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More appropriate thread title since the series isn't shutting down.

Thanks Chris. I have updated the top post, and will update again once the schedule's released.

The 2009 schedule has been released...

http://www.usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2952

...for the most part, since there's a couple TBA races listed.
Also, Southern National is on the schedule which is surprising, I guess they worked a deal with the owner for a one race deal even though the track isn't operating for weekly racing.

South Boston has two races again this year, including one of the championship races, so you can look for me to post footage from those races since I'm planning on going to both of them, and potentially the SNRP and Rockingham races as well.

Nice, looking forward to your footage.

I would like to see this series on Versus again because I don't have MavTv.

im glad to hear this series is doing good considering the myrtle beach speedway, which is the home track for usar sits basically in my backyard.

USAR has announced a TV deal for 2009:

http://www.usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2970

Hopefully there will be someone who will capture those races. I've heard there is some good racing in this series.

interesting..when does the series start??

April 4th at Concord Motorsports Park.

Is there a list of confirmed drivers and teams?

I have yet to seen one.

I'm pretty sure Benny Gordon will be back but I'm also fairly confident Woody Howard will not since it's recently been announced he will be driving in the Late Model division here at Langley Speedway for the whole 2009 season for car owner James Long.

It looks like Bobby Gill is running for his 5th championship this year.

USARacing has released the entry list for the race at Concord that will take place this Saturday.

NO      CAR #     DIV.      DRIVER     CAR     HOMETOWN         
1    1    N    Brett Butler       Snellville, GA       
2    7    N    Gary St. Amant       Delaware, OH       
3    13    S    John Gibson    F    Statesville, NC       
4    22    S    Drew Herring    F    Benson, NC       
5    22    N    Derek Kale            C      Beckley, WV       
6    23    S    J.P. Morgan    C    Ether, NC       
7    23    N    Jody Lavender       Hartsville, SC       
8    28    S    Billy Bigley Jr.       F    Naples, FL    
9    29    S    Trevor Bayne       Knoxville, TN    
10    35    S    Trevor Farbo    C    Concord, NC    
11    54    S    Clay Rogers    C    Troutman, NC    
12    56    S    Brandon Ward       Winston Salem, NC    
13    65    N    Matt Lofton    C    Mooresville, NC    
14    66    N    Benny Gordon       DuBois, PA    
15    73    N    Jeff Agnew       F    Floyd, VA    
16    75    N    Ronnie Souders    C    Beloit, OH    
17    75    S    Caleb Holman    C    Abingdon, VA    
18    00    S    Lucas Ransone       Madison, NC    
19    04    S    Larry Barrett    C    Ringgold, VA    
20    06    S    Bobby Gill          F    Concord, NC    
21    07    S    AJ Frank               Troutman, NC

http://www.usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2977


For the most part it looks like a competitive field and hopefully the car count will pick up a bit over the season.

http://www.usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2983


This is absolutely awesome news for my home track Langley Speedway.
However, this is also terrible news for me since this race is on the same day as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at Virginia Motor Speedway which I was really looking forward to.

Home track?


I live in NJ, there's 2 racetracks in the entire state.

A depleted Pro Cup field versus the World of Outlaws. I think your choice is clear.

I would have been very disappointed if I had gone to the WoO race instead of the Pro Cup race because I would have missed one of the best races in the history of racing.
...and I'm not exaggerating by a whole lot. In the last few laps the top four were bumping, rubbing, and slamming each other, on the last lap the lead was held by three different drivers, and they went through turns 3 and 4 three wide to the checkers. The best part about it was that the leaders were knocking each other around but they all made it to the line without crashing. Absolutely epic finish.

I picked up this little souvenir in the pits after the races last night.





The race is going to be broadcast on Fox Sports Net sometime in the middle of July, and I'm really hoping someone will capture it since it was an absolutely awesome race.

I have a short highlight video from the night, including a few wrecks and the spectacular finish, as well as a couple crashes from the Late Model race.
I would recommend watching the video in HD by clicking anywhere on the video and then clicking on the 'HD' button.



And here's the results:
[spoiler]1. (54s) Clay Rogers; 250
2. (00s) Lucas Ransone; 250
3. (06s) Bobby Gill; 250
4. (55n) Woody Howard; 250
5. (28s) Billy Bigley Jr.; 250
6. (68n) Allen Purkhiser; 250
7. (65n) Matt Lofton; 250
8. (73n) Jeff Agnew; 250
9. (22s) Drew Herring; 250
10. (13s) John Gibson; 250
11. (75s) Caleb Holman; 248
12. (04s) Larry Barrett; 246
13. (1n) Brett Butler; 237
14. (75n) Ronnie Souders; 205
15. (56s) Brandon Ward; 172
16. (23s) J.P. Morgan; 170
17. (22n) Derek Kale; 146
18. (6n) Danny Abold; 59
19. (1s) Tom Hessert; 55
20. (7n) Mike Hennessy; 22
21. (28n) Wally Smith; 10
Pole: Holman - 84.987 mph.[/spoiler]

Surprisingly the Pro Cup cars were slower in qualifying than the Late Models with the Pro Cup pole taken by Caleb Holman at 16.732 seconds (84.987 mph) and Paul DeBolt taking the Late Model pole at 16.186 seconds (87.854 mph). I figure most of the reason for that is the combination of heavier cars and general lack of experience on tracks this flat for most Pro Cup drivers. I'd be really curious to see what the fastest lap of the race was for the Pro Cup cars since they looked like they were going faster than they were in qualifying.

Man, I miss Langley. I used to go there every now and then to watch their Saturday Night program back when I lived in Virginia Beach.