Bluegrass Speedway

2221 New Haven Road

Bardstown, Kentucky  40004

2009 Official Media Release #55 (For Immediate Distribution:  August 16, 2009)  

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Bluegrass Speedway’s Bourbon City Summer Sizzler for Modifieds $3,500 to win August 22 

Bardstown, KY-August 16, 2009- Bluegrass Speedway track promoters David and Anita Ferrell will present the richest Modified event in the 15-year history of Bluegrass Speedway on Saturday evening August 22 with the running of the Bourbon City Summer Sizzler event, which will pay $3,500 to the winner of the Modified A-Main feature.             

The Saturday August 22 program will feature the Modified division in their biggest event ever at Bluegrass Speedway.  The racing program for the Modifieds will feature practice, time trials, quick-six dash, heats, B-Mains, and the 35 lap, $3,500 to win Bourbon City Summer Sizzler A-Main Modified feature event.  With this being an unsanctioned event, it will feature the Bluegrass Speedway Hoosier-only tire, with the Hoosier tire compounds of A and/or H being the only legal tire compounds and must be used on the front and rear of the race cars.  There will also be a $100 entry fee for this event. 

Also on note, the SCORA Non-Wing Sprint Cars have cancelled their portion of the program to due illness in series founder Sam Stockton’s family, so that will see the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman and Street Stock now on the August 22 Bourbon City Summer Sizzler racing card to provide support division action that evening.  For the August 22 racing event, the Modified division will receive two laps of time trials, while the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman and Street Stock divisions will pill draw for heat race starting assignments.  The 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models will have the evening off on August 22 and there will be no track points awarded in any divisions of competition on August 22.

Activities for the Saturday August 22 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 Bourbon City Summer Sizzler Modified A-Main event on Saturday August 22 will have the following payoff:  1^st- $3,500, 2^nd- $2,500, 3^rd- $1,500, 4^th- $1,000, 5^th- $800, 6^th- $700, 7^th- $600, 8^th- $500, 9^th- $450, 10^th- $400, 11^th- $350, 12^th- $300, 13^th- $250, 14^th- $240, 15^th- $230, 16^th- $220, 17^th- $210, 18^th through 24^th- $200.  All drivers that attempt to run a B-Main, but do not qualify for the A-Main, will receive $50 tow money.      

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 August 15 and feature event winners for that event included Dustin Linville of Bryantsville, KY in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models, Avral Thompson of Loretto, KY in WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman, and Johnny Cecil of Bardstown, KY in Street Stocks, while Modifieds had the night off.        

Current track championship points leaders heading into the August 22 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.