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Message started by LMR on 05/23/13 at 3:23am

Title: News & Notes for the weekend of May 24-27
Post by LMR on 05/23/13 at 3:23am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 22, 2013
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News & Notes for the weekend of May 24-27

The World of Outlaws Late Model Series... will be part of an unprecedented doubleheader this Friday night (May 24) at NAPA Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway. The Memorial Day holiday weekend kicks off with a treat for race fans as the WoO LMS and the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) compete at the three-eighths-mile Wayne County oval, marking the first time ever that the renowned national full-fender tour will share a racing program with the wingless 410 Sprint Car division. The attention-grabbing, Southeastern Equipment-sponsored event, which includes the $10,000-to-win WoO LMS Buckeye 50 and a BOSS feature offering a $2,000 first-place prize, was set up after wet and cold spring weather wiped out last month’s planned two-day Buckeye 100 at Wayne County.

The MARS DIRTcar Series... returns to action this weekend for the 13th annual Tony Roper Memorial at the Monett Speedway on Sunday May 26. Tony Jackson Jr of Lebanon, MO won last year’s event and will lead a strong contingent of racers into action. Other driver’s expected include defending MARS champion and current point leader Jesse Stovall of Billings, MO; 6-time MARS champion Terry Phillips of Springfield, MO; Jason Bodenhammer of Centerview, MO; Brandon McCormick of Lebanon, MO; Leroy Johnson of Springfield, MO; Justin Wells of Aurora, MO; Ken Essary of Cape Fair, MO; Dustin Mooneyham of Aurora, MO; Shane Essary of Aurora, MO: Justin Asplin of Birch Tree, MO; Brandon Morton of Broken Arrow, OK; Dustin Walker of Peculiar, MO; Shawn Knuckles of Poplar Bluff, MO; Jack Sullivan of Greenbriar, AR and many more. The event will also feature USRA sanctioned A-Mods and B-Mods and the Pure Stock class. Pit passes for this event will be $35.00. Grandstand admission will be $20.00 for adults, kids 12-15 $5.00 and 11 and under are free. Grandstands will open at 5:30pm and Pit Gates for this event will open at 3:00pm. Hot laps at 7:00pm and racing scheduled to start at 7:30pm.

The National Championship Racing Association... Late Model division will kick off this coming Memorial Day weekend with a double header of racing action at two different race tracks in two different states. It all begins this coming Saturday night as the tour opens for the second year in a row at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska. Last year thirty-three drivers from three states were on hand for the season opener and it was former two-time series champion Kyle Berck who picked up the victory. The tour will then load up and head south to the home track of the series, 81 Speedway in Park City for a special Sunday night encounter with the three-eighths mile clay oval. A few of the drivers who are expected to compete during the weekend include: Travis Dickies, Tad Popsil, Wylan Petree, Bill Leighton, Corey Zietner, Darrick Klima, Gary Gorby, Bo Egge and Andrew Kosiski.

Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series… Columbus Speedway is eagerly anticipating an invasion by the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) Super Late Models this Saturday, May 25th as the tour rolls into town for a $2,500-to-win program at the Baddest Bullring in the South. The 1/3 mile oval is ready to roar back to life this Saturday night with not only the MSCCS Super Late Models burning up the oval, but also the Limited Late Models/Crate Late Models, the Street Stocks, and the Mini Stocks in action. Anticipation for this event comes on the heels of Mike Boland blazing to a new track record two weeks ago with a 13.22 second lap around the 1/3 mile oval. A strong list of Super Late Model competitors are expected for the program including Chris Wall, David Breazeale, Rick Rickman, Brian Rickman, Chad Thrash, Ross Camponovo, Henry Cooper, Clay Fisher, Mike Boland, Eric Cooley, Neil Baggett, Leon Henderson, Mark Dodson, Tony Shelton, Randy Boyd Thompson, and many more!

The NDRL's United Late Model Series... kick off a busy holiday weekend as they visit their home track, McKean County Raceway on Thursday, May 23rd for the 7th annual Dave Lundgren Memorial then travel to south central New York's, Woodhull Raceway for the 22nd annual Late Model Reunion for a rare Friday night event at the high bank oval and finish the three day trek on Saturday at Stateline Speedway. A possible $8,000 is available to one driver over the three day weekend activities with ULMS Late Models. Night one will be a Thursday night thunder program at the NDRL's McKean County Raceway in E. Smethport PA. The 7th annual Dave Lundgren Memorial will be held in memory of the 1989 late model track champion. $3,000 will be waiting for the winner of the 30 lap event. The next night, the NDRL's ULMS Late Models head to the high banks of Woodhull Raceway in a rare Friday night event at the boonies. $2,000 is sitting at the end of the 25 lap sprint that will see the super late models make their only annual visit for the 22nd Late Model Reunion. The weekend will conclude at Stateline Speedway in Busti, NY. The NDRL's ULMS Late Models will be making their only visit to Jen Seamens speed plant on Kortwright Road. This will be a $3,000 to-win, 30 lap event and will also be a great shakedown for the tracks big national event the following weekend. Ron Davies is the current point leader at Stateline but the strong faithful drivers of Rich Gardner, Matt Urban, Chris Hackett, Doug Eck, Scott Gurdak and others will be looking to stop the ULMS outsiders of Hess, Knight, Briggs (who all can be considered Stateline regulars), King, Dupont and others from taking home the cash!

NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series… Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi returns to action with a Memorial Day weekend special on Sunday May 26th. Magnolia Motor Speedway is featuring the NeSmith Late Model National Touring Series competing for $2,000 to Win, while the RockAuto.Com Super Late Models, NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stocks and Mini Stocks will also fill the card.

Eldora Speedway... Sunday evening’s (May 26) time honored Johnny Appleseed Classic by Miller Lite will be a busy scene at Eldora Speedway with four divisions of racing on the historic .500-mile clay oval; each competing in a full slate of preliminary Heat races, B-Features as necessary and A-Features. Headlining the quartet in their first appearances of the 2013 season will be the Sunoco American Late Model Series (ALMS) and the NRA Sprint Invaders. Joining them, as they continue their Eldora championship season, will be the UMP DIRTcar Modified and Eldora Stock Car divisions. Begun in 1970 at Mansfield Raceway as a tribute to American nurseryman legend Johnny Appleseed, the annual event continued there through 1987. The next season, Eldora creator Earl Baltes, who also owned the Mansfield facility at the time, moved the Classic to Eldora Speedway, where it has remained a fixture since. The dirt Late Model division has always been the headlining division for the Appleseed, which, remarkably, has only had one rain cancellation in its storied 43-year history. Originally held during the fall season to honor Appleseed’s (John Chapman) September birth date, the race was moved to its current Memorial weekend time slot in 2008. It now serves as a tune-up of sorts for the rich $100,000 to win Dirt Late Model Dream, which is held two weekends later; June 6, 7 & 8, this year.

The 21st Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100... is drawing closer and the excitement is building for this crown jewel event, held at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. The Show-Me 100 weekend will will start on Thursday, May 23rd and concludes Saturday, May 25th with the 100-lap $30,000 to win main event. Lucas Oil Speedway officials have added a $5,000 to win Lucas Oil MLRA sanctioned event for Thursday night, May 23rd in place of the usual practice night for the Show-Me 100. With the added event on Thursday Night and all the activities for fans to enjoy, the 21st Annual Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 – presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com is a must see event. In addition to the $5,000 to win event on Thursday Night, Lucas Oil Speedway has added an additional $10,000 to the total purse and increased the start money to $1,500 for the Show-Me 100 feature event. Lucas Oil Speedway officials and the series officials are also excited to announce an added event to this year’s schedule, the Midwest Sheet Metal Show-Me Challenge. Racers that fail to make the Show-Me 100 feature event on Saturday Night through heat races or B-mains will get a chance to earn some extra money through this added race. The 20-lap Midwest Sheet Metal Non-Qualifiers race will pay $2,000 to win and $250 to start. The winner of the Non– 22, 20123qualifiers race can elect to forfeit the $2,000 first place money and tag the tail of the Show-Me 100 feature event for a chance to win the $30,000 first place prize.