With Wet Weather Possible On Friday, World of Outlaws Late Model Series Announces Contingency Plan For Buckeye 100 Weekend At K-C Raceway
With forecasts calling for a high chance of wet weather in Southeastern Ohio on Friday, World of Outlaws Late Model Series officials have announced a contingency plan for this weekend's Buckeye 100.
Should conditions wash out the qualifying program scheduled for Friday night (May 1), the three-eighths-mile oval's WoO LMS event will be condensed to a one-day show on Saturday night (May 2) topped by a 50-lap A-Main paying $12,000 to win.
“We hope that the weather allows us to run the entire Buckeye 100 weekend as scheduled,” said WoO LMS director Tim Christman. “Unfortunately, Mother Nature isn't dealing us a very promising forecast for Friday, so for the sake of all the race teams and fans traveling great distances to K-C Raceway we want to have a plan in place if we are unable to run the qualifying program.
“Saturday's forecast looks much better so we're confident there will be at least one day of World of Outlaws Late Model Series racing this weekend at K-C Raceway. If we run only one day we'll have to condense the program to a 50-lap feature, but we'll offer a payout that's larger than the regular World of Outlaws purse for that distance to make the event more attractive to the teams.”
Friday's racing card is scheduled to include time trials and heat races for the WoO LMS plus complete shows for K-C Raceway's open-wheel Modified and Hobby Stock divisions. If Friday's program is canceled, the Modifieds and Hobby Stocks will support the WoO LMS on Saturday night and new admission prices will be announced.
WoO LMS and K-C Raceway officials will continue to monitor the weather conditions in hopes of announcing the status of Friday night's program as soon as possible.