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April 22, 2011

The stars of the Carolina Clash set their eyes on Lancaster Motor Speedway
The Carolina Clash is set to hit the high banks on Saturday, April 30 for a 40 lap, $4,000 to win feature event with $2,000 in Contingency Awards to be presented throughout the night.

By: Alex Cummings
The stars of the Carolina Clash have their eyes set on Lancaster Motor Speedway in Lancaster, SC for their 40 lap, $4,000 to win event on Saturday, April 30. Along with the $4,000 to win purse, the Carolina Clash drivers will be vying for their share of the $2,000 in contingency awards and prizes that are presented at every Carolina Clash event in 2011.

On April 9th, the Carolina Clash made its way to Lancaster where 29 drivers signed in before the weather turned ugly and hail and tornados were in the area. So far this season, the Carolina Clash is averaging 30 high caliber cars who are the best super late model drivers in the southeast at its first three events. On April 30, Lancaster Motor Speedway will see another stout field of super late model drivers descend on the half mile clay oval for competition.

This past Friday night, the Carolina Clash made its way to Cleveland County Speedway where Luke Roffers set fast time in XS Power Racing Batteries Qualifying along with fending off the hard charging 25 car starting field to win the Comp Cams Feature. The win was Roffers second of the season which helped propel him to solo possession of first in points over Mike Gault and 2010 defending Carolina Clash Champion, Dennis Franklin. Roffers is currently on a two race win streak with wins coming at Fayetteville and Cleveland County.

Hometown favorite Chad Paxton currently leads the Klotz Lubricants Rookie of the Year standings with two Top 10 finishes already on the season in just three events. Paxton has taken the Carolina Clash by storm with strong runs at tracks that he has never raced on before. The young kid on the block, Travis Yow currently sits second in the Klotz Lubricants ROY standings followed closely by another hometown favorite, Mike Huey. Yow and Huey are separated by just a mere two points.

So far this season, the Carolina Clash has seen a completely new group of drivers sitting atop the standings. Roffers in just his third year of competition with the Carolina Clash currently leads the championship points over newcomer and Gaffney, SC native Mike Gault. Paxton sits fifth in overall championship points in his rookie season followed closely by Virginia native, Kennie Compton Jr. who already has a win with the Carolina Clash which occurred last season at Wythe Raceway in Virginia.

Last season the Clash headed to Lancaster where Ross Bailes set fast time and lead the first 17 laps of the race until the eventual race winner, Jeff Smith surpassed Bailes on a lap 18 restart. Smith made a power move coming out of turn 2 and down the backstretch passing Bailes on the inside and sailing off for the win.

In 2009, the Carolina Clash went to Lancaster twice during the year in which Ricky Weeks set fast time during the spring and Johnny Pursley was quickest in the fall event. In the spring event, Dennis Franklin was able to motor his way to a win then in the fall Tim Allen was able to outlast and outrun the field for the victory.

The Carolina Clash would like to announce the following Contingency Sponsors for the Lancaster Race:

- Comp Cams will be awarding the "Official Engine Builder of the Race Award" to the feature
winner.
- Keizer Aluminum Wheels will be presenting an award for the 2nd place finisher in the feature.
- Shell Racing Solutions will be awarding the 3rd place finisher in the feature with one case of Q
Racing Oil 15w-50.
- Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) will be presenting an award to the 4th place finisher in the
feature.
- Shafer Enterprises' Cool Shirts will be presenting an award to the Top-5 finishers in the feature.
- RF Composites will be presenting an award to the 6th place finisher in the feature.
- NASCAR Technical Institute will be presenting an award to the 10th place finisher in the
feature.
- Safety Kleen will be presenting a case of hand cleaner to the hard charger of the feature.
- Klotz Lubricants will be presenting 3 separate awards, 1 to the Rookie of the Race, 1 to the
Hard Luck Award winner, and 1 to the 15th place finisher in the feature.
- Ohlins Shocks will be presenting an award to the last place finisher in the feature.
- Shell Racing Solutions will be awarding the B-main winner with one case of Q-Racing Oil
15w-50.
- R2C Performance will be awarding all heat race winners.
- XS Power Racing Batteries will be awarding the fastest qualifier.
- Collins Signs will be presenting an award to the 11th place qualifier known as the "First Man
out Award".
- Lee Furniture will be presenting $50 to all cars not making the feature event.

The Carolina Clash would like to thank the following sponsors for their contributions to the series in 2011: American Racer Tire, Heintz Brothers Performance, VP Racing Fuels, Comp Cams, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Shell Racing Solutions, ATL Racing Fuel Cells, Shafer Enterprises' Cool Shirts, NASCAR Technical Institute, Safety Kleen, R2C Performance, XS Power Racing Batteries, Next Level Graphics, Collins Signs, www.lockoutforums.com. , Performance Tee's, Racing Electronics, Mike's Custom Tanks, Lincoln Electric, Ohlins Advanced Suspension Technology, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, RF Composites, Keizer Wheelhouse South, Firethorn Marketing, Raceiver, and Luvracin.com