Welcome to Accelaquarter Raceway. We are a 1/8 mile concrete track located at Harrisburg, Illiniois on Rt 34N. Our bracket race program includes Super Pro, No Box, and Jr. Dragsters. Frank Sisk, our track owner, invites you to look around the website, and then join us at the track for exciting drag racing action!!   You can friend us on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/accelaquarterraceway 

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Frank Sisk, Accelaquarter Raceway's owner, is pleased to announce that Jim Randolph has accepted the position of Track Manager. Jim is a long time drag racer, bringing years of knowledge of the sport of drag racing to our facility. Please welcome Jim to the Accelaquarter Raceway team!!!

2014 BRACKET RACING SCHEDULE
Opening Mid-May, 2014

Frank is going to have a Racers Appreciation Dinner on Saturday, March 15, at 6:00 PM at his Banquet Hall, located at 197 West Benton Street, Equality Illinois. There will be NO CHARGE for this event, however, in order to have enough food for everybody, we need for you to click on the banquet sign up button at the top of this page and sign up so we can have a head count. Please sign up by Sunday, March 9th. Menu for the dinner will be Fried fish, hush puppy's, white beans, potato salad, & coleslaw. Also, for the kids, chicken strips and corn dogs. Information about the 2014 race season will be discussed as well.




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Grand Reopening of the all new Accelaquarter Raceway was Saturday, August 31.  We have completely redone the racing surface, widening the track by 8 feet on each lane, and concreting the entire 1/8 mile with new asphalt surface on the shutdown section of the track. Also, a new tower with suites has been constructed, pit parking has been expanded, and spectator seating and parking is being upgraded, as well.

ACCELAQUARTER RACEWAY IS A 1/8 MILE DRAGSTRIP LOCATED AT 1515 N.MAIN ST., (IL RT. 34N) HARRSBURG, IL 62946, 1/2 MILE NORTH  OF SALINE CO. FAIRGROUNDS, HARRISBURG,  IL.

Spectator admission $10 adults, 12 & under free.

TRACK RENTAL

The 'Quarter is available for testing rental.
Cost is $850.00 for a 6 hour session, available on non race scheduled days. Fee covers rental, track insurance, and traction compound. Test session is  NON-refundable, (i.e. your car breaks, or you wreck). Only 1 car goes down at a  time. 
Email accelquarter@gmail.com for info.
 Picture Frank Sisk stands in the timing tower of the renovated drag strip he is opening north of Harrisburg on Aug. 30. Tom Kane photo.
Tom Kane
Daily Register/Daily Journal staff writer
Posted Aug. 28, 2013 @ 10:51 am

HARRISBURG  —  Frank Sisk of Equality is excited.Labor Day weekend marks the opening of his newly improved Accelaquarter Raceway drag strip north of Harrisburg on state Route 34. "I spent over $1 million to improve this track and make it safer. I don't mean this the wrong way, but all the other tracks in this region are pretty old. I think we will attract some business," he said Tuesday.The gates open 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 with time trials at 6 p.m. and racing begins at 8:30 p.m."This year we will race until it is too cold," Sisk said.Sisk purchased the historic drag strip from Cars for Kids Inc. and the raceway is no longer affiliated with that organization.Sisk had hoped to open earlier this year, but weather prevented that.The purse for the Labor Day event which runs from Friday, Aug. 30 to Sunday, Sept.1 is $6,000. That money is divided equally among the three classes of dragsters: $2,000 for the foot brake class; $2,000 for the pro class and $2,000 for the super pros.When Sisk bought the track in July of 2012 it was 1,440 feet long. He lengthened it to 2,070 feet to give the cars more room to shut down. He said drivers' brakes were smoking to get slowed down."The cars have gotten so fast we had to lengthen the track to allow them space to decelerate. It will remain an eighth mile race but it will be safer," he said.Other racing options may be in the future. "I bought land to the north and plan to build a go-kart track and maybe a motorcycle track there," he said.The timing tower, which overlooks the track, is one of the additions that Sisk installed. The actual timing devices will be hard-wired because of a disappointing experience with digital timers during construction and testing.The tower is built of tornado-proof panels that Sisk perfected for the mining industry.An inventor, Sisk provided equipment for the mines with his Precision Mine Equipment business in Ridgway. He also owns The Red Onion restaurant in Equality in addition to serving as mayor of that village.Concessions will be available, no alcohol is allowed in the pit area, gate fee is $10 for adults and children under 12 are free."It's a lot of recreation for the money. Where else can you get seven to eight hours of fun for that price?" he said."The best seats in the house will be right here in the timing tower. I have provided 40 seats in a lounge type environment. I expect several cars will show up and race on Labor Day weekend," Sisk said.
Read more: http://www.dailyregister.com/article/20130828/NEWS/130829310#ixzz2dP59gxJM

'QUARTER EVENTS

Track reopens August 30th, 2013

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DECEMBER 21, 2012
Below is some photo's that Jeff Mahan took of the upgrade construction on the track. In the pics, you will see the old tower being removed, the retaining walls being moved back to allow for widening of the track, and the foundation for the new tower located behind the water boxes being poured.

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