For Immediate Release
September 1, 2010

BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR FASTRAK LATE MODELS; MOV TOURING MAKE-UP THURSDAY AT WVMS; $3,000 TO-WIN FRIDAY AT TYLER COUNTY FOR NE & MOV; TRI-CITY ON SUNDAY FOR NE

By Mike Leone
Pulaski, PA…After a rare weekend off, the FASTRAK Late Model Racing Series will resume action with a busy holiday weekend for the Northeast and Mid-Ohio Valley Touring Series. It all begins Thursday night at West Virginia Motor Speedway with a $1,200 to-win make-up feature for the Mid-Ohio Valley followed by the $3,000 to-win Northeast/MOV co-sanctioned event on Friday night at Tyler County Speedway, and finally a $1,200 to-win event on Sunday night for the Northeast.

Thursday night’s field is locked in from competitors that were at the May 16 opener for West Virginia Motor Speedway. The May event brought racing back to the Mineral Wells, WV speed plant for the first time in several years, but rain showered washed out the feature that night. FASTRAK’s first ever completed event at WVMS took place on July 10 when Jonathan Davenport scored the $10,000 National victory. The night prior was to be the May 16 rescheduled feature as well as a new MOV program, but rain washed out that event as well. Joel Prosser and Dan Karalagas will lead the field to green for the 25-lap event.

FASTRAK teams from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Maryland, and Delaware at the very minimum will convene at Tyler County Speedway on Friday night. The third and final Northeast/MOV co-sanctioned event will kickoff the Middlebourne, WV track’s huge “Black Diamond” weekend. Tyler County opened the Northeast and MOV season back on a cold April 17 night when Max Blair topped a record 53-car field. Both Touring Series returned two weeks later only to get part of the program in before rains washed out the event and postponed the feature two weeks later when Mike Blose captured his first career Touring Series win. Friday’s feature will be a 30 lapper with heat races and B mains to determine the line-up for race #16 of 20 on the 2010 slate. The $3,000 to-win, $225 to-start event will be the richest non-National event on both Touring Series’ respective schedules.

“We’re really excited to return to Tyler County Friday night,” stated Northeast/MOV Co-Regional Director Vicki Emig. “Tyler County has been very supported of the FASTRAK program and has been rewarded with strong weekly car counts the last two seasons. We’re very appreciative they stepped up and offered us three Touring Series events in 2010 and especially this $3,000 finale at the track Friday. The racing action is outstanding on the ¼-mile racey surface and we hope to have another strong, quality field of cars battle it out on the bullring. We’ve gotten calls from drivers from all over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic that are making the trip.”

The busy holiday weekend will wrap Sunday night at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin, PA with the annual “Oil Region Labor Day Classic”. Earlier this season, David Scott emerged victorious in a wild and controversial Northeast Touring Series event for his only win of the season. This year, Tri-City will offer a complete weekly show for FASTRAK on Saturday followed by another full program on Sunday including the 25-lap Northeast Touring Series race #17 of 20 paying $1,200 to-win.

“The Touring Series events at Tri-City have always been great shows,” stated Northeast/MOV Co-Regional Director Mike Leone. “Ironically, Max Blair and Mike Pegher, Jr., who are one-two in points and are one-two atop the all-time win list, have never won a Touring Series event at Tri-City! Tri-City’s shows have always drawn a strong field of cars and it’s always great to join up with the World of Outlaws. We’re thankful that when H&H Motorsports purchased Tri-City from Mike Graham and Roger Crick last year, that they continued their belief in the FASTRAK division.”

The 2010 Northeast Touring Series has been a very competitive one with 10 different winners in 15 races. Mike Pegher, Jr. leads the way with four wins, but Max Blair’s third win of the season came at Raceway 7, which broke the tie with Pegher as he regained the lead in all-time victories at eight. Other winners this season have included Mike Blose, Josh Holtgraver, Robbie Blair, Jonathan Davenport, David Scott, Gary Knollinger, Joe Martin, and most recently Steve Dixon at Woodhull in the first ever Touring Series race in New York.

There have been 49 Northeast Touring Series races contested with 22 different winners all-time in the Northeast Touring Series. Blair leads Pegher eight to seven followed by Dick Barton, Bobby Powell, John Lacki, and Davis Scott with four, 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, Robbie Blair, Jonathan Davenport, Gary Knollinger, Joe Martin, and Steve Dixon with one victory.

Tyler County September 3 payoff: 1. $3,000 2. $1,500 3. $800 4. $600 5. $500 6. $450 7. $425 8. $400 9. $350 10. $325 11. $300 12. $275 13. $250 14. $245 15. $240 16. $235 17. $230 18-24 $225. Tow/Non-qualifiers $100.

Tri-City September 5 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.

Current Northeast Touring Series points (must be a Northeast Touring Series member to receive points): 1. Max Blair 488 2. Mike Pegher, Jr. 427 3. Gary Knollinger 403 4. Butch Lambert 401 5. Josh Holtgraver 390 6. Bud Watson 357 7. Joe Martin 281 8. Dan Angelicchio 247 9. Steve Dixon 233 10. Bryan Force 227 10. Dan Karalagas 215 12. Mike Blose 188 13. Troy Shields 169 14. David Scott 165 15. Kyle Zimmerman 147 16. Shane Bambarger 128 17. Ricky Meglaye 125 18. Dwayne Pond 123 19. Garrett Mott 117 20. Kyle Lukon 111 21. Josh Double 105 22. Bob Cossell IV 98 23. John Haggerty 96 24. Rocky Kugel 86 25. Jamie Brown 85 26. Robbie Blair 84 27. Damian Bidwell 79 28. Dave Airgood, Jr. 64 29. Michael Mitchell 59 30. Dennis Lunger, Jr. 51 31. Ike Fanton 49 32. Bob Kish 38 33. Chris Force 33 34. John Over 31 35. Jim Long 30 36. John Lacki & Michael Hughes 23 38. Mark Moats, Jr., 10 39. Jason Fosnaught 0.

Current Mid-Ohio Valley Series points (must be MOV member to receive points): 1. Gary Knollinger 86 2. Kyle Thomas 76 3. Josh Holtgraver 65 4. Shawn Jett 63 5. Daniel Hill & K.C. Burdette 62 7. Shane Hitt 59 8. Joel Prosser 58 9. Mike Pegher, Jr. 52 10. John Watson 47 11. Dan Karalagas & Freddie Carpenter 46 13. Steve Adkins, Jr. & David Gorrell 44 15. Aaron Barley 42.

Justin Kreider continues to lead the new “Wheelman” Bonus Event Challenge Series. The Linesville, Pa. driver finished fourth in the non-qualifier event at Raceway 7 and leads Jason Genco by 28 points. Genco of Jamestown, NY has been victorious in the past two events at Sharon and Raceway 7 as he’s just missed out on transferring to the feature by one spot both nights.

RACEceivers are mandatory at all Northeast Touring Series events. There is a $100 entry fee at Tyler County and a $50 entry fee at Tri-City. Any tech questions or information on the RACEceivers, 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.

Tri-City Speedway is a half-mile oval located seven miles north of Franklin, Pa. off Route 417. For more information, call 814-676-0477 (office) or 814-676-1681 (track) or check out their website at www.tricityspeedway.com.