DTWC at KC in 2005

[Mike]

October 13-15 2005 Dirt Track World Championship at Jim Nier's K-C Raceway
$50,000 to win www.dirtamericaonline.com/25th_anniversary_of_the_dtwc_see.htm

[RJ7171C71R]

This is sooooooooo awesome!! The DTWC is now only a little over an hour from my house and it also makes for a better chance of Delmas or RJ winning their first DTWC!! See ya ll there

RJ7171C71R

P.S.The Conleys rock and so does the DSP!!!

[Jamie]

Just Recieved this Press Release:

DTWC
P. O. Box 349
Powell, TN 37849
Telephone: [phone]
March 17, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
25th Anniversary Of The DTWC Sees Big Changes
By Doc Lehman

The 25th Annual Dirt Track World Championship will celebrate its silver anniversary as one of dirt Late Model racing’s crown jewels by undergoing some dramatic changes for the 2005 edition. Carl Short, founder of the esteemed and prestigious race, along with new Dirt Track World Championship partner Dean Nardi, will stage the mega-event at Jim Nier’s KC Raceway in Chillicothe, OH, a 3/8 mile high-banked oval on the traditional third weekend of October. The 25th Annual Dirt Track World Championship will be held on October 13-15, 2005 with October 16 designated as the rain date. The winner of the silver anniversary event will be awarded $50,000.

“We’ve entered into an equal partnership with the Dirt Track World Championship,” stated Dean Nardi, renowned publisher of Dirt Late Model and Flat Out magazines based in Knoxville, TN. “Carl and I became partners this year in this event. We thought the event needed to go to a different facility first of all and needed some modernization. It’s a premier event and it has as much tradition as any event in Late Model racing.”<br>
Short, a long-time promoter of dirt Late Model racing and inductee of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame, founded the Dirt Track World Championship in 1981 that paid a then-unheard of $30,000 to win to Jim Dunn in a storybook race.

“By joining forces with Dean Nardi I feel we’ll be able to enhance the Dirt Track World Championship with not only bringing it to another facility but upgrading the entire event b the way it is promoted and run,” commented Short.

Short and Nardi revealed that there will be a practice session held on Thursday evening October 13 with qualifying and heat races to be held on Friday October 14 with the consolation race, a non-qualifiers race and the 100-lap Dirt Track World Championship to be held on Saturday October 15.

The race will remain at KC Raceway for a minimum of three years. “We went to visit the facility last week and Carl Short and I struck a deal with Jim Nier, Jr., to bring the race to Ohio and we have a three year deal with options to continue beyond that at KC,” confirmed Nardi.

The promoters also elaborated on what they intend to implement with the Dirt Track World Championship.

“We’re going to do some business things that are a little more modern,” explained Nardi. “For example, Carl never took credit cards before so there will be advance ticket purchases available with a credit card. There will be a Dirt Track World Championship website which is something it didn’t have before either. Those are just a couple of the things.”<br>
“The purse is going to be adjusted. It’s not going to decrease but we’re going to take the $60,000 to win and make it $50,000 to win and actually we’re going to spread more than $10,000 back through the field. In other words, we’re going to bump up all the other spots and make it a good payoff for anybody that makes the race.”<br>
“We’re also going to do a non-qualifiers race which is going to pay a couple thousand to win, so that is something that will be a little different.”<br>
Tickets and prices are expected to be available around April 1 when the new Dirt Track World Championship website debuts. “The tickets will be available through my company, Dirt Late Model magazine, for credit card purchases or they can send in checks or money orders. All advance sale tickets will go through our office at Dirt Late Model. We’ll also be offering a PayPal option on the website for tickets. Another change is the upper two rows of the grandstands will have reserved seating which is something the Dirt Track World Championship never had before.”<br>
The duo also stressed that they have a multitude of special fan-oriented projects being implemented for the fans who attend the Dirt Track World Championship and that announcements, news and updates will be issued on a regular basis that will give bring even more excitement and anticipation for the 25th Anniversary Dirt Track World Championship. It is the intent of the promoters to give the prestigious event a positive boost.

“No question about it,” said Nardi. “There will be several giveaways for the fans including a driving school experience and some other exciting things. There will be significant giveaways for the fans and we’ll update those things as the weeks go by with our press releases.”<br>
“We’re going to actively seek sponsorship. I can’t talk about anything specific at this point but some initial talks have already been made. We hope to have the race sponsored and the heats sponsored.”<br>
As for moving the Dirt Track World Championship to KC Raceway it’s something that the Nier family welcomes with open arms. Since purchasing the facility several years ago the Nier family has made substantial financial investments in upgrading the grounds into a first-class dirt racing facility. Additional grandstands will also be added prior to the Dirt Track World Championship.

“I think this is a race that has a lot of tradition and I’m pleased to be associated with it,” commented Jim Nier, Jr. “I can’t thank Carl Short and Dean Nardi enough to even consider involving KC Raceway. I think KC Raceway is the best dirt track in the country and I’m glad other professionals in the business associate it with that too.”<br>
“There are a lot of nice racetracks out there that they could have hosted the Dirt Track World Championship and to even be mentioned in the same breath with some of them is an honor. It’s a hell of an honor for those guys to bring that race up here and I’m proud to be associated with them.”<br>
Nier is also more than confident his staff and crew can accommodate such a huge undertaking.

“We have a first class facility and a first class staff,” said Nier. “Everyone from the hotdog vender to the track prep guy, everybody is a professional here so we should be in good shape. We haven’t had anything this big yet and we’ll see how it plays out but I don’t foresee any problems and I don’t think they foresee any problems. Again, I am just pleased to be associated with it and they have shown me a great deal of respect just by asking me to participate.”<br>
The promoters of the Dirt Track World Championship are confident that the race will draw large numbers as well as offer race fans an immaculate facility, modern amenities and dirt Late Model racing at it’s purest which translates into on-the-edge-of-your-seat thrills and chills.

“I met the Nier’s in person for the first time last week and was not only impressed with the work and the financial stake they put into KC Raceway but also they both seem to be solid businessmen and gentlemen,” commented Nardi about Jim Nier, Sr. and Jim Nier, Jr. “I have heard nothing but good things about the Nier’s from people who do business with my magazine. I had no qualms after I got there and met them about entering into an agreement with them.”<br>
“And with the type of race track they have I expect to see three wide racing all the way around the racetrack. From what people have been telling me it’s one of the raciest tracks in dirt racing. And as the Nier’s have said, the Dirt Track World Championship will be a very racy race (laughs)! I expect it’s going to be very exciting for the fans. I think KC is an upgrade.”<br>
For additional information about the 25th Annual Dirt Track World Championship contact: P. O. Box 349 - Powell, TN 37849. Telephone: [phone].

-Prepared by Lehman Motorsports Services