PDA

View Full Version : After Week Off Virginia Motor Speedway Gets Back To Racing With New Reduced Admission Pricing


L8models
05-08-2006, 02:20 PM
Saluda, VA – After taking a weekend off Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway gets back to racing this Saturday, May 13th with Thurston Spring Service Dirt Series Championship Night featuring all five of the track’s divisions. After several early season rainouts the Budweiser Modifieds have been added to the weekend’s schedule of events.



Starting with this Saturday the Speedway will also introduce new reduced admission prices for seniors, military and student tickets. Seniors and military tickets will now be $8 and Students 13 – 17 years old will now be $7.



“As a family operation we know all too well the effect today’s fuel costs have on our fans. With the change in admission prices for our senior, military and students we are trying to help offset some of the sting from the higher fuel costs. We will also continue to make available our $2 off discount coupon good for any adult, senior or military ticket. With the coupon adult admission is only $8 and senior and military admission only $6,” commented track General Manager Clarke Sawyer.



Competitor gates for Saturday, May 13th will open at 3pm with spectator gates opening at 4pm. On track activities will begin at 6:15pm with hot laps. Divisions scheduled to race on Saturday: Victory Lap Late Models (35 Laps); Truckin Thunder Sportsman (30 laps); Budweiser Modifieds (25 laps); Al’s Auto Parts Chargers (25 laps) and the Dixie Chopper All Americans (15 laps). Late Model, Sportsman and Modified divisions will run Hot Lap Time Trials and Features while Chargers will run Hot Lap Time Trials, heats and features. All Americans will run heats and features only.



Admission price for Adults $10; Seniors and Military $8; Students 13 – 17 years old $7, Children 7 – 12 years old $4 and Children 6 and under admitted free. The speedway offers a $2 discount coupon on the Speedway’s Website, good on any Adult, Senior and Military ticket making it an $8 admission for adults and a $6 admission for seniors and military. Fans need to have a coupon for each ticket purchased. The speedway also offers a “Family Pack” that includes two adult admissions and two children 12 and under admissions for only $20.



Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway, an ASA Member Track affiliate, is a 1/2-mile, dirt oval. Virginia Motor Speedway races weekly on Saturday nights and is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA. The speedway is also just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area.



To learn more about Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway and its 2006 schedule of events, fans and competitors may call the Speedway office at (804) 758-1VMS or visit the track online at www.vamotorspeedway.com.



MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223



TOP TEN IN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AS OF MAY 8, 2006:



VICTORY LAP LATE MODELS:

1 - Jared Powell – 297; 2 - Ronald Cusic – 288; 3 - Roland Mann – 275; 4 - Sommey Lacey – 275; 5 - Walker Arthur ฎ - 260; 6 - Jamie Lathroum – 258; 7 - Stevie Long – 252; 8 - Scott Adams – 252; 9 - Larry Grimstead Jr. – 241; 10 - Anthony Kincaid – 240. (Winners – 2: Powell – 2; Mann – 1)



TRUCKIN THUNDER SPORTSMAN:

1 - Roger Jamerson – 299; 2 - Walker Arthur – 293; 3 - Davis Lipscombe – 282; 4 - Tim Shelton – 274; 5 - Donnie Owens – 273; 6 - Jack Foulkes – 260; 7 - Chris Stacy ฎ - 252; 8 - Gene Snow ฎ - 250; 9 - Daren Bolac – 249; 10 - Robert Kramer ฎ - 236. (Winners – 2: Arthur – 2; Jamerson – 1)



BUDWEISER MODIFIED

1 - Bret Hamilton – 204; 2 - Brian Dobie – 191; 3 - Page Harrison – 190; 4 - Brent Bordaux – 188; 5 - Chuck Marks – 183; 6 - Bill Roberts – 182; 7 - Donnie Medlin – 178; 8 - Wayne Barricks – 164; 9 - Eric Eriwin – 163; 10 - Renee Weeks – 163. (Winners – 2: Hamilton – 1; Bordeaux – 1)



AL’S AUTO PARTS CHARGERS:

1 - Bob Terry – 203; 2 - Davis Lipscombe – 202; 3 - John Imler – 186; 4 - Wesley Givens ฎ - 184; 5 - Paul Bess – 181; 6 - James Givens – 178; 7 - Chris Tatum – 174; 8 - Mark Wright – 170; 9 - Davey Pullen – 168; 10 - John Kirby – 168. (Winners – 1: Lipscombe – 2)



DIXIE CHOPPER ALL AMERICANS presented by PAUL SAWYERS LAWN EQUIPMENT:

1 - Vernon Kirby – 198; 2 - Dustin Owens – 198; 3 - Marty Coltrain – 192; 4 - David Bowler – 182; 5 - Thomas Rose – 176; 6 - Brian Maines – 174; 7 - Gene Jamerson – 174; 8 - Stephen Childress – 172; 9 - Steve Atkins – 162; 10 - John Rhoades – 150. (Winners – 2: Kirby – 1; Owens – 1)



ฎ - Denotes Thurston Spring Service Dirt Series Rookie of the Year candidate.