his Royal Race Cars that have boosted in popularity over the past several years. Drivers such as Ricky Thornton Jr, Matthew Baker, Shane O’Connor, Jeff Koz, Ryan Sutter, and Dylan Woodling have found victory lane for Team Royal over the past two seasons. The most successful of the crop of drivers to-date is the Royal Race Cars house car driver, Michael Ledford. The Pontiac, Illinois driver picked up 3 MARS Modified Championship Powered by Summit Racing Equipment victories in 2025 and finished runner-up in the championship chase. Ledford plans to chase the MARS Modified Tour once again in 2026 looking for his first career MARS title.

While the MARS Late Model Championship Powered by FK Rod Ends point leader will continue to display the red spoiler nightly courtesy of Midwest Sheet Metal, LRD Products will now furnish the red spoiler for the current MARS Modified Championship Powered by Summit Racing Equipment point leader throughout the 2026 season.

“Mike and Lauren Learman have been huge supporters of what we are doing with the MARS Modified tour, since its birth in 2023, by competing in majority of the events as a car owner or with Mike behind the wheel” stated series director Jonathan Clayton. “We are excited to bring them on as partners of the series as it continues to show the strength in what we are doing for the Modifieds by the amount of support from the people within the industry.”

For more information on LRD Products check them out online at lrdproducts.com, by email at mlearman@lrdproducts.com, or by phone at 815-861-6366.

The 2026 MARS Modified Championship Powered by Summit Racing Equipment season kicks off with the Illini 100 weekend at Farmer City Raceway! An open practice is scheduled for Thursday, April 9, with complete shows on Friday & Saturday, April 10 & 11, paying $2,000-to-win and $250-to-start nightly.

For more information on the MARS Championship Tours visit marsracingseries.com.


Article Credit: Jonathan Clayton

Submitted By: Jonathan Clayton

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