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MSCS MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE AT
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Henderson, KY. (August 3, 2006) Open
wheel racing has already made a home at Western Kentucky Speedway where the
first event of the current season was the Bluegrass Bash for UMP Open Wheel
Modifieds. Certainly the modified
cars will be there as usual but open wheel racing itself will take a wide open,
wild turn with the first ever appearance of the MSCS Sprint Cars.
Four of the current top five in MSCS points enjoyed seat time in a
modified during stages of their career. This
MSCS appearance in Kentucky will leave a lasting spark!
All the fans in attendance, local or out of town, will see just how
exciting sprint car racing is.
MSCS as an organization has the most varied
schedule and programs ever attempted by a sanctioning body.
Different lap counts to end features and different sized purses are
presented during the season. This
weekend drivers will be racing 30 laps in the main with the winner collecting
$1,500.00. Twenty-one cars will
start the event but more are expected to compete for these starting spots.
MSCS has a provision in scheduling contracts that offers tow money to
those drivers that do not make the feature. That
reassures car owners that the pull to the track and back home will be less of
burden on one of those occasional off nights.
Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series Points leader Alex Shanks holds a
29 point lead over Hud Cone. Shanks
has been very consistent with 4 of this year’s five feature finishes in the
top ten. Both are former MSCS champions.
Cone drove the GBR 51 during last week’s Hoosier Sprint Nationals.
That machine is garaged in Henderson, KY.
It is sponsored by Hinchman Race Wear, also an MSCS series sponsor.
Jerry Ruble is now third in series points with his best finish being a
third in the Midwest Extreme 100. Brady
Short is fourth in the standings and his best effort was a runner-up finish in
the same night at the Midwest Extreme 100. Kyle Cummins is currently 5th in the
standings.
Of the 42 drivers entered in last week’s Hoosier sprint Nationals, 31
were in the top 42 in MSCS points. Indiana
Sprint Week and the entire KISS series are now part of this season’s record
book. But the MSCS season is now just half completed.
There are 7 all important races to go!
And all top ten drivers including Daron Clayton are within a successful
race night of reaching that realm called the points lead.
Clayton won the 2nd annual Hoosier Sprint Nationals at
Haubstadt on July 29th. This
week’s race at Western Kentucky is just 80 miles South of Tri-State Speedway.
Other winners on the MSCS tour this season include Bud Kaeding, Kevin
Briscoe(twice), and Brandon Petty. All
list Indiana cities as home addresses. It
is becoming difficult but not impossible for drivers to become first time
winners. Kevin Briscoe is now tied
with Mitch Wissmiller for the most all-time feature wins.
And Petty’s win this season was his first in MSCS.
Hunter Schuerenberg has been making strides in the Rookie points chase.
Jeff Davis leads the Sikeston, Missori driver by just 24 points.
Arin McIntosh is 20th in the National standings and third on
the Rookie list. Mt Erie’s Mark Potter also has moved up in the standings
and is in fourth just ahead of Patrick Bruns and Russle McDonald.
MSCS will no doubt live up to its’ advance billing as having the
fastest cars to ever appear at Tim and Tammy Coble’s WKS.
The 3/8 mile track is the only 3/8 track on this years MSCS schedule
which abounds with quarter mile ovals. And
the race is the only appearance of MSCS in Kentucky this season, good enough to
be labeled the one and only Kentucky Sprint Championship.
Better yet! Why not call it
the Kentucky State Championship? Who
will hold the title when the racing is over?
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