BIG E WEEKEND AT GRAY'S HARBOR -- ITS THE BIG ONE

This weekend at Grays Harbor Raceway, located at the fairgrounds in Elma it’s the Big One. The Big E Weekend will be highlighted by the World of Outlaws on Monday September 1st, and an on track interview with Washington’s own Kasey Kahne. Kasey’s show car and souvenir trailer will be at the raceway on Monday as well. There will be lots of great activities in Grays Harbor to compliment the Big E Weekend such as Quarter Midget racing Saturday and Sunday, the Celebrity Quarter Midget races on Monday with proceeds going to the World of Outlaws Benevolent Fund, the annual Outlaw Days Parade at 1:00 pm on Friday with Donny Schatz as the Grand Marshall. There will be a campsite decorating contest on Saturday and Sunday at the fairgrounds, and a fireworks show after the ASCS Show Sunday Night. There will be a city wide garage sales all weekend long, and lots of activities for Adults and Children in Elma.

The festivities will start Friday August 29th with the Grays Harbor Raceway Social from 7:00 pm until 10:00 pm, everyone is invited to come to the Raceway as there will be live music, race cars on display, as well, the ticket and souvenir booths will be open for the public.

The racing action kicks off on Saturday as the Northern Provincial Pipeline Late Model Series and the Cut Rate Auto Parts Hobby Stocks hit the track. The NPP Late Model Series is based out of Alberta, Canada, the series will be making their first appearance south of the border for the race at GHR, the series also has a year ending points fund of $100,00. On Saturday, six time Grays Harbor Sprint Car Champion Jay Cole will drive a car owned by series owner Dwight Kennedy, Cole who has many laps around GHR should be one of the favorites to win. Other contenders will Kennedy who is the current points leader along with Jason Beaulieu, Beaulieu who lives in Campbell River, B.C. is last year’s NPP Champion and is also a feature winner in 2008 at Grays Harbor Raceway in the Shipwreck Beads Modified division. The Cut Rate Auto Parts Hobby Stocks will also be in action for their last points race before season championship on September 6th, Aberdeen’s Zack Simpson is looking to make it two championships in a row as he holds down a 32 point lead over Joe German from Aberdeen, fellow Aberdeen driver Jack Parshall. Jr. is only 2 points behind German with 1288, Centralia driver Scott Westly sits in fourth with 1240 followed by Bremerton’s Keith Knowlton with 1208.

On Sunday the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) will run their ninth race of the series in what is billed the Night Before The Big One, the Ford Focus Midget class will also be competing. Jared Ridge from Snohomish is the current ASCS Northwest Region points leader with 1078 points, tied for second is Everett’s Jayme Barnes and Bellingham’s Brock Lemley with 1046 points, Eugene’s Roger Crockett, the 2008 Speedweek Champion sit in fourth with 1022, followed by Grays Harbor Regular Jay Cole with 990 points. Other local drivers looking to contend for the win include Raymond’s Glen Borden, Enumclaw’s Henry Van Dam, Quilcene’s JJ Hickle and Tacoma’s Shawn Rice. Out of town drivers will include Langley, B.C. driver Travis Rutz, Seth Bergman from Snohomish and World of Outlaws drivers Shane Stewart, Jason Sides and Chad Hillier.

On Monday it’s the one everyone waits for all year long, the highlight of the year at Grays Harbor Raceway as the World of Outlaws roll into town. All the top drivers on the tour including, 2006, 2007 and current WOO points leader Donny Schatz, the “King” himself Steve Kinser, Craig Kinser, Danny Lasoski, Jason Myers fresh off a big win in Edmonton last weekend, “The Wild Child” Jac Haudinchild, Joey Saldana in the Kasey Kahne owned car, along with” Double Down” Jason Sides, Darin Pitman, Shane Stewart and Washington’s Chad Hillier. Top Washington 410 drivers hoping to pull an upset include Jason Sowold, Jayme Barnes and Mitch Olson, the Canadian contingent looking to break into the winner’s circle include Travis Rutz and Jeff Hodgson.

Three day ticket packages are still on sale, as well as single day tickets. For more information go to www.graysharborraceway.net or call the office at (360) 422-4374.

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