Williams Grove Set For Three-Day
Champion Racing Oil National Open
World Of Outlaws Event Is
Sept. 28, 29 & 30
9/24/17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mechanicsburg –
Williams Grove Speedway will present its marquee
event for sprint cars this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 28, 29 and
30, when it hosts the 55th annual Champion Racing Oil World of
Outlaws National Open.
First
expanded to a three-day format in 2015 but plagued by rain since that time, the
annual event will again find the best in the sprint car business across the
nation gathered at the famed Williams Grove Speedway half-mile for the
prestigious affair.
Each of the first two days
of competition will help to set the stage for the big Saturday Champion Racing
Oil 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 25-lap main events paying $10,000 to
win each before the field is set for the 55th running of the Champion
Racing Oil National Open.
Thursday night’s program
will also feature the held-over from July Champion Racing Oil Summer Nationals
finale, paying $20,000 to win.
Saturday’s 55th 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.
The Saturday Open finale
will also crown the 2017 Lawrence Chevrolet 410 Sprint Williams Grove Speedway
track champion.
Freddie
Rahmer leads the locals known as the PA Posse into the Open weekend as the
Williams Grove Speedway point leader by nearly 500 points.
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 Champion Racing Oil 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 leading the outlaws
point standings with 18 series victories to date in 2017.
After a rain out of all three
days last year, Gettysburg’s Danny Dietrich scored a make-up Open on October 14
over Joey Saldana and Brad Sweet.
Dietrich took the lead
from Saldana with two laps to go in the 40-lapper last year to score the popular
victory for the local drivers.
California’s Sweet currently ranks second in the World of
Outlaws point standings.
The Open champion in 2014,
Connecticut’s David Gravel currently ranks third in Outlaws season points and
has 14 wins to his credit this season.
Fireworks displays will be
a part of Friday and Saturday 2017 Champion Racing Oil National Open events.
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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