Six-Time Knoxville Raceway Champion Enters Cowtown Sprint Nationals
Kennedale TX (9/10/09) by DarinShort.com. When you talk about sprint car drivers nationally, this particular driver has career statistics that rival some of the best:
-Six-time Knoxville Raceway track champion, with 47 feature wins.
-Six-time Huset’s Speedway track champion, with 84 feature wins.
-244 career sprint car victories in 17 states; including 17 wins in 2009 alone.
And now, in his first ever appearance at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale Texas, Altoona Iowa’s Terry McCarl has officially entered the Big Game Treestands #24 in this year’s Cowtown Sprint Nationals (CSN). The race is to be held October 9-10 at the high-banked ¼ mile speed plant in the Ft. Worth suburb of Kennedale Texas.
Terry commented: “I’ve heard a lot about Cowtown Speedway, and I like the way they’re promoting the track; so I want to show my support by taking part in this growing event.”
He adds: “I’ve watched some video footage from the racing at Cowtown, and it looks like there’s a lot of passing, which is really important, as the ASCS Series is loaded with talented drivers that will all be racing at the Cowtown Sprint Nationals.”
He also plans on interacting with race fans throughout the weekend, including taking part in the Cowtown Fan Fest scheduled before the Saturday finale. Terry will release more CSN plans at his website
www.TerryMcCarl.com in the days leading up to the event, so make sure to visit his site often for the latest news.
Cowtown Sprint Nationals Quick Facts:
- Since Cowtown Speedway has been completely reconfigured for 2009, no winner has won from the front two rows of the 3 ASCS feature races held in 2009…and one winner came from an 8th row starting spot.
- At the last ASCS event, two out of state drivers made their first-ever Cowtown visit and ran 4th and 12th in the feature race, showing how quickly new drivers can adapt to the wide racing surface.
- All CSN drivers are urged to pre-register (online) for this event, as it reserves a pit space for their team and helps the track stay better organized. Pit space is limited, so if you have specific parking needs (like a large trailer), you should enter your car as soon as possible; as we will have close to 200 cars total at this event.
- Fans, you won’t want to miss out on this big event. Right now you can purchase advance tickets on the track website and save $10 off of race night pricing. Just $35 will get you two full nights of championship racing action, plus access to the Fan Fest on Saturday. Kids and Youth tickets are just $2 and $5 per race night.
- Nearly $10,000 has been added to the 2009 CSN race purse – without additional price increases to fans or race teams.
- Complete event information, including flyer, Fan Fest, pre-registration, pre-entry list, online tickets and much more can be found by clicking
www.CowtownSpeedway.com then clicking on the ‘Nationals’ link.
The real question is becoming, who will walk off with the Cowtown Sprint Nationals title in 2009?
Will it be an ‘invading’ driver such as Terry McCarl or Sam Hafertepe Jr.? Or first-ever visitor in 2008, Brian Brown, who left with the CSN title? Could it be one of the strong contingent of Cowtown regulars such as 2-time ’09 ASCS winner Kevin Ramey? The Lucas Oil Series is scheduled off that weekend and several of those teams are already entered, including 2008 Driver of the Year and defending Series champion Jason Johnson or 2008 Short Track Nationals champion Tony Bruce Jr.? Will one of many of the top ASCS regional drivers hit the set-up and steal the spotlight and upwards of $10,000?
One thing is for sure, if you are looking for great entertainment at family-affordable prices; you will not want to miss the Cowtown Sprint Nationals on October 9-10 at The Fastest Li’l Dirt Track In Texas, Cowtown Speedway!