For Immediate Release: Montana Raceway Park
KALISPELL, Mont. (August 15, 2009)-Gary Lewis led the first 31 laps of the Kalispell Toyota Tundra International ARCA West Mac’s Series Challenge before rain began to fall forcing the postponement of the event to Sunday afternoon.
Shelby Thompson is running second with Mark Owens third, Brian Johnson Jr. fourth and Wrango West fifth. Drivers and their teams are under a red flag condition with the cars covered and no work being done until the green flag flies at noon Pacific on Sunday.
Tickets purchased for Friday or Saturday’s race will be honored on Sunday. Also, Montana Raceway Park owner’s, the Thornton family, will allow anyone with a can of food to donate to the Flathead Valley homeless shelters a free admission ticket to the final 119 laps of the Bill Clark Can-Am Memorial 150. Non-perishable items will be collected at the front gate or at the track’s souvenir booth.
Full concessions will be available with the front gate opening at 10 a.m.
Live audio of the final 119 laps of the Kalispell Toyota Tundra International Challenge for the ARCA West Mac’s Series will be available beginning at 1 p.m. American Web Design, the providers of the free video and audio feed will be back on Sunday to attempt to reconnect their video equipment that had been exposed to the elements in Saturday night’s rainfall. They have assured Raceway Park officials that an audio feed will be provided on Sunday afternoon at no charge regardless of the outcome of their efforts to reconnect their video equipment.
Race fans in the Flathead Valley can learn more regarding Sunday’s final 119 laps by tuning into Bee Broadcasting channels including Montana Country 106.3 The Bear and B95. Also information is available on the track’s website at www.montanaracewaypark.com and on the West Coast’s source for racing news, www.racingwest.com in the Northwest section of their message board.
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