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Weedsport, NY – March 24, 2008 - By Tom Skibinski,
DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director
Qualifying procedures for
all Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series
events will again include the traditional pre-race
draw, although in 2008 the staging of time trials for
qualifying is optional among individual host track
promoters.
The season-ending
events at Syracuse during Super DIRT Week and Eastern
States Weekend at Orange County Fair Speedway are
among the only 358-Modified Series stops still
scheduled to run time trials with each fast timer
awarded with the pole-position start. Beyond the front
three rows, top heat race and consolation round
finishers will fill those fields in the same order
they crossed the line to help finalize both starting
grids.
“I talked
with many promoters over the winter and we’re
continuing to grow stronger in the 358-Modified
division,” said
Gaston Salvas, 358-Modified Series Director. “We’re
all on the same page with a solid set of rules in
place and the tracks are looking forward to another
competitive series. Opening up out west should
generate
more interest from the area regulars and encourage
those teams to follow even more of the series if they
can finish well right off the bat.”
In just
one more month Merrittville Speedway returns to kick
off the ’08 agenda with its earliest tour date ever as
the Baron Roofing Spring Sizzler 100 takes the green
flag on Saturday, April 26.
Ransomville (August 1)
and Canandaigua (Sept. 19) speedways are back on
DIRTcar Racing NorthEast’s premier Small-Block tour
after a one-year absence, with Ransomville’s 68-lap
Alex Friesen Summer Nationals moving to Friday night
and paying $6,800 to the winner.
Autodrome Drummond
(September 13) moves one month later with its seventh
358-Modified tour event the biggest in track history
as Small-Block stars on both sides of the border chase
a $15,000 top-prize in 150-laps of open-wheel
competition.
“We’ve
got a great mix of dates making up one of our best
Small-Block schedules ever,” said
Cory Reed, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast Director of
Competition & Track Sanctioning. “A dozen different
tracks are involved from around the entire circuit,
enough to provide plenty of opportunities for our
newest teams to be part of the traveling show this
season.”
Four of the top-five
point-getters from the final 2007 Mr. DIRTcar
358-Modified standings are already confirmed to make
their tour debut at Merrittville, led by reigning
overall Small-Block champion Mario Clair, runner-up
Danny O’Brien, Carey Terrance (3rd) and Roy Tarbell
(5th), while 4th-place finisher Mike Adderley has
relocated to North Carolina. Already adding their
names to the preliminary roster are Todd Burley, Chad
Brachmann, Rick Richner, Kyle Jacobs, Lance Willix II
and Drummond racing promoter Yan Bussiere.
For additional
information, please contact 358-Modified Series
Director Gaston Salvas (450/655-5022 or 514/817-2270;
e-mail
gastonsalvas@hotmail.com)
or DIRTcar NE Director Cory Reed at the Weedsport
office (315/834-6606) during normal business hours. In
the meantime, log into the homepage at
www.dirtcar.com to
find out more about the entire circuit.
2008 Mr. DIRTcar
358-Modified Championship Series Schedule
*All events subject to
change.
DAY-DATE LAPS
TRACK LOCATION
Sat-Apr 26 100
Merrittville Speedway Thorold, ONT
Fri-Aug 1
68 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville, NY
($6,800 to win)
Thr-Aug 21 100
Mohawk Int’l Raceway Hogansburg, NY
Sun-Aug 31 100
Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall, ONT
Sat-Sep 6
75 Brockville Ont Speedway Brockville, ONT
Sat-Sep 13 150
Autodrome Drummond Drummondville, QUE ($15,000 to
win)
Fri-Sep 19
75 Canandaigua Speedway Canandaigua, NY
Fri-Sep 26
75 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY
Wed-Oct 8 75
Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville, NY
Thr-Oct 9
75 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton, NY
Fri-Oct 10
100 Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge, NY
Sat-Oct 11 150
New York State Fairgrnds Syracuse,NY ($20,000 to win)
Sat-Oct 18 100
Orange Co Fair Speedway Middletown,NY ($7,500 to win)
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 |
