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News - April 16, 2007 |
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Hoosier Dirt Classic Weekend Up Next for
the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series |
LEXINGTON, KY (4/16/07) - After getting the 2007
season opener in the books, the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts will venture
into the Hoosier State for a weekend double header at Twin
Cities Raceway Park and Brownstown Speedway. Glasgow, KY's
Michael England won the Series opening event at Florence
Speedway on April 13th, currently leads the Series points
standings.
On Friday night, April 20th, the nation's most competitive
regional racing Series will make their first ever visit to the
Twin Cities Raceway Park in Vernon, IN. A full racing program
will take place for the Series with Racing Optics Time Trials,
Mason Racin'/Arizona Sport Shirts Heats, Design 500 B-Mains, and
the O'Reilly Auto Parts A-Main. The feature at Twin Cities will
be 40 laps with the winner picking up a $3000 paycheck for his
efforts. The pit gates at Twin Cities will open at 3pm with Hot
Laps hitting the track at 6pm and qualifying to follow.
The purse for the event at Twin Cities is as follows: 1. $3000,
2. $1500, 3. $1000, 4. $800, 5. $750, 6. $700, 7. $650, 8. $600,
9. $550, 10. $500, 11. $450, 12. $400, 13. $350, 14. $350, 15.
$325, 16. $325, 17. $300, 18. $300, 19. $300, 20. $300, 21.
$300, 22. $300
Promoted by Mason and Tawnya Fleetwood, Twin Cities is a 3/8
mile, high-banked clay oval located 1.3 mile south of US 50 on
SR 7, then ¼ of a mile east, then north on Rockcrest Road. For
more information on the track, you can visit their website at
www.twincitiesracewaypark.com or call the track at (812)
346-4040.
On Saturday night, April 21st, the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts rolls into
Brownstown Speedway for the 24th Annual Hoosier Dirt Classic
presented by Bob Poynter Ford. Racing Optics Time Trials, Mason
Racin' Heats, Design 500 B-Mains, and the 40-lap Hoosier Dirt
Classic is on tap with the winning pocketing a cool $4000. Gates
at Brownstown will open at 3pm with Hot Laps at 5:30pm and Time
Trials to follow.
The purse for the 24th Annual Hoosier Dirt Classic is as
follows: 1. $4000, 2. 2000, 3. 1200, 4. 850, 5. 800, 6. 750, 7.
700, 8. 650, 9. 600, 10. 550, 11. 500, 12. 450, 13. 400, 14.
400, 15. 350, 16. 350, 17. 325, 18. 325, 19. 300, 20. 300, 21.
300, 22. 300
Brownstown Speedway is promoted by Tim Keithley and is located
one mile south of Brownstown, IN on SR 250 at the Jackson County
Fairgrounds. For more information on Brownstown, you can log
onto their website at www.brownstownspeedway.com or call the
track at (812) 358-5332.
"I'm really looking forward to these races," said Bedford, IN's
Greg Johnson, who swept the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass events last year at Brownstown. "We run really run
well at both of those places so we're anxious about racing this
upcoming weekend."
Heading in the weekend double-header, Michael England leads the
2007 O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass points over Jerry
Rice, Matt Miller, Mike Marlar, and Victor Lee. England, the
2005 winner of the Possum Town Grand Prix, notched his first
ever Series win last Friday in the Spring 50 Tune-Up at Florence
Speedway.
The O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by
Arizona Sport Shirts sanctions regional dirt track Late Model
racing in and around the state of Kentucky. For more information
please visit our website at www.battleofthebluegrass.com or call
our office at (859) 433-5707.
Current O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series Points
1. Michael England (Glasgow, KY) - 260
2. Jerry Rice (Verona, KY) - 240
3. Matt Miller (Waterville, OH) - 236
4. Mike Marlar (Winfield, TN) - 218
5. Victor Lee (Stanford, KY) - 213
6. Michael Chilton (Salvisa, KY) - 206
7. Jesse Lay (Walton, KY) - 200
8. Tyrel Todd (Eubank, KY) - 199
8. Donnie Moran (Dresden, OH) - 199
10. Bryan Barber (Buffalo, KY) - 190
Upcoming O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series Schedule
April 20 - Twin Cities Raceway Park - $3000
April 21 - Brownstown Speedway - $4000
April 27 - Ponderosa Speedway - $3000
April 28 - Bluegrass Speedway - $3000
May 12 - Tazewell Speedway - $4000
2nd Annual Kentucky Speedweek
May 27 - Portsmouth Raceway Park - $3000
May 28 - Bluegrass Speedway - $3000
May 29 - Richmond Raceway - $3000
May 30 - Rain Date
May 31 - Lake Cumberland Speedway - $3000
June 1 - Ponderosa Speedway - $3000
June 2 - Florence Speedway - $10,000 (Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series)
2007 O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Dirt Car Series
Sponsors
O'Reilly Auto Parts - Title Sponsor and "Official Auto Parts
Retailer of the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Dirt Car
Series"
Arizona Sport Shirts - Presenting Sponsor and "Official Souvenir
Manufacturer & Vendor of the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass Dirt Car Series"
Sunoco Race Fuels - "Official Race Fuel of the O'Reilly NARA
Battle of the Bluegrass Dirt Car Series"
2006 O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series
Supporters Include: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Arizona Sport Shirts,
Sunoco Race Fuels, DART Machinery, Drive Smart Kentucky, Lucas
Oil Products, Hoosier Race Tires, American Race Tires, PPM
Performance Products, Bazell Fuels, Cruise With the Champions,
Wayne Bowen Racing Supply, Racing Optics, Mason Racin', Design
500, Trailer Parts & Sales, Honda of Prestonsburg, Bullock Race
Engines, CJ Rayburn Race Cars, Bert Transmissions, Rick
Schwallie Photography, Double H Race Fab, DT52 Photos, and Real
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Top 10 Final
Points
Standings
2008
| 1 | 4 | Victor Lee | 4372 | | 2 | 14t | Tyrel Todd | 3655 | | 3 | 18T | Tim Tungate | 3503 | | 4 | 13w | David Webb | 3428 | | 5 | 18w | Eric Wells | 3363 | | 6 | 56 | Zach Carney | 3105 | | 7 | 19 | Larry Gray | 3080 | | 8 | 14C | Chris Combs | 2625 | | 9 | M92 | Royce McGowan | 2568 | | 10 | 9 | Mike Jewell | 2434 | |
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