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Tri-City added to FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series Labor
Day Weekend with $2,000 to winner
By Mike Leone
August 12, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Franklin, PA
The FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series
announced today the addition of an event to be held Saturday and
Sunday, August 30 and 31 at Tri-City Speedway in conjunction with the
Oil Region Labor Day Classic World of Outlaw Late Model event.
Saturday will include heat races and then on Sunday the last chance B
main(s) and 30-lap feature event will be held, which will pay $2,000
to-win, $200 to-start making it the richest event to date on the 2008
schedule.
"Tri-City has been a requested venue for a Touring Series event since
they announced they were joining the weekly FASTRAK fold," explained
Northeast Co-Director Vicki Emig. "In our second season, Tri-City
has given FASTRAK a weekly Sunday home and this will be a great way
to end the 2008 season and showcase our competitive Touring Series in
front of a large audience. We realize this is a late add, but the
drivers and fans have really wanted to see a Touring event at Tri-
City and didn't want to pass up a $2,000 to-win event."
After seven completed events there has yet to be a repeat winner.
Max Blair, who also leads the $10,000 National Weekly Series, is also
the current Touring Series point leader, which will pay $5,000 to the
champion. The Centerville, Pa. 18-year-old opened the 2008 Touring
Series with a victory on May 24 at McKean County Raceway. Since then
the following drivers have been victorious: Frank Guidace (Mercer),
Alan Dellinger (Dog Hollow), John Lacki (Raceway 7), Kyle Drum
(McKean), Bobby Powell (Expo), and Mike Pegher, Jr. (Raceway 7).
Blair has a 21-point lead over Powell heading into the next Touring
Series event on Sunday, August 24 at Eriez Speedway. Dog Hollow
Speedway will hold their second and final Touring Series event the
night prior to Tri-City on Friday, August 29. Following Tri-City,
Mercer Raceway Park will hold their second and final event on
Saturday, September 13 followed by race number three at McKean County
on September 26.
At Tri-City, gates open at 2 p.m. both days with racing at 6. A two-
day pit pass is $60 and the entry fee is $100. Tri-City Speedway is
a half-mile oval located seven miles north of Franklin, Pa. off Route
417. For more information, call 814-473-4038 (office) or 814-673-
1681 (track) or check our their website at www.tricityspeedway .com.
2008 FASTRAK Northeast Touring Series associate sponsors thus far are
Race 1, Fame RV Center, Yoder's Performance Specialty & PRC, Bullitt
Chassis, and Fred Beans Parts.
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.
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