RECORDS WILL FALL WITH $34,832 ON THE LINE WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 AT I-88 SPEEDWAY; FANS ENTERED TO WIN $1,799.98 PRIZE (6-19-14)‏

News from the I-88 Speedway ‘Crazy 8s Special’

Media Contact: Brett Deyo – bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com or 845.728.2781

For Immediate Release/June 19, 2014

Standing Records Will Fall Wednesday, July 23 With HUGE ‘Crazy 8s Special’ At I-88 Speedway; NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Modifieds Race For $8,888 Winner’s Share; B-Main Announced Paying $888 To Win & $100 To Start; Base, One-Night Modified Payout Now $34,832; Fans Entered Into $1,799.98 Whirpool Washer & Dryer Giveaway

AFTON, NY – Standing records will be demolished when the Sowle Trailer Repair ‘Crazy 8s Special’ presented by Olum’s takes place Wednesday, July 23 at I-88 Speedway.

The richest race ever at the Afton Fairgrounds 3/10ths-mile track will offer a mammoth $8,888 to the winner for 48 laps of big-block/small-block Modified racing. The event, co-promoted by I-88 track managers Jamie Page and Ronnie Ford along with Brett Deyo of BD Motorsports Media LLC is highlighted by the third round of the six-race National Dirt Racing League (NDRL) Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP.

Dig Safely New York GRIT Series Crate 602 Sportsman complete the two-division program with a 25-lap, $1,000-to-win feature paying $100 to take the green flag.  There is a rain date of Thursday, July 24 in place for the event.  

The NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP road to the $10,014 championship heads to I-88 following hugely successful events at N.Y.’s Orange County Fair Speedway (April 6) and Thunder Mountain (N.Y.) Speedway (May 20) won by Andy Bachetti and Matt Sheppard, respectively.

Sheffield, Mass., driver Bachetti leads the NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP point standings with a scant three-point advantage over Danny Johnson (168-165).

The 2014 edition of the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ is the second annual event. Last July, track regular Mike Mahaney of King Ferry, N.Y., held off the advances of superstar Matt Sheppard to earn $8,249 including lap and bonus money.  The event drew a capacity crowd to I-88, a neat-and-tidy facility located off I-88 Exit 7, approximately 25 miles north and east of Binghamton.

This July, the ante has been upped by the promotional team. The $6,888 winner’s share has been increased to $8,888 (includes a nominal $20 “Gambler’s Fee” posted) from a massive posted purse of $29,694. With lap money and bonuses, this year’s ‘Crazy 8s Special’ winner could take home more than $10,000!

And there is more. Thanks to marketing support attained from AIM Fitness of Norwich, N.Y., and the Algonkin Motel of Bainbridge, N.Y., there will be a B-Main run for cars unable to make the main event. The 18-lap B-Main will pay $888 to the winner and $100 to take the green flag. That means all drivers signing in for the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ will leave with at least $100.

The total purse for the B-Main is $5,138: close to the weekly Modified total paid out for a regular show in the Southern Tier region. Together with the huge pay structure for the main event, the base purse Modifieds will be competing for at I-88 is $34,832. There will be a number of bonus and contingency sponsors pushing that number to more than $40,000.

The B-Main winner will have the option of taking the $888 payout and heading home or starting from the rear of the feature and relinquishing the cash for the $388 feature green money. The B-Main winner would need to finish 10^th in the 48-lap headliner to earn $888, making for a tough Victory Lane decision.

Additionally, the NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP “Recycle Your Entry Fee” program will be in effect. All drivers that were unable to qualify at Thunder Mountain in May will receive a free car entry at I-88. Paid, full-season NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP members receive a cash refund of their Thunder Mountain entry fee.

Fans have not been forgotten in the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ promotion. Thanks to event sponsor Olum’s and Whirlpool Appliances, all fans paying to enter the speedway in the grandstand area will automatically be entered into a drawing for a Whirlpool front-loading washer and electric dryer. The MSRP on the giveaway is $1,799.98 and there is no additional cost to be entered into the drawing.

A full schedule of events and pricing will be announced in the coming week.

To learn more about the ‘Crazy 8s Special’ visit www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com, e-mail Brett Deyo at bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com or call 845.728.2781.  I-88 Speedway is located conveniently off I-88 Exit 7 (Afton), approximately 25 miles north and east of Binghamton, at 46 East Main Street Afton, N.Y. 13730. There is plentiful space for parking and camping. To learn more about I-88 Speedway, visit www.i-88speedway.com.

NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP ‘Crazy 8s Special’ Modified Purse Structure (48 Laps): 1. $8,888*; 2. $3,388; 3. $2,288; 4. $1,688; 5. $1,488; 6. $1,288; 7. $1,188; 8. $1,088; 9. $988; 10. $888; 11. $688; 13. $588; 14. $488 15-24. $388; 25-27 (Provisional Spots) $194. Total: $29,694

NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP ‘Crazy 8s Special’ Modified B-Main Purse Structure (18 Laps): 1. $888; 2. $600; 3. $450; 4. $350; 5. $300; 6. $275; 7. $250; 8. $225; 9. $200; 10. $175; 11. $125; 12-Last: $100. Total: $5,138

The ‘Crazy 8s Special’ is presented by Olum’s, Sowle Trailer Repair, Algonkin Motel, AIM Fitness, BD Motorsports Media LLC and many other fine marketing partners.

The National Dirt Racing League (NDRL) Short Track Super Series is presented by VP Racing Fuels, Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., East Coast Speed/ECS Auto, Rochinski Contracting Services, Allstar Performance, American Racer/Lias Tire, Art’s Radiator, ATL Fuel Cells, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, BFP Specialty, Bicknell Racing Products, Bob Hilbert Sportswear, COMP Performance Group, Dirt Track Digest, DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends, DRACO Springs, Driven Racing Oil, ERK Steering, Finish Line Web Design, FOX Shox, H.B. Steele & Son, Henry’s Stainless Steel Exhaust, Hig Fab Chassis, Hoosier Racing Tire, Jack’s Used Race Car Parts & More, Kirkey Racing Products, PM3 Digital Imaging, Quarter Master, Race Pro Weekly, Schaeffer Racing Oil, Shiley Fabrication, Sleepy Hollow Golf, Teo-Pro Car, Troyer Race Cars & Vahlco Wheels.

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NDRL Short Track Super Series Fueled By VP Point Standings
*After Thunder Mountain, May 20
Position	Car No.	Driver	Orange County	Thunder Mtn	Total
1	34	Andy Bachetti*	100	68	168
2	86	Danny Johnson	85	80	165
3	2A	Jeff Heotzler	80	76	156
4	1WGC	Stewart Friesen	65	85	150
5	97T	Danny Tyler	90	56	146
6	94	Tim Hindley	95	48	143
7	21M	Bob McGannon	58	62	120
8	TEN	Billy Van Inwegen	76	42	118
	3	Tommy Meier	68	50	118
10	66	Duane Howard	43	72	115
11	62	Matt Jester	41	65	106
12	14W	Ryan Watt	56	45	101
13	357	Matt Sheppard*	0	100	100
14	2C	Chad Cook	0	95	95
15	32C	Vic Coffey	0	90	90
16	20	Brett Hearn	60	15	75
17	74H	J.R. Heffner	72	0	72
18	14E	Rich Eurich	52	15	67
19	55	Anthony Perrego	50	15	65
20	41	Jimmy Davis	62	0	62
21	1	Darwin Greene	45	15	60
	21C	Steve Cummings	0	60	60
23	16X	Danny Creeden	44	15	59
24	77	Bob Hamm Jr.	15	43	58
	91	Rick Laubach	0	58	58
25	17	Elmo Reckner	15	40	55
26	74	Matt Billings	54	0	54
26	51	Mike Colsten	0	54	54
28	9X	Dale Welty	0	52	52
29	79	Jeremy Markle	48	0	48
30	57	Donnie Corellis	46	0	46
31	91D	Billy Decker	0	46	46
	1A	Brian Weaver	0	44	44
33	244	Chris Whitehead	42	0	42
34	711	JaMike Sowle	0	41	41
35	21 Jr.	Gary Edwards Jr.	40	0	40
	07	Tim Kerr	40	0	40
	7	Mike Sabia	40	0	40
	97	Jerry Higbie Jr.	40	0	40
	93X	Craig Mitchell	40	0	40
	27	Brent Wilcox	0	40	40
	35	Don Hart Jr.	0	40	40
	M16	Mike Clapperton	0	40	40
	117	Alex Stanton	0	40	40
	R21	Ryan Jordan	0	40	40
	19V	Bobby Varin	0	40	40
	11	Donnie Lawson	0	40	40
	119	Brian Malcolm	0	40	40
48	673	Gary Tomkins	15	15	30
	6NN	Nick Nye	15	15	30
	1D	Tyler Dippel	15	15	30
	10	Tim Currier	15	15	30
	81	Ray Jashembowski	15	15	30
	20R	Nick Rochinski	15	15	30
	17M	Marcus Dinkins	15	15	30
	777	John Siedlecky	15	15	30
	14	C.G. Morey	15	15	30
	33	Mike Mahaney	15	15	30
	31	Darrell Ford	15	15	30
	20C	Craig Hanson	15	15	30
	20X	Rob Rowe	15	15	30
61	33R	Chuck McKee	15	0	15
	16	Willy Auchmoody	15	0	15
	71D	Frank Doty	15	0	15
	24	Chris Shultz	15	0	15
	17R	Rob Pitcher	15	0	15
	6X	Jackie Brown Jr.	15	0	15
	5	Jimmy Horton	15	0	15
	3P	Bill Pascual	15	0	15
	901	Eric Kormann	15	0	15
	21	Clinton Mills	15	0	15
	4R	Mike Ruggiero	15	0	15
	71	David Van Horn Jr.	15	0	15
	21A	Peter Britten	15	0	15
	80	Dom Roselli	15	0	15
	406	Rich Ricci Jr.	15	0	15
	265	Tyler McKee	15	0	15
	7Z	Dale Planck	0	15	15
	17	Scott Van Gorder	0	15	15
	21K	Erick Rudolph	0	15	15
	131	Barry White	0	15	15
	2G	Mitch Gibbs	0	15	15
	9s	Alan Johnson	0	15	15
	57	Paul Jensen	0	15	15
	3006	Kurt Hundeland	0	15	15
	9s	Ken Titus	0	15	15
	7	Sam Allen	0	15	15
	M22	0	15	15
	15	Brett Tonkin	0	15	15
	14M	Doug Manmiller	0	15	15
	49	Donnie Elliott	0	15	15
	14K	Byron Worthing	0	15	15
	717	Mike Kolka Jr.	0	15	15
	145	Alan Rudalavage	0	15	15
	5*	Tyler Siri	0	15	15
	75	Lou Cicconi Jr.	0	15	15
	82s	Roy Shields	0	15	15
	19	Mike Ricci	0	15	15
	42P	Pat Ward	0	15	15
	7C	Tom Collins	0	15	15