LATE MODEL NATIONALS STARTS TONIGHT!
Thursday, September 26, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Brian Stickel, Knoxville Raceway bstickel@knoxvilleraceway.com 641.842.5431
Jill Haverkamp, on behalf of Knoxville Raceway jill@on-pitch.com 515.822.5082
10th Annual Late Model Knoxville Nationals: September 26-28
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 26, 2013) –Knoxville Raceway is set to celebrate one decade of hosting the Late Model Knoxville Nationals on September 26-28, 2013. The top Late Model Drivers in the Nation will compete for a total purse of more than a quarter million dollars with the champion taking home $40,000.
Experience the best dirt slinging action and suspense at the 10th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's General Stores. The weekend features a full program of racing. Thursday and Friday preliminary programs include a complete show with time trials, heats, and features. The finals will be on Saturday night with a 100 lap championship race!
Drivers will qualify on Thursday, and may race again on Friday to improve their standings for the finals on Saturday night. Officials have decided to try and make the Time Trial order a little fairer when there are so many cars qualifying each evening. This year time trials will be divided up into two groups, an A group and a B group. After time trials cars will be lined up racing against their own group for a starting spot in the A Min which will be filled by the highest finishing cars out of the heats and the top six cars coming out of the B Main. Going to this format also requires that the number of heats be changed to six instead of five as in the past.
The Fan and Trade Show is free for all to attend from 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. each day with exhibits on the Midway behind the main grandstands.
A meet and greet session will be held on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in the Dyer-Hudson Hall off the Midway. Last year, the free event ran for over two hours as hundreds of fans lined up to meet, talk and get pictures and autographs from the drivers. Fans are encouraged to bring their favorite apparel and photos for the drivers to autograph! You can learn more about the format, purse, list of drivers pre-entered, happenings, and history in the EVENTS section of the website. http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com/Event/10th-Annual-Lucas-Oil-Late-Model-Nationals
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum will host numerous events during the weekend including a large museum-benefit auction on Saturday, a new NASCAR book-signing, and appearances by veteran Iowa dirt late model drivers Billy Moyer, Don Hoffman, VerlinEaker, Fred Horn, Ken Walton, Ed Sanger, Tom Hearst, Curt Hansen, Roger Dolan and Gary Webb. Learn more at http://sprintcarhof.com.
The Late Model Knoxville Nationals will be rebroadcast on FOX Sports, NBC Sports, and MAVTV on 10/3, 11/10, 11/15, 11/21, and 11/23. Get details at http://www.lucasdirt.com/schedule/tv-schedule
Tickets
September 26-27
Adult: General $25, Reserved $30
Teens 13-19: General $18, Reserved $20
Kids under 12: General $12.50, Reserved $15
Pits: $40
September 28 – Finals
Adult: General $35, Reserved $38
Teens 13-19: General $20, Reserved $25
Kids under 12: General $17.50, Reserved $19
Pits: $40
Tickets available for purchase at the Knoxville Raceway box office.
About Knoxville Raceway
Since 1954, fans have flocked to Knoxville Raceway to experience the most exhilarating and intense dirt track racing in the world. Top drivers come to Knoxville, Iowa, to compete for prestigious racing titles in events like the Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Championship Cup Series and the Late Model Knoxville Nationals. As the Sprint Car Capital of the World, Knoxville Raceway has developed into a tradition, legacy and leader in dirt track and open wheel racing.
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About Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Founded in 2005, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is the nations' premier dirt late model sanctioning organization. It currently sanctions 47 events in 21 states in 2013 and receives national exposure through taped-delayed series events that are shown on CBS, CBS Sports, SPEED, FOX Sports 1, NBC Sports and MAVTV.
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