1st Annual "Bootheel 200" kicks off Malden season on 3/23-3/24

MALDEN, MO. (Feb. 19, 2007) - Malden Speedway in Malden , Missouri will host the 1st Annual "Bootheel 200" on Friday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 24th. The huge two-day event features racing in seven divisions with over 200 laps of feature races on tap for the weekend.

Friday nights action will include all qualifying races for the USCS Open Wheel Modifieds, Crate Late Models, Hobby, Street Stock, Mini Stock and E-Mod classes. Saturday's racing format will feature a full racing program for one of the speedway's favorites, the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series. All six divisions that qualified on Friday night return on Saturday for
their last chance races and A-Main finales as well. The huge early season
racing format includes the following:

O'Reilly USCS sprint cars practice Friday with full racing program Saturday ($2000 to win).

USCS Open Wheel Modifieds time trial ($100 to win ) and qualifying races on Friday $500 to win plus USCS OWM Dash ($100 to win )bonuses (clean sweep
($300) make it possible to win $2K.

Crate Late Models Qualifying Friday Last Chance and Feature Saturday.

Hobby Qualifying races Friday, Last Chance and Feature Saturday.

Street Stock Qualifying races Friday and Last Chance and Feature on Sat.

Mini Stock Qualifying races Friday and Last Chance and Feature on Sat.

E-Mods (B Mods/Sport Mods) Qualifying races on Friday and Last Chance and Feature on Saturday.

Purses, start times and most details about the Bootheel 200 will be released this coming week. for rules questions on the O'Reilly USCS sprint cars call Pete Walton @ 404-886-5913 on the USCS Open Wheel Modifieds please call Charlie Huffman at 931-987-0030 or Pete Walton.

For questions on the Malden Crate Late Model, Hobby, Street, Mini Stock or E-Mod divisions please visit www.maldenspeedway.com  under rules. If you need clarifications or with questions please call Phil Santie at 573-276-3094 or 573-281-0116.