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Family Night at the Races

Press Release- Race Report 5-9-08

By Mark Baute

Hudson, North Carolina (May 9, 2008) - Family Night at the races opened with pole positions in the Baton Tire Street Stock division in which Terrence Tucker ran an 18.226 and inverted the dice back to fourth position. Pepsi Limited Late Model pole sitter Bill Cassavaugh ran a 17.049 and he inverted back to sixth after the dice roll.  In the Late Model division, Kevin Leicht won his second pole of the season running a 16.357 beating Lee Tissot by 0.013.

Feature racing began with the Red Baron Race Parts Hobby Stocks having the #88 of Chad Miller start up front followed by Wayne “Superman” Harrington’s #3. Stephen Clippard finished third, Jimmy Whisnant in fourth and Carroll McKinney in fifth.

The Baton Tire Street Stocks packed a lot of action in their race tonight. The first three laps of the race held two different cautions, taking two drivers out of the race with damaged cars. 

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Race Notes

Hudson, North Carolina (May 8, 2008) - Friday night at Tri-County Motor Speedway will be Family Night at the Races. Families will be allowed in the race track for $10.  A family pass gets 2 adults and 3 children in the track. We will be racing the Late Models, Pepsi Limited Late Models, Baton Tire Street Stocks, Red Baron Race Parts Hobby Stocks and Road Rage. 

Pit Gates Open at 3PM. Front Gates Open at 6PM. Qualifying begins at 7PM. Feature racing begins at 8PM.

Friday, May 16^th when the Super Trucks are racing here at Tri-County Motor Speedway we will not have the Pepsi Limited Late Models racing that night.

Friday, June 6^th race is cancelled. We would like to prematurely congratulate all of the area high school seniors on a job well done.

Reminder that on Friday, June 20^th and Saturday, June 21^st Tri-County Motor Speedway will be hosting the NAPA Auto Parts Monster Truck Nationals presented by the Hickory Daily Record.

Any Questions please call the Tri-County Motor Speedway office at (828)726-6600.

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Press Release- Race Report 5-2-08

By Dillon Houser and Media Director TCMS

Hudson, North Carolina (May 2, 2008) - Whelen Night at the races lived up to the tracks slogan “Where Action is the Attraction”. With Chrissy Wallace taking the pole with a 16.348 in the late models. Sam Watts lead the field down to the green over his teammate Chrissy Wallace. On lap ten Lee Tissot took the lead over Sam Watts. 

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Limited Late Models and Super Stock Classes Combined

Hudson, North Carolina (April 29, 2008) - Starting on Friday, May 2^nd all Super Stock race cars will compete in the Pepsi Limited Late Model division.

The Super Stocks will be allowed the following weight breaks:

1.    Conventional Built Motors

a.   3100 LBS/1395 LBS with a 500 cfm carburetor

2.    ZZ4 Crate Motors

a.   3000 LBS/1350 LBS with a 390 cfm carburetor

*Tri-County Motor Speedway will use weight, carburetors, and restrictor plates to make the Super Stocks competitive with the Limited Late Models.

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