Double Sprints Friday And May 8 With Outlaws On Williams Grove Horizon
4/26/15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg –
May will kick off at Williams Grove Speedway with the first two-race weekend
of the season when the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars and the HJ Towing
& Recovery 358 sprints take to the track on May 1 followed by the first
Saturday Series show of the season on May 2.
Friday’s twin sprint car
program of 410s and 358s gets underway at 7:30 pm.
Adult general admission for the show
is set at just $14 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for just $10 while ages
12 and under are always admitted for free at Williams Grove.
This week, the Williams Grove portion of the 50/50
drawing will be donated to research efforts for pancreatic cancer in honor
of late speedway flagman Butch Book and auto racing columnist Jerry Reigle.
Defending track
champion Greg Hodnett has taken over the early season 410 sprint point lead
from Danny Dietrich at Williams Grove and is due for his first oval win of
the year.
Winners to date have
been Danny Dietrich, Rodney Westhafer, Stevie Smith and Greg Hodnett.
The May 1 limited sprint portion of the program will be just the second
appearance of the year for the ranks after Adrian Shaffer won the division
opener on April 10.
Following the May 1
racing program, just two weeks remain until the first invasion of the year
by the World of Outlaws at the track thus a World of Outlaws tune up event
is set for May 8.
May 8 will be the
third race in the 2015 Hoosier Diamond Series at Williams Grove and will
include the 358 sprints as well.
And that will set
the stage for the first outlaws shows of the season at the oval on Friday
and Saturday, May 15 and 16.
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 keeping up with the oval on Facebook
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