8/7/2023
Iron-Man Late Model Series
Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series Goes to Talladega Short Track for 6th Annual Governor’s Cup Saturday August 12
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (August 5, 2023) – The Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series will return to Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL on Saturday August 12 for the track’s 6th Annual Governor’s Cup event paying $10,000 to win and $500 to start the fifty-lap event at the track better known as “The Hornet’s Nest”.
The Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series will be at Talladega Short Track on Saturday August 12 and will be featured in a full program of Practice, E-Z-GO Time Trials, Heat Races, Impact Race Gear B-Mains, and the 50 lap, $10,000 to win/$500 to 5th Annual Governor’s Cup Valvoline A-Main event. Other divisions in competition with the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series at Talladega Short Track for the 6th Annual Governor’s Cup on Saturday August 12 will be the track’s CRUSA Dirt Late Models, CRUSA 602 Late Model Sportsman, Talladega Sportsman, CRUSA Open Wheel Modifieds, Factory Stocks, and Hot Shots.
During last year’s visit to Talladega, Ashton Winger of Hampton, Ga. took home the $10,000 payday over Sam Seawright, Austin Horton, Jason Hiett and Todd Morrow.
Activities at Talladega Short Track on Saturday August 12 will see the pit area and general admission area open at 3:00 p.m. The Chattanooga Valley Auto Parts drivers meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., with practice laps and time trials beginning at 7:00 p.m. Ticket prices at Talladega Short Track for the Governor’s Cup event on Saturday August 12 in the general admission area will be $25 for adults (children ages 9 and under free), while a pit pass will be $40 for adults ($20 for ages 6-12, with children ages 5 and under free). All times listed are Central Daylight Time.
The Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series will sanction the Super Late Model portion of the event and the tire rule will be as follows: Left Front/Right Front: Hoosier NLMT 2 or NLMT 3; Left Rear: Hoosier NLMT 2 or NLMT 3; Right Rear: Hoosier NLMT 3 or NLMT 4 (there is no limit on the number of tires used; the droop rule will be in effect, along with the standardized body rules of WoO/Lucas). The entry fee will be $100 and transponders for timing/scoring will be available for rent at the track. Any driver not making the 22-car starting field will receive $75 tow money.
Live co-streaming of this event can be seen on www.TalladegaShortTrack.tv and www.HuntTheFront.tv . Visit their websites for more information.
Talladega Short Track is located at 4343 Speedway Boulevard in Eastaboga, AL 36260. For more information about Talladega Short Track, visit the track’s website at www.talladegashorttrack.com or by liking the Talladega Short Track Facebook page.
For more information on the Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series, please call series promoter Chris Tilley at (828) 361-5981 or by visiting the tour website at www.IMDIRT.net or by following Iron-Man Series (@CTPROMOTE) on Twitter or liking Iron-Man Racing Series on Facebook.
The Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Series would like to thank the following sponsors and marketing partners for their support of the 2023 racing season: Valvoline, Zerex by Valvoline, Brucebilt Performance Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire, E-Z-GO, Sunoco Race Fuels, Bazell Race Fuels, SFP Performance Systems, MyRacePass, Impact Race Gear, XS Power Batteries, Vic Hill Racing Engines, Racecar Engineering, American Racer Tires, Keltner Contracting, Todd Steel Buildings, TW Taylor Trucking, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Weichert Realtors-Ford Brothers (Judith Dyehouse-Agent), Swafford Signs, KY Clutch, DIRTCAR Racing, Brown Haven Homes, Knowles Race Parts and Bodies, Coosa Heating and Cooling, STAKT Products, KND Safety, Chattanooga Valley Auto Parts, PopBit, Denby’s J&J Construction, Jim and Nancy Viox, Advanced Transportation, Lowe’s Tows, Reno’s Roadhouse, and Racetrack Safety Initiative.
Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series Feature Purse (50 laps): 1. $10,000, 2. $5,000, 3. $2,500, 4. $2,000, 5. $1,500, 6. $1,100, 7. $1,000, 8. $950, 9. $900, 10. $850, 11. $800, 12. $750, 13. $650, 14. $600, 15. $550, 16. $530, 17. $520, 18. $500, 19. $500, 20. $500, 21. $500, 22. $500
Valvoline Iron-Man Late Model Southern Series 2023 Schedule/Results
January 6/7-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-Ray Cook (Brasstown, NC) (Non-Points)
January 29-Boyd’s Speedway-Ringgold, GA-J.T. Seawright (Oxford, AL (Non-Points)
May 26-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-Josh Rice (Verona, KY)
May 27-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-Josh Rice (Verona, KY)
May 29-411 Motor Speedway-Seymour, TN-Cory Hedgecock (Loudon, TN)
June 17-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-Josh Rice (Verona, KY)
July 3-Tazewell Speedway-Tazewell, TN-Dale McDowell (Chickamauga, GA)
August 4-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$7,500 to win
August 11-North Alabama Speedway-Tuscumbia, AL-$5,000 to win
August 12-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$10,000 to win
August 26-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, KY-$15,022 to win
September 3-Tazewell Speedway-Tazewell, TN-$5,044 to win
October 6-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$5,000 to win
October 7-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-$10,088 to win
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