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“Mother of All
Sprint Car Weekends”
Sprint Cars from the World of Outlaws and USAC Take to Eldora on May
8-9; Tickets still just $25
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 1, 2015) – Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio
conducted the first 500-lap sprint car race in 1965, the first $1
million dollar purse for a sprint car race in 2003 and on May 8-9, will
host the historic “Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends”
The winged sprint cars from the World of Outlaws (WoO) and the
non-winged sprint cars from the United States Auto Club (USAC) will
race at Eldora next week on Friday and Saturday night. It is the first
time the two prolific sanctioning bodies will showcase their national
winged and non-winged sprint car tours on the same track on the same
nights.
Adult tickets are just $25 per night and can be purchased via
http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/races/schedule/mother-of-all-sprint-car-weekends/tickets/
or by calling (937) 338-3815.
Both Friday and Saturday the gates open at 2 p.m. (EDT), with hot laps
beginning at 6 p.m. and the racing starting at 7:30 p.m. Children aged
7-12 get in for just $6. Kids 6 and under are admitted free at
the gate.
Just four drivers, Jac Haudenschild, Steve Kinser, Danny Smith and Brad
Sweet have won in both divisions over the years at Eldora.
Donny Schatz, the six-time WoO champion, has already won six times
already in 2015, but hasn’t won at Eldora since July 18, 2009. Since
2010, the hot driver has been Joey Saldana, who has won six times in
that period.
Saldana has 12 total wins at Eldora, but is still chasing the King, as
the legendary Kinser has 35 total victories at the high-banked
half-mile. Recently retired Sammy Swindell has the second most with 21
trips to victory lane at Eldora.
The USAC sanctioning body has been competing at Eldora since 1962 and
Dave Darland is looking for his 100th USAC win and his 56th in sprint
cars. Darland has won twice this season and has five wins at Eldora
including in April 2014.
Tracy Hines is tied for the second most victories at Eldora with nine
and he last won in September 2012. Should he win this week, he will be
within three races of the Eldora’s favorite son Jack Hewitt, who has
won 13 times at the half-mile.
It’s an exciting time at Eldora and another history making weekend at
the venerable facility. The buzz for this event has been building since
announced in November and ticket sales have been quite strong.
Regardless of a fan’s preference for the tradition of the rim riders
and the USAC non-wing sprints or the nomadic winged warriors of the
World of Outlaws, it should be a fantastic weekend of racing at the
“World’s Most Famous Dirt Track.”
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