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Ray Cook and O’Reilly Southern Nationals Series Ready for Fourth Season

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ray Cook and O’Reilly Southern Nationals Series Ready for Fourth Season

By Chris Tilley (Southern Nationals Series)
CONTACT: (606) 219-1723 or tilleyracing@hotmail.com

BRASSTOWN, NC (July 8, 2008)—With less than a week before the first O’Reilly Auto Parts Southern Nationals Series event of 2008, teams are gearing up for the Southern swing which will feature 10 different events in just 13 days while racing in five different states.

The series will hold event number one at the Wythe Raceway in Rural Retreat, VA on Monday night July 14, 2008 paying $3,500 to win / $450 to start. Last year’s winner at Wythe Raceway was Chris Madden of Gray Court, SC who then went on to claim three main event wins and the ’07 title. Madden is also the all-time series winner at six in just the three years of operation for the Ray Cook Promoted southern traveling group.

The second event on the tour will be on Tuesday night July 15, 2008 at the Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC paying $3,500 to win / $450 to start. The winner during last year’s stop to ‘The Place Your Momma Warned You About’ was Chris Madden.

The series will take Wednesday off and prepare for first-ever stop on Thursday night July 17, 2008 to the Hartwell Speedway in Hartwell, GA paying $3,500 to win / $450 to start. The series will also make a first-time visit to the Swainsboro Speedway in Swainsboro, GA on Friday night July 18, 2008 paying $5,300 to win / $530 to start.

On Saturday night July 19, 2008 the series will then visit the Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, GA for a $5,300 to win / $530 to start event which concludes the three-day swing into the Peach State. Former winners by the series to Screven include Henry Carter in 2006 and Jimmy Sharpe in 2007.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Southern Nationals Series will take Sunday off before heading to the Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL on Monday night July 21, 2008. The first-time series visit will pay $3,500 to the winner and $450 to start.

On Tuesday night July 22, 2008 the series will make a visit to the Crossville Raceway in Crossville, TN for a $3,500 to win / $450 to start event. Rain was last year’s winner during the event.

The series will once again take Wednesday off and head back to the Volunteer State on Thursday night July 24, 2008 at the Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN for a $3,500 to win /$450 to start event. Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN claimed the main event win during last year’s stop to the Monty Morrow promoted facility.

On Friday night July 25, 2008 the series will once again visit the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN for a $5,300 to win / $530 to start event. Jimmy Owens claimed last year’s event win at the ‘Gap’.

The final event on the tour will be at the Gary Hall owned Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN on Saturday night July 26, 2008. The winner will receive $5,300 and $530 going to start the main event at the ‘Bad Fast Taz’. The champion of the 10-race tour will also be crowned during this event.

Further information on the O’Reilly Auto Parts Southern Nationals Series can be obtained by visiting www.southernnationalsseries.com or by calling Promoter Ray Cook at (828) 837-0379 or (706) 835-7503.

2008 O’Reilly Auto Parts Southern Nationals Series Schedule:
July 14-Wythe Raceway-Rural Retreat, VA-$3,500 to win
July 15-Cherokee Speedway-Gaffney, SC-$3,500 to win
July 17-Hartwell Speedway-Hartwell, GA-$3,500 to win
July 18-Swainsboro Speedway-Swainsboro, GA-$5,300 to win
July 19-Screven Motor Speedway-Sylvania, GA-$5,300 to win
July 21-Green Valley Speedway-Glencoe, AL-$3,500 to win
July 22-Crossville Raceway-Crossville, TN-$3,500 to win
July 24-Cleveland Speedway-Cleveland, TN-$3,500 to win
July 25-Volunteer Speedway-Bulls Gap, TN-$5,300 to win
July 26-Tazewell Speedway-Tazewell, TN-$5,300 to win

Purse for $3,500 to win events: 1) $3,500, 2) $2,000, 3) $1,200, 4) $800, 5) $600, 6) $580, 7) $570, 8) $560, 9) $550, 10) $540, 11) $530, 12) $520, 13) $510, 14) $500, 15) $495, 16) $490, 17) $485, 18) $480, 19) $475, 20) $470, 21) $465, 22) $460, 23) $455, 24) $450 --- $17,685 TOTAL

Purse for $5,300 to win events: 1) $5,300, 2) $2,500, 3) $1,500, 4) $1,000, 5) $900, 6) $800, 7) $750, 8) $725, 9) $700, 10) $675, 11) $650, 12) $625, 13) $600, 14) $590, 15) $580, 16) $575, 17) $570, 18) $560, 19) $555, 20) $550, 21) $545, 22) $540, 23) $535, 24) $530 --- $22,855 TOTAL
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