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2nd Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals Presented
By MidSouthRacing.com Details Released
Memphis,
Tennessee (8/20/08) – COMP Cams, the absolute leader
in aftermarket valve train accessories, and
MidSouthRacing.com have teamed up once again to
present the 2nd Annual Grass Root Nationals at
Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis,
Arkansas on Saturday, October 4th, 2008.
In 2007
the inaugural COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals were
held. A great turnout of fans and race cars,
including 42 Street Stocks and 25 Wingless 305
Sprint Cars turned out for the event. Jeremy Dalton
from Byhalia, Mississippi claimed the win in the
Street Stock division with Eddie Gallagher topping
the Wingless 305 feature.
For 2008
the event is back and will be even bigger. The 2nd
Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals Presented By
MidSouthRacing.com will once again headline the 305
Wingless Sprint Cars and Street Stocks. The 305
Wingless Sprint Car portion of the show will be
sponsored by Racing Head Service (RHS) and will
include a Dash For Cash sponsored by the Sun Dial
Shirt Company. The feature event will pay $1,000 to
win and $100 to start in a 25 lap event with all
payouts for positions throughout the field doubled
from their normal, weekly amounts. The Sun Dial
Shirt Company Dash For Cash will have a total of
purse of $500. COMP Cams will be providing a $250
product certificate as the Hard Luck Award for the
305 Sprints Cars. In addition, Day Motorsports will
be sponsoring a $250 product certificate for the
Hard Charger in the feature event.
The Street
Stock portion of the show will be sponsored by TCI
Automotive and will include a Dash For Cash
sponsored by Bird Fasteners. The Street Stock
feature will also pay $1,000 to win and $50 to start
in a 20 lap event with all payouts for positions
throughout the field doubled from their normal
weekly amounts. The Bird Fasteners Dash For Cash
will have a total purse of $500. Holley Carburetors
will be sponsoring a $250 product certificate for
the Hard Luck Award in the Street Stock class, and
Day Motorsports will provide a $250 product
certificate for the Hard Charger in the feature
event.
New for
2008 will be the MidSouthRacing.com State Challenge,
where the top finishing driver in the feature event
from each state represented in the Street Stock
division receives a $100 bonus. Also, new for 2008
will be MidSouthRacing.com Mystery Position bonus
for the 305 Wingless Sprint Car feature.
In order
to be eligible for the contingency prizes in each
division, drivers must display the participating
decals on their race cars. All decals will be
provided. In addition, racers in both the 305
Sprint Car and Street Stock divisions will be
provided with goody bags containing decals, sample
items, apparel, literature, and more.
Winners of
the two respective features will receive large
trophies, and the top three finishers in each
feature will also receive product give certificates
from COMP Cams. In addition, each winning driver
will be profiled in a feature article in Circle
Track Magazine.
Fans
should also note that several giveaways will be made
throughout the night via their general admission
ticket number. Giveaways will include shirts, gift
certificates, race tickets, and much more!
There will
be no entry fee for this event, and admission will
remain the same as weekly shows with $12 Grandstand
Admission and $25 Pit Admission.
Street
Stocks and 305 Wingless Sprint Cars will be joined
on the program by 360 c.i. Winged Sprint Cars.
To make
this truly a unique event, the Street Stocks and
Wingless 305 Sprint Cars will time trial (1 lap
qualifying), and heat race lineups will be
determined via the times. The fast qualifier in the
305 Wingless Sprint Car division and Street Stock
division will each pull an inversion pill
immediately following qualifying that will determine
the number of cars to be inverted for the heat
races. Anywhere from 0 to 4 cars may be inverted
for heat race action. Heat race winners in the two
respective divisions will be part of a dash, where
their line up is determined by a Cheater’s Draw,
where drivers pull a pill for a starting position
and then have to give the starting position to
another driver in the dash. The finishing order of
the dashes will determine the starting order for the
top two rows in the feature events.
In
technical news, please note that the top three
finishers in the Street Stock division will have the
heads on their engine pulled and inspected, and the
top five cars will be held until inspection is
complete. For complete rules for all divisions,
please visit
www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com
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We
Are using the RMS Race Management System for scoring
software for the transponders which are manufactured
by by Westhold Corp. Our system will be set up that
will create lineups, configure points and awards,
and do all the data saving we will need. This will
be an exciting addition to Riverside International.
The
RACEceiver is pre-programmed with 1600 channels,
450-470MHz range. It allows you to listen to race
control to aid in lineups, and notifications of
cautions, and any racing condition much faster and
much more efficient than using hand signals.
