Tornado Deals Heavy Damage At Coles County Speedway

Coles County Speedway sustained significant damage from what appeared to be a tornado that swept through the Mattoon, Ill., property late Wednesday night into Thursday morning, forcing the eighth-mile oval — which last week hosted its first DIRTcar Summer Nationals event — to suspend racing for at least the next several weeks. Promoter Brian Rieck detailed the damage in an eight-minute video posted to the track's Facebook page. "We're not devastated, but we're not in good shape, either," Ri...