FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 6, 2011

INAUGURAL FASTRAK NORTHEAST LATE MODEL SPEEDWEEK COMING IN 2011; BULLY DOG TO PROVIDE $5,000 IN CASH & CONTINGENCIES

By Mike Leone
(Pulaski, PA)…The Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series is thrilled to announce an exciting additional aspect to the 2011 slate. The inaugural Bully Dog “Cross the Borders” Speedweek presented by Contingency Connection is expected to feature five events primarily in the northern part of the region over the Independence Day Weekend. A separate point fund will be established with $5,000 in cash and contingencies up for grabs thanks to Bully Dog.

“Each year we have racers and tracks talk about a Speedweek for FASTRAK,” explained fifth year Northeast co-Director Vicki Emig. “With the growth in the northern part of our region this year and Bully Dog stepping up to provide us with an additional point fund, we felt the timing was right. We chose the fourth of July weekend when car counts are very strong, the weather is more cooperative and summer is just getting into full force with the holiday weekend.”

Four of the events have been secured with Thursday, June 30 at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa., Friday, July 1 at Raceway 7 near Conneaut, Ohio, Saturday, July 2 at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway in Imperial, Pa., and Sunday, July 3 at Eriez Speedway just outside of Erie, Pa. in Hammett. It’s hopeful that the Wednesday, June 29 event will be the kickoff to the Bully Dog Speedweek as part of the traditional Trumbull County Fair race at Expo Speedway.

The Pittsburgh event will include a meet and greet autograph session on the speedway during intermission- the first ever of its kind for the Touring Series! It also marks the return of the Touring Series for the first time in two years and just second ever at the monster half-mile. The Eriez date will be just the third ever Touring Series show there and first since 2008.

“McKean, Raceway 7, Pittsburgh, and Eriez were real excited about the Speedweek concept and came on board as soon as the concept was presented,” stated fifth year Northeast co-Director Mike Leone. “We’re hoping to again add Expo, but it takes some time to get the fair events approved. We’re also close to another exciting piece that is expected to be added to the Speedweek concept. Once finalized, this added piece would also be a first for the Series!”

Speedweek points will utilize FASTRAK’s standard point system. Drivers must be either a Weekly Series or Touring Series member to accumulate Speedweek points. The top 10 in points will receive cash with $1,000 going to the inaugural champion. In addition to the $3,000 cash put up by Bully Dog, they will also be awarding two $1,000 contingency packages. The Speedweek Champion will also receive one of the $1,000 performance packages with the other $1,000 package going to one of the drivers that finishes second through tenth in Speedweek points through a random draw.

Bully Dog Technologies is a company deeply routed in vehicle performance. Formed by three brothers in a small town in Idaho and fueled by their father’s interest in all things fast, that was over 10 years ago. Today Bully Dog is known as the leader in the performance electronics market, making big power for gas and diesel vehicles with their highly innovative tuning products.

Product innovation is key and Bully Dog takes innovation very seriously. In the past 12 years, Bully Dog has been first to market with vehicle-specific products and applications over 100 times while also being awarded many awards for our revolutionary products. And in 2005, with the release of the Triple Dog™ Downloader and Outlook™ Monitor, Bully Dog revolutionized the market with the ability to adjust power, safety and economy levels on-the-fly while driving down the road.

In 2008 with the Triple Dog™ Gauge Tuner, Bully Dog was able to combine a vehicle engine tuner, monitor, gauge and diagnostic device all in a single unit. The GT monitors and displays over 15 different vehicle parameters serving as a multi-function gauge package, it also includes performance testing software that measures a vehicles true performance.

Getting you to the track quicker, adding performance to your race vehicle or simply hoping up your street car or increasing your fuel economy, Bully Dog has your gas and diesel needs covered! Providing the back in your seat, white knuckle, teeth gritting, eye watering, heart racing, adrenalin pumping, neck breaking experience! Visit bullydog.com or bullydoghideout.com for more information.

Don’t forget the FASTRAK Northeast and Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series Awards Banquet & Dinner will be coming up on Sunday, January 30 at the Hard Rock Café Pittsburgh at Stantion Square. For ticket information, go to www.fastraknortheast.com.

You can reach co-directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone at the FASTRAK Northeast office at 724-964-9300. E-mail to info@fastraknortheast.com and snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. The office is open daily late mornings and after 1:30 p.m. For more information, check out the FASTRAK Northeast website at www.fastraknortheast.com. Become our fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fastraknortheast.