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HAWKEYE DIRT TOUR VISITS I-35 MEMORIAL DAY, HDT MOVES UPPER IOWA DATE
By: Jeff Werderman

CEDAR FALLS, IA (May 27) - The JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour for IMCA Modifieds travels to the I-35 Speedway (Mason City, IA) on Memorial Day. The night before, I-35 Speedway will offer IMCA Modifieds another $1,000 to win opportunity. HDT Officials also announced today a change to the 2010 schedule. The Upper Iowa Speedway date has been moved to July 29, 2010.  

HDT AT I-35 SPEEDWAY ON MEMORIAL DAY:

I-35 Speedway is preparing for a big weekend of racing this Memorial Day Weekend. On Monday, May 31, 2010, the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour invades the fast-paced half-mile. This Memorial Day race will feature IMCA Modifieds racing for $1,000 to and $125 to start. It is the second race on the 2010 HDT schedule, and it is a 2010 Fast Shafts All Star Ballot qualifying event.  

Grandstand admission is $12 for adults, and pit passes are $25. The pit gates at the I-35 Speedway open at 4:00 PM. The grandstands open at 5:00 PM. The HDT Drivers Meeting is slated for 5:30 PM. Hot Laps will hit the speedway at 5:45 PM with the Specialty Technologies Heat Races to follow.  

HDT car entry fee for IMCA Modifieds is $50. The 2010 HDT Driver Registration for IMCA Modifieds fee is $40 (one-time annual fee). Only those drivers who have paid for a HDT Driver Registration are entitled to all HDT contingency awards, HDT provisional starts (if applicable), and HDT season-end awards at each event. A driver may compete at one event in 2010 without paying this annual fee, but will not be eligible for any of the previously mentioned awards.  

Josh Foster (Montrose, IA) etched his name into the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour history books as the first even winner for the HDT. Foster held off hard charges from Ryan and Richie Gustin, Michael Long, and Nate Caruth.  

"We couldn't believe that we had fifty-nine IMCA modifieds check in last week at Independence," commented HDT Tour Director Bucky Doren. "It was an exciting first night for the HDT to see names from all across the Hawkeye state: Albertsen, Cordes, Noteboom, Mills, and so many others. It was a 'whose who' of modified drivers racing for that first ever HDT race."  

Also racing Monday, May 31, 2010 with the HDT IMCA Modifieds will be the IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, and IMCA Hobby Stocks. No entry fees or HDT memberships required for support classes.  

ANOTHER $1,000 TO WIN NIGHT AT I-35 SPEEDWAY:

The night before the HDT Memorial Day special, I-35 Speedway will host the Skip Rose Memorial Race. IMCA Modifieds will race for $1,000 on Sunday night making two consecutive nights IMCA Modified drivers can race for $1,000. For more information on the Skip Rose Memorial, contact I-35 Speedway (www.i-35speedway.com).  

UPPER IOWA SPEEDWAY DATE MOVED:

In other HDT news, the officials of the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour and officials of the Upper Iowa Speedway announced today that the HDT date there has been moved. Originally slated for Wednesday, July 28, 2010, the race will be moved back one day to Thursday, July 29, 2010.  

"We'd like to apologize to everyone for the date change," Doren stated about the new race date at Upper Iowa. "We wanted to make the announcement as soon as possible, so race teams and fans had plenty of time to change their days off from work."  

To learn more about the JR Motorsports Hawkeye Dirt Tour, or to order you HDT "Inaugural Season" t-shirts, please log on to the tour's web site at www.dirttour.com.