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By Mike Leone
July 19, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pulaski, PA
One day after announcing that the FASTRAK Northeast
Touring Series would hold an event at McKean County Raceway on July
28, track officials informed the Series today that they would like to
reschedule their event to Saturday, August 25 at the East Smethport,
Pa. facility.
"McKean was concerned about going head-to-head with a $5,000 to-win E-
Mod show and a World of Outlaw Late Model event at two regional
speedways," explained Northeast Co-Director Mike Leone. "It was a
late add as it was and with some of the racers already planning on
competing in those events they felt it was in the best interest to
reschedule for August 25 to be able to draw an optimum field of cars
and fans. McKean has been a big asset to FASTRAK Northeast and the
Touring Series and we're committed to looking out after the best
interests of everyone and after examining the options we feel this is
the best decision. Both McKean and the Series apologize for an
inconvenience this may have caused."
The 25-lap feature will still pay $1,500 to-win, $150 to-start. "Our
last FASTRAK regional show was very, very good," stated McKean
Promoter Ken Leet. "The racing was great; there was practically a
blanket over the top six all night. Although John Lacki led all 25
laps, Todd Andrews was basically beside him for 20 of those laps, add
in the great races by Dick Barton, Alan Dellinger and Greg Oakes and
MCR couldn't wait to schedule another event."
In other news, the Touring Series events scheduled for August 5 at
Gamblers Raceway Park and August 10 at Freedom Raceway have been
cancelled due to internal problems at both facilities. Raceway 7 in
Conneaut, Ohio will now hold a weekly-sanctioned FASTRAK event on
August 10 and have opted to drop the FASTRAK Late Models from their
August 31 card so that their racers can attend the Touring Series
event scheduled for Dog Hollow Speedway that night. Raceway 7 will
tentatively hold a Touring Series event on September 7 as part of
their Fall Classic with details to be released in the future. A
Touring Series event may be added on Saturday, August 11 at a
speedway to be announced. If the event comes to fruition, information
will be released as soon as possible. McKean also announced that they
have increased their Friday, September 28 event from the originally
announced $2,000 to-win to $3,000 to-win!
Winners thus far on the Touring Series include Dick Barton with
victories at Raceway 7, Eriez, and Mercer, John Lacki and Raceway 7
and McKean, and Alan Dellinger at Lakeville. Dellinger is the current
point leader in search of the $5,000 championship, which would give
him a leg up in the region toward the $50,000 national champion.
Current FASTRAK Northeast Touring Points (includes Touring members
only!): 1. Alan Dellinger 195 2. Dick Barton & John Watson 171 4.
Steve Hollabaugh & Greg Oakes 165 6. Tom Snyder, Jr. 151 7. Tom Kemp
145 8. Rodney Phillips 138 9. Chad Myers 133 10. Carl McKinney 126
11. Jon Law 114 12. Dave Padula 85 13. Bump Hedman 75 14. Jay Watson
61 15. Kyle Drum 59 16. Jim Frank 57 17. Dereck Frank 55 18. Scott
Myers 20 19. J.R. Wright 16 20. Jason Bridge, Shawn Rayfield, Todd
Andrews, Steve Beatty, John Haggerty, Bob Kish, Chris Knuth, Larry
Kugel, Jim Kurpakus, John Lacki, Scott Lyon, Wayne Mohawk, Dave
Norton, Jr., Jack Nutter, Mark Osburn, Mike Pegher, Tim Schram, Sarah
Schrum, Dan Stives, Jeff Teeters, Bob Vogt, Jr. Joe Watson, Mike
Wonderling, Jr. 0.
Feature payoff for McKean: 1. $1,500 2. $800 3. $500 4. $400 5. $370
6. $335 7. $315 8. $300 9. $270 10. $250 11, $235 12. $225 13. $200
14. $170 15. $165 16. $160 17. $155 18-24. $150.
McKean County Raceway is a 1/3-mile dirt track located at the McKean
County Fairgrounds in East Smethport, Pa. at the intersections of
Route 6 and 46. For more information on McKean County Raceway, check
out their website at www.mckeancountyrac eway.com or call 814-362-
6909. The track number on race day is 814-887-2600.
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at 724-964-9300. E-mail to info@fastraknorthea st.com and snail mail
to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. For more information, check out
www.fastraknortheas t.com.
Partners of the FASTRAK Racing Series Include: Goodyear Racing, GM
Performance Parts, Maypole Chevrolet, Duralite Wheels, PPM Racing
Products, Heintz Performance, MK-Direct, Braswell Carburetion,
Mastersbilt Racing Chassis, TNT Racing Chassis, Rocket Racing
Chassis, Modern Chevrolet and Schoenfeld Headers.
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