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03/09/2014 |
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HISTORIC
HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY TO HOST
INAUGURAL "KOMA UNWIND MODIFIED MADNESS SERIES" EVENT |
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is with great pleasure the Southern Modified Race
Tour announce the inaugural “KOMA Unwind Modified
Madness Series” event will take place on Saturday,
March 22 at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway.
The “kickoff” event for the new series is the first
of two races set for HMS in 2014. The series will
return to one of the longest running tracks in the
South again on July 5th for a big Independence Day
weekend show.
“We couldn’t be happier to announce HMS as the first
track on the new SMRT schedule” said series
Director, Randy Myers. “Hickory Motor Speedway has a
long and storied history with the Modifieds going
back to the days of Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett and
the Myers Brothers, Billy and Bobby. Harry Gant,
Bobby Allison, Hank Thomas and many more great
racers drove the Modifieds back in the day and more
recently the former SMART Modified tour competed
there. This series mission is to create close and
hard competition and to build the fan base for the
Modifieds back to where it was a few years ago. With
that in mind, we wanted to kick this season off
“close-to-home” for the Modifieds. Many of the
drivers competing in the “KOMA Unwind Modified
Madness Series” will also race at another historic
track in the area. Bowman Gray Stadium in
Winston-Salem hosts the Modifieds every Saturday
from late April through mid-August and events like
this give their fans a chance to see them at other
area tracks, Myers said. The “KOMA Unwind 125” will
be the feature division with 75 laps for the
Southeast Super Truck Series and the East Coast
Flathead Ford Racing Association will be the support
series.
Hickory Motor Speedway General Manager Kevin Piercy
stated, "The fans at HMS got a taste of the Southern
Modifieds at the CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series race last
year and we are excited to bring them back in 2014"
Racing action for the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness
Series kicks off in just a few weeks, so make plans
to see the inaugural Southern Modified Race Tour
event on March 22 at Hickory Motor Speedway.
For more information on this event and the KOMA
Unwind Modified Madness Series, check us out at
www.southernmodtour.com, Facebook and
Twitter or
www.hickorymotorspeedway.com. |
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Source: Southern Modified Race Tour
Posted: March
9, 2014 |
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