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$18,000 Up For Grabs at RPM Speedway 4/5 - RACE WEEK Updates
Crandall TX (4/2/13) by DarinShort.com. This Friday, April 5th at RPM Speedway is going to be a jam packed night of racing. Last Friday’s “Factory
Stock Fracas” was postponed by rain until this Friday, now joining the $1,000 to win USRA Modified featured event – which pushes the total purse for the night to $18,000.
The current weather forecast shows sunny and dry conditions this Friday, with temps in the low 70’s.
The Factory Stock Fracas A-feature lineup is already set and it will be the first event of the night. Over $1,000 has been added to their regular purse for this special event.
Then, the completely scheduled Friday night racing program will begin for the USRA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Limited Modifieds & Factory Stocks. Regular grandstand prices of $12 for adults and regularly priced pit passes of $30 (for all ages) are in effect.
The USRA Modifieds will compete in a 30-lap feature for $1,000 to win. There is no entry fee for this event.
During the two scheduled $1,000 to win USRA Modified nights at RPM,
drivers will draw for heat race position and receive passing points to determine feature lineups. There will not be a point’s average heat lineup on those two nights.
The USRA Modified feature race payback is as follows:
$1,000-600-400-300-250-200-180-160-140-120-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100. In the event that there are any non-qualifiers, each non-qualified driver will receive one free pit pass to the April 12th point’s event.
The regularly scheduled point’s races for the Limited Modified pays $500 to
win, the Factory Stock pays $300 to win and the Street Stock pays $400 to win. Their complete payback is listed at the track website (link below).
Reminder that we are reverting back to the start times that were advertised prior to the season opening.
Here are the new times each and every point’s night – unless otherwise advertised:
PIT GATE OPENS at 5:30pm
GRANDSTANDS OPEN at 6pm
MANDATORY* WHEEL PACKING 7pm (ALL CARS, ALL CLASSES)
DRAW CUT OFF & HOT LAPS at 7:30pm SHARP
FIRST GREEN FLAG is at 8pm SHARP
*Mandatory Wheel Packing from 7-7:30 for all cars in all classes details: Wheel packing will no longer be going in reverse direction on the track.
Drivers will all pack the track in the direction they race in. When the Sprint Cars race at RPM, they will finish rolling in the track – which will also serve as warming up their engines. We want drivers to have a great track to race on. The fans want to watch races on a great racing surface. The only way that can be accomplished is if all race teams participate in wheel packing.
That being said, this new policy is in effect for all races at RPM Speedway:
If your car does not wheel pack by 7:30 (at the time of the draw cutoff),
you will start your heat race at the tail of the field and there are no passing points for those drivers. This applies to all drivers in all race divisions. This new policy will keep the race schedule on time and the track surface in the best condition it can be.
Non-qualifiers. We’re thrilled with the great turnout of drivers in several of the
classes. RPM’s purse breakdown goes to 20th. From this point forward, any non-qualifier in the USRA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks or Limited Modifieds will receive one pit pass to the next scheduled regular point’s event (that night only) for their division. Your driver name will be on a list at the pit gate.
Drivers not making the A-feature on March 29th will have one free pit pass with their name on it at the gate for the April 5th (only) race.
On March 29, even though there were 23 limited modifieds, all 23 cars were allowed to start the feature – and it paid start money to 23rd. Similarly, 21
Factory Stocks started the Feb. 23 race instead of 20. The point is, if there are slightly over 20 cars, you can expect RPM to add to the purse and start those drivers as well as pay them.
In the RaceSaver Sprint Cars, there are two new updates. For those drivers that didn’t make the A-feature on March 29th, you will have a free pit pass waiting
for you at the pit gate on your next event – which is on Friday, April 12th.
If there are non-qualifiers in the RaceSaver Sprint Car division at remaining regularly scheduled races in 2013, they will receive $100 each.
The final RaceSaver Sprint Cars update is that they will receive passing points utilizing the same passing points system that we used at the LoneStar Sprint Nationals. To keep this update from being so lengthy, that format link is posted on the homepage of the RPM site, and directly here:
http://www.rpmspeedwaytx.com/files/sprint_passing_points.pdf
We want to make RPM Speedway the place that race fans can get a great night of entertainment, with drivers racing for some of the top purses throughout the region; and with these minor tweaks in the schedule and format, we can make that happen.
Thanks again for the great turnout of fans and race teams at all three RPM Speedway races in 2013, and we’ll see you all Friday night when last night’s
Factory Stock Fracas will kick off the night and the USRA Modifieds will
be racing for a cool $1,000 to win – with no entry fee – and drivers will be taking home $18,000 in total purse money…all with a regularly priced grandstand ticket of $12.
Please click http://www.RPMSpeedwayTX.com for the latest updates.
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