Monday, January 26, 2009

NCRA Opens 360 Season with Eagle Icebreaker

PARK CITY, KAN. (January 25, 2009) - On the heels of their year end season
awards banquet, officials with the O'Reilly/National Championship Racing
Association have announced the schedule for their 360 sprint car series,
which will be celebrating 20th season in 2009.

The 360 sprint car division opens the season on Saturday night, March 28, at
Eagle Raceway in Eagle, Nebraska with the running of the tracks "Ice Breaker
Challenge." It will be the only event currently scheduled for the 1/3 mile
highbanked dirt oval.

Second stop on the tour will be the first of three events at the home of the
NCRA, 81 Speedway in Park City, Kansas.

One month later the sprinters get back in action with their first and only
appearance of the season at the Jetmore Motorplex in Jetmore, Kansas on
Saturday night, June 21.

A busy month of July kicks off on Saturday night, July 18, at the beautiful
Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City, Kansas. One week later it will be off
to the 53rd Annual Hutchinson Nationals at the Hutchinson Fairgrounds in
Kansas on July 25. Then on Thursday night, July 30 it will be the first and
only appearance of the season at the famed Belleville Highbanks before
heading south down Hwy. 81 to 81 Speedway for a Friday night event to wrap
up the month of July.

Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, Nebraska will host the sprints on
Saturday night, August 22 before the Silver Anniversary season ends on
Saturday night, October 3, at 81 Speedway.

While nine dates are scheduled at this time, additional dates are expected
in the coming weeks. To schedule an O'Reilly/NCRA 360 sprint car event, to
climb aboard as presenting sponsor or contingency sponsor for the 2009 race
season, contact the NCRA office (316) 755-1781.

The National Championship Racing Association is entering it's 39th season of
sanctioning dirt track races, this year in five different states in its
sprint car, modified and late model divisions combined. The 2009 race season
will see the series' sprint car division compete for the 20th consecutive
year. To learn more on the history of NCRA, rules, schedules and more, log
on to their official website http://www.ncraracing.org/. To schedule an NCRA
event, climb aboard as contingency partner or for any questions concerning
the series, contact the office (316) 755-1781.

The O'Reilly/NCRA would like to thank the following sponsors and contingency
for their support: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Cherokee Casino - Resort, Hoosier
Racing Tire, Sunoco/Simons Petroleum, Arizona Sports Shirts, Triple X Race
Company, Racetech, Brodix, Vertex Magnetos, Outerwears, KSE, Maxim Chassis,
Saldana Racing Products, Weld Racing Motorsports, Winters Performance, Eagle
Chassis, QA1, Ultra-Shield, Taylor Wires, Auto Meter, Schoenfeld Headers,
Racing Optics and Design 500.

360 Sprint Cars

March 28 Eagle Raceway Eagle, Nebraska May 3 81 Speedway Park City, Kansas
June 21 Jetmore Motorplex Jetmore, Kansas July 18 Dodge City Raceway Park
Dodge City, Kansas July 25 Hutchinson Nationals Hutchinson, Kansas July 30
Belleville Highbanks Belleville, Kansas July 31 81 Speedway Park City,
Kansas Aug 22 Mid-Nebraska Speedway Doniphan, Nebraska Oct 3 81 Speedway
Park City, Kansas

Past NCRA 360 Sprint Car Champions

2008 Mike Peters 2007 Garry Lee Maier 2006 Garry Lee Maier 2005 Garry Lee
Maier 2004 Mike Woodruff 2003 Steve King 2002 Steve King 2001 Dennis Park
2000 C.J. Johnson 1999 Jon Johnson 1998 Jon Johnson 1997 Dennis Park 1996
Dennis Park 1995 Larry Neighbors/Kirby Hagens 1994 Kevin Ramey 1993 Mike
Chadd 1992 Scott Brown 1991 Garry Lee Maier 1990 John Blurton

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