ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rapid Speedway will be having the Andy Gabrielson Memorial this Friday, Aug. 17, with $1,000 to win and $120 to start the USRA Stock Car main event.

All other classes will be racing including USRA B-Mods, USRA Hobby Stocks, Sportsmans and Wingless Sprint Cars.

This will be a USRA points race, so all drivers must have a USRA license or purchase a temporary license for just $10 at the pit gate.

Cars/teams who would like to work out of their trailers, will be allowed to do so off turns 3-4 behind the fence.

General admission will be only $9 with the kids only $2 and children 5 and under are free. Races start at 7:30 p.m.

A very special thanks goes out to:

DeRuyter Pallets
Jim & Jennifer Gregoire of Ivanhoe, Minn.
Kruger Painting of Ellsworth, Minn.
Jake's Meat Market of Sibley
Dykstra Pharmacy of Hull
Automated Waste Systems (Leon Mulder) of Hull
Performance Only of Newkirk
Rod's Station of Hull
Dan's Food Center of Hull
The Station of Hull
Van's Automotive of Doon
Van Der Brink Grinding of Doon
DeJong Hardware of Hull
Hoksbergen & Destigter of Hull
Corner Service of Little Rock
Rich Gregoire of Russel, Minn.
C & K Repair of Hull
Van's Implement of Hull
Valley Industrial Powder Coating of Rock Valley
Scotty's Paint and Body of Rock Rapids
B&B Salvage of Sioux Center
Brookings Stump Removal of Brookings, S.D.
Arnold Motor Supply of Sheldon (Larry & Steve) and Worthington, Minn.
Lyon County Reporter
H&V Farms - Harlond & Virginia
Driver Websites.com of Sioux Falls, S.D.

A huge thank you to long-time Rapid Speedway racer and supporter Bob DeBoer for lining up the additional purse money from many area businesses.

The Andy Gabrielson Memorial USRA Stock Car purse is the following: 1. $1000, 2. $650, 3. $500, 4. $425, 5. $375, 6. $300, 7. $275, 8. $250, 9. $225, 10. $200, 11. $175, 12. $150, 13. $125, 14-20. $120, tow $60.

The 3/8-mile dirt oval is located at the famed Lyon County Fairgrounds in Rock Rapids, Iowa. With a racing surface that is 80 feet wide, this place breeds three-wide racing!

For more information call 712-472-3742 or visit www.rockrapidsspeedway.com online.