Buckeye 100 Returns To K-C Raceway On May 1-2

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As $20,000-To-Win World of Outlaws Late Model Series Weekend

 

ALMA, OH - April 22, 2009 - A blast from K-C Raceway's storied past will return on May 1-2.

 

The Buckeye 100 – a traditional event at the Southeastern Ohio track during the ‘60s and into the ‘70s – has been reincarnated as a major World of Outlaws Late Model Series weekend.

 

Last run in 1971 when the three-eighths-mile oval was known as Atomic Speedway, the Buckeye 100 roars back onto the K-C Raceway schedule offering a $20,000 first-place check from a total purse of nearly $100,000.

 

The two-day extravaganza kicks off on Fri., May 1, with WoO LMS time trials and qualifying heats plus complete shows for the open-wheel Modified and Hobby Stock divisions. On Sat., May 2, last-chance races and the Buckeye 100 will be joined by a full program for the open-wheel Modifieds topped by a feature paying $1,000 to win.

 

“We're excited to bring the World of Outlaws Late Model Series to K-C Raceway for the first big-money weekend of dirt Late Model racing in the state of Ohio this season,” said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. “The Buckeye 100 will be a great way to showcase the World of Outlaws to the Ohio fans for the first time in 2009 and rekindle a historic event from K-C Raceway's past.”

 

The Buckeye 100 will mark the WoO LMS's second visit to K-C Raceway for a two-day, 100-lap show with a $20,000 top prize. Jackie Boggs of Grayson, Ky., earned that lucrative haul for winning the Veterans Appreciation 100, which was run on June 17-18, 2005.

 

The WoO LMS has also contested a pair of 50-lap A-Mains at K-C since the tour's resumption in 2004 under the World Racing Group banner. Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., was victorious on July 22, 2006, and Rod Conley of Wheelersburg, Ohio, scored a popular win in front of his local fans in the tour's last appearance, on Aug. 23, 2008.

 

This will be the first WoO LMS event at K-C Raceway under new track promoter Jeff Schrader, who recently purchased the track from the Nier family. The Niers had operated the facility since late in the 2002 season.

 

As is customary for WoO LMS events held in Ohio, a strong field of national, regional and local dirt Late Model driving talent is expected to participate in the Buckeye 100.

 

Leading the charge to K-C Raceway will be the WoO LMS regulars who are engaged in a tight early-season battle. Defending champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., enters the weekend holding a slight four-point edge over Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., and less than 90 points separates third-place from 10th in the standings.

 

Twenty-one-year-old sensation Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who finished second in the 2007 Dirt Track World Championship 100 at K-C Raceway, sits third in the standings, ahead of multi-time K-C winner Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.; 2006 DTWC winner Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill.; Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; 2007 DTWC victor Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y.; Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis.; Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; and 2008 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y.

 

A half-dozen 2009 WoO LMS Rookie of the Year contenders are also expected to compete, including points leader Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, Ky., who qualified for last year's DTWC at K-C Raceway.

 

Two-day tickets for the Buckeye 100 weekend will cost $40. Single-day tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids (6-12) on Fri., May 1, and $35 for adults and $15 for kids (6-12) on Sat., May 2.

 

Pit passes are $25 for Friday and $40 for Saturday, with two-day passes costing $60.

 

Free overnight camping is allowed on the K-C Raceway grounds for the weekend.

 

Racing is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. on Saturday.

 

K-C Raceway is located 12 miles south of Chillicothe, Ohio, in Alma, two miles off SR 23 on Blain Highway.

 

For more information on K-C Raceway and the Buckeye 100 visit www.kc-raceway.com or call 740-663-4141.

 

Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.