{"id":15116,"date":"2012-11-30T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=15116"},"modified":"2012-11-30T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T15:23:26","slug":"pavement-track-welcomes-world-of-outlaws-stp-sprint-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/pavement-track-welcomes-world-of-outlaws-stp-sprint-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavement Track Welcomes World of Outlaws STP Sprint Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elko Speedway to cover pavement for unique dirt event on Friday, May 10<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"ELKO, Minn. – Nov. 27, 2012 – For the first time since a successful two-year stint at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2000-01, the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Cars will compete on a pavement track temporarily covered in dirt in 2013.<\/p>\n

Elko Speedway, a 3\/8-mile pavement track located approximately a half hour south of Minneapolis, will host its first-ever World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event on Friday, May 10.<\/p>\n

Sammy Swindell, who won twice on the dirt-caked Bristol Motor Speedway, touted the job of covering Bristol Motor Speedway as a success. He also added that it levels the playing field for all competitors.<\/p>\n

“You don’t know what you’re going to be up against until you get there,” Swindell said.<\/p>\n

While it will be the first World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event at Elko Speedway, it’s far from the first race on dirt at the semi-banked oval. Track owner Tom Ryan said Elko Speedway is covered in dirt each fall to end the season and begin the ensuing season. A variety of events are held on the dirt before it is pealed for the pavement season.<\/p>\n

“We do it all the time,” Ryan said. “It’s not so much a new thing for us to have dirt on our track, but to have the World of Outlaws is certainly huge.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had nothing but success on dirt. It really, truly is a progressive banking. For sprint cars, there are three full grooves all around the track. They can run low. They can run high. They can run a diamond pattern. We see it all.”<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to WoOsprint.com<\/a> and SLSpromotions.com<\/a> for more information throughout the off-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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