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Icebreaker 350 Announcement

Skyland, North Carolina (January 17, 2008) - As previously announced, Tri-County Motor Speedway in conjunction with Joe Schmaling and Mart Nesbitt will begin their season Saturday March 8, 2008.  The 1st annual “Icebreaker” event is shaping up to be a huge day of racing.

The new Super Cup Stock Car Series will make their first of three appearances at the speedway in 2008 with a 100 lap feature event.  These cars are Pro Cup style cars very similar to NASCAR Nationwide Series cars.  The series ran an exhibition race last fall and it ended up as one of the most exciting races of the year at the speedway!  Drivers from Iowa to Florida along with many local hot shoes will be vying for the first victory of the season.  We are expecting a full field for this inaugural event.

The "Icebreaker 350" will also feature a 75 lap Street Stock event.  This will be a special non-points event.  We are expecting a large field of Street Stocks from Tri-County, Hickory, Newport and other surrounding tracks!  The division will use Tri-County’s weekly Street Stock rules.  The event will be 75 laps and cautions will not count.  Spotters will be allowed for the event.  The cars will be running on USED 2602 slicks just as they will on a weekly basis.  You will be allowed to bring your own tires to the event.  However, no new tires, two lap scuffs or soaked tires will be allowed.  If your tires are deemed to be superior to average used tires, you may be asked to purchase tires at the event.  We will be checking with a durometer and tread depth gauge.  If you do not have tires, we will be selling tires at the track.  The cars will qualify for this event and the top 8 will draw for their starting position after qualifying.  This event will pay $500 to win and if there are 25 or more cars it will pay $700 to win!

In addition, the “Icebreaker 350” will feature two 50 lap events for the Miniature Motorsports Racing Association (MMRA).  The event will be run as a Southeast Super Mini-Cup regional qualifier event.  These exciting divisions will feature 1/2 scale Sprint Cup style stock cars.  We will have the “RaceDog.com 50” which is a 50 lap event for the Open division.  This event will pay $500 to win!  In addition, we will also have a 50 lap event for the Future Stars division paying a minimum of $150 to win.  This division is for the younger drivers moving from Quarter Midgets and go karts to the larger stock cars.

Last but not least, the ever popular Enduro division will run one of its three special events for the 2008 season.  This division will run 75 total laps with no cautions.  We have modified the rules this year to further restrict what an Enduro car is.  The rules will closely match the Newport Enduro rules.  Thus, if you build a car to run this event, you will be able to run at least 5 events in 2008!  This is an excellent entry level of racing.  And, yes, we will once again be allowing passengers for this event!  The race will pay $400 to win!  Complete rules for this division will be available on this website or you can email us at jschmaling@supercupstockcarseries.com.

The Super Cup Stock Car Series cars will arrive for an optional practice and tech day on Friday.  In addition, the track will be available for testing for all divisions on Friday for a small per car fee.  All divisions with the exception of the Enduro event will receive practice and qualifying on Saturday.  A complete detailed schedule of the day’s events will be posted in the near future.  All divisions (except SCSCS) should contact Tri-County Motor Speedway for more information.

As you can see, the “Icebreaker 350” should be a huge day of racing and a giant kickoff to the 2008 Super Cup Series and Tri-County Motor Speedway!  Admission for this event will be the same as a regular Tri-County event and annual parking passes will be honored.  Race time is initially planned for 3:00 PM.   Make it a point to come out and join us for this exciting event! For additional questions please contact Joe Schmaling at jschmaling@supercupstockcarseries.com or (828) 768-3589 or contact Mart Nesbitt at mnesbitt@supercupstockcarseries.com.

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