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Saturday’s opening race at Crystal WILL NOT BE CANCELED DUE TO COLD WEATHER. Due to pending cold temperatures, the entire program will be run as quickly as possible. After SOD preliminary events are completed, one or to Crystal classes will run preliminary events to allow SOD competitors time to prepare for our feature. The SOD feature will then be run as soon as possible. Please be prepared to race with very little down time.

Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP thanks Crystal Motor Speedway personnel for doing everything they can to ensure an exciting, successful show under less than optimal circumstances.

Erie, MI (May 10, 2016) – Engine Pro sprints On Dirt presented by ARP heads to Crystal Motor Speedway this Saturday for the season-opening MAHLE/Clevite Beyond Limits Challenge Race #1.   Originally scheduled for April 30, Mother Nature had other ideas and persistent rain forced promoter Ron Flinn to postpone the race. The rescheduled date of May 14, however, keeps Crystal’s tradition of holding the SOD season opening race intact.

Competitors will waste no time getting things going in a big way for 2016. Engler Machine & Tool, Lane Automotive, and COMP Cams will each pay $100 to win for their respective heat races. The first race of the MAHLE/Clevite Beyond Limits Challenge five-race mini-series will pay $400 to start the feature. The BLC five-race series will pay the top five drivers in points with the driver who scores the most points collecting $1,000.

Racers needing methanol fuel before Saturday should call Allen Walblay @ Corrigan Oil (810-625-1170).   Hoosier SOD spec tires will be available at the track Saturday.

Discover how MAHLE Aftermarket technology makes the difference in your vehicle today at https://catalog.mahle-aftermarket.com/na/home/index.xhtml. To learn more about Crystal Motor Speedway, visit www.crystalmotorspeedway.com. For more information about Engine Pro, go to www.enginepro.com.   For more information about ARP, go to www.arp-bolts.com.

SOD Season Opener at Crystal Motor Speedway tonight is cancelled due to weather. It is rescheduled for Saturday, May 14th.

Erie, MI (April 28, 2016) – Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP is partnering with Motor City Racing Promotions (MCRP) to provide live timing and scoring for all 2016 SOD events.

MCRP’s Scott Menlen and Justin Sharp will manage all race control activities including the electronic scoring process; MCRP will install necessary equipment at tracks that are not yet equipped with it. MCRP will rent transponders to all competitors that do not own their own for $15.00 per SOD event. The event scorer, an MCRP trained and experienced official, will perform all event scoring activities and stream races live. Race results will then be processed by SOD Event Manager Pat Holzinger for race payouts.

To access the Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt at Crystal Motor Speedway live stream, go to www.sprintsondirt.com and click on the “Live Scoring” tab.  Timing & scoring will air live immediately following Cabin Fever 100 practice at Springport Motor Speedway at approximately 6:00 PM EST.

To learn more about Motor City Racing Promotions, go to www.motorcityracing.co. For more information about Engine Pro, go to www.enginepro.com. For more information about ARP, go to www.arp-bolts.com. The full 2016 Sprints on Dirt schedule, rules, current news, and other information are available at www.sprintsondirt.com.

Erie, MI (April 12, 2016) – The Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP will kick off the 2016 season at Crystal (MI) Motor Speedway on April 30th. It will also be the first race of the five-race MAHLE/Clevite Beyond Limits Challenge (BLC) that will pay the mini-series winner $1,000.

The season opening race will be the first under the exciting new Sprints On Dirt unlimited sprint car format that has drawn extensive attention throughout the sprint car racing world. The feature will pay $400 to start, and heat race sponsors Engler Machine & Tool, Lane Automotive, and COMP Cams will pay their respective heat race winners $100 for not only this event, but every 2016 SOD race.

Always one of the most popular venues for Sprints On Dirt, the three-eighths mile Crystal Motor Speedway, founded in 1952, is the only speedway that has been on the SOD schedule every year since its first season in 1980.

Competitors should contact SOD to reserve tires for pick up at Crystal. Competitors who do not reserve tires will be allowed to purchase one set of rear tires until all competitors have a set, then additional tires can be purchased. Payment by cash, check, or credit card (2.75% bank surcharge added to credit card payments) accepted.

To learn more about Crystal Motor Speedway, go to www.crystalmotorspeedway.com. For more information about Engine Pro, go to www.enginepro.com. For more information about ARP, go to www.arp-bolts.com.