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The 25th Anniversary Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints Kicks off at the Black Rock Speedway on April 12th.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In what typically is a long winter in Upstate New York and Canada, the start of a new season is now here! The 25th Anniversary Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) is ready to embark on their 31 date tour for 2008 with the first event on Saturday night, April 12th at the Black Rock Speedway in Dundee, N.Y.
The stars and cars of ESS makes their return to the Yates County oval for a full point show for the first time since Aug. of 2003. It will be a historic night as not only will the successful 360 sprint organization be starting their 25th anniversary season, Black Rock is celebrating their 50th anniversary. Fans can expect and action packed evening on the 4/10ths mile oval as ESS will share the pits with 358 Modifieds, who will be racing for $3,000 to win, the New York Modified Midgets and the Central New York Mini-Sprints.
Heading the list of winged machines in the pits will be defending champion Steve Poirier looking to make it two championships in a row. The top drivers looking to dethrone the Quebec native champ will be three time in a row runner-up in points Jeff VanDusen, two-time ESS champion and former Black Rock modified champ Lance Yonge, 2006 champion Alain Bergeron along with Michael Parent, Tommy Wickham, Bubby Kerrick, Mike Stelter and Justin Barger.
With this being the first event of the new year a big field will be on hand. Other drivers expected to be in the pit area will be Cory Sparks, Brian McDonald, Dan Kaszubinski, Doug Emery, Jared Zimbardi, Tim Kelly, Chuck Hebing, former Bully Hill Nationals champ Scott Bonnell, 2007 rookie of the year Normand Beaudreault, three-time champion Gordy Button, Jason Barney, Bryan Howland, two-time Bully Hill champ. George Suprick, Russ Bennett, Lee Ladouceur, Gary Troutman, along with rookie hopefuls Andy Noto, Brandon Warner and Bobby Magner.
Three or four Car Mate Custom Built Trailer heats will start off the action followed by the Lane's Yamaha/Walt's Hobby Dash and the KSE Racing Products B-Main all leading up to the... This will kick off the race to the 2008 Lucas Oil Championship. A special note to fans and competitors, a special practice session has been set up on Friday night where many of the sprint teams will be on hand.
For more information, please log on www.empiresupersprints.com and for the latest info for Black Rock, you can hit www.blackrockspeedway.com . Saturday night April 12th is the date, Black Rock Speedway is the place.The Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints for over 25 years and it will be excitement guaranteed!
Past Empire Super Sprint Winners at Black Rock Speedway.
Aug. 3, 1984 Lenny Krautheim III May 5, 1985 Gordy Button July 17, 1987 Mal Lane Sept. 11, 1987 John Zentner July 22, 1988 Mal Lane Aug. 19, 1988 Gordy Button Sept. 9, 1988 John Brutcher June 2, 1989 Rick Crane July 14, 1989 Tom Taber Aug. 11, 1989 Rob Hart Sept. 8, 1989 Mal Lane May 6, 1990 Mal Lane July 29, 1990 Jeff Thomas July 5, 1991 Mal Lane Aug. 9, 1991 Kim Gagliardi Aug. 30, 1991 Tom Taber Sept. 20, 1991 Jeff Thomas May 10, 1992 Jeff Thomas July 3, 1992 Bobby Parrow Aug. 7, 1992 Bobby Parrow Sept. 4, 1992 Bobby Parrow May 9, 1993 Mal Lane July 2, 1993 Tom Taber Aug. 6, 1993 Craig Lane May 30, 1994 Kramer Williamson July 3, 1994 Craig Lane Sept. 4, 1994 Craig Keel Sept. 8, 1995 Craig Lane April 20, 1996 Craig Lane Sept. 6, 1996 Scott Holcomb Sept. 5, 1997 Tim Kelly April 18, 1998 Mike Woodring Sept. 11, 1998 Bobby Parrow April 30, 1999 Mike Woodring July 14, 1999 Bobby Parrow Sept. 10, 1999 Greg Coverdale Rob Dietrick Dan Kaszubinski Sept. 11, 1999 Craig Keel April 15, 2000 Dan Kaszubinski July 3, 2000 Mike Woodring Sept. 8, 2000 Scott Holcomb Tom Taber George Suprick Sept. 9, 2000 George Suprick July 6, 2001 John Karklin Jr. Aug. 10, 2001 Randy Years Sept. 7, 2001 Phil Mott Sept. 8, 2001 George Suprick July 5, 2002 Brian Dumigan Aug. 9, 2002 Mike Lutz Sept. 6, 2002 Chris Coyle Dave McGough Erin Crocker Sept. 7, 2002 Mike Woodring April 12, 2003 Mike Lutz July 4, 2003 John Karklin Jr. Aug. 8, 2003 Lance Yonge Sept. 5, 2003 Mike Lutz Kevin Welsh Chris Coyle Sept. 6, 2003 Scott Bonnell Aug. 14, 2004 Blake Breen Sept. 10, 2004 Midge Miller Dave McGough Curt Michael Sept. 11, 2004 Trevor Lewis
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