NWWT announces “Summer Shootout” on June 5th and 6th
Andrew Kunas
PORTLAND - The NorthWest Wingless Tour has announced that its June 5th and June 6th races at Willamette Speedway and Cottage Grove Speedway will be known as the “NWWT Summer Shootout” and will offer bonus money to the top point scorers over two nights of racing in Oregon.
Keith Steenslid, a former dwarf car racer and father to midget racer Tyler Steenslid, is helping to organize the event for the NWWT. Points will be tallied over the two nights and the top five sprint car drivers and top five midget drivers will receive bonus money from the NWWT. NWWT is seeking sponsorship for the event and numerous packages are available, ranging from $200 to $500.
The intended minimum bonus for the NWWT sprint car division is $500 for first place, $300 for second, $200 for third, $150 for fourth and $100 for fifth. In the NWWT midgets, it will be $300 for first, $200 for seconds, $150 for third, $100 for fourth and $75 for fifth.
Drivers who pass more cars than anyone will get some additional cash also. The hard charger in the main event each night in the NWWT sprint car division will score $150 and the NWWT midget division hard charger award winner will earn $100 each night.
The first event is Friday, June 5th at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. during the track’s annual Strawberry Cup weekend. Willamette Speedway, a 3/10-mile, semi-banked clay oval, is one of only a handful of dirt tracks left on the west coast where teams still pit inside the track instead of the outside as is common now. It is the first of two scheduled events at Willamette Speedway this season, the second being the October 3rd Fall Classic.
Saturday, June 6th will see the NWWT teams make the drive south down Interstate 5 to Cottage Grove, just past Eugene. Cottage Grove Speedway, under new owner Bob Farwell, is the unofficial home track of the NorthWest Wingless Tour in 2009, hosting the most NWWT events. Cottage Grove is a ¼-mile, high-banked clay oval that is one of the fastest tracks of its size in the United States.
The NWWT’s sprint car division runs 360ci steel block motors and the midget division is an open class. Car rules and specifications for both classes can be found online at http://www.nwwingless.com.
Businesses or individuals interested in sponsoring the NWWT Summer Shootout are encouraged to contact Keith Steenslid at (503) 936-3164 or Ron Brown at Competition Motorsports LLC at (503) 281-1579.
More information on the NorthWest Wingless Tour can be found online at http://www.nwwingless.com.
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Also on the web…
Willamette Speedway - Lebanon, OR - http://www.trophymotorsports.comCottage Grove Speedway - Cottage Grove, OR - http://www.cottagegrovespeedway.com- - -
NWWT: The NorthWest Wingless Tour
http://www.nwwingless.com
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