From Pete Walton
Atlanta, GA – The United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear returns to the red dirt 3/8 mile racing surface at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, NC for two full nights of action on October 1st and 2nd during the USCS Carolina Thunder Nationals 2010. The two-day event is loaded with action-packed racing in six divisions featuring a full program of winged outlaw style sprint car racing each night, plus racing in four of Carolina Speedway’s weekly racing divisions. Additionally the winged 600cc Micro Sprints have been added to the racing card as well.
The Carolina Speedway weekly racing divisions on the program include the popular Bea’s Gift Basket Open Wheel Modified racing for $1000 to win their 25-lap Championship min event. The Domino’s Pizza Street Stocks and Thunder (Crate) Sportsman square off in a weekend challenge event that also pays $1000 to the winner of the event and an extra $150 to the top finishing Thunder Sportsman driver. The Tilley Harley Davidson Renegades and Q2U BBQ Pit Stock Four divisions will both race for a $500 top prize.
All qualifying races for the Open Wheel Modified, Street Stock vs. Thunder Sportsman, Renegade and Stock Four divisions will be contested on Friday, October 1st. Then, on Saturday, October 2nd the Last Chance/B-Mains and Main Event finales in each of those divisions fill the racing card. The USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour winged sprint cars will contest a full racing program including the Goodyear Speed Dash, Qualifying Heat races and Main Events on both Friday and Saturday nights. The winged 600cc Micro Sprints will also contest a complete racing program of qualifying heats and main events on both nights.
The Carolina Speedway event is expected to bring top winged outlaw sprint car drivers from at least six states to the track from as far away as Florida and Arkansas . The exotic fire breathing, alcohol burning, 700 horsepower open-wheeled USCS sprint cars weight just 1,300 pounds, and are pound for pound the World’s most powerful short track race cars. The cars will literally fly around the track surface at speeds well over 130 M.P.H. It is not uncommon to see the USCS sprint cars popping “wheelies” or doing wheel stands because of the brute force of their engines and their huge 18-inch wide Goodyear Eagle rear tires.
OCT. 1st (Friday Night) Carolina Thunder Nationals 2010 – USCS Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars (Full Program), Winged Micro Sprints (Full Program) + Qualifying Races and Pole Scramble for Open Wheel Modified, Street Stock vs. Thunder Sportsman, Four Cylinders and Renegades. Tickets Adult Grandstand $15, Children Under 12 yrs. FREE.
***Special Two-Night Adult Grandstand Admission $28***
***Pit Passes $25
***Special Two-Night Pit Pass for $45***
OCT. 2nd (Saturday Night) Carolina Thunder Nationals 2010 – USCS Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars (Full Program), Winged Micro Sprints (Full Program) + Championship Finals for Open Wheel Modified ($1,000 to Win), Street Stock
vs. Thunder Sportsman ($1,000 to Win), Renegade ($500 to Win), Four Cylinders ($500 to Win).
Tickets Adult Grandstand $20, Children Under 12 yrs. FREE. Pit Passes $25
***NOTE: Special Two-Night Admissions can be purchased on Friday night .
Carolina Speedway is located at 6335 Union Rd., Gastonia, NC 28054. The race track phone number is: (704) 869-0313. The track’s website is www.carolinaspeedway.net For USCS info visit the USCS web site at www.uscsracing.com or call the USCS presented by Goodyear at 770-460-7223.