Bluegrass
Speedway
2221
New Haven Road
Bardstown,
Kentucky 40004
2010
Official Media Release #2 (For Immediate Distribution: March 6, 2010)
Contact-Michael
Despain (Mdespain7@aol.com and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)
Bluegrass
Speedway’s 2010 Season Ready for Showtime on April 17
Bardstown,
KY-March 6, 2010- Track promoters David and Anita Ferrell are set to begin
their 11th season at the promotional helm of Bluegrass Speedway in
Bardstown, KY as the ˝ mile high-banked Nelson County racing facility begins
its 16th season of dirt track sports entertainment and the 2010
season will be chock full of racing excitement for young and old alike with no
less than six different sanctioning groups visiting the Central Kentucky track
over the course of the 2010 racing campaign.
There
will be a Test and Tune day at the track on Saturday April 10 for 6:00 p.m.
until 10:00 p.m., with the 2010 racing season officially getting the green flag
on Saturday evening April 17 with a full program of racing competition
featuring Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, and UMP Street
Stocks.
The full-fendered, ground-pounding warriors of the Super Late Model division will have no less than seven extra paying money events throughout the 2010 racing season. The National All Star Racing Association will make a pair of visits to Bluegrass Speedway this season, with a stop on April 24 for the 13th Annual Spring Sizzler, paying $3,000 to win, and again on July 10 for the 12th Annual Kentuckiana Klash, with that event paying $5,000 to win. On May 8, the World of Outlaws Late Model tour will make its first ever visit to Bluegrass Speedway for the 8th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout, with the winner’s portion of the purse being $10,000. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will again return to Bluegrass Speedway for the track’s benchmark event, the 10th Annual Bluegrass Classic, with yet another big purse that will see the winner carry home $10,000 for their efforts. A trio of unsanctioned events also grace the schedule with the 7th Annual Jerry Rucker Memorial event set for Memorial Day weekend on May 29 paying $2,000 to win, the 9th Annual June Jam on June 19 paying $3,000 to win, and the 12th Annual Bluegrass 50 will go as an unsanctioned event for the first time in its history on August 7, but will still pay $5,000 to win. The Super Late Models will also compete with the roofs removed from the cars during the 7th Annual Topless Terror Night on June 26. The track tire rules for the Super Late Model division for 2010 will be the same as in ’09, with it being a Hoosier Tire only rule on regular or unsanctioned event, with the tire rule being as follows: Front Tire Rule- any compound 11 x 92 Hoosier Tire; Rear Tire Rule- Hoosier LM20, 1300, 1350, LM40, 1600 and D55 (Shoulder Plated) are the only compounds that are eligible for competition. The soft compounds (LM20, 1300) must durometer 40 prior to competition, while the hard compounds (LM40, 1600, D55) must durometer 60 prior to competition. The SUPR or SAS branded Hoosier 1600 is not eligible for competition.
David
Webb of Nicholasville, KY was the 2009 Super Late Model track champion at
Bluegrass Speedway.
The
Modified division will see a revamping of sorts for the start of the new decade
as the open-wheel pilots will feature sanctioning from the UMP Dirt Car
organization, marking the first time that UMP has sanctioned the Modified
division at Bluegrass Speedway since 1998.
This will allow drivers in the Modified class to compete for state,
regional, and national points in the Modified division of the UMP Dirt Car
organization provided they are a member of UMP. A pair of extra paying open-wheel events will take place in 2010
and will be sanctioned under the auspices of the newly formed American Modified
Series, which will also allow drivers to earn UMP points as well. The 10th Annual Mod Squad Bash
will take place on May 15 and pay the winner $1,500, while the money will be
doubled for the 10th Annual Bluegrass Rumble on Saturday July 24 as
the winner will take home $3,000 that evening.
The UMP Modifieds will also be sporting the convertible look for the 7th Annual Topless Terror
Night on June 26. The tire rule for the
UMP Modified division will be as follows:
The Hoosier tire compounds of A40
and/or H40 are the only legal tire compounds and must be used on the front and
rear of the Modified race cars. The D40
compound will not be permitted in action in regular shows or unsanctioned
events. Randy Turpin of
Benji Lee of
Loretto, KY was the 2009 Modified track champion at Bluegrass Speedway.
The
Sportsman division will return for competition again in 2010 with their always
competitive style of action, but will also fall under the UMP Dirt Car
sanctioning body. Bluegrass Speedway
track rules will apply to the division, with drivers in this division eligible
for state and national points, as long as they are a UMP member. The 2010 racing schedule will feature a pair
of extra paying to win events for this division as well. The top event for the UMP Sportsman division
at Bluegrass Speedway will be on June 5 as the 7th Annual Shorty
Gardner Memorial takes place with the winner walking away with $500. The UMP Sportsman division will also be
highlighted during the 2010 Season Finale on September 25 in a $400 to win
event. The tire rule for the UMP
Sportsman division is as follows: If a racer chooses to run a street tire, the
following pertains to the sizes on the street tires- 255 x 60 x 15 maximum (60
minimum); If a racer chooses to use a racing tire, it is Hoosier Tires only,
with the Open Wheel Modified A40 and H40 compounds the only tire compounds
eligible. Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY
was the 2009 Sportsman track champion at Bluegrass Speedway.
The
Street Stock division also returns for another season of side-by-side, close
quarters competition in 2010 as this division seems to always produce some of
the most exciting feature event finishes on almost a weekly basis. The Street Stock division will also be under
the sanctioning auspices of the UMP Dirt Car group, with these drivers also
eligible to earn UMP state and national points as long as they are a UMP
member. Bluegrass Speedway track rules
will apply in this division as well. There
will be two extra paying to win event for the UMP Street Stock class in 2010,
as the first one will take place on May 22 for $300 to win, with another $300
to win special for the UMP Street Stocks set for September 18. The tire rule for
the UMP Street Stock divisions is as follows:
Street tires only with a 255 X 70 X 15 DOT maximum; No racing tires
allowed. Johnny Cecil of Bardstown, KY
was the 2009 Street Stock track champion at Bluegrass Speedway.
Also,
the American Sprint Car Tour will visit the high banks of Bluegrass Speedway on
Saturday May 22 as the Indiana based Non-Wing Sprint Car tour will bring all
steel-block horsepower to the Nelson County speedplant. A twist to the track points will also take
place on two different occasions as well, as on Topless Terror Night on June 26
and on August 14, all racers in all divisions that are signed in to compete and
make the A-Main in their respective divisions will receive first place track
points on those two evenings of competition.
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 all racing activities for the 2010 racing season, visit the
track’s page on the internet at www.bluegrass-speedway.com or by phone at (502)
349-1241 on raceday.
2221
New Haven Road-Bardstown, Kentucky-“Home of the Bluegrass Classic”
-Saturday Night
Racing featuring Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, and UMP
Street Stocks-
2010 Schedule of
Events
April
10- Test and Tune for All
Divisions: 6 p.m. until 10:00
p.m.
April 17- 2010 Season Opener: Weekly Racing Series- Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman,
and UMP Street Stocks
April
24- 13th
Annual Spring Sizzler: National All
Star Racing Association Late Models-$3,000 to win; Weekly Racing Series-UMP Modifieds and UMP Street
Stocks (UMP Sportsman Off)
May
1- OFF
(Closed for Kentucky Derby)
May
8- 8th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout: World of Outlaws Super Late Models-$10,000 to win; Weekly Racing Series- UMP Sportsman, and UMP
Street Stocks (UMP Modifieds Off)
May
15- 10th Annual Mod Squad Bash: American Modified
Series (UMP Modifieds)-$1,500 to win; Weekly Racing Series-Super Late Models and UMP
Sportsman (UMP Street Stocks Off)
May
22- American Sprint Car Tour: Non-Wing Sprint Cars; Weekly Racing Series- Super Late Models,
and UMP Street Stocks -$300 to win (UMP Modifieds Off, UMP Sportsman Off)
May
29- 7th Annual Jerry Rucker Memorial: Super Late Models-$2,000 to
win; Weekly Racing Series- UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman,
and UMP Street Stocks
June
5- 7th Annual Shorty Gardner Memorial: UMP Sportsman-$500 to win; Weekly Racing
Series- Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, and UMP Street Stocks
June
12- OFF (Closed for Dream 100)
June
19- 9th Annual June Jam: Super Late Models- $3,000 to win; Weekly Racing
Series for UMP Modifieds and UMP Street Stocks (UMP Sportsman Off)
June 26-
7th Annual Topless Terror Night: Topless Super Late Models, Topless
UMP Modifieds, Weekly Racing Series- UMP Sportsman, and UMP Street Stocks (ALL
racers signed in that make the A-Mains get first place track points!)
July
3- OFF (Closed for Independence Day)
July
10- 12th
Annual Kentuckiana Klash: National All Star Racing Association Late
Models-$5,000 to win; Weekly Racing Series-UMP Modifieds and UMP Sportsman (UMP Street Stocks
Off)
July
17- OFF (Closed for Nelson County Fair)
July
24- 10th Annual Bluegrass Rumble: American Modified
Series (UMP Modifieds)-$3,000 to win; Weekly Racing Series-Super Late Models and UMP
Street Stocks (UMP Sportsman Off)
July 31- OFF
August
7- 12th Annual
Bluegrass 50: Super Late Models-$5,000 to win; Weekly Racing Series-UMP Modifieds and UMP Sportsman
(UMP Street Stocks Off)
August
14- Weekly Racing Series- Super Late Models, UMP
Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, and UMP Street Stocks (ALL racers signed in that
make the A-Mains get first place track points!)
August
21- OFF
August
28- 10th Annual Bluegrass Classic: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-$10,000
to win; Weekly
Racing Series-UMP Sportsman and UMP Street Stocks (UMP Modifieds Off)
September 4- OFF (Closed for Labor
Day Holiday)
September
11- OFF (Closed for World 100)
September
18- UMP Street
Stocks-$300 to win; Weekly Racing Series-Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, and UMP Sportsman
September
25-UMP Sportsman-$400 to win; Weekly Racing Series-Super Late Models, UMP
Modifieds, and UMP Street Stocks
NOTE:
Schedule of Events is Subject to Additions/Changes/Deletions
Divisions in Competition-Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, UMP Sportsman, UMP Street Stocks
For More
Information About Bluegrass Speedway, Contact the Following Individuals:
-David and Anita Ferrell (Track
Promoters): (859) 854-6922; (859) 516-3754; (859) 516-3723 by phone or at bgspeedway@bellsouth.net via e-mail;
-Amanda Ferrell (859) 583-2696; -Michael Despain (Media Consultant): (270) 465-3380; (859) 583-8079 by phone
or at Mdespain7@aol.com or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com
via e-mail; -Bluegrass Speedway (Race
Day): (502) 349-1241; -Online at www.bluegrass-speedway.com
Bluegrass Speedway-“Where It’s Always Showtime!”