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OCRS / MAS PRESENTS SPRINT CARS N’ FIREWORKS

By: John Lemon

Tulsa, Oklahoma (June 29, 2010) It’s the Fourth of July weekend and it’s time for the annual celebration of the birth of our country. In standing with our long love affair of annual July 4^th celebrations, the motorsports world of all varieties will once again hold racing action throughout this special holiday weekend. This Saturday night, the Oil Capital Racing Series sprint cars will visit the dirt track mega speed plant of Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville Oklahoma for a night of high speed wheel to wheel racing action and a fireworks extravaganza by Big Boyz Fireworks.

OCRS comes into MAS this Saturday night having just completed a doubleheader weekend that saw two time defending champion Jamie Passmore of Rose Oklahoma and young gun Whit Gastineau of Oklahoma City pick up victory hardware. For both racers, it was their second wins of the 2010 OCRS sprint car tour that takes the series to a dozen different racetracks this season. With nine events into the books thus far, the battle for the 2010 OCRS crown is as hot as it is during the sweltering summer days.

Stillwell’s Rafe Essary leads Passmore by a scant single point for the right to sit atop the point charts with a 754-753 advantage. Essary is also a two time OCRS winner this season and was all but two laps shy form bagging his third of the year last Saturday night at the Lawton Speedway if not for the late race heroics of Gastineau. Passmore, who is trying to three-peat OCRS crowns, won convincingly at Outlaw Motor Speedway in Oktaha last Friday and is counting points as a child would count pennies from a broken piggy bank. Going into OMS action, Passmore led Essary by 12 points. After his victory and Essary’s fourth place showing, that lead became 21 points. With Essary’s runner-up finish last Saturday coupled with Passmore’s eighth place finish, Essary took over the top spot by the single digit marker. Mike Goodman, Tim Kent and Fred Mattox who are third through fifth respectively, are all within 62 points of one another for the third spot on the charts. Owasso’s Matt Sherrell is the defending champion of this event having scored the win on July 4^th of last year in Don and Pat Carnes #35 Sherrell Paint & Body sprinter.

With milder than normal temperatures forecasted for the holiday weekend, it is a perfect set up for a comfortable evening of racing entertainment and of course, the fireworks show. MAS and OCRS invite you to join us as we celebrate our country together. Gates will open at 5pm with racing set to get underway at 8pm. OCRS drivers meeting is scheduled to begin at 7pm.

Mid America Speedway is a 3/10 mile / medium banked clay oval promoted by Kenny Garris. Track location is: 2 miles south of the Oklahoma / Kansas state line just off HWY 169. Take HWY 169 to road EW-02 then go west 1/2 mile to racetrack.

Track phone: 918-829-8490

Track Website: www.mid-americaspeedway.com

Previous OCRS winners at MAS:

5.15.04: Mike Goodman

6.19.04: Kevin Battles

7.24.04: Mike Goodman

8.21.04: Larry Neighbors

7.02.05: Mike Goodman

7.03.05: Jamie Passmore

5.09.09: Evan Sewell

7.04.09: Matt Sherrell

9.26.09: Jamie Passmore

10.17.09: Jamie Passmore

5.29.10: Travis Jenkins

6.19.10: Rafe Essary

Current OCRS Top Ten Championship Points:

1) Rafe Essary......................754

2) Jamie Passmore .............753

3) Mike Goodman.................569

4) Tim Kent...........................510

5) Fred Mattox......................507

6) Travis Jenkins..................493

7) Whit Gastineau................489

8) Shayla Waddell................482

9) Danny Smith....................421

10) Terry Easum..................409

http://ocrsracing.com

the weather is lookin good and MAS always has a great fireworks show. i am looking forward to going! any OKC or Meeker cars/fans coming up?

"its useless to put on the brakes when you are upside 
down"   -Paul Newman

Scott Thomason



AM/PM Racing



Dirt = Real Racing



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Am I correct that the fireworks will be AFTER the races? Sorry, but that matters when you're contemplating a long drive. I went to an ASCS race at Lawton one year and they did the fireworks BEFORE the sprint A feature.

And I would also like to state for the record that despite many years of attending races in a lot of different places, I have never been to a, "dirt track mega speed plant."

"I'd pay $15 to watch a sprint car sit still."

it is a fast track!

"its useless to put on the brakes when you are upside 
down"   -Paul Newman

From the track promoter:

The fireworks show will be held AFTER the races, which is projected to be around 10:30pm.

Thanks for the info, and I was just kidding about the sub-title for the track. Sounds like a fun place to visit -- I hope I can make it.

"I'd pay $15 to watch a sprint car sit still."

Scott Thomason



AM/PM Racing



Dirt = Real Racing



"Heroes get remember, but ledgens never die..."





 

 

Fireworks might even start during the Sprint car races, you never know ???

Is this still on for tonight?

"I'd pay $15 to watch a sprint car sit still."

as of 11:00 the races are still on there is a number with a recording to keep updated 918-829-8490

12:30 rained out tonight