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Richmond Raceway’s Butterball® Wooldridge Memorial to be a Southern Nationals Bonus Race
27th Annual running of the event will feature highest purse ever at $10,000 to win
By Michael Despain, CT Promotions

Somerset, KY-December 2, 2013- Richmond Raceway track owners and promoters Joey and Tiffany Tackett are pleased to announce the 2014 version of the Sunoco Race Fuels Paul “Butterball ®” Wooldridge Memorial event for Super Late Models will take place on Saturday July 12, 2014 and will be sanctioned by the Southern Nationals Bonus Races by CT Promotions.

Also as part of the announcement, the Tackett’s are thrilled to announce that the event will be 60 laps in distance and the winner $10,000 for their efforts. It will be the first time in the 27 year history of this historic event that the winner’s share of the event will be $10,000 and it will also be the first time in the history of Richmond Raceway that Super Late Models will contest an event that pays that amount of money to win. The race will also be the third of the five race Battle of Supers (BoS) series at Richmond Raceway in 2014, where the track is hosting its own mini-series for the five extra-paying Super Late Model events that will be contested at the track in 2014.

The event will be sanctioned by the Southern Nationals Bonus Races by CT Promotions and series race director Chris Tilley is thrilled to get to be involved in the event. “I’m really excited we are going to be a part of the long-standing, rich tradition that the Paul “Butterball®” Wooldridge race has in the Central Kentucky area”, stated Tilley. “Joey and Tiffany (Tackett) have revitalized Richmond Raceway the last few seasons and we have enjoyed working with them in the past and look forward to working with them again in this new venture. It’s a huge undertaking putting on a $10,000 to win event and we feel with the Southern Nationals Bonus Races sanction can bring some national recognition to this already storied event”, added Tilley.

The 27th Annual Sunoco Race Fuels Paul “Butterball®” Wooldridge Memorial event will take place on Saturday July 12 and will be 60 laps in distance and pay $10,000 to win. Also on the racing program on that evening will be the track’s Open Wheel Modified and Sportsman divisions. The Super Late Model portion of the program will be sanctioned by the Southern National Bonus Races, using series format, rules, and race procedures for its $10,000 to win events, which will feature a full program of time trials, qualifying heats, last chance showdowns, and the $10,000 to win “Butterball®” main event.

The “Butterball®” event was started at Richmond Raceway after long-time nationally-known racer and faithful track supporter Paul Wooldridge, better known in the racing world by his nickname “Butterball”, passed away on Christmas Day of 1987. The first event was contested in 1988, with Brian Asbury of Mitchell, IN winning that event. Other previous winners of the event include Jim Curry of Norman, IN (1989), Ray Godsey of Bedford, IN (1990), Kevin Claycomb of Vincennes, IN (1991), nine-time race winner Mike Jewell of Scottsburg, IN (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2013), the late Jack Boggs of Grayson, KY (1993), Johnny Wheeler of Campbellsville, KY (1995), Delane Browning of East Bernstadt, KY (1998), Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN (2002), Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN (2004, 2009), Tim Tungate of Campbellsville, KY (2005, 2007), Ben Adkins of West Portsmouth, OH (2006), Victor Lee of Danville, KY (2008, 2010), and Josh McGuire of Grayson, KY (2011, 2012).

Richmond Raceway is located at 328 Greens Crossing Road, just minutes outside of Richmond, KY. Joey and Tiffany Tackett are the track owners and promoters. For more information about Richmond Raceway, contact the track office phone at (859) 626-4189 or by internet media via www.richmond-raceway.net or on Facebook at Richmond Raceway.

The Southern National Bonus Races by CT Promotions will announce its entire 2014 racing schedule in the next couple of weeks and more information can be obtained by contacting series race director Chris Tilley at (606) 219-1723 or via internet media at @tilleyracing on Twitter or at CT Promotions on Facebook. A series website will debut in the next couple of weeks as well.