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Haubstadt, IN - June 19, 2008. The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series is set to swing back into action Friday night June 27th at Paducah International Raceway in Paducah, KY. The fast, high banked 3/8's mile track provided a thrilling race with the first visit of the Non Wing MSCS Sprints last summer. California driver Corey Kruseman surprised the MSCS regulars by taking the feature that night with a field of over 30 cars and drivers serving as viable and strong contenders.
This year the 410 Sprint Cars will have relatives on the same program in the form of the midgets of the O'Reilly POWRi Series. This series is involved in sanctioning midgets as well as outlaw micros and is based in Southern Illinois. The POWRi Midgets will share the program with the MSCS Sprints Friday night and again the next night at Tri-State Speedway. The two organizations and two lightning fast classes of cars will headline both programs. The micros will also be on the card at PIR. The two tracks are some 130 miles apart with 4 lanes most of the way.
The potential of conducting races with both sanctioning bodies in competition was explored at a meeting between officials of the two groups late in 2007. These two shows present the first opportunity
for everyone involved to enjoy the real benefits of this new co-operative sanctioning effort. Saturday June 28th the MSCS Sprints make their fourth appearance of the season at Tri-State Speedway. The same night the POWRi Midgets will be making their first and only 2008 appearance at Tri-State Speedway. It will be a double barreled spectacle race fans will not want to miss!
The dual program is a BONUS for open wheel fans who appreciate race cars designed and built in the traditional forms of early racing in the Midwest. With the presence or availability of a second car, some drivers may find an opportunity to drive in both classes. For example former MSCS Champion Hud Cone has already competed with both organizations this season and in the UMP Modifieds. On June 7th Hud finished fourth in the MSCS sprint feature at Haubstadt and followed that with a fourth place in the modified feature the same night. He is currently 10th in MSCS Points. Drivers as versatile may see an advantage to running for both feature purses the same night.
The Sprint feature both nights pays $2,000 to win and $200 to start. With the current rising fuel costs the MSCS practice of providing $100 tow money to drivers unable to qualify for the feature is another plus for drivers and owners to include these two shows on their team's season itinerary.
Thomas Meseraull still leads the MSCS Points standings with over 120 points to be up for grabs in this next racing weekend. Truckers' Teammate Daron Clayton is second and won the last feature held in
which the series was involved. Both cars carry variations of the number ten! Currently eight of the top ten drivers have made the tow to every race held this year. These two shows are pivotal as the series nears the mid season mark on the schedule which figures to be the special event set for Union County Speedway at Liberty, IN, Thursday night July 3rd. All total that is three races in seven calendar days!
Supplied for Pre-Race Publicity & MSCS Series Information by Eldon Butcher
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