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By JUSTIN LOFTON
Staff Writer
ADA
— After 15 years of weekend adrenaline, the Oklahoma Sports Park is
about to embark on another year of stock car racing in Ada, Oklahoma.
The
OPS, 10 miles West of Ada, has been providing the community with as
much moving metal as they can handle every Saturday night from April
through September. OSP owner George Welch is excited about the upcoming
season.
After the initial weekends of testing and tuning, which
began yesterday and will resume next Saturday, the 2009 racing season
will begin on April 3-4 with the Spring Fling 2009. May 16-17 will be
the Harold Leep, Jr. Memorial, along with the Oil Capital Racing Series
sprinters, which has drawn interest from racers across the country.
“I’ve
had people calling me from Texas, Kansas, and as far away as
Indianapolis wanting to come to this thing. We’re going to make it an
annual event,” Welch said.
The sprint race cars that will be at this event are a sight to behold, he said.
“What’s
really wild about the sprint cars, when they show up, is when they
drive off into a turn they never lift off the throttle. They keep it
flat on the floor all the way around the race track,” Welch said.
“Their cars only weigh 1400 pounds and they’re pulling probably 650
horse. On the straightaway, if they get a good bite, they can actually
pull the front wheels plumb off the ground. That’s a show.”
The
track features races in many other classes, including pure stock,
factory stock, sport mods, street stock, and modified. Despite the
restrictions on some of these vehicle classifications, all of them will
be powerful machines, capable of kicking up dirt and turning heads.
“They’ll
be clipping up there about 130 miles per hour, and if you think about
that on a 4/10 of a mile dirt track, that’s something to see.”
Welch is confident that anyone who makes it to the track to give it a chance will be hooked.
“It gets in your blood,” he said.
For more information, call the track at (580) 332-5535, or go to www.oklahomasportspark.com.
 George Welch Owner looks from the flag stand, a few weeks prior to the 2009 Spring Fling.
Story from: Ada Evening News
Photo by: TKC Race Night Photos
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