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Rush Is On To Purchase Reserved Seat Tickets For April 3-4
‘Illini 100’ At Farmer City Raceway
Demand Is High After Last Year’s Thrilling Inaugural World of Outlaws Late
Model Series Event
FARMER CITY, IL – March 6, 2009 – Last year’s inaugural ‘Illini 100’ was a
classic, down-to-the-wire thriller.
Can the second annual version on April 3-4 at Farmer City Raceway be any
better? Fans are already scrambling to make sure they’re on hand to find
out.
Reserved seat tickets are on sale and going fast for the $20,000-to-win
World of Outlaws Late Model Series spectacular, which was widely hailed as
one of the best country’s best dirt Late Model events in 2008.
Former WoO LMS champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., pocketed a total of
$20,150 – the biggest dirt Late Model prize ever paid out in the state of
Illinois – for winning last year’s wildly competitive Illini 100. He led
just three laps, including the final two after he slipped ahead of Moweaqua,
Ill.’s Shannon Babb, whose bid to win the race from the 24th starting spot
(he went to the rear by rule because he decided to change two tires after
reporting to the track for the A-Main lineup) fell less than a half car
length short at the checkered flag.
A record crowd witnessed last year’s titanic Illini 100 battle (eight lead
changes among five drivers) at the quarter-mile fairgrounds oval – a fact
that has kept the phone lines to the Truspeed, Inc. office very busy since
tickets to next month’s encore went on sale earlier this week.
“I’ve heard everyone tell me over and over how awesome last year’s race
was,” said Truspeed, Inc.’s Don Hammer, who operates Farmer City Raceway
with his wife Bonny. “Everyone says that if this year’s race is just half as
good as last year’s, it will still be great.
“We love to hear talk like that, but we’re not expecting anything less than
the exciting show fans saw last year. We’re working hard to give the fans
and racers an action-packed weekend as we continue to build the Illini 100
into a springtime tradition in the Midwest.”
Hammer has increased the number of reserved seats available for this year’s
Illini 100, adding the grandstands alongside the beer tent to the pre-sale.
The top 10 rows of six bleacher sections, including the two that comprise
the main covered grandstand, are currently designated as reserved, but more
rows will be sold if demand warrants it.
In addition, Hammer said the fairboard has obtained another seat of
bleachers to erect on the backstretch, making 1,000 more general-admission
seats available on race day.
The weekend kicks off with an open practice on Thursday night, April 2.
Grandstand admission will be free, with pit passes $20 for adults, $10 for
children 4-10 and free for kids 3-and-under.
On Friday night, April 3, time trials and heat races will be contested for
the Illini 100 along with competitior for the weekly Farmer City divisions.
The finale on Saturday night, April 4, will include B-Mains, a 25-lap
Non-Qualifiers Race offering Farmer City’s regular weekly UMP DIRTcar Super
Late Model purse ($1,000 to win/$150 to start) as well as UMP DIRTcar
points, and the 100-lap headliner.
Ticket prices for adults are $15 (Friday) and $30 (Saturday), with
children’s tickets priced at $5 (Friday) and $15 (Saturday). Two-day adult
tickets cost $40, while pit passes are $30 on Friday and $35 on Saturday or
$60 for a two-day combo.
For reserve seat and drive-in parking spots (outside turns one and two),
call Truspeed Inc. at 217-828-0078.
More information on Farmer City Raceway is available at
www.farmercityraceway.net .
The Illini 100 will culminate a huge ‘Month of Money’ for the WoO LMS that
also includes a doubleheader on March 13-14 at Deep South Speedway in
Loxley, Ala. ($7,000 to win on Friday, $12,000 to win on Saturday); the
inaugural ‘Lone Star 100’ paying $20,000 to win on March 20-21 at
Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas; and the fourth annual
$50,000-to-win Circle K Colossal 100 on March 27-28 at The Dirt Track @
Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. A total of $109,000 in first-place
cash and over a half-million dollars in purses will be on the line in the
five races over a four-week period.
For info on the WoO LMS, visit
www.worldofoutlaws.com .
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