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Red, White & BOOM! Pro Pulling League 2025

Fly the Flag! Parade of American Flags Show your personal American pride and support for the troops by joining in a fun patriotic parade of flags! This public parade is open to all. Simply display an American Flag on your vehicle and/or a flag to support your favorite military branch [...]

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Dirt Oval 66 at World of Wheels

Dirt Oval 66 at World of Wheels Feel "The Sting" and win Team Demo Tickets! The 62nd Annual Chicago World of Wheels, one of the Midwest's premier custom car, truck, and motorcycle showcases, will be taking over the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont this weekend, March 7-9, 2025. The [...]

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Demolition Derby Racing and Wreckage

Team Demo returns August 30th! The most destructive night of racing all season is back at the Route 66 Dirt Oval featuring the iconic Team Demolition Derby action! (the following content previewed the August 2024 Team Demo race) Orange Crush vs. Mean Green Machine in a '70s car slugfest There have been 98 [...]

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Monster Truck Mayhem Event Preview

Summer will soon be here, which means before you know it, school’s out and it will be time for the hottest event of the year: Monster Truck Mayhem! Monster Truck Mayhem returns in 2026!     Route 66’s Dirt Oval is home to the largest monster truck event in the midwest. Located in [...]

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Famous Dirt Oval Fireworks Display

While fireworks tend to be reserved for large holidays and big city tourist activities, you can always catch one heck of a show at Dirt Oval 66. Here at the Dirty O, the night isn’t over until we light up the sky. While our fans keep coming back for [...]

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All Wheels Car Show & Festival

JOLIET, IL – Calling all vehicle enthusiasts! The annual All Wheels Car Show & Festival takes place in September at Dirt Oval 66. Get ready for live entertainment, great food, activities for the entire family, shopping from local vendors, and more. “We are the ultimate vehicle destination at Dirt Oval [...]

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Unique One-of-a-Kind Birthday Party Ideas

Looking for the best way to celebrate a birthday while socially distancing? We’ve got the answer. How about acres of outdoor space with activities and entertainment galore? Simply pick the event or date you are interested in, bring your peeps and dessert, and the Dirt Oval Team will do [...]

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Things to Do This Weekend with Kids Near Chicago

From one of our "fans," parent Emily G.: I get this question all the time, "What is there to do with kids this weekend?" And with COVID, it has become especially hard to find things to do that are fun, different, and "COVID-friendly." That is why I am so excited, [...]

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Final Team Demolition Derby Event of 2016

Like Tweet Final Team Demolition Derby Event of 2016 Fighting for more than just a Championship, the femme fatale's of Team Demolition Derby take center stage next Saturday at Round 5 of the Tournament of Destruction! Team #9 Double-D Destroyers and Team #10 High Risk will battle for [...]

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