Casey's Teams Up with Knoxville to Present USAC Non-winged Knoxville Nationals!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Casey's Teams Up with Knoxville to Present USAC Non-winged Knoxville Nationals!
Knoxville, Iowa - Casey's General Store, Iowa's premier convenience store,
has teamed up with Knoxville Raceway for the United States Auto Club (USAC)
Non-Winged Knoxville Nationals on August 9th. This prestigious race is one
of 11 events that compose the Cox Design Iowa Speed Weeks.
USAC-sanctioned non-winged sprint car racing will play a big part in the
Iowa Speed Weeks this year, with the August 9 Casey's General Stores
Non-Winged Knoxville Nationals taking place between the July 31 pavement
event in Newton and the August 11 race in Oskaloosa. "With Casey's
marketing support and these three traditional non-winged sprint car events
being so close together we should be able to draw a whole new crowd to
Knoxville and Iowa for some great racing," stated Knoxville's Race Director
Ralph Capitani. "For us at Knoxville Raceway, this event provides a perfect
compliment between the 360 Knoxville Nationals August 6-8 and the 49th
Annual Knoxville Nationals August 12-15. In fact, it will be interesting to
see which winged sprint car drivers take their 'lids' off to compete against
the best-of-the-best non-winged sprint car drivers in this inaugural
Casey's-sponsored national championship event on Sunday, August 9."
Casey's General Stores has 1,478 locations in 9 states with 418 of those
stores in Iowa. "Casey's has always had a great relationship with Knoxville
and this event seemed like a natural extension of our cooperative efforts".
Said Angela Wood of Casey's. "Our involvement in racing reaches far and wide
through many different outlets, and our involvement with Knoxville assists
us by reaching more people through different creative efforts."
Knoxville Raceway has 32 races each year that include 360 and 410 sprint
cars, midget sprint cars, late models, and, modified cars. The Knoxville
Raceway season will run through October 3rd. Tickets to any Knoxville
Raceway events are available on line at www.knoxvilleraceway.com or by calling (641)842-5431.
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