Williams Grove Plans New Season
Opener Friday, March 17
Lidlifter now offers 410 sprints
and super late models
3/12/17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg
– After
losing the March 12 season opener to weather, Williams Grove Speedway is slated
to open the 2017 racing season coming up Friday, March 17 at 7:30 pm.
Presented by Dieffenbach’s
Potato Chips of Lebanon, the rescheduled season opener will feature the Lawrence
Chevrolet 410 sprints in a 25-lap feature paying $3,600 to win.
The
super late models will race for a $2,000 to win payday.
Adult general admission for the
prestigious season opener is set at just $16 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted
for just $10.
Ages 12 and under are always admitted for FREE at Williams
Grove Speedway.
The
Williams Grove portion of opening day 50/50 ticket sales will be donated to the
Wounded Warrior Project.
The
sprint car drivers will be competing to win the
Williams Grove opening day Hard
Charger Award, presented by PAPosseRacing.com.
The hard charger of the
race will earn $300 for his efforts.
Last season it was Rick
Lafferty of Pennington, NJ., scoring the opening day sprint car feature at
Williams Grove Speedway on a Friday night after being pressured for the lead by
Freddie Rahmer and having been passed for the win by Greg Hodnett.
Since 1939 when Tommy Hinnershitz won the inaugural race at
the famed facility, so many highly recognized names and even some not so much
have scored the prestigious first Williams Grove race of the year.
Well-knowns or on their way up the ladder at the time of their
victories were the likes of Jan Opperman, AJ Foyt, Ted Horn and Hinnershitz.
Kasey Kahne, destined for bigger and
better things in todays NASCAR arena, took the opener back in 2000.
But perhaps lesser-known at the time or
even unique names like Kevin Collins, Brian Paulus, Marlett Naill and Gig
Stephens have also taken that famous first checkered flag of the year at
Williams Grove.
Williams Grove Speedway will return to action on March 24 at 7:30 pm with
another 410 sprint and super late model doubleheader.
The super late model winner on March 24 will earn $2,000 for
the win but he will actually earn more than that.
The March 24 event will serve as a Late Model Speedweek
qualifer for the stock cars at Williams Grove, meaning the winner on March 24 is
guaranteed a starting position in the Williams Grove Late Model Speedweek event
coming up at the track on June 9.
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 or
Twitter.