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July 12, 2008 at
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July 12, 2008 at
01:04:47 PM by Eagle Pit Shack Guy
We're having a first at Eagle Raceway!! http://www.eagleraceway.com/PDF/Bootleggers%20Run%20Race%20of%20Champions%20Flyer.pdf
“BOOTLEGGER’S RUN” RACE OF CHAMPIONS is scheduled for Thursday, July 17th, 2008. Top NASCAR icons CLINT BOWYER, MATT KENSETH, KEN SCHRADER and STERLING MARLIN will battle it out in TWO eight-lap LATE MODEL races on the fastest 1/3 mile dirt track in the country – “America’s Home Track” Eagle Raceway! The Heartland has never seen an event like this. Here’s just a taste of what is on tap…
• 6:00-6:15pm Press Conference (Media...please email us at [email protected] for Press Credentials by Tuesday, July 15th)
• 6:15-6:45pm VIP “Meet-n-Greet” Session.
• 7:00-8:00pm General Autograph Session – Play your hand at winning one of the driver's autograph by purchasing a Race of Champion's Souvenir Program for $10! If you have the LUCKY card in your program - you win! There will only be 4000 programs to be purchased, so you will have a 1 out of 4 chance to win a personal autograph. There will also be chances to win autographs on July 12th at Eagle Raceway “America’s Home Track” during the races.
• 7:30pm Heats for IMCA Hobbys and Modifieds
• 8:30pm "Race of Champions" Two 8-lap races with Bowyer, Kenseth, Marlin and Schrader at the wheel of 4 Late Models. “Flagman of Champions” –a premiere opportunity for TWO die-hard race fans to make their dreams become a reality. There will be a contest for this on July 12th at Eagle Raceway “America’s Home Track” during the races.
• Exclusive Autographed “BOOTLEGGER’S RUN” Body Panels – Each driver will autograph various body panels on each Late Model car they will be driving in the “Bootlegger’s Run” Race of Champions. Each body panel will be distributed in various ways to Eagle Raceway fans! You must be at the races to win through out the 2008 race season at Eagle Raceway “America’s Home Track”.
• "One on One" time with Clint, Matt, Ken or Sterling – You could find yourself and a guest hitching a ride to Eagle Raceway “America’s Home Track” with your favorite driver from the airport or be apart of their pit crew. There will be chances to win on July 12th at Eagle Raceway “America’s Home Track” during the races.
(You must be present to win)
I am lucky enough to work at one of the best tracks
anywhere.
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July 13, 2008 at
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Why the "Bootleggers" theme? To appeal to the goobers who've watched Thunder Road too many times and still get a thrill out of the moonshine connection?
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July 14, 2008 at
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Purely supposition on my part, but since NASCAR's roots are in the bootleggers who decided to race their rigs against each other, that's where the name came from. A bunch of good 'ol boys running on the local dirt track.
And how many current fans do you actually think have even seen Thunder Road??
I am lucky enough to work at one of the best tracks
anywhere.
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July 14, 2008 at
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no offence, but got to NASCAR.COM. for napcar stuff! i go thru this all of the time with Eldora
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July 14, 2008 at
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Posted By: stubb on July 14 2008 at 04:03:24 PM
no offence, but got to NASCAR.COM. for napcar stuff! i go thru this all of the time with Eldora
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Oh my! I could hear sad violins playing in the background, is that weird or what..LOL
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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July 15, 2008 at
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Posted By: Eagle Pit Shack Guy on July 14 2008 at 11:47:58 AM
Purely supposition on my part, but since NASCAR's roots are in the bootleggers who decided to race their rigs against each other, that's where the name came from. A bunch of good 'ol boys running on the local dirt track.
And how many current fans do you actually think have even seen Thunder Road??
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I worked with a man from Montana of all places who loved the "NASCAR decended from bootleggers" theme. Fifteen years ago I worked with a clown from North Carolina who claimed that every driver and every mechanic in NASCAR were all direct decendants of moonshiners. I asked him if Rusty Wallace's family had been moonshiners back in Missouri. All I got was a puzzled look.
Thunder Road is a cult movie in the South, STILL being shown at Drive-ins. A friend of mine was in South Carolina about 10 years ago visiting his son who was in the military. He went into a video store and he said there were at least a dozen copies of Thunder Road, in a rack all by themselves, right by the front door.
The best movie on that subject in my opinion is Moonshine Highway.
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July 16, 2008 at
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Well, being a "Yankee" of sorts, I'm out of the know with the trends in movies down south.;)
But, I love that movie, and Moonshine Highway is great also...right up there with Thunder Road.
As for being NASCAR related, that's why I titled the thread "All of you NASCAR Fans"; so folks who didn't care didn't bother to read it. But, since it's being held at Eagle and we're running other classes besides the 2 special races...well, it's here.:)
I am lucky enough to work at one of the best tracks
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July 16, 2008 at
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NASCAR doesn't exist anymore... hasn't for quite some time. Just some stockholders who see fit to carry on the name.
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