Triple Crown up next for Old Man’s Gargage Late Model Series – Reduced to Friday and Saturday Nights Only
Carnesville, Ga. (May 22, 2010) – The Old Man’s Garage FASTRAK Late Model Series will return to action Memorial Day weekend with the running of the inaugural FASTRAK Triple Crown. The event was originally scheduled to include three nights of racing at three different tracks, but has since been reduced to Friday and Saturday nights only.
The first leg of the Triple Crown will take place Friday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., where 50 drivers will attempt to make the 24-car starting field for the 25-lap, $2,000-to-win feature race.
In last year’s race at the pristine four-tenths-mile clay oval, Welcome, N.C., resident Austin Dillon, who is the grandson of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, thrilled fans when he drove a black No. 3 much like the car of the late Dale Earnhardt to Victory Lane. Johnny Pursley finished second with Kenny Peoples third.
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will also be in action at the event, which kicks off the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 weekend taking place just across the street at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
On Saturday night, the tour will head to Rural Retreat, Va., for an action-packed evening of racing at the super-fast Wythe Raceway. The night will include two 20-lap feature races for the Old Man’s Garage FASTRAK Late Models, each paying $1,500 to the winner.
The series last visited the half-mile oval in October of 2009 for the FASTRAK Grand Nationals, during which Shannon Buckingham took the victory in the season-ending race and earned a $30,000 payday for winning the 2009 FASTRAK Grand Nationals Championship.
Drivers will earn points in all three of the Triple Crown feature races, leading to the crowning of the inaugural Triple Crown Champion at the conclusion of Saturday night’s second feature. The champion will receive a crown and will also be given a robe and scepter. In addition, the champion will receive a custom-made trophy that will also be adorned with a crown.
The Old Man’s Garage FASTRAK Late Model Series has held four events in 2010, with four different drivers visiting victory lane. There have also been four different fast qualifiers.
Royce Bray of Hull, Ga., leads the series standings by just four points over David Smith of Inman, S.C. The leading rookie contender, Blake Bentley of Duncan, S.C., is third, just 18 points out of the lead.
Old Man’s Garage FASTRAK Late Model Series top five
1. Royce Bray (Hull Ga.) 135
2. David Smith (Inman, S.C.) 131
3. Blake Bentley (Duncan, S.C.) 117
4. Chris Steel (York, S.C.) 111
5. Jonathan Taylor (Toccoa, Ga.) 99
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