Camargo, IL (3-14-09) by Kelly Brown – Public Relations Director – When you are on the road as much as the O’Reilly All Star Racing Series, it always helps to know that there will be a place waiting for you at the end of an exciting night at the track and Extended Stay Hotels provides just that. Extended Stay Hotels are not only a great place to stay for All Star teams and fans, but they also provide a cost effective way to make it to all events.

Extended Stay Hotels promises their guests that “no matter where you are, no matter how long your stay, their suites offer all the comforts of home and office at a price that makes sense.” Extended Stay Hotels also provides the All Star Series with a discounted rate at any time. To redeem the rate all you need to do is make your reservation at www.extendedstayhotels.com and enter the company code STR to receive the special racers rate.

Camargo, IL (3-13-09) by Kelly Brown – Public Relations Director – With the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions on the brink of resuming the rest of the 2009 season, the schedule is continuing to expand as the series has announced that they will be racing at K-C Raceway on Thursday, July 3rd.

K-C Raceway has been a staple on the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions schedule since the series visited the Chillicothe, Ohio track for the first time in 1975. That event was won by Kramer Williamson and he won again there when the series returned again in 1976. The All Stars took an almost 10-year hiatus from the track, but returned in 1985 and has been running at least one event there each season ever since.

Don’t miss out on a chance to see the All Star Circuit of Champions at “The Night the Stars Come Out” at K-C Raceway. For more information on the event visit www.kc-raceway.com and for the most up to date information on the O’Reilly All Stars visit www.oreillyallstars.com.

Camargo, IL (3-13-09) by Kelly Brown – Public Relations Director – If you were not able to make it to Florida this year for the 2009 running of Florida Winter Nationals, never fear because you can now purchase video of the event and relive each action packed moment from the exhilarating week of racing.

To buy a piece of O’Reilly All Stars Circuit of Champions racing history all you need to do is visit www.motorsportvideoproduction.com to place your order. Video is available for races at Ocala Speedway and Volusia Speedway for $15.00 per DVD.

Camargo, IL (3-1-09) by Kelly Brown – Public Relations Director – Are you a O’Reilly All Stars Family of Series fan or team member, and a Face Book fanatic or a My Space maven? Now you can follow the All Stars by adding the series to your online social circle on Face Book or My Space.

To find either of the All Star pages on both sites all you have to do is search oreillyallstars@gmail.com in the friends area, or on My Space visit http://www.myspace.com/oreillyallstars. Once you have added the All Stars to your social circle you will be able to interact with other fans and even join the O’Reilly All Star Group on Face Book. This creates a new venue for fans to communicate with each other and the series.

Always know what is going on with the All Star Family of Series when you enter your My Space or Face Book account by adding the O’Reilly All Stars as a friend. For all the latest information on the O’Reilly All Stars visit www.oreillyallstars.com.

Camargo, IL (2-21-09) by Kelly Brown - Public Relations Director – In the racing world it pays to be on the edge of innovative technology, and the O’Reilly All Star Family of series is not an exception. Now sprint car fans, drivers and teams can keep track of the All Star Series on their cell phone thanks to Twitter Text Service.  

To join the service all you need to do is send the message: follow ascoc for the All Star Circuit of Champions, follow aslms for the All Star Late Model Series, or follow mdwas for the Midwest All Stars to 40404. Once the text is sent follow the prompts to be added to the distribution list. Standard text messaging rates do apply.  If after awhile you change your mind, being deleted from the distribution list is as easy as texting leave with the appropriate series code after it.

Always know what is going on no matter where you are with the O’Reilly All Star Family of Series by joining the All Star Twitter Text Service. This will be the same service that the All Star Officials will be using to communicate with teams and drivers about cancellations and schedule changes, so it pays for teams, drivers and fans to subscribe to the service. For all the cutting edge information for the O’Reilly All Stars visit www.oreillyallstars.com.

Camargo, IL (2-18-09) by Kelly Brown - Public Relations Director – With the 2009 running of Winter Nationals in the record books, the stars of the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions are aligning for the rest of the 2009 campaign. Included in the unique roster of talented drivers are former Champions, infamous veterans in the 410 Sprint Car World, and promising rookie talent, which are all ready to battle for the 2009 series title. It promises to be an action packed season with some of best sprint car drivers on the track, dueling each weekend for racing supremacy.  The 2009 roster of All Stars includes:

Camargo, IL (2-5-09) by Kelly Brown - Public Relations Director – After two third place finishes and a runner up finish, there was only one place that Stevie Smith could finish on the last night of the O’Reilly Circuit of Champions Florida Speedweek Winter Nationals and that was in Victory Lane. In an exciting night of racing that saw the win come down to a last lap pass, Stevie Smith showed he was on a mission.

Starting from the pole position, Smith grabbed the lead going into turn one when the Green Flag was unfurled. In close pursuit were Craig Dollansky and Kraig Kinser. Early on the battle was for the fifth position as Jason Meyers, Joey Saldana and Steve Kinser had quite a scuffle to take that spot.  

By Lap 9 Smith looked as if he was going to run away with the show as he had built over a second lead, but that was not enough when his 1 car spun its wheels Dollansky was able to catch up to him and a side-by-side battle ensued. Dollansky stole the lead on Lap 12, but Smith muscled back and reclaimed the top spot a lap later.

On Lap 19 Saldana began to make his move up to fourth. In the battle for third Saldana and Kraig Kinser were bumper-to-bumper for third. In a frenzied move Steve Kinser passed the two, but on the next revolution of the half-mile track Saldana had retook the third position with Jason Meyers lining up behind him in fourth.

The first Yellow Flag of the night flew over Volusia Speedway on Lap 20 as Sam Hafertepe jr.’s 15h came to a halt on track. On the restart at the front Smith was working the low line, while Dollansky was making himself comfortable in the cushion. A second caution period disrupted their skirmish as the Yellow Flag flew again on lap 21 for Tim Kaeding whose 83jr had come to a stop at the exit of Turn 2.

On the final restart with only nine laps to go, Smith and Dollansky stuck to their favored lines. The result was a side-by-side scuffle that saw Dollansky retake the lead on Lap 22. Behind the leaders Meyers was closely following Saldana, but time was running out.

When the White Flag soared over the field, Smith knew it was his last chance for victory. In Turn 2 he made his move and slid under Dollansky to recapture the lead. With the Checkered Flag fluttering in the air, Smith was the first to cross the finish line; he was followed by: Dollansky, Saldana, Meyers and Steve Kinser. 

This was Smith’s second Winter Nationals win. His first came at East Bay Speedway in 1994. Over all this was Smith’s seventh O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions win.

The next time the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions will take the track will be April 10 and 11 at Attica Speedway Park in Attica, Ohio. For more information stay tuned to http://www.oreillyallstars.com/.

Camargo, IL (2-4-09) by Kelly Brown - Public Relations Director – After winning night one at Volusia Speedway Park in dramatic fashion, it only seems fair that Donny Schatz follow it up with a All Star Circuit of Champions victory in dominant style. He did just that leading wire-to-wire on the fourth night of Florida Speedweek Winter Nationals.

On the drop of the Green Flag, Schatz was a man on a mission taking the lead going into the first turn with Joey Saldana on his heels. Behind them a battle for third waged on as Jason Sides, Greg Wilson and Tim Kaeding got three wide at one point for the position. As Kaeding got high out of the line, Daryn Pittman jumped at the opportunity and moved his way into the top-five.

During Lap 5 Schatz got caught behind a slowing Pat Cannon and Joey Saldana took the lead for a brief moment, but Cannon brought out the Yellow Flag before the lap could be recorded. Therefore, Schatz was relegated back into the top position. On the restart Schatz retained the lead and by Lap 8 he had build over a second lead over his nearest competitor.

There were a few times where lapped traffic brought Saldana’s 9 car close to the bumper of Schatz’s 15, but Saldana could not get by. This allowed Sides to close on Saldana, but he held Sides’ advances off. One of the best battles on the track was for who was going to make it into the top-five. There was quite a scuffle going on between Pittman, Kaeding, Steve Kinser, and Stevie Smith for the position.

With five laps to go the struggle for fifth was between Wilson and Pittman, while at the front of the pack Saldana once again had Schatz in his sights following him feverishly in the low line. With one lap remaining the Red Flag came out as a result of Wilson tangling with two lapped cars on the back stretch, which sent him plummeting end-over-end. Wilson would land on all fours and exit his w20 racing machine unscathed.

This set up a green-white-checker finish. When the field saw the Green Flag unfurled for the final time, Schatz once again beat Saldana into the first turn and took off never looking back. When the checkers fell it was Schatz who took them first, followed by: Saldana, Sides, Pittman and Kinser.

This was Schatz’s fifth All Star Circuit of Champions Winter Nationals win. The first came in 2006 and the other two came last year at Volusia Speedway Park, when he won two out of three nights. With having won two out of three nights this year, will he be able to make it a sweep?

The All Star Circuit of Champions will be back in action at Volusia Speedway Park tomorrow night for the fifth and night of Florida Speedweek Winter Nationals.