Three-Day Firecracker 100 Weekend will be Action Packed

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Three-Day Firecracker 100 Weekend will be Action Packed on and off the track!!

 

Post-Race Concerts, Fireworks, Ms. Firecracker Pageant, Driver/Fan Horseshoe Tournament, Hot Dog Eating Contest and more!!

 

 

 

 

Sarver, PA (June 9, 2010) The 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com (Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 24-25-26) is more than just a Crown Jewel Event of Dirt Late Model Racing; it’s also a total fan experience! From the drop of the first green flag on Thursday’s hot laps to the final checkered flag of the weekend at the completion of the $30,000-to-win, 100-lap Firecracker 100 Feature, the action both on and off the track will be non-stop!!!

 

 

 

As previously announced, the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com is now a three day show with three HUGE nights of World of Outlaws Late Model Series action! Thursday June 24 and Friday June 25 are full $6,000-to-win shows, complete with time trials, heat races, Last Chance Showdowns and 30-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series Features. Saturday’s racing program will feature heat races (set by combined results of Thursday and Friday results), Last Chance Showdowns, the $3,000-to-win, 30-lap Uncle Sam 30 non-qualifiers race and the scintillating $30,000-to-win, 100-lap 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com Feature.

 

 

 

But when the best Late Model drivers in the country aren’t tearing up the Action Track at Don Martin’s Lernerville Speedway, there will be a plethora of events away from the track to keep children and fans of all ages entertained and engaged in the Firecracker experience!!

 

 

 

After Thursdays night’s racing has come to a close, the madmen from Premier Pyrotechnics will light up the Sarver sky with a pulse-pounding fireworks display. Then the party moves to the parking lot for a rockin’ concert by the Joe Patrick Band!

 

 

 

The fun resumes Friday afternoon with a Hot Dog Eating Contest at 1:00 and judging for the Budweiser Best Tailgating Party and Best Camp Site contests at 3:00.

 

 

 

Then after the races come to a close Friday Night, another Premier Pyrotechnics fireworks display will light up the sky! And once again, the post-race party will move to the parking lot for a concert featuring the sweet sounds of Vanessa Campagna and Firecracker Favorites NoMAD!! NoMAD has rocked the Firecracker crowd every year since its inception in 2007, and they’ll have the crowd singin’ and dancin’ late in to the night again this year!

 

 

 

Saturday’s schedule of pre-race events is absolutely loaded!! The fun starts with breakfast being served starting at 8:00AM for the early risers.

 

 

 

The 4th Annual Weenie Roast and Fan/Driver Horseshoe Tournament starts at 12:00 as Chub Frank will look to defend his title, while Lynn Geisler (winner of the first two tournaments) looks to get back on top! Fans interested in participating can sign up at the Lernerville Souvenir Trailer each of the next two Friday Nights and Thursday/Friday of Firecracker weekend.

 

 

 

The Ms. Firecracker Pageant will hit the stage at 2:00PM as Lernerville Speedway crowns a new trophy girl. Applications are still being accepted for those interested in replacing the beautiful Mandy Golec in Sheetz Victory Lane on a weekly basis!!

 

 

 

As always, every driver in competition will participate in the Driver Autograph session before they take back to the track Saturday evening. The line for the driver autograph session forms at 3:30 by the pit gate, while the autograph session itself starts at 4:00 and ends promptly at 5:00.

 

 

 

Finally, the pits will be open after the conclusion of the Firecracker 100 Feature for fans of all ages to see their favorite cars and drivers up close and in person.

 

 

 

For those that can’t wait until Saturday Night to be up close and personal with your favorite cars and drivers, Advance Reserved Three-Day Ticket packages come with a free pit pass for Thursday & Friday Night and are just $59 for adults. Tickets can be purchased on our website www.Lernerville.com or by calling (724) 353-1511 during normal business hours!

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WoO Late Model Release

 

 

World of Outlaws Late Model Series Stars Give High Marks To New Format For Firecracker 100 At Lernerville Speedway

 

SARVER, PA - June 16, 2010 - What do the stars of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series think of the new three-day, full-bore racing format for the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com that will rock Lernerville Speedway from June 24-26?

 

Oh, they like it. They really, really like it.

 

“It’s an awesome deal,” defending WoO LMS champion Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., said of the expanded program that features two complete preliminary cards on Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, leading into the $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 on Sat., June 26. “Lernerville is a place where you usually race all over (the wide surface) by feature time, so three nights of racing is gonna make for a great show.”

 

Richards will lead the army of Outlaw regulars and dozens of other national, regional and local standouts – including previous Firecracker 100 winners Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. (2007), Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa (’08) and Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis. (’09) – into a blockbuster, $170,000-plus event that is rapidly gaining prestige. The success of the first three editions of the summer-starting spectacular led Lernerville, WoO LMS and World Racing Group officials to make the 2010 installment even bigger.

 

With 30-lap, $6,000-to-win WoO LMS A-Mains on Thursday and Friday being run to help align the starting fields of the Firecracker 100 heat races on Saturday night, fans are getting more bang for their buck than ever before at the four-tenths-mile oval – and racers are getting more opportunities to fill their own pockets while visiting one of the nation’s top facilities.

 

“The more chances we get to race at Lernerville, the more I like it,” said WoO LMS veteran Chub Frank, who sits as a Firecracker 100 favorite after scoring two wins and a second-place finish in his three Friday-night tuneup appearances at Lernerville this season. “I’m always in favor of running more big races at Lernerville because it’s such a good track, so the new format is fine with me.”

 

“I love getting to race for good money every night without ever moving the truck,” offered Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., who is back fielding his own equipment this season for the first time since winning the WoO LMS championship in 2007. “Going with a format like this at a track that’s racy like Lernerville is perfect for us racers and gives the fans more to watch. I think more racing is gonna make the atmosphere of the event even better.”

 

Even the newest World of Outlaws regular, 18-year-old rookie sensation Austin Hubbard of Seaford, Del., understands what the new Firecracker 100 schedule of events will mean for the spectators buying tickets.

 

“It’s three full nights of all-out racing with features,” said Hubbard, who will be bidding to make his first career start in the Firecracker 100 A-Main. “As a fan, you get more laps on the track and you get drivers racing hard to get paid every night. You can’t beat that.”

 

No Outlaw described the allure of the Firecracker 100 festival of speed more succinctly that 2006 champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., who is hoping for better fortune in this year’s event after a heat-race flip contributed to his failure to qualify for the A-Main in 2009.

 

“I like any time we can race for a lot of money, and six-grand for 30 laps and $30,000 for 100 laps over a three-day period is pretty good,” said McCreadie, who is challenging for the WoO LMS title in his first season as a tour regular since he won the crown. “When you want to make a big-time, marquee event you gotta pay the money, and that’s what Lernerville is doing.

 

“I wish every big-race format would be like this one. Hopefully everybody supports it.”

 

Make no mistake – with three days of great, lucrative racing as well as pre- and post-race entertainment such as concerts (after the Thursday and Friday programs), a driver/fan horseshoes tournament, the Ms. Firecracker pageant, a Saturday driver autograph session and plenty of pyro, the Firecracker 100 ranks at the top of McCreadie’s list of must-see dirt Late Model weekends.

 

“Since I’ve been running Late Models, I think (Lernerville Speedway has) worked harder than anybody to try and establish a friendly fan-driver atmosphere where they’ve got all kinds of stuff happening,” said McCreadie, one of the sport’s most popular and accessible drivers. “They try to make it where people want to be there and make a weekend of it for their families. You don’t see that from a lot of other events.”

 

Advance tickets to the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com are on sale and can be purchased by clicking on the 'Buy Tickets Now!' link at www.lernerville.com or by calling the speedway office at 724-353-1511 Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

The best deal available is an advance three-day reserved ticket package priced at $59 for adults and $19 for kids 10-and-under. A free pit pass for the Thurs., June 24, and Fri., June 25, shows and priority access to autograph session on Sat., June 26, is included if the package is purchased by June 23.

 

Camping information and entry forms for the inaugural Ms. Firecracker pageant can be downloaded at www.lernerville.com.

 

For more information on the Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com and the WoO LMS, visit www.lernerville.com or www.worldofoutlaws.com.