Inside Line Promotions – BILLINGS, Mont. (July 10, 2017) – The Northwest Challenge Series will return to action this weekend with a pair of $2,000-to-win races in Montana.
Electric City Speedway in Great Falls will host an event on Friday before BMP Speedway in Billings wraps up the weekend for the Northwest Challenge Series, which was created under the banners of the NSA Series, which is based in Montana and has roots in Western Canada, and the Washington-state based Summer Thunder Sprint Series.
Texas native Travis Rilat captured the inaugural Northwest Challenge Series event on June 17 at BMP Speedway and he leads the championship standings entering this weekend’s events, which
will also be full points races for the NSA Series.
The top two drivers in the championship standings are separated by only seven points. Canadian Casey Adams holds a slight lead over Rilat as the duo have gone back and forth through the first three races this season.
Adams has one win and two second-place finishes while Rilat has two victories and a fifth-place finish. A Main finishes give Adams a 10-point edge, but Rilat has earned three more points than Adams during heat race competition.
Canadian’s Sean MacDonell and Kelly Miller, who is the defending NSA Series champion, have posted top 10s during all three races along with Montana’s Trever Kirkland.
The front gates will open at 6 p.m. with racing at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Electric City Speedway. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m. on Saturday at BMP Speedway.
Tickets for Electric City Speedway are $15 for adults and $12 for senior citizens and students ages 13-years-old to 17-years-old. Children ages 12-years-old and younger get in free.
BMP Speedway tickets are $20 for adults and $14 for seniors, military members and students ages 12-years-old to 17-years-old. Admission is free for children ages 11 and younger. Pit passes are $30 per person.
Pre-purchased tickets at the BMP Speedway website are only $15 for adults and $10 for seniors, military members and students. To take advantage of the pre-buy specials, which end Friday night, visit http://www.BMPSpeedway.com/schedule.
2017 NSA SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –
Travis Rilat – 2 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on May 20 and BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., on June 17) and Casey Adams – 1 (Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., on May 19)
UP NEXT –
Friday at Electric City Speedway in Great Falls, Mont., and Saturday at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., with the Northwest Challenge Series
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.BMPSpeedway.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSASeries
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSASeries
NORTH-AMERICAN SPEED ASSOCIATION –
The North-American Speed Association is a 360ci winged sprint car series that dates back to the mid-1990s. NSA Founder Mike Quigley, who is a former sprint car driver and the current owner at BMP Speedway in Billings, Mont., established the series to hold marquee events throughout the West Coast, Western Canada and Montana.
NORTHWEST CHALLENGE SERIES –
In a show of unity to grow winged sprint car racing in the Pacific Northwest and Central Montana, the Washington-based Summer Thunder Sprint Series has partnered with the Montana and Western Canada-based North-American Speed Association to create a special 11-race Northwest Challenge Series for teams in the Pacific Northwest, Central Montana and Western Canada.
TRACKS –
BMP SPEEDWAY (Billings, Mont.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile oval. The track hosts weekly racing from the middle of May through late September. For more information, visit http://www.BMPSpeedway.com.
CASTROL RACEWAY (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile track. It showcases weekly racing and special events from May through October. For more information, visit http://www.CastrolRaceway.com.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE FAIR RACEWAY (Yakima, Wash.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile clay oval located at the Central Washington State Fairgrounds. The track only hosts special events each year.
DRAYTON VALLEY SPEEDWAY (Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada) – It is a semi-banked, 3/8-mile track that was re-opened in 2016. For more information, visit http://www.DVSpeedway.com.
ELECTRIC CITY SPEEDWAY (Great Falls, Mont.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/10-mile oval that was built in the early 1950s. The facility showcases weekly events from late April until early September. For more information, visit http://www.ElectricCitySpeedway.com.
SKAGIT SPEEDWAY (Alger, Wash.) – It is a semi-banked, 3/10-mile track that was established in 1954. The oval puts on weekly events from April through September every season. For more information, visit http://www.SkagitSpeedway.com.
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