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October 10, 2008

OctoberFast begins tonight at Springfield oval

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Fri Oct 10, 2008, 12:26 AM CDT

By Anvil Welch

awelch@joplinglobe.com

Springfield Raceway co-owner Jerry Hoffman is thinking big numbers for the OctoberFast scheduled tonight and Saturday night at the quarter-mile dirt track.

“I’ll be disappointed — and surprised — if we don’t have between 130 and 140 race teams,” Hoffman said on Thursday. “We’re offering about $30,000 in prize money.”

Hoffman, Oronogo, and Springfield’s Doug Bland, former official with the defunct Joplin 66 Speedway, direct operations at Springfield Raceway.

Hoffman said that the modified class headlines the third Octoberfast presented by Bordertown Casino and Hardee’s. The event offers competition in six classes.

Hoffman expects the modified class will lure between 40-50 drivers.

First place in the modified main event will be worth $1,500. Making the 24-car starting field will pay $400. Drivers second through fifth will pocket $1,000, $750, $650 and $600.

Sport mod, factory stock, bomber, pro-4 and Legends Cars complete the classes. The payout for first and a starting berth in those classes are $700 and $110 (sport mod), $500 and $100 ( factory), $500 and $100 (bomber), $400 and $80 (Legends) and $200 and $60 (pro-4).

Qualifying heat races are scheduled tonight with racing at 7:15. Admission prices are $10 and $5 (ages 6-12). Last-chance races and A and B features will be held on Saturday’s 7:15 p.m. program. Adult admission on Saturday is $12. A pit pass is $30.

The track’s last event of the season is the Open Wheel Turkey Classic scheduled on Nov. 29.

Nevada Speedway

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Midwest Late Model Racing Association will finish its season on Saturday night at the quarter-mile dirt track.

Support classes on the 7 p.m. program are modified and factory stock.

The winner of the 40-lap MLRA main event receives $3,000. Adrian’s David Turner won the previous MLRA main event at Nevada.

Drivers with more than 1,000 points on the MLRA circuit are John Anderson, Omaha, 1,306; Turner, 1,226; Terry Phillips, Springfield, 1,187; Denny Woodworth, Mendon, Ill., 1,138, and Jeremy Payne, Springfield, 1,081.

Phillips and Woodworth are the most recent winners on the MLRA tour.

Tickets are $20 (reserved) and $15 (general admission). Gates open at 5 p.m.

Show-Me Racin’ Series

The late model series’ postseason banquet will be held Oct. 26 at Camp Barnabas.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 (ages 5-10).

The banquet honors the top 25 drivers who have participated in 75 percent of the shows on the Race Brothers-sponsored dirt track series. Details: (417) 880-9693.

The final race of the season is scheduled Oct. 18 as part of the annual Spooker at Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla.

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