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Bantam Back at Elmwood Park Speedway in 2011
By Darin Racek

NORTON, KS (March 14, 2011) - After illness sidelined him for most of the 2010 season, promoter Jerry Bantam is back and ready to promote Elmwood Part Speedway for 2011.  The season on the fast 1/2-mile track begins on Saturday night, April 23 and concludes with the annual Vintage Car special (along with Sprints and SportMods) on September 3 and 4.  There will be a special night of Flat Track Motorcyle racing on Saturday, August 13.  The 305 Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, and Northern SportMods will be the classes on most nights, all sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association. The rules and specifications for the 305 Sprint Cars can be obtained by contacting Jerry Bantam. The specs for the other classes may be viewed at www.imca.com.

The pit gates will open on race nights at 4 p.m.,  The grandstand gates will open at 6 p.m., and with the races will start at 7 p.m. Admission will be $10.00 for adults 19 and older, $5.00 for students aged 13-18, and free for 12 and under with paid adult admission. Pit passes are $25.00.

Driver registrations are $60.00, but if completed and returned before April 1, are only $45.00. Registration forms can be obtained by contacting Jerry Bantam, but the registration form found on www.mccookspeedway.com will also work. Forms need to be sent to Racing, 201 W Taft St, Norton, Kansas 67654.

Elmwood Park Speedway is on the south edge of Norton in Elmwood Park, on the east side of U.S. Highway 283.  For more information, contact Jerry Bantam at 785-877-5353. Bantam can also be emailed at frakrstr@ruraltel.net .  The track's website address is http://nepra.squarespace.com/ .

2011 Elmwood Park Speedway schedule:
Races start at 7 p.m. Central Time
Classes: IMCA 305 Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Stock Cars, and IMCA Hobby Stocks

SAT - APR 23
SAT - MAY 21
SAT - JUN 11
SAT - JUL 9
SAT - JUL 30  (Fair race)
SUN - JUL 31  (Fair race)
SAT - AUG 13 (Flat Track Motorcycle races)
SUN - AUG 14
SAT - AUG 20 
SAT SEP 3 (Vintage Car races, with Sprint Cars and SportMods)

SUN SEP 4 (Vintage Car races, with Sprint Cars and SportMods)