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Weedsport, NY – March 4, 2008 – By
Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
The title of overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race
Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Champion remains recognized as one of the most prestigious
designations a driver can hold in short-track auto racing today.
In 2008, Mr. DIRTcar Champions will once again
be determined by tabulating points earned in the Advance Auto Parts
Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block
Modifieds and the Mr. DIRTcar Championship Series for 358-Modified, Sportsman,
Pro Stock and Street Stock teams along with bonuses collected in each
divisional DIRTcar Regional Racing Series.
This year the track bonus formula
will be identical for all five touring classes.
“The touring series will still account for the
bulk of the points towards each Mr. DIRTcar title, yet the bonus points picked
up at a weekly home track will be just as valuable,” said
DIRTcar NorthEast Director of
Competition & Track Sanctioning Cory Reed. “We’re striving to balance
participation on the weekend with all of our tours and provide as many teams as
possible the chance to maximize their earnings both at home and on the road.”
Each driver will now be taking the
best five (5) finishes from a designated hometrack to collect bonus points
which will then be added to actual Series points to determine the 2008 titlist.
Using the standard DIRTcar NE weekly points format, a driver winning five
features could carry up to 300 extra points (60 per win) into the Mr. DIRTcar
Championship when track points are officially tallied after Labor Day.
For further questions regarding
the 2008 Mr. DIRTcar Championship format or race schedules, please contact Cory
Reed in the DIRTcar NE Office (315/834-6606) during normal business hours or
log into the DIRT homepage at
www.dirtcar.com or
www.superdirtcarseries.com to find out more
about the entire circuit.
The Advance Auto Parts Super
DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds is brought to fans across the Northeast
by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts,
Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels. Promotional partners include AMB i.t.,
Rite Aid Corporation and the University of Northwestern Ohio and the
contingency sponsors are Bert Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein
Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Crane Cams, Integra Shocks, MSD Ignitions,
Motorsports Safety Systems, Penske Shocks and Wrisco Industries.
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