AMRA Motor Racing Challenge

Again, turning over the day to Scott Wolfe at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Road Warriors to Hit Road Again August 26
Make-up from Skyline Rainout Aug. 26
Ohio Valley Topless Special Aug. 27
By Scott Wolfe
MT. ALTO, WV - The American Motor Racing Association (AMRA) has announced that the make-up date for the Road Warrior Challenge at Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio has received a Friday, August 26 make-up date. To help accommodate the traveling racer, the make-up was set to stage a big Ohio Valley racing weekend. Saturday night, August 27 the Ohio Valley Speedway will run it $1,200 to win Topless AMRA sanctioned modified special.

While plans are in the works for more Road Warrior Challenge races, those that remain currently are Sat. Sept 17 at Skyline Speedway, Stewart, Ohio (Harvest 50 Weekend) and Sat. Oct 1 at K-C Raceway in Chillicothe, Ohio as a Warm-up for Dirt Track World Championship.

Billy Jarrell's Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio will be hosting the AMRA Road Warriors Friday, Aug. 26. Currently, the top eight drivers in points have a shot at the title and even more of a shot for the Road Warrior Point money.

Veteran and former AMRA champion Doug Henry, Beverly, Ohio is the RWT points leader over up-and-coming Morgantown, WV talent Deana Groves. The top 10 is a melting pot of the states with Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia filling the top spots including Brett Hamilton, Powhatan, Va., poised for a championship run in third. Currently, with the addition of Roaring Knob Speedway in Pennsylvania, the AMRA sanctions tracks in four states.

The Road Warrior Tour features many of the best of the best in the series, and has become the road show for the weekly series. Currently, Vince Conrad paces the competitive National AMRA standings 1060 to 952 over Rick Venham Jr. The rest of the top 10 are Robert Garnes, J.P. Roberts, Doug Henry, Jeremy Blake, Robbie Evans, Kenny Johnson, Deana Groves, Tom Sigler, Andy Bond, Darin Roush, Joe Cox, Buddy Brogan and Louie Krushansky.

The rest of the pack will be fighting for higher placement in the points battle, including a gaggle of drivers shooting to get into the top 30, where a lucrative point fund pays great rewards. There are 170 drivers currently on the AMRA roster.

Skyline will run a regular show featuring AMRA Late Models, AMRA Modifieds, Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association 410 sprints, Semi-Late Crates, and Mike's Auto Body Mini-wedges this Friday, August 19. Rain checks from July 29 will be good for the rest of the season, excepting special events such as the Harvest 50 where the difference in price must be paid. Serial numbers must remain intact on the arm-bands.

Skyline is slated to pay the Silver Purse of $1,200 to win for this big event.

For further information visit www.skylinespeedway.net or call Katie at 304-539-4410 or the track phone at 740-662-4111. Skyline Speedway is located between Athens, Ohio and Coolville, Ohio on Bethany Ridge Road, Co. Rd 53. The GPS address is 7274 Quiggly Rd, Guysville, OH 45735.

More information can also be found at www.amramodified.com

The AMRA recommends that drivers and fans contact various tracks for start times via phone or individual track websites before traveling.

Malta Doors and Windows has again signed on as Title Sponsor of the AMRA for 2011. Other sponsors of the MALTA AMRA Modified series are Dave Poske's Performance Parts, Wrisco, Hoosier/Hoosier Tire Ohio Valley, PBM Performance, PBM Performance Products, AERO Racing Wheels, Rocket Chassis, Bell Racing, Lincoln Welders, Hypercoils, Bazell Race Fuels, Alky Racing Alcohol, Kluhsman Racing Components (KRC), Evans Vinyl Signs, WV Tax & Bookkeeping, Tru-Tech , Winters Performance, Bilstein Shocks, PST Drive Shafts, Schoenfield, Killer Bee Race Bodies and Pike Street Lanes.

Tru-Tech and Freddie Carpenter is now a proud sponsor of the Late Model Series, while The Bumper Man, Killer Bee Bodies and Carthage Auto Parts have joined the AMRA team. Carthage Auto Parts and Dave Norton will now sponsor the Rookie of the Year Award.