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JACK GUNN MEMORIAL TRIPLE 20s AT WILLIAMS GROVE AUGUST 17
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- No driver in the storied history of Williams
Grove Speedway has won more races (73) or more championships (7) than
Fred Rahmer, but the defending Cindy Rowe Auto Glass titlist is
currently in one of the longest winless stretches of his remarkable career.
Rahmer hasn't visited victory lane at Williams Grove since May 27,
2006, a period of nearly fifteen months. But the odds are that he will
find a way to turn things around soon, because he hasn't had a winless
year at Williams Grove since 1989.
Rahmer will have three chances to end his slump on Friday, August
17, when the Jack Gunn Memorial triple 20s for sprint cars will be
presented.
With nearly $40,000 on the line, the Triple 20s is one of the major
events at Williams Grove Speedway.
Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 7:45.
Time trials will lock the twelve fastest cars into the first
feature. The fastest qualifier will draw for feature inversion.
The remainder of the field will then be split into two ten-lap
qualifying races, and the top five in each will transfer to the first
feature.
The final two spots will then go to the highest two drivers in the
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass point standings, who attempted to qualify but did
not transfer to the feature.
The second feature will be lined up according to the first feature
finish. The winning driver will draw for inversion.
Feature number three will be lined up according to total dollars
earned in the first two races. The top six money winners will be inverted.
The first two 20-lap features will pay $2500 to win. The third
feature will pay $5000, so a sweep of the Triple 20s will be worth $10,000.
No driver has ever swept a Triple 20s program.
In 2001 Todd Shaffer won the first two features, but Rahmer won the
third. In 2002 Rahmer won the first two, but Lance Dewease prevented a
sweep by winning the third.
Since the format was instituted in 1999, the Triple 20s has
produced three different winners six times including last year when
Dewease, Mark Smith and Doug Esh visited victory lane.
The Triple 20s is named to honor the memory of the late Williams
Grove promoter Jack Gunn, who was inducted into the national Sprint Car
Hall of Fame in 1990 on the first ballot.
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