DETAILS: The 9th annual Unsanctioned Super Late Model "Firecracker 50" presented by LKQ Auto Parts is this Saturday night at Marvin Ford's Fort Payne (AL) Motor Speedway originally scheduled for July 9th has been pushed back 7-days due to Mothernature. The $3,000 to-WIN event held annually since 2008 at the 3/8's mile sweeping clay banked dirt track is now slated for Saturday July 16th. Before the rains came last weekend close to 30 competitors in Super Late Models had signed in including three former race champions. "Fast" Frank Ingram of Acworth, GA won the inaugural event in 2008. Qualifying will set heat races to determine the 24-car starting field. In the races history four Georgian's have taken the prize money; Ingram, Matthew Turner, Jake Knowles and Tyler Millwood. Two home state racers; Robert Gant of FlatRock and Jason Heitt of Oxford while the only repeat winner is Tennesseeian Riley Hickman who scored the 2014 and 2012 edition of the race.

WHO TO WATCH: Robert Gant is usually the main man at Fort Payne, but lately the #22 has been focusing on the UCRA Championship in his "Promaxx Ford" . Its a safe bet all eyes will be on Gant's yellow #22 SLM Saturday. Kasey "The Hurricane" Hall (fresh off surgery) is expected to be in his "Snap-On Tools" # 42, while Lucas Burns, Gar (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)son, Aaron "Shaggy" Wilson are all expected to chase the $3,000 prize

EXPECTED ENTRANTS: The following is the list of entrants from Saturday night July 9th that had signed in before the rain-out; JT Seawright, Bo Shirley, Tod Hernandez, Darrell and DJ Hayes, Bryan Grider, TJ Britton, Rod Carroll, Bill Mahan, Josh Putnam, Casey Turman, John Ownbey, Knowles, Hall, Gant, Mario Gresham, Tom Maddox, Jeff Fields, Jason Markowitz, Burn, Chris Beck, Dee Vaught, Shay Miller, Bryan Grider, Hickman, Shane Smith, Billy Flannigan Jr and Dennis Reno. A few others were en route when the event was cancelled and didn't officially sign in.


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