(LEBANON, Missouri) Lebanon I-44 Speedway will continue the 2012 season of ASA-sanctioned stock car racing this Saturday night, May 12, on the track’s 3/8-mile high banked asphalt oval with another large field of Late Model stock cars anticipated for the ‘Kickin’ Asphalt’ show. Spectator gates are will open at 5:00 pm for ‘CaddyShack Golf Cars Night at the Races’, with the five-division stock car racing program scheduled to begin at 7:30.
“I was pleasantly surprised and really pleased that we had so many really competitive Late Models checked in last Saturday,” said I-44 Speedway promoter Craig Armstrong. “These were all high-quality racecars, and they put on a terrific show for the fans in twin 30-lap double feature events. I believe our Late Model class will continue to grow this year, and I’m anticipating for another great field of Modifieds and Sportsman this Saturday night as well.”
Headlined by the fast and powerful ASA Late Model stock cars, Saturday’s show at the only asphalt oval track in Missouri will also highlight the Modifieds, which are stock appearing racecars with open wheel front ends, the Sportsman class full-body stock cars, Road Warriors – big, steel bodied pure stocks – and a four-cylinder subcompact class of cars called Chargers.
In addition to the family-friendly, alcohol-free Monster Energy Grandstands, Lebanon I-44 Speedway features tier parking for cars, pickup trucks and RV’s around the turn one and backstretch areas, where patrons may park, tailgate and view the races. Known as the ‘Budweiser Wild Side’, beer may be brought in by fans in the tier parking areas, or purchased ‘on draft’ from the Pulaski County Shrine Club in a special Bud Light Beer Garden. Full food and non-alcoholic beverage concessions are available in both the grandstands and tier parking, along with a Souvenir and track apparel booth.
Grandstand admission is $10 for Adults, ages 16 and older, while Adult admission in the tier parking area is $15. Discounted admission for Seniors (ages 65 and older), Military personnel, and Juniors (ages 11-15) is offered in both locations. A grandstand Family Pass for 2 Adults and 2 Juniors, plus any number of Kids 10 and younger, is available for $25, while six Adults entering in the same vehicle on tier parking can join the party on the ‘Budweiser Wild Side’ for $75. A limited number of ‘public passes’ to one of the luxury boxes in the Central Bank VIP Suite Tower are available for $25 apiece.
Lebanon I-44 Speedway is located four miles east of the Lebanon city limit on Historic Route 66. Patrons using Interstate 44 may take Exit 135, and then drive one mile east on Route 66 to the track’s main entrance. Additional information about the track’s 2012 ‘Kickin’ Asphalt’ racing schedule may be found of the facility’s official website, www.i44speedway.net, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Lebanon-I-44-Speedway, and on Twitter (@i44Speedway).