Wednesday, March 30, 2005

CDN. SPRINT CAR NAT'LS: Ohsweken Shootout

By: Ken Pelkie, Public Relations - Ohsweken, Ontario

In conjunction with the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals, Ohsweken Speedway is pleased to announce the running of the “Ohsweken Shootout” September 16th. The twelve car - ten lap event will feature three entries from each of the four affiliate sanctioning bodies for the Nationals in a head to head showdown. The winner will pocket $500.

Qualifiers for the “Ohsweken Shootout” will be held at Ohsweken throughout the season. During the first race that each of the affiliates appears at Ohsweken in 2005, the top three “A” Main finishers who are regular members of that series and can attend the September 16th Shootout, will qualify.

Qualifiers scheduled are as follows:

Patriot Sprint Group - Friday, May 6th
Southern Ontario Sprints - Friday, May 20th
Empire Super Sprints - Friday, June 24th
Sprints On Dirt - Friday, August 26th

In the event of a rain-out, the qualifier will be the next scheduled program for that series at Ohsweken. If only one event has been scheduled for a series, the qualifying positions will go to the top point positions in that series as of September 5th. All entries for the “Ohsweken Shootout” must be registered for the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals in order to compete.

Starting positions for the “Ohsweken Shootout” will be determined by draw with the order for each group established among the highest qualifier from each affiliate.

Series A will draw 1st 5th and 9th
Series B will draw 2nd 6th and 10th
Series C will draw 3rd 7th and 11th
Series D will draw 4th 8th and 12th

Two on-track scheduled practice seasons will be available Friday evening, September 16th for ALL Canadian Sprint Car Nationals registered cars wishing to participate.

The “Ohsweken Shootout” will be run prior to the feature events.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the Event Coordinator/Publicist, Ken Pelkie at pelkiekj@ebtech.net or by logging on to the Ohsweken Speedway website at http://www.ohswekenspeedway.com/ and clicking on the “Canadian Sprint Car Nationals” icon on the front page.

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