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McKEAN SET TO HOST FASTRAK NORTHEAST LATE MODEL TOURING SERIES FINALE
ON FRIDAY
By Mike Leone
September 24, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
East Smethport, PA
The FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series
will head to McKean County Raceway this Friday, September 26 for the
third time this season, which will be the Touring finale for the
sophomore Series. Race #11 is scheduled to take the green at 7:30
p.m. The rain date is Saturday at 5 p.m.
The 25-lap featuring will pay $1,200 to-win, $150 to-start. Last
year's event was won by Todd Andrews and earlier this year current
point leader Max Blair and Kyle Drum captured victories. McKean will
also host a $750 to-win FASTRAK event on Saturday. The events will be
the final tune-up before Night 1 of the $250,000 FASTRAK Grand
Nationals for the Northeast Region on Saturday, October 4 at Mercer
Raceway Park.
"Hopefully the weather will cooperate this weekend," stated Northeast
Co-Director and Mercer Raceway Park owner Vicki Emig. "Our event on
the 13th at Mercer was the first Touring Series event we've lost this
year. Hopefully McKean can get their events in this weekend so
everyone can focus on the Night 1 of the Grand Nationals at Mercer
before heading to North Carolina and Virginia in a few weeks."
Thus far Max Blair is the only repeat winner on the Touring Series.
The Centerville, Pa. 18-year-old opened the 2008 Touring Series with
a victory on May 24 at McKean and backed that up with his second
$1,200 victory on August 24 at Eriez Speedway after getting by Tom
Snyder, Jr. on lap 21. Along with Blair and Drum, the following
drivers have also been victorious: Frank Guidace (Mercer), Alan
Dellinger (Dog Hollow), John Lacki (Raceway 7), Bobby Powell (Expo),
Mike Pegher, Jr. (Raceway 7), Carl McKinney (Tri-City), Dick Barton
(Dog Hollow).
Blair's lead is 19 over Barton heading into Friday and continues to
lead the National Weekly Series points by five over Powell. If Blair
can finish 19th or better Friday he'll win the $5,000 title no matter
what Barton does.
Current Touring Series Points (only Touring Series members are
eligible to receive points): 1. Max Blair 293 2. Dick Barton 274 3.
Bobby Powell 263 4. John Lacki 260 5. Tom Snyder, Jr. 255 6. Dennis
Lunger, Jr. 244 7. Rusty Moore 229 8. Jay Watson 200 9. Andy Buckley
198 10. Justin Kann 193 11. Jim Frank 183 12. Roger French 168 13.
Bob Kish 162 14. Steve Hollabaugh & Kevin Meadows 138 16. Mike
Pegher, Jr. & Jon Law 136 18. Carl McKinney 126 19. Chad Myers 125
20. Bob Diver 120 21. Bert Cleer 117 22. Dereck Frank 97 23. Bobby
Whitling 67 24. Kyle Drum 63 25. Brian Booher 62 26. Bob Dorman 38
27. Steve D'Apolito 37 28. Todd Sweet 36 29. Tommy Schirnhofer, Jr.,
Bryan Salisbury, & Dave Airgood, Jr. 10 32. Frank Guidace, Dan
Karalagas, Gary Miller, Jr., Tim Schram, Mike Wonderling, Sr., Tommy
Kronenwetter, Mike Lesky, John Eckenrod, Rocky Kugel, Sammy Stile,
Alan Dellinger, Aaron Ridley, Tyler Dietz, Jeff Enos, Tony Hyde, Ron
Smithley, Dan Angelicchio, Dave Lyon, Kyle Zimmerman, Bump Hedman,
Greg Oakes, Chad Wilds, Alex Anderson, Dave Norton, Jr., Butch
Lambert, Ben Black, Bryant Hank, Bob Vogt, Jr., Chris Haines, Jim
Laughard, Dan Stives, Dave Osterberg, Gary Stahl, Scott Jones, Jason
Stanke, John Haggerty, Kirby Tucker, Roger Laughlin, Chris
Angelicchio, Joe Zulinsky, Wayne Mohawk, Mike Anderson (Jr.), Garrett
Stephen, Bert Blackson, Tom Copeland. 0.
Feature payoff for McKean: 1. $1,200 2. $650 3. $450 4. $350 5. $325
6. $300 7. $275 8. $260 9. $255 10. $250 11. $225 12. $210 13. $200
14. $175 15. $165 16. $160 17. $155 18-24. $150
Pits open at 2 p.m. on Friday with racing at 7:30 p.m. In the event
of rain on Friday, Saturday's regular event will turn into the $1,200
Touring Series event. There is a $50 entry fee. The Goodyear G45 or
G50 tires are mandatory. They will be available at the track for $128
each or by calling BWR Performance at 330-509-1999.
McKean County Raceway is a 1/3-mile dirt track located at the McKean
County Fairgrounds in East Smethport, Pa. at the intersections of
Route 6 and 46. For more information on McKean County Raceway, check
out their website at www.mckeancountyrac eway.com or call 814-362-
6909. The track number on race day is 814-887-2600.
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.
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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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