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NAME CHANGE FOR NATIONAL OPEN
MECHANICSBURG, PA -- One of the country's richest and most
prestigious sprint car events will have a new name this year.
The former Williams Grove National Open is now the Morgan Hughes
National Open presented by Cleveland Brothers.
Hughes had owned the speedway from 1971 until his death on April 12.
For the third consecutive year the National Open will pay $50,000
to win. Only the Knoxville Nationals offers a higher payoff to win a
sprint car race.
It was Hughes who approved raising the winner's share from $30,000
to $50,000 in 2006.
"He had the foresight to raise the payoff and keep this race among
sprint car racing's major events," said Justin Loh, general manager of
Williams Grove Speedway. "Because of that we feel Morgan Hughes should
be synonymous with the National Open."
Cleveland Brothers had been the long time title sponsor of the
National Open, and will graciously move to presenting sponsor so the
race can be renamed to honor Morgan Hughes.
The National is a two-day event set for September 26-27.
The September 27 program will be televised live on SPEED.
The Morgan Hughes National Open will be sanctioned by the World of
Outlaws, which means the top names in sprint car racing will be in
competition.
That will be the third stop for the Outlaws at the Grove in 2008.
Cleveland Brothers will sponsor a two-day World of Outlaws event on
Thursday and Friday, May 15-16.
The Outlaws will also return for the Cleveland Brothers Summer
Nationals on July 18-19.
Reserved seat tickets remain for all six World of Outlaws dates and
are available at the speedway office. Credit card orders are accepted
at 717.697.5000.
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