Baton Rouge, Louisiana (January 2, 2004) - The O'Reilly Southern United
Professional Racing (SUPR) Late Models released its 2004 schedule today, a
schedule that will see the series travel to 13 race tracks in five states.
Highlights of the 2004 schedule include first-ever visits to Texas Motor
Speedway in Fort Worth; Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama; and Simpson
County Motor Speedway in Mendenhall, Mississippi and the first ever
Mississippi State Championship Challenge race held outside the State of
Mississippi as the 2nd Annual O'Reilly MSCC/SUPR Challenge will be held at
Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Raceway on Saturday, June 26th.
The O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will kick off the 15th season of racing with
back to back weekends of racing action over the last weekend in February and
the first weekend in March. The O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will begin the
season with a return visit to Pike County Speedway in McComb, Mississippi on
February 27-28 for the Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Nationals. The action will
shift west the following weekend as the O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will make
their long-awaited first visit to Texas Motor Speedway for the Texas World
Dirt Track Championship on March 5-6. Each weekend will feature two
complete racing programs with a 25-lap feature on Friday night and a 50-lap
feature on Saturday night.
The Mardi Gras Nationals has become the official starting point for the O'
Reilly SUPR Late Models and the event has seen 4 drivers each claim a pair
of victories in the first eight events. 1999 O'Reilly SUPR Champion David
Ashley won the very first Mardi Gras Nationals event at Baton Rouge Raceway
in 2000 and he won the 50-lap feature at Pike County in 2003. 7-time
Mississippi State Champion Mike Boland has also taken a pair of victories in
2000 and 2003 with both victories at Pike County Speedway, a 50-lapper in
2000 and the Friday night 25-lap victory in 2003. Between 2000 and 2003,
the event was swept on both nights by one driver with 2002 O'Reilly SUPR
Champion Rodney Wing doing the feat in 2001 with wins at Baton Rouge Raceway
and Pike County Speedway and 2003 O'Reilly SUPR Champion Kenny Merchant
doing the trick in 2002 at Pike County Speedway.
And while the O'Reilly SUPR Late Models have put in thousands of laps at
Pike County Speedway, this will be the first time many of the competitors
will have run on the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway. The Dirt Track at
Texas Motor Speedway is a state of the art 4/10ths of a mile racing facility
with 80' wide corners with 10-degree banking. The big track will open its
season with the O'Reilly SUPR Late Models and a big $2,500 to win open wheel
modified feature that should also attract a strong field of competitors.
The Late Models will then finish off the month of March with two Saturday
night shows at Baton Rouge Raceway on the 20th and Lone Star Speedway
(Kilgore, Texas) on the 27th. April will consist of three shows with visits
to Champion Park Speedway (Doyline, Louisiana) on the 10th, Pike County
Speedway on the 17th and Lone Star on the 24th.
The action really picks up in May with events in all five states in the O'
Reilly SUPR region. The action begins at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock,
Arkansas on the 1st and then swings from one capital city to another with a
return visit to Jackson Motor Speedway on the 8th, followed by the first of
two visits to Houston (Texas) Raceway Park on the 15th and then the first of
four visits to the newly constructed Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama.
Deep South is a new 4/10ths mile speedway located just north of I-10. The
month of May ends with the traditional Memorial Day 3-day weekend swing
through Louisiana with a Friday night (the 28th) show at Many Motorsports
Park, a Saturday night show at Thunder Valley Speedway in Glenmora and a
Sunday night show at Champion Park.
The action continues in June with a return to Lone Star Speedway on Saturday
June 5th, the second leg of the Magnolia State Championship Series at Pike
County Speedway in the 12th and then a two-day swing through Arkansas begins
with a Friday night show at 67 Speedway in Texarkana on the 18th and a
return to I-30 Speedway on Saturday the 19th. This will be followed by the
O'Reilly MSCC/SUPR Challenge at Baton Rouge Raceway on the 26th.
The July 4th weekend will see the tour swing through Louisiana once again
starting at Many Motorsports Park on Friday the 2nd, Champion Park on
Saturday the 3rd and Sunday night, July 4th at Thunder Valley. Saturday
July 10th will mark a return visit to 67 Speedway followed by a return to
Deep South Speedway on the 17th. The month concludes with the third and
final leg of the Magnolia State Championship Series at Pike County Speedway
on the 31st.
The 13th Annual Armadillo Nationals will be held on August 6-7 at Lone Star
Speedway in Kilgore. Lone Star Speedway, traditional home of the Armadillo
Nationals, will challenge the O'Reilly SUPR competitors as it is one of the
biggest and fastest tracks the competitors will visit.
The series will then travel to I-30 Speedway on the for its final Arkansas
visit of the season on August 14th before returning to Jackson Motor
Speedway on the 28th.
Labor Day weekend kicks off on Saturday, September 4th at Thunder Valley
Speedway before returning to Champion Park Speedway on Sunday, September
5th. The 3rd Annual Longhorn Rumble will be held at Houston Raceway Park on
Saturday, September 11th. The tour will then swing along the gulf coast for
a return visit to Deep South Speedway on September 18th.
The O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will then make their first-ever visit to
Simpson County Motorsports Park on Saturday, October 9th before returning to
Baton Rouge Raceway for the Louisiana State Championships on October 15th
and 16th. The final visit of the year to Deep South Speedway will be a
two-day program on October 22nd and 23rd and the season will come to close
with the running of the 8th Annual Jambalaya 100 at Pike County Speedway on
November 12th and 13th.
For further information concerning the 2004 O'Reilly SUPR Late Model
schedule please visit the series website at www.suprracing.com or contact
Greg Holmes, SUPR President at 225-275-5040.
2004 O'Reilly SUPR Late Model Schedule
Date Track
Purse Laps
5th Annual Mardi Gras Nationals
2/27 Pike County Speedway
$1,250 25
2/28 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
Texas World Dirt Track Championship
3/5 Texas Motor Speedway
$1,250 25
3/6 Texas Motor Speedway
$2,500 50
3/20 Baton Rouge Raceway
$2,500 50
3/27 Lone Star Speedway
$2,500 50
4/10 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
Round 1 - Magnolia State Championship
Series
4/17 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
4/24 Lone Star Speedway
$2,500 50
5/1 I-30 Speedway
$2,500 50
5/8 Jackson Motor Speedway
$2,500 50
5/15 Houston Raceway Park
$2,500 50
5/22 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
5/28 Many Motorsports Park
$2,000 40
5/29 Thunder Valley Speedway
$2,500 50
5/30 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
6/5 Lone Star Speedway
$2,500 50
Round 2 - Magnolia State Championship
Series
6/12 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
6/18 67 Speedway
$2,000 40
6/19 I-30 Speedway
$2,500 50
O'Reilly MSCC/SUPR Challenge
6/26 Baton Rouge Raceway
$2,500 50
7/2 Many Motorsports Park
$2,000 40
7/3 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
7/4 Thunder Valley Speedway
$2,500 50
7/10 67 Speedway
$2,000 40
7/17 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
Round 3 - Magnolia State Championship
Series
7/31 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
13th Annual Armadillo Nationals
8/6-7 Lone Star Speedway
$5,000 50
8/14 I-30 Speedway
$2,500 50
8/28 Jackson Motor Speedway
$2,500 50
9/4 Thunder Valley Speedway
$2,500 50
9/5 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
3rd Annual Longhorn Rumble
9/11 Houston Raceway Park
$2,500 50
9/18 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
10/9 Simpson County Motorsports Park
$2,500 50
Louisiana State Championships
10/15 Baton Rouge Raceway
$1,250 25
10/16 Baton Rouge Raceway
$2,500 50
10/22 Deep South Speedway
$1,250 25
10/23 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
8th Annual Jambalaya 100
11/12-13 Pike County Speedway
$5,000 10
Professional Racing (SUPR) Late Models released its 2004 schedule today, a
schedule that will see the series travel to 13 race tracks in five states.
Highlights of the 2004 schedule include first-ever visits to Texas Motor
Speedway in Fort Worth; Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama; and Simpson
County Motor Speedway in Mendenhall, Mississippi and the first ever
Mississippi State Championship Challenge race held outside the State of
Mississippi as the 2nd Annual O'Reilly MSCC/SUPR Challenge will be held at
Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Raceway on Saturday, June 26th.
The O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will kick off the 15th season of racing with
back to back weekends of racing action over the last weekend in February and
the first weekend in March. The O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will begin the
season with a return visit to Pike County Speedway in McComb, Mississippi on
February 27-28 for the Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Nationals. The action will
shift west the following weekend as the O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will make
their long-awaited first visit to Texas Motor Speedway for the Texas World
Dirt Track Championship on March 5-6. Each weekend will feature two
complete racing programs with a 25-lap feature on Friday night and a 50-lap
feature on Saturday night.
The Mardi Gras Nationals has become the official starting point for the O'
Reilly SUPR Late Models and the event has seen 4 drivers each claim a pair
of victories in the first eight events. 1999 O'Reilly SUPR Champion David
Ashley won the very first Mardi Gras Nationals event at Baton Rouge Raceway
in 2000 and he won the 50-lap feature at Pike County in 2003. 7-time
Mississippi State Champion Mike Boland has also taken a pair of victories in
2000 and 2003 with both victories at Pike County Speedway, a 50-lapper in
2000 and the Friday night 25-lap victory in 2003. Between 2000 and 2003,
the event was swept on both nights by one driver with 2002 O'Reilly SUPR
Champion Rodney Wing doing the feat in 2001 with wins at Baton Rouge Raceway
and Pike County Speedway and 2003 O'Reilly SUPR Champion Kenny Merchant
doing the trick in 2002 at Pike County Speedway.
And while the O'Reilly SUPR Late Models have put in thousands of laps at
Pike County Speedway, this will be the first time many of the competitors
will have run on the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway. The Dirt Track at
Texas Motor Speedway is a state of the art 4/10ths of a mile racing facility
with 80' wide corners with 10-degree banking. The big track will open its
season with the O'Reilly SUPR Late Models and a big $2,500 to win open wheel
modified feature that should also attract a strong field of competitors.
The Late Models will then finish off the month of March with two Saturday
night shows at Baton Rouge Raceway on the 20th and Lone Star Speedway
(Kilgore, Texas) on the 27th. April will consist of three shows with visits
to Champion Park Speedway (Doyline, Louisiana) on the 10th, Pike County
Speedway on the 17th and Lone Star on the 24th.
The action really picks up in May with events in all five states in the O'
Reilly SUPR region. The action begins at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock,
Arkansas on the 1st and then swings from one capital city to another with a
return visit to Jackson Motor Speedway on the 8th, followed by the first of
two visits to Houston (Texas) Raceway Park on the 15th and then the first of
four visits to the newly constructed Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama.
Deep South is a new 4/10ths mile speedway located just north of I-10. The
month of May ends with the traditional Memorial Day 3-day weekend swing
through Louisiana with a Friday night (the 28th) show at Many Motorsports
Park, a Saturday night show at Thunder Valley Speedway in Glenmora and a
Sunday night show at Champion Park.
The action continues in June with a return to Lone Star Speedway on Saturday
June 5th, the second leg of the Magnolia State Championship Series at Pike
County Speedway in the 12th and then a two-day swing through Arkansas begins
with a Friday night show at 67 Speedway in Texarkana on the 18th and a
return to I-30 Speedway on Saturday the 19th. This will be followed by the
O'Reilly MSCC/SUPR Challenge at Baton Rouge Raceway on the 26th.
The July 4th weekend will see the tour swing through Louisiana once again
starting at Many Motorsports Park on Friday the 2nd, Champion Park on
Saturday the 3rd and Sunday night, July 4th at Thunder Valley. Saturday
July 10th will mark a return visit to 67 Speedway followed by a return to
Deep South Speedway on the 17th. The month concludes with the third and
final leg of the Magnolia State Championship Series at Pike County Speedway
on the 31st.
The 13th Annual Armadillo Nationals will be held on August 6-7 at Lone Star
Speedway in Kilgore. Lone Star Speedway, traditional home of the Armadillo
Nationals, will challenge the O'Reilly SUPR competitors as it is one of the
biggest and fastest tracks the competitors will visit.
The series will then travel to I-30 Speedway on the for its final Arkansas
visit of the season on August 14th before returning to Jackson Motor
Speedway on the 28th.
Labor Day weekend kicks off on Saturday, September 4th at Thunder Valley
Speedway before returning to Champion Park Speedway on Sunday, September
5th. The 3rd Annual Longhorn Rumble will be held at Houston Raceway Park on
Saturday, September 11th. The tour will then swing along the gulf coast for
a return visit to Deep South Speedway on September 18th.
The O'Reilly SUPR Late Models will then make their first-ever visit to
Simpson County Motorsports Park on Saturday, October 9th before returning to
Baton Rouge Raceway for the Louisiana State Championships on October 15th
and 16th. The final visit of the year to Deep South Speedway will be a
two-day program on October 22nd and 23rd and the season will come to close
with the running of the 8th Annual Jambalaya 100 at Pike County Speedway on
November 12th and 13th.
For further information concerning the 2004 O'Reilly SUPR Late Model
schedule please visit the series website at www.suprracing.com or contact
Greg Holmes, SUPR President at 225-275-5040.
2004 O'Reilly SUPR Late Model Schedule
Date Track
Purse Laps
5th Annual Mardi Gras Nationals
2/27 Pike County Speedway
$1,250 25
2/28 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
Texas World Dirt Track Championship
3/5 Texas Motor Speedway
$1,250 25
3/6 Texas Motor Speedway
$2,500 50
3/20 Baton Rouge Raceway
$2,500 50
3/27 Lone Star Speedway
$2,500 50
4/10 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
Round 1 - Magnolia State Championship
Series
4/17 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
4/24 Lone Star Speedway
$2,500 50
5/1 I-30 Speedway
$2,500 50
5/8 Jackson Motor Speedway
$2,500 50
5/15 Houston Raceway Park
$2,500 50
5/22 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
5/28 Many Motorsports Park
$2,000 40
5/29 Thunder Valley Speedway
$2,500 50
5/30 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
6/5 Lone Star Speedway
$2,500 50
Round 2 - Magnolia State Championship
Series
6/12 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
6/18 67 Speedway
$2,000 40
6/19 I-30 Speedway
$2,500 50
O'Reilly MSCC/SUPR Challenge
6/26 Baton Rouge Raceway
$2,500 50
7/2 Many Motorsports Park
$2,000 40
7/3 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
7/4 Thunder Valley Speedway
$2,500 50
7/10 67 Speedway
$2,000 40
7/17 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
Round 3 - Magnolia State Championship
Series
7/31 Pike County Speedway
$2,500 50
13th Annual Armadillo Nationals
8/6-7 Lone Star Speedway
$5,000 50
8/14 I-30 Speedway
$2,500 50
8/28 Jackson Motor Speedway
$2,500 50
9/4 Thunder Valley Speedway
$2,500 50
9/5 Champion Park Speedway
$2,500 50
3rd Annual Longhorn Rumble
9/11 Houston Raceway Park
$2,500 50
9/18 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
10/9 Simpson County Motorsports Park
$2,500 50
Louisiana State Championships
10/15 Baton Rouge Raceway
$1,250 25
10/16 Baton Rouge Raceway
$2,500 50
10/22 Deep South Speedway
$1,250 25
10/23 Deep South Speedway
$2,500 50
8th Annual Jambalaya 100
11/12-13 Pike County Speedway
$5,000 10
