AT HAWKEYE DOWNS
(Cedar Rapids, IA
4/23/03)—Hawkeye Downs opens it 2003 season this weekend with racing Friday and
Saturday nights.
Friday night, it’s the opening round
of the “ASA Papa Johns Cup Iowa Wireless Stock Car Championship.” Saturday, the
opening night for “tobacco Outlet Plus Short Track Saturday Night” will be
presented. Racing starts at 7:30pm both evenings.
Friday racing begins its third year as
part pf the “ASA Member Track” program. Four ASA (American Speed Association)
sanctioned divisions compete weekly. Performance Concepts Late Models, Miller
Time Modifieds, Budweiser Late Model Sportsmen, and Barron Motor Supply Super
Stocks will be in action 16 Friday’s and 1 Wednesday this season.
This Friday’s event also includes the
first of 10 races for Duffy’s Collectible Cars Legends.
Eighty-seven car/driver combinations
are entered in the four ASA sanctioned divisions. The entry list includes 22
Late Models, 17 Modifieds, 19 Late Model Sportsmen, and 29 Super Stocks.
Three of the five “2002 Papa Johns Cup
Champions” are returning this year. Late Model champion Johnny Spaw and Late
Model Sportsmen champion Curt Van Der Wal will be back to defend their titles.
Legends champion Kyle Hinrichs has moved up to contend for the “Royal Flush
Plumbing Rookie of the Year” in Modifieds.
Saturday’s racing program features
action on the ¼ mile track for Lacey Plumbing Outlaw Super Pros, Rock Solid
Chassis Modifieds, Tri-County Car Company Hawkeye Hornets, Automotive Fuel
System Stock Cars, Strauss Embroidery Women On Wheels, and Barron Motor Supply
Cruisers.
Ticket prices for both the Friday and
Saturday programs are unchanged from last year. Friday admission is $10 for
adults, $7 for Senior Citizens and Students, and Free for Children 11 and
under. Saturday admission is $7 for adults, $5 for Senior Citizens and
Students, and Free for Children 11 and under.