NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series and NASCAR Craftman Truck Series Share the Same Track Time During Scheduled Events
22 December 1997
DAYTONA BEACH, FL-Two tracks new to the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro
Series highlight a 19 event schedule that will take drivers to a total of 10
states over the course of NASCAR's 50th Anniversary year.
Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pa. and Memphis Motorsports Park in
Memphis, Tenn. will each host series events for the first time. The NASCAR
Slim Jim All Pro Series drivers will share track time with the racers on the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at both tracks. The Slim Jim All Pro race will
be contested on Sunday, July 12, and the Craftsman Truck Series race will get
the green flag immediately following the touring late models at the one mile
Nazareth facility. At Memphis, both races will take place on the new .75
mile oval on Sunday, September 13. "The NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series is a
showcase for the finest asphalt short- track racing talent in America, and its
fan base has grown measurably as a result of a very competitive 1997
campaign," said Dennis Huth, NASCAR's Vice President for Administration. Due
to the increased excitement for fans and competitors when pairing up the Slim
Jim All Pro Series with the Craftsman Truck Series, the Busch Series- Grand
National Division, and the Goody's Dash Series, we will continue to offer
multiple series events on a single weekend in 1998. These selected events,
coupled with the continued success of series events at NASCAR Winston Racing
Series facilities, will serve as a springboard for further growth in '98.
The 1998 campaign will kickoff during SpeedWeeks on Sunday, February
8 at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. The first event of the
season will be contested on the newly paved .375 mile oval. In actuality,
this will be the first time that series drivers will race on this track. The
facility has undergone a dramatic facelift over the off season with the half
mile oval being converted from asphalt to dirt while the former dirt oval
will now serve as the paved battleground of the two track facility.
The series will return to South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Va.
on April 11 after a one year hiatus from the .375 mile oval. The series will
then move on to tracks which hosted events on last year's schedule. Events
will be contested at St. Augustine, Greenville-Pickens, Southern National,
I-70, Myrtle Beach and Lanier National Speedways before the teams roll into
Nazareth for the first time. Once an inaugural winner is crowned at Nazareth
the teams will return to Caraway, Greenville- Pickens, Louisville Motor and
Lanier National Speedways before their maiden voyage to Memphis.
The season will wind up with a parallel to the 1997 schedule.
Drivers will return to the high banks of Winchester Speedway in Winchester,
In. for the Winchester 400, followed by a 200 lap race at Concord Motorsport
Park and the All American 400 at Nashville Speedway, U.S.A. The season
finale will once again be contested at Metro- Dade Homestead Motorsports
Complex in Homestead, Fla.
In addition to the Nazareth and Memphis events, the NASCAR Slim Jim
All Pro Series participants will join the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
drivers at Homestead, Fla. on April 4, at Odessa, Mo. on May 22-23 and at
Louisville, Ky. on August 28-29. The season finale will once again serve as
a season ending colossus with the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series and NASCAR Busch
Series-Grand National Division also racing at the 1.5 mile Metro-Dade
Homestead Motorsports Complex on November 14-15. As always, a generous
sampling of NASCAR Winston Racing Series tracks dot the schedule. South
Boston (Va.) Speedway, Greenville-Pickens (S.C.) Speedway, I- 70 (Mo.)
Speedway, Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Speedway, Lanier National (Ga.) Speedway,
Caraway (N.C.) Speedway, Louisville (Ky.) Motor Speedway, Concord (N.C.)
Motorsport Park and Nashville (Tenn.) Speedway, USA serve as an anchor for
NASCAR racing in their respective markets all season long. Darlington, S.C.'s
Hal Goodson is the two-time and defending 1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series
Champion.
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1998 NASCAR SLIM JIM ALL PRO SERIES SCHEDULE
DATE LOCATION LENGTH
Sun., Feb. 8 Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FL (.375 mile) 150
laps
Sat., Apr. 4 Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL (1.5
mile) 50 laps
Sat., Apr. 11 South Boston Speedway, South Boston, VA (.375 mile) 200
laps
Sat., Apr. 18 St. Augustine Speedway, St. Augustine, FL (.500 mile) 200
laps
Sat., Apr. 25 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC (.500 mile) 200
laps
Sat., May 2 Southern National Speedway, Kenly, NC (.400 mile) 200
laps Fri., May 22 I-70 Speedway, Odessa, MO (.543 mile) 250 laps
Sat., June 13 Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach, SC (.538 mile) 250
laps
Wed., July 1 Lanier National Speedway, Gainesville, GA (.375 mile) 200
laps Sun., July 12 Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA (1 mile) 100 laps
Sat., Aug. 8 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro, NC (.455 mile) 200 laps
Sat., Aug. 15 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC (.500 mile) 200
laps
Fri., Aug. 28 Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville, KY (.438 mile) 300
laps
Sat., Sept. 5 Lanier National Speedway, Gainesville, GA (.375 mile) 200
laps
Sun., Sept. 13 Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis, TN (.750 mile) 100
laps Sun., Sept. 27 Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN (.500 mile) 400 laps
Sat., Oct. 3 Concord Motorsports Park, Concord, NC (.500 mile) 200
laps
Sun., Oct. 18 Nashville Speedway USA, Nashville, TN (.596 mile) 400
laps
Sat., Nov. 14 Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL (1.5
mile) 100 laps
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - 12/19/97 7:03 PM
