Local track has plans for three-day, four-wheel event

Oval-track racing takes a week off at Auto Tire and Parts Racepark Aug. 23, 24 and 25 for the Maxxis Grand National ATV Series, an event expected to feature big-name riders on the four-wheel racing series.

The three-day event is one of only six of its kind scheduled nationally this year.

The schedule starts Aug. 23 with the Shorttrack Nationals, an event for the pro division worth $1,000 to the winner. Riders that night will use the existing 3/8-mile oval track, which track officials say will mean speeds of up to 90 mph for top ATVs.

A day later the track hosts the TT Road Course Nationals, which will use the motocross track situated inside the oval track. A purse of $10,000 will be up for grabs Saturday.

The final day of the event will feature amateur competition finals.

More info is at www.autotireandpartsracepark.com or www.atvonline.com, or at 471-5187.

Back in action

After being closed for about a month for repairs at the track, Fredericktown Raceway will reopen Friday with UMP late models, RAMS mini stocks, pro streets and pure streets.

Out of action

Sammy Potashnick of Sikeston didn't get a chance to qualify for last week's Bush Series race in Colorado because of a concussion he received in an off-the-track mishap Friday. Potashnick fell in the transporter on the way to the track from Charlotte, N.C., and hit his head. He was scheduled to drive Jay Robinson's No. 49 car.

The local line

ASCS: Joey Montgomery of Fredericktown finished second to Tim Crawley in the ASCS sprint event Saturday at West Plains Speedway.

MEMPHIS: Billy James of Sikeston won the late model feature Friday at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park.

MILAN: Allan Rettig of Sikeston won the late model special event Saturday at Milan (Tenn.) Raceway. Billy James was second and Todd Hall of Charleston fifth. Other local finishers: Nathan Rettig of Sikeston was second in the fast street stock class and Greg King of Sikeston was fifth in modifieds.

PADUCAH: Hall finished sixth Friday in the late model class at Paducah (Ky.) Raceway.

ST. FRANCOIS CO.: Tommy Worley Jr. of Bismarck won the sprint feature Saturday after a close race with Tim Montgomery of Fredericktown. Casey Barnhouse was third. Other winners: Mike Crader (modifieds), Kenny Harris (hobby) and Junior Ferguson (600cc multis).

In last Wednesday's late model event, Terry English of Benton, Ky., won the feature. Scott Weber of Belleville, Ill., won in modifieds.

What's ahead

The Gordonville Fire District Booster Club will host mud racing at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Gordonville Park as part of the club's picnic. Classes are stock, super stock and modified and include ATVs and four-wheel-drive trucks. Info: 335-1938.

West Plains Speedway will pay $5,000 to win Saturday in the 40-lap Show Me Modified Showdown for open-wheel modifieds.

Paducah Raceway will pay $5,000 to win in the World 50 for late models Aug. 9.

Quickly

Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway near Calvert City, Ky., has been sold to the Tullar family, which owns Patti's 1880s Settlement, a restaurant near Grand Rivers. No changes to the track or schedule have been announced.