Tuesday, January 25, 2005

HOLLAND SPEEDWAY: News

HOLLAND, NY - The NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch North Series will return to Holland Speedway in 2005 for the Series' 18th visit to the Western New York oval.



Holland was a charter track for the Series in 1987, and with the exception of 1988, when weather forced cancellation of the scheduled event, has held a Busch North event annually. The 2005 race is slated for Saturday, June 25th, and will be a 150 lap event.



In other Holland news, track management has announced that in 2005, the Pro Four and 4-cylinder strictly stock Stingers will combine into one class, known as the Pro Fours.



The Pro Fours, formerly known as the Mini Stocks, have been part of the Holland program for five seasons, designed as a cost-effective 4-cylinder "super stock" style class.



The Stingers were established as their own class in 2003 as an offshoot of the popular 4-cylinder strictly stock Hornet division, with the class designated for higher performance strictly stock cars.



"The rules for the two classes were not that far apart," noted Holland General manager Tim Bennett, "and we let some of the Stinger entries compete with the Pro Fours in 2004 and found them to be competitive. We've adjusted the rules so that we should have a very healthy and very exciting combined class in 2005."



The new Pro Four rules are now available on the Speedway web site at www.hollandspeedway.com.



The Pro Fours will be a Speedway sanctioned division in 2005, and will alternate dates on the regular schedule with the 8-cylinder strictly stock Challengers.



In addition, the Pro Fours and the Challengers will be a part of the "Enduro Madness" specials scheduled throughout the season.For more information, visit the speedway web site or call the Speedway office during business hours at (716)-537-2272.- 30 - (contact - Rick Mooney: (716)-537-2272; RMooneypr@aol.com )

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