Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

August 14, 2013

CHEVY SUPER SERIES TRIES AGAIN AT THE BAD FAST TAZ FOR ROUND 3 ON SATURDAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – After being rained out last Saturday night, America’s first “Factory Backed and Factory Built” dirt late model series, The Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series, will try again at Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN this Saturday night for the $3,000-to-win $300-to-start West Chevrolet 50 that is Round 3 of the 10-race 2013 season.   

Known as the Bad Fast Taz, Tazewell Speedway is a ¼-mile high banked clay oval that is well suited for the all-aluminum Chevrolet Racing Engine that powers the dirt late models in the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Point leader William Thomas of Phenix City, AL will be looking for his third-straight series win in his quest of the $10,000 Championship.

With victories in the first two Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL on August 2 and at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL on August 3, Thomas has accumulated 200 points, and has a 12-point over National Dirt Late Model Series Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN and Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL.

Other top Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series drivers expected this Saturday night at Tazewell Speedway are Tim Busha of Boaz, AL, David Brannon of Elora, TN, Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, Brett Barrett of Cleveland, MS, the father and son duo of Ross Martin and Adam Martin of Talladega, AL, Brad Smith of Winston-Salem, NC, Carlton Freeman of Eastaboga, AL, Richie Stephens of Phenix City, AL, Mark Dowdy of Waterloo, AL, and local favorite Brad Hall of Knoxville, TN.

Race fans are encouraged to get to Tazewell Speedway early to meet the drivers of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series at an Autograph Session at the front gate of Tazewell Speedway from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

Early arriving race fans for the West Chevrolet 50 can see the race cars and the new all-aluminum Chevrolet Racing Engines that is based on the Chevrolet LS Engine that comes in the Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Camaro, and the Chevrolet SS that are on the showroom floor of West Chevrolet, located on the famous Airport Motor Mile in Alcoa, TN.

The pit gate will open at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Tazewell Speedway, and Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Pre-Race Registration and Technical Inspection will be from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.  The Drivers Meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. with hot laps to follow.

Tazewell Speedway is located three miles northwest of Tazewell, TN off U.S. Highway 25E at 1400 Bacchus Road, Tazewell, TN  37879.  For more information call 423-626-2222, or visit their web site at www.tazewellspeedway.net, or like their Facebook page at Tazewell Speedway.

For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. 

Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hedman Hedders is the Official Hedder of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series and the Hedman Husler Award sponsor.  Bilstein Shocks is the Official Spec Shock of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2013 are Modern Images, Mike Custom Tanks, AR Bodies, Velocita Racewear, and KRC Power Steering. 

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