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$12,000 Alltel All-Star Declared In One More Week

Weedsport, NY — March 8, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director It all comes down to just one more week as votes continue to be cast from around the country to determine the inaugural Alltel All-Star. Voters have until Sunday, March 16 before the final ballots will be tabulated and one

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Advance Auto Parts Series Qualifying Format Finalized

Weedsport, NY — March 7, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director Qualifying procedures for the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series continue to follow a double standard in 2008 with heat race inversions after time trials once again shaping the Big-Block Modified starting grid for nearly every tour

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Integra Shocks Rewards Advance Series Fast Timer

Weedsport, NY — March 6, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director Integra Shocks has partnered with DIRTcar Racing and for the third straight year will continue to play an active role in point fund sponsorship of the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series during the 2008 race season.

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Hagerstown Leads Off 2008 Advance Auto Parts Series

Weedsport, NY — March 5, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director For the ninth consecutive year Hagerstown Speedway is scheduled to kick off the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series in Maryland. Launching the 10th straight year of active involvement by Roanoke, Virginia-based Advance Auto Parts, the 2008

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Mr. DIRTcar Track Bonus Points Needed

Weedsport, NY — March 4, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director The title of overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Champion remains recognized as one of the most prestigious designations a driver can hold in short-track auto racing today.

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Advance Aut Parts Series Stars Sign Autographs

Weedsport, NY — March 3, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Participation by many of the cars and stars from the DIRTcar Racing NorthEast circuit has only served to heightened anticipation for the arrival of Motorsports Expo ’08, March 7-9, in the Toyota Exhibit Center at the New York State Fairgrounds

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Alltel All-Star Contest Heating Up With Modified Votes

Weedsport, NY — February 25, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Residing in New Jersey and being ranked among the all-time winningest drivers in Garden State history are common threads that will forever link together Brett Hearn, Jimmy Horton and Billy Pauch. Throw into the mix New York State racer Dale

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Bob Dini Appointed DIRTcar NE Tech Director

Weedsport, NY — February 25, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Returning to a position that he helped create three years earlier, veteran tech inspector Bob Dini has been reappointed Director of Technical Operations for DIRTcar Racing NorthEast and will once again head the weekly inspection team as well as the

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2008 Mr. DIRTcar Street Stock Schedule Set

Weedsport, NY — February 22, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director With the start of the 33rd consecutive season of operation now officially underway, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast is ready to recognize a Mr. DIRTcar Champion in the UMP Street Stock division for a second straight year.

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2008 DIRTcar NE License Applications On-Line

Weedsport, NY — February 20, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Racers and team members preparing for the start of DIRTcar Racing’s 33rd consecutive season of operation can now obtain an official 2008 License Application by going on-line.

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Rain Washes Out Alltel DIRTcar Nationals Big-Block Practice

Barberville, FL — February 12, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director For the second straight year, heavy rain forced track officials to cancel practice day for the DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds as teams prepared for their debut Tuesday afternoon in the 37th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway

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10th Advance Auto Parts Series Opener At VSP

Barberville, FL — February 11, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director The 37th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals are finally here for the Big-Block Modifieds. The 2008 edition marks the 10th straight year of Advance Auto Parts partnership with the premier Modified Series in the Northeast so let the

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Alltel DIRTcar Nationals Set For Big-Block Opener

Barberville, FL — February 10, 2008 — By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director The 2008 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for the mighty Big-Block Modifieds kicks off the season down south with four non-point events as part of the 37th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park. Five

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Alan Johnson Returns In Sherlock Motorsports Ride

Weedsport, NY — February 8, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Some New Yorkers reach the age of 50 and depart for Florida looking for a new home. DIRTcar Big-Block Modified legend Alan Johnson will be thinking about only one thing when he heads toward the Sunshine State next week, and

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Troyer Driver Phelps Back On Track With H&H Motorsports

Weedsport, NY — February 7, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director *Alex Bruce/Jay Fish Photos Troyer Race Cars has been building dirt-style Modifieds since the first radically-designed Mud Buss was unveiled to the motorsports mainstream in 1981. Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series contender Jimmy Phelps was six years old when

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Advance Notices: 37th Alltel DIRTcar Nationals At Volusia

Weedsport, NY — February 6, 2008 — By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director WHAT Beginning the celebration of its 10th consecutive year of partnership, the 2008 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds kicks off the season down south with four non-point events as part of the 37th

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Fans Take Control in Alltel Wireless’ DIRTcar All-Star Contest

Concord, NC — Fans Take Control in Alltel Wireless’ DIRTcar All-Star Contest By Chris Dolack, VP PR/Media The 37th Annual Alltel DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park is filled with the world’s greatest dirt track racers. Now, fans can choose the best of the best as Alltel Wireless and the World Racing Group announced the

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‘Super Matt’ Sheppard Re-Signs With Ross Motorsports

Weedsport, NY — February 5, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director*Rick Young/Jay Fish Photos They share in common the same hometown of Waterloo, New York and a collegiate experience at the Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology, with each taking full advantage of a career opportunity that came their way in the

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Mohawk Int’l Raceway Inks Mr. DIRTcar 358 Race

Weedsport, NY — February 4, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Officials at Mohawk International Raceway, formerly known as Frogtown Int’l Speedway, have released an action-packed 2008 schedule highlighted by the return of the Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series to the popular Akwesasne (Hogansburg), N.Y. layout. The inaugural running of the

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Andres Mans The Mike On DIRT Radio Network

Weedsport, NY — January 31, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director*Mike Johnson/Bob Yurko Photos Nationally recognized SPEED commentator and popular track public address announcer Shane Andrews will take to the road in 2008 as the official voice of the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for a third consecutive year. In