By Roby Helm
CLARKSVILLE, TN - The StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series is
beginning the process of resigning tracks, and signing new tracks for the
2007 Weekly Racing Series. Six tracks from the 2006 line-up have already
resigned for 2007, and three new tracks will become a part of the
StormPay.com Weekly Racing next season.
Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL was the first track
to resign, followed by a host of tracks in Mississippi that include Columbus
Speedway in Columbus, MS, Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS, Swinging
Bridge Raceway in Jackson, MS, Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS, and
Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS.
Among the new tracks that have already signed up to join the
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series in 2007 will be Deep South Speedway in
Loxley, AL, Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and Simpson County Speedway in
Mendenhall, MS.
"We are delighted that these tracks have signed up for 2007
at such an early date for the 2007 StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series,"
StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Director Mike Vaughn said. "We feel
that these tracks wanting to sign on this early goes to show what a good
program we have for weekly short tracks and their competitors."
Vaughn said that he and the series staff are currently
talking with other tracks throughout the country, and more announcements
regarding tracks joining the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series in 2007 will
be forthcoming.
"We will be making some administrative changes to the
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series for 2007, but the rules will remain the
same," Vaughn said. "We will be restructuring the point system in an effort
to give drivers at tracks with lower car counts more of a chance to stay in
the regional championship hunt, and with new tracks coming onboard, we will
also be restructuring our regional areas for 2007."
The 2007 StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series will begin on
March 30 and run through September 30. Each track may host up to 24
StormPay.com WRS events during the course of the season with the competitors'
best 16 finishes counting towards their point totals.
Drivers at each facility will not only compete for track points, but also
for Regional points. Point fund money will be paid to the top drivers at
each StormPay.com WRS track, and the top drivers in each StormPay.com WRS
Region.
Talladega Short Track is the home track of the StormPay.com East Region
Champion Jason Wilson of Margaret, AL, and will host the 2007 StormPay.com
Dirt Late Model Series National Tour season opener on January 6-7. The
$3,000-to-win main event will be a part of the Annual Ice Bowl at TST.
Other dates for the StormPay.com DLMS National Tour at TST will be announced
soon, as they will be teaming up for a double-header weekend with Penton
Raceway.
Columbus Speedway will include the StormPay.com DLMS as a part of their
Annual Winter Classic with a $3,000-to-win main event on January 26-27.
Whynot Motorsports Park, home of the 2007 StormPay.com WRS West Region
Champion Lucky Keeton, will host a $5,000-to-win StormPay.com DLMS National
Tour event on Labor Day weekend of August 31 and September 1. Whynot
Motorsports Park will team up with Simpson County Speedway for a spring
doubleheader.
Southern Speedway will team with Swinging Bridge Raceway with StormPay.com
DLMS National Touring events on March 30 and 31 respectively, and Swinging
Bridge Raceway will welcome the StormPay.com DLMS National Tour back on June
8-9 for a pair of $2,500-to-win events.
The StormPay.com DLMS National Tour will return to Pike County Speedway on
April 20-21 for a $5,000-to-win two-day show. Series officials said they
are also working on a date for the StormPay.com DLMS National Tour at Deep
South Speedway. Series officials will be making more announcements in the
near future with more dates for the 2007 StormPay.com DLMS National Tour.
Tracks interested in joining the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series and
hosting a StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring event can
contact either Mike Vaughn at 77-560-1240, or StormPay.com Dirt Late Model
Series President of Operations and Communications Roby Helm at 423-744-0026
or 865-207-4157.
For more information about the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series visit the
series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.
CLARKSVILLE, TN - The StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series is
beginning the process of resigning tracks, and signing new tracks for the
2007 Weekly Racing Series. Six tracks from the 2006 line-up have already
resigned for 2007, and three new tracks will become a part of the
StormPay.com Weekly Racing next season.
Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL was the first track
to resign, followed by a host of tracks in Mississippi that include Columbus
Speedway in Columbus, MS, Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS, Swinging
Bridge Raceway in Jackson, MS, Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS, and
Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS.
Among the new tracks that have already signed up to join the
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series in 2007 will be Deep South Speedway in
Loxley, AL, Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and Simpson County Speedway in
Mendenhall, MS.
"We are delighted that these tracks have signed up for 2007
at such an early date for the 2007 StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series,"
StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Director Mike Vaughn said. "We feel
that these tracks wanting to sign on this early goes to show what a good
program we have for weekly short tracks and their competitors."
Vaughn said that he and the series staff are currently
talking with other tracks throughout the country, and more announcements
regarding tracks joining the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series in 2007 will
be forthcoming.
"We will be making some administrative changes to the
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series for 2007, but the rules will remain the
same," Vaughn said. "We will be restructuring the point system in an effort
to give drivers at tracks with lower car counts more of a chance to stay in
the regional championship hunt, and with new tracks coming onboard, we will
also be restructuring our regional areas for 2007."
The 2007 StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series will begin on
March 30 and run through September 30. Each track may host up to 24
StormPay.com WRS events during the course of the season with the competitors'
best 16 finishes counting towards their point totals.
Drivers at each facility will not only compete for track points, but also
for Regional points. Point fund money will be paid to the top drivers at
each StormPay.com WRS track, and the top drivers in each StormPay.com WRS
Region.
Talladega Short Track is the home track of the StormPay.com East Region
Champion Jason Wilson of Margaret, AL, and will host the 2007 StormPay.com
Dirt Late Model Series National Tour season opener on January 6-7. The
$3,000-to-win main event will be a part of the Annual Ice Bowl at TST.
Other dates for the StormPay.com DLMS National Tour at TST will be announced
soon, as they will be teaming up for a double-header weekend with Penton
Raceway.
Columbus Speedway will include the StormPay.com DLMS as a part of their
Annual Winter Classic with a $3,000-to-win main event on January 26-27.
Whynot Motorsports Park, home of the 2007 StormPay.com WRS West Region
Champion Lucky Keeton, will host a $5,000-to-win StormPay.com DLMS National
Tour event on Labor Day weekend of August 31 and September 1. Whynot
Motorsports Park will team up with Simpson County Speedway for a spring
doubleheader.
Southern Speedway will team with Swinging Bridge Raceway with StormPay.com
DLMS National Touring events on March 30 and 31 respectively, and Swinging
Bridge Raceway will welcome the StormPay.com DLMS National Tour back on June
8-9 for a pair of $2,500-to-win events.
The StormPay.com DLMS National Tour will return to Pike County Speedway on
April 20-21 for a $5,000-to-win two-day show. Series officials said they
are also working on a date for the StormPay.com DLMS National Tour at Deep
South Speedway. Series officials will be making more announcements in the
near future with more dates for the 2007 StormPay.com DLMS National Tour.
Tracks interested in joining the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series and
hosting a StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring event can
contact either Mike Vaughn at 77-560-1240, or StormPay.com Dirt Late Model
Series President of Operations and Communications Roby Helm at 423-744-0026
or 865-207-4157.
For more information about the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series visit the
series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.
