National Championship Racing Association

NCRA Sprint Times Three over Memorial Day Weekend
 
 
PARK CITY, Kan. (May 20, 2007) – In addition to picnics and barbeque, Memorial Day weekend this year means three days of wheel-to-wheel sprint car action with the O’Reilly NCRA Sprint Car Series, presented by ICM/Ethanol.
 
The 360 winged warriors make their first-ever appearance May 25 at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb., for the first of two shows in the Cornhusker State.  
 
In the middle of the holiday weekend package the series returns to Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, Neb., on May 26. In their first-ever visit to North Platte last year, defending series champion Garry Lee Maier led all 25 green-flag laps for the win.
 
The racing weekend comes to a close at the WaKeeney (Kan.) Speedway on May 27, where Tony Bruce Jr. and Jason Johnson each took checkers last season.
 
Don Droud Jr., driving for Ochs Racing out of Jetmore, Kan., won the May 12 Steve King Memorial Race at Dodge City (Kan.) Raceway Park the last time out for the series. With the win, Droud slipped in front of Chuck Swenson to take over the point lead by 10 markers. Swenson won the April 12 season opener at Nebraska Raceway Park.
 
Two-time defending series champion Maier, seeking his fourth title overall, was ninth in the opener but collided with Mike Chadd at Dodge City on the second lap of the feature. Maier wasn’t able to continue and it currently seventh in the standings.
 
Rounding out the top 10 in points after two shows are Stu Snyder (3rd), Preston Peebles II (4th), Mike Chadd (5th), Mike Peters (6th), Derek Drown (8th), Patrick Bourke (9th) and C.J. Johnson (10th).
 
For more information about the NCRA sprint car series, either visit the NCRA Web site at www.ncraracing.org or call the NCRA office at (316) 755-1781.