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Pulaski, PA…The FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series will return to action this Friday night, September 28 at McKean County Raceway in East Smethport, Pa. The event is the Northeast Championship as well night one of the Grand Nationals for the Northeast Region. The rain date is Saturday at 6 p.m.
The 30-lap Don Hardy Memorial feature will pay $3,000 to-win, $225 to-start. Drivers will draw pills to determine the heat race lineups. The top 12 drivers from the heat races will then redraw pills one through twelve. The odd pills will line-up heads up in dash one and the even pills will line-up heads up in dash two. The finish of the dashes will then determine the first 12 starting spots of the feature. Dash one will determine the inside six rows and dash two the outside six rows. The remaining positions will be straight-up on heat race and B main finishes.
The Jerges Used Auto Parts Dashes will pay $40, 25, 20, 20, 20, 20 and award the winner a new Goodyear tire. Heat race winners will also receive a Goodyear tire. The first through third place finishers in the feature will get a gas card from Kwik-Fill. The last place finisher in the feature will receive a Goodyear tire and additional remaining contingency tires will go to positions four and on back.
“This event is a great way to end our inaugural season,†stated Northeast Co-Director Mike Leone. “McKean County stepped up to run the FASTRAK Late Models on a weekly basis and scheduled three Touring events and went above and beyond offering $3,000 to-win for this show. They also agreed to make this event part of the Grand Nationals for the Northeast Region. With McKean’s growing car counts plus the Touring Series regulars and the great purse that is being offered, we expect the strongest field of the season for this show with 30-plus cars.â€
Dick Barton of Ashville, New York leads the Series with three victories including the inaugural event on May 25 at Raceway 7, the June 17 show at Eriez, and the $5,000 event at Mercer Raceway Park on July 4 as well as. John Lacki of Sinclairsville, New York won back-to-back Touring events on June 15 and 16 at Raceway 7 and McKean. Alan Dellinger and Bobby Powell have single victories at Lakeville and Dog Hollow Speedways respectively.
Driving the Bob Williams-owned #8, Dellinger has a 25-point lead over John Watson. Dellinger will win the inaugural $5,000 Northeast Championship by starting the feature even if Watson would score the victory. Dellinger would also win a 2008 Bullitt Chassis valued at $3,395. Pro-1 Race Cars will also be randomly awarding a 2008 chassis to a FASTRAK Northeast Touring member at the awards banquet.
Though the event is open to all competitors, it will also be night one of the FASTRAK Grand Nationals for the Northeast Region. The following FASTRAK members will be eligible to accumulate Grand National points for their finish (in alphabetical order): Dick Barton, Alan Dellinger, Kyle Drum, Dereck Frank, Jim Frank, Steve Hollabaugh, Tom Kemp, Bob Kish, Chris Knuth, Jon Law, Carl McKinney, Chad Myers, Scott Myers, Greg Oakes, Mark Osburn, Dave Padula, Rodney Phillips, Tom Snyder, Jr., Jeff Teeters, Bob Vogt, Jr., and John Watson. The 2007 Grand National Champion will earn $50,000 amongst a $250,000 point fund following $2,000 to-win, $400 to-start events at Mountain Raceway Park on October 18 and Volunteer Speedway on October 20 in Tennessee.
There is a $100 entry fee for the event. The Goodyear G45 or G50 tires are mandatory. They will be available at the track for $125 each or by calling BWR Performance at 330-509-1999.
Current FASTRAK Northeast Touring Points (includes Touring members only!): 1. Alan Dellinger 229 2. John Watson 204 3. Dick Barton 202 4. Greg Oakes 185 5. Tom Snyder, Jr. 183 6. Steve Hollabaugh 180 7. Tom Kemp 171 8. Rodney Phillips 159 9. Carl McKinney 156 10. Chad Myers 150 11. Chris Knuth 120 12. Jon Law 114 13. Dave Padula 101 14. Bump Hedman 75 15. Jay Watson 61 16. Kyle Drum 59 17. Jim Frank 57 18. Dereck Frank 55 19. J.R. Wright 38 20. Jeff Teeters 21 21. Scott Myers 20 22. Jason Bridge, Shawn Rayfield, Todd Andrews, Chris Angelicchio, Dan Angelicchio, Steve Beatty, John Haggerty, Bob Kish, Larry Kugel, Jim Kurpakus, John Lacki, Scott Lyon, Paul Michny, Wayne Mohawk, Dave Norton, Jr., Jack Nutter, Mark Osburn, Mike Pegher, Bobby Powell, Tim Schram, Sarah Schrum, Ron Smithley, Dan Stives, Kirby Tucker, Bob Vogt, Jr. Joe Watson, Chad Wilds, Mike Wonderling, Jr. 0.
Feature payoff for McKean: 1. $3,000 2. $1,500 3. $800 4. $600 5. $500 6. $450 7. $425 8. $400 9. $350 10. $325 11, $300 12. $275 13. $250 14. $245 15. $240 16. $235 17. $230 18-24. $225. Tow/non-qualifiers $100.
Pit gates open at 3:00 p.m. on Friday with heat races at 7 p.m. 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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