Champion Racing Oil Williams Grove
Speedway National Open This Week!
World of Outlaws Vs.
Pennsylvania Posse Showdown is Oct. 1, 2 & 3
9/27/15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg – Williams Grove Speedway will present the premier sprint car event of the season in the east this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 1, 2 and 3, when it hosts the 53rd annual Champion Racing Oil World of Outlaws National Open for sprint cars.
The newly expanded
three-day format in 2015 will find the best in the sprint car business across
the nation gathered at the famed Williams Grove Speedway half-mile for the
prestigious affair with each of the first two days helping to set the stage for
the big Saturday National Open that pays $50,000 to win.
Thursday and Friday will find the historic oval hosting full programs of World
of Outlaws sprint car racing complete with a 25-lap main events paying $10,000
to win each before the field is set for the 53rd running of the Open.
Saturday’s 53rd annual World of Outlaws Champion Racing Oil National
Open will go the customary 40 laps with the winner going home with $50,000 in
his coffers.
Qualifying time trials on Thursday and Friday are set to begin at 7:30 pm with
Saturday’s program that features NO time trials getting underway at 6:30 pm.
Points earned throughout the first two days of the three-day event will set the
starting grids for Saturday’s qualifying heat races.
Throughout history, no
other driver has ever won the Williams Grove National Open as many times as
outlaws warrior Donny Schatz who put himself on top of the event win list by
claiming his fifth Nationals in 2012.
Schatz will enter the
Williams Grove Champion Racing Oil National Open weekend yet again this season
as the hottest driver on the outlaws tour to date, leading the point standings
while also having accrued the most wins of any circuit driver this season.
Schatz’s massive season win total
stands at 30 to date. He is the first driver to win 30 features in a
single World of Outlaws season since Steve Kinser achieved the feat in 1992 -
Kinser ended that season with 31 wins. Kinser also did it in 1987 (46 wins) and
1991 (36 wins).
Rain
cancelled last year’s National Open preliminary night before Outlaws driver
David Gravel scored a controversial, upset win in the Saturday Open after
contact with leading local favorite Stevie Smith.
Fireworks displays will be
a part of all three 2015 National Open events. .
The Williams Grove
portion of the 50/50 drawings at each program will be distributed to
Kiwanis of Dillsburg, the Williams Grove Steam Engine
Association and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Adult general admission
for Thursday and Friday is $30 with youth ages 13-20 admitted for just $15.
Admission prices for Saturday’s National Open are $35 for adults and $20 for
youth.
And please remember, kids
ages 12 and under are always admitted free at Williams Grove Speedway.
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