2/10/2017
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Lucas Oil Speedway announces 2017 sponsors
By Lyndal Scranton (Wheatland, MO) -- With the season opener just two months away, Lucas Oil Speedway has announced its lineup of Weekly Racing Series sponsors for the 2017 season.
Big Adventure RV is coming aboard as the sponsor for the Lucas Oil Speedway Weekly Racing Series, which starts on April 8. Meanwhile, the lineup of division sponsors is: Warsaw Auto Marine and RV-NAPA Auto Parts (ULMA Late Models); Pitts Homes (USRA Modifieds), Ozark Golf Cars (USRA B-Mods) and Big O Tires (Street Stocks).
"We're excited to welcome Big Adventure RV and look forward to a tremendous season with all our title sponsors in the Weekly Racing Series divisions," Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Dan Robinson said. "We couldn't bring top-notch racing to our fans without the support from all of our sponsors.
"Billy Pitts at Big Adventure RV and the Pitts Family (Pitts Homes) are tremendously loyal supporters of dirt-track racing and specifically the Lucas Oil Speedway and we're proud to have Big Adventure RV as our Weekly Racing Series sponsor and Pitts Homes returning as the USRA Modified sponsor.
"Meanwhile, we're pleased to welcome Big O Tires and Warsaw Auto Marine and RV to our family and welcome back Ozarks Golf Cars for their second year."
Big Adventure RV is located on Highway 254 South in Hermitage. Big Adventure RV has a complete line of recreational vehicles, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy travel trailers and toy fifth wheels. They also do repair services and consignments. For more information, log onto http://www.BigAdventureRV.com or call (417) 745-6840 or 1-800-658-0356.
"We hope we can showcase what we can do and get our name out there and show people what we can do on the RV side," Billy Pitts said. Big Adventure RV is a first-year company while the Pitts Homes business has been in the Ozarks for several decades.
"We've been open three months. The mobile home side has been around forever. We've been here 46 years," Billy Pitts added.
A look at the division sponsors:
BIG O TIRES STREET STOCKS
Big O Tires takes over as class sponsor for the Street Stocks. The Osage Beach store at 4712 Jayhawk Street offers a wide range of diagnostic, repair and routine maintenance services, backed by one of the best national services warranties in the business. Call (573) 348-4600 or go online to http://www.BigOTires.com.
Kyle Uchtmann of Big O Tires said his staff at the Big O Stores in the Lake of the Ozarks area are good friends with Street Stocks racer Kenny Carroll and highly recommended partnering with the speedway and the division.
"I know that every time I've been there, it is just packed," Uchtmann said of Lucas Oil Speedway. "We're definitely happy to be in it and I think it's just the beginning of it."
OZARK GOLF CARS USRA B MODS
Returning for the second year as class sponsor for the USRA B-Mods is Ozarks Golf Cars. Owner Spencer King started the business in 2005 and has developed an extensive inventory to supply almost any golf car rental in southwest Missouri or the surround area and one of the largest Yamaha dealers in southwest Missouri.
King provides free golf cart delivery within 75 miles of Ozark and his crew will travel anywhere within the region to fix a cart. Go to http://www.OzarkGolfCars.com or call 1-866-846-7970 for additional info.
PITTS HOMES USRA MODIFIEDS
Pitts Homes returns as a class sponsor in 2016 in the USRA Modified division. Pitts Homes was founded in 1971 by Maurice Lee Pitts and Jane Pitts and now, with five locations (Bolivar, Strafford, Hermitage, Clinton and Warsaw) it has become one of the leading retailers of modular and manufactured housing in the state of Missouri.
"It's done so much for the community," Maurice Lee Pitts said of the speedway's impact on the area. "There's nobody that does anything any more of a class act than Forrest (Lucas) does."
Log onto http://www.PittsHomesInc.com or call any of the locations listed on the website for further information.
WARSAW AUTO MARINE AND RV LATE MODELS
Warsaw Auto Marine and RV-NAPA Auto Parts assumes sponsorship of the ULMA Late Models. Located in Warsaw, it opened in March of 2015 and continues to serve its community as a leading automotive parts retailer. Call (660) 438-2829 or log onto GettheGoodStuff.net for more information.
"We've been sponsor in the past, with our other location in Hermitage for six years or so," Brett Heiser of Warsaw Auto Martin and RV-NAPA Auto Parts said. "We just decided this year we would change it up and advertise for our new location in Warsaw.
The 2017 Lucas Oil Speedway season begins with the Big Adventure RV Weekly Racing Series opener on April 8, followed by the 4th annual Lucas Oil MLRA Spring Nationals on April 14-15. Here is the complete schedule for 2017.
For complete Lucas Oil Speedway event information, archived stories, ticket info and schedule information for the season, visit http://www.lucasoilspeedway.com. Three-day passes for the 25th annual Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtecttheHarvest.com are now on sale.
Lucas Oil Speedway is located at Highways 83 and 54 in Wheatland, Missouri. A campground with shower and bathroom facilities is also available. With it's entrance located just outside the pit gate this sprawling scenic camping facility will continue to enhance the racing experience at the Diamond of Dirt Tracks.
Click http://www.LucasOilSpeedway.com for more information and detailed directions to the speedway or call the Track Hotline at (417) 282-5984.
In addition, fans can get social with Lucas Oil Speedway by following @LucasSpeedway on Twitter, clicking "Like" at http://www.facebook.com/LucasOilSpeedway and on http://www.youtube.com/LucasOilSpeedway.
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
