FIRST CRAZY 8s SPECIAL PLANNED FOR NEW YORK'S I-88 SPEEDWAY JULY 24

News from BD Motorsports Media LLC – ‘Crazy 8s Special’

Media Contact: Brett Deyo – Deyo99H@aol.com or 845.728.2781

For Immediate Release/February 21, 2013

‘Crazy 8s’ Huge Modified Promotion Announced for New York’s I-88 Speedway Wednesday, July 24; BD Motorsports Media to Co-Promote 48-lap, $6,888-to-win Modified Event with Jamie Page & Ron Ford; Total Purse Tops $25,000!

AFTON, NY – A neat-and-tidy fairgrounds in New York’s Chenango County will be a Mecca for dirt Modified racing in July.

I-88 Speedway in Afton, N.Y., is set to be the backdrop to the first-ever ‘Crazy 8s Special’ on Wednesday night, July 24. The 48-lap big-block/small-block Modified event will offer a rich purse at the centrally located Southern Tier facility. A two-division midweek double-hitter includes Gary Montgomery’s touring BRP Can Am 360 Late Model Series.

The first-ever ‘Crazy 8s’ event will offer the Modified race winner a mammoth $6,888 (with gambler’s fee - $4,888 without) plus lap money and bonuses from a payout totaling more than $25,000. Drivers finishing throughout the field will be rewarded with a healthy pay envelope.

I-88 Speedway managers Ron Ford and Jamie Page have teamed up with Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media LLC to co-promote the Wednesday special at the three-tenths-mile clay oval.

“I’m very excited to be part of the ‘Crazy 8s’ event,” Deyo said. “Ron and Jamie have done a phenomenal job with the facility at I-88. The place looks better than it ever has and they’ve brought Afton back to life on Friday nights.

“This show has a tremendous amount of potential to put I-88 Speedway on the map.”

“We have done well on our own, but having the race track and full-time work doesn’t allow us to do everything we’d like,” Page said. “I’m excited to bring Brett on board to make this event something special. I know he is happy to get back to Afton because that’s where he started promoting.”

The very first BD Motorsports Media event – the inaugural Short Track SuperNationals – was contested at I-88, then under the Afton Speedway moniker, in October 2006. The speedway was directed by Pat and Janet Jordan at the time. Mike Ricci of Rosendale, N.Y., won that event over a stout 54-car field.

“I got my start on the promotional side of the sport at Afton, so it’s always been a place I wanted to get back to when the time was right,” Deyo said. “I’ve watched with admiration the job Ron and Jamie have done over the last few seasons. When this opportunity opened up, I jumped on it.”

Rules for the special event will be liberal to allow drivers and race teams from all the surrounding areas to compete. The July 24 date is clear on the dirt Modified landscape, showing no conflicts with the Super DIRTcar Series and Race of Champions schedules.

“We’re hoping to assemble a diverse cross-section of drivers fans won’t want to miss,” Deyo said.

For race teams, the posted purse for the ‘Crazy 8s’ should be very attractive. The payout for second through 10^th positions, respectively, is as follows: second, $3,888; third, $2,288; fourth, $1,688; fifth, $1,488; sixth, $1,288; seventh, $1,188; eighth; $1,088; ninth, $988; and 10^th, $888.

The race will offer $388 to take the green flag.

Drivers can expect a long list of bonus and special awards to be distributed on race night in addition to lap money. Those interested in marketing opportunities should contact Brett Deyo by e-mail at Deyo99H@aol.com or via phone at 845.728.2781. BD Motorsports Media is on the web at www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.

The touring BRP Can Am 360 Late Model Series will participate in heat races, a B-Main and a 30-lap feature in a first-time I-88 Speedway visit.

As part of the promotional agreement, ‘Crazy 8s’ apparel and a souvenir program book will be available at the event.

I-88 Speedway is located off I-88 Exit 7 in the Village of Afton, N.Y. (outside of Binghamton, N.Y.) and is easily accessible from the Capital District, southeastern New York, Pennsylvania/New Jersey, Central and Western New York. To learn more about the speedway, visit www.i88-speedway.com.

I-88 Speedway joins a diverse promotional schedule for BD Motorsports Media LLC that includes one event at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway (the ‘Dirty Jersey 60’ Super DIRTcar Series co-promotion with Stewart Friesen on June 18), two events at Penn Can (Pa.) Speedway (the ‘Clash at the Can’ June 11 and ‘King of the Can’ Oct. 18) and the traditional Short Track SuperNationals at Five Mile Point (N.Y.) Speedway on Oct. 12.