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Championship Friday; $3,000 on the line plus points towards GRAND
NATIONALS
By Mike Leone
September 24, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pulaski, PA
The FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series will
return to action this Friday night, September 28 at McKean County
Raceway in East Smethport, Pa. The event is the Northeast
Championship as well night one of the Grand Nationals for the
Northeast Region. The rain date is Saturday at 6 p.m.
The 30-lap Don Hardy Memorial feature will pay $3,000 to-win, $225 to-
start. Drivers will draw pills to determine the heat race lineups.
The top 12 drivers from the heat races will then redraw pills one
through twelve. The odd pills will line-up heads up in dash one and
the even pills will line-up heads up in dash two. The finish of the
dashes will then determine the first 12 starting spots of the
feature. Dash one will determine the inside six rows and dash two
the outside six rows. The remaining positions will be straight-up on
heat race and B main finishes.
The Jerges Used Auto Parts Dashes will pay $40, 25, 20, 20, 20, 20
and award the winner a new Goodyear tire. Heat race winners will
also receive a Goodyear tire. The first through third place
finishers in the feature will get a gas card from Kwik-Fill. The
last place finisher in the feature will receive a Goodyear tire and
additional remaining contingency tires will go to positions four and
on back.
"This event is a great way to end our inaugural season," stated
Northeast Co-Director Mike Leone. "McKean County stepped up to run
the FASTRAK Late Models on a weekly basis and scheduled three Touring
events and went above and beyond offering $3,000 to-win for this
show. They also agreed to make this event part of the Grand
Nationals for the Northeast Region. With McKean's growing car counts
plus the Touring Series regulars and the great purse that is being
offered, we expect the strongest field of the season for this show
with 30-plus cars."
Dick Barton of Ashville, New York leads the Series with three
victories including the inaugural event on May 25 at Raceway 7, the
June 17 show at Eriez, and the $5,000 event at Mercer Raceway Park on
July 4 as well as. John Lacki of Sinclairsville, New York won back-
to-back Touring events on June 15 and 16 at Raceway 7 and McKean.
Alan Dellinger and Bobby Powell have single victories at Lakeville
and Dog Hollow Speedways respectively.
Driving the Bob Williams-owned #8, Dellinger has a 25-point lead over
John Watson. Dellinger will win the inaugural $5,000 Northeast
Championship by starting the feature even if Watson would score the
victory. Dellinger would also win a 2008 Bullitt Chassis valued at
$3,395. Pro-1 Race Cars will also be randomly awarding a 2008
chassis to a FASTRAK Northeast Touring member at the awards
banquet.
Though the event is open to all competitors, it will also be night
one of the FASTRAK Grand Nationals for the Northeast Region. The
following FASTRAK members will be eligible to accumulate Grand
National points for their finish (in alphabetical order): Dick
Barton, Alan Dellinger, Kyle Drum, Dereck Frank, Jim Frank, Steve
Hollabaugh, Tom Kemp, Bob Kish, Chris Knuth, Jon Law, Carl McKinney,
Chad Myers, Scott Myers, Greg Oakes, Mark Osburn, Dave Padula, Rodney
Phillips, Tom Snyder, Jr., Jeff Teeters, Bob Vogt, Jr., and John
Watson. The 2007 Grand National Champion will earn $50,000 amongst a
$250,000 point fund following $2,000 to-win, $400 to-start events at
Mountain Raceway Park on October 18 and Volunteer Speedway on October
20 in Tennessee.
There is a $100 entry fee for the event. The Goodyear G45 or G50
tires are mandatory. They will be available at the track for $125
each or by calling BWR Performance at 330-509-1999.
Current FASTRAK Northeast Touring Points (includes Touring members
only!): 1. Alan Dellinger 229 2. John Watson 204 3. Dick Barton
202 4. Greg Oakes 185 5. Tom Snyder, Jr. 183 6. Steve Hollabaugh
180 7. Tom Kemp 171 8. Rodney Phillips 159 9. Carl McKinney 156
10. Chad Myers 150 11. Chris Knuth 120 12. Jon Law 114 13. Dave
Padula 101 14. Bump Hedman 75 15. Jay Watson 61 16. Kyle Drum 59
17. Jim Frank 57 18. Dereck Frank 55 19. J.R. Wright 38 20. Jeff
Teeters 21 21. Scott Myers 20 22. Jason Bridge, Shawn Rayfield,
Todd Andrews, Chris Angelicchio, Dan Angelicchio, Steve Beatty, John
Haggerty, Bob Kish, Larry Kugel, Jim Kurpakus, John Lacki, Scott
Lyon, Paul Michny, Wayne Mohawk, Dave Norton, Jr., Jack Nutter, Mark
Osburn, Mike Pegher, Bobby Powell, Tim Schram, Sarah Schrum, Ron
Smithley, Dan Stives, Kirby Tucker, Bob Vogt, Jr. Joe Watson, Chad
Wilds, Mike Wonderling, Jr. 0.
Feature payoff for McKean: 1. $3,000 2. $1,500 3. $800 4. $600 5.
$500 6. $450 7. $425 8. $400 9. $350 10. $325 11, $300 12. $275 13.
$250 14. $245 15. $240 16. $235 17. $230 18-24. $225. Tow/non-
qualifiers $100.
Pit gates open at 3:00 p.m. on Friday with heat races at 7 p.m.
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.
To join our mailing list, simply send an e-mail to fastrakpr-
subscribe@yahoogrou ps.com. Mike Leone and Vicki Emig can be reached
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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