NASCAR Busch North Tour Revs up for Jennerstown Speedway Event

    Jennerstown (August 1) -- The hills of the Laurel Highlands will once again come to life on Saturday, August 22nd, when the NASCAR Busch North Series rolls into Jennerstown Speedway for their presentation of the Burnham Boilers 150.  This annual migration of drivers and teams from NASCAR's northernmost touring division has always generated a great deal of excitement among the race fans of Western Pennsylvania.
    The NASCAR Busch North Series division race was moved from it's traditional spring date in May to the late August date, after many battles with Mother Nature and her fits of spring rain and wind.  Finally NASCAR and Jennerstown Speedway officials threw up their white flags and retreated the race date to August in the hopes of warmer, drier race weather.
    Once the rough weather had subsided during  last seasons event, it was Tom Bolles from Ellington, Conn. who held off a strong challenge from the hard charging Andy Santerre to win in a paint swapping, tire rubbing checkered flag finish.  This years race should prove even more exciting, as the top teams will be doing battle down to the wire, for the chance of claiming the 1998 championship crown.
    The Burnham Boilers 150 Jennerstown Speedway race will be the 14th event of the Busch Tours 19 race season.  The reigning series champion is Mike Stefanik, who started fifth in the 1997 race and finished 12th.
    Every year the talk among the series drivers and teams is on how great the Jennerstown Speedway asphalt oval is to compete on, which makes the Speedway officials and the area race fans very excited.
    "We are very pleased with the fan response and media attention generated by the appearance of the NASCAR Busch North Tour here at Jennerstown Speedway, and with the fantastic corporate support from Burnahm Boilers this race has become one of our marquee events each season," said Speedway General Manager Robert Duvall.  "We feel that our loyal race fans deserve the finest quality stock car racing available, and the NASCAR Busch North Tour events deliver that every time here at Jennerstown Speedway," he said.
    The Busch North Tour racescars are quite similar to the Busch Series cars.  The only exceptions being that Busch North Tour cars race on a specific McCreary bias-ply tire, and the race car roof flaps which are mandatory on Busch Series cars, are not required on Busch North Tour cars.  Also the Busch North Tour cars are 200 pounds lighter than the Busch Series entries.
    The NASCAR Busch North Tour will be making their only Western Pennsylvania appearance on Saturday, August 22nd.  These are some of the drivers that will be moving on into the NASCAR Winston Cup Series soon, and then you have the chance to say that you saw them first, right here at the Jennerstown Speedway.
    Advance ticket orders and additional information can be obtained by contacting the Speedway office at 814-629-6677.