Clayton Perry, promoter of the Jennings County Outlaw Kart Track located at the Jennings County 4-H Fairgrounds in North Vernon, has announced the 2020 race schedule, classes to be ran and the new Friday and Saturday Night formats that will be utilized.
The first and third Fridays of each month will be points races. The Saturday scheduled events will be non-points races.
Perry said gates open at 5 p.m. for Friday night races with the draw to follow at 7. A driver’s meeting will happen at 7:15 p.m. with practice happening at 7:30 and racing to follow. Saturday gates will open at 2 p.m. with the draw happening at 5. A 5:15 p.m. driver’s meeting will follow and practice will start at 5:30 and races will follow.
The 2020 classes will be: Rookies, Jr. 2 Clone, Jr. 3 Clone, 340 Clone, 380 Clone, 400 Clone, Beginner Boxstock Outlaw Winged, Boxstock Outlaw Winged, Intermediate Outlaw Winged, Open Outlaw Winged, Flatheads, RWYB, Limited Open, Youth Predator Champs, Jr. Champs and Sr. Champs.
Columbus Speedway Go-Karts 2020 news
Tim Reed, co-promoter of the Columbus Speedway Go-Kart Racing which holds events at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds, has announced that raceceivers will be mandatory starting on April 25 and that a new electronic scoring system is being installed for the 2020 season.
Anyone wishing to purchase the raceceivers along with the track can get ahold of Reed at 812-603-8704.
Sheppard wins Lucas Oil Winternationals Points
Nine scheduled races, one rain-out, three tracks, two states and 76 competitors later, Brandon Sheppard closed out the recently completed Wrisco Industries Winternationals at the top of the board. The top eight drivers at the end of the grueling Winternationals received additional bonus monies: Brandon Sheppard, Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran, Jonathan Davenport, Tyler Erb, Mike Marlar, Shane Clanton, and Jimmy Owens all took home the bonus. Each of the top four in Wrisco Industries Winternationals points won at least one feature event.
With his worst finish being tenth and having three wins and seven Big River Steel podium finishes, Sheppard would leave Speedweeks at the top of the Wrisco Industries Winternationals points and leading the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points. The New Berlin, Illinois native found himself in victory lane every other night at East Bay Raceway Park with his Rocket1 Racing team. Sheppard didn’t take the easy road to victories as he sits fourth in Optima Batteries Hard Charger points and never sat on the pole of any event during Speedweeks.
McCreadie came to Speedweeks with high hopes and new car owners, Donald and Gena Bradsher. Finishing outside the top 10 only once during the eight races, McCreadie also chalked up two wins, three top five, and seven top ten finishes. Opening night at Golden Isles Speedway was a complete sweep for the New York native, setting overall fast time, winning his heat, which allowed him to take the Performance Friction Brakes Pole Award, and winning the RhinoAg Super Bowl of Racing. The story was the same for McCreadie’s second win which came mid-week at East Bay Raceway Park.
Moran also arrived at Golden Isles Speedway with a new team for 2020. Unlike McCreadie, this wasn’t a completely new feel for Moran as he also drove for Tye Twarog Racing in 2018, before joining the Dunn-Benson Motorsports team in 2019. For years, this second-generation driver yearned to follow in his father, Donnie Moran’s footsteps with his successes at "The Clay by the Bay". Until this year, the younger Moran was unable to pick up a win, but on his first night at East Bay Raceway Park, he found himself in victory lane. Finishing third in Winternationals points, Moran had one win, three top five and seven top 10 finishes.
The three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Davenport, felt relief after finally visiting victory lane at the final event of Winternationals, at All-Tech Raceway. Davenport and his Lance Landers Motorsports team also had five top five and six top ten finishes.
Although Erb did not pick up a victory, the Best Performance Motorsports team did have four top five and five top ten finishes, to finish fifth in Wrisco Industries Winternationals points. Most of his success came at East Bay Raceway Park with one fast time in his group and two podium finishes.
Coming in sixth in Winternationals points, Marlar had two top five and six top ten finishes. Marlar’s best finish came on the final night, at All-Tech Raceway, where he found himself standing on the Big River Steel podium after advancing six positions to finish second.
Set to run the entire Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule for the first time, Clanton and his Skyline Motorsports team ended the eight-race battle seventh in Winternationals points. Clanton had two top five and four top ten finishes but showed more speed toward the end of Speedweeks, leading laps on the final day at East Bay Raceway Park and having his best finishes in the final two races.
Owens rounded out the top eight in Wrisco Industries Winternationals points with two top five and four top ten finishes. The Ramirez Motorsports team also had four heat race wins, which all came at East Bay Raceway Park. Owens’ best finish feature finish was fourth on the Thursday of East Bay.
The next scheduled Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events will be on March 20 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio and March 21 for the Indiana Icebreaker at the Brownstown Speedway.
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March 6 – Practice
March 20 – Opening night (non-points)
April 3 – Points race No. 1
April 17 – Points race No. 2
May 1 – Points race No. 3
May 15 – Points race No. 4
May 29 – Non-points
June 5 – Points race No. 5
June TBD – Fair race
June 19 – Points race No. 6
July 17 – Points race No. 7
July 31 – Non-points (Kristina Everroad Memorial)
August 7 – Points race No. 8
August 21 – Points race No. 9
September 4 – Points race No. 10
September 18 – Points race No. 11
October 2 – Points race No. 12
October 16 – Last points race No. 13
October 17 – Second annual fall classic
October 18 – Fall classic rain date
October 24 – Mon-points race
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