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Redneck Racing Series Taking In a Double Shot of Concord
Back-To-Back Races at Concord Motorsport Park Await the "Street Stocks
on Steroids"
CONCORD, NC (September 20, 2006) - Concord Motorsport Park is all about
speed. It's one of the fastest short tracks in the country. Back in
its heyday, the ASA stars competed there. Now the USAR Hooters Pro Cup
holds one of its most exciting events there each year. Fans from all
over the Eastern Seaboard go there for the North-South Shootout Modified
event every fall.
Those events all carry their fair share of excitement and hype, but the
high-banked tri-oval in suburban Charlotte, NC has never seen anything
like it is going to experience on two consecutive Saturday nights,
September 30th and October 7th. The Redneck Racing Series stars and
their ground-shaking, exhaust-pouring "Street Stocks on Steroids" racing
machines will take to Concord Motorsport Park for a historic
double-feature of teeth-rattling excitement.
"It's grassroots racing at its best," said Dwight Davies, Marketing Coordinator of the track. "We are really looking forward to having them to
return to Concord Motorsport Park. They are colorful and they put on a
great show for the fans, just get on all the message boards and you can
see how very popular the series is."
The Redneck Racing Series already competed at the Concord half-mile
earlier this season with 20-cars pulling through the gates. Current
point leader and two-time winner in the series' inaugural season, Jim
Cook took his #00 "Big Shot" machine to victory lane on May 27th.
Having also won earlier this season at Hickory Motor Speedway (NC), Cook
has a 36-point lead over Rusty Drye's #84 "Vigilante." Drye may not
have a win yet this season, but a victory in one or both of the Concord
races ahead will help close the gap as the series heads into its stretch
run.
"I think Concord is a pretty good match for these cars," said Drye. "We
were turning lap times as fast as or faster than their weekly Street
Stocks there the last time.
"The track, being the way it is with the dog leg and all, adds a totally
different dimension then what a lot of us are used to. When you are in
the dog leg heading to turn four, or what some people call turn three,it is a lot different than anywhere else you go. It is not hard to get
lost back there. I've been lost back there a few times."
If Drye can find his way around Concord in the September 30th or October
5th races, he will have to fight off fellow front-runners Cook, the"Chowderhead" #1 entry fielded by Dale Earnhardt Inc., the "Area 51"
machine owned by SPEED broadcaster Bob Dillner, Kirby Allen's "Impact"
and Dave Hutchinson's "Ruby Rhino," who is excited to bring his #62 car
back to Concord in the back-to-back weekends to improve on his
third-place points standing.
"Concord's pretty high banked," said Hutchinson, who recently
moonlighted from the Redneck Racing Series to compete in his first ASA
Late Model event at Florence Motor Speedway (SC). "There's really no
room for mistakes there. You run so close to the wall there, and of
course, the biggest obstacle sometimes can be the traffic that can run
you into the wall. Everybody has a lot of respect for each other, so it
works out pretty good."
The Redneck Racing Series has also debuted a brand new website,
www.redneckracingseries.com <http://www.redneckracingseries.com/> .
Stay tuned to the site for upcoming races, marketing possibilities and
general information regarding the series.
For more information regarding the Chris James Foundation, contact
Jeremy Troiano at DSG by calling (704) 455-2051. For more information
on the Redneck Racing Series, contact Amy Hayes at DSG by calling (704)
455-2051.
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