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Two Weeks until LoneStar Sprint Nationals; Event Updates

Kilgore TX (9/27/11) by DarinShort.com. A good ol’ fashioned weekend of Sprint Car racing is now on the horizon. There are several news items for the October 13-15th LoneStar Sprint Nationals (LSN), presented by Smiley's Racing Products, The Oil Medics, Eagle Motorsports, KJC Auto Title Loans, Outlaw Wings, Bishop Racing Components, Kear’s Speed Shop and Palm Harbor Homes at LoneStar Speedway in Kilgore Texas.

First up is the announcement of another new event sponsor:

DAY Motor Sports has been in business over 35 years serving retail and wholesale customers alike. They pride themselves in offering the best customer service in the industry, and even slip in a little "Southern Hospitality" every now and then. Their facility is stocked full of various products and we welcome the opportunity to prove our level of service to you. Whether you are a racer, enthusiast, or retail business, DAY Motor Sports can provide you with vast inventory to choose from, competitive pricing and impeccable service. Click http://www.DAYmotorsports.com for details.

United States Air Force (USAF) Sponsored Car Running Both LSN Divisions:

The USAF will be kicking off the October 15th championship night with a special ceremony that will swear in a new group of USAF recruits prior to racing action. The USAF will have a display area inside the grandstand area that race fans can talk with their staff members, as well as check out the USAF sponsored sprint car driven by Kyle McCutcheon of Alamogordo, NM. Kyle will be racing in both the Sprint Car and RaceSaver® Sprint divisions. To view a picture of the brand new USAF car, visit the event website then scroll down the homepage to ‘Event News.’

Latest batch of official LSN driver entries:

Since the last announcement, another six Sprint Division teams have entered the LSN. The following new Sprint division entries include Brady Bacon of Sapulpa OK; Thomas & Lou Kennedy of Winnipeg, Manitoba; Jason Johnson of Eunice LA; Tim Crawley of Benton AR and Mike Goodman of Shawnee OK. Click www.darinshort.com/SCN.html to view the complete 126-sprint car early entry list which includes the RaceSaver® Sprint division.

Fan news items:

Event t-shirt artwork revealed. Visit the homepage of the event website ( www.darinshort.com/SCN.html ) and scroll down past the event flyer to check them out. The t-shirts will only be available at the track on race weekend, at an extremely fan friendly price of just $15! Note that XXL & XXXL sizes are available, but are $18.

There are several vendors at the LoneStar Sprint Nationals that are going to be on the grandstand side for fans to check out:

Graham Donuts – The Graham brothers are known for things going in circles with their website, www.PushinTheCushin.com – but they are diversifying their efforts into a new circled item: donuts. For real, you will be able to buy fresh, warm donuts at the LSN at their mobile donut making display…how cool is that!

BA Racing Gear – Based out of Kansas City, BA Racing Gear provides fans with a huge assortment of racing apparel, collectables and related items and they can be found at many large racing events across the country.

Action T-Shirts – Action is the apparel name behind many of the racing events across the country, including the LSN. Stop by to check out Norman’s deals on past event t-shirts, as he’ll be wheelin’ and dealin’ for sure! Visit www.ActionTShirts.com for more information.

Arizona Motorsports Promotions – Making the trip down from the Memphis area, Dearl Gilbert will bring his racing trailer stuffed full of fun items that fans will snatch up, such as a wide variety of racing apparel, collectables and kid-friendly items.

Crazy Bob’s BBQ – Their flagship restaurant location is just two miles away from the track in Liberty City, but Crazy Bob’s will have a self contained trailer selling some of their most popular items at the LSN, so race fans can try a variety of food items over the weekend.

Tony D’s Steak Sandwiches –Area racing promoter/vendor/grilling extraordinaire, Tony Dycus will be keeping fans fed all weekend long with these tasty, hot off the grill rib eye steak sandwiches…mmm.

DAK Simulations – Race fans will get their chance behind the wheel of a sprint car featuring simulated sprint car racing – so come race with the fastest fans in the stands! DAK is based out of Muncie, Indiana. Click www.DAKsimulations.com to learn more about them.

The track is currently wrapping up potential vendor applications for this event. Vendors such as apparel or racing related memorabilia that are interested in display space should contact Lisa at [email protected] for more information. The deadline for vendor requests is Monday, October 3. A vendor listing will be announced prior to the event so fans can know what to expect.

Driver news items:

Early online registration ends on Monday night October 10th. Only early entered drivers will be eligible for the two provisional starting positions that will be drawn by race fans in the stands prior to the race. Plus early registration saves teams $50 over race night pricing and helps keep race fans knowing who is racing. Visit the event website to get registered as soon as possible.

The Pit Steward for this event is Greg Holmes. He will be responsible for making sure the pit activities keep organized and moving along at a lightning fast pace. Greg will also conduct pit meetings throughout race weekend and coordinate communications with both scoring and the flagman.

As the race event date approaches, please make sure you have read through the rules/format page on the event website so you are familiar with how we will be running the event. Click www.darinshort.com/SCNrules.html for the direct link.

Reminder, all race teams will be required to rent transponders from the track on race weekend ($20 covers the whole weekend). This will ensure your team being scored properly each time your car hits the track and keep the program moving along as quick as possible. Fully operational RACECeivers are also required in all drivers’ helmets. RACECeivers help the track line up cars much faster, informs drivers of crashes and also keep the show moving along as quickly as possible. A limited amount of RACECeivers will be available for purchase from the racetrack for $110. Also note there is no draw fee for the competitors on Thursday or Friday night.

Also note that grooving or siping of tires is allowed for this event, at the race team’s discretion.

We are very thankful to the following sponsors for their support of the 2011 LoneStar Sprint Nationals. It has helped us to put together a large event in its first year - please remember to support businesses that support auto racing:

www.SmileysRacing.com - Smiley's Racing Products and Hoosier Tire Southwest has been in the racing business since 1968 serving racers with everything they need to hit the track. Click this link to find out why racers nationwide choose Smiley's!

www.TheOilMedics.com - The Oil Medics is a truly proactive maintenance services company, and offers Truck Services without the expense or wait of a dealer. The Oil Medics are located at 2591 NE 28th Street Fort Worth, TX 76111 (Inside the Texas 150 Business Park).

www.EagleMotorsports.com - Eagle Motorsports' has been building championship winning cars since 1998. Including 4 410 Knoxville Nationals, 7 360 Knoxville Nationals, 9 All Stars titles, the 2011 World Series Sprint title and 6 USAC non-winged titles...for a winning car, call them today! Eagle Motorsports has also sweetened the pot for their Sprint Car division chassis customers at the LoneStar Sprint Nationals: The top finishing Eagle on Thurs/Fri will each receive a $150 product certificate towards any purchase of Eagle products. However, if they win the A-feature, that amount becomes $250/night. On Saturday night, the top finishing Eagle Motorsports chassis customer will receive $300 towards any purchase of Eagle products. If they win the championship A-feature, it will become $600!

www.KJC123.com - At KJC, we know sometimes life can throw you a curve ball, and you may need cash right now. With over 50 locations throughout Texas to serve you; with KJC it's as easy as 1-2-3 to put much needed cash in your hands - now! KJC Auto Title Loans is also the sponsor of the Saturday Championship night Sprint Car Division B feature #1 & 2, which has enabled us to pay those drivers not qualifying for the feature race a decent payday, even though they didn't make the big show - thanks to KJC Auto Title Loans! KJC Auto Title Loans is also a weekend proud sponsor of sprint car division driver Terry McCarl; wish him the best of luck at the LoneStar Sprint Nationals!

www.PalmHarbor.com/racing - As a proud sponsor of Michael “Spike” Lang, driver for theLang14.com Sprint Car, Palm Harbor is excited to work with the LoneStar team to create a fabulous Family Fun Night! Join us at our huge display behind the grandstands! Palm Harbor Homes is the nation's leading builder in modular and manufactured home construction. We are also proud to sell, finance and insure the finest manufactured homes and modular homes available in America today.

www.OutlawWings.com - Outlaw Wings (formally Airflow Racing Products) produces high performance racing wings for dirt racers all over the world. When down force is the name of the game, Outlaw Wings has the wing you need! Outlaw Wings is sponsoring the Friday night RaceSaver Sprint division and will award the winner with an Outlaw nose wing! They will also in the pits with Outlaw Wings products on display and for sale.

www.BishopRacingComponents.com - Bishop Racing Components has been a family owned company since opening nearly 25 years ago. Every employee of BRC either owns, drives, or works on a race car. We strive to give you the best products available at the best prices with the best customer service possible...which is why we are constantly out searching and testing new products, so you get the best product for your money! Make sure to visit their trailer in the LoneStar pit area as they are bringing their AFCO shock dyno and rebuilding system as well as selling race parts!

www.KearsSpeedShop.com – Kear’s Speed Shop of Tiffin, Ohio is synonymous with sprint car racing and has serviced racers for over 40 years. Kear’s will be bringing their track support parts truck. They service a wide range of chassis brands; and if you need something specific brought to the LSN, it is recommended that you call in your order ahead of time and they will be glad to bring it.

If your company is interested in becoming involved with this event as a marketing partner or sponsor, email Darin at [email protected] for more information. Click www.LoneStarSpeedway.com for track details and visit www.darinshort.com/SCN.html for complete LoneStar Sprint Nationals event website, Sprint division registration and flyer.

This event has all the makings of becoming an instant fall classic, so make plans now to join us October 13th – 15th at the LoneStar Sprint Nationals!

I see this is a National Event per the ASCS web page schedule....and there are a few of the National Top 10 drivers not on your list....can you verify if others are coming

Thanks for your question.

There are Lucas Oil ASCS 'show up points' awarded for this event (like the Short Track Nationals) for drivers racing for Lucas Oil ASCS series points.

But it is up to the individual driver if they choose to pre-enter and keep race fans like you, as well as the racetrack, informed of their intent to race. Early registration also helps keep the track organized as best as possible on many levels.

Pre-entering also guarantees drivers a reserved parking space. We will be putting out a separate press release regarding pit parking next week.

Early registration doesn't end until October 10th, so you can expect several more entries to come in between now and then, as there is no difference in registration price.

Here's the direct link to the latest complete entry list to the LoneStar Sprint Nationals:

http://www.darinshort.com/files/2011_LoneStar_Sprint_Car_Nationals_Early_Entries7.mht

(you should use Internet Explorer as a web browser to view this link properly)

LSN DRIVERS ENTERED FROM: TX, IA, AR, OK, MS, LA, NE, NM, NJ, WA, CA, MO, CANADA.

The long range forecast from NOAA is still showing a dry trend with highs in the 80's and overnight lows in the 60's; so if that materializes, it will make for perfect racing conditions.

Thanks for info, see ya there........

what about "track prep"? The last few races i attended, blowing dust in heats and "rubbering up" for feature. Hope they can fix those problems. This race has potential.

There are several elements that are going to make a positive difference for this race:

- Nearly the entire 2011 racing season has been contested with 105 degree temperatures and record drought. The NOAA forecast is still showing dry, but with high temps in the 80's and no cars hitting the race surface until the sun is down all three nights will make a huge difference.

- Thursday is the only night for hot laps over the weekend, saving unnecessary wear on the track. (Friday night there will be hot laps only for cars that chose not to race on Thursday.) No time trials any of the three nights, plus Saturday is all feature races.

- The Sprint Car division will be run before the RaceSaver Sprint division each night. We have it built into our schedule to rework the track before the Sprint Car division feature each night. Whether we will need to do that or not will be determined on a nightly basis.

The track officials will do their best to provide a racey surface all weekend long...as a matter of fact they're already over there working the track today for this Saturday's race which includes a 'Nationals Warm-Up' for the RaceSaver sprints...details are at: www.darinshort.com/FSN.html

ps: Ronny Bagley will be in charge of track prep the week of the LSN. He has years of experience working the LSS clay and works really hard to provide optimum racing conditions.

Cheers!

No hot laps, thats just a hedge. sure fire sign the track wont hold up. another reason i will show up for Sat. only. MAYBE!!!!!!!

I profess that track prep is a subject that is way above my pay grade, there are experts for that....but just thinking.....gonna be a humongous car count, seems like hot laps would be benefical to both drivers and in the end the fans via a great show. With the Texas weather challenges continuing, 100 degrees possible tomorrow in the DFW metromess, would it be beneficial to consider preping the track maybe during the preceding week, even perhaps in the cool East Texas evenings (sun goes down earlier now). Thats just my 2 cents and I am gonna hush up...trust Darin and Sam can do the right thing...really looking for a great start to a great tradition.

Any time you have this large of a field of cars on a racetrack, the majority of the time it makes for better racing if you plan to rework the track at some point(s) in the night.

That's what the plan is, and has been, since day one.

I'm not saying we're going to be like the IMCA SuperNationals that reworks the track every 10 races throughout the weekend; but it will be done if, and when, necessary.

Our goal is to have good races and a good race track each night, and we're going to do what we have to do to make that happen. And we're not going to make drivers race on a sloppy track either.

Just come and enjoy a fun weekend of spint car racing. We've made this race very affordable for fans of all budgets and are pumping all back into the drivers purses.