David Smith, Jr.
NCRA Public Relations
(405) 740-4769
ncrapress@aol.com

NCRA 360 Sprint Car Series 2013 Schedule Released!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – February 3, 2013 - It looks to be a banner year for National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products 360 sprint car divisions with two, $5000 events are part of the twelve - race 2013 schedule.

The 24th consecutive season for the “Winged Warriors” will kick off with a huge opening night event, the third annual “Air Capitol/Sunflower State Shootout” at 81 Speedway in Park City which will pay a whopping $5000 to the nights feature finale winner while just making the twenty car field pays $400 to start.

81 Speedway will play host to the tour once again on Saturday night, April 27th before hitting the track almost one month later for the third annual “Sprint Car Mania” at RPM Speedway in Hays, Kansas.

For the third time in four races, 81 Speedway will host the sprints as part of the “Hoosier Daddy/Bill Hall Memorial” on Father’s Day Sunday night, June 16th. The series modified division will also be competing.
The Great American Dirt Track in Jetmore, Kansas will host the 360 sprint series on “Independence Day” Thursday night, July 4th with the series 305 sprint car division also on the schedule.

The annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 57th Annual Hutchinson Grand National Auto Races Presented by Midwest Ford Toyota at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas is set for Saturday night, July 13th with more details to be announced in the weeks leading up to this prestigious event.

The new Cornhusker 360 Sprint Car Series will join forces with the NCRA 360 sprinters on Saturday night, August 17th in the tours annual trip to Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska.

The eighth point race of the season will take place on their annual Labor Day Sunday night stop atop the Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Sunday night, September 1st.

It will then be a huge two nights of racing the second weekend of September with the ASCS Midwest Sprint car series competing with the tour as part of the “Battle of the Winged Warriors” at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool, Nebraska on Saturday night, September 7th. Then on Sunday night the tour heads to Eagle Raceway in Lincoln, Nebraska and join forces with the Cornhusker 360 Sprint Car Series once again, this time taking part in the annual “Nebraska Cup” paying $5000 to win on Sunday night, September 8th.

A double header weekend will close out the season for the NCRA 360 sprint car tour, opening at the famed half mile oval at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas on Friday night, September 28th before closing out the season on Saturday night at 81 Speedway.

Since 1971 the NCRA has sanctioned dirt track races across the Great Plains with the series currently sanctioning five other divisions. They include modifieds, southern sport modifieds, late models, 360 sprint cars, 305 sprint cars and new mod-lites.

National Championship Racing Association: For more information on the 43rd anniversary season for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas, find them at their online address www.racencra.com or call the series office (316) 755-1781. There you will find complete race schedules for all five divisions for the 2013 race season as well as race stories, current point standings, driver profiles and history information of series’ divisions of the past.  

2013 NCRA 360 Sprint Car Schedule

March 30     81 Speedway                                  Park City, Kansas ($5000 to win and $400 to start)
April    27     81 Speedway                                  Park City, Kansas
May    24     RPM Speedway                              Hays, Kansas
June    16     81 Speedway                                  Park City, Kansas
July       4     Great American Dirt Track            Jetmore, Kansas
July      13    Kansas State Fairgrounds             Hutchinson, Kansas
Aug      17     Mid-Nebraska Speedway            Doniphan, Nebraska
Sept.     1      Belleville High Banks                    Belleville, Kansas
Sept      7      Junction Motor Speedway          McCool, Nebraska
Sept      8     Eagle Raceway                                Eagle, Nebraska ($5000 to win)
Sept    28      Kansas State Fairgrounds             Hutchinson, Kansas
Sept    29      81 Speedway                                  Park City, Kansas       


David Smith, Jr.
NCRA Public Relations
(405) 740-4769
ncrapress@aol.com

NCRA Announces 2013 Schedule for Late Model Division!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – February 3, 2013 - The 30th season for gladiators of the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products late model division has released their eleven race schedule for the upcoming 2013 race season. It includes familiar events and regular appearances as well as three tracks the tour hasn’t appeared in several years.

The tour kicks off the season with a Memorial Day weekend double header beginning on Saturday night, May 25th at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool, Nebraska. The tour will then head south to the home track of the series, 81 Speedway in Park City on Sunday night, May 26th.

For the first time in ten years the Salina High Banks Speedway in Salina, Oklahoma will host the series late model tour on Saturday night, June 15th in a companion event with the MARS DIRTcar series. Former series champion Al Purkey picked up the feature win that night at the track back in August of 2003.
A huge three day holiday weekend will be up next for the tour, kicking off on Wednesday night, July 3rd at Monett Speedway in Monett, Missouri in another co-sanctioned event with the MARS DIRTcar series. It will be the tours first stop at Mooneyham’s place since June of 2009 when Ken Essary picked up the victory.
The next night both tours will head to 81 Speedway in Park City for a 4th of July late model challenge before the NCRA late model series head north to the Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Friday night, July 5th.

The O'Reilly Auto Parts 57th Annual Hutchinson Grand National Auto Races Presented by Midwest Ford Toyota will host the late model tour on Friday night, July 12 at the famed Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas before heading to the 12th annual “NCRA Late Model Nationals” at Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska on Saturday night, July 13th.

The tenth annual “King of the Hill Late Model Nationals” at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool, Nebraska will take place on Friday and Saturday night, August 9-10 and this year the tour, as well as event regulars from the MLRA, will be joined by the MARS DIRTcar series in what is sure to be a “can’t miss” event for all late model fans.

After a two year hiatus, Thunder Hill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas will host the NCRA late models on Saturday night, August 24th.

For the third year in a row the season will come to an end at the Belleville High Banks Speedway in Belleville, Kansas on Labor Day Sunday night, September 1st.

Since 1971 the NCRA has sanctioned dirt track races across the Great Plains with the series currently sanctioning five other divisions. They include modifieds, southern sport modifieds, 360 sprint cars, 305 sprint cars, new mod-lite and late models.

National Championship Racing Association: For more information on the 43rd anniversary season for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas, find them at their online address www.racencra.com or call the series office (316) 755-1781. There you will find complete race schedules for all five divisions for the 2013 race season as well as race stories, current point standings, driver profiles and history information of series’ divisions of the past.  

2013 NCRA Late Model Schedule

May  25      Junction Motor Speedway        McCool, Nebraska
May  26      81 Speedway                               Park City, Kansas
June 15      Salina High Banks Speedway     Salina, Oklahoma (w/MARS)
July     3      Monett Speedway                      Monett, Missouri (w/MARS)
July     4      81 Speedway                               Park City, Kansas (w/MARS)
July     5      Belleville High Banks                  Belleville, Kansas
July   12      Kansas State Fairgrounds          Hutchinson, Kansas
July   13      Mid-Nebraska Speedway          Doniphan, Nebraska
Aug   9-10  Junction Motor Speedway        McCool, Nebraska (w/MARS and MLRA)
Aug  24       Thunder Hill Speedway             Mayetta, Kansas                                                                   
Sept    1      Belleville High Banks                  Belleville, Kansas  


David Smith, Jr.
NCRA Public Relations
(405) 740-4769
ncrapress@aol.com

2013 NCRA Modified Schedule Released!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Park City, Kansas – February 3, 2013 - Eleven events consisting of three different states and seven different venues dot the 2013 race schedule for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products modified division the series announced early last week.

The sixteenth consecutive season for the tour is set to kick off with a huge two-day Precise Racing Products/Hoosier Daddy “Spring Scramble” show set for Friday and Saturday night, April 5-6 at 81 Speedway with the Saturday night championship finale paying a huge $5000 to the winner. More details on this event will be released in the forthcoming days.

For the first time in at least six years, Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma will host the tour on Saturday night of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, May 25th.

Then it will be on to the annual “Hoosier Daddy/Bill Hall Memorial” on Father’s Day Sunday, June 16th at 81 Speedway in Park City. The series late model and 360 divisions will also be on the racing card. 
Independence Day holiday will see the tour make a stop at “The Hummer,” Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas on Wednesday night, July 3rd before taking a night off and heading to the famed Belleville High Banks in Belleville, Kansas on Friday night, July 5th.

Next up will be the two day O'Reilly Auto Parts 57th Annual Hutchinson Grand National Auto Races Presented by Midwest Ford Toyota will take place on Friday and Saturday night, July 12-13 at the famed Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas.

After a very successful inaugural trip last year it will be back to the “I-40 Challenge” as the tour will head to Elk City Speedway in Elk City, Oklahoma on Friday night, August 16th before heading further west to Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas on Saturday night.

Labor Day weekend will see two events on the holiday weekend, opening at 81 Speedway on Saturday night, August 31st before their final appearance of the season back at the High Banks in Belleville on Sunday night, September 1st.

The sixteenth season will officially come to a conclusion on Saturday night, October 5th.
Since 1971 the NCRA has sanctioned dirt track races across the Great Plains with the series currently sanctioning five other divisions. They include southern sport modifieds, late models, 360 sprint cars, 305 sprint cars and the new mod-lites.

National Championship Racing Association: For more information on the 43rd anniversary season for the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas, find them at their online address www.racencra.com or call the series office (316) 755-1781. There you will find complete race schedules for all five divisions for the 2013 race season as well as race stories, current point standings, driver profiles and history information of series’ divisions of the past.  

2013 NCRA Modified Schedule

April 5-6            81 Speedway                                        Park City, Kansas ($5000 to win)    
May   25           Mid-America Speedway                      South Coffeyville, Oklahoma
June   16           81 Speedway                                        Park City, Kansas
July      3            Humboldt Speedway                          Humboldt, Kansas ($2000 to win)
July      5           Belleville High Banks                            Belleville, Kansas     
July    12-13     Kansas State Fairgrounds                    Hutchinson, Kansas
Aug   16            Elk City Speedway                                Elk City, Oklahoma
Aug   17            Route 66 Motor Speedway                Amarillo, Texas
Aug   31            81 Speedway                                        Park City, Kansas
Sept     1           Belleville High Banks                           Belleville, Kansas
Oct       5           81 Speedway                                        Park City, Kansas