5/30/2016
Alaska Raceway Park
Tesoro Inaugural Oval Debut - June 4
Alaska Raceway Park is excited to announce the June 4 Tesoro Inaugural Debut Race at our new 1/3-mile asphalt oval, sanctioned in February 2016 as a NASCAR Home Track in the Whelen All-American Series. The first 150 people through the gate get a free Tesoro hat.
NASCAR’s Whelen Series is a network of nearly 60 racetracks across North America, culminating in a national championship as well as U.S. state and Canadian province championships, rookies of the year, and track championships. Some of NASCAR’s winningest drivers began their careers in this series. Racers can start as young as 14. Alaska Raceway Park is one of three tracks to join NASCAR this year. This new track greatly expands racing opportunities for youth and adults in Alaska.
Racers have been testing and tuning at the new facility for a couple of weeks. Oval race classes include Late Model (stock-appearing mid- or full-sized coupes and sedans), Mini- Stock (production model cars or mini-trucks with inline four-cylinder engines), Street Stock (American-made hardtop production autos), Legends (5/8-scale replicas of American automobiles from the 1930s and ‘40s with Yamaha motorcycle engines), and Baby Grands (2/3-scale replicas of Nextel Cup Stock Cars with Yamaha motorcycle engines).
The schedule and other information can be found on our website at raceak.com. Oval track sponsors include Tesoro, Diversified Tire, The Odom Corporation, Weld Air, Pruhs Construction, Soper’s Concrete, Valley Block and Concrete, E-Terra LLC, Acutek Geomatics, New Horizons Telecom, J.D. Steel Co., Edmonds Import Auto, Vulcan Towing, and Element Automotive.
See the event listing here at raceak.com for times and tickets.
Submitted By: Heather McGee Lackey
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