Bloomfield Speedway Opens Friday

Bloomfield, Ia. (March 27, 2006) - The Mt. Dew Bloomfield Speedway will open with a bang this Friday night, March 31 as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series invades the speedway.

Along with the Modifieds the B-Modifieds, Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks will be competing.

The Series has had four races already averaging seventy modifieds at each race. Along with the local and area stars, Series hotshots Mark Noble, Kelly Shryrock, Tommy Myer, Al Hejna, Jason Hughes, to name a few, will be on hand to do battle.

The Series is off to an awesome start as there have been four different winners in the first four races. Mark Noble, Blooming Praire, Minnesota, is the current points leader.

For more information call 515-832-7944 or 309-371-7913.

The Bloomfield Speedway phone number is 641-664-2500.

DIRECTIONS: Located 1.0 mile west of Bloomfield on US 63/SR 2, then 0.8 mile north on CR J40 (at the Davis County Fairgrounds).

SCHEDULE:
4:00 p.m. - Gates open
6:15 p.m. - Draw ends for heat race line-ups
6:30 p.m. - Hot laps begin
7:00 p.m. - Heat races begin

TICKETS:
General Admission - Adults $15, Kids (6-12) $5, Under 6 FREE
Pit Pass - $25

PAST WINNERS AT MOUNTAIN DEW BLOOMFIELD SPEEDWAY:
None - inaugural event.

NOTES OF INTEREST: The inaugural O'Reilly USMTS event at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway will be the fifth of 74 races on the 2006 schedule for the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series -- the first of 14 scheduled events comprising the Central Region slate ... Friday's main event winner will earn $2,000 ... ... USRA Stock Cars ($300 to win), USRA B-Modifieds ($300 to win) and USRA Hobby Stocks ($250 to win) will also be on the card (no entry fee - pit pass only) racing for national points in the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series.