CONCORD, NC--After a very successful East Bay "Winternationals" run in February the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series returns to the track for the first time since that record setting performance at East Bay as the series heads for the first time to one of the best facilities for dirt track racing in the country on Saturday Night, April 9 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
The "Pit Pass Cabarrus Super Nationals" presented by RACEceiver will showcase the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series as the traveling Super Late Model series will be competing for a $10,000 first place prize. Also in the house at Lowe's will be the cameras of ESPN2 to catch all the action for the first time at Lowe's. The event will be taped and broadcast at a date and time to be announced. It will be the second of 13 events to be shown on ESPN2 this season as ESPN2 now reaches 88 million homes nationwide. The show for the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series will include heat races, consy events and the $10,000 to win and $700 to start main event.
The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway first opened in May of 2000 and sits next door to the world famous 1.5 mile Lowe's Motor Speedway. There have been nine Super Late Model races contested on the dirt track with Chris Madden of Gaffney, SC the only driver to win more than once at the 4/10th mile track. In fact Madden has won three times compared to one win apiece for Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN, Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, WI, Steve Lucas of Charleston, WV, Jeff Cooke of Spartanburg, SC, Earl Pearson, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and Mike Balzano from Parkersburg, WV.
Roger Slack, promoter of the Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway is enthused over the appearance of the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series at the track located near Charlotte, NC. "We are very excited to have the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series and ESPN2 coming to the dirt track on April 9" "I witnessed the shows they put on at East Bay in February and came away impressed with their professionalism and the way they did things," "I know the folks at Lucas Oil, Forest Lucas and Bob Patison want to make the series the best in dirt late model racing and with people like Spencer Wilson, James Essex, Rick Schwallie and their staff they can get the job done."
The red clay havoc for the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series will get underway on April 9 with the schedule of events looking this way: The pits will open at 2:00 p.m. with the main grandstand gates opening at 4:00 p.m., there will be a mandatory drivers meeting at 5:00 p.m. with ShowTime starting at 7:30 p.m. For more information please call 1-800-455-FANS (3267) or visit the track's website at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com.
A reminder to all the Lucas Oil NARA Super Late Model drivers that the following tire rules will be effect: Hoosier LM20, D21, LM40, D55 and the new 1300 and 1600 compounds will be allowed along with the American Racers SD44 and MD56 and the Goodyear X300 and X400. For more information you can call the NARA office at (859) 271-4501 or visit their website at www.naradirtcar.com.
The "Pit Pass Cabarrus Super Nationals" presented by RACEceiver will showcase the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series as the traveling Super Late Model series will be competing for a $10,000 first place prize. Also in the house at Lowe's will be the cameras of ESPN2 to catch all the action for the first time at Lowe's. The event will be taped and broadcast at a date and time to be announced. It will be the second of 13 events to be shown on ESPN2 this season as ESPN2 now reaches 88 million homes nationwide. The show for the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series will include heat races, consy events and the $10,000 to win and $700 to start main event.
The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway first opened in May of 2000 and sits next door to the world famous 1.5 mile Lowe's Motor Speedway. There have been nine Super Late Model races contested on the dirt track with Chris Madden of Gaffney, SC the only driver to win more than once at the 4/10th mile track. In fact Madden has won three times compared to one win apiece for Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN, Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, WI, Steve Lucas of Charleston, WV, Jeff Cooke of Spartanburg, SC, Earl Pearson, Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and Mike Balzano from Parkersburg, WV.
Roger Slack, promoter of the Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway is enthused over the appearance of the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series at the track located near Charlotte, NC. "We are very excited to have the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series and ESPN2 coming to the dirt track on April 9" "I witnessed the shows they put on at East Bay in February and came away impressed with their professionalism and the way they did things," "I know the folks at Lucas Oil, Forest Lucas and Bob Patison want to make the series the best in dirt late model racing and with people like Spencer Wilson, James Essex, Rick Schwallie and their staff they can get the job done."
The red clay havoc for the Lucas Oil NARA DirtCar Series will get underway on April 9 with the schedule of events looking this way: The pits will open at 2:00 p.m. with the main grandstand gates opening at 4:00 p.m., there will be a mandatory drivers meeting at 5:00 p.m. with ShowTime starting at 7:30 p.m. For more information please call 1-800-455-FANS (3267) or visit the track's website at www.lowesmotorspeedway.com.
A reminder to all the Lucas Oil NARA Super Late Model drivers that the following tire rules will be effect: Hoosier LM20, D21, LM40, D55 and the new 1300 and 1600 compounds will be allowed along with the American Racers SD44 and MD56 and the Goodyear X300 and X400. For more information you can call the NARA office at (859) 271-4501 or visit their website at www.naradirtcar.com.
