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Big Bucks On The Line For Drivers & Fans During This Week’s Fifth Annual ‘Scorcher’ Presented By Alltel Wireless At Volunteer Speedway $10,000-To-Win World of Outlaws Late Model Series Events Set For Wednesday & Thursday (Aug. 20-21) BULLS GAP, Tenn. (Aug. 18, 2008) – Big bucks will be on the line during this week’s fifth annual ‘Scorcher’ presented by Alltel Wireless at Volunteer Speedway – for both drivers and fans. The drivers, of course, will have two chances to fill their pockets at the four-tenths-mile oval. World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Mains paying $10,000 to win are scheduled for Wednesday (Aug. 20) and Thursday (Aug. 21), marking the first time in the history of the ‘Scorcher’ that complete shows will be contested both nights on the blazing-fast, high-banked track. Alltel Wireless, meanwhile, has posted an additional $4,000 to be divided among five drivers and five fans following Thursday night’s show, which will also feature an appearance by Alltel-sponsored NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Ryan Newman. Thursday night’s Alltel Wireless promotion will see 24 fans paired with drivers in the A-Main starting field by a random distribution of Alltel hats. The fans holding the hats marked with the numbers and names of the drivers who finish in the top-five at the end of the headline WoO LMS race will be invited to participate in the Alltel ‘My Circle 5’ Victory Lane ceremonies and receive cash prizes. The A-Main’s winning driver and the fan paired with him for the event will receive $1,000 apiece from Alltel Wireless. The remaining driver/fan pairings will earn payoffs of $400 each for second place, $300 each for third, $200 each for fourth and $100 each for fifth. Thursday night’s contest is just part of the interactive fan experience that Alltel Wireless representatives have planned for the ‘Scorcher,’ a huge event that figures to draw in the neighborhood of 50 cars as well as thousands of race fans who will invade eastern Tennessee for the weekend’s NASCAR events at nearby Bristol Motor Speedway. The Alltel FanZone will be in operation both nights behind Volunteer Speedway’s main grandstand. Fans can gain entry to the FanZone for themselves and a guest by showing their Alltel phone at the check-in table. There will be plenty of action in the Alltel FanZone. Food and drink will be provided each night, and fans will receive commemorative ‘Scorcher’ posters and have an opportunity to win special prizes. The FanZone intensity will be pumped up even more on Thursday night. The first 100 fans to check in with their Alltel phones will receive a free pit-pass upgrade to get an up-close look at the stars and cars of the WoO LMS, and 2008 Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman will visit the area at 5 p.m. to sign autographs before beginning his night of racing behind the wheel of the Alltel No. 12 dirt Late Model prepared by defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky. Darrell Lanigan of Union , Ky. , will lead the WoO LMS contingent to the ‘Scorcher’ as the tour’s points leader in search of his first championship. He is being chased by Francis, who has won three of the last six WoO LMS events, including the last A-Main on Aug. 16 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania , Ga. , and 20-year-old Josh Richards of Shinnston , W.Va. The WoO LMS roster also includes such standouts as Rick Eckert of York , Pa. , who won the ‘Scorcher’ at the 100-lap distance in 2005; Shannon Babb of Moweaqua , Ill. , whose car is owned by NASCAR Sprint Cup star Clint Bowyer; Shane Clanton of Locust Grove , Ga. ; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y.; and 2008 Rookie of the Year contenders Vic Coffey of Leicester, N.Y., and Joe Isabell of Pennellville, N.Y. A host of talented national, regional and local drivers have the two-day spectacular on their schedules, including 2006 WoO LMS champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y.; 2006 Scorcher winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn.; 2007 Scorcher victor Chris Madden of Gaffney, S.C.; Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn.; Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C.; Darren Miller of Chadwick, Ill.; Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga.; Austin Dillon of Lewisville, N.C.; Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis.; Vic Hill of Morristown, Tenn.; Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, Tenn.; Randy Weaver of Crossville, Ten..; and Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn. Adult grandstand admission is $25 for each night of the ‘Scorcher,’ which also sports sponsorship from Rusty Wallace Toyota of Morristown , Tenn. Youth tickets (ages 6-15) are $10 each night, with children 5-and-under admitted free. Pit admission and backside tier-parking is $35 for each program. Reserved two-night seats for Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 20-21) are currently on sale for $45. For more information on reserved seats, which include the orange-backed seats in turn one and turn four and the aluminum bleacher seats with backs along the front straightaway, contact Ginger Light at 423-349-6520. The pit gate will open daily at 3 p.m. and the grandstand gate will open each day at 4 p.m. Hot laps are “tentatively” scheduled to start each evening when the sun begins to go down – around 7:45 p.m. For more information on the ‘Scorcher’ presented by Alltell Wireless, visit www.volunteerspeedway.com or call 423-235-5020 or 423-378-5942. Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com |
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