SALEM SPEEDWAY INAGURATES NEW SHORT TRACK WITH IOFS EVENT

 Photo Courtesy of PBO Media Productions

Salem, IN - June 27, 2010 - A strong afternoon thunderstorm and 90 degree weather couldn't keep the International Outlaw Figure 8 Series (IOFS) from inaugurating the new short track at Salem Speedway Sunday afternoon.

The legendary high-banked .555 mile oval in southern Indiana featured Figure 8 racing for the first time in the tracks sixty-three year existence. A new .250 mile oval track with a Figure 8 coarse was constructed over the off-season and saw its first-ever event Sunday with the calling of the IOFS Outlaw Figure 8's.

A nice crowd braved humid 90 plus degree temperatures and a rain delay early in the day to witness history

as Rich Fenwick captured his first IOFS event win. Fenwick becomes the first winner on Salem Speedway's Figure 8 track with his triumph in the 50 lap IOFS main event. 

Dane Laster was the first car to hit the track during qualifying and for a brief moment held the new track record. Gary Bedell ultimately ended up with the EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier award with a lap of 19.798 seconds around the new track. Heat races were won by Butch Winters, Jeff Swinford, and Tony Anderson.

Attrition played a huge role in the outcome of the fifty-lap feature as Rich Fenwick survived a late race charge from RJ Norton Jr. as the duo worked through traffic the final twenty laps in a caution filled event. Norton Jr. and 2009 champion Doug Greig rounded out the top three. Daniel Glover was the 'Brad Dawg' award winner and Chuckie Hargraves was the AMSOIL Hard Charger award winner presented by authorized dealer Elmer Schaeffer.

SALEM SPEEDWAY IOFS 50 LAP FEATURE RESULTS JUNE 27, 2010

1.   Rich Fenwick

2.   RJ Norton Jr.

3.   Doug Greig

4.   Charlie Hargraves

5.   Jesse Tunny

6.   Chris Green

7.   Johny Magee

8.   Dane Laster

9.   Chuckie Hargraves

10.  Tony Anderson

11.  Jeff Swinford

12.  Richard Dickens

13.  Daniel Glover

14.  Ben Tunny

15.  Butch Winters

16.  Corey Turner

17.  Nick Moore

18.  John Lord

19.  Jeff Hizer

20.  Kenny Boggs

21.  Jimmy Vincent

22.  Gary Bedell

23.  Robert Brumback

24.  Andy Sherley DNS

Note: Photo above is of Bowling Green, KY. driver Richard "Doodle" Dickens