Wednesday, January 31, 2007

WDRL Unveils 2007 "World Tour"

27 race nights in six Midwestern states make up action-packed series
schedule

By Tom Lathen
WORLD Dirt Racing League

(Gilman City, MO) The WORLD Dirt Racing League PolyDome Late Model Series
has unveiled its tentative 2007 schedule. This year's "WORLD Tour" consists
of 27 race nights in the states of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and Illinois.

"Although it took a little longer than we anticipated to get things firmed
up, we are extremely pleased with this year's schedule," commented series
founder and President Jim Wilson. "Again this year, we have worked very hard
to, as much as possible, tie series events together to make things
manageable for our race teams, series officials, and fans."

Added Wilson, "We are looking forward to a very exciting 2007 season."

Four first-time venues, Dubuque Speedway in Dubuque, Iowa, Eagle Raceway
near Eagle, Nebraska, Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, and Quad City
Raceway in East Moline, Illinois, are included on the 2007 slate of events.
Dubuque Speedway's exciting high-banked 3/8-mile oval will be the venue for
Simmons Promotions' annual "Rumble on the River" over Memorial Day weekend.
The two-night event will feature qualifying and a $2,000 to win Race of
Champions on Sunday night, May 27, with the following night, May 28,
featuring the $7,000 to win 100-lap "Rumble" feature event.

A 50-lap $5,000 to win event on Friday night, June 8, will be held at Eagle
Raceway's state-of-the-art 1/3-mile high-banked bullring
, with Highway 3
Raceway and Quad City Raceway hosting back-to-back events on Sunday and
Monday, September 2 and 3. Highway 3 Raceway is a semi-banked ½-mile oval,
with Quad City Raceway featuring a fan-friendly ¼-mile high- banked oval.
Another highlight of the 2007 schedule is the prestigious ninth-annual
"Masters" at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin. The two-night
event at the high-banked 3/8-mile facility will feature a $5,000 to win main
event on Friday, June 15, with a whopping $10,000 top prize on the line for
the following night's 50-lap marquee event.

Leading up the "Masters" are series events on June 13 and 14 at Red Cedar
Speedway in Menomonie, Wisconsin and Superior Speedway in Superior
Wisconsin, with a series event at Eagle Valley Speedway in Jim Falls,
Wisconsin scheduled for Sunday, July 17, directly following the annual west
central Wisconsin event.

Series drivers will make a second trip to the Badger state of Wisconsin on
Wednesday and Thursday, August 1 and 2 with back-to-back return visits to
Superior Speedway and Cedar Lake Speedway. Both venues will feature 50-lap
$5,000 to win main events, leading up to Cedar Lake's non-sanctioned USA
Nationals, scheduled for August 3-4.


The fabled Davenport Speedway in Davenport, Iowa will host the WDRL's
season-opener on Friday night, April 6, as well as the two-night curtain
closer on Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6. The early October event will
consist of two complete series programs, with Friday night's 20-lap main
event paying $2,500 to the winner and Saturday night's 50-lap feature
offering a paycheck of $7,500 to the winner.

Three nights of racing are also scheduled at West Liberty Raceway in West
Liberty, Iowa this season. Series drivers will attack the Muscatine County
Fairgrounds ½-mile on Saturday, April 7 for a $5,000 to win event, with the
revival of the "Liberty 100" scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 21
and 22. "Liberty 100" qualifying will be held on Friday night, with the
100-lap $7,000 to win feature event scheduled for the following night.
PolyDome Late Model Series drivers will invade "The Sprint Car Capitol of
the World," Knoxville Raceway on Friday, April 27, a night after the first
of two series appearances on the ½-mile at Freeport Raceway Park in
Freeport, Illinois. The second series event at Freeport is scheduled for
Wednesday night, August 8.

Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas will again host the annual "Late
Model Showdown" on Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29. The
back-to-back $3,000 and $5,000 to win events are scheduled to coincide with
the NASCAR Busch and Nextel Cup events at Kansas Speedway the same weekend.

Again this season, Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minnesota will host
the annual "Labor Day Dual," featuring the open-wheeled Modifieds of the
United States Modified Touring Series on the same card with the WORLD Dirt
Racing League Late Models. The 50-lap WDRL feature event, set for Saturday
September 1, will pay $5,000 to the winner.

Series drivers will make their second consecutive appearance at Boone County
Raceway in Albion, Nebraska on Sunday July 22.
The $5,000 to win event on the
tight 3/8-mile semi-banked oval will be a part of the annual Boone County
Fair.


According to Wilson, additional series events may be added to this year's
WDRL schedule in the next few weeks.
"Although scheduling for 2007 is nearly complete, we still see this as a
'working' schedule," he stressed. "We are still talking with a couple of
promoters and hope to be able to find dates that will work for their
facilities as well as for the series."

2007 WORLD DIRT RACING LEAGUE "WORLD TOUR"

Fri. April 6 Davenport Speedway, Davenport IA - 40 Laps $5000
Sat. April 7 West Liberty Raceway, West Liberty IA - 50 Laps $5000
Thu. April 26 Freeport Raceway Park, Freeport IL - 40 Laps $5000
Fri. April 27 Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville IA - 40 Laps $5000
Sat. May 26 Echo Valley Speedway, West Union IA - 50 Laps $5000
Sun. May 27 Dubuque County Speedway, Dubuque IA - "Race of Champions" - 20
Laps $2000
Sun. May 28 Dubuque County Speedway, Dubuque IA - "Rumble by the River" -
100 Laps $7000
Fri. June 8 Eagle Raceway, Eagle Nebraska - 50 Laps $5000
Wed. June 13 Red Cedar Speedway, Menomonie WI - 50 Laps $5000
Thu. June 14 Superior Speedway, Superior Wisconsin - 50 Laps $5000
Fri. June 15 Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond WI - "The Masters" - 50 Laps
$5000
Sat. June 16 Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond WI - "The Masters" - 50 Laps
$10000
Sun. June 17 Eagle Valley Speedway, Jim Falls WI - 50 Laps $5000
Sat. July 21 TBA
Sun. July 22 Boone County Speedway, Albion NE - 50 Laps $5000
Wed. August 1 Superior Speedway, Superior WI - 50 Laps $5000
Thu. August 2 Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond WI - 50 Laps $5000
Wed. August 8 Freeport Raceway Park, Freeport IL - 40 Laps $5000
Sat. September 1 Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley MN - 50 Laps $5000
Sun. September 2 Highway 3 Raceway, Allison IA - 30 Laps $4000
Mon. September 3 Quad City Raceway, East Moline IL - 50 Laps $5000
Fri. September 21 West Liberty Raceway, West Liberty IA - "Liberty 100"
Qualifying
Sat. September 22 West Liberty Raceway, West Liberty IA - "Liberty 100" -
100 Laps $7000
Fri. September 28 Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City KS - 30 Laps $3000
Sat. September 29 Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City KS - 50 Laps $5000
Fri. October 5 Davenport Speedway, Davenport IA - 20 Laps $2500
Sat. October 6 Davenport Speedway, Davenport IA - 50 Laps $7500

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