Below are lead-ins to various press releases
regarding the highly anticipated Mopar Million. Click on any
release for the full story.
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ROSSBURG, Ohio (January 28) --
Eldora Speedway’s recently announced Sprint Million has
a new name. The historic event, offering one-million dollars
in prize money to non-winged Sprints over the weekend of September
19 and 20, 2003, will officially be known as The Mopar Million
Sprint at Eldora from this point forward. <more>
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Jan. 30) --
Eldora Speedway promoter Earl Baltes and the United States Auto
Club (USAC) have entered into a monumental accord. The Indianapolis
based organization, entering its 48th year of operation, has
been chosen by Baltes as the sanctioning body of choice for
his historic Eldora Sprint Million, to be contested over the
weekend of September 19 and 20, 2003 at his nationally known
southwestern Ohio speed plant. <more>
ROSSBURG, Ohio (March 4) -- For
many years, non-winged Sprint Car racing has taken a back seat
to winged Sprint Cars in the world of ‘big-money’
events. But that has taken a dramatic change with the recent
announcement of Earl Baltes’ Mopar Million Sprint at Eldora
(Speedway), and apparently the message has been heard loud and
clear, and is being well-received. <more>
ROSSBURG, Ohio (March 21) -- It
may appear on the schedule as just another race meet at Eldora
Speedway, but the April 5 invasion of the United States Auto
Club (USAC) Sprint division carries multiple plots and storylines.
<more>
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May 2) -- Sprint car teams around the nation
are anxiously checking their mail boxes - and rightfully so.
Entry forms for the unprecedented September 19 & 20 MOPAR
Million Sprint at Eldora were mailed this week from the Eldora
Speedway offices. <more>
ROSSBURG, Ohio (July 30) -- The
wait is over. Eldora Speedway promoter Earl Baltes has released
the much anticipated entry list for the most challenging promotion
he has designed in his 50 years of ruling over America’s
most visible speed plant - the Mopar Million Sprint at Eldora.
<more>
ROSSBURG, OH (Aug. 11) -- Getting
into September’s Mopar Million Sprint at Eldora Speedway
is going to be no easy task for any of the 150 entered teams.
The complicated formula for the rich September 19 and 20, run
under the sanctioning eye of the United States Auto Club (USAC),
event is very fan-friendly, but grueling for the teams. <more>
ROSSBURG,
OH (Aug. 30) -- There is little doubt that the loudest bragging
rights that accompany a victory in the upcoming Mopar Million
Sprint at Eldora will go to the winning driver, but there are
many “battles within the battle”. <more>
CENTER
LINE, Mich. (Sept 3) - In less than three weeks the Mopar Million
Sprint at Eldora will commence, bringing the start of one of
the most anticipated events in sprint car racing history. The
event is one-of-a-kind, with an unprecedented $1 million purse,
international interest, and some of the most prestigious names
in the sport. <more>
ROSSBURG, OH (Sept. 12) -- Interest in the upcoming Mopar Million
Sprint at Eldora continues to escalate. The unprecedented September
19 and 20 Eldora Speedway event, which carries a hefty one million
dollar payoff for non-winged Sprint Cars, has attracted 150
paid car entries and now the fans are jumping on board. <more>
