Bluegrass
Speedway
2221
New Haven Road
Bardstown,
Kentucky 40004
2008
Media Release #3 (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-March 7, 2008)
Bluegrass
Speedway’s August 2 My Old Kentucky Home Shootout to be Co-Sanctioned by
O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series and Independent Racing Series
Bardstown,
Kentucky-March 7, 2008- Bluegrass Speedway track promoters David and Anita
Ferrell are pleased to announce an exciting and historic event that will take
place at the ½ mile Nelson County clay oval on Saturday August 2.
The
6th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout event will see the
O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series Super Late Model division and
the Independent Racing Series co-sanction what should be an exciting evening of
dirt track sports entertainment. Larry
Yantz, who serves as race director for the Super Late Model division of the
O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series and Independent Racing Series
race director Dean Miracle have agreed to have both sanctioning bodies govern
this August 2 event.
The
race will be 50 laps in distance and pay the winner $5,000 for their evening’s
work. The event will see the
fan-friendly Independent Racing Series race format utilized, while the
competitors will be in action using the tire rule of the O’Reilly Battle of
the Bluegrass DirtCar Series Super Late Model division.
The event is scheduled to start at least 24 entries, with two series
provisionals available to both sanctioning groups regular series travelers.
The
Louisville, Kentucky-based O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series
Super Late Model division will begin its 7th season of competition in
2008 and Victor Lee of Stanford, KY is the defending series champion.
The Findlay, Ohio-based Independent Racing Series recently completed an
outstanding inaugural season of competition that saw Rick Aukland of Zanesville,
OH be crowned the IRS champion.