Lincoln County Raceway Presents 2nd Annual River Valley Sprint Car Nationals August 24
by Darin Racek

NORTH PLATTE, NE (Aug 15) - Sprint Cars will return to North Platte on Friday, August 24, as Lincoln County Raceway will present the 2nd Annual River Valley Sprint Car Nationals. The show will feature the National Championship Racing Association and American Sprint Car Series (Mountain Region) 360 Sprint Cars. The winner of the night's A Feature will bank $2,000, and any driver that starts the A Feature will be assured $350. Last year's August show was the first time full-size Sprint cars had turned laps around the 3/8-mile track in many years, and they put on a great show. They came back this year on May 26, in which 30 cars checked in. Both races were won by Cimarron, Kan. driver Gary Lee Maier. Unsanctioned Modifieds will run that night on an invitational basis, as well as the Mini-Sprints. The gates will open that night at 5 PM, with the racing starting at 7 PM, CDT. Tickets will be $12.00 for adults, $6.00 for children 6 - 12, and free for children under 6.

Going into the month of August, Gary Lee Maier led the NCRA points, winning four of the ten shows so far this year. Mike Peters of Wichita, Kan. sits second in points, helped by seven top five finishes. Lincoln's Don Droud, Jr. has two wins and is third in points, with J. D. Johnson of Goddard, Kan. and Stu Snyder of Waverly rounding out the top five. The NCRA 360 Sprint Cars will visit Mid-NEBRaska Speedway in Doniphan on August 23rd before visiting the 3/8-mile track of Lincoln County Raceway.

The ASCS points were led by C. J. Johnson of Quinter, Kan. at the end of July. Johnson had one win and seven top fives in thirteen events. Keith Rauch of Thronton, Colo, and Patrick Bourke of Edwards, Colo. are close behind him in second and third points. Centennial, Colo. driver Nick Haygood and Chad Corken of Highlands Ranch, Colo. round out the ASCS Rocky Mountain top five. That series will be in Hayden, Colo. and Rock Springs, Wyo. the on the weekend of August 17th and 18th before they come to face the NCRA in North Platte.

For more information, please contact Gary Herbst at 308-530-0824, email herbst20@charterinternet.com , or Tamie Thurn at 308-325-4305, email tamiej@cozadtel.net . The website address is www.lincolncountyspeedway.com . Lincoln County Raceway is on the Lincoln County Fairgrounds on the western edge of North Platte along U. S. Highway 30.