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DIRTcar Racing
Announces Sanctioning Of
Midwest Dirt
Late Model Series For 2010 Season
CONCORD, NC March 8, 2010 The Midwest
Dirt Late Model Series (MDLMS) will carry the sanctioning of DIRTcar
Racing in 2010, officials from the two organizations have announced.
Renamed the Midwest DIRTcar Late Model Series, the Wichita,
Kans.-based tour will focus on full-fender competition at tracks in
the Kansas/Oklahoma area. It will feature several co-sanctioned
events with the Colorado Late Model Association DIRTcar Series,
which will also run under the DIRTcar banner for the first time this
season.
"Bringing the Midwest DIRTcar Late Model Series into the DIRTcar
family continues our expansion west of the Mississippi River," said
DIRTcar Racing Western Region director Chris Morgan, who negotiated
to set up the MDLMS and CLMA as sister DIRTcar tours. "The Midwest
DIRTcar Late Model Series serves as a geographic bridge between our
core DIRTcar series and tracks in the heartland to new DIRTcar
territory in the Rocky Mountains and on to the West Coast, enhancing
DIRTcar's reach as we strive to provide fans and race teams more
exciting events across the country."
The MDLMS will remain under the direction of president Dusty Wiegert
of Ramona, Kan., but all events in 2010 will offer DIRTcar
Racing-licensed drivers points toward DIRTcar Racing's UMP circuit
state/regional and national standings. Drivers will have an
opportunity to share in a DIRTcar UMP points fund that annually tops
$200,000 and also participate in the enhanced insurance program
available to all DIRTcar Racing members.
In an effort to reinvigorate the dirt Late Model scene for local
racers in Kansas and Oklahoma, Wiegert, 27, led the formation of the
MDLMS in the fall of 2008. The tour debuted in 2009 with a six-race
schedule (four other scheduled events were rained out) and Chuck
Comer of Joplin, Mo., emerged as the inaugural champion.
"We knew there were a lot of dirt Late Model cars and drivers in the
area who just weren't racing because the opportunities weren't out
there, so we decided to put a series together," said Wiegert, who
has worked as an announcer and public relations representative in
recent years. "We wanted to spark some interest for the teams in our
area and bring back some excitement to the fans, and in our first
year we accomplished those goals.
"Now we're excited to take another big step this season. Being
involved with a nationally-known organization like DIRTcar is going
to bring a lot more attention and recognition to our series and
drivers."
The tentative 2010 MDLMS schedule currently lists 11 events at seven
different tracks, starting on May 1 at Wild West Speedway in
Clinton, Okla. Other ovals set to host the tour are Dodge City
(Kans.) Raceway Park (May 7-8); Minneapolis (Kans.) Raceway (May 15,
Aug. 21 and Sept. 11); Mid-America Speedway in South Coffeyville,
Okla. (May 22 and Aug. 28); Brill Motor Speedway in Meeker, Okla.
(June 26); Hutchinson (Kans.) Raceway Park (July 31); and Liberal
(Kans.) Fairgrounds Speedway (Aug. 1). The events at Dodge City,
Hutchinson and Liberal Fairgrounds are scheduled for co-sanction by
the CLMA DIRTcar Series.
Wiegert said he expects to add several dates to the 10 MDLMS, which
offers a $1,000 top prize for most events.
For more information on the Midwest DIRTcar Late Model Series, visit
www.mdlms.net.
Additional info on all of the series, sanctioning and member tracks
of DIRTcar Racing is available at
www.DIRTcar.com 
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