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NSCS Fred Brownfield Memorial purse increased
Andrew Kunas, NSCS Publicist
ELMA, Wash. - The opening event of the 2007 Northwest Speed Week just got a little more interesting.
The Northwest Sprint Challenge Series and Grays Harbor Raceway announced on Saturday an increase in the purse, most notably the winner's share, for the 1st Annual Fred
Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge, named in honor of the track's late promoter and founder of the NSCS's predecessor series, the Northern Sprint Tour.
On Saturday, July 21, the winning team will leave Grays Harbor Raceway $7,500 richer. The two-day fest, which is replacing the Evergreen State Sprint Challenge after its ten-year run as the NST's showcase, was originally paying $5,000.
“(New promoter) George Wade intends on building the purse as high as possible in order to make the Fred Brownfield Memorial the best 360 race the Northwest has ever seen,” NSCS co-founder Shawna Wilskey said.
The bump up of the winner's share is expected to attract more ASCS-legal winged 360 sprint cars from around the northwestern United States, western Canada and possibly elsewhere to the "House that Fred Built." While non-ASCS-legal cars are welcomed at other tracks on the circuit, NSCS events at Grays Harbor Raceway, including the Fred Brownfield Memorial Sprint Challenge, will only allow ASCS-legal cars to compete.
This year's event, scheduled for July 20 and 21, will kick off Speed Week, which features seven races at five different tracks in Oregon and Washington in nine days. It ends the following week at Skagit Speedway on July 27 and 28 with three races in Oregon between the Washington shows.
Grays Harbor Raceway is a 3/8-mile, high-banked clay oval which was changed to its current configuration before the 2004 season after several years as a 3/10-mile track. The track expansion is part of a long-term major renovation of the facility, located at the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds.
Winning last year's final Evergreen State Sprint Challenge was local hero and many-time Grays Harbor Raceway track champion Jay Cole of Shelton. Cole pocketed $5,000 after beating returning NASCAR star Kasey Kahne. Winning his first NST main event the night before was Lake Stevens, Wash. driver Travis Jacobson.
In 2005, California legend Brent Kaeding picked up the Friday preliminary win before four-time NST champion Roger Crockett won big on Saturday. Former NST champion Rick Fauver won both nights in 2004 and NSCS co-founder Shawna Wilskey triumphed in 2003 after Steve Kent won three straight. Brad Furr completed a Speed Week sweep in 1999 and Bud Kaeding took the win in 1998. Brent Kaeding won the inaugural Evergreen State Sprint Challenge in 1997.
The NSCS will kick off its inaugural season with a two-day event at Grays Harbor Raceway on Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28. The NSCS will also race at Elma on Saturday, June 30 and on Sunday, August 26.
More information on the Northwest Sprint Challenge Series can be found
online at http://www.racenscs.com and information on Grays Harbor Raceway can be found on the Brownfield Enterprises website, http://www.brownfieldent.com.
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Northwest Speed Week 2007
July 20 & 21 - Grays Harbor Raceway - Elma, WA (Fred Brownfield Memorial
Sprint Challenge)
July 23 - Southern Oregon Speedway - White City (Medford), OR
July 24 - Cottage Grove Speedway - Cottage Grove, OR
July 25 - Willamette Speedway - Lebanon, OR
July 27 & 28 - Skagit Speedway - Alger (Burlington), WA (Bob's Burgers &
Brew Skagit 360 Nationals)
Evergreen State Sprint Challenge - Past Winners
1997 - Brent Kaeding
1998 - Bud Kaeding
1999 - Brad Furr
2000 - Steve Kent
2001 - Steve Kent
2002 - Steve Kent
2003 - Shawna Wilskey
2004 - Rick Fauver
2005 - Roger Crockett
2006 - Jay Cole
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NSCS: The Northwest Sprint Challenge Series
http://www.racenscs.com
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NSCS - Northwest Sprint Challenge Series
http://www.racenscs.com
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