John Jones owned and operated Motion Raceway from its very beginnings.
Operating from 1970 until its demise in 1983, The track was originally a quarter-mile strip but moved to a 1,000-ft configuration when its 3,000-ft total length became insufficient.
Arguably the most popular was that the owner was robbed of the purse money at gunpoint.
The town of Moweaqua, in Shelby County, Illinois is approximately 5 miles north of Motion Raceway.
Greg Clayton of New Covenant Performance, who was to be in charge of the racing, posted on his website a statement that plans had fallen through.