Concord, NC — A new, exciting Friday-night attraction for New Egypt Speedway – and the New Jersey racing scene – will launch when the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series visits the Garden State track for the first time ever on Fri., April 13.

Long a hotbed of DIRT big-block Modified racing, New Jersey will become a home for Super Late Model action as well in 2007 with the announcement that New Egypt Speedway’s new owners will host bi-weekly programs for the nationally-popular full-fender division.

Starting with the $10,000-to-win 360 OTC WoO LMS ‘Cabin Fever 50’ on April 13, Super Late Models will race at the half-mile, D-shaped oval every other Friday night through September. It will mark the first time that Super Late Models have served as the headliner of a regular racing program at a dirt track in New Jersey.

Weekly Saturday-night cards featuring DIRT-sanctioned big-block Modifieds, Sportsman and Super Stocks will remain the hallmark of the spic-and-span facility, kicking off with the season-opening ‘Easter Bunny Hop’ on April 7.

“We’re not going to replace the Modifieds with Late Models – nobody, in any way, should think that’s going to happen,” said Jerseyite Bill Miscoski, who joined with partner Fred Vahlsing to purchase New Egypt Speedway during the off-season. “We just want to give the fans in New Jersey and the immediate area a chance to watch a little different type of racing that’s really, really exciting.

“A lot of people in this area have never seen full-blown Late Models, and I think they’re gonna be impressed. I think Late Models will take off real quick around here.”

A former golf course owner who’s known as ‘The Mayor’ (he ran for the political office in Freehold Twp., N.J., and won), Miscoski can speak from experience about how easy it is to be seduced by dirt Late Model racing.

“The first time I saw Late Models run, I was just blown away,” said Miscoski. “The speeds they turn, the torque they come off the corners with – the cars are just thrilling to watch.”

Miscoski liked Super Late Models so much, he bought one of his own. This season will be his third fielding a Super Late Model for Maryland’s Mike Williams, who has driven Miscoski’s machine at tracks in Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina for the past two years.

After Williams steers Miscoski’s Rocket Chassis/Pro Power engine combo in the 360 OTC WoO LMS and UMP DIRTcar Racing Late Model action that comprises this week’s 36th annual DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Mopar Speedshop at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., he’ll finally be able to race in Miscoski’s backyard thanks to the coming of Super Late Model competition at New Egypt Speedway.

It appears that plenty of Super Late Model drivers will join Williams in the New Egypt pit area on Friday nights. With a cool $2,500 top prize on the line for a regular 25-lap feature and a combined points fund with Georgetown (Del.) Speedway (a half-mile oval that will host Super Late Models on the Friday nights that New Egypt doesn’t), interest is high among established and rising Late Model racers from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and beyond.

That group includes drivers hailing from New Jersey, competitors who have never truly considered Super Late Model racing as a viable option. A growing number of DIRT big-block Modified stalwarts, including former New Egypt champion Jimmy Horton, are considering accenting their Modified racing with a Super Late Model effort at NES.

Momentum for New Egypt’s Super Late Model program is unquestionably building – and the whole deal will get the biggest jump-start possible on Fri., April 13, from the 360 OTC World of Outlaws Late Model Series, the nation’s premier traveling tour. New Jersey fans will have their appetites wet for regular Super Late Model racing by some of the division’s biggest stars, including well-known names from the Northeast like reigning 360 OTC WoO LMS champion Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Chub Frank of Sugar Grove, Pa., and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va.

“We see starting the season with the Outlaw show as being a big selling point for our Friday Late Model shows,” said Michael Sanchelli, New Egypt Speedway’s Director of Race Operations. “We think a great World of Outlaws Late Model race will attract plenty of attention and show our fans just how exciting Super Late Model racing can be on Friday nights at New Egypt.”

For more information on the 360 OTC WoO LMS and New Egypt Speedway, visit http://www.worldofoutlaws.com or www.newegyptspeedway.net.