HUMBOLDT, Kan. -- Major improvements at the Humboldt Speedway are underway, including an expanded new pit area behind the back straightaway for the 2011 racing season.

The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour will be in town on Saturday, March 12, for a $2,000-to-win event.

Check out the photos of the work being done at www.humboldtspeedway.com.

A test ‘n’ tune play day is slated for Saturday, March 5, to kick off the 2011 racing season at “The Hummer.”

The Humboldt Speedway is a quarter-mile semi-banked clay oval located on US 169 to the Humboldt Exit, then 0.1 mile west, then 0.5 mile south, then 0.9 mile east on Georgia Rd.

For more information call 620-431-2470 (office) or 620-473-3694 (track) or visit www.humboldtspeedway.com.