{"id":11943,"date":"2012-06-06T15:09:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100.24.212.105\/?p=11943"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:53:10","slug":"everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-feed-the-children-prelude-to-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/divisions\/late-models\/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-feed-the-children-prelude-to-the-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you want to know about the Feed the Children Prelude to the Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
Feed The Children Prelude To The Dream Fast Facts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n WHAT:<\/strong> Eighth Annual Prelude To The Dream HOW TO ORDER:<\/strong> Driver: No. Car Owner: Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Justin Allgaier: 31 – Raymond Childress – Third year in the Prelude. Best finish is fifth (2011). Aric Almirola: 43 – Clint Smith – Seventh year in the Prelude. Best finish is third (2011). Dave Blaney: 22 – Sanford Goddard – Sixth year in the Prelude. Best finish is second (2006). Clint Bowyer: 15 – Clint Bowyer – Sixth year in the Prelude. Won the Prelude in 2011. Kurt Busch: 51 – MasterSbilt – Second year in the Prelude. Best finish is 15th (2006). Kyle Busch: 18 – Katrina Bloomquist – Sixth Year in the Prelude. Best finish is second (2007). Ron Capps: 28 – John Kennedy – Eighth Year in the Prelude. Best finish is fourth (2006). Austin Dillon: 3 – Team Dillon – Second year in the Prelude. Best finish is eighth (2011). Ty Dillon: 41 – Team Dillon – First year in the Prelude. Bill Elliott: 9E – Ray Cooke – Sixth year in the Prelude. Best finish is fifth (2005). Ray Evernham: 19 – Curtis Roberts – Sixth year in the Prelude. Best finish is 16th (2008). David Gilliland: 38 – Steve Cooke – Second year in the Prelude. Best finish is 21st (2011). Jimmie Johnson: 48 – Clint Bowyer – Fifth year in the Prelude. Won the Prelude in 2010. Kasey Kahne: 5 – Chris Madden – Sixth year in the Prelude. Best finish is sixth (2007). Tony Kanaan: 11T – GRT Race Cars – Third year in the Prelude. Best finish is 24th (2010). Steve Kinser: 11S – Kent Robinson – First year in the Prelude. Bobby Labonte: 44 – Bobby Labonte – Seventh year in the Prelude. Best finish is seventh (2005). Jason Leffler: 71 – Chris Wall – Second year in the Prelude. Best finish is 28th (2011). Ryan Newman: 39 – Ernie Davis – Seventh year in the Prelude. Best finish is fourth (2009). Danica Patrick: 10 – Jon Henry – First year in the Prelude. Cruz Pedregon: 75 – Cruz Pedregon – Eighth year in the Prelude. Best finish is sixth (2009). Donny Schatz: 15 – Darrell Lanigan – First year in the Prelude. Ken Schrader: 9S – Clarence Reddick – Eighth year in the Prelude. Best finish is fourth (2005 and 2007). Tony Stewart: 14 – Mark Richards – Eighth year in the Prelude. Won the Prelude in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Kenny Wallace: 36 – Chub Frank – Eighth year in the Prelude. Won the inaugural Prelude in 2005. J.J. Yeley: 1G – Sanford Goddard – Fifth year in the Prelude. Best finish is second (2011). RACE NOTES:<\/strong> \u00b7 Three Daytona 500 winners representing a total of four Daytona 500 victories are scheduled to participate in the Prelude To The Dream: Elliott (1985, 1987), Johnson (2006) and Newman (2008).<\/p>\n \u00b7 Two IZOD IndyCar Series champions are scheduled to participate in the Prelude To The Dream: Stewart (1997) and Kanaan (2004).<\/p>\n \u00b7 Drag racing standouts Ron Capps and Cruz Pedregon will compete in the Prelude To The Dream. Capps has 34 career NHRA victories and has finished second in Funny Car points three times (1998, 2000, 2005). Pedregon won the 1992 and 2008 NHRA Funny Car titles and has 33 career NHRA victories.<\/p>\n \u00b7 The elite group of drivers in the Prelude To The Dream has combined for a staggering 1,346 victories in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West, \u00b7 More Than 60 Racing Titles Represented at the Prelude To The Dream: Sprint Cup [11] \u2013 Elliott (1988), Labonte (2000), Feed The Children Prelude To The Dream Fast Facts WHAT: Eighth Annual Prelude To The Dream WHERE: Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (Half-mile dirt oval) WHEN: 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT) on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 DISTANCE: Feature consists of 40 laps (preceded by qualifying and heat races) CARS: Dirt Late Model stock cars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[117,463,79,337,341,132,1403,322,124,1608,157,71,376,70],"division":[],"series":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-11943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-late-models","tag-california-2","tag-dirt-late-model-dream","tag-eldora-speedway","tag-feature","tag-high","tag-indiana","tag-late-models","tag-modified","tag-ohio","tag-prelude-to-the-dream","tag-schedule","tag-the-dream","tag-western","tag-world-100"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWHERE:<\/strong> Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio (Half-mile dirt oval)
\nWHEN:<\/strong> 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT) on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
\nDISTANCE:<\/strong> Feature consists of 40 laps (preceded by qualifying and heat races)
\nCARS:<\/strong> Dirt Late Model stock cars
\n
\nPASTWINNERS:<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 2011: Clint Bowyer
\n\u00b7 2010: Jimmie Johnson
\n\u00b7 2009: Tony Stewart
\n\u00b7 2008: Tony Stewart
\n\u00b7 2007: Carl Edwards
\n\u00b7 2006: Tony Stewart
\n\u00b7 2005: KennyWallace
\n
\nTHE TRACK:<\/strong> Half-mile dirt oval
\n\u00b7 Banking: 24 degrees in the corners; 8 degrees on the straightaways
\n\u00b7 Capacity: Reserved seating + suites + hillside seating = more than 20,000.
\n\u00b7 Eldora Speedway is a half-mile dirt racing facility located in western Ohio. The \u201cBig E\u201d is owned by three-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart. The Indiana native purchased Eldora from legendary promoter Earl Baltes in 2004. Baltes built Eldora in 1954 and had been the sole owner of the facility for 50 years. Eldora plays host to some of the largest dirt racing events in the country, including the Prelude To The Dream, The Dream, Kings Royal and World 100 \u2013 each of which attracts more than 20,000 spectators on an annual basis.
\n
\nPRELUDE TO THE DREAM RECORDS:<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 Most Victories:
\n\u00d8 3 \u2013 Tony Stewart (2006, 2008, 2009)
\n\u00b7 Highest Percentage of Laps Led:
\n\u00d8 100 percent (Stewart led 30 of 30 laps in 2008, Johnson led 30 of 30 laps in 2010 and Bowyer led 30 of 30 laps in 2011.)
\n\u00b7 One-lap Qualifying Record:
\n\u00d8 15.405 seconds at 116.845 mph (Tony Stewart \u2013 2009)
\n\u00b7 Attendance:
\n\u00d8 Approximately 23,000 (2009)
\n
\nTV:<\/strong> Pay-Per-View, 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT), Wednesday, June 6, 2012
\n\u00b7 Booth: Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds and Allen Bestwick
\n\u00b7 Host: Matt Yocum
\n\u00b7 Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren and Steve Letarte (crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr., in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series)
\n\u00b7 Director: Artie Kempner
\n\u00b7 Producer: Pam Miller
\n
\nPHILANTHROPIC ELEMENT:<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 Net proceeds from the telecast will support Feed The Children, a U.S.-based charity that domestically has helped more than 365,000 families since 2009 through its Americans Feeding Americans Caravan.
\n\u00b7 For the top-10 finishers in the Prelude To The Dream, Feed The Children will send a food truck to each driver\u2019s hometown or city of their choice.<\/p>\n
\n\u00b7 The live, commercial-free broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT) with an immediate replay following.
\n\u00b7 All that is necessary to order the event is a digital cable box or satellite service. You do not need HBO to order.
\n\u00b7 The suggested retail price is $24.95. Ordering information and up-to-the minute racing information is available at either
\nwww.PreludeToTheDream.org or www.HBO.com.
\n\u00b7 Updates can also be found on Twitter at @PreludetoDream and follow the hashtag #OnePerfectNight, or become a fan on Facebook at
\nwww.facebook.com\/PreludetoDream.
\n\u00b7 The following are step-by-step instructions to help place an order for the Prelude To The Dream on Pay-Per-View:
\n\u00d8 Cable, AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS Customers: All that is necessary to order the event is a digital cable box on your
\nTV. If you are not sure about the kind of box you have, contact your cable company and ask if you have a digital cable box that gets Pay-Per-View (PPV). Once you know you have a digital cable box, scroll through the Pay-Per-View channels on your electronic program guide for Wednesday, June 6 at 8 p.m. ET, and look for \u201cAuto Racing: Prelude to the Dream.\u201d Once you see the entry, click it and follow the on-screen instructions to order. If your cable system does not accept orders from your remote control, contact a customer service representative either the day before or the day of the race. Make sure you tell the representative that you are looking to order \u201cAuto Racing: Prelude to the Dream.\u201d Some cable systems have a short window available to order Pay-Per-View events. The more specific you are with the customer service representative, the easier it will be to place your order.
\n\u00d8 DIRECTV Customers: All DIRECTV customers can order now. You can find the event on Channel 123 HD or Channel
\n124. Go to the programming guide for those channels for Wednesday, June 6 at 8 p.m. ET, and look for \u201cPrelude to the
\nDream.\u201d Once you see the entry, click the event and follow the on-screen instructions to order. Or you can order online at
\ndirectv.com\/events or text EVENT to 223322. Standard data and messaging rates may apply in accordance with your
\nwireless carrier.
\n\u00d8 DISH Network Customers: All DISH Network customers can order the event now by going to Channel 473 or Channel 474
\nHD. Follow the on-screen instructions to order. On Wednesday, June 6, the event will be shown on Channel 455 or Channel
\n468 HD.
\n\u00b7 If any problems are encountered during ordering, contact a customer service representative anytime on Wednesday, June 6 to make
\nsure the order is processed and the race can be viewed. Once it is ordered, sit back and enjoy the ride.
\n
\nSCHEDULE<\/strong> (All times local \u2013 EDT; subject to change):
\n7:30 a.m.: Ticket office opens
\n8:00 a.m.: General admission markings may begin (chairs\/blankets ONLY)
\n8:00 a.m.: All admission gates open
\n12:00 p.m. Pit gates open for teams
\n4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.: Media availability session for drivers (media tent) *NSCS drivers unavailable due to travel from Pocono, Pa.
\n5:25 p.m.: Qualifying draw (victory lane)
\n5:40 p.m. Driver\u2019s meeting (media tent)
\n6:30 p.m. to 6:55 p.m.: Hot lap session No. 1
\n7:05 p.m. to 7:25 p.m.: Hot lap session No. 2
\n7:30 p.m.: Prelude To The Dream driver introductions (victory lane)
\n7:45 p.m.: Prelude To The Dream driver parade
\n8:00 p.m.: HBO Pay-Per-View broadcast begins
\n8:08 p.m.: Invocation and National Anthem
\n8:10 p.m.: Prelude To The Dream qualifying (2 laps)
\n8:45 p.m. Modified feature (15-minute timed event, including cautions)
\n9:05 p.m.: Prelude To The Dream Heat race No. 1
\n9:20 p.m. Prelude To The Dream Heat race No. 2
\n9:35 p.m. Prelude To The Dream Heat race No. 3
\n9:50 p.m. Prelude To The Dream Heat race No. 4
\n10:05 p.m.: Stock feature (15-minute timed event, including cautions)
\n10:25 p.m. Prelude To The Dream feature (40 laps)
\n11:00 p.m.: Prelude To The Dream winner\u2019s circle and introduction of Feed The Children representatives<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 The 2008 ARCA Series champion is now making a name for himself in NASCAR. The 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series rookie of the year grew up racing Midgets and Late Models in the Midwest. He is the youngest driver ever to advance to the A-Main in the famed Chili Bowl Midget event in Tulsa, Okla.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Career pavement racer has earned all of his dirt-track experience in the Prelude. Now a fulltime NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, recently won the pole for Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 The 1995 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion and 1997 Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals titlist won at Eldora in The Historical Big One in 1997 and the King\u2019s Royal in 1993 and 1995.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Grew up on dirt and won the 2002 track title on dirt at Kansas\u2019 Lakeside Speedway. Finished second in 2009 and 2010 Preludes before winning 2011 Prelude. Car that won 2010 Prelude with Jimmie Johnson was built by Bowyer.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 The 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and 24-time Sprint Cup race winner returns to the Prelude for the first since 2006 where he\u2019ll race against brother Kyle Busch.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Dominates on asphalt in the NASCAR world, and has adapted quickly to dirt, as he finished second in 2007 Prelude, third in 2009 Prelude and fourth in 2010 and 2011 Preludes.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 NHRA star is used to turning left \u2013 and doing it on dirt \u2013 as he\u2019s one of only five drivers who have participated in every Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion is well-versed on dirt. The 22-year-old races 25-50 times a year on dirt, all while balancing his schoolwork as a student at High Point (N.C.) University.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 2011 ARCA Series champion now running in his brother\u2019s footsteps in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Ty, like his brother Austin, is prolific on dirt.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Plenty of dirt experience for the 1988 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion. Since retiring from running NASCAR full-time, is a dirt-track fixture.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Former NASCAR Modified Tour driver, turned crew chief, turned car owner, turned track owner, turned ESPN analyst returns to Eldora for another Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 This California native cut his teeth on dirt at Perris Auto Speedway before moving to NASCAR.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8When Johnson won the Prelude in 2010, it was the five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion\u2019s first win on a dirt surface since he won in off-road and stadium trucks early in his career.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Cut his teeth on dirt in USAC competition and maintains his dirt track ties by owning a World of Outlaws team with drivers Joey Saldana, Paul McMahan, Cody Darrah and Brad Sweet.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 The 2004 IZOD IndyCar Series champion is affable and fearless \u2013 good traits to have with his only dirt experience coming in two previous Preludes.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Despite a record 20 World of Outlaws championships and a mind-boggling 572 feature wins, has never raced a dirt Late Model\u2026until this year\u2019s Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Owns a dirt Late Model team with drivers Earl Pearson Jr., and Brad Neat, and occasionally gets behind the wheel for some dirt racing of his own.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 A three-time USAC Midget champion who will be making his second Prelude start, Leffler is well-versed on dirt.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Like his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teammate Stewart, cut his teeth on dirt in USAC competition and has become a threat when competing in dirt Late Models.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Former IZOD IndyCar Series star has now made the full transition to stock cars, running a full NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule and 10-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule in 2012. This year\u2019s Prelude will mark her first race ever on dirt.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Like Capps, this NHRA star is used to turning left \u2013 and doing it on dirt \u2013 as he\u2019s one of only five drivers who have participated in every Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 A four-time World of Outlaws champion with 116 feature wins, Schatz never drove a dirt mLate Model until he tested one May 28 at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Could be the favorite as he will race anywhere, anytime \u2013 especially on dirt, and has proven victorious at Eldora in USAC competition. One of only five drivers who have participated in every Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Liked Eldora so much he bought it in 2004. In first full season of ownership, debuted the Prelude in 2005, which he has won three times. One of only five drivers who have participated in every Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 2005 Prelude winner grew up on dirt, and after two decades in NASCAR, has again made dirt Late Model racing a staple of his routine. One of only five drivers who have participated in every Prelude.<\/p>\n
\n\u00d8 Like Kahne and Stewart, cut his teeth on dirt in USAC competition and won multiple USAC races at Eldora.<\/p>\n
\n\u00b7 Five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions representing a total of 11 Sprint Cup titles are scheduled to participate in the Prelude To The Dream: Elliott (1988), Labonte (2000), Stewart (2002, 2005, 2011), Kurt Busch (2004) and Johnson (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).<\/p>\n
\nNASCAR Whelen Modified, IndyCar\/Champ Car, Indy Lights, NHRA, ARCA, IROC and World of Outlaws: (Sprint Cup \u2013 253;
\nNationwide Series \u2013 117; Camping World Truck \u2013 53; K&N Pro Series East-West \u2013 20; Whelen Modified \u2013 4; IndyCar\/Champ
\nCar \u2013 19; Indy Lights \u2013 4; NHRA \u2013 67; ARCA \u2013 37; IROC \u2013 13; World of Outlawas \u2013 759.<\/p>\n
\nStewart (2002, 2005, 2011), Kurt Busch (2004), Johnson (2006-10); Nationwide Series [3] \u2013 Labonte (1991), Bowyer (2008),
\nBusch (2009); Camping World Truck [1] \u2013 Austin Dillon (2011); IROC [2] \u2013 Labonte (2001), Stewart (2006); ARCA [2] \u2013
\nAllgaier (2008), Ty Dillon (2011); IndyCar Series [2] \u2013 Stewart (1997), Kanaan (2004); Indy Lights [1] \u2013 Kanaan (1997);
\nNHRA Funny Car [2] \u2013 Pedregon (1992, 2008); World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series [25] \u2013 Kinser (1978-80, 1983-88, 1990-
\n94, 1998, 2000, 2002-2005), Blaney (1995), Schatz (2006-09); USAC Silver Crown [4] \u2013 Stewart (1995), Newman (1999), Yeley (2002, 2003); USAC Sprint Car [3] \u2013 Stewart (1995), Yeley (2001, 2003); USACMidget [7] \u2013Stewart (1994, 1995), Leffler (1997-99), Kahne (2000), Yeley (2003).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"