|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 1, 2011
DICK JORDAN
TOMMIE
ESTES JR. NAMED DODGE CITY RACEWAY PARK GENERAL MANAGER
Former
USAC participant Tommie Estes Jr. of Ada, Okla. has been named General
Manager of Dodge City Raceway Park, the Kansas oval which will operate
under the auspices of the United States Auto Club and host a variety of
motorsports events in 2011.
Estes will oversee all track
operations at the 3/8-mile dirt oval where USAC opens its 2011 Mopar
National Midget Championship Series with the “Duel in Dodge City” April
22-23.
“I’m looking forward to the challenges this new post
presents,” says Estes. “I’m really happy this opportunity came along. It
will allow me to minimize my travel and focus on a single facility, one
I hope to elevate to a new level in terms of fan appeal and racer
hospitality.”
Estes is not new to USAC. In 1983 he competed in
USAC’s Silver Crown race at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds and four
years later competed in the “Hoosier Hundred” in Indianapolis, Ind. and
the “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in
Springfield. He also raced USAC Midgets at Ascot Park in Gardena, Calif.
1987 and in May of that year scored a USAC Western States Midget
feature victory at Santa Maria (Calif.,) Speedway, beating 7-time USAC
Western Midget Champ Sleepy Tripp to the checkered flag! He also starred
at the Belleville (Kans.) High Banks, finishing second to Steve Knepper
in the 1988 Belleville Midget Nationals.
“We are fortunate to
have Tommie’s vast knowledge of our sport to utilize in the operation of
the Dodge City track,” says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller. “His
recent motorsports activities have given him a broad understanding of
our sport and we are confident he will be a good fit for this new
assignment.”
The 2011 racing season will find a number of
different sanctioning bodies involved at Dodge City and USAC’s AMSOIL
National Sprint Car Series makes its Dodge City debut the weekend of
August 12-13. The NCRA Sprint Cars are scheduled for May 7, while the
NCRA vs CLMA Late Model event will be June 4. The World of Outlaws
invade July 1-2. The BST Kansas Modified Tour is scheduled Sept. 2 and
Sept. 30-31, with the URSS Sprints Championships Oct. 1. Most dates will
include modifieds, sport mods, stocks and thunder cars.
For more
information about Dodge City Raceway Park and the complete 2011 racing
schedule, please visit www.dodgecityraceway.com.
|
|
That is GREAT news! Ask anybody who has dealt with Tommie and they will tell you the same. That goes for drivers, track promoters and all around race fans.
Glad to see he made his choice. He had until Monday to give them a "yes" or "no" and even had somebody offer him a job when I called him Tuesday.
David Smith Jr.
www.oklahomatidbits.com
|
