KANSAS CITY, KS. (Sept. 19, 2008) - The WORLD Dirt Racing League will team up with the O'Reilly MLRA Series and return here to Lakeside Speedway with two great nights of Late Model dirt track racing on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27.*

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WORLD DIRT RACING LEAGUE INVADES KANSAS CITY DURING NASCAR WEEKEND
WDRL Late Models will compete Sept. 26 and 27 at Lakeside Speedway
By Bucky Doren
WORLD Dirt Racing League

KANSAS CITY, KS. (Sept. 19, 2008) - The WORLD Dirt Racing League will team up with the O'Reilly MLRA Series and return here to Lakeside Speedway with two great nights of Late Model dirt track racing on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27. This is an annual trek for the WDRL Late Model Series during NASCAR Weekend at nearby Kansas Speedway.

Each night of WDRL action will be a stand-alone show. On Friday night, Sept. 26, hot laps are set for 7 p.m. with CrashedToys.com Heat Races kicking off the night of action. On Saturday night the 27th, hot laps will start at 6:30, Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Group Qualifying begins at 7 and CrashedToys.com Heat Races follow.

The competition should be outstanding, as always. Chad Simpson of Mount Vernon, Iowa, has chased John Kaanta of Elk Mound, Wis., in the WDRL Late Model Series point standings for most of the season. But after scoring back-to-back wins -- both at Freeport, Ill. -- in his Liebe Trucking, Farm Bureau Financial Services no. 25, Simpson heads to Lakeside Speedway in the lead with 2,159 points to his credit.

Kaanta and his LPI Lift Systems, Don's Sheet Metal team is still very close to the top of the standings, sitting just five points back of Simpson at 2,154. Kaanta should be tough in Kansas City. In 2007, he raced his no. 85 against a stellar field of Late Model heavy hitters at Lakeside, landing top-five and top-10 finishes in the two nights of racing.

Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis., is third in the current WDRL standings with 2,085 points. He has raced his LPI Lift Systems, Don's Sheet Metal no. 90X to two top-five and three top-10 finishes in the last three races. Chris Simpson, of Oxford, Iowa, sits fourth in points at 1,943, and Frank Heckenast Jr. of Orland Park, Ill., rounds out the top five with a tally of 1,899. Heckenast also leads the Chase Signs Rookie of the Year points battle.

The WORLD Dirt Racing League wishes to thank these series sponsors: Hoosier Racing Tires, Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, CrashedToys.com, Chase Signs and Graphics, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Hooker Harness, Fast Shafts, Lincoln Electric, Performance Bodies, QA1 Motorsports, The Brake Man and Wyman Ford. For more information on the WORLD Dirt Racing League or the latest WDRL Late Model Series schedule, check out the WORLD Dirt Racing League's Web site, www.worldraceleague.com.