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Springfield Raceway Amends Late Model Tire Rule For Turkey Classic/25 Loads Of New Dirt On Track

SPRINGFIELD, MO (Nov. 4) - Officials at the Springfield Raceway have announced the for the Upcoming Turkey Classic on Sat November 27th that Late Model drivers will be allowed to run either the Hoosier WRS D55 Tire or the Hoosier LM 40 Tire in the $2,000 to win/275 to start feature event.

 Last season was the first year that LateModels were added to the popular After Thanksgiving Weekend event as over 40 LM teams and a total of over 160 raceteams in 4 classes competed under perfect weather conditions.National Dirt Hall of Famer Ken Essary put his name in the record books as winning the first LateModel Turkey classic event by holding off repeated charges by Justin Wells in grabbing the win.

 In other news from SpringfieldRaceway, over 25 loads of new dirt has been put down and the track will hold an open practice session this Sat November 6th to help work it in.This practice is open to any type of circle track oval car and pitpasses will be $20 with practice running from around 1PM till 3 PM.

 The running of the Turkey classic will feature LateModels(MARS/MLRA Rules with Show-Me Series Spec legal cars recieving a bigger spoiler and a 100 Lbs weight break),A-Mods,SportMods and LegendCars.Action will find Hotlaps starting at 1:30 for the Turkey Classic and Racing around 2:30.

 For more information visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.Com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426