Banner Night Of Racing Planned For Delaware’s Georgetown Speedway On Tuesday, August 26 With Inaugural ‘Beach Blast’ Event; Modifieds Compete For $24,125; Hawkins Reporting Service, Dirt Track Digest & American Racer/Lias Tire Join As Bonus Sponsors; Manmiller Electric Offers $200 Winner’s Shares For Delmarva Chargers & Super Trucks
GEORGETOWN, DE – Race fans and competitors in the southernmost region of dirt Modified racing – the First State of Delaware – will be treated to a banner night of racing on Tuesday, August 26.
Dirt Modified driver Eric Kormann, together with special events promoter Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media LLC, have teamed up to lease the historic Georgetown Speedway for the inaugural running of the ‘Beach Blast’ for big-block/small-block Modifieds, Crate 602 Sportsman, Delmarva Chargers & Super Trucks. The event carries a rain date of Wednesday, August 27.
Modifieds compete for a huge $24,125 purse in their 35-lap feature. To compensate for the tow south, a non-top-heavy pay structure has been established with a minimum of $4,000 to the winner, $1,400 for fifth, $1,000 for 10thand $400 to take the green flag.
Already, many of the Modified event’s 35 laps have been sold and bonus sponsors are beginning to sign on for the night of action on the half-mile.
Hawkins Reporting Service, litigation support professionals based in Wilmington, Del., committed as a cash award sponsor for the ‘Beach Blast’ event. Five drivers unable to qualify for the Modified main event will receive $50 cash each, determined by a random draw, for a total of $250.
Auto racing website Dirt Track Digest, found on the web at www.dirttrackdigest.com, will sponsor the halfway lap (18) of the Modified main event. The leader will receive $200 cash. Dirt Track Digest is the source for all dirt-track racing news: if it’s on dirt, it’s on Dirt Track Digest!
Lias Tire, the regional distributor for American Racer tires based in Indiana, Pa., will reward Modified drivers with a pair of FREE tires. The competitors finishing in positions 6-10 and 11-15 will be entered into a pair of drawings for the tire certificates.
Crate 602 Sportsman competitors will run a 25-lap feature event paying a minimum of $1,000 to win and $100 to start. The Delmarva Chargers and Super Trucks will each take part in 15-lap mains. Thanks to Doug Manmiller and Shoemakersville, Pa.’s Manmiller Electric, the Delmarva Chargers and Super Trucks will compete for $200 to win each (double their weekly winner’s share).
Modified minimum weight requirements will be staggered to allow for a variety of engine combinations to compete together. Weights are as follows: PA small-block on gas: 2,275 lbs.; PA small-block on alcohol: 2,350 lbs.; open small-block (max. 363 cubic inches): 2,400 lbs.; big-block (max. 471 cubic inches): 2,500 lbs.; Delaware big-block (472 cubic inches plus): 2,600 lbs.
Crate Sportsman must run unaltered GM Crate 602 engines ONLY with a 6,200 rev chip. The shock rule is open. Minimum weight is 2,400 lbs.
All bodies must be DIRTcar-legal with no sail panels, high doors/quarters or additional skirting for the Modifieds and Crate 602 Sportsman.
Modified and Crate 602 Sportsman tire rules are as follows: American Racer 33 or harder fronts; 44 or harder left-rear and 48 or harder right-rear. The “49” compound right-rear tire is not permitted. The Hoosier option is as follows: Hoosier DIRTcar D300 or harder on all four corners.
Modifieds and Crate 602 Sportsman will draw for their starting positions with a redraw of top qualifiers for the main events.
The Delmarva Chargers and Super Trucks will race under weekly rules with a draw for position in effect.
General admission pricing for the ‘Beach Blast’ is as follows: $18 for Adults; $15 for Seniors (ages 65 and up) and Students (ages 13-17); $10 for Kids (ages 9-13); and children eight and under are FREE. Pit admission is $30 with no license required.
Pit and grandstand gates will open at 4 p.m. Hot laps begin at 6:30 p.m., with racing planned for 7:15 p.m.
To learn more about the ‘Beach Blast’ event, contact Eric Kormann at 609.381.5820 or Brett Deyo at 845.728.2781. The e-mail address is bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com and the official website for race information is www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com. Like “BD Motorsports Media” on Facebook or follow @BrettDeyo on Twitter.
Georgetown Speedway is located at the intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles from the Delaware beaches and less than a 35-minute drive from Ocean City, Md. Georgetown Speedway is online at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com.
‘Beach Blast’ Modified Purse Structure (35 Laps): 1. $4,000; 2. $3,000; 3. $2,000; 4. $1,600; 5. $1,400; 6. $1,250; 7. $1,150; 8. $1,100; 9. $1,050; 10. $1,000; 11. $650; 12. $600; 13. $550; 14. $525; 15. $500; 16. $475; 17. $450; 18. $425; 19-24. $400. Total: $24,125
Sources: BD Motorsports Media