Clayton Perry, promoter of the Jennings County Outlaw Kart Track located at the Jennings County 4-H Fairgrounds in North Vernon, has announced the 2020 race schedule, classes to be ran and the new Friday and Saturday night formats that will be utilized.
The first and third Fridays of each month will be points races. The Saturday scheduled events will be non-points races.
Perry has released the following info for the Friday and Saturday nights of racing.
For Friday night race, gates will open at 5 p.m., draw ends at 7 p.m., driver’s meeting is at 7:15 p.m., practice starts at 7:30 p.m., with racing to follow immediately after practice. Friday night races will have one round of practice by class in the same order as the nights racing program, then one round of eight-lap heats. Starting lineup for heats will be determined by draw. Then will be any B-Mains if needed, 10 laps for B-Mains. Then, one round of A-Main features, 15 laps, starting lineups determined by heat race finishes.
For Saturday races, gates open at 2 p.m., draw ends at 5 p.m., driver’s meeting at 5:15 p.m., practice starts at 5:30 p.m., with racing to follow immediately after practice. Saturday races will have one round of practice by class in the same order as the night’s racing program, then two rounds of eight-lap heats. First round of heats starting lineup will be determined by draw. Second round of heats starting lineup will be inverted from first-round starting positions. Example: if you start first in the first round, you’ll start last in the second round). Then, any B-Mains if needed, followed by one round of A-Main features, 15 laps. Starting positions will be determined by average finish in both heats.
The 2020 classes will include Rookies, Jr 2 Clone, Jr 3 Clone, 340 Clone, 380 Clone, 400 Clone, Beginner Boxstock Outlaw Winged, Boxstock Outlaw Winged, Intermediate Outlaw Winged, Open Outlaw Winged, Flatheads, RWYB, Limited open, Youth Predator Champs, Jr Champs and Sr Champs.
The 2020 Jennings Outlaw Kart Track schedule:
- March 6: practice
- March 20: opening night (non-points)
- April 3: points race No. 1
- April 17: points race No. 2
- May 1: points race No. 3
- May 15: points race No. 4
- May 29: non-points
- June 5: points race No. 5
- June TBD: fair race
- June 19: points race No. 6
- July 17: points race No. 7
- July 31: non-points (Kristina Everroad Memorial)
- Aug. 7: points race No. 8
- Aug. 21: points race No. 9
- Sept. 4: points race No. 10
- Sept. 18: points race No. 11
- Oct. 2: points race No. 12
- Oct. 16
- : last points race No. 13
- Oct. 17: Second annual fall classic
- Oct. 18: fall classic rain date
- Oct. 24: non-points race
Columbus Speedway Go-Karts 2020 news
Tim Reed, co-promoter of the Columbus Speedway Go-Kart Racing which holds events at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds, has announced that raceceivers will be mandatory starting on April 25 and that a new electronic scoring system is being installed for the 2020 season.
Anyone wishing to purchase the raceceivers along with the track can get ahold of Reed at 812-603-8704.
Sheppard wins Lucas Oil Winternationals points
Nine scheduled races, one rainout, three tracks, two states and 76 competitors later, Brandon Sheppard closed out the recently completed Wrisco Industries Winternationals at the top of the board.
The top eight drivers at the end of the grueling Winternationals received additional bonus monies:
Brandon Sheppard, Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran, Jonathan Davenport, Tyler Erb, Mike Marlar, Shane Clanton, and Jimmy Owens all took home the bonus. Each of the top four in Wrisco Industries Winternationals points won at least one feature event.
With his worst finish being 10th and having three wins and seven Big River Steel podium finishes, Sheppard would leave Speedweeks at the top of the Wrisco Industries Winternationals points and leading the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series points. The New Berlin, Illinois, native found himself in Victory Lane every other night at East Bay Raceway Park with his Rocket1 Racing team. Sheppard didn’t take the easy road to victories as he sits fourth in Optima Batteries Hard Charger points and never sat on the pole of any event during Speedweeks.
McCreadie came to Speedweeks with high hopes and new car owners Donald and Gena Bradsher. Finishing outside the top 10 only once during the eight races, McCreadie also chalked up two wins, three top-five, and seven top-10 finishes. Opening night at Golden Isles Speedway was a complete sweep for the New York native, setting overall fast time, winning his heat, which allowed him to take the Performance Friction Brakes Pole Award, and winning the RhinoAg Super Bowl of Racing. The story was the same for McCreadie’s second win, which came mid-week at East Bay Raceway Park.
Moran also arrived at Golden Isles Speedway with a new team for 2020. Unlike McCreadie, this wasn’t a completely new feel for Moran as he also drove for Tye Twarog Racing in 2018, before joining the Dunn- Benson Motorsports team in 2019. For years, this second-generation driver yearned to follow in his father, Donnie Moran’s footsteps with his successes at “The Clay by the Bay.” Until this year, the younger Moran was unable to pick up a win, but on his first night at East Bay Raceway Park, he found
himself in victory lane. Finishing third in Winternationals points, Moran had one win, three top five and seven top-ten finishes.
The three-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion, Davenport, felt relief after finally visiting Victory Lane at the final event of Winternationals, at All-Tech Raceway. Davenport and his Lance Landers Motorsports team also had five top five and six top ten finishes.
Although Erb did not pick up a victory, the Best Performance Motorsports team did have four top-five and five top-10 finishes, to finish fifth in Wrisco Industries Winternationals points. Most of his success came at East Bay Raceway Park with one fast time in his group and two podium finishes.
Coming in sixth in Winternationals points, Marlar had two top five and six top ten finishes. Marlar’s best finish came on the final night, at All-Tech Raceway, where he found himself standing on the Big River Steel podium after advancing six positions to finish second.
Set to run the entire Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule for the first time, Clanton and his Skyline Motorsports team ended the eight-race battle seventh in Winternationals points. Clanton had two top-five and four top-10 finishes but showed more speed toward the end of Speedweeks, leading laps on the final day at East Bay Raceway Park and having his best finishes in the final two races.
Owens rounded out the top eight in Wrisco Industries Winternationals points with two top-five and four top-10 finishes. The Ramirez Motorsports team also had four heat race wins, which all came at East Bay Raceway Park. Owens’ best finish feature finish was fourth on the Thursday of East Bay.
The next scheduled Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events will be on March 20 at Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio, and March 21 for the Indiana Icebreaker at Brownstown Speedway.
