Practice THIS THURSDAY!!! Childress Rentals of Haughton, Louisiana and P&W Sales of Kilgore, Texas present the Pelican 100, $10,000 to win Dirt Late Model race at Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, Louisiana on February 25th and 26th.  That's in the extreme northwest corner of the state where Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana all meet on the map.


                                         
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Pelican 100 Late Model purse:

1. $10,000
2.   5,000
3.   2,500
4.   2,000
5.   1,500
6.   1,400
7.   1,300
8.   1,200
9.   1,100
10.  1,000
11th-22nd: $800 to start

Qualify 20 cars.  After the B mains are completed, the 21st starter will be drawn from the non-qualifiers and then the 22nd starting spot will auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Entry fee is $100 with $75 back to non-qualifiers.

More details will be released in a few days.  The race is still 2 months away.

Big thanks to Ed Rinehart, Smith's Transmissions of Minden, Louisiana and Troy's Auto Salvage also in Minden for joining Childress Rentals and P&W Sales as sponsors of the inaugural Pelican 100!
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They had this on display at the ArkLaTex Racer's auction this past weekend:

You can't have a show like the Pelican 100 without great sponsors and we've been blessed with several good ones!  I'll be making a post about each one here shortly.  Here's the first one:



Childress Fishing and Rentals, Haughton, LA

This is an oilfield business owned by Raymond Childress.  They offer 'intervention' services-- they intervene when something goes wrong with a gas or oil well.  In layman's terms, sometimes the 'wrong' happens in the drilling process but more likely it happens during the process of getting the oil or gas well 'on-line'.  That's when parts and pieces -- some of them quite large and heavy -- can be broke off or dropped into a well.  Childress Fishing and Rentals rents equipment designed to 'fish it out' and sends a consultant out to the field location to help get the well flowing and producing again.

Raymond has been a dirt track fan since he was a boy in the 60s.  He started out going to dirt tracks in Marthaville, Louisiana and the original Many track.  He attended the first ever Boothill Speedway race back in 1973.  Since they never had the money back in them days to go racing, he became a team owner when his business started having some success.  He owns the #R5 and F5 Victory Circle Late Models that BJ Robinson and Josh Danzy drive.  Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have Childress Fishing and Rentals on board as title sponsor of the Pelican 100.

Race times and grandstand gate times are posted on the flier above now.

You know, you can't have a show like the Pelican 100 without great sponsors!



Smith's Towing, Minden, LA

Smith's Towing is owned and operated by Barry Smith and his brother Jerry Smith operates Smith's Transmissions, both in Minden.  You would be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated in their support of Dirt Late Model racing than what Barry Smith is.  It runs in his blood.  Barry's father Gerald Smith together with GW Lary built Bayou Speedway in Minden.  For a while, the two brothers were involved in Mini Sprint racing.  Barry crewed while Jerry drove to the Texas Mini Sprint Association championship in 1993 and he also won the Hoosier Fall Nationals Championship in Caney, Kansas.

Barry's first Late Model crew job was with Minden racer Jeff Chanler in the late 90s.  He's helped sponsor other Late Model racers like Alan Tippen, Ray Moore, Kyle Cummings and is now helping Jeff's younger brother Wesley Chanler get started in the class.  Smith's Towing once paid an entire $5000 to win purse at a Monticello, Arkansas Late Model race.  Barry would like to remind area fans and businesses that "It's amazing how little it takes to get your name on the side of a Late Model."  The racers are looking for anything that'll help them get down the road.  "So help one out if you see a chance."  Barry's easy to find in the pits.  Just follow your nose right to his bar-b-que grill!  He's always cooking up something good.  You'll find Barry crewing for Ronny Adams and the C. Wright Machine #1A this weekend.  Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have Smith's Towing on board as a sponsor for the Pelican 100.

You can't have a show like the Pelican 100 without great sponsors!



Ed Rinehart, Porter, TX

Who hasn't Texas businessman Ed Rinehart helped out in racing?  From promoting and sponsoring races from the Rio Grande to Batesville, Arkansas to sponsoring some of the best midsouth drivers that ever strapped in a race car, Mr. Rinehart has been there for a lot it.  The list of Late Model racers he's sponsored over the years is like a who's who of the sport.  Dale McDowell, Bill Frye, Doug Ingalls, Mike Bowers, Robbie Starnes, Lawrence Mikulnacek and so on.

The Rinehart Trucking Shootout Modified shows of years' past are still talked about in legendary terms around Boothill Speedway.  Ed is currently sponsoring John Whittington in Modifieds and that team just scored a win in the USMTS race at Royal Purple Raceway this past Saturday so congratulations to the Rinehart #5W Pierce Chassis on that victory.  Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have Ed Rinehart as sponsor of the inaugural Pelican 100.