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Keyword of Ambitious Eldora Schedule
60th Season To Feature Multitude of Divisions & Sanctioning Bodies
ROSSBURG, OH (Jan. 19) – Eldora Speedway owner Tony Stewart officially
released the 2013 Schedule of Events for the historic half-mile’s 60th
consecutive season of racing at Saturday’s (January 19) Annual Awards
Banquet held before a capacity crowd at the Eldora Ballroom.
And, as has become an Eldora trademark, diversity is the keyword with a
lineup of traditional specials, a return of fan favorites, local family
fun and one of the most anticipated events in all of sports.
Joining the long-standing “Major Special Events” previously announced:
the 19th Annual $100,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream Weekend
(Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 6-7-8); the 30th Annual Kings Royal
Weekend (Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13); the 43rd Annual World
100 Weekend (Thursday-Friday-Saturday, September 5-6-7) and the
Inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mudsummer Classic
(Wednesday, July 24) is a vast variety of nationally recognized
sanctioning bodies totaling 27 nights in 2013.
The exciting season kicks into gear Saturday, April 13 with a
tripleheader program featuring the Sunoco American Late Model Series
(ALMS), Modifieds; both running under the UMP DIRTcar banner, and Stock
Cars. While the Modifieds and Stocks round out many of the events
throughout the season, the ALMS group will return for the Miller Lite
Johnny Appleseed Classic (Sunday, May 26), WIX Filters Baltes Classic
(Sunday, September 1) and the Saturday portion of the UMP DIRTcar
National Championships on October 5.
With a rich 50-year history of competing at Eldora, the
Indianapolis-based United States Auto Club (USAC) and their non-winged
brand of open wheel racing will invade the high banks on Saturday,
April 20 with a National Sprint Car chase and then again on the
Saturday card of the the 32nd Annual Four Crown Nationals Weekend
(September 20 & 21). The Four Crown extravaganza will feature
USAC’s three national touring Midget, Sprint Car and Silver Crown
divisions.
The STP World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will make their first of
five stops with a doubleheader on Friday and Saturday, May 3 and
4. The winged-warriors will return to take on Sprint Car racing’s
best at the Knight Before the Kings Royal (Friday, July 12) and the
30th Annual $50,000-to-win Kings Royal on Saturday, July 13 and make
their final visit of the season on Friday, September 20 to kick off the
Four Crown Nationals Weekend.
Additional Sprint Car dates will see the return of Eldora’s
participation in the Ohio Sprint Week (Saturday, June 22) under the
auspices of the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions, who will then
conclude the ambitious slate on Saturday, October 12 with a blockbuster
UNOH Sprintacular featuring two other Sprint Car groups.
The NRA Sprint Invaders, who will have visited Eldora on May 26, July
12 and July 13 will be making their fourth showing, while the addition
of the BOSS Non-Winged Sprint Series will make the UNOH Sprintacular a
triple-header of 410 wing, 360 wing and 410 non-wing sprint cars.
Baja comes to Eldora on Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11 when the
Traxxas Off-Road Championship (TORC) debuts its radical brand of
short-course off-road racing. The high-flying Pro 4x4 and Pro 2WD
Truck divisions will be in action throughout the weekend which will
feature a drag racing-style ‘open paddock’ allowing fans the
opportunity to interact with the teams in between events.
Eldora’s popular Mobil 1 Family Fun Night and FIREWORKS Extravaganza
featuring the UMP DIRTcar Modifieds and Eldora Stock Cars returns on
Saturday, May 18. The Back-to-School edition will take place
Saturday, August 10.
The nation’s best Dirt Late Model competitors will battle for the
lion’s share of nearly $600,000 in posted awards over six days this
summer. The $100,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream
(Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 6-7-8) and “The Granddaddy of Them All”
the World 100 (Thursday-Friday-Saturday, September 5-6-7) have each
added full racing programs to Thursday and Friday nights and will each
present a full evening of Heat Races, Last Chance Races and Twin 25
Features prior to Saturday night’s traditional program of six Heat
Races, Last Chance Features and 100-lap championship events.
Competitors and fans alike have reacted favorably to the idea of “More
Nights, More Racing, More Eldora” with overwhelming support from the
racers and record advance ticket and camping reservations.
The inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mudsummer Classic,
NASCAR’s first national series event on dirt since September 1970, has
produced unprecedented anticipation since word of a secret test session
being held at the track leaked out in October. In just 14 days of
ticket sales, fans from 48 states, the Virgin Islands, seven Canadian
provinces and New Zealand have secured their ticket to witness NASCAR
stars take on ‘dirt track ringers’ in another historic Eldora moment.
The traditional UMP-branded DIRTcar National Championships Weekend
which has long celebrated the midwest’s weekend warriors from the Late
Model and Modified divisions, will expand in 2013 to become a
cornerstone event for their Modified division. Over the course of
the three-day weekend (Thursday-Friday-Saturday, October 3-4-5), the
Modifieds will see an aggressive menu with Modified-only on Thursday
and Friday (consisting of full Heat Race, Last Chance Race and purse
paying Feature events each night), preceding Saturday’s progressive
‘alphabet of features’ and $5,000-to-win Championship. The UMP
DIRTcar Late Models will run a full program on Saturday night; also
chasing for a $5,000 paycheck.
The complete schedule for Eldora’s 60th consecutive season, including
ticket and camping information, is now posted on the newly revamped
www.EldoraSpeedway.com and can be requested by phone at (937)
338-3815. Fans can get behind-the-scenes access by following
@EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at
Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and video highlights at
YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc. The new Eldora Speedway app for
the iPhone, iPad and Android is now available for download via iTunes
and Google Play.
2013 Schedule of Events
Saturday,
April
6
Test and Tune
Open to all divisions.
Saturday, April
13
60th Season Opener
Sunoco American Late Models, UMP DIRTcar Modifieds plus Eldora Stocks.
Saturday, April
20
USAC National Sprint Cars
USAC National Sprint Cars, UMP DIRTcar Modifieds plus Eldora Stocks.
Saturday, April
27
Saturday Night Speedfest
UMP DIRTcar Mods, Eldora Stocks plus Front Wheel Drive Compacts.
Fri. & Sat., May 3 &
4
World of Outlaws
STP World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series plus Stocks (Fri) & Mods
(Sat).
Fri. & Sat., May 10 &
11
TORC – TRAXXAS Off-Road Championship
Baja comes to Eldora with an Off-Road Truck Spectacular!
Saturday, May
18
Mobil 1 Family Fun Night #1
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds, Stocks plus FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA!
Sunday, May
26
Johnny Appleseed Classic presented by Miller Lite
Sunoco American Late Models, NRA Sprint Invaders, UMP DIRTcar Mods plus
Stocks.
Thu-Fri-Sat., June
6-7-8
$100,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream Weekend (19th annual)
Thursday: Multi-Car Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Features & Twin
25-laps Features.
Friday: Multi-Car Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Features & Twin 25-lap
Features.
Saturday: Heat Races, C- & B-Features & $100,000-to-win
Dirt Late Model Dream.
Saturday, June
22
Ohio Sprint Week returns to Eldora
UNOH All Star Circuit of Champion Sprints, UMP DIRTcar Mods plus Stocks.
Friday, July
12
Knight before The Kings Royal
STP World of Outlaws Sprint Cars plus NRA Sprint Invaders.
Saturday, July
13
The Kings Royal – $50,000-to-win (30th annual)
STP World of Outlaws Sprint Cars plus NRA Sprint Invaders Invitational.
Wednesday, July
24
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mudsummer
Classic
NASCAR’s first national series event on dirt since 1970.
Saturday, August
10
Family Fun Night #2
UMP DIRTcar Modifieds, Eldora Stocks plus FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA!
Sunday, Sept.
1
WIX Filters Baltes Classic (6th annual)
Sunoco American Late Models, UMP DIRTcar Modifieds plus Stocks.
Thu-Fri-Sat., Sept
5-6-7
The World 100 Weekend – $46,000-to-win (43rd annual)
Thursday: Multi-Car Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Features & Twin
25-lap Features.
Friday: Multi-Car Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Features & Twin 25-lap
Features.
Saturday: Six Heat Races, B-Features & the 100-lap
“Granddaddy of Them All!”
Fri. & Sat., Sept. 20 &
21
Four Crown Nationals Weekend (32nd annual)
Friday: Crown #1 – World of Outlaws Sprint Cars plus UMP DIRTcar
Modifieds.
Saturday: Crowns #2, 3 & 4 – USAC Midgets, Sprint Cars &
Silver Crown.
Thu-Fri-Sat., Oct
3-4-5
UMP DIRTcar National Championships
Thursday: UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – Full Heat Race, B-Feature and
A-Feature show
Friday: UMP DIRTcar Modifieds – Full Heat Race, B-Feature and A-Feature
show
Saturday: UMP DIRTcar Late Models Time Trials, Heat Races,
B-Features & $5,000-to-win Late Model Championship. UMP
DIRTcar Modifieds “Alphabet Features” races, $5,000-to-win Modified
Championship.
Saturday, October
12
UNOH Sprintacular
All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars, NRA Sprint Invaders plus the
BOSS Non-Wing Sprints.
* subject to change
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