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The Herald & Review is a daily newspaper based in Decatur, Illinois . It is owned by Lee Enterprises .

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24-454: The Herald & Review was named one of Editor & Publisher's "10 Newspapers That Do It Right" in 2019 for its use of government documents and public records to create substantive journalism. In 2018, the Herald & Review was recognized by Editor & Publisher for digital growth and other initiatives. It also received top honors in the investigative reporting and public service categories in

48-430: A make-up race for a previously rained-out Northern All-stars Late Model Series (NALMS) race. The previously scheduled race was called "The Big 10 Race Series". It was to award the winner $ 3,000, plus an additional $ 7,000 on the condition that the winner had raced at Macon Speedway 10 times previously in the 2008 season. Rain has been a familiar occurrence for fans of the Herald & Review 100. In 2005, rain pushed

72-459: A stake in Lee Enterprises (through Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ), buying $ 85 million of the company's debt from Goldman Sachs Group . In June 2012, Berkshire Hathaway filed an amended Form 13F (13F-HR/A) for the period ending March 31, 2012. This document disclosed that Berkshire accumulated $ 2,119,000 or 1,655,125 common shares of Lee Enterprises, or a 3.2 percent stake. The document noted that

96-536: Is 90 points. Bonus Points= 1 point for every car in the pits over 20 in their division in the pits that night. UMP Racing Points Breakdown for all eight UMP racing divisions. 1st-75, 2nd-70, 3rd-65, 4th-60, 5th-58, 6th-56, 7th-54, 8th-52, 9th-50 10th-48, 11th-46, 12th-44, 13th-42, 14th-40, 15th 38, 16th-36, 17th-34, 18th-32, 19th-30, 20th-28, 21st-26, 22nd-24, 23rd-22, 24th-20. Year: Champion, Hometown Year: Champion, Hometown There are currently over 100 UMP sanctioned track in 19 United States states and two tracks in

120-504: Is a United Midwestern Promoters Late model auto race that is held annually at Macon Speedway , in Macon, Illinois . The Herald & Review 100 came about as a sponsor was needed for a big race that was to become a summertime staple at Macon Speedway. Local Promoter and track owner Wayne Webb succeeded in convincing the Herald & Review , a newspaper from Decatur, Illinois to put up part of

144-642: Is a short track motor racing sanctioning body in the United States that sanctions short track racing on dirt race tracks from 1/5 mile (0.3 km) in length to 1-mile (1.6 km) in length. UMP currently sanctions eight different racing divisions on over 100 tracks in 19 states and one province in Canada . UMP was created in 1984 by Bob Memmer. In late 2002, the organization was bought by Ken Schrader , Bob Sargent, Robert Lawton and Howard Commander. In late 2004, UMP merged with Doug Bland's Xtreme DirtCar Series and

168-765: The Champaign-Urbana Courier , the Edwardsville Intelligencer , the Metro-East Journal and the Midland Daily News , as well as Decatur radio station WSOY . On July 13, 1937, 17 of the paper's editorial employees walked out and went on strike, forcing suspension of the paper, Decatur's only daily newspaper at the time. The newspaper began operating at 601 E. William St. in 1976 and continued until 2022, when headquarters. moved to 225 S. Main St. in

192-733: The Decatur Review as a weekly newspaper in April 1872. C.N. Walls founded the Daily Herald in 1878. In 1931, the morning Herald , by this time owned by the Lindsay family, and the evening, daily, Decatur Daily Review , owned by the Schaub family, merged their operations. Both newspapers continued to publish separately while maintaining largely separate editorial staffs. The Lindsay-Schaub combine acquired other newspapers, including The Southern Illinoisan ,

216-640: The Illinois Associated Press Media Editors 2017 newspaper contest. The Herald & Review in August 2017 was one of 10 newsrooms chosen from across the country to receive a grant for watchdog training through Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening investigative journalism. The Herald & Review also founded the Herald & Review 100 , an auto race held annually at Macon Speedway , in Macon, Illinois . The Rev. Alfred F. Wuensch founded

240-432: The checkered flag in their heats. This year's race boasted a winners share of $ 6,000. It was also to be part of a $ 25,000 UMP Summer Nationals Series, which scheduled 27 races in 31 days. Since the race was rained out, and rescheduled to Saturday, August 16, 2008, the winners share could expand by $ 4,000. The 2008 "H&R 100" will be run in conjunction with a race previously scheduled to be run on August 16, and also as

264-573: The confidentiality of this transaction was requested but denied by the SEC on May 25, 2012. In April 2013, Lee Enterprises announced that Berkshire Hathaway refinanced the remaining Pulitzer acquisition debt equating to $ 94 million. Lee Enterprises incurred no cost for doing this. The collateral involved was the TNI Partner stake including the Arizona Daily Star and azstarnet.com . The result of this

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288-553: The fastest time in qualifying. Blue Mound, IL 's Cory Daugherty had the fastest time until Taylor, the last qualifier of the day, set the fastest lap. The Herald and Review 100 also brought the crowd some of the best heat races of the season. Three local favorites, Chris Dick, Jayme Zidar and Kyle Logue had a dogfight for the last heat win, with Zidar pulling into the lead on the final turn. Sullivan, IL 's Rodney Standerder, Jason Feger ( Bloomington, IL ) and last year's Herald and Review 100 winner Wes Steidinger ( Fairbury, IL ) all took

312-538: The heart of downtown Decatur. In 1979, Lee Enterprises purchased most of the Lindsay-Schaub papers, including the Herald and Daily Review . The papers were renamed the Herald & Review and continued to publish morning and evening editions. In June 1982, the evening edition was discontinued. The ownership company, Lee Enterprises filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2011. It emerged from bankruptcy less than two months later. In April 2012, Warren Buffett took

336-413: The money to sponsor the race. The first incarnation of the race saw a record crowd attend to watch local favorite Butch Garner take the first checkered flag. The name "Herald & Review 100" was put on hold for a few years, as they dropped their sponsorship of the race. Recent years have seen the return of the "Herald & Review 100" As of the 2014 race, Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Illinois now holds

360-541: The new maturity date. Lee also refinanced its remaining debt in 2014 in order to extend the maturities from 2015 and 2017 to 2019 and 2022. Lee retired its 1st Lien Term Loan in November 2018, four months before its scheduled March 2019 maturity. On June 27, 2018, Lee Enterprises and Berkshire Hathaway reached a five-year agreement to allow Lee Enterprises to manage Berkshire Hathaway's newspaper and digital operations. Herald %26 Review 100 The Herald & Review 100

384-481: The race 10 times. Joe Ross Jr. (twice), Matt Taylor, and Shannon Babb (5 times), and Bobby Pierce (3 times) are on that list. Press release from Macon Speedway: Kevin Weaver was one of the only cars brave enough to run the whole race on the high line, but the risk paid off. Weaver won his fourth Herald and Review 100. Dennis Erb led the race from lap 29, but a caution on lap 83 put Weaver right behind him. Erb's low line

408-527: The record for most event wins with 5 Herald & Review 100 victories, which broke the tie held with Bob Pierce of Oakwood, Illinois and Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, Illinois with 4 wins. Only two father-son pairs have won the race, that being Dick (1988) and Matt (2000) Taylor, both of Springfield, IL as well as Danville, IL native Bob Pierce (1983, 1985, 1994, 2001) and Oakwood, IL resident Bobby Pierce (2016, 2017, 2021). Macon Speedway's second generation drivers (drivers whose fathers have raced there) have won

432-482: The sanctioning body will add one more class: UMP Pro ( Crate ) Late Model. UMP DIRTcar currently sanctions different touring series. UMP has a base points system for all its sanctioned tracks and is the same for each of its seven classes. If a track has 20 or fewer cars they will receive the base points. Every car over 20 increases the bonus points awarded. The bonus points are one extra point for every car in that division over 20. So if an event has 20 entries, then

456-463: The start time back a few hours, and almost caused a riot in the pits between drivers and track officials over whether to run the race that night, or postpone it. Cooler heads prevailed, the track was ironed out to decent racing conditions, and the race was run, with a few of the drivers sitting out, or going home disagreeing with racing in the given conditions. Only 1 Summer Nationala regular, Rodney Melvin, had already loaded his car into his trailer, and

480-423: The winner gets 75 points. With 32 entries, the winner gets 75 + 12 bonus points for a total of 87 points. Every car in the feature that night receives 12 extra points. Any car that does not make the feature will receive 10 points regardless of how many cars are there. Replacement races are based on where drivers finish, not on how many cars there are. There is a cap on points. The most points a feature winner can get

504-451: Was a reduction in interest from a variable rate of 11.3% to a fixed rate of 9% while at the same time extending the debt maturity date of the debt from December 2015 to April 2017. At the time of the announcement Lee Enterprises noted they had $ 893 million left to pay off. Lee paid off and retired its New Pulitzer notes in June 2015, 6 months before the original maturity date and 22 months before

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528-571: Was about to leave when news that the race would go ahead was passed around. He dropped the trailer door down and raced while all other tour regulars sat the event out in a form of silent protest. Joe Ross Jr. would go on to win this event. The 2015 event was rained out and ran in August, and this running produced another 1st time winner in Ryan Unzicker. Wes Steidinger did the same thing back in 2007. 1987-2024 results United Midwestern Promoters United Midwestern Promoters (UMP)

552-524: Was bought by Boundless, later rebranded World Racing Group . UMP began by sanctioning UMP Late Model and UMP Modified cars. UMP Modified cars are quite similar in appearance to IMCA Modified cars. UMP reorganized their class system in 2007 by sanctioning one new class. The revised class system included: UMP Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Pro(Crate) Late Models, UMP Limited Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, and UMP Street Stocks, UMP Factory Stocks,& UMP 4 Cylinders. UMP announced in late November 2007 that

576-478: Was no match for Weaver in the late stages of the race. Jason Feger finished in third place, running all night in the top three, but unable to grab the lead. Wes Steidinger started up front and led the first 29 laps, he finished in fourth. Brandon Sheppard, 15 years old, surprised many, passing half a dozen cars and local star Kyle Logue to grab fifth place. Logue ended up in sixth, running as high as fourth. Macon Speedway veteran Dick Taylor of Springfield, IL put up

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