By Bryce J. McEwen – Communications Director, Victory Lane Speedway
WINNIPEG (MB): Victory Lane Speedway will be holding a kick-off press conference for the inaugural Napa Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge tomorrow, in the parking lot of the Napa Store at 1717 Pembina at 3 pm.
“We are all incredibly excited and looking forward to Thursday,” says Guy Budel, Director of Race Operations. “These guys are going to hit speeds in excess of 120 mph!”
Thursday, July 14th marks the return of the mud slinging, 800 horsepower, winged sprint cars to Victory Lane Speedway and the excitement starts on Tuesday at the press conference. On hand will be several local sprint car drivers and their sprint cars. This is just the start of what will grow into an annual event at the speedway.
“Sprint car fans in Winnipeg have been waiting for an event like this,” says Budel. “We’ve even got a local sprint car fan, Greg Cybulski, helping out with the purse. He is offering up $250 dollars of his own money if a 360 sprint car can beat the bigger 410 sprint cars. Greg is just one of the many die-hard race fans we have in Winnipeg.”
The Inaugural Napa Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge will see the best sprint cars from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota, and Minnesota take to the 4/10ths mile oval. As an added bonus, the first 1000 people who buy their tickets at TICKETMASTER will save $5 dollars, so get your tickets early and save.
Sprint cars are the fastest cars on dirt. Some of the biggest stars in NASCAR got their start racing sprint cars, including Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, and Kasey Kahne, just to name a few.
Victory Lane Speedway is Central Canada's largest high bank dirt oval facility, averaging between 80 and 100 competitors every race, with 70,000 people coming through the gates every season. VLS is fully licensed with full-service concessions. The inaugural Napa Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge on Thursday, July 14th, at 7:30.
Tickets are available at any Ticketmaster or get them at the gate; Adults $ 25 ($20 early bird), Students/Seniors $ 22, as always, KIDS UNDER 12 FREE!
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The Napa Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge is already the biggest race of the year at Victory Lane Speedway, and it just got bigger, with the creation of the Napa Hard Charger Award.
The driver who passes the most cars in the sprint feature will be named the Napa Hard Charger and take home $500 dollars (Canadian).
The Napa Auto Parts Mid-Canada Sprint Car Challenge will see 410 and 360 sprint cars take to the track together. There will be a $500 dollar bonus to the 360 that can beat the 410's, courtesy of Victory Lane Speedway and Greg Cybulski of Prairie Dirt.
This Challenge race is similar to an event held in Estevan, Saskatchewan, last summer that saw Lou Kennedy Jr. of Winnipeg beat the 410's in his 360 and take home the bonus money.
Between 25-30 cars, from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota, and Minnesota are expected to make the trip up to Winnipeg for the innagural event.
Tickets are available at all TICKETMASTER locations and on the net. Adults $25, Students/Seniors $22, kids 12 and under FREE! Buy early, Save $5 dollars! The first 1000 tickets sold by TICKETMASTER will be disold for $20 dollars.
Victory Lane Speedway is a 4/10th's mile oval located just five minutes south of Winnipeg on HWY 75 (I-29). It is less than an hour from the Emerson, MB, Pembina, ND, border crossing.
Racing starts at 7:30, gates open at 6:30. In addition to the sprints, our weekly classes of WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Super Stocks, NOPA Super Trucks, NOPA Street Stocks and NOPA Four-Cylinder Stocks will be racing.
For more info, visit www.victorylane.mb.ca
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