MEMPHIS, Tennessee — With less than a month until the 2nd Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas, several companies have stepped up to the plate to post bonuses for the event.
The innovative event, created in 2007, is highlighted by $1,000 to win/$100 to start for 305 Wingless Sprint Cars and $1,000 to win/$50 to start for Street Stocks on Saturday, October 4th. The format for the event is creative to say the least with time trials, dashes, inversions, and bonuses hid around every corner.
In addition to the increased purses, each division has several contingency awards.
The Wingless 305 Sprint Car Division has the follow contingency awards
posted:
- RHS Product Certificates to 1, 2, 3 feature finishers ($500, $250,
$125)
- Day Motorsports Product Certificate Hard Charger Award ($250)
- Lunati Cams Product Certificate Hard Luck Award ($250)
- Lucas Oil Case of Oil to 6-10 Feature Finishers
- R.E. Technologies Product Certificate ($250) – Young Gun Challenge for Highest Finishing Driver Under the Age of 21
- R.E. Technologies Product Certificate ($50) – Finishers 11th – 20th in the Feature
- MSRMafia.com Mystery Position ($100 Bonus For Finishing Position TBA)
The Street Stock Division has the follow contingency awards posted:
- TCI Product Certificates to 1, 2, 3 feature finishers ($500, $250,
$125)
- Day Motorsports Product Certificate Hard Charger Award ($250)
- Holley Product Certificate Hard Luck Award (Free Holley Carburetor)
- Lucas Oil Case of Oil to 6-10 feature finishers
- 45 Race Shop Product Certificate ($200) – Awardee TBA
- Midsouthracing.com State Challenge ($100 Bonus To Highest Feature Finisher in Each State Represented)
Any other companies or individuals, who would like to be a sponsor for the event, please contact Ben Shelton at 901-335-3037.
In 2007 the inaugural COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals were held. A great turnout of fans and race cars, including 42 Street Stocks and 25 Wingless 305 Sprint Cars turned out for the event. Jeremy Dalton from Byhalia, Mississippi claimed the win in the Street Stock division with Eddie Gallagher topping the Wingless 305 feature.
For 2008 the event is back and will be even bigger. The 2nd Annual COMP Cams Grass Root Nationals Presented By MidSouthRacing.com will once again headline the 305 Wingless Sprint Cars and Street Stocks. The 305 Wingless Sprint Car portion of the show will be sponsored by Racing Head Service (RHS) and will include a Dash For Cash sponsored by the Sun Dial Shirt Company. The feature event will pay $1,000 to win and $100 to start in a 25 lap event with all payouts for positions throughout the field doubled from their normal, weekly amounts. The Sun Dial Shirt Company Dash For Cash will have a total of purse of $500. COMP Cams will be providing a $250 product certificate as the Hard Luck Award for the 305 Sprints Cars. In addition, Day Motorsports will be sponsoring a $250 product certificate for the Hard Charger in the feature event.
The Street Stock portion of the show will be sponsored by TCI Automotive and will include a Dash For Cash sponsored by Bird Fasteners. The Street Stock feature will also pay $1,000 to win and $50 to start in a 20 lap event with all payouts for positions throughout the field doubled from their normal weekly amounts. The Bird Fasteners Dash For Cash will have a total purse of $500. Holley Carburetors will be sponsoring a $250 product certificate for the Hard Luck Award in the Street Stock class, and Day Motorsports will provide a $250 product certificate for the Hard Charger in the feature event.
New for 2008 will be the MidSouthRacing.com State Challenge, where the top finishing driver in the feature event from each state represented in the Street Stock division receives a $100 bonus. Also, new for 2008 will be MSRMafia.com Mystery Position bonus for the 305 Wingless Sprint Car feature.
In order to be eligible for the contingency prizes in each division, drivers must display the participating decals on their race cars. All decals will be provided. In addition, racers in both the 305 Sprint Car and Street Stock divisions will be provided with goody bags containing decals, sample items, apparel, literature, and more.
Winners of the two respective features will receive large trophies, and the top three finishers in each feature will also receive product give certificates from COMP Cams. In addition, each winning driver will be profiled in a feature article in Circle Track Magazine.
Fans should also note that several giveaways will be made throughout the night via their general admission ticket number. Giveaways will include shirts, gift certificates, race tickets, and much more!
There will be no entry fee for this event, and admission will remain the same as weekly shows with $12 Grandstand Admission and $25 Pit Admission.
Street Stocks and 305 Wingless Sprint Cars will be joined on the program by 360 c.i. Winged Sprint Cars.
To make this truly a unique event, the Street Stocks and Wingless 305 Sprint Cars will time trial (1 lap qualifying), and heat race lineups will be determined via the times. The fast qualifier in the 305 Wingless Sprint Car division and Street Stock division will each pull an inversion pill immediately following qualifying that will determine the number of cars to be inverted for the heat races. Anywhere from 0 to 4 cars may be inverted for heat race action. Heat race winners in the two respective divisions will be part of a dash, where their line up is determined by a Cheater’s Draw, where drivers pull a pill for a starting position and then have to give the starting position to another driver in the dash. The finishing order of the dashes will determine the starting order for the top two rows in the feature events.
In technical news, please note that the top three finishers in the Street Stock division will have the heads on their engine pulled and inspected, and the top five cars will be held until inspection is complete. For complete rules for all divisions, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com
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Several more exciting details will be announced in the weeks to come including more bonuses, incentives, and contingency prizes!
