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Eldora Speedway
Says #LetsRaceTwo!
Friday & Saturday Features Sprint Cars From Both Series Racing on
the Same Night; Tickets Just $28; Kids 12 and Under Free!
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 3, 2016) – In late 2014, Eldora Speedway officials
came up with an idea so odd, people thought the staff was nuts.
For the first time in automobile racing history, two sanctioning bodies
who battled each other for years would race on the same night and the
same track. And they would do it for two straight days.
The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car series and the national
sprint cars from the United States Auto Club (USAC) put on quite a show
in 2015 and now will return on this Friday and Saturday to showcase
their national winged and non-winged sprint car tours on the same track
on the same nights.
Tickets are just $28 each night, with kids 12 under getting in for
free. Admission gates will open at 2 p.m. (EDT), with hot laps 6 p.m.
and a complete racing program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can
be bought atwww.EldoraSpeedway.com, by phone at (937) 338-3815 or at
the box office at the race track.
Fans of both divisions loved every second of last year’s event as
seven-time Craftsman World of Outlaws series champion Donny Schatz
swept both races last year, while Robert Ballou and Justin Grant split
the USAC events.
The USAC show promises to be spectacular as seven different drivers
have won the last seven USAC National Sprint Car events at the
half-mile clay oval.
Chase Stockon of Haubstadt, Indiana, is expected to participate as he
leads the national points standings after finishing the top-10 of all
seven events thus far in 2016.
Dave Darland is also expected to participate and has 14 career Eldora
victories which is second behind Jack Hewitt’s 24. Darland, from
Atlanta, Indiana, has five Eldora Sprint Car wins.
On the Craftsman World of Outlaws side, Schatz, from Fargo, North
Dakota, is always a threat as he has five victories in 2016, but he
hasn’t found victory lane since April 2. He will be challenged by Brad
Sweet, who has five wins this year and Daryn Pittman, who has taken
three checkered flags.
Some drivers will enter both divisions, looking for a sweep.
Brady Bacon, from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Tyler Courtney, from
Indianapolis and Bryan Clauson, from Noblesville, Indiana are scheduled
for both series. Clauson is also preparing for the 100th Indianapolis
500-Mile Race on May 29.
Just four drivers, Jac Haudenschild, Steve Kinser, Danny Smith and
Sweet have won in both divisions over the years at Eldora.
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