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Wednesdays UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Stop At Morgan County Speedway Postponed By Rain To Mon., July 7 JACKSONVILLE, IL (July 2) Unrelenting rain forced the postponement of Wednesday nights UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals event at Morgan County Speedway. The 40-lap, $6,000-to-win show has been rescheduled for Mon., July 7 a scheduled off-day on the Summer Nationals slate. Two light showers one that delayed the start of hot laps, and another midway through the Super Late Model time trials slowed the program but werent enough to stop it. Officials finally had to throw in the towel, however, when the rain intensified around 8:40 p.m. as the surface of the high-banked, quarter-mile oval was being run in. Strong thunderstorms moved into the area shortly thereafter. Thirty-five Super Late Models were signed in for Wednesday nights competition. Just over half the field had completed a time-trial lap in the group qualifying session before the rain stopped the action, with Jeep VanWormer of Pinconning, Mich., the fastest on the clock at 11.655 seconds. It was the third rainout of the 2008 UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals, joining postponements on June 13 at Brownstown (Ind.) Speedway and June 28 at StormPay.com Clarksville (Tenn.) Speedway. A fourth event, on June 21 at I-55 Raceway in Pevely, Mo., was canceled and not rescheduled due to flood waters that covered the tracks access road. The Summer Nationals continues on Thursday night (July 3) at the one-fifth-mile Macon (Ill.) Speedway with the $6,000-to-win Herald & Review 100. For more info on the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals, visit www.dirtcar.com. 2008 UMP DIRTcar Racing Summer Nationals Schedule (Date/Day/Track/Location/To Win/Winner Car Count): June 12 Thurs. - Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway/Calvert City, KY - $7,500 (Brad Neat - 40) June 13 Fri. - Brownstown (IN) Speedway - $10,000 (Rain postponed to July 11) June 14 Sat. - Kamp Motor Speedway/Boswell, IN - $10,000 (Wes Steidinger - 36) June 15 Sun. Tri-State Speedway/Haubstadt, IN - $6,000 (Dennis Erb Jr. 39) June 16 Mon - OFF June 17 Tues. Highland Speedway/Highland, IL - $6,000 (Terry English 47) June 18 Wed. Belle Clair Speedway/Belleville, IL - $6,000 (Will Vaught 41) June 19 Thurs. I-57/I-64 Raceway/Mt. Vernon, IL - $6,000 (Darren Miller 37) June 20 Fri. Farmer City Raceway/Farmer City, IL - $10,000 (Darren Miller 50) June 21 Sat. I-55 Raceway/Pevely, MO - $10,000 (CANCELED flooding) June 22 Sun. Vermilion Co. Speedway/Danville, IL - $6,000 (Jeep VanWormer 43) June 23 Mon. - OFF June 24 Tue. Sedalia State Fair Speedway/Sedalia, MO - $6,000 (Brian Shirley 27) June 25 Wed. Lake Ozark Speedway/Eldon, MO - $6,000 (Billy Moyer 31) June 26 Thurs. Paducah Intl Raceway/Paducah, KY - $6,000 (Kevin Claycomb 35) June 27 Fri. Lawrenceburg Speedway/Lawrenceburg, IN - $10,000 (Dennis Erb Jr. 36) June 28 Sat. Clarksville Speedway/Clarksville, TN - $10,000 (Rain postponed to July 19) June 29 Sun. Lincoln Speedway/Lincoln, IL - $6,000 (Brian Shirley 46) June 30 Mon. - OFF July 1 Tue. Peoria Speedway/Peoria, IL - $6,000 (Jeep VanWormer 40) July 2 Wed. Morgan Co. Speedway/Jacksonville, IL - $6,000 (Rain postponed to July 7) July 3 Thurs. Macon Speedway/Macon, IL - $6,000 July 4 Fri. Tri-City Speedway/Pontoon Beach, IL - $10,000 July 5 Sat. Fairbury American Legion Speedway/Fairbury, IL -$10,000 July 6 Sun. Quad City Raceway/East Moline, IL - $6,000 July 7 Mon. - Morgan Co. Speedway/Jacksonville, IL - $6,000 (Rescheduled date) July 8 Tue. Quincy (IL) Speedway - $6,000 July 9 Wed. Spoon River Speedway/Canton, IL - $6,000 July 10 Thurs. La Salle Speedway/La Salle, IL - $6,000 July 11 Fri. Brownstown (IN) Speedway - $10,000 (Rescheduled date) July 12 Sat. Oakshade Raceway/Wauseon, OH - $10,000 July 19 Sat. Clarksville Speedway/Clarksville, TN - $10,000 (Rescheduled date) |