Williams Grove Opens Sunday, March
12 With Sprints Only
Late Models get chance to
practice
3/5/17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg
–
Williams Grove Speedway is set to open the 2017 racing season with a rare Sunday
afternoon opener featuring the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars, this Sunday,
March 12 at 2 pm.
The 410 sprints will race
in a 25-lap feature paying $3,600 to win on Sunday afternoon
The super late models
are on the program for
PRACTICE ONLY
on Sunday.
Once
a staple on the Williams Grove annual schedule, Sunday afternoon openers and
early season Sunday programs have been gone from the slate of events for years.
But the tradition is to
return in one week when engines roar in the Sunday sun.
If able to be completed,
the March 12 Sunday opener will be the first put in the books at Williams Grove
Speedway since March 9, 2008 when Fred Rahmer scored a victory.
Adult general admission for the
prestigious season opener is set at just $15 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.
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 17 at 7:30 pm when Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips of Lebanon present
the 410 sprints joined by the super late models in action.
Another identical program is slated for March 24.
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.