2008 Late Model Schedule Released

Baton Rouge, LA – The 2008 O’Reilly Southern United Professional Racing (SUPR) Late Model schedule has been released and it features 38 races with plenty of special events included to spice-up the action. 2008 will see SUPR return to favorites like Fast Trax Speedway, Pike County Speedway, and Batesville Speedway. 2008 will see the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models go head to head with the Southern All Stars and the AMP series. It will feature another first with the O’Reilly Challenge being hosted at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri featuring all of the O’Reilly sponsored Late Model series including BOB, NCRA, MARS, MLRA, MSRA, SAS, SASE, TORA and SUPR. Add to that first time visits to Paris Motor Speedway and Greenville Speedway. 2008 will also make return visits to long time favorites Baton Rouge Raceway, I-30 Speedway, Champion Park Speedway, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Columbus Speedway, Houston Raceway Park, Golden Triangle formerly Motorama Speedway, ArkLaTex Speedway and Sabine Motor Speedway and looks to be one of the strongest schedules in recent years.

The 2008 schedule will begin earnest on Saturday, March 15th at Champion Park Speedway in Minden, Louisiana. The next weekend the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models will head to home of Mark Martin, Batesville, Arkansas and Batesville Speedway with two complete shows on Friday night March 21st and Saturday night, March 22nd.

April will kick off on the 12th with a first time visit to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi for the first of five events, followed by a trip to the Bayou State starting off Friday night April 18th at Baton Rouge Raceway in Baker, LA followed closely by a Saturday night show just up the road at Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, Mississippi on April 19th. The series will then travel to the Lone Star State for a weekend starting out Friday night April 25th at Golden Triangle Speedway (formerly Motoroma Speedway) in Beaumont, Texas and then travel a little further west to Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas on Saturday, April 26th.

ArkLaTex Speedway in Vivian, Louisiana will host the SUPR Late Models on Saturday, May 3rd with the cars making a return visit to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi for the 9th annual John L. Cliett Tribute on May 10th. The Saturday night show will see the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models compete against the O’Reilly Southern All Stars. The series will then travel south to Pike County Speedway on Saturday, May 17th. Memorial Day weekend will see the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models return to Sabine Motor Speedway in Many, Louisiana for the first time since 2003 on Friday, May 23rd, then on Saturday, May 24th head to Champion Park Speedway and finish up the three race weekend up on Sunday, May 25th at Fast Trax Speedway in Chatham, Louisiana.

June will start off with a two day event starting off Friday, June 6th at Baton Rouge Raceway and then travel to Pike County Speedway on June 7th. The O’Reilly Challenge will be next on the schedule as the series travels north to Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri on June 21st and 22nd, Friday night will include qualifying heat races and a special race of Champions, and it will consist of the latest two champions in each series invited to this special race. On Saturday there will be consolation races and a 51 lap main event to honor O’Reilly Auto Parts 51 year anniversary. The series will then travel to I-30 Speedway to challenge the Arkansas based AMP series on Friday, June 27th and Saturday, June 28th.

Fourth of July weekend will be a three day tour starting Thursday night July 3rd at the famous Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas and then on Friday July 4th travels east on I-20 to Champion Park Speedway in Minden, Louisiana and the final stop of the weekend will be at Fast Trax Speedway in Chatham, Louisiana on Sunday, July 5th. After a week off the SUPR Late Models will head to Greenville Speedway in Greenville, Mississippi for a challenge race with the Arkansas based AMP series. The SUPR Late Models conclude July by visiting Golden Triangle on Friday, July 25th and the 26th at Houston Raceway Park.

August will start off with its final 2008 visit and double header at I-30 Speedway on the 1st and 2nd. The series then moves to Pike County Speedway on the 16th. Labor Day weekend will be all work for the drivers and crews on the O’Reilly SUPR Late Model series with Greenville Speedway on Saturday, August 30th and then traveling to Champion Park where the Triple A Diesel ArkLaTex Regional Champion will be crowned on Sunday, August 31st.
 

The following weekend the series will visit Houston Raceway Park for the 7th Annual Longhorn Rumble on Saturday, Sept. 6th. Paris Motor Speedway will host it’s first ever SUPR Late Model event on Friday, September 19th with the 20th still to be determined. September will conclude in Texas at the Great American Speedway - Texas Motor Speedway on September 26th and 27th with two separate shows.

The month of October will start off with the final visit of 2008 to Pike County Speedway on Saturday, October 4th and then makes its final swing in the Lone Star State to crown the Barber Specialties East Texas Champion at Houston Raceway Park on October 11th. The season finale will be held at Baton Rouge Raceway on Saturday night October 17th. The 50 lap event will pay $2,500 to win and will see the crowning of the 2008 O’Reilly SUPR Late Model Champion as well as the MasterVac Gulf South Champion.

The Annual SUPR banquet will see the awarding of the overall champions check and the three regional champions checks in November.

Click here for the 2008 SUPR Late Model Schedule