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December 10, 1997

Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series to Open at Kings


By Richard Day

PLANO, TX (December 10) - The Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series will begin celebrating its 20th anniversary with the Spring Shootout at Kings Speedway, series President Ted Johnson announced Wednesday.

The February 13th event will mark the World of Outlaws' first season opener in California since 1990. Defending series champion Sammy Swindell has won the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series' last two races at Hanford's semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval.

From Hanford, the series' fire-breathing, mud-slinging sprint car racing teams are scheduled to head to Perris Auto Speedway for another $40,000 event on Valentine's Day, February 14th.

The Second Annual A.J. Foyt Cavalcade of Sprints scheduled for February 20-21 will be the first event with live national television coverage. TNN: The Nashville Network will capture the action of the February 20th race for its TNN Motor Madness show.

TNN will also televise the February 27th event live from the Second Annual Silver State Shootout at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

A.J. Foyt's Featherlite Winged Thunder race, scheduled for May 15-16 at the Terre Haute Action Track, will be televised live on The Nashville Network, as will the Second Annual Channellock Spring Classic at Williams Grove Speedway (May 21-22).

Red River Valley Speedway will receive its first national television coverage on TNN when the World of Outlaws runs a triple-program event at the high-banked, 1/2-mile oval July 9-11. TNN will televise both programs when the World of Outlaws visits Eldora Speedway for the 15th Annual King's Royal July 17-18.

TNN's television cameras will capture two of the four Amoco Knoxville Nationals racing programs for the second consecutive year, August 14-15. The Nashville Network is scheduled to join the World of Outlaws in Greenwood, NE, September 25-26 for its first live telecast from I-80 Speedway.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, host of the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series' season finale for the third straight year, will have its Las Vegas Shootout taped for the November 6th TNN Motor Madness show.

The Pennzoil World of Outlaws will invade Dixie Speedway in the Atlanta suburb of Woodstock, GA, for the first time March 7th. Events scheduled for other new facilities on the 1998 schedule are Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, KY, April 17th and a July 26th stop at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL.

Other high-paying events on the World of Outlaws' 1998 schedule include the June 1st event at Lebanon Valley Speedway, Third Annual Iowa Ethanol Classic at Knoxville Raceway July 3-4, the Seventh Annual Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway July 28th, the Sixth Annual Harvest Classic at Calistoga Speedway September 4-6, the 45th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway September 17-19, the 36th Annual Williams Grove National Open October 2-3, the 25th Annual Winter Nationals at Devil's Bowl Speedway October 16-17 and the 31st Annual Action Performance Western World Championships at Manzanita Speedway October 23-24.

In all, the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series is scheduled to run 72 events over 102 race dates at 47 facilities in 25 states during its 20th anniversary season. WoO

                Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series
                      1998 Racing Schedule
    Date         Event/Track                        City
February 13   Kings Speedway                    Hanford, CA
         14   Perris Auto Speedway              Lake Perris, CA
      20-21   Manzanita Speedway                Phoenix, AZ
      27-28   Silver State Shootout/Las Vegas   Las Vegas, NV
    March 7   Dixie Speedway                    Woodstock, GA
         13   Pike County Speedway              Magnolia, MS
         14   Battleground Speedway             Highland, TX
      20-21   Spring Nationals/Devil's Bowl     Mesquite, TX
         27   Tulsa Speedway                    Tulsa, OK
         28   State Fair Speedway               Oklahoma City, OK
April 10-11   Eldora Speedway                   Rossburg, OH
         17   Paducah Int'l Raceway             Paducah, KY
         18   West Plains Motor Speedway        West Plains, MO
      24-25   Knoxville Raceway                 Knoxville, IA
         26   Huset's Speedway                  Sioux Falls, SD
        30-   I-80 Speedway                     Greenwood, NE
      May 1   I-80 Speedway                     Greenwood, NE
          3   Beaver Dam Raceway                Beaver Dam, WI
          8   State Fair Motor Speedway         Sedalia, MO
          9   Tri-City Speedway                 Granite City, IL
         10   Tri-State Speedway                Haubstadt, IN
      15-16   Terre Haute Action Track          Terre Haute, IN
         19   Lernerville Speedway              Sarver, PA
      21-22   Spring Classic/Williams Grove     Mechanicsburg, PA
      23-24   Hagerstown Speedway               Hagerstown, MD
         29   Williams Grove Speedway           Mechanicsburg, PA
         30   Lincoln Speedway                  New Oxford, PA
         31   Orange County Speedway            Middletown, NY
     June 1   Lebanon Valley Speedway           West Lebanon, NY
          3   Rolling Wheels Raceway            Elbridge, NY
          4   Canandaigua Speedway              Canandaigua, NY
          7   Illinois State Fair Speedway      Springfield, IL
         12   Bloomington Speedway              Bloomington, IN
         13   Eldora Speedway                   Rossburg, OH
         17   Beaver Dam Raceway                Beaver Dam, WI
         19   LaSalle Speedway                  LaSalle, IL
         20   Tri-City Speedway                 Granite City, IL
         21   Tri-State Speedway                Haubstadt, IN
         23   State Fair Speedway               Oklahoma City, OK
      26-27   Eagle Nationals/Eagle Raceway     Eagle, NE
   July 3-4   Iowa Ethanol Classic/Knoxville    Knoxville, IA
          7   Huset's Speedway                  Sioux Falls, SD
       9-11   Red River Valley Speedway         West Fargo, ND
         13   Cedar Lake Speedway               Somerset, WI
      17-18   King's Royal/Eldora Speedway      Rossburg, OH
         20   I-96 Speedway                     Lake Odessa, MI
         22   Knoxville Raceway                 Knoxville, IA
         24   State Fair Motor Speedway         Sedalia, MO
         25   I-55 Raceway                      Pevely, MO
         26   Route 66 Raceway                  Joliet, IL
         28   Silver Cup/Lernerville            Sarver, PA
      30-31   Williams Grove Speedway           Mechanicsburg, PA
   August 1   Hagerstown Speedway               Hagerstown, MD
          7   Night Before The Big One/Eldora   Rossburg, OH
      12-15   Amoco Knoxville Nationals         Knoxville, IA
         18   Sweetwater Speedway               Rock Springs, WY
      21-22   Grays Harbor Raceway Park         Elma, WA
         24   Riverside Speedway                Cottage Grove, OR
         26   Southern Oregon Speedway          Medford, OR
      28-29   San Jose Speedway                 San Jose, CA
  Sept. 4-6   Harvest Classic/Calistoga         Calistoga, CA
         11   Kings Speedway                    Hanford, CA
         12   Santa Maria Speedway              Santa Maria, CA
      17-19   Gold Cup/Silver Dollar Speedway   Chico, CA
      25-26   I-80 Speedway                     Greenwood, NE
October 2-3   Williams Grove National Open      Mechanicsburg, PA
       9-10   Dirt Nationals/To Be Announced    To Be Announced
         15   Fall Nationals/Battleground       Highland, TX
      16-17   Winter Nationals/Devil's Bowl     Mesquite, TX
         20   Southern New Mexico Speedway      Las Cruces, NM
      23-24   Western World/Manzanita Speedway  Phoenix, AZ
         31   Perris Auto Speedway              Lake Perris, CA
   Nov. 3-4   Las Vegas Motor Speedway          Las Vegas, NV

Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series 1998 Television Schedule Date/Time Track Network February 20, 8-11 (ET) Manzanita Speedway TNN February 27, 8-11 (ET) Las Vegas Motor Speedway TNN May 15, 8-11 (ET) Terre Haute Action Track TNN May 22, 8-11 (ET) Williams Grove Speedway TNN July 10, 8-11 (ET) Red River Valley Speedway TNN July 17, 8-11 (ET) Eldora Speedway TNN July 18, 9-11 (ET) Eldora Speedway TNN August 14, 8-11 (ET) Knoxville Raceway TNN August 15, 10-12 (ET) Knoxville Raceway TNN September 25, 8-11 (ET) I-80 Speedway TNN November 6, 8-11 (ET) Las Vegas Motor Speedway TNN

All telecasts will be live except the November 4th race, which will be aired November 6th

WoO


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