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MSCS SPRINTS TO RACE THROUGHOUT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
AT BLOOMINGTON, LINCOLN PARK, AND TRI-STATE SPEEDWAYS
Haubstadt, IN - May 17, 2014 - The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car
Series will be in action three times to close out the month of May.
All three races will be held over the Memorial Day Weekend. The
series will make a swing across South Central Indiana and on down
into Southwestern Indiana. The back to back to back races begin with
a Friday night stop at Bloomington Speedway. Saturday MSCS will
compete at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville before completing the
holiday schedule with a trip south to Haubstadt for a Sunday night
program.
A search through Midwest Sprint Car Series records revealed that this
will be the first time that the series has attempted to compete three
nights in a row. The series has had back to back appearances on the
season schedule twenty-nine times over thirteen years. The extra
night of action will further challenge MSCS race teams in preparing
and maintaining the car to meet changing conditions and trying
circumstances. The travel is not extensive but these three shows
will be very competitive. The programs will combine a special
purpose with attractive purses and conclude with a MSCS - KISS
challenge.
On Friday night May 23rd Bloomington Speedway will present the Josh
Burton Memorial Race. The feature winner will collect the $2,000
that is the usual rate for a MSCS show. The Speedway has announced
that additional bonus money is in the offering from the Josh Burton
Foundation that would provide an extra $400 to the feature winner.
Saturday night’s race at Lincoln Park Speedway will pay $2,500 to
win. And Sunday night’s event at Tri-State Speedway will pay $2,500
to win using the KISS purse structure. The combined purses offer
$7,400 to the winner or winners!
In Josh Burton’s honor another additional $1,000 will serve as a
reward for the driver who leads lap number 4 of the feature Friday
night. Josh drove the number 04 when competing at Bloomington
Speedway and with MSCS. Terry and Leslie Prince of Bloomington are
responsible for this contribution. The feature for the Josh Burton
Memorial Race on the 23rd will begin with a virtual dash for cash.
Twenty cars will start the feature. The trophy being presented to
the winner is unique in that it is a Henry Golden Boy Rifle. The
driver finishing fourth in the B Main will receive a spec medium
right rear Hoosier Tire complete with orange letters.
Three nights of racing provides a tremendous opportunity for drivers
to gain or solidify positions in the MSCS points standings. The top
eleven drivers in the current MSCS standings are just 40 points
apart. Winning a feature awards 40 points! Daron Clayton and Hunter
Schuerenberg have won the two MSCS features held so far this season.
Defending MSCS Champion Jon Stanbrough and Robert Ballou are
presently at the top of the driver standings. These two drivers have
been there before. They finished one-two in the final standings in
the 2012 season. 2011 MSCS Champion Brady Short has already visited
the winner’s circle at both Bloomington and Putnamville this season.
This has the potential to be the most exciting sprint car racing
weekend of the year.
James Lyerla of Hillsboro, IL, is at the top of the MSCS Rookie of
the Year standings. So far seven of the drivers that have declared
for Rookie Status have made that all important initial appearance.
Complete series points and other pertinent MSCS information can be
found on line at mscssprints.com.
Provided as News and Publicity for MSCS.
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