FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Midwest City, Oklahoma – September 12, 2011 – The 23rd season for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Smiley’s Racing Products DIRTcar late model division will come to a close in a huge way as one of the biggest super late model shows to hit the state of Oklahoma in several years takes place at historic half mile oval of Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The track will play host to the 1st annual “Thunderfest Late Model Shootout” from Thursday-Saturday night, September 22-24, 2011. Both Friday and Saturday nights events will be two different programs with an added twist. The late model gladiators will be running “topless,” no roofs on these high-powered full-bodied stock cars.
The “Thunderfest Late Model Shootout” will feature not only the NCRA but two other premiere sanctioning bodies; the Missouri based Comp Cams Super Dirt Late Models, MARS DIRTcar and National Championship Racing Association DIRTcar late model series.
Action will get underway on Thursday night, September 22, with an open practice session from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM.
Then on Friday night the three sanctioning bodies take too the track for a complete program of heats, last chance features and feature finale with the winner taking home $2500.
Saturday night’s program will again consist of heat races, last chance features and the finale which will pay $3000.
Any driver who can win both Friday and Saturday nights feature finales will take home a $500 bonus making it possible for one lucky driver to take home $6000.
If Friday night’s winner does not qualify for Saturday night’s championship event through the night’s preliminaries, he will earn a guaranteed starting position for the feature.
Also there will be two series provisional’s for drivers entered on Friday night. More information will be announced soon as well further details of this huge late model fest.
After competing with the series off and on for over 25 years, Joe Kosiski of Omaha, Nebraska has locked up his first career series championship as he holds a commanding 345 point lead over newly formed Great Plains DIRTcar late model inaugural series champion Steve Kempt.
The Kansas based NCRA is the longest running sanctioning body out of the three that will be competing with 23 years of sanctioning late model racing. The tours last appearance at the Muskogee County Fairgrounds was back in 1998 when Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kansas picked up the victory.
This will be the 12th consecutive season for the Missouri based MARS and their last appearance here was back in April of this year when Jesse Stovall of Galena, Missouri taking top honors.
The youngest of the series, the Arkansas based CCSDS, is in the middle of its fifth consecutive season with their last appearance coming back on May 6 when Billy Moyer, Jr. of Batesville, Arkansas took home the feature win.
Pit passes for both Friday and Saturday night will be $35. Friday night grandstand general admission will be $15 for adults, kids ages 6-17 years of age $10 and children under the age of 5 admitted free. Saturday adult general admission tickets are $18 for adults, kids ages 6-17 years of age $10 and five and under once again admitted free.
For more race and reserved ticket information for the “1st annual Thunderfest Late Model Shootout,” contact Thunderbird Speedway (918) 869-6955 or (918) 869-6883.
Thunderbird Speedway is located 2.1 mi. east of US 69 on Okmulgee St. to B St., then 0.9 mi. south
For more information on the NCRA of Park City, Kansas presented by Smiley’s Racing Products DIRTcar late model series, contact the series office (316) 755-1781. You can also check out all the series historical information from past and present at their website www.racencra.com.
The series would like to thank the following for their partnership with the late model series for the 2011 race season:
Park City, Kansas, Smiley’s Racing Products, DIRTcar, Hoosier Racing Tires and Sunoco Race Fuels.
The “Thunderfest Late Model Shootout” will feature not only the NCRA but two other premiere sanctioning bodies; the Missouri based Comp Cams Super Dirt Late Models, MARS DIRTcar and National Championship Racing Association DIRTcar late model series.
Action will get underway on Thursday night, September 22, with an open practice session from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM.
Then on Friday night the three sanctioning bodies take too the track for a complete program of heats, last chance features and feature finale with the winner taking home $2500.
Saturday night’s program will again consist of heat races, last chance features and the finale which will pay $3000.
Any driver who can win both Friday and Saturday nights feature finales will take home a $500 bonus making it possible for one lucky driver to take home $6000.
If Friday night’s winner does not qualify for Saturday night’s championship event through the night’s preliminaries, he will earn a guaranteed starting position for the feature.
Also there will be two series provisional’s for drivers entered on Friday night. More information will be announced soon as well further details of this huge late model fest.
After competing with the series off and on for over 25 years, Joe Kosiski of Omaha, Nebraska has locked up his first career series championship as he holds a commanding 345 point lead over newly formed Great Plains DIRTcar late model inaugural series champion Steve Kempt.
The Kansas based NCRA is the longest running sanctioning body out of the three that will be competing with 23 years of sanctioning late model racing. The tours last appearance at the Muskogee County Fairgrounds was back in 1998 when Al Purkey of Coffeyville, Kansas picked up the victory.
This will be the 12th consecutive season for the Missouri based MARS and their last appearance here was back in April of this year when Jesse Stovall of Galena, Missouri taking top honors.
The youngest of the series, the Arkansas based CCSDS, is in the middle of its fifth consecutive season with their last appearance coming back on May 6 when Billy Moyer, Jr. of Batesville, Arkansas took home the feature win.
Pit passes for both Friday and Saturday night will be $35. Friday night grandstand general admission will be $15 for adults, kids ages 6-17 years of age $10 and children under the age of 5 admitted free. Saturday adult general admission tickets are $18 for adults, kids ages 6-17 years of age $10 and five and under once again admitted free.
For more race and reserved ticket information for the “1st annual Thunderfest Late Model Shootout,” contact Thunderbird Speedway (918) 869-6955 or (918) 869-6883.
Thunderbird Speedway is located 2.1 mi. east of US 69 on Okmulgee St. to B St., then 0.9 mi. south
For more information on the NCRA of Park City, Kansas presented by Smiley’s Racing Products DIRTcar late model series, contact the series office (316) 755-1781. You can also check out all the series historical information from past and present at their website www.racencra.com.
The series would like to thank the following for their partnership with the late model series for the 2011 race season:
Park City, Kansas, Smiley’s Racing Products, DIRTcar, Hoosier Racing Tires and Sunoco Race Fuels.
