August 29. 2010

FRIDAY AND SUNDAY SPRINTS ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND

     MECHANICSBURG, PA -- Williams Grove Speedway will present sprint
car racing as the featured attraction on Friday, September 3, and
Sunday, September 5.
     One of the season's most popular events, the Jack Gunn Memorial
Triple 20s, is scheduled for  September 3.  A fireworks display will
also be presented.
     Qualifying is slated to begin at 7:45.
     With nearly $40,000 on the line, the Triple 20s is one of the major
events at Williams Grove Speedway and is the richest unsanctioned night
of the season.
     Time trials will lock the twelve fastest cars into the first
feature.  The fastest qualifier will draw for lineup inversion.  The
remainder of the field will be split into two ten-lap qualifying races
and the top five in each will transfer to the first feature. 
     The final two spots will go to the highest ranking drivers in the
Lawrence Chevrolet point standings who attempted to qualify but did not
transfer to the feature.
     The second feature will be lined up according to the first feature
finish.  The winning driver will draw for inversion.
     Feature number three will be lined up according to the total
dollars earned in the first two races.  The top six money winners will
be inverted.
      The first two 20-lap features will each pay $2500 to win.  The
third feature will pay $5000, so a sweep of the Triple 20s will be worth
$10,000.
     No driver has ever swept a Triple 20s program.
     In 2001 Todd Shaffer won the first two features, but Fred Rahmer
won the third.  In 2002 Rahmer won the first two, but Lance Dewease
prevented a sweep by winning the third. Last year Greg Hodnett won the first 
and Daryn Pittman won the next two.
      Since the format was instituted in 1999, the Triple 20s has
produced three different winners eight times.                                                                                                                                                                                        
Sunday, September 5, will serve as a rain date for the Jack Gunn
Memorial.  If that event is run as scheduled, the Billy Kimmel Memorial
will be presented on Sunday featuring three open wheel divisions,
including sprint cars, 358 c.i. sprints and super sportsman cars
starting at 7:00.