Weekend Double Header!
Naples, ME 6/30/09- Race fans, teams, and officials will all prepare
for a double header this weekend as the PASS South super late model
series will invade the Greenville-Pickens Speedway on Friday July 3rd
for the Firecracker 125 followed by a Sunday night shootout at the
famed Hickory Motor Speedway on Sunday July 5th for the first ever
Independence 150. The double header will mark the first of its kind
for the five year old series and with the anticipation of several
newcomers expected to make their 2009 PASS South series debuts, it's
shaping up to be one of the best Fourth of July weekend races in the
country.
Race one of the double header will be featured at the
Greenville-Pickens Speedway, a paper clip shaped half mile track known
to produce some tight racing. Last year's winner, Alex Haase, will not
be in attendance to defend his win but his Kyle Busch Motorsports team
with youngster Bryce Walker behind the wheel will. Another driver to
watch is Justin Wakefield, the exact guy who battled the #51 machine
for the win just a season ago before a wreck ended his night early.
Three time winner Preston Peltier, along with Ben Rowe, Heath Hindman,
and Ryan Blaney are among the championship contenders that will have
to fend off a list of drivers making their return to the series in
2009 that include Clete Caywood, Dean Clattenburg, and J.R. Norris. An
expected capacity size crowd along with a stellar field of race cars
as well as one of upstate South Carolina's largest fireworks shows to
conclude the night's activities adds up to produce one of the best
Fourth of July celebrations for any race fan around.
An open practice for the Firecracker 125 will kick off Thursday July
2nd from 6-8pm then the following day the cars and stars of the PASS
South super late model series will take to the track for the 125 lap
event set to go off at 7pm. For more information including how to get
your hands on tickets to the Firecracker 125 visit the
Greenville-Pickens Speedway at www.greenvillepickens.com.
The second leg of the double header concludes at the first ever
Independence 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway. The race will mark the
second of three events that the PASS South series has planned at the
famed oval in 2009, making it a facility the championship contenders
must run well at in order to have a shot at the championship. Always
producing strong car counts at Hickory makes for impressive side by
side racing and with this event being the first during the month of
July one can bet that a slick race track will produce some wild racing
action.
Having won the 2009 version of the Easter Bunny 150 earlier in the
year, Maine's Ben Rowe has to be considered a favorite heading into
this weekend. Several drivers such as Jeff Bolen and thirteen-year-old
Chase Elliot, who is the son of NASCAR star Bill Elliot, will be
making their first career PASS South series starts. In addition, Corey
Williams (2008) and Tennessee native Heath Hindman (2007) have to be
thrown into the mix as each has scored a win at the Hickory, North
Carolina track. Hickory also marks the only track so far this season
that current hot shoe Preston Peltier has struggled at. Early in the
year, Peltier posted only a seventeenth place finish but since then
has racked up three series wins and moved into third in the series
standings just forty points out of the top spot.
The Independence 150 at the Hickory Motor Speedway kicks off Sunday
July 5th with racing set to begin at 6:15pm. For directions and ticket
information visit the track's website at www.hickorymotorspeedway.com.
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