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January 26, 1999 John Kaiser NLMS ANNOUNCES EXCITING 1999 SCHEDULE
Kathleen, Ga. - The National Late Model Sportsman Series today announced
its full schedule for the 1999 racing season. Encompassed on the schedule
are some familiar tracks, some exciting new venues and a return to some
tracks that have been off the series schedule over the last year or two.
As the National Late Model Sportsman Series enters its fifth year of
operation in the Southeastern United States, the guiding premise of the
series continues to be economically feasible and highly competitive Late
Model racing. Total purses for the 1999 season will approach $400,000
providing plenty of opportunity for area racers who follow the series. All
events, except for two, for the 1999 season will be two day affairs, have a
race length of 100 lap races and will pay $5,000 to win and $325 to start.
The series has an exciting new track to visit early on in the season as it
heads to Dublin, Ga. and 441 Speedway. While the series raced at 441 in
previous years, it was then a dirt track, now the surface the racers will
be facing is asphalt, making it the first of two pavement races on the 1999
schedule. The series will once again return to Columbia Motorsports Park in
Lake City, Fla. for the highly successful and tremendously exciting “Dirt
Cars on Asphalt” event that has been a staple of the NLMS season over the
last four years.
Another new venue for the series will be the high banks of East Alabama
Motor Speedway. This fast 3/8ths mile clay track, home of the National 100,
will feature a 50 lap event on Saturday night following a Friday night 50
lapper at Penton Raceway, the first Alabama track to host the series. The
series will also return to Cordele (Ga.) Speedway after a three year
hiatus. New Track Manager Joe Wray has always provided a superb racing
surface when he managed Cochran (Ga.) Speedway and with two dates at each
track, the central Georgia area will have ample opportunity to see the
stars and cars of the most competitive series in the Southeast.
The 1999 Season will end this year at Savannah, Ga.’s Oglethorpe Speedway
Park with the “Rumble on the River”. This event, which pays $10,000 to the
winner is always an exciting one and it this year will be no exception. The
series will also visit Oglethorpe on two other occasions during the season.
Returning to the series schedule are Waycross (Ga.) Motor Speedway, Cochran
Speedway, Lake City (Fla.) Speedway, Thunderbowl Speedway in Valdosta, Ga.,
and Golden Isle Speedway in Brunswick, Ga. which will host the series over
the July 4th weekend.
There are still two dates on the schedule to be filled, and there are three
or four tracks interested in taking those dates. However it is NLMS policy
to not announce a date until contracts are signed by both parties. As soon
as these dates become firm, information will be made available to all
interested parties.
NATIONAL LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN SOUTHERN DIRT TOUR
P.O. BOX 190355 MOBILE, AL 36619 PH/FAX (334)653-8921
1999 NATIONAL LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN SERIES
SOUTHERN DIRT TOUR SCHEDULE
February 5-6 Thunderbowl Speedway Valdosta, Ga.
February 26-27 441 Speedway Dublin, Ga.
March 12-13 Lake City Speedway Lake City, Fla.
March 26-27 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross, Ga.
April 9-10 Oglethorpe Speedway Park Savannah, Ga.
April 23-24 Cochran Speedway Cochran, Ga.
May 7-8 Columbia Motorsport Park Lake City, Fla.
May 21-22 Cordele Motor Speedway Cordele, Ga.
May 28-29 Thunderbowl Speedway Valdosta, Ga.
June 4-5 TBA
June 25-26 Oglethorpe Speedway Park Savannah, Ga.
July 2-3-4 Golden Isle Speedway Brunswick, Ga.
July 16 Penton Raceways Penton, Ala.
July 17 East Alabama Motor Speedway Phenix City, Ala
July 30-31 Cochran Speedway Cochran, Ga.
August 13-14 Cordele Motor Speedway Cordele, Ga.
August 27-28 Waycross Motor Speedway Waycross, Ga.
September 4-5 Thunderbowl Speedway Valdosta, Ga.
September 17-18 TBA
October 8-9 Lake City Speedway Lake City, Fla.
October 28-29-30 Oglethorpe Speedway Park Savannah, Ga.
RUMBLE ON RIVER STREET-SHOWDOWN IV
November 21
4th Annual Family Racing Picnic, Little Ocmulgee
State Park
November 26-27 Thunderbowl Speedway Valdosta,
Ga. 10th Annual Turkey Shootout
-John Kaiser |
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