Williams Grove Speedway World
Of Outlaws Summer Nationals This Weekend
Can Schatz Be Beaten? Will
Posse Defend Victory?
7/19/15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg
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Williams Grove Speedway will present the two-day World
of Outlaws Summer Nationals for sprint cars this Friday and Saturday night,
July 24 and 25, at 7:30 pm.
Lineups both nights will be set using time trials with
Friday’s feature going 25-laps in distance, paying $8,000 to win.
Saturday’s 30-lap finale will pay a hefty $20,000 to the
victor plus he will receive another $5,000 for Morgan Cup laurels
The Morgan Cup is awarded each year in honor of the
oval’s late owner with the sterling trophy being housed for another year at
either Williams Grove Speedway or World of Outlaws headquarters, assigned to
go home with whichever camp the event winner hails from – Pennsylvania Posse
or World of Outlaws.
If one driver can possibly sweep the weekend he will
pocket some $33,000!
The mid-summer outlaws invasion will continue the
rivalry between the locals known as the Pennsylvania Posse and the World of
Outlaws travelers.
Back in May when the outlaws made their first stop of the
season at Williams Grove, current World of Outlaws point leader Donny Schatz
scored the one event that could be completed.
And Schatz has never looked
better, currently leading WoO points to go along with his impressive 20
series victories to date.
Schatz has won the Summer Nationals finale on four
occasions in his career, in 2003, 2007, 2008 and in 2013.
Pennsylvania driver Lance Dewease is the defending
Summer Nationals Champion however.
Another local in the form of
Greg Hodnett scored night one of last year’s event to make it a Pennsylvania
Posse sweep in the 2014 two-day affair.
Over the years, Posse stars Hodnett, Dewease,
Donnie Kreitz, Fred Rahmer, Brian Leppo, Jason Johnson and Cody Darrah,
while still running locally, have taken victories in Summer Nationals
action.
Likewise, outlaws pilots Danny Lasoski, Joey
Saldana, Paul McMahan, Craig Dollansky, Terry McCarl and Jason Meyers have
also taken event wins along with Schatz and Darrah as a card carrier as
well.
Hodnett currently leads
the Williams Grove point standings while Stevie Smith, driving for Fred
Rahmer, recently wrapped up an impressive jaunt to become the 2015
Pennsylvania Speedweek champion.
Both men would have to be
considered the front runners to defend Williams Grove turf against the
outlaws invaders.
Adult general admission for both Summer National
programs is $30 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for $15.
Kids ages 12 and
under are always admitted FREE at Williams Grove Speedway!
The track portion
of the 50/50 over the course of both events will be split between three
organizations.
Recipients of the proceeds will be
Bethesda Project, Kiwanis and the Williams Grove Steam
Association.
The Williams Grove
Saturday Series featuring the super sportsman continues on Saturdays during
the summer months with race time at 7 pm each week, aside from July 25.
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