Big Money and Major Contingency Prizes Up for Grabs in 2016
Story By: BARRY ANGSTADT / ACTION TRACK USA MEDIA Photo By: ACE LANE JR. / RACERSGUIDE.COM
KUTZTOWN, PA- April 10, 2016- In a ground-breaking announcement, Doug Rose and Mike Dicely revealed the details of an incredibly significant marketing partnership between the JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA in Kutztown, where Rose is a co-promoter along with Rich Tobias, and Dicely’s Hyper Racing which is headquartered in Lewisberry, PA. Those details add up to major rewards and benefits for the wingless 600 Sprint competitors who produce insanely competitive and entertaining racing at Action Track USA.
“We want to continue to offer the most lucrative payback, in terms of both dollars and valuable contingency prizes, of any track in the area that hosts the 600 Sprints,” said Rose. “While the SpeedSTRs are the headline division at Action Track USA, we also love to showcase the wingless 600’s and want to show our appreciation for their loyalty with regards to car counts and the great racing they present week after week. This partnership with Hyper enables us to really raise the bar in terms of payout and contingency awards.”
Going forward, the division will be named the “Hyper Racing 600 Sprints Powered by Hyper Fuel Injection Technology”, and the potential benefits awaiting 600 Sprint teams are numerous. The track’s marketing efforts, combined with Hyper Racing’s involvement, will make the oval on the Kutztown Fairgrounds the most lucrative place to wheel a 600 Sprint in the northeast (and possibly in the entire country).
Action Track USA will pay $500 to win a 600 Sprint feature each week. That figure goes up to $700 if a racer chooses to pay the “gamblers fee” of an extra $20 when entering his/her car upon arrival at the track. Most of the features will pay $50 to take the green flag.
There will also be three events offering the winner $1,000 – or more. The King of No Wing Shootout on May 18 and the 3rd Annual Tri-Track Challenge on July 13 will pay $1,000 to win, while the August 17 Touch of Green Landscaping 600 Fair Nationals will double that amount and pay $2,000 to the winner.
“There are 13 races scheduled for the 600’s this year,” noted Rose, “and three of them will pay $1,000 or more to win. That’s basically one-quarter of our season, so that’s a pretty decent percentage of higher paying races for the division.”
Rose and Tobias plan to reward 36 drivers with cash and contingency prizes in the 600 Sprint class each week, as even 10-12 non-qualifiers go home with some cash or contingencies that can be used on their race car.
The fifth place finisher in the 600 Sprint feature will receive, in addition to his/her pay envelope, a brand new Vahlco Aluminum Wheel.
A solid point fund will continue to be paid as drivers now vie for the Hyper Racing 600 Sprint Championship.
The plan to reward 600 Sprint racers provides plenty of incentive for drivers to make Action Track USA their Wednesday night home in 2016, but Rose and Dicely were not yet finished with their blockbuster plans. They also explained an “Attendance Award Program” that Monty Python would describe as “now for something completely different…”
As mentioned a few paragraphs earlier, there are 13 scheduled events for the 600 Sprint race teams at Action Track USA this season. In addition, Rose and Tobias are teaming with the Batz family to promote the Linda’s Speedway Championship Series by Action Track USA. The five race miniseries will take place at Linda’s Speedway in Jonestown, Pa. on April 21, June 24, July 22, September 2, and September 23. Those events will also feature the USAC All Pro SpeedSTRs and the All Star Slingshots.
600 Sprint drivers who attend every event at Action Track USA, the five race series at Linda’s, and the year-end Action Track Awards Banquet will have their name entered (twice) in a drawing. If a driver misses just one event during the season, his/her name will be entered once into the drawing. The drawing will take place at the banquet, where five names will be pulled (a driver can only win one of the prizes, even though he/she might be entered twice). And the prizes to be awarded as part of the drawing are HUGE…
A Hyper 600 frame, valued at $2,195.00, is at the top of the list of prizes. Second on the list is a Hyper Fuel Injection system valued at $1,795.00. The third prize is a set of four Vahlco Wheels. Prize number four is a supply of VP Methanol, the exact amount still being determined but Rose says it will be enough to fuel one car for an entire season at Action Track USA. And the final prize is a complete FK Rod End Package.
This unique and attractive incentive program is sure to ignite an even bigger fire in the bellies of the 600 Sprint race teams and will insure, once again, that the JeffreyHogueRealtor.com Action Track USA is the place to be on Wednesday nights this summer. With the announcement of the Attendance Award Program, the five race series at Linda’s Speedway is now squarely in the crosshairs of 600 Sprint competitors, too, and the competition will be fierce on the quarter-mile in Jonestown.
“Doug came to me with some ideas, I contributed some thoughts about it, and we came up with this program to reward the 600 Sprint racers,” explained Dicely. “I know Hyper Racing will get major exposure through our involvement at Action Track USA…they draw lots of cars and a big crowd every week. Doug and Rich know how to promote their facility and their race teams, and they always provide a real racy track for the drivers. A good track makes for great competition, and great competition draws the fans. And that happens in Kutztown on a regular basis. We will also have our Hyper Racing logo on the Action Track USA website, and I know that site gets a lot of hits.”
“This is a great way for me to give back to the racers, too,” continued Dicely, “especially those who are already Hyper customers and compete at Action Track USA.”
Action Track USA kicks off its 2016 season with a practice night on Monday, May 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The practice sessions are open to all divisions that will compete at the progressively banked oval this year.
