Portsmouth Raceway Park
32nd annual Red Buck DTWC details
October 17, 2012, 10:19 am
From series and staff reports32nd annual Red Buck Dirt Track World Championship
Dates: Oct. 18-20
Location: Portsmouth, Ohio
Track: Portsmouth Raceway Park (3/8-mile clay oval)
Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Purse: More than $200,000 with Late Model feature winner earning $50,000.
Last year’s winner: Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind.
TV: 2 p.m (EST) Nov. 18 on the Speed cable network.
Tickets: $50 for three-day general admission ($15 for ages 7-11); three-day pit pass $60. For more info, call Mindy Pickelsimer (740) 858-6661 or email portsraceway@hotmail.com.
Notes: Portsmouth is hosting the Carl Short-promoted event for the first time. ... DirtonDirt.com has added $1,000 for the fast time award ($100 from Red Buck increases the prize to $1,100). ... The Jim Dunn Memorial non-qualifiers’ feature for Late Models pays $3,000-to-win and $200-to-start. ... The modified feature is $3,000-to-win and $300-to-start. ... Jimmy Owens has clinched the Lucas Oil Series championship for the second straight year. ... R.J. Conley of Wheelersburg, Ohio, is PRP’s 2012 Late Model champion. ... Borrowed Blue, a Kentucky-based county-rock band, will provide a free concert at 5 p.m. Saturday in front of the main grandstands.
DTWC schedule
Thursday, Oct. 18
2 p.m.: Pits open
4 p.m.: Grandstands open
6 p.m.: Modified practice
6:45 p.m.: Modified time trials
8 p.m.: Modified heat races
10 p.m.: Modified consolations
Friday, Oct. 19
2 p.m.: Pits open
4 p.m.: Grandstands open
6 p.m.: Late Model practice
7:30 p.m.: Late Model time trials
9 p.m.: Late Model heat races
Saturday, Oct. 20
3 p.m.: Pits open
4 p.m.: Grandstands open
5 p.m.: Borrowed Blue concert
7 p.m.: Late Model consolations
8:15 p.m.: Modified feature
9 p.m.: Late Model feature
10:30 p.m.: Late Model non-qualifiers’ race
DTWC feature purse
1. $50,000
2. $15,000
3. $10,000
4. $7,000
5. $5,000
6. $3,500
7. $3,200
8. $3,000
9. $2,800
10. $2,500
11. $2,450
12. $2,400
13. $2,350
14. $2,300
15. $2,250
16. $2,200
17. $2,150
18. $2,100
19. $2,075
20. $2,060
21. $2,050
22. $2,040
23. $2,030
24. $2,020
25. $2,010
26. $2,000
27. $2,000
28. $2,000
