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Record $40,000 Top Prize Set for Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup in 2008

Concord, NC-- December 11, 2007--By: Tony Veneziano, World of Outlaws PR Director

As the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series celebrates its 30^th anniversary in 2008, one of the series signature tracks will be having a celebration of their own, and that's Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania.

As part of the 40^th Anniversary celebration at Lernerville in 2008, the winner of the prestigious Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at the famed track will take home a record $40,000. The event which has been part of the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series calendar since 1992 will be the highest paying one-day event in all of sprint car racing.

Donny Schatz has won the event the last two seasons, earning $30,000 for each of those triumphs. The 2008 edition of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup will take place on Tuesday, July 15, with the series also competing at the 4/10-mile on Tuesday, May 15.

Other past winners of the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup included: Tim Shaffer, the 1999 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year with the World of Outlaws and a former Lernerville Speedway track champion, three-time World of Outlaws champion Sammy Swindell, multi-time Lernerville Speedway track champion Ed Lynch Jr., two-time World of Outlaws champion Mark Kinser, who has won the event four times, Stevie Smith, Jeff Swindell and 20-time series champion Steve Kinser.

The Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series first competed at Lernerville Speedway in 1979, with Steve Kinser picking up the win. Since that race, he won a total of 16 times at the track, including during the 2007 season and the 1994 Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. He is the winningest driver in series history at the always racy track.

Officials from Lernerville Speedway also recently announced that the Firecracker 100 for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series at the track on June 27-28 will pay $40,000-to-win.

For more information on both events visit: http://www.lernerville.com.

The 30^th anniversary Advance Auto Park World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season opens on February 8 with the 37^th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park.

Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

Isn't the Kings Royal a single day show and don't they pay 50,000???? I know they race two days, but they are single day shows. Just wondering.

I believe that when they say "highest paying one-day event in all of sprint car racing," they mean the overall purse. The King's Royal is very top heavy on the payout and isn't so special once you work your way down the finishing order, or at least it used to be under Earl. I don't know if Stewart has adjusted that or not.

Signature here.

The Kings Royal upped the purse to $2000 to start when there was a split and then lowered it back to $1200 to start this year. I guess they don't get a big enough crowd!!!