LebanonMidway Gearing Up For Larry Phillips Birthday Bash

LEBANON, MO (June 17) - The staff at the Lebanon Midway Speedway are gearing-up for one of the biggest Late Model events ever in the history of the track on Monday July 2 as it will present the 1st Annual Larry Phillips Shootout Birthday Blow Bash with the winner of the MLRA Sanctioned Super Late Model feature receiving $7500 to win while just starting the feature pockets the driver $750 while competing in the 75 lap event.

"As you can see the theme is in honor of the late Dirt Hall Of Famer Larry Phillips."quoted owner Harold Armstrong.

"They say the 3rd times a charm as the track was scheduled to hold 2 previous MLRA shows but both got rained-out,so hopefully during this Holiday Week Mother Nature will play nice with us."

When you speak of Larry Phillips,the name Wallace will come to mind as Larry Tutored former Nascar Champion Rusty Wallace.Nascar Series Most Popular driver Kenny Wallace will be at the Midway also on July 2nd to not only do special autograph sessions,but racing his Open-Wheeled Modified in a special $1,000 to win $100 to start Modified feature that evening also and the Area Bombers will be competing in a $200 to win event.

This race was set for Larry's Birthday,but another major LateModel event close in the area fell on top of the date,so Midway Officials felt in the best interest of both fans and drivers to move the date to Monday Night July 2nd.

"75 laps for the open latemodels on the Midway will be interesting and fun,the fans will get alot of racing that evening for the admission and the drivers list continues to create alot of interest."quoted MLRA Owner Alan "Cowboy" Chancellor."Not only will they see Purkey,Vaughn,Bodenhamer,Terry Phillips,Jeremy Payne,John Anderson and others that run regular with us,but Billy Moyer and Billy Moyer Jr.have both expressed interest along with Bill Frye and many others.We expect a great turnout of drivers that night.

Gates for the Monday July 2nd Event will open around 4:30 with Hotlaps scheduled to start at 6:50 and Racing to start at 8PM.

Adult tickets prices will be announced quickly,but look for it to be $20-25 for adults while the kids will be $5 for 11-15 and 10 and under Free.Pit passes will be $30.

For more information visit the website at either www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com  or www.mlraracing.com .