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Carolina Clash
LINCOLNTON, S.C. (February 25) - The Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series season opener is just a few short weeks away. The nine year old tour will kick off the 2008 season with a 50 lap $5,000 to win main event at Gastonia, NC's Carolina Speedway on Saturday night March 8th. Race fans and competitors alike will see a few changes to the format to help promote better and more competitive action all season long.
The 'Clash' will tweak its qualifying format to ensure that the race fans get the most for their admission ticket. All cars will qualify with the top 12 moving into a pair of six lap dash races. The odd number qualifiers will compete in the first dash with the even number qualifiers competing in the second dash. The drivers finishing position in the dash events will determine their starting position in the main event. The remainder of the starting field will be set through heat races for competitors that qualify from 13th on back. Two points provisional will cap off the 24 car starting grid.
"Our format has always been very racer friendly', said Carolina Clash President Larry Lee. "We wanted to offer our fans a little more action for 2008 and after talking with our race teams at our annual meeting in January we are very pleased to be able to announce our new format. I want to thank all of our teams that offered suggestions as we continue to move forward with the Carolina Clash Series. 2008 promises to be the best year yet and we are very excited about waving the first green flag at Carolina Speedway in a few weeks," said Lee.
Only one major rule change will take place in 2008. No two way radio communications will be allowed in the race cars at any time. Race-Ceivers will be mandatory in all events just like in 2007.
In other news veteran car builder and promoter Terry Harris has been appointed as the new Technical Director for the series and Steve Fish has been appointed as a new Pit Steward. "We are very pleased about bringing Terry and Steve on board," said Lee. "Both Terry and Steve have a tremendous amount of experience and will be welcome additions to our already fine staff. We defiantly have the strongest and deepest staff we have ever had."
The Carolina Clash Series will also re-launch the website in the coming weeks. To learn more about the Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series visit www.carolinaclash.com
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