Record Number Of Events On 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule
Busy Campaign Will Bring National Tour To At Least 38 Tracks In 21 States & Canada
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
CONCORD, NC – Nov. 29, 2012 – A record number of events appear on the 2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series schedule, which was released on Thursday during the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando, Fla.
Fifty-four race dates comprising 49 A-Mains at 38 tracks in 21 states and Canada are currently confirmed as part of the national tour’s ambitious 2013 itinerary, including an unprecedented season-opening slate of eight events in Georgia and Florida during the month of February.
The milestone 10th consecutive WoO LMS campaign under the World Racing Group banner will commence for the second straight year with the ‘Winter Freeze’ on Feb. 8-9 at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga. A format change will turn the event into a doubleheader featuring an $8,000-to-win 40-lapper on Friday night and a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win A-Main on Saturday evening.
Also part of the busy first month of World of Outlaws action is the second annual Bubba Army Late Model Winter Nationals on Feb. 15-17 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla – a three-night extravaganza topped by the historic ‘Super Sunday Showdown’ paying $20,000 to win – and the traditional visit to Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., for the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals Presented by Summit Racing Equipment, which in 2013 includes three complete WoO LMS programs on Feb. 21-23.
Bubba Raceway Park’s ‘Super Sunday Showdown’ on Feb. 17 stands as one of a half-dozen mega-money shows spread across the 2013 schedule. The list of marquee events also includes the $50,000-to-win USA Nationals on Aug. 1-3 at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis.; the seventh annual Firecracker 100 on June 27-29 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa.; the fifth annual Illini 100 on April 5-6 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway; the inaugural Buckeye 100 on April 12-13 at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio; and the Memorial Day weekend ‘Bullring Bonanza’ on May 25-26 at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va..
The ’13 season will conclude for the seventh straight year with a pair of 50-lap A-Mains during the PEAK Motor Oil World of Outlaws World Finals Presented by NAPA Auto Parts on Nov. 7-9 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C.
With several dates still to be added to the 2013 schedule, the tour’s alltime single-season highs of 44 A-Mains (2007 and 2010) and 38 different host tracks (2010) are in line to be surpassed.
“We’re looking forward to a 2013 season that promises more World of Outlaws Late Model Series racing than ever before,” said Tim Christman, who will serve as the WoO LMS director for the seventh consecutive year. “With help from great racetrack promoters across the country, we’ve been able to put together a schedule that will produce plenty of excitement for fans and present a challenge for the drivers.”
The richest event in 2013 remains Cedar Lake Speedway‘s 100-lap USA Nationals, a crown-jewel race that will be showcased on the World of Outlaws trail for the fourth consecutive year and seventh time overall in its 25-year history. The Aug. 1-3 spectacular will be an all-World of Outlaws weekend in ’13 as well with the Thursday-night preliminary program becoming a full-points WoO LMS show paying $6,000 to win.
Lernerville’s Firecracker 100, meanwhile, will boast three full nights of competition for the fourth year in a row. An early-summer spectacular known for its fan-pleasing excitement both on and off the track, the Firecracker weekend begins with 30-lap, $6,000-to-win preliminary features on Thurs., June 27, and Fri., June 28, before ending with the traditional 100-lap headliner offering $30,000 for first place on Sat., June 29
Century grinds offering $20,000 first-place prizes will also be contested on back-to-back spring weekends – the Illini 100 at the quarter-mile Farmer City oval on April 5-6, and the Buckeye 100 on April 12-13 at Wayne County. The Illini 100 will run at a Farmer City track under new management in 2013, while Wayne County’s husband-and-wife promotional team of Jason and Kristin Flory will present a huge two-day show after earlier this year successfully bringing the WoO LMS back to the central Ohio facility for the first time since 2006.
Another major early-season event is set for Tyler County, the quarter-mile Mountaineer State oval that has gained nationwide acclaim for its unique high-dollar WoO LMS affairs the past two years. Promoter Frank Wilson will focus on the Memorial Day holiday for his marquee show in 2013, expanding the ‘Bullring Bonanza’ to two days on Saturday-Sunday, May 25-26. Details of the race format and purse structure are still to be determined, but it is expected that the Bonanza’s race-fan lottery/raffle that proved so popular this year will be replayed.
The ’13 schedule also will feature a pair of late-season doubleheaders at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway (Aug. 31/Sept. 1) and Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. (Sept. 20-21). Details of the twinbills will be released at a later date, but complete WoO LMS cards will be run on each night of the weekends.
Selinsgrove promoter Charlie Paige has decided to present two WoO LMS A-Mains after his attempt to host the tour for the first time in 2012 was rained out. The Labor Day weekend event will rekindle the circuit’s summer-ending holiday doubleheaders in the Keystone State that were run from 2006-2010 at Tri-City Speedway in Franklin.
The paved 7/16th-mile Berlin Raceway, meanwhile, will once again be covered with clay for WoO LMS action after this year’s ‘Down & Dirty 100’ was such a thrilling hit. The weekend format will be changed to give race teams and fans two full nights of full-fender competition.
The 2013 season’s longest swing remains July’s ‘Wild West Tour,’ which currently boasts five events over a seven-day period. WoO LMS stalwart Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., is scheduled to kick off the busy summer stretch on Sat., July 6, with the ‘Gopher 50’ charity race (the ninth straight year the event is part of the series), followed by subsequent races on July 8 at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D.; July 9 at Gillette (Wyo.) Thunder Speedway, which returns to the tour after a year’s absence; July 11 at Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba (second year in a row that the series will visit the Canadian track); and July 12 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D., which has hosted the WoO LMS annually since 2006.
Other highlights of the 2013 schedule:
* An early-season swing to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., on March 22 and Whynot (Miss.) Motorsports Park on March 23. Both tracks will be part of the WoO LMS for the first time.
* Three straight weekends of springtime racing in Southeastern states: North Carolina (Fayetteville Motor Speedway on April 19 and 311 Motor Speedway in Pine Hall on April 20); Tennessee (Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville on April 26 and Tazewell Speedway on April 27); and Georgia (Lavonia Speedway on May 3 and Swainsboro Raceway on May 4). The tour will visit Tazewell and Swainsboro for the fourth consecutive year; 311 for the second straight season; Fayetteville for the first time since 2010; Smoky Mountain for the first time since ’04; and Lavonia for the first time ever.
* The traditional spring midweek event at Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, which hosts the WoO LMS for the ninth time in 10 years on Thurs., May 30. The trip to the First State once again coincides with the NASCAR weekend at nearby Dover International Speedway.
* A stop at Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y., for the first time since 2006. The border track will run on Sat., June 1, two days after the event at Delaware International.
* Three races in the week preceding the Firecracker 100 – Canadian events on Thurs., June 20, at Brighton (Ont.) Speedway (a new addition to the series) and Sun., June 23, at Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway and an Empire State showdown on Tues., June 25, at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park.
* Shawano (Wis.) Speedway will continue its midweek date preceding the USA Nationals when it presents the World of Outlaws for the fourth year in a row on Tues., July 30 (raindate of Wed, July 31), and Independence (Iowa) Motor Speedway will host a post-USA Nationals event for the third consecutive year on Mon., Aug. 5.
* A return to the Wolverine State for a weekend of action. Winston Speedway in Rothbury, Mich., will conduct a WoO LMS event for the third straight year on Fri., Aug. 16, with another Michigan date to be announced for Sat., Aug. 17.
* After drawing a standing-room-only crowd for its inaugural WoO LMS event in 2012, Little Valley (N.Y.) Speedway will hold an encore on Thurs., Aug. 22.
* Winchester (Va.) Speedway, which had its 2012 WoO LMS rained out, will dub its ’13 event on Sat., Aug. 24, the ‘Raye Vest Memorial.’ Details of the special race run in memory of 2011 Woo LMS champion Rick Eckert’s longtime car owner will be announced in the near future.
* The redesigned West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells will lead off the Labor Day weekend with an event on Fri., Aug. 30. The tour competed at the track in 2010 but ’13 will mark the first World of Outlaws show on the shortened WVMS layout.
* A late-season doubleheader in the Midwest on Fri., Sept. 13, at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., and Sat., Sept. 14, at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Mo. The St. Louis-area tracks teamed up for a well-received doubleheader earlier this season.
* A third annual visit to Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, N.Y., on Thurs., Oct. 10, as part of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week, the annual showcase of Northeast DIRTcar Modified racing at the nearby one-mile New York State Fairgrounds.
Seven facilities are scheduled to host multiple WoO LMS A-Mains in 2013. Tracks set to run three races are Bubba Raceway Park, Lernerville and Volusia, while two events will be contested at Screven, Cedar Lake, Selinsgrove, Berlin and The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
Five tracks will host the WoO LMS for the first time in 2013: I-30, Whynot, Lavonia, Brighton and Selinsgrove.
For the most up-to-date schedule information on the WoO LMS, visit www.worldofoutlaws.com.
2013 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Schedule
(as of 11/29/2012) Schedule subject to change. Check WorldofOutlaws.com for the latest information.
Date Day Track/Location Win Laps
Feb. 8 Friday Screven Motor Speedway/Sylvania, GA $8,000 40
Feb. 9 Saturday Screven Motor Speedway/Sylvania, GA $10,000 50
Feb. 15 Friday Bubba Raceway Park/Ocala, FL $7,000 40
Feb. 16 Saturday Bubba Raceway Park/Ocala, FL $10,000 50
Feb. 17 Sunday Bubba Raceway Park/Ocala, FL $20,000 75
Feb. 21 Thursday Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL $10,000 50
Feb. 22 Friday Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL $10,000 50
Feb. 23 Saturday Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL $10,000 50
March 22 Friday I-30 Speedway/Little Rock, AR $10,000 50
March 23 Saturday Whynot Motorsports Park/Whynot, MS $10,000 50
March 24 Sunday TBA
April 5-6 Fri./Sat. Farmer City Raceway/Farmer City, IL $20,000 100
April 12-13 Fri./Sat. Wayne County Speedway/Orrville, OH $20,000 100
April 19 Friday Fayetteville Motor Speedway/Fayetteville, NC $10,000 50
April 20 Saturday 311 Motor Speedway/Pine Hall, NC $10,000 50
April 26 Friday Smoky Mountain Speedway/Maryville, TN $10,000 50
April 27 Saturday Tazewell Speedway/Tazewell, TN $10,000 50
May 3 Friday Lavonia Speedway/Lavonia, GA $10,000 50
May 4 Saturday Swainsboro Raceway/Swainsboro, GA $10,000 50
May 25-26 Sat./Sun. Tyler County Speedway/Middlebourne, WV TBA TBA
May 30 Thursday Delaware International Speedway/Delmar, DE $10,000 50
June 1 Saturday Stateline Speedway/Busti, NY $10,000 50
June 20 Thursday Brighton Speedway/Brighton, ONT $10,000 50
June 23 Sunday Cornwall Motor Speedway/Cornwall, ONT $10,000 50
June 25 Tuesday Canandaigua Motorsports Park/Canandaigua, NY $8,000 40
June 27 Thursday Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA $6,000 30
June 28 Friday Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA $6,000 30
June 29 Saturday Lernerville Speedway/Sarver, PA $30,000 100
July 5 Friday TBA
July 6 Saturday Deer Creek Speedway/Spring Valley, MN $10,000 50
July 8 Monday Black Hills Speedway/Rapid City, SD $8,000 40
July 9 Tuesday Gillette Thunder Speedway/Gillette, WY $8,000 40
July 11 Thursday Red River Co-op Speedway/Winnipeg, MAN $10,000 50
July 12 Friday River Cities Speedway/Grand Forks, ND $10,000 50
July 13 Saturday TBA
July 30 Tuesday Shawano Speedway/Shawano, WI $10,000 50
Aug. 1 Thursday Cedar Lake Speedway/New Richmond, WI $6,000 30
Aug. 2-3 Fri./Sat. Cedar Lake Speedway/New Richmond, WI $50,000 100
Aug. 5 Monday Independence Motor Speedway/Independence, IA $10,000 50
Aug. 16 Friday Winston Speedway/Rothbury, MI $10,000 50
Aug. 17 Saturday TBA
Aug. 22 Thursday Little Valley Speedway/Little Valley, NY $10,000 50
Aug. 24 Saturday Winchester Speedway/Winchester, VA TBA TBA
Aug. 30 Friday West Virginia Motor Speedway/Mineral Wells, WV $10,000 50
Aug. 31 Saturday Selinsgrove Speedway/Selinsgrove, PA TBA TBA
Sept. 1 Sunday Selinsgrove Speedway/Selinsgrove, PA TBA TBA
Sept. 13 Friday Belle-Clair Speedway/Belleville, IL $10,000 50
Sept. 14 Saturday Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55/Pevely, MO $10,000 50
Sept. 20 Friday Berlin Raceway/Marne, MI TBA TBA
Sept. 21 Saturday Berlin Raceway/Marne, MI TBA TBA
Oct. 10 Thursday Rolling Wheels Raceway Park/Elbridge, NY $10,000 50
Nov. 7 Thursday The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC
Nov. 8 Friday The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC $10,000 50
Nov. 9 Saturday The Dirt Track at Charlotte/Concord, NC $10,000 50
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Gravely Tractors (Official Lawn Equipment), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Vicci (Official Uniform), VP Racing Fuel (Official Racing Fuel), DirtonDirt.com (Hard Charger Award) and McCarthy’s One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning (Raye Vest Memorial Pill Draw Award); in addition to contingency sponsors Butlerbuilt, Cometic Gasket, Comp Cams, Dominator Race Products, Eibach Springs, JE Pistons, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, MSD Ignition, Ohlins Shocks, QuarterMaster, Roush Yates Performance Parts, Superflow Dynos, Wix Filter, Wrisco Aluminum and XS Power Racing Batteries; along with manufacturer sponsors Integra Shocks, GRT Chassis, Jake’s Carts, Longacre, Racing Electronics, Rocket Chassis, TNT Rescue, and Warrior Chassis.
