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10 AUSTRALIANS ELIGIBLE FOR KNOXVILLE’S 2008 BRODIX TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, LED BY BARRAND & LITTLE KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 3) - At the completion of both the four-race SRA Brodix Sprintcar Series and the nine-race STS/SAS Sprintcar Series in Australia, a total of ten Aussies are now eligible to compete in the $5,000-to-win Brodix Tournament of Champions at the Knoxville Raceway on Sunday, August 3. The champions of the two winged 360-cubic-inch sprint car sanctions are Ricky Barrand (Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria) and Troy Little (Sprintcar Thunder Series/Sprintcar All Stars), respectively. The one-day international invitational for the ‘best of the best’ in 360 sprint car racing utilizes one common set of technical rules, including use of the ASCS Brodix spec head, and will be celebrating it’s tenth edition in 2008. According to Knoxville’s director of racing Ralph Capitani, “We truly appreciate the support from David Mills of Sungold Stadium, Ian Vale of SRA, Ray Solomon of STS, and Mandy Searle of SAS. We are very pleased that ‘360’ racing is growing in Australia and that the premier series organizers Down Under see the value in helping their top drivers participate internationally.” Eligible to represent the SRA Brodix Sprintcar Series are champion Ricky Barrand, Tony Moule, Stephen Bell and Phil Lock, respectively. The SRA series competed at Hamilton, Simpson, and Warrnambool in Victoria, and at Mount Gambier in South Australia. Eligible to represent the STS/SAS Sprintcar Series are champion Troy Little, Darren Hickman, Chris Solomon, Tony Moule, Paul Solomon, Gavin Taylor and Frank Ramsdale, respectively. The STS/SAS series competed at Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Wangaratta and Mildura in Victoria. Those ten eligible drivers are now invited to enter the Brodix Tournament of Champions (ToC), which follows the three-day Arnold Motor Supply Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Vermeer Manufacturing, July 31-August 1-2. Of the ten drivers, only Troy Little of New South Wales has sprint car racing experience at Knoxville Raceway and he is expected to compete in the Brodix-sponsored invitational this year. Tony Moule qualified through both series and will need to choose one affiliation, if he officially enters the Brodix ToC at Knoxville. To date, the top finishing Aussies in the Brodix ToC are Brett Milburn (30th in 2005), Garry Chippindall (17th in 2006), and Lauren Densley (22nd in 2007). The twenty-seven sanctioning affiliates that have confirmed participation in the tenth Brodix Tournament of Champions are as follows: American Sprint Cars On Tour (ASCoT), ASCS Coastal Region (ASCS-C), ASCS Gulf South Region (ASCS-GS), ASCS Midwest Region (ASCS-M), ASCS Northern Plains Region (ASCS-NP), ASCS Northwest Region (ASCS-NW), ASCS Patriot Region (ASCS-P), ASCS Rebel Region (ASCS-R), ASCS Rocky Mountain Region (ASCS-RM), ASCS Sprints On Dirt (ASCS-SOD), ASCS Sooner Region (ASCS-S), ASCS Southern Tour (ASCS-ST), ASCS Southwest Region (ASCS-SW), Alberta Sprint Tour (AST), Big Sky Sprint Tour (BSST), Empire Super Sprints (ESS), Knoxville Championship Cup Series (KNOX), National Championship Racing Association (NCRA), Northern Lights Dirt Series (NLDS), National Racing Alliance (NRA), SRA Brodix Sprintcar Series (SRA), Sprint Invaders Association (SIA), Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS), Sprintcar Thunder Series/Sprintcar All Stars (STS-SAS), USCS Mid-South Thunder (USCS-MST), USCS Southern Thunder (USCS-ST), Winged Outlaw Warriors (WOW). The previous nine Brodix ToC winners are as follows (year, driver, affiliate, number, hometown; all races at Knoxville unless otherwise noted): 2007 – Kaley Gharst, SIA, 3*, Decatur, Illinois 2006 – Gary Wright, ASCoT, 9, Hooks, Texas 2005 - Garry Lee Maier, NCRA, 11x, Cimarron, Kansas 2004 - Loren Langerud, WISSOTA, 56, Harwood, North Dakota 2003 - Terry McCarl, SIA, 86, Altoona, Iowa 2002 - Josh Higday, KNOX, 24, Des Moines, Iowa 2001 - Not Held 2000 - Not Held 1999 - (Limaland) - Kyle Sauder, NRA, 2s, Archbold, Ohio 1998 - (Eldora) - Phil Gressman, ASCS-Challengers, 8h, Clyde, Ohio 1997 - Greg Coverdale, URC, 63, Milford, Delaware The technical rules for the Brodix Tournament of Champions will be dictated by the Knoxville Raceway, and they will be the same for the Thursday-Friday-Saturday, July 31-August 1-2 $10,000-to-win Arnold Motor Supply Knoxville 360 Nationals, presented by Vermeer Manufacturing. Those seeking more information are urged to visit the track’s web site at www.knoxvilleraceway.com. |