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Mother Nature Washes Out Waynesfield Speedweek Warm Up |
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Waynesfield, OH (6-21-08) by Bryan Autullo – All Star PR Director Several serve storms raced into the Waynesfield Motor Sports Park area Saturday afternoon forcing the O'Reilly All Star Officials and WMSP management to make the decision to cancel the June 21st event. The stars and cars of the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions will now make the tow to Attica Raceway Park to officially kick off Ohio Sprint Speedweek at "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue. PA Posse hard-charger Lance Dewease leads a competitive field of All Stars into Ohio Speedweek, which includes 2-time and defending All Star Champion Greg Wilson, "The Hurricane" Randy Hannagan, Paul McMahan, Rookie of the Year competitor Ryan Meyers and former Ohio Speedweek Champion Dale Blaney. These drivers will have to have their elbows up as Attica track champion Byron Reed, Mark Keegan, Lee Jacobs, and their fellow Attica & Fremont Regulars throw their hat into the ring to claim their share of the loot.
The seven thrilling nights of mud slingin' action that make up Ohio Sprint Speedweek start off at Attica Raceway Park on Sunday, June 22nd before moving onto Wayne County Speedway on Monday, June 23rd. The teams then make the haul over to Hilltop Speedway on Tuesday night before traveling south to Skyline Speedway on June 25th for night four. Fremont Speedway is home of night five on Thursday night. The 1/4-mile bullring of Limaland Motorsports Park will roar on Friday night. Saturday, June 28th is the Ohio Speedweek Finale at historic Eldora Speedway and will pay $10,000 to the winner.
Keep up with all the news and action of the 26th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek at www.ohiospeedweek.com and learn more about the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions by visiting. www.allstarsprint.com. Can't make it to the track next week? Well tune into the official vioce of the All Stars DC Bash and the BAS Racing Network on www.dirtvision.com.
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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.