|
|
|
|
|
3rd
ANNUAL CANADIAN SPRINT CAR NATIONALS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH,
2007
|
|
|
For
Immediate Release – Ken Pelkie,
Event Coordinator
CSCN event coordinator Ken Pelkie and is pleased to announce that “the 3rd annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals is scheduled to take place once again at Styres family owned Ohsweken Speedway on Saturday, September 15,2007”. “And I am also delighted to be able to confirm that Arrow Express has renewed their commitment to the Saturday showdown and will carry the title sponsorship for the event at the fast three-eights mile clay oval located on the Six Nations Reserve just outside of Brantford, Ontario” Pelkie stated in making the announcement.
In conjunction with the “Arrow Express – Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” running on September 15, “Village Pizza; Village Café; and Sit-N-Bull Construction” will host “The Night Before the Nationals” on Friday, September 14, 2007. The Friday portion of the weekend will feature the third running of the “Village Pizza – Ohsweken Shootout” along with a pair of 15 lap “A” Main’s that will guarantee the winners a position in the Saturday feature starting grid.
With eighty-seven of the finest 360 sprints in the entire north-east in attendance over the two day weekend for the second running of the young event, the CSCN is quickly becoming one of the premier races on the north-east sprint car calendar. Empire Super Sprint rookie Steve Poirier etched his name in the record book beside veteran sprint standout Kenny Jacobs to claim bragging rights as winners of the prestigious event.
“The Nationals has turned out to be much more than we expected” stated track promoter Glenn Styres. “The support that the original four regional sprint series from our area who signed on as affiliate sanctioning bodies along with the NRA Invaders from Ohio who came on board this year have given Ken and his Nationals staff a tremendous amount of cooperation and support. The crowd in attendance was treated to a great show for the second year in a row and I still find it unbelievable that this program can be showcased in our backyard. The reception by both racers and fans alike has given us the incentive to continue to grow the Nationals into the annual premier event at Ohsweken” Styres concluded.
The third annual “Arrow Express - Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” will retain a one day format but will take on a slightly new look. As in the past, time trials will once again set the starting line-ups for the heat races with six cars being inverted in each heat. There will however, be a couple subtle differences from there on. First of all there will be six heat races, up from four the previous two years. The winners of the heats will transfer directly to the “A” Main and be lined up according to their time trial results. The dash races will therefore be eliminated in an effort to shorten the length of the program with hope of an earlier finish. In keeping with the initial goal of adding to the purse each year and building the event into the premier sprint car race in the north-east, the “A” Main winner will collect $7,000 for their efforts, up from $6,000 in 2006; and $5,000 in 2005 while positions 11 through 26 will see an increase with the final spot collecting $600. Again in 2007, all prize money will be paid out in U.S. currency. The Saturday show will be a “Sprint Only” event with no support class.
The Friday night program will feature sprint cars headlined by the third running of the “Village Pizza - Ohsweken Shootout”. Also on the card will be a full Mini Stock program with a series of sprint heats lined up by a random draw. The evening will be capped off with a pair of 15 lap sprint “Mini-Mains featuring two completely different starters guaranteeing the winners starting positions in the Nationals “A” Main the following night.
Make your plans now to join us at Ohsweken Speedway on September 14 & 15, 2007 for the “Arrow Express - Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” weekend. More information will be released in the coming months as event details are finalized.
|
|
|
|
|
