CONCORD, NC – Dec. 10, 2008 – Fans living in the Northeast will have plenty of opportunities to witness World of Outlaws Late Model Series action in 2008.
 
The nation’s richest dirt Late Model tour will contest approximately 40 percent of its 50-plus-event ’08 schedule at tracks in or near the Northeastern corner of the United States, headlined by the seven-race ‘Great Northern Tour’ that barnstorms through the region in late-June.
 
A 2008 WoO LMS schedule listing 46 confirmed events at 39 tracks in 22 states and three Canadian provinces was released during last week’s Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando, Fla. At least a half-dozen additional events are still to be announced, including several that will intrigue fans in the Northeast.
 
“The World of Outlaws Late Model Series will continue to have a strong presence in the Northeast region,” said Tim Christman, the director of the WoO LMS. “We always receive strong support from all the great racers and fans in dirt Late Model hotbeds like Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio, and we relish the opportunity to expose top-notch dirt Late Model racing to fans in areas like upstate New York and Canada.”
 
The ‘Great Northern Tour’ will bring the WoO LMS to the Northeast for seven events over a 12-day period in June, culminating with the second annual ‘Firecracker 100’ spectacular on June 27-28 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. A purse increase for the 2008 ‘Firecracker 100’ will push its winner’s share to $40,000, up a robust $10,000 from the blockbuster inaugural event won by 2004 WoO LMS champion Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn.
 
Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, which hosted the WoO LMS for the first time in 2007, will kick off the ‘Great Northern Tour’ on Tues., June 17, with a 40-lap A-Main paying $7,000 to win.
 
Then the ‘series-within-a-series’ heads north for three nights of competition across the border in Canada, visiting Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway on Thurs., June 19; Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Que., on Sat., June 21; and Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway on Sun., June 22. The first-ever WoO LMS event in Canada was held in 2007 before a standing-room-crowd at Autodrome Drummond – and a huge throng is expected again at the three-eighths-mile oval and for the inaugural WoO LMS shows at Ohsweken and Cornwall.
 
The Canadian facilities have big plans for their WoO LMS dates. The Drummond WoO LMS event will once again be part of the track’s celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, a holiday in which French Canadians express their cultural pride and rich heritage. Ohsweken, meanwhile, will use its WoO LMS program to commence two huge days of action (an Empire Super Sprints series show is scheduled for the following night), and Cornwall owner Ron Morin is planning a never-before-attempted tripleheader of WoO LMS, Empire Super Sprint and DIRTcar 358-Modified competition on June 22.
 
Back in the U.S., the ‘Great Northern Tour’ will pay mid-week visits to Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway and Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa., before heading to Lernerville’s ‘Firecracker 100.’ Canandaigua will host its first-ever WoO LMS event on Tues., June 24, with the BRP CanAm Series for 360 Late Models on the undercard, and the tour will hit Pennsylvania’s Coal Country for the first time with a date on Wed., June 25, at Big Diamond.
 
The WoO LMS’s first action of ’08 near Northeastern fans will come on Fri., April 11, at Virginia Motor Speedway, which will host the tour for the fourth consecutive season. A traditional springtime date at Lernerville Speedway, on Tues., April 15, is also part of the swing.
 
A first-ever stop at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park at Fri., May 16, will bring the WoO LMS back to the region, followed by an attractive doubleheader on Thurs., May 29, at Delaware International Speedway (nearby Dover International Speedway begins its NASCAR weekend that day) and Sat., May 31, at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway (the 27th annual ‘Conococheague 50’).
 
The tour returns to the Northeast region in late-July for a four-race ‘Speedweek’ in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Dates in the Buckeye State are scheduled for Thurs., July 24, at Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville (first-ever WoO LMS event at Ronnie Moran’s track), Fri., July 25, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg (the second consecutive year for a WoO LMS event at the Tony Stewart-owned speed palace), and Sat., July 26, at Dave Blaney’s Sharon Speedway in Hartford, and the swing closes on Sun., July 27, at Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.
 
The busy summer stretch of racing will close out with what will likely be the final chances for Northeastern fans to see the WoO LMS stars in their backyards. K-C Raceway in Alma, Ohio, hosts the tour on Sat., Aug. 23, and then the series visits Pennsylvania over Labor Day Weekend for events on Fri., Aug. 29, at Bedford Speedway, which drew a big crowd for its first-ever WoO LMS show in 2007, and Aug. 30-31 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin. The format of Tri-City’s program – separate 50-lap, $10,000-to-win events or a two-day, 100-lap A-Main – is still to be announced.
 
The 2008 WoO LMS will open on Feb. 14 and 16 with the 37th annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., and end on Oct. 30-31/Nov. 1 with the second annual ‘Outlaws World Finals’ at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
 
There are more than a dozen new tracks on the 2008 schedule. The ‘Firecracker 100’ is one of several extra-distance specials dotting the calendar, joining the $50,000-to-win Circle K Colossal 100 on April 18-19 at The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway; the $20,000-to-win ‘Freedom 100’ on March 28-29 at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Miss.; a 100-lapper paying $20,000 to win on April 4-5 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway; and the ‘Scorcher 100’ on Aug. 20-21 at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn.
 
For more information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
 
2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule (as of Dec. 7, 2007) - Northeast-Region Events In Bold
 
Date – Day – Track/Location – Event - To Win - Laps
 
Feb. 14 – Thurs. – Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL – DIRTcar Nationals - $10,000 – 50L
Feb. 16 – Sat. – Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL – DIRTcar Nationals - $10,000 – 50L
 
March 28-29 – Fri./Sat. – Pike County Speedway/Magnolia, MS – FREEDOM 100 - $20,000 – 100L
 
April 4-5 – Fri./Sat. – Farmer City (IL) Raceway - $20,000 – 100L
April 11 – Fri. – Virginia Motor Speedway/Jamaica, VA - $10,000 – 50L
April 15 – Tues. – Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA - $10,000 – 50L
April 18-19 – Fri./Sat. – The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway/Concord, NC – CIRCLE K COLOSSAL 100 - $50,000 – 100L
April 25 – Fri. – TBA
April 26 – Sat. – Lebanon I-44 Speedway/Lebanon, MO - $10,000 – 50L
April 27 – TBA
 
May 16 – Fri. – Attica (OH) Raceway Park - $10,000 – 50L
May 17 – Sat. – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - $10,000 – 50L
May 18 – Sun. – Lincoln (IL) Speedway - $7,000 – 40L
May 29 – Thurs. – Delaware International Speedway/Delmar, DE - $10,000 – 50L
May 31 – Sat. – Hagerstown (MD) Speedway - $10,000 – 50L
 
June 1 – Sun. – TBA
June 17 – Tues. – Port Royal (PA) Speedway – Great Northern Tour - $7,000 – 40L
June 19 – Thurs. – Ohsweken (ONT) Speedway – Great Northern Tour - $10,000 – 50L
June 21 – Sat. – Autodrome Drummond/Drummondville, QUE – Great Northern Tour - $10,000 – 50L
June 22 – Sun. – Cornwall (ONT) Motor Speedway – Great Northern Tour -$10,000 – 50L
June 24 – Tues. – Canandaigua (NY) Speedway – Great Northern Tour - $7,000 – 40L
June 25 – Wed. – Big Diamond Raceway/Minersville, PA – Great Northern Tour - $7,000 – 40L
June 27-28 – Fri./Sat. – Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA – Great Northern Tour (FIRECRACKER 100) - $40,000 – 100L
 
July 9 – Wed. – Deer Creek Speedway/Spring Valley, MN – Wild West Tour (Gopher 50) - $10,000 – 50L
July 10 – Thurs. – North Central Speedway/Brainerd, MN – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 50L
July 11 – Fri. – River Cities Speedway/Grand Forks, ND – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 50L
July 12 – Sat. – Estevan Motor Speedway/Estevan, SAS – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 50L
July 15 – Tues. – TBA
July 16 – Gillette Thunder Speedway/Gillette, WY – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 50L
July 18 – Fri. – Brown County Speedway/Aberdeen, SD – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 50L
July 20 – Sun. – Belleville (KS) High Banks – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 40L
July 21 – Mon. – Boone County Speedway/Albion, NE – Wild West Tour - $10,000 – 50L
July 24 – Thurs. – Muskingum County Speedway/Zanesville, OH – Speedweek - $7,000 – 40L
July 25 – Fri. – Eldora Speedway/Rossburg, OH – Speedweek - $10,000 – 50L
July 26 – Sat. – Sharon Speedway/Hartford, OH – Speedweek - $10,000 – 50L
July 27 – Sun. – Eriez Speedway/Hammett, PA – Speedweek - $10,000 – 50L
 
Aug. 15 – Fri. – Fayetteville (NC) Motor Speedway - $10,000 – 50L
Aug. 16 – Sat. – Screven Motor Speedway/Sylvania, GA - $10,000 – 50L
Aug. 17 – Sun. – Golden Isles Speedway/Waynesville, GA - $7,000 – 40L
Aug. 20-21 – Wed./Thurs. – Volunteer Speedway/Bulls Gap, TN – SCORCHER 100 – TBA – 100L
Aug. 23 – Sat. – K-C Raceway/Alma, OH - $10,000 – 50L
Aug. 24 – Sun. – TBA
Aug. 29 – Fri. – Bedford (PA) Speedway - $10,000 – 50L
Aug. 30 – Sat. – Tri-City Speedway/Franklin, PA – TBA – TBA
Aug. 31 – Sun. – Tri-City Speedway/Franklin, PA – TBA – TBA
 
Sept. 12 – Fri. – TBA
Sept. 13 – Sat. – I-55 Raceway/Pevely, MO – Pepsi Nationals - $10,000 – 50L
Sept. 14 – Sun. – TBA
 
Oct. 8 – Wed. – The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway/Concord, NC - Southern Showdown - $30,000 possible – 50L
Oct. 11 – Sat. – Volunteer Speedway/Bulls Gap, TN - $10,000 – 50L
Oct. 12 – Sun. – North Alabama Speedway/Tuscumbia, AL - $7,000 – 40L
 
Oct. 30 – Thurs. - The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway/Concord, NC – WORLD FINALS (Time Trials)
Oct. 31 – Fri. - The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway/Concord, NC – WORLD FINALS - $10,000 – 50L
Nov. 1 – Sat. - The Dirt Track @ Lowe’s Motor Speedway/Concord, NC – WORLD FINALS - $10,000 – 50L
 
* Schedule subject to change (check www.worldofoutlaws.com for the latest information)