Sprint Set To Double This Friday At Williams Grove

Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY – MECHANICSBURG, PA – Williams Grove Speedway is set for another two-divison sprint car racing program this Friday night, April 21at 8 pm when it presents the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars and the HJ Towing & Recovery 358 sprints.

Adult general admission for the show is set at $15 with youth ages 13 – 20 admitted for $10. Ages 12 and under are always admitted for free at Williams Grove Speedway.

The Williams Grove portion of the 50/50 ticket sales on April 14 will go to Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

The 410 sprints will compete in a full program of qualifying heat races and a 25-lap feature paying $3,600 to win.

The 358 sprints will also race in heats and a 20-lap main event.

With several early season races having fallen victim to weather, the April 21 event will serve as the last chance for the Williams Grove regulars to get on track as they prepare for the annual Tommy Hinnershitz Classic on April 28.

The annual Tommy Hinnershitz Classic will be the setting for a clash between Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints and the Pennsylvanis Posse stars and cars.

The Tommy Classic will feature time trials, heats and a 30-lap main paying $5,000 to win out of a total purse worth over $25,000.

The Tommy Classic will also kickoff the 2017 Diamond Series of events at the oval, a series of races that carries its own points and resulting payoff at season’s end.

The PASS/IMCA 305 sprint cars are also on the Tommy Classic program.

May 5 will find Williams Grove Speedway in action with another Yellow Breeches 500 for the 410 sprints along with the 358 sprint cars at 8 pm.

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