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3RD ANNUAL STORMPAY.COM DLMS 10K-TO-WIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
RACE THIS WEEKEND IN TAMPA , FL
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Over 100 race cars are expected this Friday and
Saturday night for the 3rd Annual $10,000-to-win 100-lap StormPay.com Dirt
Late Model Series World Championship Race at East Bay Raceway Park in
Tampa, FL. The top drivers from throughout the nation are expected for the
2007 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series grand finale.
Leading the entry list will be the 2007 and two-time StormPay.com Dirt
Late Model Series National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg , TN.
Gentry will be honored for his second straight series title on Wednesday night
at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Tampa , FL where he will receive a
check for $20,000, a GM Performance 604 Crate Engine, and a new
Mastersbilt chassis.
Along with Gentry, the rest of the top ten drivers in the StormPay.com
DLMS National point standings, plus the top six drivers in the StormPay.com
Weekly Racing Series West, East and South Regions, will be honored and
receive their awards at the StormPay.com DLMS Awards Banquet. Many of
them will also participate in the World Championship Race at East Bay .
Jay Blair of Angie, LA finished second in the StormPay.com DLMS
National points, just 28 points behind Gentry. The one-two finish in the point
standings by Gentry and Blair led Mastersbilt Race Cars to the 2007 StormPay.
com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring Chassis Manufacturers
Championship.
Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA, who is fresh off his second series
win of the season last Saturday at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, GA,
finished third in the StormPay.com DLMS National points chase and is looking
to keep his late season momentum rolling this weekend at East Bay Raceway
Park.
Chip Brindle of Chatsworth , GA is the 2007 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model
Series Rookie of the Year, and finished fourth in the National points with three
wins on the season. One of those wins came at East Bay Raceway Park in
February. Brindle is on a hot streak, as he has a win and a second-place
finish in his last two StormPay.com DLMS National Tour starts.
Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, TN also had early success at East Bay
Raceway Park . Buckingham took a pair of wins on East Bay ’s 1/3-mile clay
oval in February. Buckingham will be returning to East Bay Raceway Park this
weekend looking for the $10,000 top prize.
Also expected this weekend will be the winners of the first two StormPay.com
Dirt Late Model Series World Championship races. Jimmy Owens of Newport,
TN took the win in 2005, and Randy Korte of Highland, IL is the defending race
champion.
Other expected entrants include StormPay.com DLMS National Tour top ten
drivers Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, Chris Tays of Corinth, MS, Robert Stutts of
Murfreesboro, TN, Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, and Jim Till of
Greenville, AL. Fields finished fifth in the StormPay.com DLMS National points
for his third straight top five finish.
Competitors are reminded that mufflers are required for their race cars at East
Bay Raceway Park . East Bay Raceway Park will host an open practice
session on Thursday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
On Friday night, the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series will compete in
qualifying and preliminary heat races to determine the first 18 starting
positions for the 100-lap main event. On Saturday night, the B-main races will
fill starting spots 19 through 24, and the grand finale will be the 100-lap
$10,000-to-win main event.
East Bay Raceway Park is located five miles south of I-4 on U.S. Highway
41. For more information call 813-677-7223, or visit the East Bay Raceway
Park web site at www.eastbayracewypark.com.
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