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Western swing, 4 races in Canada on WoO slate

December 6, 2007, 12:13 pm
By Todd Turner
DirtonDirt.com chief writer

ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 6) — The 2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule includes a new western swing with the first-ever series event in Wyoming as well as events at four Canadian tracks. The 46-race slate, released Thursday at the Performance Racing Industry trade show, is expected to crack the 50-event mark after another half dozen races are added later, series officials said. | Thursday's PRI notebook

The richest events on the schedule are the $50,000-to-win Colossal 100 set for April 18-19 at the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., and the $40,000-to-win Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., on June 27-28.

Three regional swings also highlight the schedule with the Wild West swing running July 9-21 with nine races in 13 days. The swing kicks off in the upper Midwest at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., stretches all the way to Gillette (Wyo.) Speedway on July 16, and wraps up July 21 at Boone County Speedway in Albion, Neb.

The Great Northern Tour runs June 17-25 with six events split evenly between the United States and Canada. Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway hosts the first event with races following at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Autodrome Drummond in Quebec, Cornwall Motor Speedway in Ontario, Canandaigua (N.Y.) Speedway and Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa. The events lead into Lernerville's Firecracker, which boosts its winner's earnings to $40,000, up from $30,000 in 2007.

Another stretch of racing is set for July 24-27 with three straight events in Ohio — Muskingum County Speedway in Zanesville, Eldora Speedway in Rossburg and Sharon Speedway in Hartford — and the four-race Thursday-Sunday stretch wrapping up at Eriez Speedway near Erie, Pa.

Most races pay $10,000 to win with seven paying $7,000 to win. Besides the Colossal and Firecracker, a pair of $20,000-to-win events are scheduled for back-to-back weekends with a March 28-29 event at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Miss., and an April 4-5 event at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway, an event that will be the richest Dirt Late Model race in Illinois history.

The Oct. 8 event at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the Jani-King Southern Showdown, pays a guaranteed $10,000 to the winner with possible bonuses that would pay $30,000.

The season kicks off at Florida Speedweeks with Feb. 14 and Feb. 16 events at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla.

2008 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule

Feb. 14, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $10,000
Feb. 16, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $10,000
March 28-29, Pike County Speedway, Magnolia, Miss., $20,000
April 4-5, Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway, $20,000
April 11, Virginia Motor Speedway, Saluda, Va., $10,000
April 15, Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, Pa., $10,000
April 18-19, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C., $50,000
April 26, I-44 Speedway, Lebanon, Mo., $10,000
May 16, Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park, $10,000
May 17, Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, $10,000
May 18, Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway, $10,000
May 29, Delaware International Speedway, Delmar, Del., $10,000
May 31, Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway, $10,000
June 17, Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, $7,000
June 19, Ohsweken (Ontario) Speedway, $10,000
June 21, Autodrome Drummond, Drummond, Quebec, $10,000
June 22, Cornwall (Ontario) Motor Speedway, $10,000
June 24, Canadaigua (N.Y.) Speedway, $7,000
June 25, Big Diamond Raceway, Minersville, Pa., $7,000
June 27-28, Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, Pa., $40,000
July 9, Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn., $10,000
July 10, North Central Speedway, Brainerd, Minn., $10,000
July 11, River Cities Speedway, Grand Forks, N.D., $10,000
July 12, Estevan (Saskatchewan) Motor Speedway, $10,000
July 16, Gillette (Wyo.) Speedway, $10,000
July 18, Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, S.D., $10,000
July 20, Belleville (Kan.) Highbanks, $10,000
July 21, Boone County Speedway, Albion, Neb., $10,000
July 24, Muskingum County Speedway, Zanesville, Ohio, $7,000
July 25, Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, Ohio, $10,000
July 26, Sharon Speedway, Hartford, Ohio, $10,000
July 27, Eriez Speedway, Erie, Pa., $10,000
Aug. 15, Fayetteville (N.C.) Motor Speedway, $10,000
Aug. 16, Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Ga., $10,000
Aug. 17, Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Ga., $7,000
Aug. 20-21, Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tenn., TBA
Aug. 23, K-C Raceway, Chillicothe, Ohio, $10,000
Aug. 29, Bedford (Pa.) Speedway, $10,000
Aug. 30, Tri-City Speedway, Franklin, Pa., TBA
Aug. 31, Tri-City Speedway, Franklin, Pa., TBA
Sept. 13, I-55 Raceway, Pevely, Mo., $10,000
Oct. 8, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C., $10,000 (possible $30,000)
Oct. 11, Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tenn., $10,000
Oct. 12, North Alabama Speedway, Tuscumbia, Ala., $7,000
Oct. 30, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. (qualifying)
Oct. 31, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, $10,000
Nov. 1, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, $10,000
 
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