Lake Cumberland Speedway's LC Classic Tune-Up Reset for Sunday Night May 27
Lake Cumberland Speedway
1 Racetrack Road
Burnside, Kentucky 42519
Official Media Release #27 (For Immediate Release)- May 13, 2012
Contact- Michael Despain (mgdespain@windstream.net or via Twitter @MichaelDespain)
Lake Cumberland Speedway’s LC Classic Tune-Up Reset for Sunday Night May 27
Burnside, KY-May 13, 2012- After being rained out on Saturday night, Lake Cumberland Speedway track promoter Brandon Hardgrove would like to announce the Lake Cumberland Classic Tune-Up event that was rained out on Saturday May 12 will now take place on Sunday evening May 27. The track will be closed on Saturday May 26 and an announcement about the racing events scheduled for Saturday May 19 will be made on Monday.
The Sunday May 27 racing event will feature the Super Late Model division racing 40 laps for $3,000 to win in the Lake Cumberland Classic Tune-Up race. Also in action on Sunday evening May 27 will be the Modified division racing 20 laps for $700 to win. Joining the Super Late Model and Modified division on Sunday May 27 will be the Super Dirt Stocks racing for $300 to win (8 car minimum), Sportsman racing for $250 to win (8 car minimum) and Front Wheel Drives racing for $100 (8 car minimum). The Super Late Model and Modified divisions will time trial, while the Super Dirt Stocks, Sportsman, and Front Wheel Drives will pill draw for heat race starting positions. All divisions will also have qualifying heats to set their respective divisions feature event line-up. RACEceivers are mandatory for those racers in the Super Late Model and Modified divisions.
Also of note, for those race fans and race teams that were in attendance when the event was rained out on May 12 that have tickets and pit passes, these will only be good for use at this event on Sunday May 27 and will not be good for any other time. Also, patrons must have their tickets and/or pit pass to exchange for a new ticket or pit pass or that individual will have to pay again.
Activities for the Sunday May 27 LC Classic Tune-Up event will see the pit area and general admission area open at 4:00 p.m., with a mandatory drivers meeting at 6:30 p.m. Practice is set to begin at 7:00 p.m., followed immediately by time trials and green flag racing. For the Sunday May 27 event, general admission ticket prices will be $20 for adults, children ages 6 to 10 will be $8, while children ages 5 and under will be admitted free with a paid adult. A pit pass will cost $35.
Lake Cumberland Speedway last competed on Saturday May 5 and feature event winners that evening included Michael Chilton of Salvisa, KY in Super Late Models, Tommy Bailey of Corbin, KY in Modifieds, Keith Decker of Somerset, KY in Super Dirt Stock/Sportsman, and Jeremy Strunk of Bronston, KY in Front Wheel Drives.
Lake Cumberland Speedway is located at 1 Racetrack Road, just outside of Burnside, KY, just past the entrance to General Burnside Island State Park. Brandon Hardgrove is the track promoter and presents dirt track racing entertainment on Saturday evenings. The track is located on Racetrack Road off of US Hwy. 127 South, only about five miles south of Somerset, KY. For more information about all events at Lake Cumberland Speedway, visit the track’s website at www.lcspeedway.com or call the track office at (606) 561-8994.
