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Four-star racing set for Raceway 7 Friday night July 30

Conneaut, OH (July 29, 2010): A four star show will be held this Friday night, July 30, at Raceway 7 with the Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Models. Zimmer Service Center E-Mods, Campbell’s Mini Storage Street Stocks, and the Evergreen Lake Campground Mini-Stocks.

The Schwartz Construction FASTRAK Late Models have had a season of everyone trying to catch Max Blair.  Blair won the first seven features in a row, finally failing to drive to Victory Lane on July 16.  That night disaster struck the youngster in the form of a flat tire, handing the victory to Blair’s father, 4-time Raceway 7 Super Late Model Champion Robbie Blair.  The record remains pretty impressive in that it took a mechanical problem to end his run, rather than the younger Blair being defeated by a fellow competitor.  So the question remains, can anyone actually beat Max Blair at Raceway 7?  Tomorrow night should see more than 20 of the FASTRAK Late Models try, led by Blair’s father, Robbie, and ’09 champion Dennis Lunger, currently 223 points out of the lead, but still second in points!  Running third in points is the veteran Bill Cunningham Sr, who put in an excellent effort in the last outing, nearly winning over the Blairs.  Cunningham is merely one point behind Lunger in the standings.

In the most recent feature run for the Zimmer Service Center E-Mods, Russ Dunn finally made it to Victory Lane in 2010 and leads the points standings by 68 markers over 2-time winner Joel Watson.  Rich Gardner rides 27 points behind Watson in third, but has not yet won at Raceway 7 this season.

Shaun Fawcett has scored feature wins in each of the last three outings for the Campbell Mini Storage Street Stocks and is closing the gap on point’s leader Ken Zimmer, who only has one win on the season.  At this point Zimmer still enjoys a 56 point margin.  Running third is two-time winner, Ed Bolyard, 21 points behind Fawcett.

Jonny Boyd has dominated the Evergreen Lake Park Mini-Stocks with five feature wins, but has not done so well in heat races.  Therefore, the point’s battle in the class is very close with only nine points separating him from his closest rival, Bud Sergeff, the winner of one feature this season.  Boyd also won the Mini Stock Challenge held in conjunction with the Auto Racers for Kids special held last Tuesday evening.  Although it was not a points-paying event, the win was worth $500 to the young standout driver.  160 points behind Sergeff is Jason Easler, who has not yet scored a feature win.

 Gates open every Friday at 5:30 PM with pill draw cut off at 7 PM and racing at 7:30 PM. VIP suites are available for rental for $250 a night which includes eight general admissions passes. Adult general admission is $10 and pit passes are $25. For more information please visit www.raceway7.com or call the track on race day after 12 noon at 440-594-2222.