Lonnie Wheatley
TULSA, Okla. (February 2, 2010) – For the sixth consecutive year, the Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless series will once again offer up some of the nation’s premier wingless Sprint Car racing action.
And, this year’s edition of TNT will include a bit more than the annual August swing through the heartland, with another half dozen events on the series’ 2010 slate.
The 2010 edition of Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits TNT will kick off with a Texas triple at Beaumont’s Golden Triangle Raceway Park, Baytown’s Houston Raceway Park and then Waco’s Heart O’ Texas Speedway on April 30, May 1 and May 2.
The following weekend, TNT ignites atop the famed Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, TX, on May 7 before tackling the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway red clay oval the following night.
After a stop at the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks”, Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO, on June 19, next up is the Sixth Annual Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Midwest Swing.
The sixth annual August slate of events opens up on Sunday night, August 15, at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, IA, where the series initial attempt was rained out last year.
From there, it’s on to Nebraska Raceway Park’s I-80 Speedway on Monday night, before taking to Missouri’s ½-mile Sedalia State Fair Speedway on Tuesday night.
After an off night, the series shifts to the cozy confines of Sapulpa, Oklahoma’s Creek County Speedway on Thursday night, August 19, before finishing out the week with the annual $10,000 to win Ron Shuman Classic at Kansas City’s Lakeside Speedway on August 20-21.
This year’s standard Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits TNT events will offer up a $3,000 winner’s share with $300 to start along with $300 tow money to the top ten in series points. A points fund totaling $1,000 per event will be distributed among the series top teams at the end of the season.
Several other events are under discussion and will be added to the schedule as details are finalized.
Broken Arrow’s Brady Bacon is the reigning Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits TNT champion after topping three feature events en route to the 2009 crown, joining the likes of Dave Darland (2008), Robert Ballou and Tim Kaeding (2007), Jesse Hockett (2006) and Levi Jones (2005) as past TNT title bearers.
Additional information regarding Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits TNT is available at www.sprintbandits.com.
2010 Lucas Oil Sprint Bandits Tour ‘N Topless Schedule:
April 30 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park (Beaumont, TX)
May 1 – Houston Raceway Park (Baytown, TX)
May 2 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway (Waco, TX)
May 7 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway (Mesquite, TX)
May 8 – I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR)
June 19 – Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, MO)
August 15 – Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA)
August 16 – I-80 Speedway (Greenwood, NE)
August 17 – Sedalia’s State Fair Speedway (Sedalia, MO)
August 19 – Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, OK)
August 20 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS)
August 21 – Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS) – $10,000 to win