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DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Tuesday, February 23, 2010) - Joe Graziano and Lance Fielitz continue to look at how they can be creative and innovative to attract new and current race fans. As the owners of Dells Raceway Park, an ASA Member Track in Wisconsin Dells, WI, they are going into the 2010 season with some new ideas and updating some current ones.

“We have made some changes to our 2010 lineup,” Graziano said.  “Our weekly show will feature late models as our top division.  We have migrated our Super Stock division to align with the new ASA Midwest Tour Sportsman Series and I think we will see a great car count from that division.  Our Pure Stock and Bandit divisions will be back along with our new Six Shooter division.”

The new Six Shooter division is a new entry class with simple rules, “Knock out the glass, add a few safety items and you are racing!” said Race Director Scott Sauerbrei. “Racing has never been easier or cheaper. We’ll even help racers prepare the safety items and let you store the car at the track to keep costs to a bare minimum.” The new division hopes to capture those who have been interested in racing or some high school teams.

They will also have days dedicated to Karting in 2010 with nine stand alone dates. Graziano said the plans are for the karts to run on the 1/3-mile oval with some possible chicanes to keep the racing safe.

For the fans, they will see a change on admission in 2010 as they lowered the weekly adult admission from $12 to $10. Special events will $15 for adults.

Dells Raceway Park today announced 2010 General Admission Pricing:

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Modern day Six Cylinder FWD cars have been around for some 30 years, and there will finally be a place to race them. Dells Raceway Park announced today that 2010 would be Year 1 of what promises to be a great entry-level race class. The rule package has been completed, but it wasn’t too difficult. “Knock out the glass, add a few safety items and you are racing!” said Race Director Scott Sauerbrei. “Racing has never been easier or cheaper. We’ll even help racers prepare the safety items and let you store the car at the track to keep costs to a bare minimum” Scott said.

The new class will be called the “Six Shooters” and will run the final feature every Saturday night. Rules are posted on the DRP web site and are also attached to this announcement. Drivers are encouraged to call Scott at 920-428-6922 or lead tech inspector Dave Oswald at 608-839-5507 with any questions. But Dave is sure that it will be a short conversation. “All you need to do is find a car, let us help you install a few safety items and get behind the wheel!”.

Champions were honored for their 2009 success this past Saturday night as Dells Raceway Park, an ASA Member Track, celebrated its season at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Five division champions and many weekly competitors were congratulated on their fine seasons.

The evening started with a prime rib and chicken dinner followed by an Awards program emceed by Mike Olson, one of the track’s announcers.

Joe Graziano, co-owner of Dells Raceway Park, spoke on behalf of himself and fellow co-owner Lance Fielitz where he thanked all of the sponsors and each track employee for their help this past season. He also joked that the weather on the day of the banquet was sunny and 68 degrees and said it was the best Saturday weather all year.

Graziano presented a special award to Andy Schultz for leading a great safety crew that he assembled for the track. In fact, Schultz along with Jerry Blystone, Norm Bartnick and Kevin Smith who all work at DRP were also working at Talladega two weeks ago and were the first responders to Ryan Newman after his bad wreck in turn three.

Dells Raceway Park today announced that the Big 8 Late Model division (formerly known as “Limited Late Models”) would headline the weekly Racing show in 2010. The “Super Stock” division will migrate into a Sportsman class with rules identical to several other tracks in Central Wisconsin. Pure Stocks and Bandit divisions will remain largely unchanged. New rules packages will be available by November 15th, 2010.

So what happened to the Super Late Models? “The cost of running a Super Late has become impossible for all except a select few” said Race Director Scott Sauerbrei. “In the past few years, the Big 8 Late Model has provided a great opportunity for those who want to race a Late Model without the out-of-control costs. For our weekly series, we made the decision to join most other tracks in Wisconsin and build on the cost-conscious rules associated with the Big 8 Late Model.”