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BMSR News DIRT MotorSports(TM) Wraps up the 2005 Race Season with over 40 Events
NORMAN, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--DIRT MotorSports(TM) (DIRT) (OTCBB:BMSR) wraps up its 2005 racing schedule with 41 dirt track racing events and combined purses of more than $1.1 million. Four of these events will be held at DIRT-owned tracks in New York.
For the fans that can't get to the races in person, DIRT will be showcasing the best action on the track and in the pits with 14 nationally televised broadcasts including five tape-delayed World of Outlaws Sprint Series(R) events on The Outdoor Channel and seven tape-delayed World of Outlaws Stacker 2 Late Model Series(R) events on SPEED Channel. These tape-delay broadcasts include the final battles for the Championship with the World of Outlaws Sprints ending their season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the World of Outlaws Stacker 2(R) Late Model Series at the DIRT-owned Volusia Speedway Park. The DIRT Radio Network(TM) will also be ending its successful first year of live World of Outlaws audio broadcasts through DIRTVision.com(TM), the Company's website that features the best of live and on-demand dirt racing.
Fans can also experience one of the most historic weeks in racing, the 34th Super DIRT Week live from the Syracuse Fairgrounds in New York on DIRTVision.com. The 358 Modified Super DIRT Series ITT Industries/Goulds Pumps "Salute to the Troops" 150 and the Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series Eckerd 200 Championship events held during Super DIRT Week will also be broadcast tape-delay on SPEED Channel in November. More than 100,000 fans attend the five-day event with the single largest combined purse of any DIRT Series events.
"The competition between drivers and teams across all of our series will be really tough in the month ahead," said Paul A. Kruger, DIRT Chairman and CEO. "The intense fight for the Championship this year is definitely more heated than any in the history of dirt track racing and our fans can watch the excitement unfold during our national tape-delayed television and live online broadcasts as well as through the race results posted on our dedicated series websites."
October 2005 Schedule of Events:
World of Outlaws Sprint Series Mean 15(TM) race schedule:
Oct 1 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
Oct 7 Dodge City Raceway Park Dodge City, KS
Oct 8 Dodge City Raceway Park Dodge City, KS
Oct 11 Manzanita Speedway Phoenix, AZ
Oct 14 Thunderbowl Raceway Tulare, CA
Oct 15 Thunderbowl Raceway Tulare, CA
Oct 21 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Las Vegas, NV
Speedway
Oct 22 The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Las Vegas, NV
Speedway
World of Outlaws Sprint Series race event broadcasts on The Outdoor
Channel:
Oct 5 @ Power Com Park from 9/24 Beaver Dam, WI
8 p.m. ET Oct 7 @ 1 a.m. ET Power Com Park Re-Broadcast
Oct 8 @ 1 p.m. ET Power Com Park Re-Broadcast
Oct 12 @ Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
8 p.m. ET from 10/1
Oct 14 @ 1 a.m. ET Williams Grove Re-Broadcast
Oct 15 @ 1 p.m. ET Williams Grove Re-Broadcast
Oct 19 @ Dodge City Raceway Dodge City, KS
8 p.m. ET from 10/8
Oct 21 @ 1 a.m. ET Dodge City Re-Broadcast
Oct 22 @ 1 p.m. ET Dodge City Re-Broadcast
Oct 26 @ Thunderbowl Raceway Tulare, CA
8 p.m. ET from 10/15
Oct 21 @ 1 a.m. ET Thunderbowl Re-Broadcast
Oct 22 @ 1 p.m. ET Thunderbowl Re-Broadcast
Nov 2 @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV
8 p.m. ET from 10/22
Nov 4 @ 1 a.m. ET Las Vegas Re-Broadcast
Nov 5 @ 1 p.m. ET Las Vegas Re-Broadcast
World of Outlaws Stacker 2 Late Model Series race schedule:
Oct 26 Golden Isles Speedway Waynesville, GA
Oct 28 Volusia Speedway Park (DIRT-owned Barberville, FL
track)
Oct 29 Volusia Speedway Park (DIRT-owned Barberville, FL
track)
World of Outlaws Stacker 2 Late Model Series race broadcasts on SPEED
Channel:
Oct 22 @ 4 p.m. ET Bridgeport Speedway from 6/30 Bridgeport, NJ
Nov 22 @ 2 p.m. ET Memphis Motorsports Park from 7/22 Memphis, TN
Nov 26 @ 4 p.m. ET Lebanon I-44 Speedway from 7/26 Lebanon, MO
Nov 19 @ 3 p.m. ET Lernerville Speedway from 8/12 Sarver, PA
Nov 29 @ 4 p.m. ET Rolling Wheels Raceway from 8/16 Elbridge, NY
Dec 3 @ 3 p.m. ET I-55 Raceway Pevely, MO
Dec 3 @ 4 p.m. ET Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL
Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series race schedule:
Oct 9 "Eckerd 200" NY State Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY
Oct 16 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
Oct 23 Bridgeport Speedway Bridgeport, NJ
Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series broadcasts on SPEED
Channel:
Nov 27 @ 3 p.m. ET "Eckerd 200" NY State Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY
358-Modified Super DIRT Series race schedule:
Oct 5 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville, NY
Oct 6 Brewerton Speedway Brewerton, NY
Oct 7 Rolling Wheels Raceway (DIRT owned track) Elbridge, NY
Oct 8 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY
Oct 22 Bridgeport Speedway Bridgeport, NJ
358-Modified Super DIRT Series broadcasts on SPEED:
Nov 20 @ 3 p.m. ET New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY
Sportsman Super DIRT Series race schedule:
Oct 5 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville, NY
Oct 7 Rolling Wheels Raceway (DIRT owned track) Elbridge, NY
Oct 8 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY
Oct 15 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport, NY
Oct 22 Bridgeport Speedway Bridgeport, NJ
Stacker 2 Pro-Stock Super DIRT Series race schedule:
Oct 9 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, NY
In addition to the World of Outlaws and Super DIRT Series schedule we are also completing the race seasons with UMP Late Model, UMP Modified Series. For complete schedule information for each series visit DIRT online at www.dirtmotorsports.com.
About DIRT MotorSports(TM)
Based in Norman, Okla., DIRT MotorSports(TM), Inc. is the premier dirt racing and sports entertainment company dedicated to the promotion of competitive dirt track racing. DIRT MotorSports is the largest sanctioning body for sprint, late model and modified dirt track racing in the United States and also owns and operates several dirt tracks. DIRT MotorSports operates the industry's most prominent national touring series' including the World of Outlaws Sprint Series(R) broadcast on the Outdoor Channel(R) (Nasdaq:OUTD); the World of Outlaws Stacker 2(R) Late Model Series(R) broadcast on SPEED Channel(R); and the DIRT Modified Series(TM). "World of Outlaws" is a registered trademark of DIRT MotorSports.
This release may contain forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are economic, competitive and technological factors effecting the company's operations, markets, merger and acquisition activities, products, services and prices, as well as other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.