BENTON -- After rain postponed the April 30 event at Auto Tire and Parts RacePark in Benton, the $10,000 to win "Battle At Benton 50" has been rescheduled for Friday. The Stacker2® Xtreme DirtCar Series now will have a double-header of racing action on tap for Mothers Day week-end.
After the Auto Tire and Parts RacePark event the series will travel to LaSalle Speedway in LaSalle, Ill. Saturday for the $10,000 to win "YJ Stinger Illini Challenge 50" in front of the Speed Channel cameras at the high-banked quarter-mile speedway. A complete program of Ringers Gloves time trials, heat races, "B" Mains and the YJ Stinger Extreme Energy Drink dash will precede the running of the main events.
The Goodyear Racing Eagle X-200 and Goodyear Racing Eagle X-400 are the two compounds of Goodyear Racing Tires mandated for the event at Auto Tire and Parts RacePark.
The stars and cars of the Stacker2® Xtreme DirtCar Series will make their only 2004 appearance in the state of Missouri Friday with a first time ever visit to the high-banked three-eighths mile oval at Auto Tire and Parts RacePark. Pit gates at Auto Tire and Parts RacePark are slated to open at 3 p.m. with spectator gates opening at 5 p.m. Warm-ups will begin at 7 p.m. followed by Ringers Gloves Time Trials at 7:30p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. Adult general admission is $20, children 10 years of age and under are free and pit admission is $30.
Joining the Stacker2® Xtreme DirtCar Series on the racing card will be the Auto Tire and Parts RacePark Street Stock and Modified divisions.