Bluegrass Speedway 2221 New Haven Road Bardstown

Bluegrass Speedway
2221 New Haven Road
Bardstown, Kentucky 40004

2011 Official Media Release #21 (For Immediate Distribution: May 22, 2011)
Contact-Michael Despain (mgdespain@windstream.net and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)

NASRA 14th Annual Spring Sizzler Sizzles at Bluegrass Speedway on May 28

Bardstown, KY-May 22, 2011- After suffering their fifth rainout of the 2011 season, Bluegrass Speedway track promoters David and Anita Ferrell will celebrate the 2011 Memorial Day weekend with a large night of racing action on Saturday May 28 as the ½ mile high-banked Nelson County clay presents the 14th Annual Spring Sizzler for the National All Star Racing Association, paying $3,000 to win for Super Late Models in the A-main event.

Of note, all race teams and race fans that were in attendance at Bluegrass at the May 21 rainout event can use their general admission tickets and pit passes as a raincheck for the event. All patrons will have to do is pay the difference in price for the Saturday May 28 event. If patrons cannot use them this Saturday May 28 could also use them when the Compacts returns on Saturday June 25.

The May 28 racing program at Bluegrass Speedway will highlight by the National All Star Racing Association sanctioned 14th Annual Spring Sizzler that will consist of a full program of practice, time trials, heats, B-Mains, and the 30 lap, $3,000 to win 14th Annual Spring Sizzler Super Late Model A-Main. Also on the racing card for May 28 will be the Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modifieds racing for $500 to win, the Clayton Homes of Stanford UMP Sportsman racing for $200 to win, and the UMP Street Stocks racing for $100 to win. For the May 28 event, the Super Late Model and UMP Modified divisions will time trial, while the UMP Sportsman and UMP Street Stocks will pill draw for heat race starting assignments.

Activities at Bluegrass Speedway for the May 28 event will the pit area will open at 4:00 p.m., while the general admission area will open at 5:00 p.m. The drivers meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m., with practice set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Time trials will get underway at 7:00 p.m., with racing set for the green flag at or before 8:00 p.m. Ticket prices for the May 28 event in the general admission area will be $15 for adults, $8 for children ages 6 to 12, and children age 5 and under free. A pit pass will be $30.

The Spring Sizzler event has been on the Bluegrass Speedway schedule since 1998 and has been contested on thirteen previous occasions, with six different winners, and three rainouts. Mike Hawley of Paint Lick, KY was the inaugural event winner back in 1998, while Terry English of Benton, KY would take the race victory in 1999, with Rick Corbin of Independence, KY bringing in the 21st century with a win the 2000 contest. Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN would begin a string of three straight wins in the Spring Sizzler by scoring the event victories in 2001, 2003, and 2004, with Mother Nature the only one to slow O’Neal down during this run by raining out the 2002 event. Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, IL would outlast the competition to grab his only win in the race in 2005, while Mother Nature would again win the event in 2006 after it was rescheduled three times and finally cancelled. Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN is currently the man to beat at this race, as the “Winfield Warrior” has collected the last three straight wins in the Spring Sizzler from 2007 through 2009. Mother Nature was the winner of the 2010 event as rains forced cancellation of the race and it was not rescheduled.

Bluegrass Speedway last raced on April 30 and feature event winners included Darrell Lanigan of Union, KY in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models and Michael England of Glasgow, KY in Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modifieds. The Clayton Homes of Stanford UMP Sportsman and UMP Street Stocks were not in competition. The track was rained out on May 14 and rained out after practice on May 21.

Bluegrass Speedway is located at 2221 New Haven Road at the intersection of Kentucky Highway 31-E and exit 21 of the Martha Layne Collins (Bluegrass) Parkway. David and Anita Ferrell are the track promoters and present dirt track sports entertainment on Saturday evenings from mid-April through September. For more information about Bluegrass Speedway, visit the track’s webpage on the internet at www.bluegrass-speedway.com or phone (502) 349-1241 on raceday.