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St Route 118 | New Weston | OH | 45348
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ELDORA
SPEEDWAY ON TRACK FOR SELL-OUT OF JUNE 4 OLD SPICE PRELUDE TO
THE DREAM
Get Your Seats Now
or Prepare to Order the LIVE Broadcast of the All-Star Dirt
Late Model Race on HBO Pay-Per-View
ROSSBURG, Ohio (May
13, 2008) – Ticket renewals for the fourth annual Old
Spice Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway are ahead of schedule,
pointing to another sell-out of the all-star dirt late model
race featuring 25 world renown drivers.
For those who want
to see the Old Spice Prelude to the Dream in person, tickets
are available online at www.EldoraSpeedway.com or by calling
the track office (937) 338-3815. Act fast – the race has
sold out in each of its three previous years and only a few
thousand general admission tickets remain.
Last year, nearly
20,000 fans sitting in the track’s grandstands watched
Carl Edwards hold off strong charges from Kyle Busch and Jeff
Gordon to take his first win at the half-mile clay oval in Rossburg,
Ohio. Those unable to secure a ticket to last year’s event
watched live on HBO Pay-Per-View, with the collective audience
raising $800,000 for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and the
Tony Stewart Foundation.
Those three drivers
and more will be back for this year’s event, as will HBO
Pay-Per-View, with the goal to raise $1 million to support construction
of Victory Junction Gang Camp II in Kansas City, as well as
the Tony Stewart Foundation.
Two-time and reigning
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is a newcomer
who will join Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Matt
Kenseth, Mark Martin, Denny Hamlin, Bobby Labonte and others
as they pilot 2,300-pound dirt late model stock cars capable
of putting out over 800 horsepower.
“The Prelude
is a fun, but unbelievably competitive race,” said Stewart,
a multi-time racing champion and proud owner of Eldora Speedway.
“Last year’s race was probably the best yet as Carl
Edwards held off Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon for the win.
“Eldora has
always tried to go above and beyond for its fans, and last year
with the addition of HBO Pay-Per-View, people across the country
got to see what racing at Eldora is all about. HBO Pay-Per-View
is back this year, and thanks to our partners at Old Spice,
we’re ready to top the $800,000 we raised last year.”
The live, commercial-free
broadcast will begin at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT), with an immediate
replay and subsequent replays throughout the week and the following
weekend. HBO Pay-Per-View’s racing telecast has a suggested
retail price of $24.95 and is available to more than 61 million
pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier
of event programming in the pay-per-view industry. Ordering
information and up-to-the minute racing information is available
at www.hbo.com.
In addition to the
aforementioned drivers, J.J. Yeley, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman,
Bill Elliott, Dave Blaney, David Reutimann, Robby Gordon, Aric
Almirola, Ron Capps, Cruz Pedregon, Ray Evernham, Red Farmer,
Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace have also committed to the Old
Spice Prelude to the Dream.
Drivers from all
types of disciplines, some with lots of dirt track experience
and others with hardly any, will participate in hot laps, qualifying,
heat races and the 30-lap feature, all of which will be televised
live HBO Pay-Per-View.
With no points and
no pressure, the Old Spice Prelude to the Dream is a throwback
race, allowing drivers to step back in time and compete for
the reasons they all went racing in the first place –
pride and a trophy. And they’ll do it on the same surface
that racing legends A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti competed on
nearly 50 years ago.
“Tony Stewart’s
support has been huge for Victory Junction,” said NASCAR
veteran Kyle Petty, who together with wife Pattie founded the
Victory Junction Gang Camp in memory of their late son Adam.
“Tony was one of the first drivers to get on board with
us, and beyond the money he and his foundation has donated to
the camp, he’s brought notoriety, which has helped fuel
interest in the camp. Now, there’s so much interest that
four years after opening the camp in Randleman, N.C., we need
to open a second camp.
“The Victory
Junction Gang Camp II in Kansas City will allow us to serve
more kids, but also allow more kids from the West Coast and
the middle of the country to enjoy camp. If a family is in California
or Nevada or Washington, the costs to get them to North Carolina
are almost double. By having a second Victory Junction Gang
Camp in Kansas City, we’ll be able to bring what we’ve
built in North Carolina a little closer to kids in the rest
of the country.
“What last
year’s Prelude did for the camp was unbelievable,”
continued Petty. “It was an incredibly cool event that
raised a lot of money. Tony Stewart has always been a big supporter
of the camp, and the event that he’s created with the
Prelude and its broadcast on HBO Pay-Per-View has become one
of the camp’s biggest contributors. And as we get ready
to break ground on Victory Junction Gang Camp II in Kansas City,
the Prelude’s impact on our overall goal at Victory Junction
– enriching the lives of children with chronic medical
conditions or serious illnesses – is even greater.”
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For More Information, Contact:
Kellye Arning
True Speed Communication
770.924.5088 or Kellye.Arning@TrueSpeedCommunication.com
