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SPRINGFIELD, MO (April 5, 2011) - An Open practice has been set for this Sat April 9th at the Quick-Quarter of the Springfield Raceway with cars getting on the track around Noon.Gates will open around 11AM. Admission to the pits is only $20 and Grandstands is absolutely Free as the Springfield Raceway prepares for the upcoming 2011 Racing season. The track dubbed the Quick-Quarter because of its 3 wide and quick paced racing action on the high-banked quarter mile dirt is comin off of prehaps its most successful season since being purchased by Jerry Hoffman and Doug Bland.Each season the track has done several things to help the overall facility and Jerry and Doug are still hard at work in making small changes. For the 2011 Season the track has sanctioned again with the USRA and with the point fund money being offered by USRA for the RHS A-Mods it should keep the main event action at a personal high as area drivers will have a shot at not only the track point fund but also at the National money as the Monett Speedway has also sanctioned again with USRA(United States Racing Association) headed by USMTS President and founder Todd Staley. The Speedway will start the Transport Graphics Championship Chase on Sat April 16th with action in the USRA RHS Modifieds,Reliable Chevy SportMods,Wheeler Metals StreetStocks,Casey General stores Midwest Modz,Legends and PureStocks as Hotlaps will begin at 5:15 and Racing action for the month of April starts at 6PM.PitGates will open at 3PM while the Grandstand gates open at 4PM.Drivers meeting is slated for 5PM Before Hotlaps while drivers draw will cut-off at 5:30. For the 2011 season SpringfieldRaceway will offer Special events along with its regular shows including 360 Winged SprintCar Racing,Midgets,MARS/MLRA SuperLateModels.Mini-Sprints along with family activities and many community involved promotions.The Points chase will start on April 16th and every event held until Sept 3rd will be a points event for classes competing.Other special events after the points chase will be held including the always popular Larry Phillipd Memorial on Sept 17th,The ever growing Bordertown Casino Octoberfast on October 15th and the always exciting and packed Turkey Classic on November 26. Track champions for 2011 included Mitch Keeter of Webb City(USRA RHS A-Mods),Wayne Graybeal of Springfield(SportMods),Jack Hamer of Ava(StreetStocks),Kaleb Copher of Webb City(Midwest Modz) and Justin Comer of Joplin(Legends). For more information on SpringfieldRaceway visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.Com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426
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