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81 Speedway Up This Weekend for NCRA Sprints FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 5, 2008 - Park City, Kansas - The O'Reilly/NCRA sprint car series presented by ICM/Ethanol will make their third appearance of the season at 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas on Saturday night, July 12th. Sprint car veteran Mike Peters of Wichita comes into the weekend with a slim twenty point lead over Amarillo, Texas driver Derek Drown, who took home the victory at the series last visit to the 3/8th mile oval one month ago. C.J. Johnson of Quinter, Kansas currently sits third in points just forty point out of first place with Lincoln, Nebraska's Mike Chadd sitting fourth in points. Chadd is also a feature winner at 81 Speedway. Other series regulars expected to compete include J.D. Johnson, Don Droud, Jr., Gavin Punch, Luke Cranston, Jon Freeman and David Wheeler. A strong crop of series rookie contenders will also compete including Koby Barksdale, Cody Forshee, Ryan Kitchen and Steve Richardson. In all, seventeen drivers have competed in all six events held thus far this season with six different winners reaching victory lane. 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas. is located north of Wichita on I-135 to exit 16, then 0.7 miles west on 77th in Park City. Gates open at 5:00 PM with racing at 7:00 PM. For more race information, contact the 81 Speedway office (316) 755-1781. An added incentive for sprint car drivers in 2008 comes from three year series presenting sponsor ICM/Ethanol. All drivers competing with a 360 cu. inch motor, finishing in positions 16-20, will earn $400 to start the sprint car feature finale, up from $350 from last season. All 360 drivers not making the "A" feature will earn $150, up from $100 in previous seasons. The extra money provided through the incentive package presented by ICM / Ethanol will not be paid out at each race track, but will be mailed out from the NCRA offices in Park City, Kansas once official results are posted on the O'Reilly/NCRA web site. The National Championship Racing Association is entering it's 38th season of sanctioning dirt track races, this year in five different states in its sprint car, modified and late model divisions combined. The 2008 race season will see the series' sprint car division compete for the 19th consecutive year. To learn more on the history of NCRA, rules, schedules and more, log on to their official website http://www.ncraracing.org/. To schedule an NCRA event, climb aboard as contingency partner or for any questions concerning the series, contact the office (316) 755-1781. (David Smith Jr/[email protected])
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