FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 8, 2010

MARS/MLRA Larry Phillips Memorial Up Next At Springfield Raceway

Springfield,Mo.-There will be no racing on Sat Sept 11 at Springfield Raceway due to the running of the IMCA Super Modified Nationals at Boone,Iowa

The next event at the Quick-Quarter will be Sat Sept 18th with the running of the Larry Phillips Memorial featuring the traveling regional SuperLatemodels of the MARS and MLRA Series. The first time the two series joined together earlier this season at Springfield was a standing room only capacity crowd with drivers from 5 or more states on hand. Springfield's Terry Phillips won that event with 3 wide racing all night long and only 1 caution during the 40 lap feature. Drivers expected to be on hand include Phillips, MLRA standouts Al "The Shark" Purkey, Republic's Bad Brad Looney, Springfield's Jeremy Payne, Eric Turner,MLRA Current point leader Dave Eckrich of Oxford,Iowa, Turkey Classic Winner Ken"The Flying Farmer" Essary of Cape Fair, Show-Me Series point leader Justin Wells of Aurora, Kansas standout Randy "The Z-Man" Zimmerman of Fort Scott,Kansas,Omaha,Neb Veteran Joe Kosiski Former NASCAR Natonal Champion,Cross Timbers hard Charger Even Hubert,Lebanon's Brandon McCormick,MARS Rookie Standout Gary Christian of Broken Bow,Oklahoma and many more as the drivers battle for the 22 car starting field and the honor of winning the race named for the Springfield stockcar Legend and Nascar National 5 time champion.This will be a Hoosier WRS D55 tire rule on all 4 corners.

Support classes on Sept 18th will feature the high-power of the Budweiser A-Mods as they compete for a $500 to win event and $80 to start the feature,Reliable Chevrolet SportMods battling for $300 to win and 45 for start the feature,the Wheeler Metals Street Stocks competing for a $200 payday while recieving $40 to start and the always exciting LegendCars battling for $200 to win and $40 to start.Pitpasses for the Larry Phillips Memorial will be $35.Grandstand prices will $20 for Adults with kids 6-12 $5 and 5 and under Free

Pit gates will open at 3PM with hotlaps starting at 6:15 and racing at 7:15.Local classes draw will stop at 6:30. Drivers meeting will be following hotlaps.

More exciting events are upcoming at the Quick-Quarter including the popular Octoberfast on Sat October 9th which will feature 6 classes of added money events to the A-Mods, SportMods, StreetStocks, MidWest Modz, Legends and Pure Stocks along with the raining bucket of money for some lucky fans and the Fastest Sherriff in the Ozarks Special Race.Look for Octoberfast which always draws over 120 cars each year to start qualifying heats around 2PM or so due to the large field of cars and extra events for the fans.

Currently Autism night at the Races is scheduled for Wed Sept 29 featuring Kenny Wallace and Jamie McMurray.This event helps to raise money for autism and features racing action this season in the High-Power of the A-Mods,SportMods,Legends and the 1st apperance of 2010 by the area FactoryStock class.These drivers always provide 2-3 wide racing with many area drivers gearing-up for an apperance on the quick-quarter.

The Big 2 day Dirt LegendCar Nations will feature over 50-60 or more entries with drivers from 5 or more states competing.The Legends which are an impotant part of the weekly racing program at Springfield Raceway are a special spec car which allows them to run both Dirt and Asphalt.This class recently competed at Lowe's Motor Speedway for a $1 Million dollar purse.Friday night action will find MidWest Modz and FactoryStocks competing in full programs and Sat night the SportMods and PureStocks will compete in Full Programs.

Springfield Will end the 2010 season in style with the running of the Turkey classic on Sat 27th.Last season over 175 race teams competed in LateModels,A-Mods,SportMods and Legends.This event starts around 2PM due to the large turnout of cars and the cool weather the day after Thanksgiving

For more information visit the Website At WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.Com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426