By Eric Westendorf
Sarver, PA (Wednesday, April 24) Fab Four Racing Opening Night 2013 has been rescheduled for this Friday, April 26 after being canceled and postponed last Friday night. Budweiser points will be on the line right from the drop of the first green flag of the Fab Four Racing heat races which start at 7:30 sharp! Opening Night will begin with the debut of the newly sponsored Peoples TWP DIRTcar Sprints, followed by the Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models, Diehl Auto Group DIRTcar Northeast Modifieds and the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman.
The rescheduled Opening Night isn’t the only tweak to the 2013 schedule; a variety of promotional nights have been added to the 2013 schedule. Race night promotions start in May as our annual Ladies Night/Breast Cancer Awareness Night is scheduled for Friday, May 3, with donations once again being accepted on behalf of Komen for the Cure in exchange for coupons for the following Fab Four Racing event on Friday, May 17. Diehl Automotive Night is scheduled for Friday, May 10 along with the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints, the Lernerville Speedway debut of the RUSH Dirt Late Model Series and the Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman. We’ll honor the brave men and women that keep our country and communities safe with Armed Forces Night on Friday, May 17 along with our friends from the Twin State Auto Racing Club and Fire, Police & EMS Night on May 24. And, then we’ll cap off the month on May 31, by welcoming our new friends from Peoples TWP, (new Sprint car division sponsor for 2013), on Peoples TWP Night featuring the Dollar Energy Auction; where we’ll raffle off $1 tickets for Firecracker 100, Silver Cup and Fab Four Racing ticket packages.
The Action really picks up in June with Class of 2013 Night on Friday, June 7; all high school and college graduates from the Class of 2013 will be admitted free of charge with proof of diploma. June 14 is the ever popular Holiday Races with Fireworks on #1 Cochran Automotive Fan Appreciation Night as a thrilling fireworks display will highlight another Fast Friday of Fab Four Racing; June 14 is also Sheet Metal Workers Night. The following Friday, June 21 is arguably the biggest and most exciting weekly race of the season as the Mid-Season Championships bring extra incentive with “Big Ticket” provisionals on the line in all four divisions; Silver Cup for the Peoples TWP Sprints, Firecracker 100 for the Precise Lates, Steel City Stampede for the Diehl Mods and the Autumn-Motive Fest Sportsman/Stock Spectacular for the Pic-A-Part Sportsman.
As always, June is capped off with the biggest racing weekend of the season with the 7th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com; a three-day mega show sanctioned by the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and attended by the best Late Model drivers in the country battling for the prestigious $30,000-to-win Firecracker 100 trophy. Thursday and Friday are complete $6,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model events with the best finish of either night’s features setting the heat race line-ups for Saturday Night’s finale and again all non-qualifiers will be funneled into the $3,000-to-win Uncle Sam 30.
The heat keeps rising in July as the BOSS Wingless Sprints roll into Sarver for their Lernerville Speedway debut on the Friday after the Firecracker 100; July 5. The RUSH Dirt Late Models will return for a $1,200-to-win Touring Series event along with the Pic-A-Part Sportsman. Fab Four Racing will be back in action on Friday, July 12 for F.A.L.L./N.S.B. Youth Sports Night; all little league, soccer and other youth sports participants will be admitted FREE of charge in uniform.
The biggest single-day show on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series schedule is the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup XXII Twin 30s scheduled for Tuesday, July 16. Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart won the second 30-lap A-Main last year, while “The Crowd Pleaser” Craig Dollansky scored his first Silver Cup!
The Peoples TWP Sprints will get the night off along with the Diehl Mods on Friday, July 19 as the ULMS Late Models and UEMS Modifieds invade the Action Track to share the night with the Pic-A-Part Sportsman. Fab Four Racing returns for the Budweiser Track Championship stretch run on GBG Night on Friday, July 26. Then, the first of two School Bus & Kid’s Bike Races brings July to a close on Tuesday, July 30; Enduro 100 & Trailer Races are also on the “Summer Vacation” card that night.
The dog days of summer in August are all about Fab Four Racing as five Fast Fridays (August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30) will determine who gets to sit at the head table at next year’s Annual Awards Banquet as 2013 Budweiser Track Champions. August 9 is Nostalgia Night as our friends from the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club make their annual visit to the speedway. Friday, August 23 is Senior Citizen Night and Championship Night 2013 is scheduled for Friday, August 30.
September means Saturday Night racing at the Action Track! The Millerstown Pic-A-Part DIRTcar Sportsman will take center stage during Autumn-Motive Fest on September 7 in the $2,000-to-win Sportsman/Stock Spectacular. Autumn-Motive Fest will also feature another $1,000-to-win, 100-lap Enduro. Saturday, September 14 is “Back to School” School Bus & Kid’s Bike Races, along with the PCTC Senior Series, Figure 8 Races and a Demolition Derby. “The Greatest Show on Dirt” returns on Saturday, September 21 as the World of Outlaws STP Sprints return to Steel City Speedplant for the $10,000-to-win Commonwealth Clash.
The 2013 Lernerville Speedway schedule is bookended by the 5th Annual DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede featuring $3,000-to-win A-Mains for the Peoples TWP Sprints, Precise Late Models and Diehl Mods, as well as the RUSH Dirt Late Models, Pic-A-Part Sportsman, UEMS Modifieds, 305 Sprints, 4 Cylinders, Mod Lites and Enduro 100.
To view or print the entire 2013 Lernerville Speedway schedule, log on to www.Lernerville.com and click the schedule link. Prices for the first three big races of the season have been released. May 10’s All Star Sprints, Rush Lates and Pic-A-Part Sportsman admission prices are $25 for adults, $15 for Students 11-17 and kids 10 & under are FREE. Pit passes are $30 for DIRTcar Members and $40 for non-members.
Three-Day Firecracker 100 ticket packages are $69 for Adult reserved & general admission, $19 for Student & Children (under 17) reserved seats or $19 for Student (11-17) general admission and kids 10 & under are FREE into general admission. All three day packages include FREE pit pass upgrades for Thursday & Friday Night. Three-Day pit passes are $85.
Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup tickets are $39 for Adult reserved seats, $35 for Adult general admission, Student & Children reserved seats are $25 or $25 for student (11-17) general admission and kids 10 & under are FREE into general admission; Silver Cup pit passes are $45 for DIRTcar members or $55 for non-members.
Tickets for all three events are on sale now by calling the speedway office during normal business hours (724) 353-1511. Firecracker and Silver Cup tickets are available 24/7 on our website www.Lernerville.com by clicking the “Buy Tickets” link.