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Southern Ontario Sprints Unveil 2008 Schedule
The Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS) today released their 2008 racing
schedule. The schedule encompasses 14 events at 5 different speedways as
well as the Brodix Tournament of Champions at Knoxville, IA. The series
schedule is once again anchored by Brighton Speedway which is hosting 6
events, with South Buxton Speedway hosting 2 shows and of course, Ohsweken
Speedway. The series is also returning to Humberstone Speedway after a
year’s absence and for the first time ever, the series will be appearing at
“The BOS” - Brockville Ontario Speedway.
The 2008 season curtain raiser will once again be at Brighton Speedway on
May 10 – with the points race concluding at Brighton on Aug 31, the Sunday
night of the annual Labour Day Classic. May 31 sees the series’ first ever
appearance at Brockville Speedway – along with a return scheduled for Oct
18. The Oct 18 event will be the final SOS event of the season and will be a
non-points show run in conjunction with the Empire Super Sprints (ESS) based
out of New York State. In between, the series returns to the Southwestern
end of the province for 2 shows at South Buxton Raceway located south of
Chatham. The first South Buxton date is June 28 as part of a Canada Day,
double header weekend, run in conjunction with a June 29 show at Humberstone
Speedway, The 2nd South Buxton show is also a long weekend affair on Aug 2.
As mentioned, the series is pleased to be returning to the rejuvenated
Humberstone Speedway June 29, Humberstone runs a bi-weekly sprint series and
the SOS is pleased that the track chose to include the SOS in their 2008
plans.
The big off season news to date, has been the announcement of weekly sprint
car racing at Ohsweken Speedway. Ohsweken continues to move forward with
continued facility improvements in conjunction with a dynamic and aggressive
schedule. July 18 will see the SOS return to Ohsweken. The SOS is proud to
be included in Ohsweken’s exciting future. The SOS will also continue to be
a part of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals Sept 12 and 13, one of the
biggest Sprint Car races of the year, not just in Ontario, but anywhere.
The series also returns as one of the sanctioning affiliates for the Brodix
Tournament of Champions at the World Famous Knoxville Speedway located in
Knoxville Iowa. This is one of the kick-off events for the 2008 Cox Design
Southern Iowa Sprint Week that concludes with the Knoxville Nationals on
August 9.
With a schedule that involves its fair share of travel, the SOS is also
announcing that tow money for all competitors will be increased to $200 for
the 3 tracks on the schedule that involve extended travel for the majority
of competitors. The 3 tracks are South Buxton, Brighton and Brockville. The
SOS fully realizes that the price of fuel seems to be on an upward
trajectory with no end in sight – we do hope this will somewhat ease the
travel burden for competitors that for one reason or other are unable to run
the feature event.
The full 2008 SOS Schedule is as follows…..
1: May 10 Brighton Speedway, Brighton, ON– Season Opener
2: May 31 Brockville Ontario Speedway, Brockville, ON – First ever SOS event
at Brockville
3: Jun 14 Brighton Speedway, Brighton, ON
4: Jun 28 South Buxton Raceway, South Buxton, ON – Canada Day Weekend
5: Jun 29 Humberstone Speedway, Humberstone, ON – Canada Day Weekend
6: July 12 Brighton Speedway, Brighton, ON
7: July 18 Ohsweken Speedway, Ohsweken, ON
8: Aug 2 South Buxton Raceway, South Buxton, ON
9: Aug 3 Knoxville Speedway, Knoxville Iowa – Brodix Tournament of Champions
– Non Points
10: Aug 9 Brighton Speedway, Brighton, ON
11: Aug 30 Brighton Speedway, Brighton, ON - Labour Day Classic
12: Aug 31 Brighton Speedway, Brighton, ON - Labour Day Classic
13: Sept 12 Ohsweken Speedway, Ohsweken, ON - Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
14: Sept 13 Ohsweken Speedway, Ohsweken, ON - Canadian Sprint Car Nationals
15: Oct 18 Brockville Ontario Speedway, Brockville, ON - non-points with ESS
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