Buckner, MO (January 24th, 2010) - Officials with the Buckner, Missouri based MLRA (Midwest Latemodel Racing Association) are pleased to release the 2010 MLRA Racing Schedule along with a brand new logo that highlights the newly formed association with Lucas Oil Products based out of Corona, CA. The 2010 Tour is highlighted by return visits to many of the top tracks in the Midwest, a return to some outstanding venues that have hosted MLRA events in previous seasons, and a minimum of 5 races that pay at least $5,000 to win.
The $6,000 to win Bud Purkey Memorial kicks things off on March 19th and 20th at the Mid-America Motor Speedway in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma in a race co-promoted by defending MLRA Champion Al Purkey. Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska makes it's first of five appearances on the schedule on April 3rd while the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks", Lucas Oil Speedway starts their 2010 season off with the MLRA and their outstanding A-Mods on Saturday night April 10th.
The month of May gets underway on May 15th as the Nevada Speedway in Nevada, Missouri once again hosts the cars and stars of the MLRA for some classic door to door short track action. Teams then travel from the bullring at Nevada to the super fast 1/2 mile Sedalia State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Missouri on Friday night, May 21st. Current MLRA drivers, Jason Bodenhamer and Reid Millard have taken over the promotion of the Sedalia speedplant in 2010 and have many exciting new events on their 2010 schedule. On Saturday night, May 22nd, the MLRA makes it's first visit in several seasons to the Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas which is now under the direction of the Conkwright family for 2010.
The biggest weekend of the season takes place on May 27th-29th as the 18th Annual Show-Me 100 moves to the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri in 2010 and will be co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil MLRA for the first time. The event is a Nationally Televised Event and will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Lucas Oil MLRA. Reserved Tickets are on sale now by calling (417) 282-5984. Drivers hardly have time to catch their breath however as the traditional $5,000 to win Alphabet Soup race wraps up the holiday weekend on Sunday night May 30th in Greenwood, Nebraska at I-80 Speedway.
The 24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri appears on the schedule on June 12th. Sedalia's State Fair Speedway makes it's second appearance of the season on Friday night, June 25th followed by a first time visit by the MLRA to the new Springfield Raceway on Saturday night June 26th for the $3,000 to win John Kuntz Memorial.
The Independence Day weekend has the MLRA traveling north to the Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, NE for the Midwest Tri-fecta on Friday night July 2nd followed by the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa on Saturday night July 3rd. Lucas Oil Speedway wraps up the month of July as the Lucas Oil MLRA and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series battle for a $10,000 to win top prize in Wheatland, Missouri on Saturday night July 17th.
The "King of the Hill" Shootout in McCool Junction, Nebraska fills it's usual August date as the teams visit the beautiful Junction Motor Speedway for a two day show on August 13th-14th. The Missouri State Championships at Sedalia's State Fair Speedway takes place on Sunday night August 22nd in an event that also features the ASCS/WoW Sprint Cars. The MLRA driver's make their final visit of the season on August 28th at the Lucas Oil Speedway to close out the month of August.
The Labor Day Weekend will be a two-day swing starting with the Nebraska Raceway Park on September 3rd followed by the lone appearance of the season at the HPT.com Speedway at Heartland Park Topeka. The Larry Phillips Memorial at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri welcomes MLRA sanction for the first time on September 18th. The fifth of five visits of 2010 to the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska happens on Sept. 25th.
One of the biggest weekends of the year is the Clyde Ellis Late Model Showdown at Lakeside Speedway just off Wolcott Drive in Kansas City, Kansas. This huge annual event takes place in conjunction with the Kansas Speedway NASCAR weekend on Oct. 1st and 2nd. These pair of stand alone shows pay $3,000 and $5,000 to win respectively and last year hosted such top stars as Clint Bowyer and Dale McDowell along with the top drivers of the MLRA. The 2010 season wraps up on Oct. 8th-9th for the "Thunder on the Hill" at the Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas as the 2010 MLRA Champion will be crowned. Please visit www.MLRAracing.com for complete details.
The Lucas Oil MLRA (Midwest Latemodel Racing Association) sanctions regional Super Dirt Late Model touring series events in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
For all the latest news and information on the Lucas Oil MLRA please visit us on the web at www.MLRAracing.com or by calling the series office at (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
The Lucas Oil MLRA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2010 Tour including Lucas Oil Products, Tompkins Industries, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Company, Hatfield Racing Engines, Country Mart, Larry Shaw Race Cars, AFCO Racing Products, GRT Race Cars, The Driveline Shop, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bodee's Race Bodies, Outpace Racing Products, Duralite Racing Wheels, Impact Signs and Lighting, Rod End Supply, Racing Optics, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Bilstein Shocks, BSB Manufacturing, AAA Missouri
2010 Lucas Oil MLRA Schedule
March 19th: Mid America Motor Speedway-South Coffeyville, OK
March 20th: Mid America Motor Speedway-South Coffeyville, OK
April 3rd: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
April 10th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
May 15th: Nevada Speedway-Nevada, MO
May 21st: Sedalia's State Fair Speedway-Sedalia, MO
May 22nd:Thunder Hill Speedway-Mayetta, KS
May 27th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO (Practice & BBQ)
May 28th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
May 29th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
May 30th: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
June 12th: 24 Raceway-Moberly, MO
June 25th: Sedalia's State Fair Speedway-Sedalia, MO
June 26th: Springfield Raceway-Springfield, MO
July 2nd: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
July 3rd: Adams County Speedway-Corning, IA
July 17th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
August 13th: Junction Motor Speedway-McCool Junction, NE
August 14th: Junction Motor Speedway-McCool Junction, NE
August 22nd: Sedalia's State Fair Speedway-Sedalia, MO
August 28th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
September 3rd: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
September 4th: Heartland Park Topeka-Topeka, KS
September 18th-Springfield Raceway-Springfield, MO
September 25th-Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
October 1st-Lakeside Speedway-Kansas City, KS
October 2nd-Lakeside Speedway-Kansas City, KS
October 8th-Thunder Hill Speedway-Mayetta, KS
October 9th-Thunder Hill Speedway-Mayetta, KS
November TBA-Championship Banquet
The $6,000 to win Bud Purkey Memorial kicks things off on March 19th and 20th at the Mid-America Motor Speedway in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma in a race co-promoted by defending MLRA Champion Al Purkey. Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska makes it's first of five appearances on the schedule on April 3rd while the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks", Lucas Oil Speedway starts their 2010 season off with the MLRA and their outstanding A-Mods on Saturday night April 10th.
The month of May gets underway on May 15th as the Nevada Speedway in Nevada, Missouri once again hosts the cars and stars of the MLRA for some classic door to door short track action. Teams then travel from the bullring at Nevada to the super fast 1/2 mile Sedalia State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Missouri on Friday night, May 21st. Current MLRA drivers, Jason Bodenhamer and Reid Millard have taken over the promotion of the Sedalia speedplant in 2010 and have many exciting new events on their 2010 schedule. On Saturday night, May 22nd, the MLRA makes it's first visit in several seasons to the Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas which is now under the direction of the Conkwright family for 2010.
The biggest weekend of the season takes place on May 27th-29th as the 18th Annual Show-Me 100 moves to the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri in 2010 and will be co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil MLRA for the first time. The event is a Nationally Televised Event and will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Lucas Oil MLRA. Reserved Tickets are on sale now by calling (417) 282-5984. Drivers hardly have time to catch their breath however as the traditional $5,000 to win Alphabet Soup race wraps up the holiday weekend on Sunday night May 30th in Greenwood, Nebraska at I-80 Speedway.
The 24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri appears on the schedule on June 12th. Sedalia's State Fair Speedway makes it's second appearance of the season on Friday night, June 25th followed by a first time visit by the MLRA to the new Springfield Raceway on Saturday night June 26th for the $3,000 to win John Kuntz Memorial.
The Independence Day weekend has the MLRA traveling north to the Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, NE for the Midwest Tri-fecta on Friday night July 2nd followed by the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa on Saturday night July 3rd. Lucas Oil Speedway wraps up the month of July as the Lucas Oil MLRA and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series battle for a $10,000 to win top prize in Wheatland, Missouri on Saturday night July 17th.
The "King of the Hill" Shootout in McCool Junction, Nebraska fills it's usual August date as the teams visit the beautiful Junction Motor Speedway for a two day show on August 13th-14th. The Missouri State Championships at Sedalia's State Fair Speedway takes place on Sunday night August 22nd in an event that also features the ASCS/WoW Sprint Cars. The MLRA driver's make their final visit of the season on August 28th at the Lucas Oil Speedway to close out the month of August.
The Labor Day Weekend will be a two-day swing starting with the Nebraska Raceway Park on September 3rd followed by the lone appearance of the season at the HPT.com Speedway at Heartland Park Topeka. The Larry Phillips Memorial at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Missouri welcomes MLRA sanction for the first time on September 18th. The fifth of five visits of 2010 to the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Nebraska happens on Sept. 25th.
One of the biggest weekends of the year is the Clyde Ellis Late Model Showdown at Lakeside Speedway just off Wolcott Drive in Kansas City, Kansas. This huge annual event takes place in conjunction with the Kansas Speedway NASCAR weekend on Oct. 1st and 2nd. These pair of stand alone shows pay $3,000 and $5,000 to win respectively and last year hosted such top stars as Clint Bowyer and Dale McDowell along with the top drivers of the MLRA. The 2010 season wraps up on Oct. 8th-9th for the "Thunder on the Hill" at the Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas as the 2010 MLRA Champion will be crowned. Please visit www.MLRAracing.com for complete details.
The Lucas Oil MLRA (Midwest Latemodel Racing Association) sanctions regional Super Dirt Late Model touring series events in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
For all the latest news and information on the Lucas Oil MLRA please visit us on the web at www.MLRAracing.com or by calling the series office at (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
The Lucas Oil MLRA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2010 Tour including Lucas Oil Products, Tompkins Industries, Hoosier Race Tires, Lucas Cattle Company, Hatfield Racing Engines, Country Mart, Larry Shaw Race Cars, AFCO Racing Products, GRT Race Cars, The Driveline Shop, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bodee's Race Bodies, Outpace Racing Products, Duralite Racing Wheels, Impact Signs and Lighting, Rod End Supply, Racing Optics, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Bilstein Shocks, BSB Manufacturing, AAA Missouri
2010 Lucas Oil MLRA Schedule
March 19th: Mid America Motor Speedway-South Coffeyville, OK
March 20th: Mid America Motor Speedway-South Coffeyville, OK
April 3rd: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
April 10th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
May 15th: Nevada Speedway-Nevada, MO
May 21st: Sedalia's State Fair Speedway-Sedalia, MO
May 22nd:Thunder Hill Speedway-Mayetta, KS
May 27th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO (Practice & BBQ)
May 28th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
May 29th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
May 30th: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
June 12th: 24 Raceway-Moberly, MO
June 25th: Sedalia's State Fair Speedway-Sedalia, MO
June 26th: Springfield Raceway-Springfield, MO
July 2nd: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
July 3rd: Adams County Speedway-Corning, IA
July 17th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
August 13th: Junction Motor Speedway-McCool Junction, NE
August 14th: Junction Motor Speedway-McCool Junction, NE
August 22nd: Sedalia's State Fair Speedway-Sedalia, MO
August 28th: Lucas Oil Speedway-Wheatland, MO
September 3rd: Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
September 4th: Heartland Park Topeka-Topeka, KS
September 18th-Springfield Raceway-Springfield, MO
September 25th-Nebraska Raceway Park-Greenwood, NE
October 1st-Lakeside Speedway-Kansas City, KS
October 2nd-Lakeside Speedway-Kansas City, KS
October 8th-Thunder Hill Speedway-Mayetta, KS
October 9th-Thunder Hill Speedway-Mayetta, KS
November TBA-Championship Banquet
