Bluegrass
Speedway
2221
New Haven Road
Bardstown,
Kentucky 40004
2008
Media Release #11 (For Immediate Release-April 27, 2008)
Contact-Michael
Despain (Mdespain7@aol.com and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)
Bluegrass
Speedway Off May 3; Jerry Rucker Memorial Up Next on May 10
Bardstown,
KY-April 27, 2008- With the 2008 season now officially underway, Bluegrass
Speedway will be closed this Saturday evening, May 3, for the Kentucky Derby,
but will return to action on Saturday May 10 with the 5th Annual
Jerry Rucker Memorial event at the David and Anita Ferrell promoted ½ mile clay
oval located just minutes from beautiful and historic Bardstown, KY.
After
being closed this Saturday, May 3, the engines will roar back to life on
Saturday May 10 for the 5th Annual Jerry Rucker Memorial contest,
paying $2,000 to win for the 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model division. Also
in competition on the May 10 racing program will be the Kentucky Cooperage
Modifieds, WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman, and Street Stocks. The
Super Late Model and Street Stock divisions will time trial at this event, while
the Modified and Sportsman divisions will pill draw for heat race starting
assignments.
Activities
for the next scheduled racing event on May 10 will see the return of regular
start times. The pit area will open
at 4:00 p.m., while the grandstand area will be open at 5:00 p.m.
The driver’s meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m., with hot laps set to
go at 6:30 p.m., time trials for the Super Late Models and Sportsman will go at
7:00 p.m., with racing set to take the green flag at or before 8:00 p.m.
Bluegrass
Speedway will once again be an associate of the Contingency Connection program
for the 2008 race season, which allows those drivers who sign up, at no cost to
the drivers, to be eligible for valuable product discounts and other prizes.
For 2008, the Contingency Connection will award over $150,000 in prizes
through their program across the country at the 60 oval tracks involved in this
prestigious program.
Bluegrass
Speedway last raced on April 26 and feature event winners for that evening
included Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models, Benji
Lee of St. Joe, KY in Kentucky Cooperage Modifieds, and Logan Whitis of
Hustonville, KY in WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman.
Track
championship points leaders heading into the May 10 racing program are Mike
Marlar of Winfield, TN in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models, Jason Wheatley of
Loretto, KY in Kentucky Cooperage Modifieds, and Roger Cecil of Bardstown, KY in
WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman.