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« on: August 15, 2007, 04:33:14 PM »
SPEEDWAY PARTNERS TAKE APC 300 TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Sponsor Coalition Adds Over $12,000.00 in Prizing to the Great Canadian Race!

 

August 15, 2007

For Immediate Release

John Houghton

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McColl Racing Enterprises, United Floors, Restoration Masters, Auto Trim Design, Larry Knott Fibreglass and APC / CANUSA have partnered together to drastically ramp up the prizing for the APC 300.  The new prizing will heavily benefit drivers who may not win the race, but still have a good showing:

 

- One prize up for grabs will be a bare Late Model chassis from McColl Racing Enterprises.  The chassis is being presented in conjunction with Restoration Masters & United Carpet.  The approximate value of this prize is over $5,500.00.  The chassis is the primary component in the construction of a new Late Model car.

 

- Larry Knott Fibreglass Fabrication is offering up $1,000.00 gift certificate.  Knott Fibreglass is responsible for many of the fiberglass bodies seen on the race track.

 

- AutoTrim Design will be offering $1,000.00 decaling package; AutoTrim Design is responsible for many of the decaling on the race cars and signs around the facility.

 

The best part?  These prizes will be given by random draw of the drivers who start the final feature.  This means that any driver who shows up to race in the event will have the opportunity to get in on the prizes, not just the winners!

 

Furthermore, APC will give every driver who attempts to qualify a $100.00 gift certificate to be used at any APC store.  If 40 cars arrive for the APC 300 this could be a potential additional $4,000.00 available to competitors.

 

“This is a fantastic opportunity for our racers to get some prizing who might not win the race.” said race director Jeff Wilcox,  “It’s very exciting to see companies getting together to help out on these events in a way that directly benefits the competitors.”

 

Not to leave the top finishers out, on top of the $10.000.00 to win, the top 3 finishers will receive a commemorative customized APC 300 bar fridge; a way to remember a Great Canadian Race for a long time!

 

“This is an example of what speedway supporters can achieve by coming together,” said Luke Ramsay of APC / CANUSA.  “We want to make this the super bowl of Late Model racing in Canada.  This is the big one.  We want the best guys from all over putting the best against the best.”

 

The coalition of sponsors may be able to do just that: all told, the increase is over $12,000.00 above the original purse bringing the new purse total to $47,750.00 in money and prizing available directly to the competitors.  With prizing spread throughout the field, anyone with a Late Model car will be taking a serious look at this race.

 

The APC 300 is the crowing jewel of Late Model racing in Canada.  Held annually at Delaware Speedway the event is rich with history and is the top Late Model racing prize in the country.  The event is the culmination of the Great Canadian Race Weekend taking place August 31-September 2.  The APC 300 will run on Sunday September 2.

 

The event settles both the coveted Delaware Speedway track championship and the Weekend Warrior Series Cup in the first two segments.  The final 150 laps is a no-holds barred pedal to the metal race to the finish! 

 

Weekend pass pricing has been announced for the weekend: the pass will be just $45 and will give general admission to all three days.  Pricing for Friday and Saturday has also been adjusted to regular Friday event prices.  Kids 12 & under will be free to all three days.  These adjustments combined with free camping make Delaware Speedway the place to be on the long weekend!

 

For more information visit www.delawarespeedway.com.

 


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Re: APC 300
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2007, 04:39:24 PM »
Shweet! great to see everyoine stepping up. I was already pumped but it just got better.

The APC 300 is the crowing jewel of Late Model racing in Canada. 

Does this mean the losers have to eat crow?

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2007, 09:35:14 PM »
Great news, I hope this gets a few more cars out.

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2007, 12:11:08 AM »
Well if it doesn't encourage more cars to come then nothing will!!!

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2007, 12:57:35 PM »
The APC 300 is the crowing jewel of Late Model racing in Canada.  Held annually at Delaware Speedway the event is rich with history and is the top Late Model racing prize in the country.

"rich with history"? After two years??

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2007, 01:04:54 PM »
"rich with history"? After two years??

Ahem...

Twenty seven years.

APC 300's current format is just the latest incarnation.

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2007, 01:02:40 AM »
"rich with history"? After two years??

Ahem...

Twenty seven years.

APC 300's current format is just the latest incarnation.

Shadow's got it.  I'll give you a clue:  Look to your right next time you get your ticket ripped and go through the spectators tunnel. ;D

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2007, 01:51:31 AM »
Wasn't the Labor Day race a 500-lapper up until '98 or '99?

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2007, 07:01:57 AM »
Wasn't the Labor Day race a 500-lapper up until '98 or '99?

I think it was a 1/4 mile back then wasn't it. ;D

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2007, 09:47:38 AM »
I cannot remember a race at Delaware ever being longer than 300 laps, modern day it was the McKerlie Millen for super lates...then Cascar`s Labour Day Classic. The speedway was changed from a 1/4 to a 1/2 by Jack Greedy in the real early seventys and the supermods ran thier last season there in 73 I believe and they never ran any long distance shows beyond 100 or so laps even when the ISMA cars came in the 80`s...The APC 300 format is very entertaining for the fans and that is who pays freight so keep up the good work Wilcox....other than Oswego , Delaware is the only place for labour day.

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2007, 09:53:14 AM »
Wasn't the Labor Day race a 500-lapper up until '98 or '99?

Not exactly. Here's the brief history:

Started in 81. I believe it was just called the Labor Day 200. Don Beiderman won it. Then the year after in 82, they got the backing from McKerlie Millen. Earl Ross won that one and was credited with winning the inaugural one...except it wasn't...it was just the inaugural one sponsored by McKerlie Millen. (Don wouldn't be able to defend in 82 because he was under suspension that Labor day. Someone else drove the car...Ed Howe I think)

It goes like this for a few years as a 200 lapper, and the format was usually time trials, heats, then the 200 lapper. (plus Street Stocks) They played around with having a challenge race on the Saturday night a few years, but it was mainly a one day event for SLM. Friday and Sat were were showcasing the regular divisions pretty much the same was they do now. (stretching a night's racing over 2 nights ;)...apparently some brainiac decided that the low rung divisions couldn't run doubleheaders at Delaware.)

So with the advent of the CASCAR Late Model and the decline of the Super Late Model, it was decided around 89 or so to split the 200 into 2 segments, 100 CASCAR and 100 SLM. It was quite disappointing. SLM had rough turnouts. CASCAR had great turnouts, but only about 7 guys finished the first race, and they were all strung out at the end. (Remember up till then there was no super series and these cars had only ever done 25 lap features before.) George Wall won the first CASCAR section. The 2 segment McKerlie race lasted 2 years I believe.

So now the Cascar Super Series is taking shape. By the time 91 or 92 rolls around, there's no more Super Lates on the program. CASCAR is booming, and they decide to make it a 300 instead of a 200. (there might've been a couple years it was a 250...don't hold me to it) McKerlies is gone, Car Quest is in. And it only takes a year or 2 for the Labor Day weekend to blossom into something even cooler than it had already been.

These are the ones the guys on this board seem to remember most. Pit Stop competitions in Victoria Park. Panel shows at the local pubs. BIG inserts in the London Free Press. The Great Canadian 500 Weekend. They'd do a pair of 100 lap heat races on the Thursday night, the usual Friday-night-show-stretched into-2-days till Saturday, then the big 300 on Sunday.

And so it goes. Del Drops CASCAR 2 years ago and concocts a new format for Labor Day...and were back (hallelujah) to having actual Late Models in the show! We've got the "Delaware guys" 75 lapper, this one to wrap up the Friday night Points Championship. Then the "Open" 75...for invaders. Then the 150 lap showdown, featuring x number of guys from each 75 lapper.

Is this format a hit? After 1 year, hard to say, but I think so. Last year was pretty exciting. Can't wait for this year's!

As an aside, it'd be nice, if anyone decided to take up the project, to update and upgrade the "wall of fame" that's inside the main entrance. I think it only goes up till 2000, and Beiderman should have his name up there too as the winner of the 81 race.

And actually, if anyones got an old program or something that mentions Beider winning that race, speak up eh? All I can tell you is he won it and it was written about (he won in a borrowed/rented car...maybe Russ Urlin's) Thus far, its undocumented, and Tony N never kept the records from this stuff. I'd love to be able to back it up with something more than just "Shadow said so."

So...how's that for a morning coffee ramble?  :D

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2007, 10:17:23 AM »
I think it was a 1/4 mile back then wasn't it. ;D

That was back before the dinosaurs.

You'd have been just a teen then.

 ;D

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2007, 11:13:20 AM »
I remember it being a 150 lap CASCAR sportsman race for a year or two. I believe it was 2002 that Steve Robblee started 38th and won.

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Re: APC 300
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2007, 02:19:29 PM »
I believe we had the Cascar Sportsman show in replacement of the CASCAR SUPERSERIES who ventured to the Vancouver Grand Prix on Labourday.  They still ran the 300 at the end of the month

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