South Carolina Motorsports Racing News
Contents www.SCMSRN.com Thursday, June 24, 2010
The
Scott Thompson Memorial Comes to VSP This Weekend!
The Scott Thompson Memorial Comes To VSP This
Saturday
by VSP Media
BARBERVILLE, FL- Race fans will be lining up early this Saturday, June 26th, as
the Scott Thompson Memorial, featuring the United Dirt Late
Model Challenge Series, hits the clay at Volusia Speedway
Park. According to United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series director Ken
Kinney, the Scott Thompson Memorial has grown in prestige and now is one of the
two "jewels" of late model racing in the southeastern region, and
will bring a solid field of top late model racers to VSP, and all of them will
be hungry to add their names to the honored list of race winners. In
addition to the Thompson Memorial, fans will also see exciting action from the
Taylor Racing Products Sportsman Division, the Daytona Sportswear Street
Stocks, and the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks.
The Scott Thompson Memorial honors the memory of one of the more popular racers
in the late model ranks in Florida, who tragically lost his life in a non
racing related automobile accident in May of 2006. At the time of his
unfortunate passing, Scott Thompson was battling toward the 2006 National Late
Model Series Rookie of the Year title, and had already established himself as
the Volusia Speedway Park Late Model Champion in 2005. The Thompson
family remains dedicated to racing and to the legacy created by Scott's
achievements, plus the many deep friendships and the respect that he developed
with his rival racers, directing their energy and love of the sport into this
special race each season. The 50 lap race will again pay a $3800
check to the winner of the main event in memory of Scott Thompson's #38 late
model.
The Scott Thompson Memorial is special to the racers because of who and what it
memorializes, but it also marks a change for the racers who have been competing
with the United Dirt Late Model Challenge Series in 2010. Series director
Ken Kinney points out that after this race the northern and southern regions of
the UDLMCS will combine into a "chase" format, which will open up the
points battle and begin a whole new race to the season championship. Ivedent
Lloyd has a virtual lock on the northern region title, while Keith Nosbisch
holds a mere 20 point advantage over Mark Whitener in the south.
Once the two regions combine it will be anyone's title to chase, with racers
like two time defending UDLMCS Champion Johnny Collins possibly getting back
into the hunt and looking for an elusive "three-peat." UDLMCS
races have produced 5 different winners in 7 events so far in 2010,
with Phillip Cobb becoming a first time winner in the prestigious Powell
Memorial at Ocala Speedway earlier this month.
The excitement will not diminish as three of Volusia Speedway Park's most
competitive divisions accent the evening along with the Scott Thompson
Memorial. Shaun Daugharty will be hoping to build on his one point
advantage over Aaron Barsness in the Taylor Racing Products Sportsman points
race, while Phillip Brown will be defending the same scant advantage over Tim
Hughes with the Daytona Sportswear Street Stocks. And no one will want to
miss the next chapter in the newest on track rivalry between Scott Mooers and
Chad Scranton, as the Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Thunder Stocks return for
another round.
Volusia Speedway Park will offer an open practice session for all divisions on
Friday, June 25th, from 6PM until 9PM, in preparation for Saturday night's
events. The pit gate will open at 2PM on Saturday with driver's meetings
at 5:45 and practice at 6:15. The grandstand gates will open on Saturday
at 5PM for early birds to grab the best seats, and to witness qualifying which
is set to begin at 6:45. Heat racing will begin at 7:30PM with B mains
and features to follow, and for more information fans can access www.VolusiaSpeedwayPark.net .
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