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Midwest All Star Series Points Race Heats Up with Return to Spoon River Saturday

The O'Reilly Midwest All Star Series brings its spectacular brand of winged sprint car racing back to Spoon River Speedway Saturday night, July 21^st, returning to the scene of the series' official debut and one of its most exciting races of the season.

Jerrod Hull held off Tim Montgomery and Rob Standridge to win on June 9^th at the high-banked, super-fast 3/8^th mile yellow clay oval and the competition has been fast and furious ever since. While Hull continues to lead the point standings through five races, Standridge has closed the gap to fifty-two points. Twenty year-old A.J. Bruns, who picked up two feature wins outside the series last weekend as well as having a second-place finish with the series last Sunday at Mt. Vernon, is the hottest driver on the tour. Tim Montgomery, Ryan Buntin and the rest of the "Best of the Midwest" will be gunning for their first series win in what will be an action-packed night of wheel-to-wheel, edge-of-your-seat excitement.

The Midwest All Star Series events have played host to over eighty different sprint car teams though its first five events. With another outstanding field expected to attend this Saturday, this will be a "must-see" night of sizzling summer racing fun.

Grandstand admission is only $15 for this can't-miss sprint car extravaganza, with pit passes at $30. In addition to the winged sprint cars, the track will race its weekly divisions of late models, modified, hornets and trucks. Sprint Car time trials will start at 6:30 with racing at 7:00 pm.

Spoon River Speedway is located near Canton, IL., just off Route 24, seven miles west of Banner on Speedway Road. For more information, contact the track at 309-668-2622 or Manny Rockhold at 319-347-7136. You can also visit the track website at www.spoonriverspeedway.com. For more information about the O'Reilly Midwest All Star Series, call series coordinator Steve Libby at 314-691-7503 or visit the series website at www.midwestallstarseries.com.