2009
Official Media Release #66 (For Immediate Distribution:
September 20, 2009)
Contact-Michael
Despain (Mdespain7@aol.com and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)
Bluegrass
Speedway ’09 Season Finale This Saturday Sept. 26 (Sportsman $400 to win)
Bardstown,
KY-September 20, 2009- Bluegrass Speedway track promoters David and Anita
Ferrell will present the final edition of “Saturday Night Showtime” for 2009
this Saturday evening September 26, with the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman being
highlighted in a $400 to win event.
The
Saturday September 26 racing program will mark the final event of the 2009
racing season at Bluegrass Speedway and will feature a 20 lap, $400 to win
feature event for the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman division.
The 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models will also be in action on September 26
for $1,000 to win in a 25 lap feature event.
Other action on September 26 will include a 20 lap, $500 to win Modified
division feature event and a 12 lap, $100 to win feature race for the Street
Stock class. Each division will
feature preliminary heat race action, with the Super Late Model and Sportsman
divisions taking time trials, while the Modified and Street Stock classes will
pill draw for heat race starting assignments.
Activities
for the Saturday September 26 event will see the pit area open at 4:00 p.m. and
the grandstand area open 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. Ticket prices in
the grandstand area will be $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12, and
children under age 6 are free. A
pit pass will be $25.
Also
of note, the 2009 Bluegrass Speedway Championship Awards Banquet will take place
on Saturday evening November 14 at Samuels Hall, located next door to the track
at the Nelson County Fairgrounds.
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 September 19 and feature event winners for that event
were Terry English of Benton, 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 Timmy Glazer of Bardstown, KY in Street Stocks.
Current
track championship points leaders heading into the September 26 season finale
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.
All four racers have clinched the 2009 track championship in their
respective divisions.
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.
Bluegrass
Speedway Top Ten Track Point Standings after September 19, 2009
1.
David Webb (Nicholasville, KY)- 196 (Clinched Track Championship)
2.
Jeff Watson (Campbellsville, KY)- 167
3.
Jason Keltner (Campbellsville, KY)- 162
4.
Justin Rattliff (Campbellsville, KY)- 140
5.
Dustin Linville (Bryantsville, KY)- 128
6.
Michael Chilton (Salvisa, KY)- 127
7.
Tim Tungate (Campbellsville, KY)- 124
8.
Mike Marlar (Winfield, TN)- 122
9.
Mike Jewell (Scottsburg, IN)- 111
10.
Victor Lee (Danville, KY)- 108
1.
Benji Lee (Raywick, KY)- 235 (Clinched Track Championship)
2.
Michael England (Glasgow, KY)- 208
3.
Dion Benningfield (Lebanon, KY)- 196
4.
Jason Wheatley (Loretto, KY)- 156
5.
Rocky Wilson (Hodgenville, KY)- 144
6.
Josh Lucas (Bardstown, KY)- 125
7.
Adam Cole (Campbellsville, KY)- 124
8.
Randy Turpin (Lebanon, KY)- 118
9.
Brad Schlosser (Leitchfield, KY)- 103
10.
Randall Basham (Vine Grove, KY)- 99
1.
Pat Hagan (New Haven, KY)- 257 (Clinched Track Championship)
2.
Avral Thompson (Loretto, KY)- 213
3.
Roger Cecil (Bardstown, KY)- 146
4.
Robbie Settles (Bardstown, KY)- 140
5.
Jimmy Bryan (New Haven, KY)- 139
6.
Barry Chesser (Bloomfield, KY)- 137
7.
Rob Jones (Bardstown, KY)- 127
8.
Elton Martin (Magnolia, KY)- 103
9.
Sam Mull (Jeffersonville, IN)- 99
10.
Joe Dunbar (Lawrenceburg, KY)- 96
1.
Johnny Cecil (Bardstown, KY)- 233 (Clinched Track Championship)
2.
Timmy Glazer (Bardstown, KY)- 205
3.
Brad Leake (Bardstown, KY)- 191
4.
Shane Lafollette (Hodgenville, KY)- 189
5.
Jason Bartley (Bardstown, KY)- 136
6.
Terry Bartley (Bardstown, KY)- 133
7.
Scott Thompson (Bardstown, KY)- 129
8.
Joe Walker (Bardstown, KY)- 128
9.
Willie Edelen (Bardstown, KY)- 126
10.
Mike Cozzin, Jr. (Borden, IN)- 102
5.
Jason Priddy (Weasetown, KY)- 34