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$85,000+ City Vending November Sprint Shootout 11/13-14

8/11/09, DarinShort.com. Five weeks after the $85,000 Cowtown Sprint Nationals October 9-10, Cowtown Speedway wrap up the 2009 racing season with the 3^rd annual November Sprint Shootout presented by City Vending and the ASCS2 Series Finale presented by Eagle Chassis to be held on November 13-14, 2009.

Want more action? The November Sprint Shootout (NSS) in 2007 and 2008 left fans screaming "we want more!" So it's been decided. You're going to get what you asked for:

Even more racing and more money is on the line for the NSS. Twin (or Triple) 25's for the sprint cars will kick off the weekend's action in the Friday night program. If there are 46+ sprints in the pits Friday (as was the case in '08), Triple 25's will be run. All sprint cars in the pits will make an 'A' feature that night, each paying $1,000 to win with payback for every starting position. And the popular ASCS passing points system will go into effect on Friday night, which will determine Saturday night's line-ups.

Saturday's last chance races will fill the balance of the field for the 35-lap November Sprint Shootout, with the winner picking up a cool $7,000 (up from $5000 in '08); with 2^nd paying $4000, 3^rd $3000, 4^th $2000, and down to $500 to start (24th, up from $400 to start in '08). All non-qualifiers Saturday night will receive at least $100.

More NSS Invaders? Last year's NSS saw several regional and national 'invaders' converging upon Cowtown Speedway. With no major winged sprint race scheduled in the region, it's possible that several traveling teams will take to the ¼ mile high banks of Cowtown Arkansas's Tim Crawley took home the win, with Kansas's Tony Bruce Jr. coming in second and Louisiana's Jason Johnson finished in third.

Driver Pre-registration for Pit Parking Requests is Required. As was the case in 2008, driver pre-entry on the track website is highly recommended, as it will reserve your parking space in the pit area. A limited amount of concrete padded spaces are available, so if you need one, you should register as soon as possible. Phone-in entries and phone-in parking requests will not be taken by unregistered drivers. Pre-entry is requested by November 8^th, but if you have specific parking requests, you will want to enter as soon as possible; as we are expecting well over 200 cars total for the weekend. (Over 250 cars were in the pits at the last Cowtown show that had this same format.)

FOUR Great Divisions Join the NSS action. Joining the sprint cars will be the exciting full-blown Cowtown Modifieds and the local's favorite, Limited Modifieds. Their format will be heats and qualifiers on Friday, and non-qualifier races and feature races on Saturday. The Modifieds will pay $2,000 to win and the Limited Modifieds pay $1,500 to win (up from $1,000 to win in '08). Rules and complete payback are posted at the track website.

But that's not all. The ASCS2 divisions of the Winged Outlaw Multi's and the Non-Winged 600's will round out their season with the ASCS2 Series Finale presented by Eagle Chassis. The format will be the same as the modifieds, with heats and qualifiers on Friday and non-qualifier and feature races on Saturday. Each feature winner will take home $2,000. For division rules, click www.ASCS2racing.com for more information.

New Earlier Start Times in 2009. The city of Kennedale enforces a midnight curfew, and all racing must be completed by then. Friday night, the pits will now open at 3pm, with hot laps at 5:30 and racing starts at 6:00pm sharp – so make sure to arrive early! And on Saturday, the pits will open at 1:00pm, with hot laps at 3:30 and the first green flag drops at 4:00pm.

Save $10 by purchasing advance 2-day tickets. Fans can save $10 by purchasing their tickets online at www.CowtownSpeedway.com in advance (through November 12^th - just one day before the race), as 2-day adult grandstand pass will cost just $35. Tickets will be available at the gate on race night for $20 on Friday and $25 on Saturday. Youth and child tickets will remain at just $5 and $2 on each night.

Please visit www.CowtownSpeedway.com to view the complete NSS event flyer, driver pre-registration, online ticket sales and for more information. You won't want to miss this season-ending event, as last year's event kept fans buzzing all winter long. Follow this link www.darinshort.com/NSS08.html for a recap, pictures and video clips of the 2008 NSS.

Travel & Weather tips for the NSS. There are two fly-in options: DFW International (services all major gateways) and Dallas Love Field (includes Southwest airlines and generally more 'regional' flights). For flight options, www.Travelocity.com is a great source of information. Their 'Last Minute Packages' offers excellent low-priced options that include flights, hotels and car rentals.

November weather trends usually have highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's. For the latest in Cowtown weather, there is a link on the home page of the track website.

Want more action? Get it at the November Sprint Shootout! This is the season-ending event at Cowtown, and we look forward to building this event each and every year, to give race teams and fans what they want most: more!

This race should get a lot of interest from north of the red river. As it does matter what your preference is - this show is gonna have plenty of it. Lots of sprint cars, micro's, and modifieds.

And just shootin it straight - most of us are regs at tracks that don't often display ingenuity and original ideas of promotion. I'm not talkin about free hot dog nights here - I'm talkin about HIGH QUALITY races for their fans.

If the weather holds up - this will be a hell of show (as it usually is down there). But even if it is cold, don't let that persuade you to stay home. We went to the Valentine's Day show down there (midgets, micro's, Fast 50) - and it was cold as hell! They started prompt at 4pm and we stayed to the very end - which was at 1130pm. Now many would think that is too long even in good conditions - nevermind the fact it was in the 30's by the end of the night. But how often do you get to see 7.5 hours of great racing outside of the chili bowl? I mean NON STOP racing - that was how many cars they had. Whether February or November - Cowtown is one of the few tracks around with the balls to put on really big shows.

I read grumblings on the cowtown forum about too many cars at that show and it was too long. dumbshits. It takes fools to complain about too much of a great thing like dirt track racing. I will be sorely disappointed if they don't run that Feb. show again next year exactly like they ran it this year (maybe without limiteds tho lol). And if it's cold oh well - after attending this years and seeing all the folks with propane heaters up there - I'll get me one of those on top of the 5 blankets and 50$ in handwarmers we took for 3 of us this year

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