Entry Forms and Rules Released for Late Model “SpeedFest” at USA International Speedway

Purse Increased to $10,000 to Win and Schedule Shortened by One Day

(Lakeland, FL) – Officials from the Midwest-based Champion Racing Association (CRA) Super Series, the Southern-based FASCAR/Sunbelt Super Series and USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida have just released the details for the 2006 Super Late Model “SpeedFest”.  Super Late Model teams and fans will gather at USA International Speedway January 26-28, 2006 for the second installment of the “North vs. South” battle at the renowned Florida facility.

In January of 2005, 60 teams took part in the first “SpeedFest” that brought all the different teams and sanctioning bodies together.  The first 100-lap event was one by Florida’s Mike Fritts, while Wisconsin’s Charlie Menard won the Mark III Conversions 200-lap finale.

Inside the recently released 2006 rules/entry form, teams will find that the overall purse has been increased for the 2006 event, with the winner taking home over $10,000.  Teams will also find that the schedule of events has one less day in it and an easy to understand format.  Teams will enter the grounds for technical inspection and open practice on Thursday January 26^th, then qualify on Friday for one of the Twin 100 qualifiers.  Nashville will be the geographic dividing line for determining who runs in the South qualifier and who runs in the North Qualifier.  The top 10 cars from Friday’s North 100 and the top 10 cars from Friday’s South 100 will be locked into Saturday’s SpeedFest 200 finale.  In all, a minimum of 36 cars will take the green flag for the 200 Lap finale on Saturday, while all cars will run a feature on Friday.

“The 2005 SpeedFest was a great event for our facility and fans as well as the Late Model teams,” noted USA International Speedway promoter Bill Martino.  “It was a true battle of North vs. South, like we had envisioned, and I believe everyone went away thinking it was truly a great event.  We knew right then that we would come back and do it again… and even better.”

The event will be under the direction of CRA’s Glenn Luckett and R. J. Scott and FASCAR’s Don Nerone. The series’ will also be co-promoting the event with the speedway. While the on-track activities will be directed by these sanctioning bodies, officials want to be very clear that this is an “open” event and that a minimum of 32 starting spots are open to all teams regardless of sanctioning body affiliation.  Bonus dollars are available to the top finishing CRA and Sunbelt teams, as well as all other non affiliated cars, which will be battling for bonus dollars in their own pool.

For rules, entry form, purse, and format questions, downloads will be available at:  www.craracing.net, www.fascar.org, or www.usaspeedway.com.  Interested teams can also call Glenn Luckett at 812-883-0455.

Rules and Entry Form (PDF Format)