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Sunday Race
Menu Follows Salute to Eldora Founders Earl & Berneice Baltes
ROSSBURG, OH (August 28) – There is a lot on the line when racing
action returns to Eldora Speedway Sunday night (August 31) – the 7th
annual Baltes Classic presented by Coors Light – saluting founders Earl
and Berneice Baltes.
Earl Baltes’ vision and clever promotions greatly impacted auto racing
nationwide. He carved Eldora Speedway out of a cornfield in 1954
and right through his retirement in 2004, maintained a watchful eye
over his empire while ruling with a jovial iron fist with the support
of his wife Berneice. Over the years, he moved Eldora Speedway
into the forefront of America’s short-track racing with eye-opening
events and enormous payouts.
On Sunday, the 93-year-old Baltes will return to the stage one more
time and as always, Berneice will be at his side.
Following the fitting salute, it is down to business for the racers.
For the Stock Car division it will be their final night of 2014 action
and a new champion will be determined. Coming into the chase,
Jeff Koz holds a comfortable lead over Paul Pardo, Frank Paladino and
Earnie Woodard. Interestingly enough, none of that quartet has
garnered an Eldora title previously.
Running under the Sunoco American Late Model Series (ALMS) banner,
Sunday’s 25-lap, $3,000 to win chase kicks off a busy UMP DIRTcar Late
Model run at Eldora that spotlights six A-Feature events over the
course of a seven-day period. In addition to Sunday’s headliner;
twin 25-lap A-Features will kick off the 44th annual World 100 Weekend
this Thursday (September 4) and Friday (September 5) prior to
Saturday’s (September 6) 100-lap World 100 chase for the famed globed
trophy and $47,000 winner’s purse.
Rounding out the competition story lines Sunday night will be the
heated point battle in the Modified division, also running under the
sanctioning eye of UMP DIRTcar. Three-time and defending champion
Jerry Bowersock carries a slim two-point margin over Matt Westfall, who
is seeking his first Eldora title.
Tickets and campsites for the Baltes Classic presented by Coors Light,
World 100 and remaining 2014 Eldora events are available by going
online to www.EldoraSpeedway.com. Additionally, tickets and campsites
may be purchased through the Eldora offices during normal business
hours by calling (937) 338-3815 or on race day.
Race fans and race teams can get behind-the-scenes access by following
@EldoraSpeedway on Twitter, hitting ‘Like’ at
Facebook.com/EldoraSpeedway and view video highlights at
YouTube.com/EldoraSpeedwayInc. Mobile device users can access the
Eldora Speedway app for the iPhone, iPad and Android which are
available for download via iTunes and Google Play.
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