February 25th & 26th: The Pelican 100 - $10,000 to win!!!

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The weather is spectacular! Bub McCool and Ronny Lee Hollingsworth are on the front row! 48 Late Models!!!

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Childress Rentals of Haughton, Louisiana and P&W Sales of Kilgore, Texas present the Pelican 100, $10,000 to win Dirt Late Model race at Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, Louisiana on February 25th and 26th. That's in the extreme northwest corner of the state where Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana all meet on the map.


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Pelican 100 Late Model purse:

1. $10,000
2. 5,000
3. 2,500
4. 2,000
5. 1,500
6. 1,400
7. 1,300
8. 1,200
9. 1,100
10. 1,000
11th-22nd: $800 to start

Qualify 20 cars. After the B mains are completed, the 21st starter will be drawn from the non-qualifiers and then the 22nd starting spot will auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Entry fee is $100 with $75 back to non-qualifiers.

More details will be released in a few days. The race is still 2 months away.

Big thanks to Ed Rinehart, Smith's Transmissions of Minden, Louisiana and Troy's Auto Salvage also in Minden for joining Childress Rentals and P&W Sales as sponsors of the inaugural Pelican 100!
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Rules

2011 Pelican 100 Late Model rules:

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Car & Body rules

2300 pound weight rule, 2200 pounds with steel block motor.

Tires: Hoosier 1300, 1350, 1600 or any shoulder plated '55'.

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They had this on display at the ArkLaTex Racer's auction:

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X-treme Graphics by J-Rod in Baton Rouge, Louisiana!!!



If you have some bad luck and don't transfer out of Saturday's B to the $800 to start, $10,000 to win Late Model A-main, you can still get drawn into the A main.

In addition, another non-qualifier will draw a free race car wrap thanks to X-treme Graphics by J-Rod out of Baton Rouge. Check 'em out at http://www.xtremebyjrod.com !

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4 weeks from tonight, as long as mother nature doesn't throw us a curve, we'll be practicing!

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Ark-La-Tex practice this Sunday, Feb 13th at 2PM. Admission is free with a $25 per car charge in effect. Early forecast say sunny and 67 degrees!

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Gene is working with a lot of mud at the moment but the weather looks great through Sunday. We intend to have an open practice as scheduled Sunday afternoon at 2PM. Jon 'Catman' Mitchell and BJ Robinson are planning on hot lapping their Late Models then too. Pit admission FREE to the public. The charge -- $25 -- will be by the race car only. $25 per racecar.

It's going to be be beautiful Sunday so come spend a warm, sunny afternoon with us at Ark-La-Tex Speedway and get a little horsepower in your ear just to prime you for the Pelican 100 and the upcoming 2011 racing season! We're almost there!!!

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The 2nd of 2 Sunday practices finished up today. 7 Late Models in the pits this afternoon out of 45 total cars.

Next up...

Pelican 100 practice THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!!!

Billy Moyer Sr. & Jr. both coming down!!!

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You can't have a show like Pelican 100 without great sponsors and we've been blessed with several good ones! I'll be making a post about each one here shortly....

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Childress Fishing and Rentals, Haughton, LA

This is an oilfield business owned by Raymond Childress. They offer 'intervention' services-- they intervene when something goes wrong with a gas or oil well. In layman's terms, sometimes the 'wrong' happens in the drilling process but more likely it happens during the process of getting the oil or gas well 'on-line'. That's when parts and pieces -- some of them quite large and heavy -- can be broke off or dropped into a well. Childress Fishing and Rentals rents equipment designed to 'fish it out' and sends a consultant out to the field location to help get the well flowing and producing again.

Raymond has been a dirt track fan since he was a boy in the 60s. He started out going to dirt tracks in Marthaville, Louisiana and the original Many track. He attended the first ever Boothill Speedway race back in 1973. Since they never had the money back in them days to go racing, he became a team owner when his business started having some success. He owns the #R5 and F5 Victory Circle Late Models that BJ Robinson and Josh Danzy drive. Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have Childress Fishing and Rentals on board as title sponsor of the Pelican 100.

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You can't have a show like the Pelican 100 without great sponsors!



P&W Sales, Kilgore, Texas

Like the logo says, P&W is an oilfield manufacturers representative. Founded in Kilgore, P&W has added a second location in Fort Worth and will soon open one in San Antonio. D. W. 'Wayman' McMillan now runs the company that was started by his grandfather Dennis Pike. They sell drilling tools, flow-back, pumps, valves and fittings directly to drilling operations and to other similar stores around the country. You van visit their website at www.P-Wsales.com

Wayman was a drag racer up until 1995 when he returned to a dirt track one night and 'got the bug' as they say. East Texas racing legend Doug Ingalls built Wayman's first car -- a Limited Late Model -- and with Doug's help, McMillan went racing at Lone Star Speedway. Later on, Wayman went Super Late Model racing and last year added a second car and driver to his team. Morgan Bagley will drive the P&W Sales #14M. Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have P&W sales as a title co-sponsor of the Pelican 100.

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Race times and grandstand gate times are posted on the flier above now.

You know, you can't have a show like the Pelican 100 without great sponsors!



Smith's Towing, Minden, LA

Smith's Towing is owned and operated by Barry Smith and his brother Jerry Smith operates Smith's Transmissions, both in Minden. You would be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated in their support of Dirt Late Model racing than what Barry Smith is. It runs in his blood. Barry's father Gerald Smith together with GW Lary built Bayou Speedway in Minden. For a while, the two brothers were involved in Mini Sprint racing. Barry crewed while Jerry drove to the Texas Mini Sprint Association championship in 1993 and he also won the Hoosier Fall Nationals Championship in Caney, Kansas.

Barry's first Late Model crew job was with Minden racer Jeff Chanler in the late 90s. He's helped sponsor other Late Model racers like Alan Tippen, Ray Moore, Kyle Cummings and is now helping Jeff's younger brother Wesley Chanler get started in the class. Smith's Towing once paid an entire $5000 to win purse at a Monticello, Arkansas Late Model race. Barry would like to remind area fans and businesses that "It's amazing how little it takes to get your name on the side of a Late Model." The racers are looking for anything that'll help them get down the road. "So help one out if you see a chance." Barry's easy to find in the pits. Just follow your nose right to his bar-b-que grill! He's always cooking up something good. You'll find Barry crewing for Ronny Adams and the C. Wright Machine #1A this weekend. Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have Smith's Towing on board as a sponsor for the Pelican 100.

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Tip of the hat to the Vivian, Louisana Walmart! They've been displaying a big Pelican 100 banner all week and they have given the track eight $25 gift cards to give away!

To find the Walmarts closest to Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Click here

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You can't have a show like the Pelican 100 without great sponsors!



Troy's Auto Salvage, Minden, LA

Troy Berdan moved from Michigan to Louisiana and started Troy's Auto Salvage in Minden six years ago. It was a life-long dream of his to own his own business. 20 years ago, Berdan was racing on the asphalt tracks of Michigan in a variety of classes. He was in several of the same shows that the legendary short track star Butch Miller was in. Outside of a race or two, Troy was strictly asphalt until moving south.

Troy worked with local Hot Stock racer Jeffrey Beshea and eventually started racing again -- this time on dirt. He spent 2 and half years in a Hot Stock and was the area's dominant car for the last year of that so, Berdan took the next step: Super Late Model racing. Look for him in the #02 car. Troy says grass roots racing and his business are made for each other. He helps out racers and racing and the racers end up doing a lot of business at Troy's Auto. Ark-La-Tex Speedway is proud to have Troy's Auto Salvage as sponsor of the Pelican 100.