WORLD DIRT RACING LEAGUE UNVEILS TENTATIVE 2007 "WORLD TOUR"
27 race nights in six Midwestern states make up action-packed series schedule
By Tom Lathen
WORLD Dirt Racing League

GILMAN CITY, MO. (Feb. 1, 2007) -  The WORLD Dirt Racing League PolyDome Late Model Series has unveiled its tentative 2007 schedule. This year's "WORLD Tour" consists of 27 race nights in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois.

"Although it took a little longer than we anticipated to get things firmed up, we are extremely pleased with this year's schedule," commented series co-founder and president Jim Wilson. "Again this year, we have worked very hard, as much as possible, to tie series events together to make things manageable for our race teams, series officials and fans."

Added Wilson: "We are looking forward to a very exciting 2007 season."

Four first-time venues, Dubuque Speedway in Dubuque, Iowa; Eagle Raceway near Eagle, Neb.; Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa; and Quad City Raceway in East Moline, Ill.; are included on the 2007 slate of events.

Dubuque Speedway's exciting high-banked three-eighths-mile oval will be the venue for Simmons Promotions' annual "Rumble on the River" over Memorial Day weekend. The two-night event will feature qualifying and a $2,000 to win Race of Champions on Sunday night, May 27, with the following night, May 28, featuring the $7,000 to win 100-lap "Rumble" feature event.

A 50-lap, $5,000-to-win event on Friday night, June 8, will be held at Eagle Raceway's state-of-the-art, one-third-mile, high-banked bullring, with Highway 3 Raceway and Quad City Raceway hosting back-to-back events on Sunday and Monday, Sept. 2 and 3.

Highway 3 Raceway is a semi-banked half-mile oval, with Quad City Raceway featuring a fan-friendly quarter-mile, high-banked oval.

Another highlight of the 2007 schedule is the prestigious ninth-annual "Masters" at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. The two-night event at the high-banked three-eighths-mile facility will feature a $5,000-to-win main event on Friday, June 15, with a whopping $10,000 top prize on the line for the following night's 50-lap marquee event.

Leading up the "Masters" are series events on June 13 and 14 at Red Cedar Speedway in Menomonie, Wis., and Superior Speedway in Superior, Wis., with a series event at Eagle Valley Speedway in Jim Falls, Wis., scheduled for Sunday, July 17, directly following the annual west central Wisconsin event.

Series drivers will make a second trip to the Badger state of Wisconsin on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 1 and 2, with back-to-back return visits to Superior Speedway and Cedar Lake Speedway. Both venues will feature 50-lap, $5,000-to-win main events, leading up to Cedar Lake's non-sanctioned USA Nationals, scheduled for Aug. 3 and 4.

The fabled Davenport Speedway in Davenport, Iowa, will host the WDRL's season-opener on Friday night, April 6, as well as the two-night curtain closer on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6. The early October event will consist of two complete series programs, with Friday night's 20-lap main event paying $2,500 to the winner and Saturday night's 50-lap feature offering a paycheck of $7,500 to the winner.

Three nights of WDRL racing are also scheduled at West Liberty Raceway in West Liberty, Iowa, this season. Series drivers will attack the Muscatine County Fairgrounds' half-mile on Saturday, April 7, for a $5,000-to-win event, with the revival of the "Liberty 100" scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21 and 22. "Liberty 100" qualifying will be held on Friday night, with the 100-lap, $7,000-to-win feature event scheduled for the following night.

PolyDome Late Model Series drivers will invade "The Sprint Car Capitol of the World," Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway on Friday, April 27, a night after the first of two series appearances on the half-mile at Freeport Raceway Park in Freeport, Ill. The second series event at Freeport is scheduled for Wednesday night, Aug. 8.

Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kans., will again host the annual "Late Model Showdown" on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28 and 29. The back-to-back
$3,000- and $5,000-to-win events are scheduled to coincide with the NASCAR Busch and Nextel Cup events at Kansas Speedway the same weekend.

Again this season, Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., will host the annual "Labor Day Dual," featuring the open-wheeled Modifieds of the United States Modified Touring Series on the same card with the WORLD Dirt Racing League Late Models. The 50-lap WDRL feature event, set for Saturday Sept. 1, will pay $5,000 to the winner.

Series drivers will make their second consecutive appearance at Boone County Raceway in Albion, Neb., on Sunday, July 22. The $5,000-to-win event on the tight three-eighths-mile, semi-banked oval will be a part of the annual Boone County Fair.

According to Wilson, additional series events may be added to this year's WDRL PolyDome Late Model Series schedule in the next few weeks.

"Although scheduling for 2007 is nearly complete, we still see this as a "working’ schedule," he stressed. "We are still talking with a couple of promoters and hope to be able to find dates that will work for their facilities as well as for the series."


2005 WORLD DIRT RACING LEAGUE "WORLD TOUR"
Note: This is tentative and subject to change

Fri. April 6 Davenport Speedway, Davenport IA - 40 Laps $5000
Sat. April 7 West Liberty Raceway, West Liberty IA - 50 Laps $5000
Thu. April 26 Freeport Raceway Park, Freeport IL - 40 Laps $5000
Fri. April 27 Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville IA - 40 Laps $5000
Sat. May 26 Echo Valley Speedway, West Union IA - 50 Laps $5000
Sun. May 27 Dubuque County Speedway, Dubuque IA - "Race of Champions" - 20 Laps $2000
Sun. May 28 Dubuque County Speedway, Dubuque IA - "Rumble by the River" - 100 Laps $7000
Fri. June 8 Eagle Raceway, Eagle Nebraska - 50 Laps $5000
Wed. June 13 Red Cedar Speedway, Menomonie WI - 50 Laps $5000
Thu. June 14 Superior Speedway, Superior Wisconsin - 50 Laps $5000
Fri. June 15 Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond WI - "The Masters" - 50 Laps $5000
Sat. June 16 Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond WI - "The Masters" - 50 Laps $10000
Sun. June 17 Eagle Valley Speedway, Jim Falls WI - 50 Laps $5000 Sat. July 21 TBA
Sun. July 22 Boone County Speedway, Albion NE - 50 Laps $5000
Wed. August 1 Superior Speedway, Superior WI - 50 Laps $5000
Thu. August 2 Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond WI - 50 Laps $5000
Wed. August 8 Freeport Raceway Park, Freeport IL - 40 Laps $5000
Sat. September 1 Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley MN - 50 Laps $5000
Sun. September 2 Highway 3 Raceway, Allison IA - 30 Laps $4000
Mon. September 3 Quad City Raceway, East Moline IL - 50 Laps $5000
Fri. September 21 West Liberty Raceway, West Liberty IA - "Liberty 100" Qualifying
Sat. September 22 West Liberty Raceway, West Liberty IA - "Liberty 100" - 100 Laps $7000
Fri. September 28 Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City KS - 30 Laps $3000
Sat. September 29 Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City KS - 50 Laps $5000
Fri. October 5 Davenport Speedway, Davenport IA - 20 Laps $2500
Sat. October 6 Davenport Speedway, Davenport IA - 50 Laps $7500

For more information on WDRL or the latest PolyDome Late Model Series schedule, check out the WORLD Dirt Racing League's Web site, www.worldraceleague.com .