Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series             
P.O. Box 1741
Glasgow, KY 42142
www.americanmodifiedseries.com

Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Opens ’16 Season at Bloomington Speedway Friday April 29

Glasgow, KY-April 24, 2016 (www.americanmodifiedseries.com)- The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series will open the 2016 racing season on Friday April 29 at Bloomington Speedway in Bloomington, IN with the 3rd Annual J.B. Robinson Memorial that will be see the A-Main contest be 40 laps in distance and pay $2,000 to win and $200 to start.  Previous winners of the J.B. Robinson Memorial event are Devin Gilpin of Columbus, IN in 2014 and Kent Robinson of Bloomington, IN in 2015.      .         

The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series will be in competition at Bloomington Speedway in Bloomington, IN on Friday April 29 and the event will feature the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series in a full program of practice, A-B group time trials, qualifying heats, B-Mains, and the 40 lap, $2,000 to win/$200 to start 3rd Annual J.B. Robinson Memorial A-Main.  Other divisions joining the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series at Bloomington on Friday April 29 will be the track’s 410 Sprint Cars, RaceSaver Winged Sprints, and Pro (Crate) Late Models.  Dillon Construction Group will offer a $500 bonus if the same driver wins the Modified and Pro (Crate) Late Model feature events.  Entry fee for the Summit Racing Equipment Modified Series is $50 and, per UMP DirtCar rules for Modifieds, there is NO grooving of tires and the legal tire compounds are A40, A40S, and H40 only.  Also, Bloomington uses transponders for timing and scoring purposes, but there will be NO charge for transponders. 

Activities for the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series event at Bloomington Speedway on Friday April 29 will see the pit area open at 4:30 p.m. and the general admission area open at 5:30 p.m. The drivers meeting will be at 6:15 p.m., with practice set to begin at 6:30 p.m., followed immediately by time trials and green flag racing at 7:30 p.m.  All times listed are Eastern Daylight Times. Ticket prices for the event at Bloomington Speedway on Friday April 29 in the general admission area will be $15 for adults, while a pit pass will be $30. 

Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 3rd Annual J.B. Robinson A-Main Payout at Bloomington Speedway April 29:  1st- $2,000, 2nd- $750, 3rd- $600, 4th- $550, 5th- $500, 6th- $450, 7th- $400, 8th- $350, 9th- $325, 10th- $300, 11th- $275, 12th- $250, 13th- $230, 14th- $220, 15th- $200, 16th- $200, 17th- $200, 18th- $200, 19th- $200, 20th- $200, 21st- $200, 22nd- $200.

 Bloomington Speedway is located at 5185 South Fairfax Road just outside of Bloomington, IN.  For more information about Bloomington Speedway, contact the track office at (812) 824-7400 or via social media at the track’s internet home www.bloomingtonspeedway.com, on Twitter BloomSpeedway, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Bloomington-Speedway
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The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series presents UMP DirtCar Modified sanctioned dirt track entertainment at racing venues throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee.  For more information concerning the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series, contact series race director Jeff Evans at (859) 358-7178 or by email at jdevans@live.com or by visiting the series social media outlets at www.americanmodifiedseries.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/American-Modified-Series, and on Twitter @AmericanModSeri.

Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2016 Racing Schedule  April 29 (Friday)- Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, IN)- 40 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- 3rd Annual J.B. Robinson Memorial  (www.bloomingtonspeedway.com) May 27 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start  (www.farmercityracing.com) May 28 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- AMS All-Star Shootout (www.fairburyspeedway.com) May 29 (Sunday)- To Be Announced June 24 (Friday)- Moler Raceway Park (Williamsburg, OH)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start- L&M Performance 30  (www.molerracewaypark.com) June 25 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start  (www.florencespeedway.com) July 1 (Friday)- To Be Announced July 2 (Saturday)- Tazewell Speedway (Tazewell, TN)- 40 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.tazewellspeedway.net) September 2 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start  (www.farmercityracing.com) September 3 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 50 laps/$10,000 to win/$300 to start- 4th Annual Casey’s AMS Modified Nationals  (www.fairburyspeedway.com) September 4 (Sunday)- Spoon River Speedway (Canton, IL)- 50 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 26th Annual Modified Fall Nationals  (www.spoonriverspeedway.com) September 16 (Friday)- Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start- 2nd Annual Fall Classic (www.peoriaspeedway.com) September 17 (Saturday)- Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL)- 40 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 2nd Annual Fall Classic  (www.peoriaspeedway.com) October 8 (Saturday)- Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, IN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start- Harvest Cup (www.tristatespeedway.com) October 22 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 40 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 7th Annual Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Championship  (www.florencespeedway.com)

Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2016 Official Sponsors *Summit Racing Equipment (www.summitracing.com)- “Title Sponsor for the American Modified Series and Sponsor of Heat Race #1 and Heat Race #2” 
*All Star Performance (www.allstarperformance.com)- “Official Hard Charger of the Race” Award Sponsor at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *FAST Fuel/Air/Spark/Technology- (www.fuelairspark.com)- “Official Ignition System” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *KBC Graphics- (www.kbcgraphix.com)- “Official Graphics Company” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series (www.kbcgraphix.com) *Maxima Racing Oil- (www.maximausa.com) “Official Oil” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and Tough Fifth Place Award Sponsor *Quick Car Racing Products- (www.quickcar.net)- “$100 Fast Qualifier Award” at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *VP Racing Fuels (www.vpracingfuels.com)- “Official Race Fuel” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *Wilwood (www.wilwood.com)- “Official Brakes” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and “Lucky 7” Award Sponsor

Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2016 Marketing Partners Bad Fast Race Chassis (www.734dirt.com) Bandit Race Cars (www.banditracecars.net) Bob Poynter GM (www.bobpoynter.com) Boknecht Trucking Dale Meers Race Engines DASCO Racing Supply Fox Shocks (www.ridefox.com) Frankland Racing Equipment (www.franklandracing.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #4”
Hypercoils (www.hypercoils.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #3”
Impressive Race Cars (www.impressiveracecars.com) Integra Shocks (www.integrashocksprings.com) Maximum Energy Development (www.maximumenergy.us) Mullins Race Engines (www.mullinsraceengines.com) Print Worx (www.facebook.com/print.workx/)- Official Merchandise Provider for the Series RACEceiver (www.raceceiver.com) Reaper Race Cars UMP Dirt Car (www.umpracing.com) Wick Oil Company (www.wickoil.com)