Another six-division program of Friday night racing is on tap this week at PIR.
Heats and features are scheduled for five UMP divisions along with the Super Cell Mini Sprints. Last week’s feature winners: John Tindal, Fancy Farm (Late Model), Randle Sweeney, Clifty (Modified), Tanner English, Benton (Crate Late Model), Paul Howard, Calvert City (Street Stock), and Matt Hartman, Paducah (Warrior) will attempt to extend their winning streaks. Clint Collins of Vienna, IL was the July 28 Mini Sprint winner.
PIR will celebrate Great Clips Night this Friday. Staff members from local Great Clips shops will be on hand providing complimentary haircuts for fans. Kids will enjoy Great Clips’ mascot, GC Sudz.
Also on Friday, PIR and Chevrolet again will be registering fans to win a 2008 Silverado. Four lucky fans will be randomly selected for the Grand Prize Give Away, which will be conducted at the track during the September 5 event. Qualifiers at the August 8 event were:
• Mike Ashley, Mayfield
• Alice Goode, Paducah
• LaDonna Reed, Paducah
• Cory Smith, Paducah
• Bart Toth, Murray
All qualifiers will be notified by mail.
The ticket office and grandstand gates will open at 4 PM Friday. Adult grandstand admission is $10, children 12 and under are admitted free. The pit gate will open at 4 PM. Pit passes are $25, minor releases are required.
The third in the NASCAR Night of Stars series will be held Thursday, August 21 with special guest Tony Stewart, two-time Cup Champion and one of the owners of PIR. The race program will include a UMP/MARS sanctioned Late Model feature paying $1500 to the winner. A Midwest Motorsports Classic, the “USA World 50”, is scheduled for Friday, August 22 with the UMP/MARS Late Model feature paying $5000 to win.
NASCAR Stars Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Ken Schrader, and Promoter Bob Sargent purchased Paducah International Raceway in November of 2005. Two-time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart joined the trio of co-owners as a partner in September of 2006. In 2008 the 3/8th mile high-banked oval hosts several high profile events including three NASCAR Nights of Stars, the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, the USA World 50, and the Tri-Track Challenge. PIR races every Friday night and is located off Interstate 24 at exit 11 in Paducah, Kentucky. For more information call the PIR hotline at (270) 448-4PIR or the track at (270) 898-SHOW (7469). Check out the PIR Website at www.paducahinternationalraceway.com or www.paducahracing.com.
Heats and features are scheduled for five UMP divisions along with the Super Cell Mini Sprints. Last week’s feature winners: John Tindal, Fancy Farm (Late Model), Randle Sweeney, Clifty (Modified), Tanner English, Benton (Crate Late Model), Paul Howard, Calvert City (Street Stock), and Matt Hartman, Paducah (Warrior) will attempt to extend their winning streaks. Clint Collins of Vienna, IL was the July 28 Mini Sprint winner.
PIR will celebrate Great Clips Night this Friday. Staff members from local Great Clips shops will be on hand providing complimentary haircuts for fans. Kids will enjoy Great Clips’ mascot, GC Sudz.
Also on Friday, PIR and Chevrolet again will be registering fans to win a 2008 Silverado. Four lucky fans will be randomly selected for the Grand Prize Give Away, which will be conducted at the track during the September 5 event. Qualifiers at the August 8 event were:
• Mike Ashley, Mayfield
• Alice Goode, Paducah
• LaDonna Reed, Paducah
• Cory Smith, Paducah
• Bart Toth, Murray
All qualifiers will be notified by mail.
The ticket office and grandstand gates will open at 4 PM Friday. Adult grandstand admission is $10, children 12 and under are admitted free. The pit gate will open at 4 PM. Pit passes are $25, minor releases are required.
The third in the NASCAR Night of Stars series will be held Thursday, August 21 with special guest Tony Stewart, two-time Cup Champion and one of the owners of PIR. The race program will include a UMP/MARS sanctioned Late Model feature paying $1500 to the winner. A Midwest Motorsports Classic, the “USA World 50”, is scheduled for Friday, August 22 with the UMP/MARS Late Model feature paying $5000 to win.
NASCAR Stars Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Ken Schrader, and Promoter Bob Sargent purchased Paducah International Raceway in November of 2005. Two-time NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart joined the trio of co-owners as a partner in September of 2006. In 2008 the 3/8th mile high-banked oval hosts several high profile events including three NASCAR Nights of Stars, the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, the USA World 50, and the Tri-Track Challenge. PIR races every Friday night and is located off Interstate 24 at exit 11 in Paducah, Kentucky. For more information call the PIR hotline at (270) 448-4PIR or the track at (270) 898-SHOW (7469). Check out the PIR Website at www.paducahinternationalraceway.com or www.paducahracing.com.
