Clearfield, PA – July 3, 2010 – Jason Shank – All Star Championship Racing Inc.

Another night at Central PA Speedway, another win for defending O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series Champion and current point leader Rob Blair of Titusville, PA in the $7,000 to-win ‘Yankee Doodle 50’.  Blair has competed at the Clearfield, PA oval four times in 2010 and has taken home four of the traditional, wood carved bear trophies provided by track owner Tim Bainey.  Blair worked his way masterfully through lapped traffic during a long 38 lap green flag run to get by Ripley, NY’s Mike Knight and check out for the win, his fourth of the season with the ASLMS.

Knight and Seaford, DE’s Ricky Elliott led the field to the green flag with Knight setting a torrid pace around the half-mile.  While Knight was catching lapped traffic, a mere eight laps into the event, the battle for the fourth position was intense as Greg Oakes, Jeremy Miller, and Jared Miley all battled lap after lap behind Knight, Elliott and Blair. 

The leaders continued the fast pace through lapped traffic as Blair began closing in on the second place car of Elliott.  Everyone in attendance could see that Blair’s Rocket Chassis was getting better as the long green flag run got longer and by lap 17, Blair made his way around the Delaware driver.  Meanwhile, Miller and Miley were still racing hard for the fourth spot.  Miley was on the rear deck-lid of Elliott for third on lap 25 but was unable to make a move as Miller found an opening to get by Miley to regain the fourth spot. 

Knight was still holding a commanding lead but Blair was reeling in the leader as the laps wound down while Miley again made his way around Miller for the fourth spot again and set his sights on Elliott.  The trio made their way out of lapped traffic for a few laps and Miley again found himself on the back bumper of Elliott’s Barry Wright Chassis.  As Knight made his way through the field, it took him longer to get around some cars, opening the door for Blair to catch the leader.  Eventually Blair was able to catch the leader on lap 33 and put the pressure on.  Knight was working on Boom Briggs when Blair made his move for the lead.  Blair’s mount stuck perfectly on the outside of the beautifully manicured Central PA Speedway to capture the lead as they rounded turn four on lap 37.

Getting through lapped traffic was the name of the game on this night and Knight, up to this point, was doing a fine job working his way through.  Knight went into turn three hard trying to get back under Blair for the lead and Boom Briggs in turns three and four but made contact with the inside berm sending him into the 99B of Briggs and spinning as they exited turn four to bring out the first caution of the event and ending a stellar run for the New York youngster.

After the caution it was all Blair as he pulled away from Elliott, Miley, and Miller.  Another quick caution on lap 46 only delayed the post-race celebration for Blair as he went on to win his fourth ASLMS race of the season and extend his point lead over Boom Briggs to 64 points.  Miley finished second with Miller third while Elliott faded to fourth followed by Dave Hess Jr. in fifth.  Matt Lux was sixth followed by Gregg Satterlee, Boom Briggs, DJ Myers, and John Garvin Jr. who rounded out the top-ten.

Clearfield, PA – July 2, 2010 – Jason Shank – All Star Championship Racing Inc.

Titusville, PA’s Rob Blair has been unbeatable at Tim Bainey’s Central PA Speedway in 2010 and he continued his winning ways at the Clearfield, PA oval with a late race pass on Jared Miley for the lead to capture the $3,000, ‘Let Freedom Ring 25’ payday.

Miley and Mike Knight led the field to the green flag with Miley taking control while Knight, John Britsky, and Matt Lux would all battle for the runner-up spot.  Miley started to pull away as the three would continue to battle for second until lap 9 when ASLMS regular Gregg Satterlee came up lame in turn two to bring out the events first caution.  The race was slowed again for another lap 9 caution as Darren Peters’ lost the handle of his Rocket Chassis in turn one. 

Miley lead the Delaware Double File restart to the green before getting bombarded with pressure from Britsky and Knight.  Miley regained control of the event while Lux became part of the battle again for second.  Sixth starting Boom Briggs began to show his muscle as he made his way into the top-five with the ninth starting Blair in tow.  Miley looked to be well in control of the event while the rest of the top five could be covered with a blanket.  The third caution of the event slowed the pace on lap 15 and front-runner’s John Britsky shot to the pits with a flat left-rear tire and Knight slowed to a stop in turn two under pace laps.  Britsky was able to rejoin the field as was Knight, who had a loose distributor cap, as Miley took the green to restart the event.

Blair was on the move as he battled with defending ‘Yankee Doodle 50’ champion D.J. Myers for third.  Blair made his way past Myers on lap 16 for third while Briggs put pressure on Myers for fourth before the yellow was thrown again on lap 17.  Miley again set the pace when racing resumed but Blair was picking his way up to the leader while getting by Matt Lux for second before two more cautions slowed the field on laps 19 and 22 setting up a three lap dash to the finish. 

Blair and Miley made contact as the two entered turn one during the restart causing Miley to shoot up the race track and fall to 11th position as Blair continued on to the victory.  ‘It just didn’t seem like Jared would fire on restarts,’ Rob explained.  ‘It looked like he was hitting a slick spot in turn four where we were starting and whoever was behind him had a bit more traction.  My car took off on restarts and on that last one, I was able to get underneath him going into one.’  D.J. Myers finished second followed by Lux, 11th starting Tim Fedder, and Briggs who rounded out the top-five.  Greg Oakes was scored with a sixth place finish with John Garvin Jr. seventh, Tim Smith Jr. eighth, Todd Snook in ninth, and Mike Knight tenth.

Pittsburgh, PA (June 30, 2010) - Jason Shank - All Star Championship Racing Inc.

Anticipation is building around the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series and Mercer Raceway Park, Mercer, PA, as the richest super late model race in the storied facility’s history that is slated for Saturday, July 10 is just over a week away.  The $4,000 to-win ‘Steel Valley 40’ will highlight the night at the Mercer County 3/8 mile as the ASLMS will make their first ever visit to the Bill Altman owned raceway.

‘This was an open date on our schedule and I’m looking forward to the Super Late Models returning,’ Mercer owner Bill Altman stated.  ‘Mercer provides such great racing and has really developed a great list of signature unsanctioned special race events.  I decided to add one more to it and step it up a notch with a higher-caliber event showing the All Star Late Models.  I hope the fans and racers support this so we can continue to add major events such as this in the future.’

The place ‘Where Saturday’s Come Alive’ will host a complete ASLMS program including the Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions, Rocket Chassis Heat Races, Dirtfix.net B-Main’s presented by Stivason Photos, and a $4,000 to-win 40-lap feature event.

‘Local and regional Late Model drivers have always supported Mercer Raceway Park when they have held Late Model events, and so have the fans,’ Series Director Jason Shank said.  ‘MRP has always been one of the most fan friendly facilities around and with the new ownership; that will be no different.’  Shank added, ‘The track itself has been fast, smooth, and wide all year and we expect the same when the All Stars roll into town.  We’re extremely pleased and proud that Mr. Altman chose the All Stars to be the first Late Model show at Mercer under the new ownership team.’

Current ASLMS point leader Rob Blair of Titusville, PA will lead the ASLMS contingent including Boom Briggs, John Garvin Jr., Jared Hawkins, Matt Lux, Jared Miley, Greg Oakes, Gregg Satterlee, and Darren Peters into Mercer Raceway Park for the $4,000 to-win event along with some of eastern Ohio and western PA’s most talented drivers and race teams.

Mercer Raceway Park’s pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. for the $4,000 to-win ‘Steel Valley 40’ while the driver’s meeting will be held at approximately 6:15p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to begin around 6:30 p.m. and the Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions and racing to follow. Ticket prices are as follows $18 Adult (advance) $20 (race day); $7 students 6-15; $38 Family; $35 Pits.

A reminder to all drivers that the ASLMS utilizes the Raceceiver one-way radios at all ASLMS sanctioned events.  It is highly recommended and drivers are encouraged to purchase their own Raceceiver radio as many tracks and sanctioning bodies are also utilizing the use of Raceceiver one-way radios.

For more information on Mercer Raceway Park please visit www.mercerracewaypark.com.

For more information and to join the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series mailing list please visit www.allstarlatemodels.com.

Pittsburgh, PA (June 28, 2010) - Jason Shank - All Star Championship Racing Inc.

After much deliberation, O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series officials are removing the July 24th date at Port Royal Speedway as the speedway has been unable to fulfill their pre-race obligations to the series.

“On behalf of the series, sponsors, drivers, and race teams, I would like to apologize to the fans that were looking forward to this event,” Series Director Jason Shank said.  “We all know that the economy has its effects on everything we do these days and the economy is one of the reason’s we have been forced to remove Port Royal Speedway from the schedule.  We wish Port Royal success for the remainder of the 2010 season and hope to build a relationship with them in the future.”  Shank continued, “We are actively searching for another event to fill in the July 24th slot on the schedule to go with Big Diamond Raceway on July 25th.”

The ASLMS will continue on this upcoming weekend as 2009 Champion and current point leader Rob Blair from Titusville, PA leads the tour into Central PA Speedway for two events.  The ‘Let Freedom Ring 25’ paying $3,000 to the winner on Friday, July 2 and the ‘Yankee Doodle 50’ on Saturday, July 3 that will pay $7,000 to the winner. 

For more information and to join the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series please visit www.allstarlatemodels.com.

Pittsburgh, PA (June 23, 2010) - Jason Shank - All Star Championship Racing Inc.

After a few weeks off, the O’Reilly All Star Late Model Series contingent will dive back into action on Friday, July 2 and Saturday, July 3 at Tim Bainey’s Central PA Speedway for the newly added, $3,000 to-win ‘Let Freedom Ring 25’ and the $7,000 to-win ‘Yankee Doodle 50’.

Central PA Speedway’s Dan Bainey mentioned, ‘We want the Yankee Doodle to become a marquis event, I think the addition of the ‘Let Freedom Ring’ event is a step in that direction.’  The $3,000 to-win opening event will be a full ASLMS show including Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions, Rocket Chassis Heat Races presented by Comfort Inn of Clearfield, Dirtfix.net B-Main’s presented by Stivason Photos and a 25-lap A-Main event.

To make room for the added event, the 50-lap ‘Yankee Doodle’ is now a $7,000 to win event with no changes to the rest of the total purse.  ‘The Bainey’s and myself wanted to give the fans more racing and give the drivers two full purses to race for,’ stated ASLMS Director Jason Shank.  ‘This is a testament to the Bainey’s and Central PA Speedway on how dedicated they are to providing fans and drivers the best possible atmosphere at their facility.  With the great surface that track workers provided us during the ‘Grizzly’, the ‘Yankee Doodle’ weekend should be one heck of a treat for the fans, two nights in a row!’

Current ASLMS point leader Rob Blair of Titusville, PA is undefeated at the Clearfield speedplant after capturing the ASLMS sanctioned ‘Grizzly’ over the Memorial Day weekend and winning an unsanctioned event there on Father’s Day.  Blair will lead the rest of the ASLMS contingent including Boom Briggs, John Garvin Jr., Jared Hawkins, Matt Lux, Jared Miley, Greg Oakes, Gregg Satterlee, and Darren Peters into Central PA Speedway for the Fourth of July extravaganza.  Also anticipated on being in action during the ‘Yankee Doodle’ weekend include some of Central and Western PA’s finest like Keith Barbara, Denton Boyer, John Britsky, Billy Dickson, Chris Farrell, Denny Fenton, Matt Gaston, Jeremy Miller, Tim Smith Jr., and Waylon Wagner to name a few.

Central PA’s pit gates will open at 2:30 p.m. on Friday for the $3,000 to-win ‘Let Freedon Ring 25’ while the driver’s meeting will be held at approximately 6:00p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to begin around 6:30 p.m. and the Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions and racing to follow. Ticket prices for Friday are General Admission $15, Kids $10, Pit $30.

On Saturday the pit gates will open 2:00 p.m. for the $7,000 to-win ‘Yankee Doodle’ while the driver’s meeting will be held at approximately 5:30 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled to begin around 6:00 p.m. and the Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions and racing to follow. Ticket prices for Saturday are General Admission $25, Kids $10, Pit $30.  And two day pass’s are available for General Admission $35, Kids $15, Pit $45

The Comfort Inn of Clearfield is where the All Stars Stay and is conveniently located directly off Interstate 80, just three miles from Lock Haven University. The hotel is minutes from the Clearfield County Fair, DuBois Business College, the Clearfield Hospital and Curwensville Lake.

Moshannon State Forest, Central PA Speedway, and the Clearfield County Historical Society and Museum are minutes from the hotel. Penn State DuBois is 20 miles and the Bryce Jordan Center arena is about one hour away. A variety of restaurants and cocktail lounges are located in the surrounding area.

Guests are invited to enjoy many amenities, including free continental breakfast, free local calls, free weekday newspaper, free coffee and free wireless Internet access. Enjoy a workout in the exercise room or relax in the indoor heated pool.

For more information please visit www.thebigtrack.com.

A reminder to all drivers that the ASLMS utilizes the Raceceiver one-way radios at all ASLMS sanctioned events.  It is highly recommended and drivers are encouraged to purchase their own Raceceiver radio as many tracks and sanctioning bodies are also utilizing the use of Raceceiver one-way radios.