April 27, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FASTRAK NORTHEAST & MOV RETURN TO TYLER COUNTY SATURDAY FOR ANOTHER CO-SANCTIONED TOURING SERIES EVENT

By Mike Leone
Middlebourne, WV…The FASTRAK Northeast Late Model Touring Series will once again join up with the new Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series this Saturday night, May 1 at Tyler County Speedway.  “The Bullring” located in Middlebourne, West Virginia hosted the kickoff to both Series two weeks ago and set a Northeast record with 53 cars on hand!

Saturday’s 25-lap feature will again pay $1,500 to-win, $175 to-start.  It will be the second of three Northeast/MOV Touring Series events at Tyler County with the finale as part of the “Black Diamond Weekend” on Friday, September 3 with a whopping $3,000 up for grabs.

“The turnout for our opener at Tyler County on April 17 was simply amazing,” expressed Northeast Co-Director Vicki Emig.  “We felt like we had a great shot at 40 cars due to FASTRAK’s growth in West Virginia and the cars from the Northeast that we expected to make the trip.  Everyone was blown away with the 53 that showed up from five different states despite the threatening weather conditions in most areas.  Many left from the North with snow either on the ground or falling in the sky.”  

Six heat races and three last chance B mains set the field for the 25-lap “topless” feature that saw the Northeast’s best David Scott, Max Blair, and Mike Pegher, Jr. go at it all leading laps.  Pegher was able to pass Blair on lap 20 and appeared to be headed to repeat of last year’s “topless” win; however, on the final lap Pegher thought the yellow was displayed rather than the white and Blair blasted on by for the unexpected victory.  

The 20-year-old Blair of Centerville has been off to a strong start winning the opening two Weekly Series events at Mercer Raceway Park on April 3 and 10 and then made it a perfect three-for-three with his April 17 win at Tyler County.  Blair was the 2008 Northeast Touring and National Weekly Series Champion and is now off to a great start to repeat those honors.  

Kyle Thomas of Pennsboro, West Virginia was the top Mid-Ohio Valley racer as he ran in the top five for most of the race and finished fourth.  He has the early point lead in the MOV Touring Series.  Dan Karalagas and Gary Knollinger are planning in competing in all Northeast and MOV Touring events as they’ve paid their memberships for both Series and are currently both in the top 10 of both Series.  To date as it is possible for a driver to compete in all Northeast and MOV events as there are no conflicts.

“The quality of cars at Tyler County was outstanding,” said Northeast Co-Director Mike Leone.  “It was a tough show to make and when you look at the list of non-qualifiers you see how many good cars had to watch the feature.  While we certainly don’t expect to have 53 cars again, we feel like 40 is a good possibility on Saturday.”

There have been 35 Touring Series races contested with 16 different winners all-time in the Northeast Touring Series!  Blair currently sits atop the all-time win list at six followed by Dick Barton, Bobby Powell, and John Lacki with four, Pegher, and 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, and Jim Frank with one victory.

FASTRAK Northeast Touring Series Points as of 4/17/10 (Only NE Touring members receive points.): 1. Max Blair 35  2. Mike Pegher, Jr. 34  3. Mike Blose 33  4. David Scott 31  5. Ricky Meglaye 30  6. Troy Shields 25  7. Dan Karalagas 23  8. Dwayne Pond 22  9. Gary Knollinger 21  10. Dave Airgood, Jr. 20  11. Josh Double 19  12. Josh Holtgraver 17  13. Dan Angelicchio 14  14. Bud Watson, Rocky Kugel, Mark Moats, Jr., Butch Lambert, Bryan Force, Ike Fanton, Garrett Mott, Joe Martin Jamie Brown 10  23. John Over, John Lacki, Bob Cossell, Dennis Lunger, Jr., Kyle Zimmerman, Jason Fosnaught, Bobby Cossell, Chris Force, Shane Bambarger, Jim Long, Michael Hughes 0.

FASTRAK Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series Points as of 4/17/10 (Only MOV Touring members receive points.): 1. Kyle Thomas 32  2. Steve Adkins, Jr. 24  3. Dan Karalagas 23  4. Gary Knollinger 21  5. Daniel Hill 15  6. Aaron Barley 13  7. Shawn Jett, Dave Gorrell, K.C. Burdette, John Watson, Joel Prosser 10  12. Freddie Carpenter 0.

Feature payoff for Tyler County: 1. $1,500 2. $800 3. $500 4. $400 5. $370 6. $335 7. $315 8. $300 9. $280 10. $275 11. $250 12. $240 13. $225 14.$200 15. $190 16. $185 17. $180 18-24. $175.  Non-qualifiers $75.

Attention drivers: If you do not see your name on the above point list and feel you have paid your Northeast and/or Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series membership, please let us know by calling 724-964-9300 or e-mailing to info@fastraknortheast.com.  If you would like to be part of either or both Series, you must complete the membership form that’s available on our www.fastraknortheast.com website or at the speedway and pay $100 for either or $200 both.

Pits open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7.  There is a $75 entry fee.  RaceCeivers are mandatory beginning Saturday and for all future Northeast and Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series events.  Any tech questions or information on the RaceCeievers, call Brad Hibbard at 330-540-RACE.

Tyler County Speedway is a ¼-mile high-banked dirt oval located at the Tyler County Fairgrounds in Middlebourne, West Virginia.  For more information, check out their website at www.tylercountyspeedwayonline.com.  The track phone is 304-758-2660.