Stock Car Shootout July 2-3 at Southern Iowa Speedway

  • June 25, 2003

OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- One of the premier special events of the season for I.M.C.A.-sanctioned Stock Cars and Hobby Stocks precedes the holiday fireworks at Southern Iowa Speedway.

The eighth annual American Stock Car Shootout is Wednesday and Thursday, July 2-3 at Oskaloosa. Winner of the Thursday Stock Car feature earns $3,000 and the evening's Hobby Stock winner scores $1,250.

The Shootout opens with the track's regular weekly program on Wednesday. Stocks race for $500 to win, with the I.M.C.A. Hobby Stock main paying $150 to win.

I.M.C.A. Sunoco Modifieds round out the card and pay $400 to win.

Twenty-eight cars will start the two Thursday night features. Total purse for the Stock feature is $14,750. Payout for the Hobby main is $5,325.

There is no entry fee. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and the grandstands at 5 p.m. both days. The draw closes at 6 p.m., hot laps are at 6:15 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.

All I.M.C.A. rules apply and will be enforced. The minimum 3,100 lb. weight rule for Stock Cars is in effect.

More information about the American Stock Car Shootout is available by calling (641) 774-5945, or (641) 673-7004 on race day.