David Smith, Jr.

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2010 O’Reilly Auto Parts NCRA Late Model Schedule Released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 31, 2010 – Midwest City, Oklahoma - An ambitious twenty-five race schedule awaits the O’Reilly/NCRA late model division as they ready for their 27^th season that finds them travel to five different states and fifteen different race tracks. Among the highlights on the schedule are all the annual events, including the “Alphabet Soup” and “Cornhusker Classic” events at I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska, “NCRA Late Model Nationals” at Mid-America Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska and “King of the Hill” at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool, Nebraska. A second annual “Showdown in the Heartland” will also take place with four races instead of three and a $10,000 to win event, the second of such event, in the 40 year history of O’Reilly/NCRA.

The season kicks off with the second annual “Showdown in the Heartland” against the Missouri based MARS Dirt car series.81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas will kick off the four race swing on Thursday night, May 6^th before heading to a new stop for the series, Creek County Speedway in Kelleyville, Oklahoma for a Friday night invasion. Brill Motor Speedway in Meeker, Oklahoma will host the tour for the second year in a row on Saturday night before the showdown ends on Sunday night at Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri.

For the seventh year, Mid-Nebraska Speedway is scheduled to kick off the annual Memorial Day weekend of activities on Friday night, May 28^th before heading to the annual “Alphabet Soup” race at I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska on Sunday night, May 30^th.

Just one week later the second largest paying O’Reilly/National Championship Racing Association event in history takes place at Great American Speedway in Jetmore, Kansas on Friday and Saturday night, June 4-5 with the Saturday night finale paying $10,000 to the feature winner. It will be the second paying $10,000 to win show in the series history with former series champion Al Purkey taking home that amount back in 1997 at 81 Speedway. Drivers will have a chance to pick up $5000 more dollars to close out the weekend on Sunday night as the series makes its first of two events on the Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas. The entire weekend will be co-sanctioned with the MARS Dirt car series.

The series will then take two weeks off before making their first of two stops on the season at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska on Saturday night, June 19.

I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park will kick off the Fourth of July weekend on Friday night, July 2 before the series heads to Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa on Saturday night.

The annual NCRA Late Model Nationals takes place on Friday and Saturday night, July 16-17, at Mid-Nebraska Speedway

After a one year hiatus from the schedule, Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Nebraska is back on the schedule with a Friday night, July 23 outing. The next night the outlaw late models will head to the new Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas for a Saturday night showdown. The track is under new ownership with long-time series supporters Mike and Dave Conkwright purchasing the facility over the winter months.

The Ed Beckly promoted Dodge City Raceway Park will once again host the biggest late model stars of the region as the series will compete at the beautiful West Kansas facility on Saturday night, August 7 before making their final appearance at the home track of the O’Reilly Auto Parts National Championship Racing Association, 81 Speedway on Sunday night.

One week later it is the annual “King of the Hill” Late Model Nationals at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Nebraska on Friday and Saturday night, August 13-14.

Saturday night, August 21 will see Thunder Hill Speedway back on the schedule for the last scheduled time in 2010 before heading to Sedalia’s State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Missouri, which will host the series for the first time since April 29, 2000, on Sunday night.

Labor Day weekend will see I-80 Speedway on the schedule for Friday night, September 3, before heading to the Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas two nights later on Sunday night. This event will also see the O’Reilly/NCRA modifieds and sprints also competing.

The ambitious 2010 race season is then scheduled to be completed on Saturday night, September 25, with the annual running of the Cornhusker Classic.

A total of sixty-four races in six states are slated for all five divisions combined for the 40^th anniversary season of the O’Reilly Auto Parts National Championship Racing Association. To learn more about the history and up to date information on the series, check them out on their official website www.ncraracing.org. To inquire more information on the late model division, contact NCRA steward Chris Smith (918) 625-6200 or NCRA president C Ray Hall (316) 755-1781.

To climb aboard as presenting or contingency partner with the late model division for 2010, contact David Smith, Jr. (405) 740-4769.

The series and officials would like to thank the following who have climbed aboard thus for this coming race season:

2010 NCRA Late Model Series Sponsors:O’Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels

May6Thursday81 SpeedwayPark City, Kansas

May7FridayCreek County SpeedwayKellyville, Oklahoma

May8SaturdayBrill Motor SpeedwayMeeker, Oklahoma

May9SundayMonett SpeedwayMonett, Missouri

May28FridayMid-Nebraska SpeedwayDoniphan, Nebraska

May30SundayI-80 SpeedwayGreenwood, Nebraska

June4FridayGreat American SpeedwayJetmore, Kansas

June5SaturdayGreat American SpeedwayJetmore, Kansas

June6SundayBelleville High BanksBelleville, Kansas

June19SaturdayJunction Motor SpeedwayMcCool, Nebraska

July2FridayI-80 SpeedwayGreenwood, Nebraska

July3SaturdayAdams County SpeedwayCorning, Iowa

July16-17FridayMid-Nebraska SpeedwayDoniphan, Nebraska

July23FridayEagle RacewayLincoln, Nebraska

July24SaturdayThunder Hill SpeedwayMayetta, Kansas

Aug.7FridayDodge City Raceway ParkDodge City, Kansas

Aug.8Saturday81 SpeedwayPark City, Kansas

Aug. 13-14Friday/SaturdayJunction Motor SpeedwayMcCool Junction, Nebraska

Aug.21FridayThunder Hill SpeedwayMayetta, Kansas

Aug.22SaturdaySedalia’s State Fair SpeedwaySedalia, Missouri

Sept.3FridayI-80 SpeedawyGreenwood, Nebraska

Sept.5SundayBelleville High BanksBelleville, Kansas

Sept.26SaturdayI-80 SpeedwayGreenwood, Nebraska