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Florence Speedway Double-Header Kicks Off 2007 Season for
the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series |
LEXINGTON, KY (4/2/07) -- The nation's most
competitive regional racing series is just a week away from
its 2007 debut as the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts gears up for
back-to-back races at the Florence Speedway on Friday night,
April 6th for the $3000-to-win Spring 50 Tune-Up and
Saturday night, April 7th for the $5000-to-win 31st Annual
Spring 50.
The highly-anticipated season opener for the King Family's
Florence Speedway will be Friday night, April 6th as the
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series invades the
Union, KY 1/2-mile, high-banked clay oval for the Spring 50
Tune-Up. A complete racing program is planned with Time
Trials, Qualifying Heats, B-Mains, and the 30-lap A-Main
paying $3000 to win. Ticket prices for this event are only
$15 for General Admission and just $28 for the Pits. Pit
gates are slated to open at 4pm with the main gates opening
at 5pm. Qualifying will hit the track promptly at 7pm with
racing beginning at 8pm.
The purse for Friday night's Spring 50 Tune-Up 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, 23. $250, 24.
$250
Saturday night, April 7th, Series is back at Florence for
the 31st Annual Spring 50. Another complete program for the
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series is on tap with
Time Trials, Qualifying Heats, B-Mains, and a 50-lap A-Main
paying $5000 to win. General Admission seating for Saturday
night is $17 while a pit pass is $30. The pit gates will
once again open at 4pm with the general admission gates
opening at 5pm. The on-track action starts a half-hour
earlier on Saturday with Qualifying at 6:30pm and Racing at
7:30pm.
The purse for Saturday night's 31st Annual Spring 50 is
as follows: 1. $5000, 2. $3000, 3. $2000, 4. $1500, 5.
$1000, 6. $800, 7. $750, 8. $700, 9. $650, 10. $600, 11.
$550, 12. $500, 13. $450, 14. $450, 15. $425, 16. $425, 17.
$400, 18. $400, 19. $350, 20. $350, 21. $300, 22. $300, 23.
$300, 24. $300
Last year, the back-to-back, season-opening events for the
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by
Arizona Sport Shirts at the Florence Speedway drew an
outstanding field of cars. The 2006 Spring 50 Tune-Up saw 58
entries sign into the pits with Martinsville, IN's Don
O'Neal besting Dan Schlieper and Brian Birkhofer to pick up
the win. "The Real Deal" backed that up on Saturday night by
cashing the $5000 first-place paycheck in the 30th Annual
Spring 50 over Dan Schlieper and early race leader Roger
Williams. Scott Bloomquist, Dan Schlieper, Darrell Lanigan,
Steve Casebolt, and the late Jack Boggs among others are all
previous winners of the Spring 50.
Florence Speedway is a 1/2-mile; high-banked clay oval
located on US 42 just south of Union, KY and is owned and
operated by Jerry, Mona, and Josh King. The office phone
number for Florence Speedway is (859) 493-0034 and the track
phone number on race day is (859) 485-7591. For more
information, please visit
www.florencespeedway.com .
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 on the nation's most competitive regional racing
series, please visit our website at
www.battleofthebluegrass.com or call our office at (859)
433-5707.
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series Upcoming
Schedule
April 6 - Florence Speedway - $3000
April 7 - Florence Speedway - $5000
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
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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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