OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Sept. 29) - Officials
from RL Promotions and the Southern Iowa
Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa are readying one
final extravaganza to end the 2008 season
with a bang as the Mahaska County Half-Mile
Monster comes alive for the 22nd Annual
MUSCO Lighting Fall Challenge on Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 10-11.
More than $40,000 in four classes up for
grabs.
The event will feature the "cream of the
crop" in all four USRA-sanctioned classes-Modifieds,
Stock Cars, B-Mods and Hobby Stocks-with a
twist on the payoff that will see the cream
rise to the top in each division.
Each of the four classes will race for
$1,000 to win on Friday and each class will
race for $1,500 to win on Saturday!
The 22nd Annual MUSCO Lighting Fall
Challenge will feature some of the best
drivers and teams that each division has to
offer, and the fans will get to enjoy a
complete show each night. All drivers in
each class will draw each night for heat
race starting positions.
On Friday night, pita gates open at 4
p.m. and grandstands will open at 4:30, with
hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7.
On Saturday, pit gates open at 3 p.m.
with grandstands opening at 3:30, hot laps
at 5:30 and the mud starts flying at 6 p.m.
All seats are general admission, so get
there early!
Camping sites with hook-ups are available
at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds.
There is no USRA license requirement to
compete in this blockbuster event, but
licensed drivers will be racing for national
points on the next-to-last weekend of points
for the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly
Racing Series. With tight points battles
emerging, nearly every one of the top-10
drivers in each class are expected as
officials are readying the pit areas for a
possible 150 cars or more.
Drivers may view additional information
and download an entry form at
.
Defending MUSCO Lighting Fall Challenge
champions are Dean Mahlstedt of Clear Lake (Modifieds),
Bobby Greiner Jr. of Ottumwa (Stock Cars),
Ken Bryant of Ottumwa (B-Mods) and Bill
Gibson of Knoxville (Hobby Stocks).
For more information call the RL
Promotions offices at
(515) 832-6000. The Southern Iowa
Speedway is located 0.5 mile west of US 63
on SR 92 ("A" Ave. W), then four blocks
north on N. I St. (at the Southern Iowa
Fairgrounds). For day-of-race information,
call the track hotline at (507)
634-4281 or visit
