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Weedsport, NY – March 30,
2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR
Director
The
DIRTcar Weekly Racing regional points program created
in 2006 will continue to remain in effect for a third
successive season with DIRTcar Sportsman Modified
teams collecting additional rewards at the end of
2008.
Open-wheel teams in the Big-Block Modified,
358-Modified and Sportsman Modified divisions
collected over $45,000 in 2007, with 135 drivers
rewarded in the popular regional points program
developed by DIRTcar officials to entice further
competition around the entire circuit.
“When we
first introduced the DIRTcar Regional program two
years ago most of the drivers never really knew what
to expect,” said
DIRTcar NorthEast Director of Competition & Track
Sanctioning Cory Reed. “Now beginning our third season
there won’t be too many surprises this time around.
The secret’s out so
I expect the
competition to be even stiffer at the weekly tracks
since the drivers better understand the rewards
waiting when
2008 comes to an end.”
Along
with track and overall Mr. DIRTcar point fund awards,
DIRTcar Regional Championships will again be on the
line for Sportsman teams during the 2008 season. The
distribution of
Regional Racing Series funds in makes it the most
lucrative regional post-season awards program for
weekly teams found anywhere.
In 2008, DIRTcar-sanctioned
tracks hosting the Sportsman class have been divided
into three regions with teams looking to share $10,800
in cash and memberships. Licensed drivers will compete
against other within their own region for a series
point fund that will reward $3,600 to the top-15 in
each. The regional points will be kept separately and
they have no direct bearing on any individual track
points race.
In each of the three
Regional Championships, points will be awarded for the
best finishes (15 in West, 12 in North, 15 in Central)
in DIRTcar-sanctioned Sportsman events. Legal events
may be of any distance and may be either home track
point events, part of a special mini-series or special
events at tracks within that region. Events held at
Rolling Wheels Raceway Park count toward any region
with all Regional points ending on Monday, September
1, 2008.
The chase for DIRTcar
Racing NorthEast Regional Championships concluded last
year on Labor Day after five straight months of
wheel-to-wheel, paint-trading action at more than 20
tracks.
Crowned champions of their respective DIRTcar Region
in the Sportsman Modified ranks were Chris Higgins
(Northern), Shawn Donath (Central) and Don Spatorico
(Western).
For further questions
regarding the 2008 DIRTcar Regional Racing Series
format, please contact Cory Reed in the DIRTcar
NorthEast Office (315/834-6606) during normal business
hours or log into the DIRTcar homepage at
www.dirtcar.com to
find out more about the entire circuit.
DIRTcar Sportsman
points structure for each Regional event:
Pos. Pts.
Pos. Pts.
1. 60
13. 32
2. 56
14. 30
3. 52
15. 28
4. 50
16. 27
5. 48
17. 26
6. 46
18. 25
7. 44
19. 24
8. 42
20. 23
9. 40
21. 22
10. 38
22. 21
11. 36
23. 20
12. 34
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DIRTcar Sportsman
Regional Championship Point Funds
Pos.
East Central West
1.
800 800
800
2. 500
500 500
3.
350 350 350
4.
300 300 300
5.
275 275
275
6.
250 250
250
7.
200 200
200
8.
175 175
175
9.
150 150
150
10.
100 100
100
11. 2009 License
2009 License 2009
License
12. 2009 License
2009 License 2009 License
13. 2009 License
2009 License 2009 License
14. 2009License
2009 License 2009 License
15. 2009 License
2009 License 2009 License
Total
3,600 3,600 3,600
Total regional
payouts: $10,800
DIRTcar Sportsman
Regions
*Events held at
Rolling Wheels count toward any region.
Central (best 15
finishes): Black Rock, Brewerton, Canandaigua, Cayuga
County, Fulton, Orange County;
North (best 12
finishes): Brockville, Can-Am, Thunder Alley, Lucas
DIRTcar Series events (Can-Am-July 5, Brighton-July
18, Thunder Alley-August 1, Brockville-August 2);
West (best 15
finishes): Genesee, Humberstone, Merrittville,
Ransomville, Lucas DIRTcar Series events (Genesee-June
14, Merrittville-June 21, Humberstone-July 6, Ohsweken-August
1, Ransomville-August 8).
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 and Hoosier Racing Tire.
Rite Aid Corporation is a promotional partner and the
contingency sponsors are Bars Leaks, Bert
Transmission, Bicknell Racing Products, Bilstein
Shocks, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Crane Cams, Dig Safely
New York, Holley HP Carburetors, Integra Shocks,
Intercomp, KSE Racing Products, Motorsports Safety
Systems, Penske Shocks, Rislone Oil Stabilizer and
Wrisco Industries. |
