By Larry Long, FMS Press

Fayetteville, NC March 23, 2008- The 38th season opener for the NAPA Crazy 8 Super Late Model Series got interesting early on in the 25 lap affair at Fayetteville Motor Speedway on this Saturday night 29 cars entered the battle for a $2,500 paycheck.

4 Time Carolina Clash champ Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton grabbed the pole with a lap of 17.545 in his Rocket machine powered by those Clements Race Engines. Fayetteville’s Timmy Blackwell started outside the front row in his Blackwell Landscaping-Blackwell Construction mount looking to get some attention for the Blackwell Race teams. Weeks took the point as the green flag waved but Blackwell tucked right behind him and the race was on for sure. Weeks held his line and Blackwell tried his best several times to duck under Weeks but never could make the pass in the first half of the show and Blackwell slips off the pace in the final few laps and let Jeff Smith of Dallas the defending NAPA Super Late Model champion at FMS try his hand at over taking a hooked up Weeks.

Smith had roared from his 11th spot in the starting field to take the second spot as the laps were winding down and it would be Weeks taking the opening NAPA Crazy 8 Super Late Model checkers over Smith at the finish line. This was Weeks second win of the season in as many starts. Smith in his J&J Race cars-Starrette Trucking-Norton Stereo entry settled for a runner-up night with a hard charging Chris Blackwell of Fayetteville in his Blackwell Landscaping hot rod placing third for the showdown. A pair of former Carolina Clash champions ran fourth and fifth Fayetteville’s Scott Autry for L&M Convenience Marts-Wood’s Logging-S&D Florist was fourth and Ed Gibbons of Manning rounded out the top five finishers in his Carquest Auto Parts-Wood’s Logging mount. Defending NAPA Crazy 8 champion Shawn Beasley of Raeford finished sixth for TRO-Cain Builders-Beasley Body Shop in his MasterSbilt chassis. Dan “The Man” Breuer of Mooresville put his LB Racing-Woods Construction entry in the seventh place

Timmy Blackwell enjoyed an eighth place run and was pleased with his performance on this evening. Puppy Creek’s Ricky Boahn put his Bob Pierce Chassis mount for Star Leasing-Menscer Motorsports-Pepsi-Smith International-Stoughton Trailers in the ninth spot for the night. Mooresville’s speed demon G R Smith took home tenth place evening.

Weeks comments after the win “It was a good win for us and gets us off to a good start in the chase for the $20,000 bonus money up between Fayetteville Speedway and the Carolina Clash Series. Weeks later said “The track was a little rough, but a lot of tracks are that way these days”. Weeks added” We are running our 25th season of Late Model racing, so we put the number 25 on the car and made it black this year and were going to see if we can win the NAPA Crazy 8 & Clash Crown this season and thanks to our sponsors Parton Lumber Co, Starrette Trucking, VP Race Fuels and AFCO Shocks they make this deal for us work. ”Weeks comments on his best highlights in 24 years of racing” We had a lot and winning 4 Clash titles along with 7 Cherokee titles are among some of the best highlights plus winning several Skyler Trull Memorial events plus other big series events they have all been specials”.

The Blackwell Brothers turned some heads on this evening and they are very much in the chase for the Crazy 8 championship honors along with a lot of others after the opening night showdown. Autry the 2002 Clash champ had a solid night along with 2001 Clash champion Gibbons. The next NAPA Crazy 8 event rolls April 5 at FMS it is round 2 of the 14 Super Late Model shows for 2008. Who’ll be the Crazy 8 Champion in 2008 and pull into the Dunn-Benson Ford Winner’s circle for the big payday?

The HGR Truck & Trailers Late Model event saw Shaun Harrell of Raeford roll up the top honors for Carolina Concrete Finish and Midway Storage as Harrell got his first win of the season in a strong effort holding off last weeks winner and defending champ Willie Milliken of Leland at the stripe. Milliken has already won 3 shows in the region in 2008 in his GRT ride powered by a Naylor Race Engine and sponsored by TWA Concrete-Lease Wholesale-Corky’s Auto Sales again this year. Wayne Gray Jr. of Fayetteville placed third for WG Landscaping-Dunn Benson Racing Supply with Upstart Denton Little of Fayetteville fourth for Monty’s Heating &AC-Skan Electric and Little has a pair of front row starts and one pole in two starts for Little Motorsports in 2008. Jimmy Edwards Jr. of Hope Mills rolled up a fifth place finish for Garry’s Paint and Body Shop and Logan’s Roadhouse-BTO on this Saturday night of action. Milliken and Harrell each have posted one win this season at FMS.

In The Mid South Auto Recycling Open Wheel Mod battle saw Autryville’s Jeffrey Tyndall take the lead and did not want to give it up as he battle 17 year old Travis Yow of Fayetteville and Andy Floyd of Vass in the final handful of laps. Tyndall in his Kelly Heating &AC-RCR Pierce Chassis even with a cut down front tire tried to bring home the win only to spin out and give Floyd his first win of the season for the Moore County based team. Fayetteville’s hotshoe Carlos Jaramillo ran second for Mid South Wrecker Service and Auto Recycling. Jordon Taylor of Fayetteville posted a third place night in the rundown for BTO-AMP Energy Drink and Taylor coming around early in the season. Hank Edwards of Hope Mills ran fourth for Williams Motorsports and Nursery in Ash, NC then came Crystal Carter of Fayetteville in the C 1 Mobile Homes-RCR entry fifth for the show.

Fayetteville’s A J Huffman would not go away this week in the Auto Plus U Cars event as Huffman out ran Mike Parker Jr. in his Parker’s Service Center entry for top honors. Blake Pierce took third place with David “Cowboy” Nelson fourth and he’s ready for a win after two events. Bradley Gray logged a fifth place evening. Defending Champ Fast Eddie Longhany ha woes under the hood on this evening and he’ll be back ready to run hard this week.

The Young Guns show saw Dylan Hammond take the top honors over Zack Blackwell and Daulton Wilson and this class is going to be something special for these young drivers.

March 29 will be a good night of regular divisions of racing on tap and make your plans to attend as they do it in the dirt again and Grandstands opens at 5 pm.

FAYETTEVILLE, NC 3-20-08
The Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series and Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today a new $20,000 bonus for the 2008 season. Any driver that can capture the Carolina Clash season long championship and the Crazy 8 championship at FMS will be awarded a $20,000 bonus.
"To say we are excited about this new bonus program would be a huge understatement," said Carolina Clash President Larry Lee. "We have been looking at some type of incentive program for quite a while and this one is a grand slam, not only for us but for our fans and race teams as well." “This is solidifies Fayetteville Motor Speedway’s commitment to our fan base and drivers. We are striving to have one of the best tracks in the South East”, Ed Longhany said. “Anytime we can partner with a race series, we are moving to the next level”.
The Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series season is a 23 race tour that competes all over NC, SC, VA and Georgia. The series has adapted a 'playoff' style format for the 2008 season that has created a huge buzz across the racing community. The Crazy 8 Series is a mini series held by Fayetteville Motor Speedway. The 14 races are special events that feature Lucas Oil and World of Outlaws Late Model events as well as four Carolina Clash events. All Super Late Model events at Fayetteville Motor Speedway count towards the Crazy 8 Championship. Teams are allowed to throw away their worst finish at FMS. The two organizations have scheduled around one another so that race teams will have the opportunity to compete for both titles.
The Carolina Clash championship is paying a record $12,500 to win in 2008 with the Crazy 8 champion receiving $7,500. Along with the bonus program one race team could walk away with $40,000!
"We work very closely with Fayetteville Motor Speedway and this is an obvious reason why," said Lee. "We are honored, thrilled, proud and ecstatic to be a part of this program with FMS and we look forward to a record setting 2008.”
“The Carolina Clash Series and Fayetteville Motor Speedway have a long history together,” said Fayetteville Motor Speedway Co-Promoter Larry Norris. “This bonus money program is just one of the many things we are working on at FMS in 2008 to make it the best season yet.”
The Crazy 8 season gets under way this Saturday night March 22nd with a $2,500 to win main event at Fayetteville Motor Speedway. The Carolina Clash season opener is March 29th at Gordon Park Speedway in Augusta, GA. This race will pay $4,000 to win with a $500 bounty on Ed Basey.
For more information on the Carolina Clash Series visit www.carolinaclash.com To learn more about Fayetteville Motor Speedway visit www.fayettevillemotorspeedway.net

Contacts:
Ed Longhany 910-670-1973

ESPN Radio Sports Release

By Larry Long

Fayetteville, NC March 17, 2008- The 38th season of Stock Car Racing at Fayetteville Motor Speedway got underway with a Sunday afternoon show after the rains washed out Saturday evening program.

The 20 Lap HGR Truck & Trailers Late Model action saw a battle on this opening day as Veteran Jimmy Edwards Jr. of Hope Mills started on the pole with Denton Little of Fayetteville in his Monty’s Heating &AC mount on the outside of the front row and defending champion Willie Milliken of Leland started third in the 17 car field. Edwards roared to the front of the field on the green with Milliken taking the runner up spot early and chased Edwards most of the event and finally with a few laps remaining made his move around Edwards to roll up his second win of the year in as many starts in his GRT machine powered by those Naylor Race Engines. Edwards settled for a runner up finish at the finish line for Logan’s Roadhouse-CSI Insulation-Garry’s Paint and Body Shop, Chambers Race Engines then he come up light on the scales giving Shawn Sewell of Benson in his Sewell Logging-Rhodes Roofing ride a runner up finish. Milliken has renewed many of his sponsors for this season as TWA Concrete-Lease Wholesale-Corky’s Auto Sales are sponsoring his effort along with others this season. 2006 champion D J Tyndall of Dunn ran third for D&K Muffler and Day-Lee Chevy and had a tough opener at FMS. Veteran South Carolina driver Johnny Pridgen took the Bullock’s NAPA machine pit of Lake View to a fourth place finish and Fayetteville’s veteran Wayne Gray Jr. took fifth spot in his WG Landscaping-Dunn Benson Racing Supply mount.

This event was the first point race for all divisions on the show and we’ll see who get their share of over $25,000 in prize money this season at FMS.
The Mid South Auto Recycling Open Wheel Mod show saw 17 year old Travis Yow of Fayetteville show the way most of the day in the 20 lap show as his Bob Pierce Chassis out ran four other Pierce Chassis Yow has set his goal and that’s to win the title this year for High Tech Transmission-Moffitt Machine Shop- Johnny Campbell Master Muffler, Roberts Used Cars & Vans, Battenbilt Engines. Yow held off a hard charging Jeffrey Tyndall of Autryville in his Allen Kelly Heating & AC mount for RCR and settled for a second place finish on this evening. Fayetteville’s Eric Menscer had a good outing in his Star Leasing-Menscer Motorsports Pierce Chassis as he took third place after starting on the front row in the pole sitter spot with Yow outside of the front row in the starting lineup of 19 cars. Crystal Carter of Fayetteville took home a fourth place finish for C 1 Mobile Homes Movers in her Pierce Machine Raeford Speedster Mike Beasley rolled up a fifth place finish for Hallmark Realty-Bedrock Mini Storage

The 15 lap feature for the Moffitt Machine Ship Super Street cars saw defending champion Glenn “Fireball” Howard of Wade roared to the wave of the checkers from his 14th starting spot after seeing pole sitter Joel Wilson of Fayetteville led most of the show. Fayetteville’s Hard Charger Larry Willis took second place in his Chevy ride followed by Brandon Carter third for Carter Motorsports, Upstart. Ricky Bledsoe put his Chevy in the fourth spot followed by Fayetteville’s Richard Martinez in his High Tech Transmission-Reeves Electric machine fifth. Buddy Isles Jr. of Littleton ran up front the opening five laps only to see his motor go sour and he went behind the wall for the evening. John O’Donnell along with Greg Bass Jr., Joe Foster and Jeremy Johnson looked strong early on only to fade along the way on this evening.

The Auto Plus U-Cars action saw defending Champion Eddie Longhany Jr. of Wade made a pass coming off turn four on the white flag lap to grab the checkered flag over A J Huffman who ran up front most of the event. Huffman finished second with Blake Pierce third for the battle. Rob Saddler took fourth with Justin Patterson fifth at the finish line. Look for David “Cowboy” Nelson, Greg Young, Matt Mansfield, Abe Woodard and Mike Parker Jr, Jason Edwards along with Jimmy McDuffie. to turn up their programs this week in this class.

The Young Guns showdown saw Raeford’s 13 year old driver Austin Beasley took the win with a move down low on the white flag lap and this was his first start for Carolina Customs of Raeford. Fayetteville’s Ricky Carter Jr. ran second in the exciting photo finish. Daulton Wilson of Fayetteville placed third with Zack Blackwell of Fayetteville fourth and Ethan Wilson of Fayetteville rounded out the top five finishers for the Wilson Racing two car team. Ken and MPH Production will Award the U-Cars Hard Charger of The Race a $25 check for his effort every Saturday night..

This Saturday night March 22 the action moves under the lights for the return of the NAPA Auto Parts Crazy 8’s Super Late Model show that will pay the winner a cool $2,500 for the victory and look for a lot of the top drivers to come calling for this money. Shawn Beasley of Raeford will be the Defending Super Late Model Crazy 8 champion in his Mastersbilt ride for Beasley’s Body Shop-Cain Builders-TRO stores. All scheduled classes will be racing this Saturday night. Grandstands gates open at 5 pm and the Pits open at 3 pm. See the action on the 4/10 clay oval as They Do It In The Dirt again at FMS and it will be a Dirt Kickin showdown for all classes.

The 2008 Race Car Show winners this year was Denton Little in the HGR Truck & Trailers Late Model class, David Hart took top Honors in the Mid South Auto Recycling Open Wheel Mod division. Richard Martinez grabbed the top prize in the Moffitt Machine Shop Super Street class. A J Huffman took home the Trophy for the Best Appearing Auto Plus U-Car. Zack Blackwell took the prize in the Young Guns division. The NAPA Auto Parts Super Late Model trophy will be awarded this Saturday evening in the NAPA Super Late Model Crazy 8 Night of racing.

Larry Long, FMS Press

By Larry Long, FMS Press

Fayetteville, NC February 25, 2008 It’s time for another great season of dirt track action at Fayetteville Motor Speedway at the 4/10 mile clay oval located on Doc Bennett Rd in Fayetteville. This will be the 38th season of racing at the fast clay oval and the schedule has a lot of great shows set this season which includes four Carolina Clash Series battles along with a $10,000 to win Lucas Oil Late Model Show on June 21 and Jeff Smith of Dallas the 2007 NAPA Super Late Model Champion at Fayetteville Speedway posting 7 wins along the way and he’ll be the defending Lucas event defending champion, Jacksonville’s Earl Pearson is the 4 time Lucas Oil Series champion and is after his 5th straight Lucas Oil crown this season.

The World of Outlaws Late Model action makes it’s first visit ever to Fayetteville Clay oval on August 15 paying the winner $10,000 and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY is the defending WOO Defending series champion. Rutherfordton speedster Ricky Weeks is eyeing his fifth Clash Championship in 2008 and we’ll see if anyone can unseat the veteran hard charger, could Jeff Smith or Rambo Franklin or many other top drivers find a way to take the Clash crown from Weeks this year. The Clash first stop at FMS will be April 12 paying $4,000 to win. Smith outran Craig Shuffield of Fayetteville for top honors in the NAPA Super Late Model ranks last year to earn the big $5,000 check and this year the points fund for the track will be over $25,000 to be paid out for all regular classes for their efforts.

The NAPA Auto Parts Super Late Model champ will earn a $7,000 bonus at the ESPN Radio 1450 Awards night come next January. Fayetteville’s David Taylor placed third last season with Mike Mason of Spring Lake four and defending Crazy 8 champion back in 2003 Shawn Beasley of Raeford finished fifth. The Crazy 8 Super Late Model shows this year will pay $2,500 to the winner, all Super Late Model events will be point races at FMS and all drivers can throw away one finish this year in his final points tally. Beasley won the 2003 FMS Crazy 8 Crown by 10 points over Greensboro’s Ray Tucker and David Taylor placed third in the final Crazy 8 points chase. Ricky Boahn of Puppy Creek and Dean Bowen of Whiteville, Fayetteville’s Travis Hair and some other Super Late Model drivers are looking at the big bucks in 2008 as well.

The Track holds practice for all classes March 1 & 8 from 12 until 5 pm and the Season Opens March 15 with the Crazy 8 Super Late Model showdown on tap plus all regular classes in action that includes Super Street, Late Models, Open Wheel Mods, and U-Cars Coming on May 10 It those big Monster Trucks back in town for action again at FMS.. The HGR Late Model class will be looking at a Championship bonus of $2,000 this year. Willie Milliken of Leland will be the Defending champion as he held off Timmy Neighbors of Bunnlevel for the title last year in a very close chase until the final event. The 2006 champ D J Tyndall of Dunn finished third last year with a pair of upstarts drivers eyeing a title this year ran fourth and fifth last season Ronald Hammond and Denton Little of Fayetteville.

Who’ll be the 2008 champ? Look for Jimmy Edwards Jr. along with Garry Frederick, Shaun Harrell to turn their programs around this year. The Mid South Auto Recycling Open Wheel Mod defending champ will be David Hart of Carthage as he seeks to make it two in a row this year and he’ll face some challenges from Mack Coxe of Raeford after his running up finish last year along 18 year old Travis Yow is looking to be a contender all year along with a pair of veterans Jeff Tyndall of Autryville and Hank Edwards of Hope Mills. Yow, Tyndall and Edwards finished 3, 4 and 5 in the chase last season.

Carlos Jaramillo, Chuck Jackson, Mike Beasley along with Robert and Donald Davis and maybe Benji Thompson all are looking a way to grab that crown this year as well. This will be one very good support classes this year at FMS. Some newcomers could play the spoiler role as well. In the Moffitt Machine Shop Super Street division last year top winner at FMS was Glenn “Fireball” Howard as he took the Super Street and Pure Stock titles back to Wade and now he’ll look at his class this year as the Pure Stocker will be moving to this class or elsewhere in 2008. 2006 champion Ricky Butler settled for second place last year with Hope Mills upstart driver Gregg Bass Jr. third followed by hard charging Josh Mitchell fourth and Terry Coonfield of Raeford rounded out the top five in points.

Look for some newcomers in this class this season at FMS. “Fast” Eddie Longhany topped the Auto Plus U-Cars division last year and may be ready to defend his title or move up. Greg Young ran second with David Nelson third in the chase. Abe Woodard was fourth with A J Huffman rounding out the top five in points in 2007. 2007 ESPN Radio 1450 Awards winners included veteran Timmy Neighbors, won the 2007 Smith Photography Sportsmanship Award. 2007 Most Improved Driver was Jonathan Gunther, 2007 Rookie of the Year honors went to upstart Ricky Bledsoe, 2007 Headache Award winner was Wayne Gray Jr. 2007 FMS Driver of the Year Glenn Howard, Jimmy “Porky” Edwards Jr. got the Children Appreciation plaque plus a plaque for winning his 400th career race last year.

The ESPN Radio 1450 Awards night in January also saw four new Inductions to the FMS Hall of Fame drivers Glenn McDuffie, Donald Raynor, David Atkins and veteran Race Announcer Larry Long, Martin Roberts presented all those a plaque on Awards night at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville over 250 people enjoyed a nice Gala evening with the FMS staff. It will be even better awards night after this season at FMS. Drivers MUST get race receivers by March 15 call Larry Norris at 1-910-567-2933!! The J&N Auto Enduro ranks has David Nelson as the defending two time champion as he outran Abe Woodard for the honors last year with Walt”007” Bond third followed by Jason Edwards fourth and Blake Pierce roared to a fifth place finish in the points last season. The Young Guns Class should be interesting for the Young drivers this year.

The 2008 FMS Championship point battles will be sponsored by Bobby Taylor Oil-VP Race Fuels and American Race Tires. David Taylor staff will be trackside weekly with the fuel and tires at FMS. Dunn-Benson Racing Supply will be in the Pits weekly with all your race parts see Frankie and Kemp. Dunn Benson Ford in Dunn will be the Winners Circle sponsor this season. Promoters Larry Norris and Ed Longhany and the entire staff at FMS welcomes all car owners and drivers and all great race fans weekly for some very good exciting dirt track action all season, do it in the dirt. Good Luck to all race teams and Drivers and crews in 2008. Race fans please support all our loyal sponsors of racing at FMS this season.

Feb 5th, 2008
4V6 or V8 allowed
Speed must not be over 35mph and will be strictly enforced

Feb 1, 2008
In an effort to promote local dirt track racing, ESPN Radio 1450 would like to offer sponsorships to local racers. Applications are available by email at espnfayetteville[at]gmail.com Applications will be emailed to interested drivers and should be completed by Feb 10th. All sponsorships will be equal in cash value with minimal qualifications. "This has been a great media partnership. Not only has ESPN Radio Fayetteville covered our events, but they have also promoted our local sponsors. They genuinely have our fan's, driver's, and sponor's best interests at heart", Ed Longhany said today.

Courtesy of Fayetteville Motor Speedway Sports Information

February 1, 2008

The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today that it has entered into a ticket swap program with the Fayetteville SwampDogs. The Fayetteville SwampDogs will discount in their box seats by $2.00 with the presentation of a FMS ticket stub. Likewise, the Fayetteville Motor Speedway will discount its tickets $2.00 with the presentation of a Fayetteville SwampDogs ticket stub. Darrell Handelsman, Manager of the SwampDogs said, "The Fayetteville Motor Speedway Management has done a great job in promoting dirt track racing the past several years. We are happy to form a partnership where the ultimate benefit is to the fan." Ed Longany said, "We have a great working relationship with the SwampDogs. We enjoyed several baseball games there last season. We hope to do more with them as the 2008 season approaches. " The first 25 season ticket purchases of SwampDogs tickets that mention local race chat will receive 25 Swamp Bucks that are redeemable anywhere at JP Riddle Stadium. More on the SwampDogs at www.goswampdogs.com or you may call JP Riddle Stadium at 910-426-5900.

Courtesy of Fayetteville Motor Speedway, The Fayetteville SwampDogs, and ESPN Radio Fayetteville.

Jan 25, 2008
The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today that ESPN Radio Fayetteville will have season sponsorships available for drivers. Application forms will be available beginning February 1st.

Courtesy FMS Sports Information and ESPN Radio Fayetteville

ESPN Radio Fayetteville Press Release
Jan 25, 2008
The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today that Aaron's will provide plasma and video technology in the VIP booth for the 2008 season and will, also, sponsor Aaron's Night at the FMS.
"This is just another example of our commitment in upgrading our facility" We are proud to have Aaron's as a sponsor", Ed Longhany said today. The first 25 readers of this post to go by Aaron's at 1027 Pamalee Drive in Fayetteville will get a free desk replica of Michael Waltrip's # 99 car as well as being entered in a drawing for a vehicle GPS system. Mention Local Race Chat and ESPN Radio to be entered.

Courtesy FMS Sports Information and ESPN Radio Fayetteville

Fayetteville, NC Jan 18, 2008

The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today that Jason's Deli has become a corporate sponsor. "Jason's Deli will be providing a pre-race dinner for the drivers and crew members prior to all the Clash Races during the 2008 season. We are pleased to be able to provide this to our drivers. Jason's Deli is a perfect fit for us." Ed Longhany said. Jason's Deli is located at Cross Creek Mall.

Courtesy ESPN Radio 1450 Fayetteville

Fayetteville, NC Jan 18, 2008
The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced several upgrades to its facility and operations for the 2008 season. The Fayetteville Motor Speedway will be expanding its concession area and adding servers in the grandstands during the races. "We hope this will ease the lines that our fans experienced in the prior years" Ed Longhany said. Also, the Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced its association with E-Tickets, an on-line ticket distributor of tickets for all the events during the 2008 season. Season Tickets will be available at a reduced rate for the Grandstands and VIP Area. "Our association with E-Tickets will allow our fans to pre-purchase tickets and shorten the lines at the ticket booth area" Ed Longhany said. The schedule and site should be on-line within the next several weeks.

Courtesy of ESPN Radio 1450 Fayetteville

Fayetteville NC Jan 16, 2008
The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today that Coco-Cola will be The Official Soft Drink of the Fayetteville Motor Speedway for the 2008 season. Ed Longhany said "We are pleased to have Coca-Cola as a sponsor. We hope our fans enjoy all the products and promotions that Coca-Cola brings to the Fayetteville Motor Speedway this season"

Courtesy ESPN Radio 1450 Fayetteville

Fayetteville NC Jan 16 2008
The Fayetteville Motor Speedway announced today several changes to enhance attendance and driver participation for 2008. The Fayetteville Motor Speedway is pleased to announce that an increase in the points fund to over $25,000.00. Awards will be given to the Top Ten Drivers in each Class at the 2nd Annual ESPN Crowning of the Champions Banquet. Also, general admission prices have been reduced to $12.00 for weekly races (excluding the Clash, World of Outlaws, and the Lucas Series).

Courtesy ESPN Radio Fayetteville 1450

$12.00 for adults
$2.00 off for Military and Senior Citizens..

$2.00 for children 12-5

5 and under Free..

$25.00 for infield pit
$25.00 for VIP -including children,

FMS is happy to announce there will be over
$25,000 in points fund in 2008
There will be money, trophies and gifts for the top 10 drivers in every class

Watch for further details

Ed Longhany Larry Norris...
Thanks

Fayetteville Motor Speedway would like to announce that the track tire will be American Racer Spec 12 and 56 any combination can be used. We will also be selling these tires at the Fayetteville Motor Speedway on the day of the race or at J&N auto sales in Godwin, NC. The track racing fuel will be VP racing fuels which can be bought at the track the day of the race or contact Larry or Ed at the numbers listed at the bottom of the page.

TO ALL DRIVERS AND EVERYONE WHO WILL BE IN THE INFIELD OR IN THE GRAND STANDS: Any one coming on to the race track during a race night will be removed from the premises and fined.

By Larry Long

Fayetteville, NC November 5, 2007- Fayetteville Motor Speedway held its’ drivers meeting for all classes Sunday afternoon November 4 at the speedway. Promoters Larry Norris and Ed Longhany explained the rules for next season and what classes they will run in the 38th season on the 4/10 mile clay oval off Doc Bennett Rd. in Fayetteville, NC.

The Super Late Models will run next year as part of The Crazy 8 Super Late Model Series with a $5,000 check going to the Crazy 8 points Champion. All Super Late Model shows will be part of the 2008 Crazy 8 points fund and those Super Late Model drivers can have one Super Late Model finish thrown away next season. The 2008 Season will open Saturday March 15 with the first of the Crazy 8 Super Late Model shows, it will be 25 laps with a $2,500 winner’s payday. All Support classes will be on the opening program. The classes set to run in 2008 besides the Super Late Models will be the Late Models, Open Wheel Mods Super Street, U Cars and maybe a Young Gun Class. The Enduro Class will be only a special event and it will be open to any drivers that wants to enter. Most likely this Enduro class will run every 6 weeks that’s the early plans as of now.

The 2007 Fayetteville Speedway Awards night will be held January 4, 2008 at The Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville, NC presented by ESPN Radio 1450 and now the time to get your Banquet tickets by calling Larry at 1-800-942-5355 or Ed at 1-910-670-1973 and you’ll enjoy a great meal, Music plus a Gala night with the drivers and crews and the staff at FMS

Some highlights for the race fans next season includes 3 Carolina Clash Series events with the first $4,000 to win battle set for April 12th and The Clash circuit will return in July and September in 2008 to FMS., Will Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton gun for 5 Clash crowns in a row? Time will tell on this for sure for the Clash Series all time winner.

The Lucas Oil Late Model series returns next season on June 21 paying $10,000 to the winner and Jeff Smith of Dallas the 2007 FMS Super Late Model champion won the Lucas Oil showdown in 2007 at FMS worth $10,000. Can Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., make it 5 Lucas Oil titles straight?

The Southern All Stars East Series will make a stop at FMS for a pair of Twin 25’s battles in July and it is $2,500 to win each of these shows. Larry and Ed thanks everyone for your support in every way this year and are looking for an even better season in 2008, we’ll see you all at the January 4 FMS Awards Banquet and the” Crowning of the Champions”

Larry Long

Happy Holidays to All

Larry Long, FMS

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