Lake Cumberland Off May 19; LC Classic Tune-Up Next Race on Sunday May 27
Lake Cumberland Speedway
1 Racetrack Road
Burnside, Kentucky 42519
Official Media Release #28 (For Immediate Release)- May 14, 2012
Contact- Michael Despain (mgdespain@windstream.net or via Twitter @MichaelDespain)
Lake Cumberland Speedway Off May 19; LC Classic Tune-Up Next Race on Sunday May 27
Burnside, KY-May 14, 2012- After being rained out on Saturday night, Lake Cumberland Speedway track promoter Brandon Hardgrove is going to take this weekend and try to get recovered from an illness that required a hospital stay last week, so there will be no racing on Saturday May 19. The next event at Lake Cumberland Speedway will now take place on Sunday evening May 27 as the Lake Cumberland Classic Make-Up event that was rained out on May 12 will take place on this date, featuring a $3,000 to win event for Super Late Models and $700 to win for Modifieds, along with a full program for Super Dirt Stocks, Sportsman, and Front Wheel Drives.
The Sunday May 27 event will be the final event of a three-race weekend featuring events at Ponderosa Speedway on May 25 and Richmond Raceway on May 26 and if the same driver can win all three events, they will receive a $600 bonus from all three tracks. Also of note, patrons that had purchased tickets and pit passes on May 12 can only use these at this May 27 event and patrons must have their tickets and/or pit passes from that event to trade for new ones or individuals will have to repay.
The Sunday May 27 racing event will feature the Super Late Model division race for $3,000 to win in a 40 lap feature event. The Modified division will also be in competition in a 20 lap, $700 to win feature race contest. 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.
Activities for the Sunday May 27 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.
