Williams Grove Honors Van May & Kramer Williamson With Tributes Friday
Story By: SHAWN BROUSE / WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY – MECHANICSBURG, PA – Williams Grove Speedway will host the Van May Tribute Race in honor of the great Texas-transplant Williams Grove competitor this Friday, September 1 at 8 pm.
Presented by Union Quarries, the Van May Tribute will showcase the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars in a 25-lap main event paying a hefty $4,069 to win.
Time trials will be used to set the sprint car lineups for the night.
Now age 67, Van May will meet and greet fans in the infield prior to the evening’s racing action.
The URC 360 Sprints will join the racing program, contesting a race in honor of late, great URC and Williams Grove champion Kramer Williamson.
The URC Sprints will race in a 25-lap, $2,000 to win main.
Fireworks will also help kickoff the holiday weekend.
Adult general admission is $17 for the racing program with youth ages 13 – 20 priced at $10.
Kids ages 12 and under are always admitted for free at Williams Grove Speedway!
The Williams Grove portion of the weekly 50/50 drawing will be donated to the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing.
Van May’s career at Williams Grove, honored with the May Tribute Race this week, netted the Texas transplant 15 career sprint car wins, one of which came in one of the most prestigious sprint car races in the nation.
Van May was the 1977 Williams Grove Speedway National Open Champion.
During Kramer Williamson’s career, the Palmyra driver put together a total of 21 Williams Grove sprint car victories including one in the National Open as well, in 1978.
Among his other oval feats, Williamson scored twice in URC action, won the 1974 and 1979 season opener and walked away with track titles in 1976 and 1978.
Friday’s May Tribute Race will be another race in the 2017 Hoosier Diamond Series for 410 sprints at Williams Grove.
The track will be in action again on Sunday night during the holiday weekend, September 3 at 8 pm, with the annual Billy Kimmel Memorial for 410 sprints along with a K1 RaceGear Summer Series event for 358 sprints.
Kimmel Memorial For 410 Sprints Is Labor Day Sunday At Williams Grove
As part of a two-race weekend at Williams Grove Speedway over the Labor Day holiday weekend, Williams Grove will present the Billy Kimmel Memorial for 410 sprints on Sunday night, September 3 at 8 pm.
The HJ Towing & Recovery 385 sprints will also be in action, contesting a make-up K1 RaceGear Summer Series event paying $1,500 to win for at 25-lap main.
The Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprints will race for $3,800 to win in Sunday’s Kimmel Memorial.
There will be no time trials for sprint cars on Sunday night.
Adult general admission is $16 for the racing program with youth ages 13 – 20 priced at $10.
Kids ages 12 and under are always admitted for free at Williams Grove Speedway!
The Williams Grove portion of the 50/50 drawing will be donated to the Billy Kimmel Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Billy Kimmel was fatally injured in a sprint car accident at Williams Grove Speedway in 2007 at the age of 27.
The Kimmel family will have the Kimmel No. 47 car on display in the infield prior to the races along with scholarship-funding Kimmel apparel up for sale.
On Friday night, Williams Grove will be in action with the Van May Tribute Race for the 410 sprints.
The May Tribute will showcase the Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint cars in a 25-lap main event paying a hefty $4,069 to win.
Time trials will be used to set the sprint car lineups for the night.
The URC 360 Sprints will also compete on Friday in a Kramer Williamson Tribute race, going 25 laps in distance and paying $2,000 to win.
Fireworks will also help kickoff the holiday weekend.
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