Super Dirt Stocks/Sportsman in Action at Lake Cumberland Speedway on Saturday May 12
Lake Cumberland Speedway
1 Racetrack Road
Burnside, Kentucky 42519
Official Media Release #25 (For Immediate Release)- May 6, 2012
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Lake Cumberland Speedway’s $3,000 to win LC Classic Tune-Up Set for Saturday May 12
Burnside, KY-May 6, 2012- Lake Cumberland Speedway track promoter Brandon Hardgrove and his staff at “Kentucky’s House of Hardcore Mayhem” will have another special event on Saturday evening May 12 as the Lake Cumberland Classic Tune-Up will take place, paying the winner of the Super Late Model main event $3,000. The Modified division will also be in action for $1,000 to win for the second time in the past three weeks as well.
The Saturday May 12 racing event will see the Super Late Model division race for $3,000 to win in the Lake Cumberland Classic Tune-Up event, which will be a 40 lap feature race that will see the winner pick up $3,000 for their efforts. Also in action will be the Modified division, racing 25 laps for $1,000 to win. Other divisions in competition 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. There will be a $30 entry fee in the Super Late Model division. RACEceivers are mandatory for those racers in the Super Late Model and Modified divisions.
Activities for the Saturday May 12 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 May 12 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.
