By Mike Strevel

The Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series is excited to announce that again in 2013 Engine Pro has signed on as the series title sponsor with ARP again on board as presenting sponsor. SOD is proud to have these great supporters for its 34th season.
Series Director Mike Strevel was quoted “it is wonderful to have such great supporters of the Sprints on Dirt such as Engine Pro and ARP.” “This great relationship started years ago and continues to grow, this shows that SOD remains attractive to sponsors, racetracks and race teams such as the many that are currently involved with one of the longest running series in the Great Lakes area.”

“We are excited to once again be affiliated with the Sprints on Dirt Series. This series is full of action packed racing and all-around good people so it’s very easy to be a partner with them at the grass roots level of racing. The Sprints on Dirt Series has also become a valuable marketing partner by promoting the Engine Pro name along with the products that are now manufactured by Engine Pro and sold under the Engine Pro label. We look forward to a season of fun and exciting racing in 2013,” stated Scott Overlund, Sales & Marketing Manager of Engine Pro in Grand Rapids, MI.

The Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP series sanctions winged Sprint Car races at speedways throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario.

The Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is excited to announce the return again in 2013 of three promotions that add to the level of support that Engine Pro of Grand Rapids already provides. The first is the exciting Engine Pro Lucky Dog program that will award a driver an additional cash award amount of at least $100 per feature race. A random finishing position will be drawn by the feature race winner and that driver will be awarded the $100 prize if he has decided to participate in the Lucky Dog program and has placed the large Engine Pro decal on their nose wing. If the position drawn does not have the decal the amount will roll over to the next race and increase to $200. This will continue over the course of the season for all SOD sanctioned events. If someone wins the prize it will start again at $100 and this will be an exciting promotion for the entire 2013 season.

The second promotion is the July 20, 2013 Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP event scheduled for Crystal Motor Speedway. Crystal is the only track to host the series for every year of the 34 year history of the group and to celebrate this occasion the track will host a 34 lap feature event paying $2,034 to win and $300 to start the feature. Also the National Racing Alliance (NRA) series from Ohio has agreed to co-sanction the event and will add to what is expected to be an incredible night of 360 winged sprint car racing. NRA champion Randy Hannagan scored this prestigious event in 2012.

The third being the 2013 season championship race scheduled at Tri City Motor Speedway in Auburn, MI. This $2000 to win celebration of the 2013 season will be supported by Speed Pro again this year. Dain Naida took this inaugural event last season. It will be held on Saturday September 21.

Additional information regarding the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP is available at www.sprintsondirt.com.

Please note that both Owendale events have been removed from the schedule as new track ownership cannot afford a Sprints on Dirt show at this time.  Look for a couple of more dates to be added to the schedule later this month.

The 2013 rulebook has been posted to our competitor information page in PDF format.  You can click the headline on this story to go directly to that section.  Look for registration forms and other information to be posted in this section throughout the season.

Gun Lake, MI — (February 2, 2013) — The 2013 schedule for the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP has grown by two dates with an exciting addition to one date that has been already announced.

The winged 360 sprint group is proud to announce a return to Butler Speedway. The only appearance of the season at the popular sprint car oval located in Quincy MI will be Saturday June 15th. To make the race date even more exciting it will be a co-sanctioned event with the NRA Sprint Invaders from Ohio. This will mark one of several co-sanctioned SOD-NRA shows on both sprint car sanctioning bodies’ 2013 schedule.

The other addition to the schedule is a new event that hopefully will become a yearly tradition. The Fremont Speedway in Fremont Ohio has scheduled a triple sanctioned race on Saturday August 10. This can’t miss event will be sanctioned by the Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt, the NRA Sprint Invaders and the Fremont Speedway 305 sprint division. This will add up to an incredible car count and if that is not enough to get race fans excited, the feature will pay a generous $3,000 to win and $300 to start the main event. The Sprints on Dirt would like to thank promoter Rich Farmer for supporting sprint car racing and promoting this incredible show.

The other upgrade on the 2013 Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP schedule is the addition of a co-sanction with the NRA for the Saturday May 4 race at Mike Mouch’s I-96 Speedway. The exciting news that was announced recently that the sprints will be returning to the ½ mile Lake Odessa MI oval is now even more enhanced with the best 360 racers from Ohio, Indiana and Michigan competing. The purse structure for this event is still being developed and will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Engine Pro Sprints on Dirt Presented by ARP will be sanctioning events in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Ontario during its 34th year of dirt track competition. For more information please check out www.sprintsondirt.com.