WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY’S POINTS BATTLE WILL BE THE O’REILLY’S AUTO PARTS ‘RACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP’S

WAYNE COUNTY SPEEDWAY’S POINTS BATTLE WILL BE THE O’REILLY’S AUTO PARTS ‘RACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP’S For Immediate Release Orrville, Ohio By Mike Swanger

​  An increase in the points fund for all four class’ of cars plus a couple of other contingency’s will add to the competition level for the drivers at Wayne County Speedway with the partnership with O’Reilly’s Auto Parts. “We try every year to add benefit’s for the drivers and teams that compete at WCS on a weekly basis,” commented Jason Flory. “With O’Reilly’s Auto Parts coming on board, we have been able to add some bonus money and items for the drivers,” added Flory.

   This season, the winner of the Pine Tree Towing & Recovery Sprints will collect $3,000 for the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Race to the Championship while the champion of the Malcuit’s Tavern Super Late Model will pocket $2,000. The McKenzie Concrete Super Stock Champion will receive $1,000 and the JoyRide Transportation Mini Stock Champ will get $500 plus the 7th through 10th place finishers will be increased dollars.

   Each week of the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Race to the Championship, the feature winner of each class will draw a numbered ball out of a bucket and whatever number is on the ball, the driver who finished in that position in the feature, will receive a pit pass for the next regular race at Orrville’s Historic Oval.

   After the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Race to the Championship is over and the top ten drivers are set in all four class’, the fans will vote for their top three drivers. Then at the Awards Banquet in November, one driver out of the top three fan favorite in each class will be chosen and will receive a Wayne County Speedway custom fire suit gift certificate.   

   The earning of points will stay the same with a couple of additions this season. The feature winner will get 50 points while second will be 45 points and third place will collect 43 points as fourth receives 41 points and fifth gets 39 points. Sixth place is worth 38 points and from there down it will be one less point per position down to 20th that will get 24 points. For a driver who does not start or transfer into the feature from the last chance race, they get 15 points. Also the All Star races for the Pine Tree Towing & Recovery Sprints and the World of Outlaw race for the Malcuit’s Tavern Super Late Model will receive 15 points for competing in those events.

   The new additions to the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Race to the Championship points will see each heat winner getting 3 points. Also this season will be an attendance point awarded. For each race that a driver races in, they will receive a point that will increase with more consecutive nights of racing. From the first race to the fifth consecutive race a driver will get one point per night. Starting with the sixth straight night of competing, the driver will get 2 points per night up until the tenth straight night. The on the 11th night a driver will get 3 points added to their point total. So if a driver races in the first 10 nights of racing, he will have accumulated 15 bonus points. If your class is not scheduled, it will not count against the your attendance points The All Star and World of Outlaw shows will not count for or against the attendance points either. 

   If a driver misses a night, no matter how many consecutive nights he has raced, they will have to go back to starting over at night one of consecutive nights but will keep the points they have accumulated. If a driver has raced the first 6 nights then misses night seven, they will have racked up 7 points but would go back to starting their consecutive nights over as if it was their first night of racing