Baton Rouge Raceway & Pike County Speedway set to kick off 2006 SUPR Late Model season!

Baton Rouge Raceway and Pike County Speedway set to kick off
2006 SUPR Late Model season!!!

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (February 20, 2006) – The 2006 O’Reilly SUPR Late Model Championship season gets underway this weekend with a big doubleheader weekend at Baton Rouge Raceway and Pike County Speedway. Now in it’s 17^th season of sanctioning dirt late model racing in the gulf south, the O’Reilly Auto Parts back Southern United Professional Racing (SUPR) series’ 2006 Championship season is the most ambitious to date with 40 races scheduled in six states and for the first-time ever the series will crown three regional champions in addition to the series champion.

The racing season starts Friday night, February 24^th at Baton Rouge Raceway with the 2^nd Annual Cajun Classic. The race will feature the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models competing in a 50-lap main event. The O’Reilly SUPR Late Model competitors will draw for starting position and will earn passing points passed on start and finishing position in the heat races. The top sixteen competitors will transfer to the main event with the remaining drivers running last chance qualifiers to determine the final line-up of the 50-lap feature.

Joining the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models will be local racing divisions including the UMP Modifieds, Limited Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks. The gates open at 5:00 p.m. and the racing starts at 8:00 p.m. Grandstand admission is $15.00 for adults; $3 for children ages 7-12, ages 6 and under are free.

Baton Rouge Raceway will host an open practice session Thursday, February 23^rd to allow competitors a chance to break in their new race cars. The gates will open at 6:00 p.m. and the track will be open for laps from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. General admission will be free and pit passes will be $15.00.

The action will then shift just across the border to the big 3/8^th mile oval at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Mississippi . Pike County Speedway will open its gates for the first time in 2006 with the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models headlining the show on Saturday night, February 25^thwith another action packed 50-lap feature. Joining the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models will be local racing action including UMP Modifieds, Crate motor Late Models, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks. The gates will open at 4:00 p.m. and the racing starts at 8:00 p.m.

Each of this weekend’s races will be included in the Gulf South region, a 12 race series within the 40 race series that will crown a champion in competition to be hosted at five tracks, Baton Rouge Raceway, Pike County Speedway, Deep South Speedway in Loxley, Alabama, Columbus (MS) Speedway and Simpson County Speedway in D’Lo, Mississippi.

For more information regarding the 2006 O’Reilly SUPR Late Model Series please visit our weeb site at www.suprracing.com or contact the SUPR offices at 225-275-5040.

The O’Reilly SUPR Late Models would like to thank our 2006 sponsors: AFCO, B&K Underground, Bert Transmissions, Brodix, Dura-Lite Racing Wheels, Frankland Racing Supplies, GRT Race Cars, Hinchman Uniforms, Hoosier Tires Southwest, J&J Motorsports, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Marlee’s Embroidery, Master Vac, Mid State Golf Carts, Peterson Aluminum, Trick Wild, Wall2Wall Performance Engines and Xtreme Graphics.

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