CAMARGO, IL (1-30-08) by Bryan Autullo – All Star PR Director
 The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions are ready to kick off the 2008 racing season this Friday night at North Florida Speedway in Lake City, FL before traveling across the Sunshine State to Volusia Speedway Park the following week to take part in the 37th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals. With a strong roster of cars chasing the $50,000 season points championship in 2008, the All Stars have put together a promising schedule that will bring the ground pounding, fire breathing winged 410 sprint car series to 10 different states.
While “Ohio Speedweek” will once again be the premier week of events on the schedule, new life has been pumped into the traditional “Thunder Through the Plains” tour which will take place the week prior to the Knoxville Nationals this year. The season will wind down with the Hoosier Fall Classic, which was a huge success in 2007 and bigger and better things are planned for that weekend in 2008.
The All Stars have bolstered their roster with some fresh rookie talent as well as some drivers who will make their return to the series full time in 2008. Other nationally recognized stars will also make several appearances throughout the season. More information on the complete driver roster will be available soon.
The following schedule consists of 42 confirmed race dates with 5 dates “To Be Announced” as contracts are received. More dates could still be added as the All Stars are still seeking dates at various facilities for 2008. There are currently no co-sanctioned events with the World of Outlaws in 2008, although the schedule was purposely structured to allow the All Star drivers to attend many of those higher paying events around the Midwest.
FEBRUARY
2-1 North Florida Speedway Lake City, FL
2-2 North Florida Speedway Lake City, FL
2-5 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL
2-6 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL
2-7 Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL
APRIL
4-4 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH
4-26 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
MAY
5-9 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
5-10 Port Royal Speedway Port Royal, PA
5-11 Bedford Speedway Bedford, PA
5-16 Beckley Speedway Beckley, WV
5-17 Tyler County Speedway Middlebourne, WV
5-23 Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA
5-24 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH
JUNE
6-12 TBA
6-13 Williams Grove Mechanicsburg, PA
6-14 Lincoln Speedway Hanover, PA
6-15 Sportsman Speedway Knox, PA
6-21 Waynesfield Motorsports Park Waynesfield, OH
Ohio Speedweek
6-22 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH
6-23 Wayne County Speedway Orrville, OH
6-24 Hilltop Speedway Millersburg, OH
6-25 Skyline Speedway Stewart, OH
6-26 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH
6-27 Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, OH
6-28 Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
JULY
7-3 KC Raceway Chillicothe, OH
7-4 TBA
7-5 TBA
7-18 Skyline Speedway Stewart, OH
7-19 Butler Battlegrounds Quincy, MI
Thunder Through the Plains
7-28 Thunderhill Speedway Mayetta, KS
7-29 RPM Speedway Hays, KS
7-30 81 Speedway Wichita, KS
7-31 Belleville High Banks Belleville, KS
AUGUST
8-2 Eagle Raceway Eagle, NE
8-13 Waynesfield Motorsports Park Waynesfield, OH
8-15 Auto Tire & Parts Race Park Benton, MO
8-16 Riverside International Speedway West Memphis, AR
8-23 TBA
8-29 Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA
8-30 Attica Raceway Park Attica, OH
8-31 Hilltop Speedway Millersburg, OH
SEPTEMBER
9-6 Fremont Speedway Fremont, OH
9-12 Lawrenceburg Speedway Lawrenceburg, IN
9-13 Lawrenceburg Speedway Lawrenceburg, IN
OCTOBER
10-4 TBA |
O'Reilly Auto Parts is excited to be affliated with the All Star Circuit of Champions and so many other great racing associations throughout all of our market areas. All of these sanctioning bodies celebrate the racers and put O'Reilly Auto Parts deep in the grass roots of racing. These racers and fans are our customers and we are pleased to serve them in our stores. From our roots as a single store in 1957 to our current size of over 3,337 locations and still growing. Stop by on your way to the track. 
The All Stars are one of the premier sprint car sanctioning bodies in the USA. It is owned by Illinois businessman, and now in their 30th year of operation, the All Stars take pride in their reputation of providing highly competitive, fair, exciting racing for outlaw sprint cars with many different winners in a year. About 400 drivers participate in All Star races yearly in front of an average of 5,000 spectators per event. Currently 40+ races are scheduled in numerous states, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Nebraska, West Virginia, and Kansas. 
Ohio Sprint Speedweek proves to be one of the most competitive weeks in racing during the 2010 All Star season. Tough battles happened in the 2010 Ohio Sprint Speedweek season, as it included nine straight nights of racing action in the buckeye state, it challenged the best of the best, but young David Gravel- DDR Motorsports was crowned the 2010 champion.