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News - February 27, 2006 |
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O'Reilly NARA Battle
of the Bluegrass Series Releases Highly Anticipated 2007
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LEXINGTON, KY (February 27, 2007) At Saturday
night's Celebration of Champions, the O'Reilly NARA Battle
of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts
released their official 2007 schedule to the public. While
the schedule is subject to change the Series strives to
continue offering a full, confirmed schedule as it has done
since its formation six years ago.
For the fourth year in row, the nation's most competitive
regional racing Series will begin the season at the King
Family's Florence Speedway in Union, KY. The Spring 50
Tune-Up on Friday, April 6th will pay $3000 to the winner
while the follow night's Spring 50 will see the champion
cash a $5000 paycheck. After a weekend off, the Series will
make its first ever visit to the Mason & Tawnya
Fleetwood-promoted Twin Cities Raceway Park, located just
outside of North Vernon, IN, for a $3000 to win show on
Friday, April 20th. The next night, Saturday, April 21st,
the Series heads back to promoter Tim Keithley's Brownstown
Speedway for the 24th Annual Hoosier Dirt Classic, this year
paying $4000 to win. The BoB boys wrap up the month of April
with the 4th Annual Spring 40 at Larry Yantz's Ponderosa
Speedway in Junction City, KY on Friday, April 27th and then
at The Ferrell's Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, KY for the
10th Annual Spring Sizzler on Saturday, April 28th with each
event paying $3000 to win.
On Saturday, May 12th, the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the
Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts will make
its first appearance since 2004 to the high-banks of the
Gary Hall-owned Tazewell Speedway. The Tazewell special will
pay $4000 to the winner.
Following the return to Tazewell, fans and drivers alike
anxiously await the 2nd Annual the Kentucky Speedweek. The
Speedweek will once again be held from May 28th to June 2nd
and will cover five races in six days. The 2nd Annual
Kentucky Speedweek kicks off at the Bluegrass Speedway on
Memorial Day, May 28th. The following night, Tuesday, May
29th, the Series makes its first appearance of the year at
the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, KY. After a night off, the
Speedweek returns to action on Thursday, May 31st at Harold
Hardgrove's Lake Cumberland Speedway in Burnside, KY. Then
on Friday, June 1st the Speedweek heads to Ponderosa
Speedway for the second appearance of the season, as each of
the first four Speedweek events pay $3000 to win. The
exclamation point on the 2007 Kentucky Speedweek falls on
Saturday, June 2nd with the 21st Annual Ralph Latham
Memorial at Florence Speedway, as the Lucas Oil Late Model
Dirt Series will sanction the $10,000 to win show in front
of the cameras of SPEED.
The nation's most exciting regional racing Series continues
to roll through June with the $3000 to win 6th Annual June
Jam on Saturday, June 16th at the Bluegrass Speedway. The
following weekend finds a return to the Hoosier State as the
BoB Series ventures back to Twin Cities on Friday, June 22nd
for a $3000 to win show and then Brownstown on Saturday,
June 23rd for the $3000 to win 9th Annual Lee Fleetwood
Memorial. Completing the month of June will be the Series'
first stop of the season at the 201 Speedway in Sitka, KY
for a $3000 to win race.
Moving into July, the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts will head back to
Bluegrass Speedway for the 9th Annual Kentuckiana Klash
paying $5000 to win on Saturday, July 14th. The following
weekend, a double-header finds the Series at Ponderosa for
the $3000 to win 12th Annual Pete Abel Memorial on Friday,
July 20th and then Lake Cumberland for a $3000 to win show
on Saturday, July 21st. Wrapping up the month of July is one
of the Series' biggest races, the 20th Annual "Butterball"
Wooldridge Memorial, paying $5000 to win on Saturday, July
28th.
In observance of several of dirt Late Model's crown jewels,
the Series takes a much-needed break throughout the month of
August, with the $5000 to win 5th Annual John Bradshaw
Memorial at Ponderosa Speedway on Friday, August 24th being
the only scheduled date at this time.
The O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series completes
its 2007 campaign in September. The first event of the month
is a $3000 to win show at the 201 Speedway on Saturday,
September 1st. Following the race at 201, the Series makes
its final stop of the year at the Richmond Raceway for the
$3000 to win Fall Championships on Saturday, September 15th.
The 9th Annual Bluegrass 50 at Bluegrass Speedway will pay
$5000 to win and will be held on Saturday, September 22nd.
And the Series closes out it 2007 season the same way it
began, with a return visit to the Florence Speedway for the
Fall 50, which will once again pay $5000 to win.
With many returning drivers making verbal commitments to
race with the Series again, as well as several new drivers
expressing an interest in racing with the Series this year,
2007 promises to be another exciting year for the nation's
most competitive regional racing series. For more
information on the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass
Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts, please visit our
website at www.battleofthebluegrass.com or call the Series
office (859) 433-5707.
2007 O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series
Schedule
April 6 - Florence Speedway - "Spring 50 Tune-Up" - $3000
April 7 - Florence Speedway - "Spring 50" - $5000
April 20 - Twin Cities Raceway Park - $3000
April 21 - Brownstown Speedway - "24th Annual Hoosier Dirt
Classic" - $4000
April 27 - Ponderosa Speedway - "4th Annual Spring 40" -
$3000
April 28 - Bluegrass Speedway - "10th Annual Spring Sizzler"
- $3000
May 12 - Tazewell Speedway - $4000
May 28 - Bluegrass Speedway - "2nd Annual Kentucky Speedweek/Night
1" - $3000
May 29 - Richmond Raceway - "2nd Annual Kentucky Speedweek/Night
2" - $3000
May 31 - Lake Cumberland Speedway - "2nd Annual Kentucky
Speedweek/Night 3" - $3000
June 1 - Ponderosa Speedway - "2nd Annual Kentucky Speedweek/Night
4" - $3000
June 16 - Bluegrass Speedway - "6th Annual June Jam" - $3000
June 22 - Twin Cities Raceway Park - $3000
June 23 - Brownstown Speedway - "9th Annual Lee Fleetwood
Memorial" - $3000
June 30 - 201 Speedway - $3000
July 14 - Bluegrass Speedway - "9th Annual Kentuckiana Klash"
- $5000
July 20 - Ponderosa Speedway - "12th Annual Pete Abel
Memorial" - $3000
July 21 - Lake Cumberland Speedway - $3000
July 28 - Richmond Raceway - "20th Annual Butterball
Wooldridge Memorial" - $5000
Aug 24 - Ponderosa Speedway - "5th Annual John Bradshaw
Memorial" - $5000
Sept 1 - 201 Speedway - $3000
Sept 15 - Richmond Raceway - "Fall Championships" - $3000
Sept 22 - Bluegrass Speedway - "9th Annual Bluegrass 50" -
$5000
Sept 29 - Florence Speedway - "Fall 50" - $5000 |
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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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