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SPOKANE, Washington
– The pavement pounding action of the Inland Northwest Sprint Car
Association (INSCA) will be taking to the ultra-fast half-mile speedway of
Spokane Raceway Park (SRP) this Saturday night. This will mark the first
ever race for this series at SRP and will be the first of two trips for
the group this season.
Expected drivers for this weekend’s event
include 2005 INSCA Rookie of the Year and current Championship Points
Leader, Tony Berry, the series’ most recent main event winner, Justin
Popple, the reigning INSCA Champion, Kevin Burck, multi-time modified
winner, Frankie Voltz Jr. and 16-year old ROTY contender, Cole Tupling.
Also, many-time pavement sprint car champion Rick Brown will be in
attendance. Brown was victorious the only previous time that sprint cars
ran at SRP this season with the NSRA series.
This past weekend, Spokane’s Popple picked up
his first ever sprint car victory passing the race leader with two laps to
go. “I cannot tell you how much that win meant to our team,” commented
Popple. “This series is growing, and the cars that are here are very
competitive; we certainly don’t take anything for granted. Our whole ACI
Coatings, EER Contracting team is looking forward to heading up to the
half mile this weekend to see if we can repeat.”
The INSCA series is very lucky to have two
quality race facilities located in the same community, Spokane Raceway
Park and Stateline Speedway - a fact that is not lost on the drivers,
“Both of these facilities have been around forever and our series has
had a great relationship with Stateline Speedway for the last few
seasons,” said INSCA President, Ron Turner. “SRP is a staple in the
Spokane racing community and we are thrilled to be able to take our brand
of racing up there this weekend to support Rick Rice and his staff.”
This will be race number seven of the 10-race
series sponsored by Mission Foods. As the season begins to wind down the
championship points chase is heating up. “We are very fortunate to be in
the position we are in right now with the season coming to a close,”
said current leader Berry. “Our team has endured quite a bit this season
and to be able to be where we’re at can be directly attributed to the
hard work of my crew. This B&B Motorsports, ACRAnet, Sign Service, CDA
Golf Carts, Duncan Marine team is young, but we couldn’t ask for a
better group of racers to be competing with down the stretch.”
The Bud Gorder/ Roger Richards memorial event,
brought to you by Rent-Rite will take place this Saturday night August
18th. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with time trials at 6 p.m. and racing at 7
p.m. For more information about the Inland Northwest Sprint Car
Association call INSCA President Ron Turner at 509.921.1307
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