USMTS Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
On Wednesday night, July 16, the USMTS steamroller blasts into the Osage Casino Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., for the first trip to Kerry Gorby�s quarter-mile semi-banked bullring since the 2010 season.
Under the direction of Gorby, the Caney Valley Speedway reopened in 2008 after sitting idle and in disrepair for the four years prior to that. Gorby and his staff have given the facility a complete top-to-bottom facelift since then, including new restrooms, concessions and pit buildings, plus the addition of an air-conditioned press tower, a new and improved p.a. system and thousands of gallons of fresh paint.
A challenging short track, the Caney oval is inviting to drivers as it �requires more talent than talk, more about what�s under the helmet rather than what�s under the hood,� said Gorby. �It�s more likely to scare off cubic dollars than anything else because those dollars don�t spend well here.�
Jason Hughes picked up the first win for the USMTS in 2009, with Morgan Bagley and Dustin Boney following in second and third. In the series� return the following year, Johnny Bone Jr. held off Jeremy Payne and a 20-year-old up-and-comer named Rodney Sanders to garner the victory.
Pit gates will open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5, hot laps are at 7 and racing starts at 7:30. Also on the evening's schedule of events will be Pure Stocks and B-Mods, with a $500 to win and $50 to start purse. Pay scale is:
1-$500
2-$300
3-$200
4-$175
5-$150
6-$125
7-$100
8-$90
9-$85
10-$80
11-$75
12-$70
13-$65
14-$60
15-$55
16-20-$50
Area track rules will apply you just have to bring your track rules for your B-Mod and Pure Stock.
Tickets are just $15 and race fans can pick up $2-off discount coupons on Wednesday at the Casey's General Stores location in Caney and Coffeyville.� Kids 6-12 and seniors are $5 and kids 5 and under are free.
The Caney Valley Speedway is located 0.8 mile west of the junction of US 75 and US 166 on CR 1600. For more information visit www.caneyvalleyspeedway.net on the World Wide Web. You can also find them on Facebook.