By Bret Emrick
World of Outlaws Late Model Series officials have released a schedule for the upcoming 2006 racing season and the quest for the Championship. The schedule finds the band of throttle-stomping travelers visiting 27 different race tracks in a 16 state area for 36 currently booked events. Several remaining dates on the schedule are being negotiated and will be added to the 2006 WoO Late Model Series schedule as warranted.
Fifteen of the scheduled events will be broadcast on a tape-delay basis on SPEED during the 2006 season with several others slated for broadcast on DIRTvision.com. Each World of Outlaws Late Model Series event will also be broadcast on the DIRT Radio Network on DIRTvision.com.
“Putting the schedule together has been a challenge but there is a good mix of different racing facility’s for the race teams,” said Dean Miracle, World of Outlaws Late Model Series Competition Director. “All of the dates we have currently scheduled are being held at topnotch race tracks. That will give the race teams a good challenge and give the fans great shows. There are still some holes we need to fill on the schedule. We are talking with other tracks about the available dates. Once those dates are filled we will add them to the schedule.”
The drive for the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship begins February 4 at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Ga., before heading to Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., for separate shows February 16 and February 18. Both events at V.S.P. will be broadcast on SPEED.
The WoO Late Model Series will then make first appearances March 17 at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baker, La., and March 18 at Fast Trax Motorplex in Chatham, La.
After a two week break in the schedule the Series will return to action April 7 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The Lernerville event also is scheduled as a DIRTvision.com ‘LIVE Video Cybercast’. The WoO Late Model teams then return April 8 to Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, Va., for another SPEED date. Easter weekend finds the WoO Late Model Series making its inaugural appearance at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala., on April 14-15. The SPEED cameras will tape all the exciting action from the April 15 event at EAMS.
The month of May will open with a return visit May 5 to Brushcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio followed by inaugural events on May 12 at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Ill., and May 13 at Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell, Ind. Ten days later, Bolivar Speedway in Bolivar, Missouri does the same with a first time WoO Late Model Series visit May 23. The string of debuts at host tracks continues May 30 and May 31 when the WoO Late Model Series invades the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., and North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., respectively.
Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., welcomes the Series and the SPEED cameras back for a return visit June 1 (raindate June 2) for the first of two scheduled 2006 D.S.C. visits. Western Kentucky Speedway in Madisonville, Ky., will be hosts of its first World of Outlaws Late Model Series event on June 16.
Next on the schedule will be a July 1 return engagement to Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., followed July 2 by the series debut at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y., for another SPEED date. Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, returns to the 2006 schedule with a July 8 (raindate July 9) event with the SPEED cameras on hand. On July 11,the WoO Late Model Series returns to Ransomville Speedway in Ransomville, N.Y.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series then stops July 21-22 at Jim Nier’s KC Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio, for a two-day SPEED televised event. It’s then off to Lebanon I-44 Speedway in Lebanon, Mo., for a return engagement on July 25 before traveling back to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., for two separate shows on July 28 and July 29. Both events at D.C.S. will be SPEED dates.
Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., starts off the month of August with a SPEED covered Aug. 4 date followed by an Aug. 5 appearance at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Md. The WoO Late Model Series then makes its inaugural visit on Aug. 15 to Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo., for another SPEED television date before returning Aug. 25 to Western Kentucky Speedway in Madisonville, Ky. The Series will then travel to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Miss., for another first-time ever visit on Aug. 26.
Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., is host to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for two separate events on Sept. 2 and Sept. 3 as part of the SPEED coverage package. After a week off, the Championship campaign continues with a first-time stop on Sept. 15 at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, Ky., followed Sept. 16 by a return visit to I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., with the SPEED cameras capturing all the action.
The 2006 campaign is scheduled to conclude with tentative separate events Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., with the SPEED cameras covering the action of the Oct. 14 World of Outlaws Late Model Series 2006 season finale.
2006 World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule (as of 1-31-06)
Showing Date-Track-Location-Major Market-TV Date
2/4 – Golden Isles Speedway – Waynesville,GA – Brunswick,GA –
2/16 – Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach,FL – SPEED
2/18 – Volusia Speedway Park –Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach, FL – SPEED
3/17 – Baton Rouge Raceway – Baker,LA – Baton Rouge,LA –
3/18 – Fast Trax Motorplex – Chatham,LA – Monroe,LA –
4/7 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver,PA – Pittsburgh,PA –
4/8 – Virginia Motor Speedway – Saluda,VA – Richmond,VA – SPEED
4/14 – East Alabama Motor Speedway – Phenix City,AL – Columbus,GA –
4/15 – East Alabama Motor Speedway – Phenix City,AL – Columbus,GA – SPEED
5/5 – Brushcreek Motorsports Complex – Peebles,OH – Cincinnati,OH –
5/12 – Farmer City Raceway – Farmer City,IL – Champaign,IL –
5/12 – Kamp Motor Speedway – Boswell,IN – West Lafayette,IN –
5/23 – Bolivar Speedway – Bolivar,MO – Springfield,MO –
5/30 – River Cities Speedway – Grand Forks,ND – Grand Forks,ND –
5/31 – North Central Speedway – Brainerd,MN – St. Cloud,MN –
6/1 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley,MN – Rochester,MN – SPEED
6/2 – Deer Creek Speedway RAIN DATE
6/16 – Western Kentucky Speedway – Madisonville,KY – Evansville,IN –
6/17 – TBA
7/1 – Stateline Speedway – Busti,NY – Jamestown,NY –
7/2 – Cayuga County Fair Speedway – Weedsport,NY – Syracuse,NY – SPEED
7/8 – Sharon Speedway – Hartford,OH – Youngstown,OH – SPEED
7/9 – Sharon Speedway RAIN DATE
7/11 – Ransomville Speedway – Ransomville,NY – Buffalo,NY –
7/21&7/22 Jim Nier’s KC Raceway – Chillcothe,OH – Columbus,OH – SPEED
7/25 – Lebanon I-44 Speedway – Lebanon,MO – Springfield,MO –
7/28 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley,MN – Rochester,MN – SPEED
7/29 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley,MN – Rochester,MN – SPEED
8/4 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver,PA – Pittsburgh,PA – SPEED
8/5 – Hagerstown Speedway – Hagerstown,MD – Baltimore,MD –
8/15 – Lake Ozark Speedway – Eldon,MO – Jefferson City,MO – SPEED
8/25 – Western Kentucky Speedway – Madisonville,KY – Evansville,IN –
8/26 – Columbus Speedway – Columbus,MS – Tupelo,MS –
9/2 – Tri-City Speedway – Franklin,PA – Pittsburgh,PA –
9/3 – Tri-City Speedway – Franklin,PA – Pittsburgh,PA – SPEED
9/15 – Paducah International Raceway – Paducah,KY – Paducah,KY –
9/16 – I-55 Raceway – Pevely,MO – St. Louis,MO – SPEED
9/17 – TBA
9/23 – TBA
10/13 – Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach,FL –
10/14 – Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach,FL – SPEED
TBA = To Be Announced
THIS IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE. DATES MAY BE ADDED OR CHANGED.
World of Outlaws Late Model Series officials have released a schedule for the upcoming 2006 racing season and the quest for the Championship. The schedule finds the band of throttle-stomping travelers visiting 27 different race tracks in a 16 state area for 36 currently booked events. Several remaining dates on the schedule are being negotiated and will be added to the 2006 WoO Late Model Series schedule as warranted.
Fifteen of the scheduled events will be broadcast on a tape-delay basis on SPEED during the 2006 season with several others slated for broadcast on DIRTvision.com. Each World of Outlaws Late Model Series event will also be broadcast on the DIRT Radio Network on DIRTvision.com.
“Putting the schedule together has been a challenge but there is a good mix of different racing facility’s for the race teams,” said Dean Miracle, World of Outlaws Late Model Series Competition Director. “All of the dates we have currently scheduled are being held at topnotch race tracks. That will give the race teams a good challenge and give the fans great shows. There are still some holes we need to fill on the schedule. We are talking with other tracks about the available dates. Once those dates are filled we will add them to the schedule.”
The drive for the 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Championship begins February 4 at Golden Isles Speedway in Waynesville, Ga., before heading to Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., for separate shows February 16 and February 18. Both events at V.S.P. will be broadcast on SPEED.
The WoO Late Model Series will then make first appearances March 17 at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baker, La., and March 18 at Fast Trax Motorplex in Chatham, La.
After a two week break in the schedule the Series will return to action April 7 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. The Lernerville event also is scheduled as a DIRTvision.com ‘LIVE Video Cybercast’. The WoO Late Model teams then return April 8 to Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, Va., for another SPEED date. Easter weekend finds the WoO Late Model Series making its inaugural appearance at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Ala., on April 14-15. The SPEED cameras will tape all the exciting action from the April 15 event at EAMS.
The month of May will open with a return visit May 5 to Brushcreek Motorsports Complex in Peebles, Ohio followed by inaugural events on May 12 at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Ill., and May 13 at Kamp Motor Speedway in Boswell, Ind. Ten days later, Bolivar Speedway in Bolivar, Missouri does the same with a first time WoO Late Model Series visit May 23. The string of debuts at host tracks continues May 30 and May 31 when the WoO Late Model Series invades the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., and North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., respectively.
Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., welcomes the Series and the SPEED cameras back for a return visit June 1 (raindate June 2) for the first of two scheduled 2006 D.S.C. visits. Western Kentucky Speedway in Madisonville, Ky., will be hosts of its first World of Outlaws Late Model Series event on June 16.
Next on the schedule will be a July 1 return engagement to Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., followed July 2 by the series debut at Cayuga County Fair Speedway in Weedsport, N.Y., for another SPEED date. Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio, returns to the 2006 schedule with a July 8 (raindate July 9) event with the SPEED cameras on hand. On July 11,the WoO Late Model Series returns to Ransomville Speedway in Ransomville, N.Y.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series then stops July 21-22 at Jim Nier’s KC Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio, for a two-day SPEED televised event. It’s then off to Lebanon I-44 Speedway in Lebanon, Mo., for a return engagement on July 25 before traveling back to Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., for two separate shows on July 28 and July 29. Both events at D.C.S. will be SPEED dates.
Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., starts off the month of August with a SPEED covered Aug. 4 date followed by an Aug. 5 appearance at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Md. The WoO Late Model Series then makes its inaugural visit on Aug. 15 to Lake Ozark Speedway in Eldon, Mo., for another SPEED television date before returning Aug. 25 to Western Kentucky Speedway in Madisonville, Ky. The Series will then travel to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Miss., for another first-time ever visit on Aug. 26.
Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, Pa., is host to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for two separate events on Sept. 2 and Sept. 3 as part of the SPEED coverage package. After a week off, the Championship campaign continues with a first-time stop on Sept. 15 at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, Ky., followed Sept. 16 by a return visit to I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., with the SPEED cameras capturing all the action.
The 2006 campaign is scheduled to conclude with tentative separate events Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., with the SPEED cameras covering the action of the Oct. 14 World of Outlaws Late Model Series 2006 season finale.
2006 World Of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule (as of 1-31-06)
Showing Date-Track-Location-Major Market-TV Date
2/4 – Golden Isles Speedway – Waynesville,GA – Brunswick,GA –
2/16 – Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach,FL – SPEED
2/18 – Volusia Speedway Park –Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach, FL – SPEED
3/17 – Baton Rouge Raceway – Baker,LA – Baton Rouge,LA –
3/18 – Fast Trax Motorplex – Chatham,LA – Monroe,LA –
4/7 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver,PA – Pittsburgh,PA –
4/8 – Virginia Motor Speedway – Saluda,VA – Richmond,VA – SPEED
4/14 – East Alabama Motor Speedway – Phenix City,AL – Columbus,GA –
4/15 – East Alabama Motor Speedway – Phenix City,AL – Columbus,GA – SPEED
5/5 – Brushcreek Motorsports Complex – Peebles,OH – Cincinnati,OH –
5/12 – Farmer City Raceway – Farmer City,IL – Champaign,IL –
5/12 – Kamp Motor Speedway – Boswell,IN – West Lafayette,IN –
5/23 – Bolivar Speedway – Bolivar,MO – Springfield,MO –
5/30 – River Cities Speedway – Grand Forks,ND – Grand Forks,ND –
5/31 – North Central Speedway – Brainerd,MN – St. Cloud,MN –
6/1 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley,MN – Rochester,MN – SPEED
6/2 – Deer Creek Speedway RAIN DATE
6/16 – Western Kentucky Speedway – Madisonville,KY – Evansville,IN –
6/17 – TBA
7/1 – Stateline Speedway – Busti,NY – Jamestown,NY –
7/2 – Cayuga County Fair Speedway – Weedsport,NY – Syracuse,NY – SPEED
7/8 – Sharon Speedway – Hartford,OH – Youngstown,OH – SPEED
7/9 – Sharon Speedway RAIN DATE
7/11 – Ransomville Speedway – Ransomville,NY – Buffalo,NY –
7/21&7/22 Jim Nier’s KC Raceway – Chillcothe,OH – Columbus,OH – SPEED
7/25 – Lebanon I-44 Speedway – Lebanon,MO – Springfield,MO –
7/28 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley,MN – Rochester,MN – SPEED
7/29 – Deer Creek Speedway – Spring Valley,MN – Rochester,MN – SPEED
8/4 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver,PA – Pittsburgh,PA – SPEED
8/5 – Hagerstown Speedway – Hagerstown,MD – Baltimore,MD –
8/15 – Lake Ozark Speedway – Eldon,MO – Jefferson City,MO – SPEED
8/25 – Western Kentucky Speedway – Madisonville,KY – Evansville,IN –
8/26 – Columbus Speedway – Columbus,MS – Tupelo,MS –
9/2 – Tri-City Speedway – Franklin,PA – Pittsburgh,PA –
9/3 – Tri-City Speedway – Franklin,PA – Pittsburgh,PA – SPEED
9/15 – Paducah International Raceway – Paducah,KY – Paducah,KY –
9/16 – I-55 Raceway – Pevely,MO – St. Louis,MO – SPEED
9/17 – TBA
9/23 – TBA
10/13 – Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach,FL –
10/14 – Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville,FL – Daytona Beach,FL – SPEED
TBA = To Be Announced
THIS IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE. DATES MAY BE ADDED OR CHANGED.
