Bluegrass
Speedway
2221
New Haven Road
Bardstown,
Kentucky 40004
2008
Media Release #41 (For Immediate Distribution:
July 27, 2008)
Contact-Michael
Despain (Mdespain7@aol.com and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)
Bluegrass
Speedway Presents 6th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout August 2
Bardstown,
KY-July 27, 2008- Bluegrass Speedway is back in action this Saturday evening
August 2 at the David and Anita Ferrell promoted ½ mile clay oval located just
minutes from beautiful and historic Bardstown, KY.
The event will be the 6th Annual My Old Kentucky Home Shootout,
paying $5,000 to win for the Super Late Models.
The
Saturday August 2 racing program will feature a co-sanctioned event of
O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series and the Independent Racing
Series Super Late Models in a full program of practice, time trials, qualifying
heats, dash, B-Mains, and the 50 lap, $5,000 to win 6th Annual My Old
Kentucky Home Shootout A-Main. Also
in action on August 2 will be a full program of racing action for the Kentucky
Cooperage Modifieds ($500 to win) and Street Stocks ($200 to win, courtesy of
Carey Competition Engines of Junction City, KY), while the WBRT 1320-AM
Sportsman will be off. The Super
Late Models and Street Stocks will time trial, while the Modified division will
pill draw for heat race starting assignments.
Activities
for the racing event on August 2 will see 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 will go at 7:00 p.m.,
with racing set to take the green flag at or before 8:00 p.m.
Ticket prices will be $20 in the general admission area for adults,
children ages 6 to 12 will be $10, and children under age 6 will be free.
Admission to the pit area will be $35.
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. Winners for
July 26 included Dion Benningfield of Lebanon, KY in Modifieds and Avral
Thompson of Loretto, KY in Sportsman.
Bluegrass Speedway last raced on July 26 and feature event winners for that evening included Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, KY 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.
Track
championship points leaders heading into the August 2 racing program are Dustin
Neat of Dunnville, KY in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models, Jason Wheatley of
Loretto, KY in Kentucky Cooperage Modifieds, Roger Cecil of Bardstown, KY in
WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman, and Jason Priddy of Weasetown, 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 the upcoming racing activities of the 2008
racing season, visit the track’s page on the world wide web at www.bluegrass-speedway.com
or by phone at (502) 349-1241 on racedays.