Williams Grove Speedway Opens 24th
PA Speedweek Series Friday
Oval hosts two series races including $10,000 to win Mitch Smith Memorial on July 4
6/22/14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg –Williams
Grove Speedway will kick off the 24th annual Pennsylvania Speedweek series for
410 sprint cars this Friday night, June 27 at 7:30 pm.
The show will start the annual series that boasts a total of
nine shows at area ovals in 10 days.
The June 27 speedweek opening program
will also be part of the 2014 Williams Grove Speedway Hoosier Diamond Series.
The speedweek opener at Williams Grove
will be the first of two series shows at the track again this season as the oval
returns one week later on July 4 with the 26th annual Mitch Smith
Memorial paying $10,000 to win the 30-lap feature event.
This week’s race will go 25-laps in
distance and pay $5,000 to the winner.
The June 27 speedweek race will also
feature an exhibition of restored racecars as put on display by the Eastern
Museum of Motor Racing.
The show will include time trials for the
410 sprints as is the case with all speedweek series events.
So far this season in 410 sprint action
at Williams Grove a total of nine different drivers haven driven to victory in
10 events.
Daryn Pittman swept the two-day outlaws races in May while
other winners have been Gerard McIntyre Jr., Doug Esh, Danny Dietrich, Stevie
Smith, Steve Buckwalter, Greg Hodnett, Don Kreitz Jr. and most recently Brian
Montieth on June 20.
Last year Hodnett took the series-opening race at Williams
Grove while Dietrich claimed the prestigious Mitch Smith Memorial a week later.
Aside from Friday programs
at the oval, the Williams Grove Speedway Saturday Series, offering racing action
with the Super Sportsman, 358 late models and street stocks at 6:30 pm is
currently in full swing.
Saturday Series adult admission is JUST $5.
And please remember,
kids ages 12 and under are always admitted free at Williams Grove Speedway!
Keep up to date on all the latest
speedway news and information by visiting the oval’s official website at
www.williamsgrove.com or by visiting the oval on Facebook or via
Twitter.