Deep South Speedway's Biggest Weekend Ever: World of Outlaws Late Model Series Invades March 13-14 For Two-Day Shootout
Deep South Speedway’s Biggest Weekend Ever: World of Outlaws Late Model Series Invades March 13-14 For Two-Day Shootout
LOXLEY, AL – March 4, 2009 – Deep South Speedway has never hosted an event quite like this.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is set to invade the burgeoning four-tenths-mile oval for a two-day shootout on March 13-14 – by far the biggest show that has ever been scheduled at the Gulf Coast facility.
With a 40-lap A-Main paying $7,000 to win topping the Friday-night program and a $12,000 first-place prize on the line in Saturday night’s 60-lap headliner, over $100,000 in purses will be paid out during the blockbuster weekend.
And with the entry list expected to boast drivers from nearly two dozen different states, an unprecedented field of dirt Late Model talent will perform on the Deep South Speedway high banks.
“It’s going to be explosive,” promised Ozzie Altman, a veteran short-track racing announcer and publicist who oversees the operation of Deep South Speedway. “This has to be one of the biggest weekends of racing ever around this part of the Gulf Coast – and not just for dirt Late Models. The Snowball Derby (a well-known asphalt Late Model event at Five Flags Speedway in nearby Pensacola, Fla.) doesn’t even pay this much money.”
Located midway between Pensacola and Mobile, Ala., and just 25 miles north of the Alabama resort towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Deep South Speedway is a newcomer to the national dirt Late Model scene. The track was built five years ago, but it wasn’t until the husband-and-wife team of Bill and Karen Webb bought the facility prior to the 2008 season that it began to gain widespread recognition.
The Webbs, whose Pensacola-based business, BKW, Inc., is one of the first called by the federal government to assist with the critical recovery needs of areas hit by severe storms, are longtime racing enthusiasts with an especially deep background in the dirt Late Model ranks. A decade ago they spent time as the owners of Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway and, more recently, they fielded the dirt Late Model that Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., drove to the 2008 Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series championship, so they couldn’t resist purchasing Deep South when they stumbled upon the track on a Sunday afternoon in 2007 and discovered it was for sale.
After green-lighting the most ambitious schedule in Deep South Speedway last season, Bill and Karen Webb gave the directive to make the 2009 campaign even more spectacular. A visit by the WoO LMS on March 13-14 was arranged to serve as the season’s marquee event.
“We were all very pleased with how the 2008 season went, so the decision was made to really put the place on the map this year,” said Altman. “We are just so excited to kick off the new season with a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event of this magnitude.
“Deep South Speedway is an ultra-competitive place, and with the quality of the drivers that will be on hand there’s no doubt fans are going to see a thrilling show.”
According to Altman, around 50 drivers from across the country have indicated their plans to enter the WoO LMS doubleheader at the red-clay oval, which boasts such amenities as grass-terraced grandstand seating (lawnchairs and blankets allowed), air-conditioned restrooms and spacious camping areas.
Leading the talent-laden charge to Deep South will be the roster of WoO LMS stars, including defending tour champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; young sensation Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va; ’07 champ Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.; Peach State standouts Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; and former Rookies of the Year Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (2007) and Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y. (2008).
The WoO LMS banner will also be waved by Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., who has announced plans to chase the series for the first time in 2009; sophomore traveler Joe Isabell of Pennellville, N.Y.; and ’09 Rookie of the Year candidates Dustin Hapka of Grand Forks, N.D.; Chuck Hummer of Ottawa Lake, Mich.; Jeff Isabell Sr. and Jr., both of Pennellville, N.Y.; Russ King of Bristolville, Ohio; 14-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif.; Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va.; and Chas Shellenberger of Winfield, Pa.
Former WoO LMS champions Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., are among the nationally-known names expected to invade Deep South Speedway for the first time, heading a list that also includes Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colo., Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., and Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wis.
Others on Deep South’s list of expected entries include Terry Casey of New London, Wis., Randle Chupp of Troutman, N.C., Tyler Ivey of Tallahassee, Fla., Shep Lucas of McKenzie, Ala., Travis Pennington of Winston, Ga., Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., William Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., and James Ward of Lettsworth, La.
The weekend will actually begin on Thurs., March 12, with a special WoO LMS Welcome Party and Media Night at the track. Local print and electronic media members have been invited to the speedway to interview the drivers, who will enjoy an extended practice session from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. as well as complimentary Gulf Coast cuisine and refreshments.
Complete WoO LMS programs will be presented on both Fri., March 13, and Sat., March 14, including time trials, heats, B-Mains and an A-Main. Local divisions will also be in action each evening.
Grandstand gates will open at 4 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the pit area will be unlocked at 12 noon each day.
General Admission adult tickets are priced at $20 on Friday and $25 on Saturday, with kids 6-12 charged $5 for entrance each night. Children five years of age and under will be admitted free into the grandstand area each day when accompanied by an adult, and pit passes will cost $30 each day.
Deep South Speedway is located on Alabama Hwy 59, four miles north of Exit 44 off Interstate 10 or 16 miles south of I-65 Exit 37.
For more information, visit www.deepsouthspeedway.com or call the speedway office 251-964-6953.
Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser) and VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors Champ Pans, Eibach Springs, Hoosier Tires, Integra Shocks, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, Ohlins Shocks, Racing Electronics, Quarter Master and Wrisco Aluminum; Crane Cams Engine Builder's Challenge participants Cornett Racing Engines, Custom Race Engines and Pro Power Racing Engines; and Chassis Builder Challenge participants Rocket Chassis and Team Zero by Bloomquist.
LOXLEY, AL – March 4, 2009 – Deep South Speedway has never hosted an event quite like this.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is set to invade the burgeoning four-tenths-mile oval for a two-day shootout on March 13-14 – by far the biggest show that has ever been scheduled at the Gulf Coast facility.
With a 40-lap A-Main paying $7,000 to win topping the Friday-night program and a $12,000 first-place prize on the line in Saturday night’s 60-lap headliner, over $100,000 in purses will be paid out during the blockbuster weekend.
And with the entry list expected to boast drivers from nearly two dozen different states, an unprecedented field of dirt Late Model talent will perform on the Deep South Speedway high banks.
“It’s going to be explosive,” promised Ozzie Altman, a veteran short-track racing announcer and publicist who oversees the operation of Deep South Speedway. “This has to be one of the biggest weekends of racing ever around this part of the Gulf Coast – and not just for dirt Late Models. The Snowball Derby (a well-known asphalt Late Model event at Five Flags Speedway in nearby Pensacola, Fla.) doesn’t even pay this much money.”
Located midway between Pensacola and Mobile, Ala., and just 25 miles north of the Alabama resort towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Deep South Speedway is a newcomer to the national dirt Late Model scene. The track was built five years ago, but it wasn’t until the husband-and-wife team of Bill and Karen Webb bought the facility prior to the 2008 season that it began to gain widespread recognition.
The Webbs, whose Pensacola-based business, BKW, Inc., is one of the first called by the federal government to assist with the critical recovery needs of areas hit by severe storms, are longtime racing enthusiasts with an especially deep background in the dirt Late Model ranks. A decade ago they spent time as the owners of Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway and, more recently, they fielded the dirt Late Model that Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., drove to the 2008 Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series championship, so they couldn’t resist purchasing Deep South when they stumbled upon the track on a Sunday afternoon in 2007 and discovered it was for sale.
After green-lighting the most ambitious schedule in Deep South Speedway last season, Bill and Karen Webb gave the directive to make the 2009 campaign even more spectacular. A visit by the WoO LMS on March 13-14 was arranged to serve as the season’s marquee event.
“We were all very pleased with how the 2008 season went, so the decision was made to really put the place on the map this year,” said Altman. “We are just so excited to kick off the new season with a World of Outlaws Late Model Series event of this magnitude.
“Deep South Speedway is an ultra-competitive place, and with the quality of the drivers that will be on hand there’s no doubt fans are going to see a thrilling show.”
According to Altman, around 50 drivers from across the country have indicated their plans to enter the WoO LMS doubleheader at the red-clay oval, which boasts such amenities as grass-terraced grandstand seating (lawnchairs and blankets allowed), air-conditioned restrooms and spacious camping areas.
Leading the talent-laden charge to Deep South will be the roster of WoO LMS stars, including defending tour champion Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky.; young sensation Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va; ’07 champ Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky.; Peach State standouts Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., and Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga.; Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa.; Rick Eckert of York, Pa.; and former Rookies of the Year Tim Fuller of Watertown, N.Y. (2007) and Vic Coffey of Caledonia, N.Y. (2008).
The WoO LMS banner will also be waved by Brady Smith of Solon Springs, Wis., who has announced plans to chase the series for the first time in 2009; sophomore traveler Joe Isabell of Pennellville, N.Y.; and ’09 Rookie of the Year candidates Dustin Hapka of Grand Forks, N.D.; Chuck Hummer of Ottawa Lake, Mich.; Jeff Isabell Sr. and Jr., both of Pennellville, N.Y.; Russ King of Bristolville, Ohio; 14-year-old Tyler Reddick of Corning, Calif.; Brent Robinson of Smithfield, Va.; and Chas Shellenberger of Winfield, Pa.
Former WoO LMS champions Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., are among the nationally-known names expected to invade Deep South Speedway for the first time, heading a list that also includes Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, Kelly Boen of Henderson, Colo., Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., and Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wis.
Others on Deep South’s list of expected entries include Terry Casey of New London, Wis., Randle Chupp of Troutman, N.C., Tyler Ivey of Tallahassee, Fla., Shep Lucas of McKenzie, Ala., Travis Pennington of Winston, Ga., Rick Rogers of Knoxville, Tenn., William Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., and James Ward of Lettsworth, La.
The weekend will actually begin on Thurs., March 12, with a special WoO LMS Welcome Party and Media Night at the track. Local print and electronic media members have been invited to the speedway to interview the drivers, who will enjoy an extended practice session from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. as well as complimentary Gulf Coast cuisine and refreshments.
Complete WoO LMS programs will be presented on both Fri., March 13, and Sat., March 14, including time trials, heats, B-Mains and an A-Main. Local divisions will also be in action each evening.
Grandstand gates will open at 4 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the pit area will be unlocked at 12 noon each day.
General Admission adult tickets are priced at $20 on Friday and $25 on Saturday, with kids 6-12 charged $5 for entrance each night. Children five years of age and under will be admitted free into the grandstand area each day when accompanied by an adult, and pit passes will cost $30 each day.
Deep South Speedway is located on Alabama Hwy 59, four miles north of Exit 44 off Interstate 10 or 16 miles south of I-65 Exit 37.
For more information, visit www.deepsouthspeedway.com or call the speedway office 251-964-6953.
Additional info on the WoO LMS is available by logging on to www.worldofoutlaws.com.
The World of Outlaws Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including Arizona Sport Shirts (Official Apparel Company), Armor All (Official Car Care Products), Crane Cams (Official Valvetrain), Hoosier Racing Tires (Official Racing Tires), Fusion Energy Boost (Official Energy Boost), SuperClean (Official Cleaner-Degreaser) and VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors Champ Pans, Eibach Springs, Hoosier Tires, Integra Shocks, Jake’s Custom Golf Carts, Ohlins Shocks, Racing Electronics, Quarter Master and Wrisco Aluminum; Crane Cams Engine Builder's Challenge participants Cornett Racing Engines, Custom Race Engines and Pro Power Racing Engines; and Chassis Builder Challenge participants Rocket Chassis and Team Zero by Bloomquist.
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