By Scott Hall
CAMARGO, IL - The All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series
presented by Haulmark Race Trailers will undertake an ambitious race
schedule for their 25th anniversary season. The traveling dirt track series
will sanction 66 events at 36 speedways across 18 states and Canada. For
2004 the All Stars will be venturing into several regions of the country for
the first time, bringing their fast paced action and highly competitive
racing to fans in new markets at many different speedways that have never
seen the All Stars before. Once again several of the shows in 2004 will be
co-sanctioned with the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA).
A total of 14 tracks will host the All Star series for the first time
ever. Inaugural visits by the All Stars will come at Oglethorpe Speedway,
Savannah, GA, the all new Junction Motor Speedway, McCool Junction, NE, the
Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Virginia Motor Speedway, Saluda, VA,
I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, AR, Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, IN, South
Buxton Speedway (CN), North Central Arkansas Speedway, Yellville, AR, Dodge
City (KS) Speedway, El Paso Speedway Park, Southern New Mexico Speedway,
Hollywood Hills Speedway and Southern Raceway in Milton, FL.
"The All Stars are proud to have these new tracks working as partners
with us," stated All Star President Guy Webb when releasing the schedule.
"They're helping us bring the excitement of All Star racing to fans who have
never experienced an All Star race before, and we know they'll the brand of
sprint car racing they will be seeing."
Returning to the schedule after several years' absence are the West
Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells, WV and Paducah (KY) Int'l
Speedway. In addition six dates are on the schedule now as TBA (to be
announced). These dates are firm, but the All Star office is awaiting the
receipt of all the proper paperwork before releasing the location of those
half-dozen events.
The 2004 season kicks off with the first visit to Oglethorpe Speedway
Park near Savannah, Ga. Friday and Saturday March 5-6. Next the series moves
to Paducah (KY) Int'l Speedway April 2 and the St. Francois County Speedway
in Farmington, MO April 3.
April continues with Attica Raceway Park hosting the Spring Nationals
April 16-17, with Limaland (OH) and K-C Raceway up the next weekend April
23-24. The Junction Motor Speedway (April 30), Kansas State Fairgrounds May
1 and Tulsa (OK) Speedway May 2 make up the next three race weekend.
Pennsylvania's Lernerville Speedway hosts the series May 7 for a make up
race from last season and Fremont Speedway has the first of four All Star
visits scheduled for May 8. May 14-15 will see the series visit the famous
I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, then head to Michigan May 21 and 22 at
Hartford Speedway Park and Butler Motor Speedway. The first ever All Star
visit outside the United States comes Sunday May 23 at the South Buxton
Speedway in Canada. The Pete Jacobs Memorial is on tap next at Ohio's Wayne
Co. Speedway on May 26, followed by another Attica visit May 28 and a trip
south to K-C Raceway May 29.
June shows events at Lake Ozark (MO) Speedway on the 10th, North Central
Arkansas Speedway the 11th, St. Francois the 12th and Tri-State (IN)
Speedway on the 13th. The series returns to the Delta Bowl in Tunica, MS on
June 18-19, followed by a special Thursday night show at Virginia Motor
Speedway in Saluda June 24.
A return to Eldora follows on June 26, right before Ohio Speedweek. The
22nd annual Ohio Speedweek opens on Sunday, June 27 at Attica Raceway Park.
Ohio Speedweek continues Monday at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, then
to Fremont on Tuesday, a return to Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH on
Wednesday, back to Fremont on Thursday, Limaland on Friday and the Ohio
Speedweek grand finale is at K-C Raceway near Chillicothe on Saturday night
July 3. West Virginia Motor Speedway is up next on the schedule July 10.
Lake Ozark hosts the traveling series again July 21 before a two-day show at
Knoxville.
Another traditional event is the fourth annual Summer Classic two-day
show at the Knoxville Raceway July 23 and 24. Hartford (MI) follows July 31.
August opens at Eldora Speedway Thursday Aug. 5 with a visit to the
Butler Motor Speedway (MI) on Aug. 7, then the All Stars will head to the
annual Thunder Through the Plains Tour co-sanctioned by the NCRA. Thunder
Through the Plains kicks off Aug. 18 at Mid-Nebraska Raceway in Doniphan,
followed by events at Dodge City Speedway Aug. 20, Jetmore (KS) Motoplex and
81 Speedway (Wichita, KS) on Aug. 22. August wraps up with the Pennsylvania
Summer Nationals at four sites to be announced and Lincoln Speedway will
hold the Sat. Aug 28 Summer Nationals event.
The big Labor Day weekend marks a return to Lernerville (PA) Speedway
Sept. 3 for the Earl and Dave Bauman Memorial race, followed by the two-day
Sharon Nationals Sept. 4-5. Fremont hosts the All Stars for the final time
Saturday Sept. 11.
Another September highlight is the first ever visit to the Gas City I-69
Speedway on Friday night Sept. 17, the night before the annual Lawrenceburg
(IN) Speedway Hoosier Fall Classic on Sept. 18.
October is a big month for the series, with Eldora holding the final Ohio
race on the second. El Paso Speedway Park will see the All Stars in
competition on the 15th, with Southern New Mexico Speedway up next on the
16th. Hollywood Hills (NM) closes out the western swing on Oct. 17.
New this season is the Southern Sprint Car Nationals at Southern Raceway
in Milton, FL near Pensacola, closing out the 2004 campaign on Oct. 22-23.
Drivers and car owners are reminded to purchase memberships now on the
All Star website to be eligible for points and contingency awards throughout
the season.
All Pro Cylinder Heads is also sponsoring a special series of promotional
events this season, with details forthcoming.
Also look for details soon on a custom Uncle Sam Harley Davidson
Motorcycle season-long raffle by the All Stars.
For more information visit www.allstarsprint.com or call 217-352-9221.
2004 All Star Sprint Car Schedule
3/5 Oglethorpe Speedway, Savannah, GA
3/6 Oglethorpe Speedway, Savannah, GA
4/2 Paducah Int'l Speedway, Paducah, KY
4/3 St. Francois Co. Speedway, Farmington, MO
4/16 Attica Raceway Park, Attica, OH
4/17 Attica Raceway Park, Attica, OH
4/23 Limaland Motorsports Park, Lima, OH
4/24 Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
4/30 Junction Motor Speedway, McCool Junction, NE
5/1 Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, KS
5/2 Tulsa Speedway, Tulsa. OK
5/7 Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA
5/8 Fremont Speedway, Fremont, OH
5/14 I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, AR
5/15 I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, AR
5/21 Hartford Speedway Park, Hartford, MI
5/22 Butler Motor Speedway, Quincy, MI
5/23 South Buxton Raceway, Ontario, CN
5/26 Wayne Co. Speedway, Orrville, OH
5/28 Attica Raceway Park, Attica, OH
5/29 K-C Raceway, Alma, OH
6/10 Lake Ozark Speedway, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
6/11 North Central Arkansas Speedway, Yellville, AR
6/12 St. Francois Co. Speedway, Farmington, MO
6/13 Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, IN
6/18 Delta Bowl Speedway, Tunica, MS
6/19 Delta Bowl Speedway, Tunica, MS
6/24 Virginia Motor Speedway, Saluda, VA
6/26 Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
6/27 Attica Raceway Park, Attica, OH
6/28 Wayne Co. Speedway, Orrville, OH
6/29 Fremont Speedway, Fremont, OH
6/30 Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH
7/1 Fremont Speedway, Fremont, OH
7/2 Limaland Motorsports Park, Lima, OH
7/3 K-C Raceway, Alma, OH
7/9 TBA in WV
7/10 W. Virginia Motor Speedway, Mineral Wells, WV
7/21 Lake Ozark Speedway, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
7/23 Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA
7/24 Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA
7/31 Hartford Speedway Park, Hartford, MI
8/5 Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
8/7 Butler Motor Speedway, Quincy, MI
8/18 Mid-Nebraska Speedway, Doniphan, NE
8/20 Dodge City Speedway, Dodge City, KS
8/21 Jetmore Motoplex, Jetmore, KS
8/22 81 Speedway, Wichita, KS
8/25 TBA - Pa. Summer Nationals
8/26 TBA - Pa. Summer Nationals
8/27 TBA - Pa. Summer Nationals
8/28 Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA
8/29 TBA - Pa. Summer Nationals
9/3 Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA
9/4 Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH
9/5 Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH
9/11 Fremont Speedway, Fremont, OH
9/17 Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, IN
9/18 Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN
10/2 Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
10/13 TBA - TX
10/15 El Paso Speedway Park, El Paso, TX
10/16 Southern New Mexico Speedway, Las Cruses, NM
10/17 Hollywood Hills Speedway, San Felipe Pueblo, NM
10/22 Southern Raceway, Milton, FL
10/23 Southern Raceway, Milton, FL