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RACE DAY AGENDA: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH at RPM's DAVID POPE MEM'L EVENT
Crandall, TX (9/6/13) by DarinShort.com. Here is the detailed agenda for the $27,000 David Pope Memorial event to be held Saturday September 7th at RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas. Please note that some of the previously announced gate times and such have been changed to an earlier time, and are detailed below.
Please click http://www.RPMSpeedwayTX.com for complete event details, purse breakdown, division rules (NO exceptions to posted rules), directions & more.
11AM – PITS OPEN BY 11AM. THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE OR ENTRY FEE. ALL PIT PASSES $30. NO RESERVED PIT PARKING. NO SAVING OF PIT SPACES. SPRINTS ARE NOT RACING, ALL OF THOSE SPACES ARE OPEN TOO.
4PM – DRAW IN OPENS (DRIVERS COMPETING IN MORE THAN ONE CLASS MUST PURCHASE PIT PASS FOR EACH DIVISION THEY ARE RACING IN)
5PM – GRANDSTAND OPENS. ADULT TICKETS $12. KIDS 6-12 $5; AGES 5 & UNDER FREE WITH AN ADULT
5:30-7:30PM – SECRET ACTIVITIES FOR FANS & KIDS REGISTER FOR DRAWINGS AT POPE DISPLAY BEHIND THE GRANDSTAND
5:45PM – MANDATORY TRACK PACKING (ALL CARS, ALL DIVISIONS)
6:00PM – HOT LAPPING AS SOON AS TRACK IS PACKED (BE READY!)
6:30PM – DRAW CLOSES FOR ALL CLASSES. DRIVERS: WORKING RACECEIVERS ARE REQUIRED
6:40PM – QUICK DRIVERS MEETING IMMEDIATELY AFTER LAST SET OF HOT LAPS
6:50PM – ALL DRIVERS EXCEPT 1ST HEAT RACE REPORT TO SPEEDWAY, ENCIRCLE THE WALL AREA AROUND TRACK (ON RACING SURFACE). FIRST TWO RACES TO STAGING
6:55PM – INVOCATION & OPENING CEREMONIES BEGIN
7:00PM SHARP – SKYDIVERS WILL JUMP FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FEET (“SKYDIVE TANDEM” BASED OUT OF GREENVILLE, TEXAS) AND NATIONAL ANTHEM
7:05PM – FIRST TWO RACES IN STAGING; FIRST OF, ROLLING OUT ON TRACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER DRIVERS EXIT SPEEDWAY. TWO RACES IN STAGING AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING (UNTIL A’s)
7:15PM – LAST CALL FOR KIDS PRIZE DRAWING REGISTRATION AT POPE DISPLAY BEHIND GRANDSTANDS (SPECIAL ACTIVITIES END AT 7:30 ALSO)
9PM (ESTIMATED) – UTILITY TRAILER OF DALLAS ‘DASH FOR CASH’ $540/WIN AND $54 TO START. TOP SIX IN MODIFIED POINTS REPORT TO SHORT-SHUTE, RACE READY WITH CAR, FOR GAMBLERS DRAW* (FORMAT BELOW)...THEN ROLL RIGHT INTO LAST CHANCE RACES. IF THERE IS AN INTERMISSION, IT WILL BE VERY BRIEF, DEPENDS ON TIME
10PM (ESTIMATED) CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS FOR ALL FOUR DIVISIONS. STREET STOCKS $1500/WIN. LIMITED MODIFIEDS $2000/WIN. MODIFIEDS $4000/WIN. FACTORY STOCKS $1500/WIN. MODIFIEDS 35 LAPS, ALL OTHER DIVISIONS 25 LAPS.
ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE EVENT:
-T-SHIRTS BEING THROWN INTO STANDS (DONOR NAMES LIST TO BE GIVEN TO ANNOUNCER)
-KIDS & ADULT PRIZE GIVEAWAYS
-FIREWORKS THROUGHOUT EVENT
*GAMBLERS DRAW FORMAT: the top six drivers from heat race passing points are lined up and will pick a sealed envelope from a plate that contains a number. The driver must give away that starting position to the remaining drivers that have yet to receive an envelope from their competitors in the race. The finishing order of the six-lap dash will comprise the front three rows of the Championship feature race.
ADDITIONAL EVENT DETAILS:
-Utility Trailer of Dallas, Inc. has increased their sponsorship level for the $540 to win Utility Trailer of Dallas Dash for Cash. The event will consist of the top six in USRA Modified points at the conclusion of the heat races on September 7th. In addition to the $540 winners share, all remaining Dash for Cash starters will now receive $54. The finishing order of the Utility Trailer of Dallas Dash for Cash will make up the first three rows of the 35-lap, $4,000 to win, David Pope Memorial championship feature to be held later in the evening.
-Muirhead Trucking of Mabank Texas is presenting the Hard Charger winners in all four feature races cash awards. The Hard Charger in the USRA Modifieds will receive $200, while the Hard Charger in the Street Stocks, Factory Stocks and Limited Modifieds will each receive $100.
- Dunn Motorsports, along with RPM Speedway, has added a combined total of $1,000 to the winners share of the Modified feature, making it a whopping $4,000 to win! Dunn Motorsports fields the always sharp looking #88xxx driven by Clyde Dunn, Jr.
- North Texas High Performance (NTHP) Heat Races for Limited Modifieds (3819 State Highway 34 South, Greenville, Texas 75402, (903) 217-9426). The winners of the NTHP Limited Modified Heat Races will each receive $54 cash - regardless how many heat races there are in the division! Open 6 days a week, NTHP offers racers competitive pricing on racing tires, fuel, vinyl graphics and racing parts.
- Dodge Boys Fabrication "Hard Luck Awards." Owners Glen and Robbie Watkins are putting up $100 each in the Limited Modified and Modified divisions for a driver that experiences Hard Luck during the event. Dodge Boys Fabrication specialize in race car fabrication, as well as full sheet metal projects. Located in Blue Ridge Texas, you can find them on Facebook at "Dodge Boys Fabrication."
- R&B Motorsports (Rusty and Becky Trevathan, Wiley Texas), are donating a new set of doors and quarter panels to a lucky driver in each of the Modified and Limited Modified divisions.
- The RPM Modified feature winner will be awarded a guaranteed provisional starting position into the championship feature of the $10,000 to win DAY Motorsports Armadillo Nationals at LoneStar Speedway (LSS), set for September 28th. The winning RPM driver must enter the LSS Armadillo event and attempt to qualify through the normal procedures, and if they come up short, LSS track officials will add the RPM Modified winner as a provisional starter - which also will add $500 for the 25th place position. The $10,000 to win DAY Motorsports Armadillo Nationals will be held September 26-28. Online registration is currently open at the event website, http://www.darinshort.com/arm and is ongoing through Tuesday of race week, September 24th. The Modifieds, Factory Stocks and Limited Modifieds will compete in qualifying races Thursday September 26th and Friday September 27th. Their last chance qualifiers and championship feature events will be contested on September 28th. The Modifieds will be racing for $10,000 to win and $500 to start (24th), while the Limited Modifieds will have a winner’s check of $3,000 awaiting them, and the Factory Stocks will be gunning for $2,000 to win. PICK UP YOUR BRAND NEW ARMADILLO NATIONALS T-SHIRTS BEHIND THE GRANDSTANDS at the LONESTAR DISPLAY!
-The RPM Limited Modified feature winner will be awarded a guaranteed provisional starting position into the championship feature of the Port-A-Cool® U.S. National Dirt Track Championship (USNDTC) at the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS), set for September 21st. The winning RPM driver must enter the TMS USNDTC event and attempt to qualify through the normal procedures, and if they come up short, TMS track officials will add the RPM Limited Modified winner as a provisional starter - which also will add $400 for the 26th place position. The USNDTC at TMS will be held September 20-21. Online registration is currently open at the event website, http://www.darinshort.com/dtc and is ongoing through the David Pope Memorial (September 7th). Postmarked entries must be mailed by September 6th to be considered 'early.' The Modifieds and Limited Modifieds will compete in qualifying races Friday September 20th and their last chance qualifiers and championship feature events will be contested on September 21st. The Modifieds will be racing for $3,000 to win and $750 to start (25th), while the Limited Modifieds will have a winner’s check of $2,000 awaiting them with $400 to start (25th). Joining the Modifieds and Limited Modifieds will be a complete program for the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Dirt Series will be contested on September 21. Click http://www.TexasMotorSpeedway.com for event tickets, which are on sale right now. IF YOUR TEAM HAS YET TO ENTER, CAMERON BRANCH OF TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IS HERE TONIGHT, AND IS ACCEPTING ‘EARLY ENTRIES’.
-Small drink coolers are allowed in the main grandstand area, however, they must fit under your legs and not take up a seat in the grandstand area. No glass containers allowed through the grandstand gates. Coolers will be searched and restricted in size. Please be respectful of this track policy, and to other fans that want a seat to watch the event.
-SEPTEMBER 7th IS THE FINAL RPM POINTS RACE FOR 2013! Two Modified drivers are tied for first place in division points, which will further elevate the racing drama throughout the evening. Charlie Smith (#3c) and Bobby Ruffin (#121), both fielding Hughes Chassis modifieds, will fight it out in the tightest Modified points battle in track history. It will all come down to the driver that finishes ahead of the other to determine the 2013 RPM Speedway Modified Points Champion - so fans will get to witness this race within a race. It is also RPM points championship night in the Limited Modifieds, Factory Stocks and Street Stocks. Leading the way in the Limited Modified division is Jason Gore (#021) in his H8R Chassis, followed by Tommy Davis, Jr. (#17) in his Wicked Chassis. Gore leads Davis by 13 markers - but as witnessed in the RPM RaceSaver Sprint Car division two weeks ago, anything can happen on championship night! Johnny Lowey (#146) in the Factory Stocks and Chris Davis (#98) in the Street Stocks have locked up the points titles in their respective divisions after stellar performances throughout the racing season.
THANKS to everyone in advance for taking the time to read up on the agenda for Saturday's David Pope Memorial event at RPM Speedway. It will all help keep the event rolling along as efficiently as possible. The promoter reserves the right to edit this schedule, if and when they see fit. Barring any unforeseen delay, we fully plan on having the complete racing program concluded at, or before, midnight.
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