Volunteer Speedway owners Joe and Phyllis Loven, along with all track personnel ... hope everyone has an enjoyable Independence Day holiday weekend attending the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series "Reece Monument Co. 60" on Saturday, July 4. Your support of "The Gap" is greatly appreciated. God Bless The USA!!!

$10,000-to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 'Reece Monument Co. 60' scheduled Saturday, July 4 at Volunteer Speedway

BULLS GAP, Tenn. — Many of the top names in dirt late model racing are expected to be present at Volunteer Speedway over the Independence Day holiday weekend on Saturday, July 4, for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series "Reece Monument Co. 60" which will pay $10,000-to-win and $700-to-start. Besides the Lucas Oil Super Late Models, also racing will be the Fastrak Racing Series-sanctioned "Courtesy Chevrolet" Pro Late Models and "McDonald's" Hobby Stocks. Headlining the list of drivers expected to be in action is current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points leader Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn.; Dale McDowell of Chickamuaga, Ga.; Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn.; Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla. (2005, '06, '07 and '08 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national champion, driving for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor Bobby Labonte); Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C.; Don O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind.; Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind.; Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky.; Josh McGuire of Grayson, Ky.; John Blankenship of Williamson, W.Va.; Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wis.; Eric Jacobsen of Sea Cliffe Beach, Calif.; David Breazeale of Four Corners, Miss.; Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., plus many more. Racers' from around the East Tennessee region looking to take on the out-of-state invaders on Fourth of July include four-time (1997, 1998, 2000 and 2005) Volunteer Speedway track champion Vic Hill of Morristown, Greeneville's Jeff Maupin (2008 Super Late Model track champion), Bristol's Kerry Jones, Randy Weaver of Crossville, Johnson City's Dale Ball, Billy Ogle Jr. of Knoxville, Knoxville's Rick Rogers, Tommy Kerr of Maryville, Sevierville's Chad Ogle, Joe Armes of Petros, Knoxville's Mark Douglas, Mark Vineyard of Powell, Mount Carmel's Shon Flanary, Michael Smith of Rogersville, Powell's Steve Smith, Anthony White of Clinton, Jonesborough's Bobby Mays, Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, Knoxville's Herman Goddard, Bryan Hendrix of Knoxville, along with several others. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series heat races, last chance B-mains and the $10,000-to-win "Reece Monument Co. 60" highlight the Saturday, July 4 racing program, along with action in "Courtesy Chevrolet" Pro Late Model and "McDonald's" Hobby Stock. Ray Ferguson of ATC Roofing will award $500 cash to the fastest qualifier in PRC Time Trails for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series "Reece Monument 60." Adult grandstand admission $25, youth (ages 10-14) $5, with kids 9-and-under admitted free in the grandstands when accompanied by an adult. Backside tier-parking and pit passes $35 per person regardless of age. The pit gate will open at 3 p.m. and the grandstand gate opens at 5 p.m. Hotlaps are tentatively scheduled to begin around 7:45 p.m. (depending on how hot the weather is and with the sun baking down on the track, hotlaps may begin a little later than 7:45 p.m.), to be followed by qualifying and then racing action. With it being the Fourth of July, a huge fireworks show will illuminate the nighttime skies over "The Gap." ***NOTE: With a large crowd expected and all available seating space needed for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event, no lawn chairs will be permitted in the grandstands. Only stadium seat-type cushions will be allowed. Also, no coolers or outside food allowed to be brought into the front straightaway (main) grandstands! Directions to Volunteer Speedway: South on Interstate 81 from Tennessee/Virginia state lines, take Exit 23 (Bulls Gap/Greeneville), then turn right onto Hwy. 11-E at bottom of the exit ramp. Look for track entrance approximately 200 yards on left. North on Interstate 81 from I-81/I-40 split (East of Knoxville, TN), take Exit 23, then turn left onto Hwy. 11-E at bottom of the exit ramp. Continue underneath the interstate over-pass and track entrance approximately 300 yards ahead on left Volunteer Speedway: (423) 235-5020 Track Office - Weekdays Only 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.: (423) 378-5942 Phyllis Loven: (423) 676-9081 Robert Walden-Media/Public Relations Director: (423) 928-9644 robwald@prodigy.net Jimmy Meade-Marketing and Sales: (423) 817-0925 volunteerspeedwy@yahoo.com Race Director David Bryant: Race Shop (423) 235-5420 ... Cell (865) 978-1752

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