USCS Sprint Carss are comingAtlanta, GA - The O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil will contest two full nights of winged sprint car racing at tracks in the mountains of North Georgia and Western North Carolina in the 1st Annual O'Reilly USCS "Thunder in the Mountains" Shootout this coming weekend. This Friday night May 2nd the series visits Sugar Creek Raceway in Blue Ridge, Georgia for Round One. On Saturday night the Nationally touring series completes the two-night excitement-charged weekend at Tri County Racetrack in Brasstown, North Carolina.
The location of these two made-for-sprint-car-racing action tracks make this one of the most fan and race team friendly weekends of the 2008 season on the O'Reilly USCS racing schedule. A total of $5000 is up for grabs to any driver who can clean house both nights. Driver entries from eight states have been received. And some of the best are coming to the mountains to try and grab all the dollars.
"The pairing of these two great race tracks "just across the stateline" from each other and just 32 miles apart from each other gives race fans a rare opportunity to see some of the best sprint car drivers in the country twice in one weekend without going to a whole lot of trouble."Points out O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Founder and President, Pete Walton. " It also gives the race teams a chance to compete for some good money at two different race tracks an economical distance apart and gives them ample time to prepare and repair between events. Motels are economical this time of year in both towns and travel between the tracks is minimal and makes stress-free getaway for a great weekend of early season racing action", concluded Walton.
On Saturday the series moves less than one hour's drive north to Tri County Racetrack www.tricountyracetrack.com in Brass town, North Carolina. Saturday night's National points event will award points in both the O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder regional series and National standings as well. The feature race at the high-banked 1/3 mile red clay oval will pay at least $2000 to win at Tri County Racetrack with $300 paid to the last place starter.
In addition to the test and tune hot laps each night's racing format will feature a six car, six laps, Lucas Oil Power Dash plus qualifying heat races, a B-Main and 30 laps A-Main event. The winner of the Lucas Oil Power Dash will receive $100 each night. An additional weekend bonus is posted for any driver who can win the Lucas Oil Power Dash, their heat race and the A-Main both nights bringing their possible total winnings to $5000.
Additionally each race track will feature a full program of weekly and Late Model stock car racing as well.
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