Four Clash races at FMS in '08

[TPope]

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Schedule's being announced at the banquet tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Here's the Fayetteville portion of it.

April 12 - $4K to win
July 5 - $5K to win
Aug. 30 - $5K to win
Sept. 27 - $9K to win


The last two events are part of the new five-race Countdown to the Cup. Starts on a Friday night, Aug. 22, at Gastonia, followed by Aug. 30 * FMS. Continues Sept. 6 * Lancaster, S.C., Sept. 13 * Wythe Raceway, and concludes with the Clash Bash * FMS on Sept. 27.

New stop on the schedule includes the USA 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, Va., on Aug. 9. It's a co-sanction race with the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series and pay $10,000 to the winner (heck, the heat races pay $1,000 to win or so ...). That's the last race before the Countdown begins.

Schedule will also include twin features at Wythe in May. Drivers will earn points that night for their better finish.

Unless somebody else releases it first, I'll post the full schedule Sunday morning once it's run in The Fayetteville Observer.

TP

(P.S.: Don't forget the "Let's Go Racing" podcast late Thursday/early Friday each week. This week's upcoming show includes much more detail about the '08 Clash schedule with series director Clint Elkins. You can find the podcast at www.fayobserver.com/sports (http://www.fayobserver.com/sports) and www.wkml.com (http://www.wkml.com).)

[gb81racing]

thanks for that TPOPE..IMO it looks like the clash is stepping up a lil. more big races on the schedule it looks like. two $10,000 and one $9,000 to win races and multiple $5,000 to win races. but just wondering though why is the finale, the clash bash not $10,000 ?

[Californiakid5]

its going up each year $1,000 dollars greg lol hopefully it will keep going to become somthing lik 15,000 and 20,000 if the payout is good they shouldnt have a Clarys re run

[TPope]

its going up each year $1,000 dollars greg lol hopefully it will keep going to become somthing lik 15,000 and 20,000 if the payout is good they shouldnt have a Clarys re run

That's something I mentioned to Larry Norris about a Lucas or WoO LM show: Make it an annual "event" and bump the winner's purse a grand each year. The Clash Bash - at least in years past - is a Larry Lee track rental.

[TPope]

... two $10,000 and one $9,000 to win races ...

The Lawndale $10K is - so I was told - another of those MACS co-sanction deals like VMS.

[Racerchaser]

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Schedule's being announced at the banquet tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Here's the Fayetteville portion of it.

April 12 - $4K to win
July 5 - $5K to win
Aug. 30 - $5K to win
Sept. 27 - $9K to win


The last two events are part of the new five-race Countdown to the Cup. Starts on a Friday night, Aug. 22, at Gastonia, followed by Aug. 30 * FMS. Continues Sept. 6 * Lancaster, S.C., Sept. 13 * Wythe Raceway, and concludes with the Clash Bash * FMS on Sept. 27.

New stop on the schedule includes the USA 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, Va., on Aug. 9. It's a co-sanction race with the Mid-Atlantic Championship Series and pay $10,000 to the winner (heck, the heat races pay $1,000 to win or so ...). That's the last race before the Countdown begins.

Schedule will also include twin features at Wythe in May. Drivers will earn points that night for their better finish.

Unless somebody else releases it first, I'll post the full schedule Sunday morning once it's run in The Fayetteville Observer.

TP

(P.S.: Don't forget the "Let's Go Racing" podcast late Thursday/early Friday each week. This week's upcoming show includes much more detail about the '08 Clash schedule with series director Clint Elkins. You can find the podcast at www.fayobserver.com/sports (http://www.fayobserver.com/sports) and www.wkml.com (http://www.wkml.com).)


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is that that a $8,000 or $9,000 race

[TPope]

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is that that a $8,000 or $9,000 race

The schedule that was sent to me says $9,000 for Fayetteville on Sept. 27. Sez so on the Clash Web site, too.
http://www.carolinaclash.com/Race_Results.htm