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Dec 30
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Mobile International Speedway Announces Most Aggressive First Quarter Schedule In Track History

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Mobile International Speedway
Mobile International Speedway
Manager/Promoter Rick Crawford announced the most aggressive 1st quarter schedule in the 49 year history of Mobile International Speedway, a Rick Crawford Performance track. “The fans, drivers and teams really embraced our management team in our first year at the Speedway. Their enthusiasm has carried through the winter and the excitement around our first ARCA race is incredible,” offered Crawford.

For the first time the Speedway will open in mid January for a day of ARCA testing with the grandstands open to the public at no charge. The ARCA test will be followed by the Speedway’s Annual Championship banquet at Herons Lake Country Club on the 22nd and 3 open test dates for local teams before the ARCA-Mobile 200 weekend. On February 24th and March 4th the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience will return to the Speedway for fans to have an opportunity to experience the excitement of driving at “Alabama’s Fastest Half Mile”.

The ARCA-Mobile 200 weekend will start on Thursday night with the Green Flag Party followed by ARCA Pole Night on Friday night. The ARCA cars will be joined on Friday night by the Bob’s Speed Shop Sportsman and the Island Motor II Bombers. The weekend wraps up on Saturday afternoon with the inaugural running of the ARCA-Mobile 200 at 2:00 PM.

The Midwest Cooling Towers Pro-Late Models will make there first appearance on March the 17th in the 95 KSJ 95. For the first full season ever the Super Stocks will be joined by the Trucks and both will compete against each other in the Praytor Realty Super Stock-Trucks Division. On March 24th the Miller Lite Super Late Models return to the Speedway and begin their quest of the 2012 Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series.

“In 2012 we’re pulling out all the stops to make sure our fans and competitors have the Fastest Fun Around! At Mobile International Speedway we have no walls and with no walls every Saturday night we’re committed to a No Walls No Holds Barred affair.”

For more visit www.MobileSpeedway.net

- Mobile International Speedway Press Release


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