Bluegrass Speedway

2221 New Haven Road

Bardstown, Kentucky  40004

                                 

2009 Official Media Release #51 (For Immediate Distribution:  August 9, 2009)  

Contact-Michael Despain (Mdespain7@aol.com and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)

 

Bluegrass Speedway Host National All Star Racing Association Jerry Ross Memorial on August 15

 

Bardstown, KY-August 9, 2009- After being closed last weekend, Bluegrass Speedway track promoters David and Anita Ferrell will return with “Saturday Night Showtime” on Saturday August 15 with a first-time event for the newly formed National All Star Racing Association, headed by legendary chassis builder C.J. Rayburn.  The event will be the Jerry Ross Memorial and will feature the NASRA Late Models in a 30 lap, $3,000 to win event.           

 

The Saturday August 15 program will feature the National All Star Racing Association in the Jerry Ross Memorial event, which will be a 30 lap, $3,000 to win event.  Also in action on the August 15 Jerry Ross Memorial racing program will be the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman ($200 to win) and Street Stocks ($100 to win), while the Modified division will have the night off.  For the August 15 contest, the Late Model and Street Stock divisions will time trial, while the Sportsman will pill draw for heat race starting assignments.   

 

Activities for the Saturday August 15 event will have the pit area opening at 4:00 p.m. and the grandstand area opening at 5:00 p.m.  A mandatory drivers meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m., with practice laps set to begin at 6:30 p.m.  Time trials will get underway at 7:00 p.m., while racing will see the green flag at or before 8:00 p.m.  For the August 15 event, ticket prices in the grandstand area will be $15 for adults, $8 for children ages 6 to 12, and children under age 6 are free.  A pit pass will be $30.

 

The National All Star Racing Association is the brainchild of legendary chassis builder C.J. Rayburn.  It will allow the Late Models that utilize the Crate engines to compete with the regular engines used in most current Super Late Model sanctioning groups.  The tire rule for the event is any Hoosier or American Racer compound tire which will durometer a minimum of 58.  For more information about rules and regulations of the National All Star Racing Association event, call Eva at 877-828-8232.

 

The National All Star Racing Association Jerry Ross Memorial A-Main event on Saturday August 15 will have the following payoff:  1st- $3,000, 2nd- $1,500, 3rd- $1,000, 4th- $800, 5th- $750, 6th- $700, 7th- $650, 8th- $600, 9th- $550, 10th- $500, 11th- $450, 12th- $400, 13th- $375, 14th- $350, 15th- $325, 16th- $300, 17th- $290, 18th- $280, 19th- $270, 20th- $260, 21st through 24th- $250.      

 

Bluegrass Speedway is also proud to be one of only 60 tracks in the nation to have the prestigious Contingency Connection national contingency program for our racers in 2009.  The Contingency Connection will have over $50,000 in national contingency postings up for grabs.      

                                  

Bluegrass Speedway last raced on Saturday August 1 and feature event winners included Victor Lee of Stanford, KY in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models, Jason Wheatley of Loretto, KY in Modifieds, and Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY in WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman, while Street Stocks had the night off.        

 

Current track championship points leaders heading into the August 15 racing program are David Webb of Nicholasville, KY in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models, Benji Lee of Loretto, KY in Modifieds, Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY in WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman, and Johnny Cecil of Bardstown, KY in Street Stocks. 

 

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.  For more information about all racing activities for the 2009 racing season, visit the track’s page on the internet at www.bluegrass-speedway.com or by phone at (502) 349-1241 on raceday.