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Riverside Bar and Grill Becomes Title Sponsor of Three Big Weekends North of the Border for the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – When the stars and cars from the 25th Anniversary Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints head “North of the Border”, on three special weekends not only will some of the best drivers from two nations race for $2,000 to win A-Mains, but a special $1,000 point fund will be awaiting at the end of each weekend as well. The Riverside Bar and Grill located in Gananoque, Ontario and owned by the famed Wilson family will be backing each weekend.
The Wilson’s are legendary in Ontario and are lead by future hall of famer Rick Wilson. His son Kyle (the proprietor of Riverside Bar and Grill) and daughter April all race the winged machines and they will be out in force on each night hoping to bring back some of their own money.
Riverside Bar and Grill is located on 147 King Street East and is starting its second year of operation. Offering all types of food and entertainment as well as catering a party numbering over 100. There are special events held on holiday weekends and also during major sporting events. For more information, you can call (613) 382-9797.
The three weekends are: July 18 and 19 when the Lucas Oil tour visits Autodrome Edelweiss Speedway and the Brockville Ontario Speedway. Both events are paying $2,000 to win thanks to Northwood 2 Construction will now see $1,000 split up among the top five drivers after the checkered falls at Brockville. Weekend two is a special three-race weekend (Aug. 15-17) where again Edelweiss and Brockville make up Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, the teams will head east on Route 401 to the Cornwall Motor Speedway where the top five point getters will spilt another cool grand. The final weekend is also the final points weekend for the 2008 season when Edelweiss again kicks off the excitement with the Mohawk International Raceway bringing down the checkered flag on the points season. Again, a cool $1,000 will await the top five in points for the two races.
“This is an unique program that we wanted to work on for this year. While the overall points will reward the best over a sixth month period, the weekend point funds will give extra dollars to teams that have a good weekend.” noted ESS President Chuck Miller. “Also, this type of sponsorship might entice a few teams to spend a weekend with us knowing there is a nice chuck of change waiting at the end. Not only do we have the largest A-Main purse of any organization but add on separate point funds and there’s money to be won. We have to thank Rick and his whole family, they like sprint cars, like to support ESS and the teams.”
These three weekends will be followed up by an announcement of at least two more with others still in the works. It’s the 25th Anniversary of one of the most successful 360 organizations… Poirier, VanDusen, Yonge, Cook, Bergeron, Parent, Wickham, Kerrick, Stelter, Sparks, McDonald, Barger and many, many more will be out in force looking for the Lucas Oil crown. All the action will kick off on Saturday night, April 12th at the Black Rock Speedway and followed by 30 more mud slinging events. For more information, please log on to www.empiresupersprints.com .
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