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Pulaski, PA…One day after announcing that the FASTRAK Northeast Touring Series would hold an event at McKean County Raceway on July 28, track officials informed the Series today that they would like to reschedule their event to Saturday, August 25 at the East Smethport, Pa. facility.
“McKean was concerned about going head-to-head with a $5,000 to-win E-Mod show and a World of Outlaw Late Model event at two regional speedways,†explained Northeast Co-Director Mike Leone. “It was a late add as it was and with some of the racers already planning on competing in those events they felt it was in the best interest to reschedule for August 25 to be able to draw an optimum field of cars and fans. McKean has been a big asset to FASTRAK Northeast and the Touring Series and we’re committed to looking out after the best interests of everyone and after examining the options we feel this is the best decision. Both McKean and the Series apologize for an inconvenience this may have caused.â€
The 25-lap feature will still pay $1,500 to-win, $150 to-start. “Our last FASTRAK regional show was very, very good,” stated McKean Promoter Ken Leet. “The racing was great; there was practically a blanket over the top six all night. Although John Lacki led all 25 laps, Todd Andrews was basically beside him for 20 of those laps, add in the great races by Dick Barton, Alan Dellinger and Greg Oakes and MCR couldn’t wait to schedule another event.”
In other news, the Touring Series events scheduled for August 5 at Gamblers Raceway Park and August 10 at Freedom Raceway have been cancelled due to internal problems at both facilities. Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio will now hold a weekly-sanctioned FASTRAK event on August 10 and have opted to drop the FASTRAK Late Models from their August 31 card so that their racers can attend the Touring Series event scheduled for Dog Hollow Speedway that night. Raceway 7 will tentatively hold a Touring Series event on September 7 as part of their Fall Classic with details to be released in the future. A Touring Series event may be added on Saturday, August 11 at a speedway to be announced. If the event comes to fruition, information will be released as soon as possible. McKean also announced that they have increased their Friday, September 28 event from the originally announced $2,000 to-win to $3,000 to-win!
Winners thus far on the Touring Series include Dick Barton with victories at Raceway 7, Eriez, and Mercer, John Lacki and Raceway 7 and McKean, and Alan Dellinger at Lakeville. Dellinger is the current point leader in search of the $5,000 championship, which would give him a leg up in the region toward the $50,000 national champion.
Current FASTRAK Northeast Touring Points (includes Touring members only!): 1. Alan Dellinger 195 2. Dick Barton & John Watson 171 4. Steve Hollabaugh & Greg Oakes 165 6. Tom Snyder, Jr. 151 7. Tom Kemp 145 8. Rodney Phillips 138 9. Chad Myers 133 10. Carl McKinney 126 11. Jon Law 114 12. Dave Padula 85 13. Bump Hedman 75 14. Jay Watson 61 15. Kyle Drum 59 16. Jim Frank 57 17. Dereck Frank 55 18. Scott Myers 20 19. J.R. Wright 16 20. Jason Bridge, Shawn Rayfield, Todd Andrews, Steve Beatty, John Haggerty, Bob Kish, Chris Knuth, Larry Kugel, Jim Kurpakus, John Lacki, Scott Lyon, Wayne Mohawk, Dave Norton, Jr., Jack Nutter, Mark Osburn, Mike Pegher, Tim Schram, Sarah Schrum, Dan Stives, Jeff Teeters, Bob Vogt, Jr. Joe Watson, Mike Wonderling, Jr. 0.
Feature payoff for McKean: 1. $1,500 2. $800 3. $500 4. $400 5. $370 6. $335 7. $315 8. $300 9. $270 10. $250 11, $235 12. $225 13. $200 14. $170 15. $165 16. $160 17. $155 18-24. $150.
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.mckeancountyraceway.com or call 814-362-6909. The track number on race day is 814-887-2600.
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