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News - Septemer 19, 2007

O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass Series Heads to Bardstown to Close Out 2007 Season

LEXINGTON, KY (09/18/2007) - Another exciting season will come to a close on September 22nd for the O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts as the Series is set to invade Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, KY for the Bluegrass 50 A-main event paying $5,000 to the winner. The last visit to the Bardstown speed plant saw Steve Francis pick up the paycheck for his efforts in the 9th Annual Kentuckiana Klash.

Heading into the final stop of the season, Victor Lee has a comfortable lead for 2007 Series Championship. Behind him, an intense battle for the runner-up position in the standings finds 2007 Rookie of the Year points leader Jason Keltner a mere 123 points ahead of Tyrel Todd. Meanwhile, Todd clings to third, holding a slim 76-point margin over Tim Tungate, with David Webb rounding out the top five.

The Bluegrass 50 will play out in true O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass fashion with a full racing program of Racing Optic Time Trials, followed by Arizona Sport Shirt Heats, Design 500 B-Mains and the Bluegrass 50 paying $5,000 to the winner. The purse for this event 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.

After 20 events have been placed in the record books for the 2007 season, Don O'Neal, Aaron Hatton and Mike Marlar remain the only drivers to visit victory lane more than once. Each of the three veterans have made two stops in the O'Reilly Auto Parts victory lane. Martinsville, IN native Don O'Neal took a pair of early season trips at Brownstown and Bardstown. Aaron Hatton picked up his most recent win in the 12th Annual Pete Abell Memorial at Ponderosa Speedway. Mike Marlar also picked up his most recent Series win at Ponderosa Speedway taking home the 5th Annual John Bradshaw Memorial title.

Bluegrass Speedway is a 1/2-mile clay oval located at Exit 21 along the Bluegrass Parkway, just south of Bardstown, KY. For more information on Bluegrass Speedway, please visit their website at www.bluegrass-speedway.com or call the track office at (502)349-1241.

For more information on the O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series, check us out on the web at www.battleofthebluegrass.com or call the Series office at (859) 433-5707.

O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series Points
1. Victor Lee - 4229

2. Jason Keltner - 3928

3. Tyrel Todd - 3805

4. Tim Tungate - 3729

5. David Webb - 3592

6. Jerry Rice - 3264

7. Mike Jewell - 2925

8. Mike Marlar -2924

9. Chris Combs - 2913

10. Doug Smith - 2589

2007 O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Winners

Florence Speedway (April 13th) - Michael England
Twin Cities Raceway Park (April 20th) - Rick Aukland
Brownstown Speedway (April 21st) - Don O'Neal
Ponderosa Speedway (April 27th) - Aaron Hatton
Bluegrass Speedway (April 28th) - Mike Marlar
Tazewell Speedway (May 12th) - Jimmy Owens
Portsmouth Raceway Park (May 27th) - Audie Swartz
Bluegrass Speedway (May 28th) - Don O'Neal
Richmond Raceway (May 29th) - Greg Johnson
Lake Cumberland Speedway (May 31st) - Josh McGuire
Ponderosa Speedway (June 1st) - Brad Neat

Bluegrass Speedway (June 16th) - Mike Jewell

Brownstown Speedway (June 23rd) - Rohn Moon

201 Speedway (June 30th) - Justin Ratliff

Florence Speedway (July 11th) - Scott James

Ponderosa Speedway (July 13th) - Aaron Hatton

Bluegrass Speedway (July 14th) - Steve Francis

Richmond Raceway (July 21st) - Tim Tungate

Ponderosa Speedway (August 24th) - Mike Marlar

201 Speedway (September 1st) - Paul Harris

Richmond Raceway (September 15th) - Tyrel Todd
 
 

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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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