Bloomington Speedway -- June 30 & July 7 Racing Programs
BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21st ANNUAL GIANT ARIEL FIREWORKS DISPLAY Courtesy of Bloomington Powersports SPRINTS O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS AT BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY ON JUNE 30 BLOOMINGTON, IN (June 18, 2006) - On June 30, Bloomington Speedway will feature our three regular classes - sprint cars, O'Neal Wood Products modifieds, and Tire & Wheel Center super stocks. In addition, we'll have a spectacular ariel fireworks display courtesy of Bloomington Powersports. Mike and Judy Miles have pulled out all of the stops to make this one of the best shows of the year by running all three of our regular classes along with the spectacular fireworks display. Kent Christian is leading the sprint car points by a narrow margin over Kevin Briscoe. Christian is going after his first sprint car championship at Bloomington Speedway while Briscoe has four championships to his credit. Kenny Carmichael is having a very good year; and he is also capable of winning the championship as are Jon Stanbrough, Jared Fox and a number of other very talented sprint car drivers. Ryan Thomas leads the modified points by twelve markers over John DeMoss, Jesse Cramer, and Kent Robinson. I can remember no time when we had a three way tie for second this deep into the season. Jeremy Hines leads the Tire & Wheel Center super stock points; however, Greg Kendall seems to be getting his program back on track. He prizes highly his Bloomington Speedway super stock championship; and he would very much like to win another one. However, Jeremy Hines is working very hard trying to score hi own first Bloomington Speedway championship. As competitive as our regular drivers are, the real star of a Bloomington Speedway racing program is the track itself. Just about everyone who comes to Bloomington Speedway for the first time raves about the beautifully manicured racing surface. The rest of the facility is equally well-kept; and the view from the grandstand is simply beautiful. Pit gates will open at 4:30 PM, the grandstand gates will open at 5:30 PM, hot laps will start at 6:30 PM, and racing will begin at 7:30 PM. General admission is $10 for this event (children six and under are admitted free to the grandstand when accompanied by a paying adult; and children 7 - 12 are admitted for only $5 when accompanied by a paying adult.); and pit admission is $20. Coolers are permitted; but glass containers aren't. Overnight camping is also permitted. END BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY FEATURES SPRINTS, MODIFIEDS, & SUPER STOCKS ON FRIDAY, JULY 7 BLOOMINGTON, IN (June 25, 2006) - July 7 will be the last opportunity for the sprint car racers to test out the red clay before the Indiana Sprint Week series makes its annual pilgrimage to Bloomington Speedway. USAC's Indiana Sprint Week has become som competitive that the teams will try almost anything to gain a small edge in this big event. With sixty or seventy or more cars showing up and with most of them being very competitive, a preview visit makes a lot of sense. This is even more true for the California teams that will be coming in to run sprint week. Bob Gatten will be bringing his grandson, a USAC/CRA sprint car racer, back to run sprint week this year; and he has been at Bloomington Speedway twice this summer checking things out. All of this activity should guarantee that the pits will be filled to capacity on July 7. By the time that July 7 arrives a good part of our season will be in the books. The drivers who have had good nights in the first dozen shows will be happily at the top of the points standings. However, they will not be deluded into thinking that they should be comfortable there. A position in the points standings can go bad with a bad outing; and the competitors know it. For that reason, they will race every Friday night as if it were the final race of the season. On the other hand, those competitors who have had a bad start to their season know that they can still recover if they do their job well. Bloomington Speedway will feature sprint cars, O'Neal Wood Products modifieds, and Tire and Wheel Center super stocks. All three classes typically show up in force every Friday night. The full pits that are a trademark of Bloomington Speedway insure a lot of racing. A typical program includes 12 heat races, 3 B features, and 3 features. At some tracks, a program like that could run to the wee hours of the morning. However, Mike Miles and his able staff do everything in their power to keep the program moving. And, the competitors know that when it's their time to race, they'd better be in the staging area and ready to go. Consequently, most are there when they need to be. Pit gates will open at 4:30 PM, the grandstand gates will open at 5:30 PM, hot laps will start at 6:30 PM, and racing will begin at 7:30 PM. General admission is $10 for this event (children six and under are admitted free to the grandstand when accompanied by a paying adult; and children 7 - 12 are admitted for only $5 when accompanied by a paying adults.); and pit admission is $20. Coolers are permitted; but glass containers aren't. Overnight camping is also permitted. END --------------------------------------------------------------------------------