Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Event #9 – Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, New York
DIRTcar, Track Staffing and Contacts;
Gary Spaid 585-734-5959 aces2@frontiernet.net
Bob Dini 917-939-5417 bdini@dirtcar.com
Scott Fremouw 315-521-0530 sfremouw@dirtcar.com
Jamie Weaknecht 610-349-5413 SuperDIRTpr@dirtcar.com
Joe Skotnicki 704-796-4566 jskotnicki@dirtcar.com
Shane Andrews 315-725-3602 sandrews@dirtcar.com
Lebanon Valley Speedway;
Howard Commander 518-794-9606 heather@lebanonvalley.com
Lyle DeVore 518-794-9606 lyle@lebanonvalley.com
Event Schedule and General Daily Schedule:
Thursday, August 25th – Mr. DIRT Track USA presented by Carquest and General Tire
Thursday, August 25th, 2011:
- 3:00 pm – Pit gates open – Hauler Parking – Super DIRTcar Series (Bob Dini) inspection and draw begins.
- 5:30 pm – Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Mandatory Driver’s Meeting
- 6:00 pm – Hot Laps (Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds, Budget Sportsman)
- 6:15 pm – Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Group Time Trials
- Immediately Following – Budget Sportsman Qualifying Races
- Immediately Following – Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Qualifying Races (8-laps)
- Immediately Following – Budget Sportsman B-Main if necessary
- Immediately Following – Intermission and Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Redraw (Kid’s Club)
- Immediately Following – Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified B-Main(s) (10-laps)
- Immediately Following – Budget Sportsman Feature (20-laps)
- Immediately Following – Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series, Mr. Dirt Track USA (100-laps)
Event Specific Rules;
Rulebook: 2011 Super DIRTcar / DIRTcar Rule Book – http://100.24.212.105/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/2011_DIRT_Northeast_Rulebook_Draft_B3.pdf
Tires: Tires; Only the “Hoosier” D300, D400 or D500 will be permitted on the front of the car. Only the “Hoosier D400 or D500 will be permitted on the rear of the car.
Fuel: Only VP D-12 will be permitted. Fuel will be available at the track and to be purchased. (Fuel will be available at the speedway through VP).
Driver’s Specific: Be prepared for Mandatory Autograph Session and ‘Outside Introductions’ for the feature event.
Starts and Restarts: For this event only, the “odd” numbered rows start in the outside lane, with the “even” numbered rows on the inside lane.
Qualifying Procedures:
- 30 Car Field. (4 Provisional positions available to the 2011 Top-15 in current season championship points.)
- The Qualifying Race lineups will be based on the results of Group Time Trials.
- Top 12 qualifiers in qualifying races will redraw for starting position in the 100-lap feature.
- Number of Qualifying Races will be based on the total number cars competing in the event. (8-lap qualifying races)
- 1 (or multiple) ‘B’-Features (10-laps) may be required as determined by the car count.
- This event will be based on the 100-point schedule.
Event Specific Rules / Race Procedures:
– Group Time Trials will be based on a “green-white-checkered”. The fastest lap will be the ‘time of record’. Any additional laps as determined by Super DIRTcar and/or World Racing Group officials will not be recorded for any qualifying purpose.
– All Qualifying Races will be 8-laps. All ‘B’ Features will be 10-laps. Caution laps will not count.
– All original starts will be side-by-side off turn four in the area of the VP Racing Fuels ‘Making Power Point’ until the green flag is displayed.
– All Restarts will be double-file with lead lap cars to the front in the area of the VP Racing Fuels ‘Making Power Point’. The leader is the control car on all starts and/or restarts.
– The front row must maintain the pace established by the pace car and will be signaled to do so, on the one-way radio, if in the judgment of the Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Officials, the pace is not maintained a penalty and/or penalties may be issued.
– There will be no EZ Pass candidate in any Qualifying Races and/or ‘B’ Features.
– The races may be extended past their scheduled distance with a green-white-checker finish.
Event Specific Rules / Race Procedures continued;
– The feature will be 100-laps. Caution laps will count from lap 1 through the completion of lap 75. From lap 76 to the completion of the event, cautions will not count.
– There will be a four (4) wide pace lap. Odd numbered rows pull to the outside, even numbered rows pull up and fill in. This will be instructed over the one-way radio.
– The Original start will be side-by-side off turn four in the area of the VP Racing Fuels ‘Making Power Point’ until the green flag is displayed.
– All restarts up to the completion of lap 75 will be double-file with lead lap cars to the front – lapped cars will drop to the inside under caution and rejoin the field beginning after the last car on the lead lap in their order of running on the race track at the time of the caution.
– After the completion of lap 75, all remaining restarts will be single file with lead lap cars to the front until the completion of the event.
– On all starts and restarts the front row must maintain the pace established by the pace car and will be signaled to do so, on the one-way radio, if in the judgment of the Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Officials, the pace is not maintained a penalty and/or penalties may be issued.
– The leader is the control car on all starts and/or restarts. Only the leader has choice of inside or outside on starts and/or restarts.
– When the caution is displayed, get into single-file order, you will be signaled over the one-way radio when it is time to go double-file and/or restart single file.
– If the caution is displayed and you must pit, you will not lose a lap in the pits. You may only lose a lap on the race track under green flag conditions.
– If at any time the red flag is displayed and competitors are signaled to stop due to a red flag condition, cars must come to a complete stop. After the field is stopped and is under control of the pace car, Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Officials, will instruct any vehicle not involved in the red flag incident that needs to pit for service, to pull up to the pace car prior to being released to the pit area on the one-way radio. Any car that pits during the red flag period will be required to restart at the tail of the field in their respective position. If any car heads to the pits without following the instructing over the one-way radio, a 1-lap penalty may be issued.
– There will be one (1) car eligible for the ‘EZ Pass Reward’ on each caution. The only car eligible will be the first one (1) lap down. The ‘EZ Pass’ car will be signaled over the one-way radio to pull up behind the pace car, but must not proceed past the pace car until instructed to do so on the one-way radio.
– All races may end with a green-white-checker finish.
– One-way radios are mandatory – two-way radios will not be permitted.
– It is mandatory to have the following decals on the car (DIRTcar, Super DIRTcar Series, VP Racing Fuels and Hoosier) and the driver must have a VP patch on his uniform.
– To be eligible for other available contingencies you must run the decals. Included is a guided map for two available options to place decals on your vehicle.
– Immediately following the conclusion of the event, the first place car needs to go to the scale first, then we need second and third to the scales and to victory lane.
– World Racing Group, Super DIRTcar and/or DIRTcar Officials reserve the right to alter the rules of this and/or any event, provided the competitors are given notice (in advance and/or over the one-way radio) due to any circumstance that require such a change or alteration.
Technical Inspection:
- Be prepared for inspection at Lebanon Valley Speedway when Technical Inspection begins on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 @ 3:00pm
Inspection to be prepared for:
Safety and General Inspection
Carburetor Inspection
General Body Inspection
Pre-Race Engine Inspection
Fuel Samples from Fuel Cell
Overall Inspection
*** Note: There will be post-race inspection in the designated inspection area at the Series Trailer / Technical Truck following the completion of Victory Lane Ceremonies.
Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Starting Field:
1.) Qualified 2.) Qualified
3.) Qualified 4.) Qualified
5.) Qualified 6.) Qualified
7.) Qualified 8.) Qualified
9.) Qualified 10.) Qualified
11.) Qualified 12.) Qualified
13.) Qualified 14.) Qualified
15.) Qualified 16.) Qualified
17.) Qualfied 18.) Qualified
19.) Qualified 20.) Qualified
21.) B-Main 22.) B-Main
23.) B-Main 24.) B-Main
25.) B-Main 26.) B-Main
27.) Provisional 1 28.) Provisional 2
29.) Provisional 3 30.) Provisional 4
Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series Championship Point Standings as of August 3rd, 2011 following the event at Merrittville Speedway;
|
No. |
Driver | Total | Series |
Bonus |
Diff |
Money |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
Starts |
|
| 1 |
91 |
Billy Decker |
724 |
724 |
0 |
0 |
$27,000 |
2 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| 2 |
9s |
Matt Sheppard |
673 |
673 |
0 |
-51 |
$26,300 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
| 3 |
66 |
Danny Johnson |
611 |
611 |
0 |
-113 |
$17,025 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
| 4 |
20 |
Brett Hearn |
605 |
605 |
0 |
-119 |
$15,300 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
| 5 |
98h |
Jimmy Phelps |
495 |
495 |
0 |
-229 |
$5,925 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
| 6 |
3 |
Justin Haers |
485 |
485 |
0 |
-239 |
$5,250 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
| 7 |
673 |
Gary Tomkins |
469 |
469 |
0 |
-255 |
$5,925 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
| 8 |
21a |
Pete Britten |
457 |
457 |
0 |
-267 |
$6,350 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
| 9 |
8R |
Rob Bellinger |
448 |
448 |
0 |
-276 |
$4,525 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
| 10 |
99L |
Larry Wight |
432 |
432 |
0 |
-292 |
$6,250 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
| 11 |
8 |
Rich Scagliotta |
392 |
392 |
0 |
-332 |
$3,875 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
| 12 |
62s |
Tom Sears Jr. |
364 |
364 |
0 |
-360 |
$2,875 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
| 13 |
77x |
Dale Planck |
305 |
305 |
0 |
-419 |
$3,675 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
| 14 |
10 |
Tim Currier |
295 |
295 |
0 |
-429 |
$2,075 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| 15 |
74F |
Tim Fuller |
265 |
265 |
0 |
-459 |
$9,000 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| 16 |
4* |
Tim McCreadie |
239 |
239 |
0 |
-485 |
$3,425 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 17 |
66 |
Carey Terrance |
230 |
230 |
0 |
-494 |
$2,375 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
| 18 |
99 |
Ryan Phelps |
209 |
209 |
0 |
-515 |
$2,500 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| 19 |
49 |
Billy Dunn |
187 |
187 |
0 |
-537 |
$1,850 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| 20 |
1F |
Stewart Friesen |
168 |
168 |
0 |
-556 |
$1,900 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 21 |
21 |
Yan Bussiere |
168 |
168 |
0 |
-556 |
$1,800 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| 22 |
10v |
Bobby Varin |
146 |
146 |
0 |
-578 |
$950 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 23 |
17d |
Danny O’Brien |
139 |
139 |
0 |
-585 |
$4,300 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 24 |
97 |
Michel Chicoine |
134 |
134 |
0 |
-590 |
$900 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 25 |
1H |
David Hebert |
132 |
132 |
0 |
-592 |
$1,725 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 26 |
54 |
Steve Bernard |
132 |
132 |
0 |
-592 |
$900 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 27 |
90 |
Martin Roy |
128 |
128 |
0 |
-596 |
$2,100 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 28 |
99b |
Chuck Bower |
120 |
120 |
0 |
-604 |
$900 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 29 |
0 |
Dan Humes |
114 |
114 |
0 |
-610 |
$300 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 30 |
16 |
Lance Willix II |
114 |
114 |
0 |
-610 |
$600 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Special Lebanon Valley Notes:
Parking: Hauler Parking will not be permitted toward turn three on the pit road side of the track. Please park nose-to-nose with the Lebanon Valley regulars in-between turn one and two. This applies specifically to the ‘Tall – Stacker’-type haulers.
Tires: Hoosier Racing Tire through their distribution network has made it possible to have tires available for inventory purposes at this event. If you have specific requests please contact Hoosier Tire (574-784-3152 – Neil Cowman) or Hoosier Tire East (860-646-9646).
