Ponderosa Speedway
365 Phillips Lane
Junction City, Kentucky 40440

Ponderosa Speedway’s NASRA 11th Annual Hugh “Junebug” Rowland Memorial Reset for April 30

Junction City, KY-April 25, 2010- After last week’s cancellation due to inclement weather, Ponderosa Speedway track promoters Larry, Chad, and Sarah Yantz will try again with a very special event that has now been reset for this Friday April 30 when “Kentucky’s Baddest Bullring” presents the 11th Annual Hugh “Junebug” Rowland Memorial event.

The event had been scheduled for this past Friday April 23, but was postponed due to early morning rain showers and prediction of more inclement weather throughout that day and will now take place this Friday April 30.

C.J. Rayburn's National All Star Racing Association will be making its first-ever sanctioning appearance at Ponderosa Speedway for this event and will be in charge of the Super Late Model portion of the program that evening. The event will feature a full program of practice, time trials, qualifying heats, B-Mains, and the 40 lap, $3,000 to win 11th Annual Hugh “Junebug” Rowland Memorial A-Main. Also on the racing card for April 30 will be the Clayton Homes UMP Modifieds and Bob Allen Motor Mall Pro Late Models, with both divisions competing in 20 lap, $600 to win feature events, with it also being a double track points night for the Pro Late Model division. The D&D Pallet Recyclers UMP Sportsman will now be on the racing program for this event, with that main event being 15 laps for $300 to win.

Activities for this rescheduled April 30 event at Ponderosa Speedway will see the pit area open at 4:00 p.m., with the grandstand area open at 5:00 p.m. A mandatory drivers meeting takes place at 6:45 p.m., with practice set to begin at 7:00 p.m., followed by time trials at 7:30 p.m., and racing taking the green flag at 8:30 p.m. Ticket prices in the general admission area will be $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12, and children under age 6 are free. A pit pass will be $30.

The Hugh “Junebug” Rowland Memorial event first appeared on the Ponderosa Speedway schedule in 1999 and has been contested ten previous times and produced eight different event winners. Don O’Neal of Martinsville, IN won the inaugural running of the race back in 1999, with Jay Mobley of Harrodsburg, KY taking the win in the 2000 event, while Dustin Neat of Dunnville, KY scored the race victory in 2001. The event was not held in 2002, but returned in 2003 as Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN would become the first repeat winner of the race by following up his ’03 win with a victory in the 2004 contest. Bryan Barber of Greensburg, KY won his biggest career Super Late Model event with a win in the 2005 “Junebug”, while Joey Daniel of Liberty, KY would win a special Saturday night version of this event on an unseasonably cool night in May of 2006. Brad Neat of Dunnville, KY would etch his name in the ‘Junebug” record books with his stellar performance in the 2007 race, while Victor Lee of Danville, KY would become the second two-time winner of the event with dominating back-to-back wins in 2008 and 2009.

Ponderosa Speedway last raced on April 16 and feature event winners included Todd Coffman of Junction City, KY in Bob Allen Motor Mall Pro Late Models, Dustin Neat of Dunnville, KY in Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Models, Benji Lee of Loretto, KY in Clayton Homes UMP Modifieds, and Bartley Grant of Berea, KY in D&D Pallet Recyclers UMP Sportsman.

Ponderosa Speedway is located just off of 365 Phillips Lane on the Boyle/Lincoln County border, outside of Junction City, KY, just minutes from Danville, KY. Larry, Chad, and Sarah Yantz are the track promoters and present dirt track sports entertainment on Friday evenings from April through early October. For more information about this and all 2010 racing activities at Ponderosa Speedway, visit the track’s webpage on the internet at www.ponderosaspeedway.net.

Ponderosa Speedway 2010 Top Ten Track Points after April 16, 2010

Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Models
David Webb (Nicholasville, KY)- 63
Victor Lee (Danville, KY)- 63
Mike Marlar (Winfield, TN)- 56
D.J. Wells (Wooten, KY)- 54
Dustin Neat (Dunnville, KY)- 51
Eddie Carrier, Jr. (Salt Rock, WV)- 45
Dustin Linville (Bryantsville, KY)- 44
Michael Chilton (Salvisa, KY)- 39
Chris Combs (Isom, KY)- 38
Jordan Bland (Campbellsville, KY)- 35