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June 29, 2010 at
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OCRS / MAS PRESENTS SPRINT CARS N’ FIREWORKS
By: John Lemon
Tulsa, Oklahoma (June 29, 2010) It’s the Fourth of July weekend and it’s time for the
annual celebration of the birth of our country. In standing with our long love
affair of annual July 4th celebrations, the motorsports world of all
varieties will once again hold racing action throughout this special holiday
weekend. This Saturday night, the Oil
Capital Racing Series sprint cars will visit the dirt track mega speed
plant of Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville Oklahoma
for a night of high speed wheel to wheel racing action and a fireworks
extravaganza by Big Boyz Fireworks.
OCRS comes into MAS this Saturday night having just
completed a doubleheader weekend that saw two time defending champion Jamie Passmore of Rose Oklahoma and young
gun Whit Gastineau of Oklahoma City
pick up victory hardware. For both racers, it was their second wins of the 2010
OCRS sprint car tour that takes the series to a dozen different racetracks this
season. With nine events into the books thus far, the battle for the 2010 OCRS
crown is as hot as it is during the sweltering summer days.
Stillwell’s Rafe
Essary leads Passmore by a scant single point for the right to sit atop the
point charts with a 754-753 advantage. Essary is also a two time OCRS winner
this season and was all but two laps shy form bagging his third of the year
last Saturday night at the Lawton
Speedway if not for the late race heroics of Gastineau. Passmore, who is
trying to three-peat OCRS crowns, won convincingly at Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha last Friday and is counting points
as a child would count pennies from a broken piggy bank. Going into OMS action,
Passmore led Essary by 12 points. After his victory and Essary’s fourth place
showing, that lead became 21 points. With Essary’s runner-up finish last
Saturday coupled with Passmore’s eighth place finish, Essary took over the top
spot by the single digit marker. Mike
Goodman, Tim Kent and Fred Mattox who
are third through fifth respectively, are all within 62 points of one another
for the third spot on the charts. Owasso’s Matt
Sherrell is the defending champion of this event having scored the win on
July 4th of last year in Don
and Pat Carnes #35 Sherrell Paint
& Body sprinter.
With milder than normal temperatures forecasted for
the holiday weekend, it is a perfect set up for a comfortable evening of racing
entertainment and of course, the fireworks show. MAS and OCRS invite you to
join us as we celebrate our country together. Gates will open at 5pm with
racing set to get underway at 8pm. OCRS drivers meeting is scheduled to begin
at 7pm.
Mid
America Speedway is a 3/10 mile / medium banked clay oval promoted by Kenny
Garris. Track location is: 2 miles south of the Oklahoma / Kansas state line
just off HWY 169. Take HWY 169 to road EW-02 then go
west 1/2 mile to racetrack.
Track
phone: 918-829-8490
Track
Website: www.mid-americaspeedway.com
Previous
OCRS winners at MAS:
5.15.04: Mike
Goodman
6.19.04: Kevin Battles
7.24.04: Mike Goodman
8.21.04: Larry Neighbors
7.02.05: Mike Goodman
7.03.05: Jamie Passmore
5.09.09: Evan Sewell
7.04.09: Matt Sherrell
9.26.09: Jamie Passmore
10.17.09: Jamie Passmore
5.29.10: Travis Jenkins
6.19.10: Rafe Essary
Current OCRS Top Ten Championship Points:
1) Rafe Essary......................754
2) Jamie Passmore .............753
3) Mike Goodman.................569
4) Tim Kent...........................510
5) Fred Mattox......................507
6) Travis Jenkins..................493
7) Whit
Gastineau................489
8) Shayla Waddell................482
9) Danny Smith....................421
10) Terry Easum..................409
http://ocrsracing.com
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June 30, 2010 at
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the weather is lookin good and MAS always has a great fireworks show. i am looking forward to going! any OKC or Meeker cars/fans coming up?
"its useless to put on the brakes when you are upside
down" -Paul Newman
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July 01, 2010 at
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Looking forward to this weekend, its going to be a great night of racing. Who's going to take Kenny's hardware and cash this time???
BE THERE!!!!
Scott Thomason
AM/PM Racing
Dirt = Real Racing
"Heroes get remember, but ledgens never die..."
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Am I correct that the fireworks will be AFTER the races? Sorry, but that matters when you're contemplating a long drive. I went to an ASCS race at Lawton one year and they did the fireworks BEFORE the sprint A feature.
And I would also like to state for the record that despite many years of attending races in a lot of different places, I have never been to a, "dirt track mega speed plant."
"I'd pay $15 to watch a sprint car sit still."
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Posted By: kmossman on July 01 2010 at 12:32:48 PM
Am I correct that the fireworks will be AFTER the races? Sorry, but that matters when you're contemplating a long drive. I went to an ASCS race at Lawton one year and they did the fireworks BEFORE the sprint A feature.
And I would also like to state for the record that despite many years of attending races in a lot of different places, I have never been to a, "dirt track mega speed plant."
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it is a fast track!
"its useless to put on the brakes when you are upside
down" -Paul Newman
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Reply to:
Posted By: kmossman on July 01 2010 at 12:32:48 PM
Am I correct that the fireworks will be AFTER the races? Sorry, but that matters when you're contemplating a long drive. I went to an ASCS race at Lawton one year and they did the fireworks BEFORE the sprint A feature.
And I would also like to state for the record that despite many years of attending races in a lot of different places, I have never been to a, "dirt track mega speed plant."
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From the track promoter:
The fireworks show will be held AFTER the races, which is projected to be around 10:30pm.
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July 01, 2010 at
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Thanks for the info, and I was just kidding about the sub-title for the track. Sounds like a fun place to visit -- I hope I can make it.
"I'd pay $15 to watch a sprint car sit still."
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July 01, 2010 at
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Hope you can , your going to miss a great night if you don't.....
Scott Thomason
AM/PM Racing
Dirt = Real Racing
"Heroes get remember, but ledgens never die..."
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Reply to:
Posted By: kmossman on July 01 2010 at 12:32:48 PM
Am I correct that the fireworks will be AFTER the races? Sorry, but that matters when you're contemplating a long drive. I went to an ASCS race at Lawton one year and they did the fireworks BEFORE the sprint A feature.
And I would also like to state for the record that despite many years of attending races in a lot of different places, I have never been to a, "dirt track mega speed plant."
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Fireworks might even start during the Sprint car races, you never know ???
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July 03, 2010 at
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Is this still on for tonight?
"I'd pay $15 to watch a sprint car sit still."
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July 03, 2010 at
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as of 11:00 the races are still on there is a number with a recording to keep updated 918-829-8490
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July 03, 2010 at
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12:30 rained out tonight
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