LEXINGTON, KY (4/2/07) -- The nation's most competitive regional racing series is just a week away from its 2007 debut as the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts gears up for back-to-back races at the Florence Speedway on Friday night, April 6th for the $3000-to-win Spring 50 Tune-Up and Saturday night, April 7th for the $5000-to-win 31st Annual Spring 50.
The highly-anticipated season opener for the King Family's Florence Speedway will be Friday night, April 6th as the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series invades the Union, KY 1/2-mile, high-banked clay oval for the Spring 50 Tune-Up. A complete racing program is planned with Time Trials, Qualifying Heats, B-Mains, and the 30-lap A-Main paying $3000 to win. Ticket prices for this event are only $15 for General Admission and just $28 for the Pits. Pit gates are slated to open at 4pm with the main gates opening at 5pm. Qualifying will hit the track promptly at 7pm with racing beginning at 8pm.
The purse for Friday night's Spring 50 Tune-Up is as follows: 1. $3000, 2. $1500, 3. $1000, 4. $800, 5. $750, 6. $700, 7. $650, 8. $600, 9. $550, 10. $500, 11. $450, 12. $400, 13. $350, 14. $350, 15. $325, 16. $325, 17. $300, 18. $300, 19. $300, 20. $300, 21. $300, 22. $300, 23. $250, 24. $250
Saturday night, April 7th, Series is back at Florence for the 31st Annual Spring 50. Another complete program for the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series is on tap with Time Trials, Qualifying Heats, B-Mains, and a 50-lap A-Main paying $5000 to win. General Admission seating for Saturday night is $17 while a pit pass is $30. The pit gates will once again open at 4pm with the general admission gates opening at 5pm. The on-track action starts a half-hour earlier on Saturday with Qualifying at 6:30pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
The purse for Saturday night's 31st Annual Spring 50 is as follows: 1. $5000, 2. $3000, 3. $2000, 4. $1500, 5. $1000, 6. $800, 7. $750, 8. $700, 9. $650, 10. $600, 11. $550, 12. $500, 13. $450, 14. $450, 15. $425, 16. $425, 17. $400, 18. $400, 19. $350, 20. $350, 21. $300, 22. $300, 23. $300, 24. $300
Last year, the back-to-back, season-opening events for the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts at the Florence Speedway drew an outstanding field of cars. The 2006 Spring 50 Tune-Up saw 58 entries sign into the pits with Martinsville, IN's Don O'Neal besting Dan Schlieper and Brian Birkhofer to pick up the win. "The Real Deal" backed that up on Saturday night by cashing the $5000 first-place paycheck in the 30th Annual Spring 50 over Dan Schlieper and early race leader Roger Williams. Scott Bloomquist, Dan Schlieper, Darrell Lanigan, Steve Casebolt, and the late Jack Boggs among others are all previous winners of the Spring 50.
Florence Speedway is a 1/2-mile; high-banked clay oval located on US 42 just south of Union, KY and is owned and operated by Jerry, Mona, and Josh King. The office phone number for Florence Speedway is (859) 493-0034 and the track phone number on race day is (859) 485-7591. For more information, please visit www.florencespeedway.com.
The O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts sanctions regional dirt track Late Model racing in and around the state of Kentucky. For more information on the nation's most competitive regional racing series, please visit our website at www.battleofthebluegrass.com or call our office at (859) 433-5707.
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series Upcoming Schedule
April 6 - Florence Speedway - $3000
April 7 - Florence Speedway - $5000
April 20 - Twin Cities Raceway Park - $3000
April 21 - Brownstown Speedway - $4000
April 27 - Ponderosa Speedway - $3000
April 28 - Bluegrass Speedway - $3000
May 12 - Tazewell Speedway - $4000
Dustin Jarrett - O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass (djarrett@battleofthebluegrass.com)
The highly-anticipated season opener for the King Family's Florence Speedway will be Friday night, April 6th as the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series invades the Union, KY 1/2-mile, high-banked clay oval for the Spring 50 Tune-Up. A complete racing program is planned with Time Trials, Qualifying Heats, B-Mains, and the 30-lap A-Main paying $3000 to win. Ticket prices for this event are only $15 for General Admission and just $28 for the Pits. Pit gates are slated to open at 4pm with the main gates opening at 5pm. Qualifying will hit the track promptly at 7pm with racing beginning at 8pm.
The purse for Friday night's Spring 50 Tune-Up is as follows: 1. $3000, 2. $1500, 3. $1000, 4. $800, 5. $750, 6. $700, 7. $650, 8. $600, 9. $550, 10. $500, 11. $450, 12. $400, 13. $350, 14. $350, 15. $325, 16. $325, 17. $300, 18. $300, 19. $300, 20. $300, 21. $300, 22. $300, 23. $250, 24. $250
Saturday night, April 7th, Series is back at Florence for the 31st Annual Spring 50. Another complete program for the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series is on tap with Time Trials, Qualifying Heats, B-Mains, and a 50-lap A-Main paying $5000 to win. General Admission seating for Saturday night is $17 while a pit pass is $30. The pit gates will once again open at 4pm with the general admission gates opening at 5pm. The on-track action starts a half-hour earlier on Saturday with Qualifying at 6:30pm and Racing at 7:30pm.
The purse for Saturday night's 31st Annual Spring 50 is as follows: 1. $5000, 2. $3000, 3. $2000, 4. $1500, 5. $1000, 6. $800, 7. $750, 8. $700, 9. $650, 10. $600, 11. $550, 12. $500, 13. $450, 14. $450, 15. $425, 16. $425, 17. $400, 18. $400, 19. $350, 20. $350, 21. $300, 22. $300, 23. $300, 24. $300
Last year, the back-to-back, season-opening events for the O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts at the Florence Speedway drew an outstanding field of cars. The 2006 Spring 50 Tune-Up saw 58 entries sign into the pits with Martinsville, IN's Don O'Neal besting Dan Schlieper and Brian Birkhofer to pick up the win. "The Real Deal" backed that up on Saturday night by cashing the $5000 first-place paycheck in the 30th Annual Spring 50 over Dan Schlieper and early race leader Roger Williams. Scott Bloomquist, Dan Schlieper, Darrell Lanigan, Steve Casebolt, and the late Jack Boggs among others are all previous winners of the Spring 50.
Florence Speedway is a 1/2-mile; high-banked clay oval located on US 42 just south of Union, KY and is owned and operated by Jerry, Mona, and Josh King. The office phone number for Florence Speedway is (859) 493-0034 and the track phone number on race day is (859) 485-7591. For more information, please visit www.florencespeedway.com.
The O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts sanctions regional dirt track Late Model racing in and around the state of Kentucky. For more information on the nation's most competitive regional racing series, please visit our website at www.battleofthebluegrass.com or call our office at (859) 433-5707.
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series Upcoming Schedule
April 6 - Florence Speedway - $3000
April 7 - Florence Speedway - $5000
April 20 - Twin Cities Raceway Park - $3000
April 21 - Brownstown Speedway - $4000
April 27 - Ponderosa Speedway - $3000
April 28 - Bluegrass Speedway - $3000
May 12 - Tazewell Speedway - $4000
Dustin Jarrett - O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass (djarrett@battleofthebluegrass.com)
