BLOOMFIELD, MEMPHIS OPENERS PUSHED BACK TO APRIL 20-21
by: Jeff Nun

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (April 12) -- The start to the 2007 racing season at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway and the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway will have to wait one more week. Poor weather conditions throughout this week and the month of April have forced RL Promotions officials to pull the plug on Friday and Saturday’s season-opening events at the 3/8-mile clay ovals.

But race fans won’t have long to wait before the roar of engines once again engulfs both facilities. The season opening events will now be Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, when the high-powered stars and cars of the O’Reilly United States Modified Touring Series invades Bloomfield and Memphis for the 2nd Annual Iowa-Missouri Border War.

Friday’s event at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway will also be the first track points night for the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series featuring USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks and Hornets. With the O’Reilly USMTS Modifieds headlining the program, the USRA Modifieds will have their first points night the following Friday, April 27.

Gates at Bloomfield will open at 5 p.m., with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7. Grandstand admission will be $15 for adults, kids ages 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under get in for FREE. Pit passes will be $25.

Saturday’s event at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway will also be the first track points night for the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series featuring USRA Stock Cars, USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, Outlaw Hobbys and Hornets. The USRA Modifieds will have their first points night the following Saturday, April 28.

Gates at Memphis will open at 4 p.m., with hot laps at 6 and racing at 6:30. Grandstand admission will be $15 for adults, kids ages 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under get in for FREE. Pit passes will be $25.

For more information, contact the RL Promotions offices at (515) 832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com  online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-664-2500 (Bloomfield) or 660-465-8948 (Memphis). The Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway is 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). The Pepsi Scotland County Speedway is located 1.0 mile west of Memphis on US 136 to SR 15, then east (at the Scotland County Fairgrounds).

For more information about the United States Racing Association (USRA), visit them online at www.usraracing.com.