Pro Late Models in Action at Ponderosa Speedway This Friday May 6
Ponderosa Speedway
365 Phillips Lane
Junction City, Kentucky 40440
2011 Official Media Release #20 (For Immediate Distribution: May 1, 2011)
Contact- Michael Despain (mgdespain@windstream.net and/or dirttrackracing@hotmail.com)
Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial Goes Now on Friday May 6 at Ponderosa Speedway
Junction City, KY- May 1, 2011- With 2011 season opener now in the distance, Ponderosa Speedway track promoters Donnie Sullivan and family will present the rescheduled 4th Annual Chris/Brad Pena Memorial this Friday evening May 6. The race will be for the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Models and will pay $1,500 to win. The race was rained out back on April 22.
The May 6 racing program will be feature the 4th Annual Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial event for Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Models, with the main event being a 40 lap, $1,500 to win for the Super Late Models. Also in competition at “Kentucky’s Baddest Bullring” on Friday May 6 will be the Bob Allen Motor Mall Pro Late Models racing for $600 to win, Ken Towery’s Auto Tires and Super Service Modifieds racing for $600 to win, D&D Pallet Recyclers Sportsman racing for $300 to win, Simple Sign and Decal Street Stocks racing for $150 to win, and SkyTower Power Race Engines Open Four Cylinders racing for $75 to win. The Super Late Model division will be the only class to time trial, as all other divisions will pill draw for heat race starting positions. Race fans can bring along their portable radio and headsets and listen to all the action as it is called on the track’s 105.9 radio frequency.
The Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial event first appeared on the Ponderosa Speedway schedule in 2008 and second generation driver Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN was the inaugural event winner. In 2009, another second generation racer in Victor Lee of Danville, KY would take top honors in the event and still another second generation driver, Eddie Carrier, Jr. of Salt Rock, WV, would lay claim to the 2010 race win and is the defending event champion.
This event will also be a benefit for the Logan Whitis family and part of the event’s proceeds will be donated to Logan and his wife Kellie to help offset the climbing medical cost of treatment of their youngest son’s rare medical condition. The Whitis family has been long time supporters of Ponderosa Speedway and Logan is a former competitor in both the Sportsman and Pro Late Model divisions.
Activities for the May 6 Chris Estes/Brad Pena Memorial event will see the pit area and general admission area open at 4:00 p.m. Also of note, sign in to the pit area will return to the back pit gate as it has been in years past. The drivers meeting will be at 7:00 p.m., followed by practice for all divisions at 7:15 p.m. Super Late Model time trials will begin at 7:45 p.m., with green flag racing action set to begin at 8:15 p.m. Ticket prices for the April 29 event in the general admission area will be $10 for adults, $5 for young adults ages 11-16, and free to children ages 10 and under. A pit pass will be $25.
Ponderosa Speedway last raced on April 29 and feature event winners included Michael Chilton of Salvisa, KY in Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Models, Todd Coffman of Junction City, KY in Bob Allen Motor Mall Pro Late Models, Michael England of Glasgow, KY in Ken Towery’s Auto Tires and Super Service Modifieds, John Smith of Winfield, TN in D&D Pallet Recyclers Sportsman, and Austin Taylor of Harrodsburg, KY in SkyTower Power Race Engines Open Four Cylinders.
Ponderosa Speedway is located at 365 Phillips Lane on the Boyle/Lincoln County border, outside of Junction City, KY, just minutes from Danville, KY. The Sullivan family will the track promoters and will present dirt track sports entertainment on Friday evenings throughout the 2011 race season. For more information about all 2011 racing activities at Ponderosa Speedway, visit the track’s webpage on the internet at www.ponderosaspeedway.net or phone the Sullivan family at (606) 669-4009 or (606) 365-0402. Partons can phone the track at (859) 854-6808 on raceday.
