LINCOLN SHOOTS FOR SUNDAY RAINDATE FOR SEASON OPENER

Abbottstown, PA - 3/3/2010 - With the remnants of two snow storms still laying in the speedway parking area, Lincoln Speedway officials have opted to wait one more day to see if the milder weather could clear the area for the season opener at Lincoln Speedway.

Lincoln will shoot for their rain-date, the following day, Sunday March 7th to open the 2010 racing season.

An assessment of the conditions will be made Saturday to see if the parking conditions improve enough to open the gates at noon on Sunday.

The 410 Sprints & Thundercars will open the 2010 season if the weather cooperates with the traditional Icebreaker 30 & Spring Thaw 20.

Sun., March 7, 2010 (2 PM)
SEASON OPENER

ICE BREAKER 30 & Spring Thaw 20
410 Sprints (30 Laps/$3,500-to-win) & Thundercars ($500-to-win)

Gates open at noon

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$3600 STANDARD WINNER'S SHARE AT WILLIAMS GROVE

MECHANICSBURG, PA -- When Williams Grove Speedway opens its 2010 season on Friday evening, March 19, the sprint car drivers in the 410 division will be racing for a substantial increase to win the 25-lap feature.

The standard winner's share this season will be $3600, a $600 increase from 2009.

The second place finisher will earn $2000, up $200 from last year. Other positions have also been increased.

As competitive as the Grove's sprint car division has been in recent years, it seems nearly every driver in the field has a legitimate shot at the $3600 payoff.

During the past decade no less than 60 different drivers have won at least one feature event in 410 competition at Williams Grove and in recent years no driver has been able to dominate.

No driver has won more than five features in a single season since Doug Esh won six times in 2006.

Since the turn of the century the Grove has averaged 16 different winners per year.

In 2005 and again in 2008 twenty different drivers won sprint car features in the 410 division with 19 different drivers recording a victory in 2007.

None of the past ten seasons has produced fewer than 13 different winners.

If the competition continues as expected, the increased winner's share should benefit quite a few race teams this year.

The first two features of the season will be lined up according to the luck of the draw before the speedway's handicapping system goes into effect. At that time bonus money and lap money will again be offered making it possible for feature winners to earn considerably more.

The 358 sprints will also be on the opening night card and the first heat is scheduled to start at 7:30.

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WILLIAMS GROVE A HEAVY FAVORITE TO BEAT THE WEATHER MARCH 19

MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Although Pennsylvania remains under a thick snow pack, the 2010 racing season at Williams Grove Speedway is set to open in less than a month and if recent history can be used as an indicator, then the odds are in favor of the opener being run on Friday night, March 19, as scheduled.

Over the past ten years the period from March 19 through March 31 has produced weather good enough to allow the Grove to run 86% of its scheduled sprint car races.

Since the turn of the century, Williams Grove has scheduled 21 races between March 19 and March 31 and only three dates were lost to the elements. 

Snow caused cancellation of a March 30 race in 2003. Rain washed out dates on March 20, `05 and March 23, `07.  The later was rescheduled and successfully completed on March 25, '07.

The eighteen races run from March 19-31 during the past ten years produced 13 different winners.

Defending track champion Todd Shaffer has been the master of late March, winning four times to top all drivers. One of those wins gets an asterisk since the feature was rained out on March 31, `06 and completed as part of the April 7 program.

Other late March repeat winners included Greg Hodnett and Keith Kauffman with two apiece. Fred Rahmer, Don Kreitz, Jr., Brook Weibley, Cris Eash, Todd Hestor, Niki Young, Mike Erdley, Lance Dewease, Craig Dollansky and Pat Cannon have also won during that time period.

Shaffer won on March 20 and again on March 27 last year.

This season's opener will include the Grove's sprint cars along with the 358s and is scheduled to start at 7:30.

The late models will share the pit area with the sprint cars on March 26.

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THUNDER SERIES 2010 MOVES CLOSER TO EVENT 100, SEVEN SPECIAL SHOWS JOIN 2010 NAPA AUTO PARTS THUNDER ON THE HILL RACING SERIES AT GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY

The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series has certainly evolved over the years.

In August of 1990, the Thunder Series presented their first event, a single division 410 sprint car racing program that was wildly successful. Although the interest was high, the success strong, by year three, Grandview Speedway track owner Bruce Rogers and Racing Publicist Bob Miller  knew the Thunder Series needed a rev-up to keep the spectators coming back for more.    The success was simple, change-up the events by bringing in a new division or different format or race night.

One thing you can count on with Thunder on the Hill is "change", for these events, it's rarely just, "more of the same".

The 2010 Thunder Series will offer seven action packed events, beginning with the ninety-second Thunder Series event  set for Wednesday night, May 26 and  will feature the 410 Sprints in the Keystone Cup Speed Week Series, a 35 lap $5,000 to win main event.  The Sportsman will be on the card presenting a series of qualifying events, a consolation and a 20 lap feature.

Back by popular demand is the USAC National Wingless Sprint Tour on Tuesday night, June 1.  USAC will share the card with the ARDC Wingless Midgets making this event a spectacular wingless open wheel double-header.

The 12th Annual Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM will make a return to the "hill" on Tuesday night, June 15. The best in  the world of big block modifieds will go one-hundred laps with a roster to include Billy Decker, Matt Sheppard, Alan Johnson and Brett Hearn as they take on local favorites  Jeff Strunk, Duane Howard,  Jimmy Horton, Frank Cozze and Rick Laubach.  A twenty lap feature Invitational for Sportsman will be on the program along with the always popular  Garden State Vintage Stock Cars.

On Tuesday, June 29 the Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series will storm Grandview joined by the 358 NASCAR Modifieds in a complete show of qualifying, leading up to the twenty-five lap feature event.

A first time visit by the  ROC (Race of Champions) Modifieds and Sportsman is set for Wednesday night, July 14.   The ROC on the Hill event will showcase the Modifieds in  a 60 lap feature as the Sportsman battle the high-banks for 40 laps.

The return of the World of Outlaws Late Models will take place at Grandview on Wednesday night, August 18.   Also on the program will be a complete show for the 358 NASCAR Modifieds.  This was the must see event of 2009 and is expected to be a crowd pleaser again in 2010.

The Thunder Series season finale will be the Annual House of Thunder Halloween Party on Saturday night, October 16.  The feature's only format will include the 358 NASCAR Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC Wingless Midgets, Sportsman and the Legend Cars.   The Garden State Vintage Stocks will be on the program along with a MONSTER SMASH Demo Derby to close out the season.

NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series  2010 Schedule

Wednesday, May 26       Keystone Cup Speed Week Series 410 Sprints & Sportsman  7:30 PM

Tuesday,  June 1        USAC National Wingless Sprint Tour  & ARDC Wingless Midgets  7:30 PM

Tuesday, June 15        Super DIRT Series TRAFFIC JAM 100 Plus Sportsman Invitational & Garden State Vintage Stock Cars  7:30 PM

Tuesday, June 29        Pennsylvania Sprint Speed Week Series 410 Sprints & 358 Modifieds  7:30 PM

Wednesday,  July 14     ROC on the Hill Race of Champions Modifieds 60 Laps  & Sportsman 40 Laps  7:30 PM

Wednesday,  August  18  World of Outlaws Late Models & 358 Modifieds  7:30 PM

Saturday, October 16    House of Thunder Halloween Party   6 PM  Grandview Thunder 5-25's  358 Modifieds, URC Sprints, ARDC Midgets,  Sportsman,
Legends.  Monster Smash Demo Derby Garden State Vintage Stock Cars    (Rain Date Sunday 4 PM)

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SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY NATIONAL OPEN WILL HONOR MEMORY OF SPRINT CAR CHAMPION JIM NACE SEPT. 18
Possible $26,000 payday for one driver! 

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The 28th  Annual National Open for 410 sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 18, a tribute to the late champion Jim Nace, will be one of the richest-paying sprint car races in the 65-year history of the Snyder County oval, according to an announcement made by track officials Saturday evening at the speedway’s annual motorsports show at the Susquehanna Valley Mall in Hummels Wharf.

The Jim Nace Memorial National Open will feature a unique format that will incorporate Nace’s most popular race car numbers and career statistics into the program. The main event’s distance of 44 laps, which represents one of Nace’s race car numbers from his early career, will be divided into two segments consisting of 22 laps each. Each segment will offer a complete payoff, with $6,000 to win each segment as a tribute to the No. 6 sprint car Nace campaigned most recently as both a driver and a car owner.   

Should one driver win both of the 22-lap segments, he will take home the $12,000 base pay as well as a $14,000 bonus, making it possible to earn a total of $26,000, a figure that was selected to honor the Camel Express No. 26 sprint car that Nace drove to a majority of his career championships and victories in central Pennsylvania.

“The Nace family was very receptive to our ideas to honor Jim’s life and racing career as part of this year’s National Open,” said speedway communications director Steve Inch. “Jim was one of the speedway’s most popular drivers during the past three decades and was one of our sport’s great ambassadors. This will be a special night of racing in his honor for both the fans and race teams.”

Tentatively, qualifying for the Jim Nace Memorial National Open will consist of time trials, heat races, B-main, and a dash. Additional details for this race will be announced as they are being finalized during the season.

Nace, who died last November following a seven-year battle with cancer, is Selinsgrove Speedway’s only five-time sprint car track champion, clinching titles in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, and 1995. With 46 career 410 sprint car victories and three career 358 sprint car wins, Nace is currently ranked fourth on the speedway’s all-time career sprint car win list.

Jim’s wife Crystal and daughter Jamie Nace, who recently took over operations of the family’s Fast Tees screen printing business in Thompsontown, announced they will sponsor the “Fast Tees Fast Time Award in Memory of Jim Nace” for all of the track’s 410 and 358 sprint car time trial shows in 2010.

The National Open will be one of three events this season featuring the 410 sprint cars at Selinsgrove Speedway. The 410 sprint cars will also compete at Selinsgrove in the May 30 Keystone Cup Series race and the July 4 PA Speedweek finale.

Selinsgrove Speedway will open the 2010 season with a two-day modified show Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20. Friday night’s show at 7:30 p.m. will feature the 358 modifieds in a 25-lap $2,000-to-win event, while Saturday’s race at 4 p.m. will feature the big block modifieds in a 50-lap $4,000-to-win finale.  

For the latest news, results, and race status, visit www.selinsgrovespeedway.com or call (570) 374-2999.

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