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Message started by LMR on 07/08/10 at 3:12pm

Title: Big Two-Day Fastrak Weekend at West Virginia Motor Speedway
Post by LMR on 07/08/10 at 3:12pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2010

BIG 2-DAY FASTRAK WEEKEND AT WEST VIRGINIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY; MOV TOURING FRIDAY & $10,000 TO-WIN SATURDAY FOR NE & MOV

By Mike Leone
Mineral Wells, WV…The FASTRAK Northeast & Mid-Ohio Valley Late Model Touring Series are set for a huge two-day weekend at West Virginia Motor Speedway this Friday and Saturday at the huge 5/8-mile speed plant located just south of Parkersburg in Mineral Wells.

On Friday, the Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series will conclude their May 16 25-lap $1,200 to-win make-up feature then run a complete new program featuring a 25-lap $1,200 to-win, $150 to-start. The feature field for the make-up program is already set and no new cars will be added. If there are 30 or more cars, the new “Wheelman” Bonus Event Challenge Series will debut for drivers that fail to qualify for the feature.

On Saturday, the Northeast and Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series will join up in the $10,000 to-win National Event. Though the event will be run under National Championship format including time trials, the event will be a full points paying event for both the Northeast and Mid-Ohio Valley. This will be the first time in the seven-year history of FASTRAK that an entire $10,000 to-win event has been contested in one day!

After going more than one year winless on the Northeast Touring Series, Mike Pegher, Jr. has been red hot of late scoring three of the last four Touring Events with victories at Central PA Speedway, Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex, and most recently Saturday’s $6,000 Mercer Raceway Park event. After a slow start, the Wexford, Pa. driver has climbed to second in points just 30 behind Blair and would love to go for the $12,400 weekend sweep!

Blair, the 2008 Northeast Touring Series Champion, opened the year with a $1,500 victory over 53 cars at Tyler County Speedway and then won an exciting Expo event last Wednesday with a last lap pass to claim the $2,000 prize for the second straight year. Blair has yet to turn a lap on the West Virginia Motor Speedway and will have his hands full with the best FASTRAK racers in the country.

There have been 42 Northeast Touring Series races contested with 19 different winners all-time in the Northeast Touring Series meaning nearly a new winner every other event! Max Blair currently sits atop the all-time win list at seven followed by Pegher with six, Dick Barton, Bobby Powell, and John Lacki with four, David Scott with three, Alan Dellinger with two, and Todd Andrews, Kyle Drum, Frank Guidace, Butch Lambert, Carl McKinney, Dennis Lunger, Jr., Tom Snyder, Jr., Chris Meadows, Jim Frank, Blose, Holtgraver, and Robbie Blair with one victory.

MOV May 16 make-up & July 9 regular program payoff: 1. $1,200 2. $650 3. $450 4. $350 5. $325 6. $300 7. $275 8. $260 9. $255 10. $250 11. $225 12. $210 13. $200 14. $175 15.$165 16. $160 17. $155 18-24. $150. Bonus Event for non-qualifiers to be held if 30 or more cars paying $125 to-win, $55 to-start. Tow/Non-qualifiers $50.

July 10 Northeast/MOV/National payoff: 1. $10,000 2. $5000 3. $3000 4. $2000 5. $1500 6. $1250 7. $1000 8. $900 9. $800 10. $700 11. $650 12. $600 13. $550 14. $500 15. $490 16. $480 17. $470 18. $460 19. $450 20. $440 21. $430 22. $420 23. $410 24. $400.

Current Northeast Touring Series points (must be a Northeast Touring Series member to receive points): 1. Max Blair 251 2. Mike Pegher, Jr. 221 3. Butch Lambert 212 4. Gary Knollinger 200 5. Josh Holtgraver 195 6. Bud Watson 189 7. Joe Martin 166 8. Dan Angelicchio 122 9. Mike Blose 120 10. Bryan Force 113 11. Steve Dixon 112 12. David Scott 108 13. Ricky Meglaye 103 14. Troy Shields 96 15. Dwayne Pond & Dan Karalagas 93 17. Kyle Zimmerman 82 18. Kyle Lukon 78 19. Garrett Mott 76 20. Shane Bambarger 70 21. Robbie Blair 69 22. Rocky Kugel & Josh Double 66 24. Bob Cossell IV 54 25. Dennis Lunger, Jr. 51 26. Jamie Brown 45 27. John Haggerty 41 28. Damian Bidwell 32 29. John Over 31 30. Ike Fanton & Dave Airgood, Jr. 30 32. John Lacki 23 33. Jim Long 20 34. Chris Force 18 35. Bob Kish & Mark Moats, Jr., 10 37. Jason Fosnaught & Michael Hughes 0.

Current Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series points (must be a MOV Touring Series member to receive points): 1. Kyle Thomas 76 2. Gary Knollinger 63 3. Shane Hitt 59 4. Daniel Hill 52 5. K.C. Burdette 48 6. Freddie Carpenter 46 7. Shawn Jett 45 8. Steve Adkins, Jr. 44 9. Aaron Barley 42 10. Josh Holtgraver 41 11. Joel Prosser 38 12. John Watson 37 13. Dave Gorrell 34 14. Dan Karalagas 33 15. Mike Pegher, Jr. 22.

RACEceivers are mandatory at all Northeast and Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series events. Any tech questions or information on the RACEceievers, call Brad Hibbard at 330-540-RACE.
Gates open at 3 p.m. both days with hot laps at 7. The West Virginia Motor Speedway, is a wide 5/8 mile clay oval located in Mineral Wells, WV exit 170 off I-77, just south of Parkersburg, WV.

You can reach co-directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone at the FASTRAK Northeast office at 724-964-9300. E-mail to info@fastraknortheast.com and snail mail to 4368 Route 422, Pulaski, PA 16143. The office is open daily late mornings and after 1:30 p.m. For more information, check out the FASTRAK Northeast website at www.fastraknortheast.com. Become our fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fastraknortheast.