7th annual Sportsman Shootout on tap May 21st & 22nd

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7th annual Sportsman Shootout @ Maple Grove on tap May 21st & 22nd

The Mid Atlantic .90 Association will kick off its 2016 season at Maple Grove Raceway on May 21st & 22nd. The 7th annual Sportsman Circuit Shootout will feature Super Comp, Gas & Street classes along with a special non-points bracket race on Saturday and the Mega Mopar Event on Sunday. This event will be a great warm-up for those racers who are planning to attend the LODRS event the following weekend also at Maple Grove that will be held on May 27th to 29th

The series offers two events in one weekend to its racers and special racers BBQ on Saturday night. The 2015 version was delayed a few months and became the season finale for the series in September. In the end Ash Senft (Super Comp), Hank Smith (Super Gas) & Keith Mayers (Super Street) took home the trophy on Saturday and on Sunday Walter Olt (Super Comp), Jake Barbato (Super Gas) & Dom Burgese (Super Street) claimed the final event of the season. In the end Senft (Super Comp), Earl Nichols Jr. (Super Gas) & Mayers (Super Street) became the 2015 Champions after a long battle that spans tracks such as Atco, Cecil County and Maple Grove.

With the help from VP Race Fuels (Newark, De) and Roadrunner Race Fuels (Mohnton, Pa) the series will be upping its year end points championship fund for all the Top 5 finishers and new for this year anyone who finishes in 6th through 10th place will get a free entry into a selected 2017 Mid Atlantic .90 Event. We have also secured enough sponsorship to once again guarantee a $1,000 purse to the winners of all the events for 2016 without any increase in gate fee or race fee. The one thing that will be different for this year is that you need to be a member to be eligible for the bonus of the guaranteed purse. If a non-member wins and we only have 22 cars show up you will get the payout based on that car count.

Info for this event is as follows, Gates will open on Friday evening at 4pm till around 9:30pm for the Auto Locator Fast Friday Grudge Race. If you are coming in on Friday Night to park and set you will have to pay the gate fee for that night and sign the overnight waiver (this is MG rules, not myself). Gates will open at 8am on Saturday & Sunday Morning with time runs beginning around 9am Saturday and Sunday. As always we do two time runs (weather permitting) and go on a ladder for 1st round and finish each race per day. The higher qualified car for round 1 will also get lane choice for that round only, 2nd round becomes a coin toss. If you would like to become a member for the 2016 season that is an additional $75.00 and we count 6 out of the best 10 events towards your final total for the season. Gate fee will be $30.00 (Basically Maple Grove’s Track Rental) & $75.00 paid to the Mid Atlantic .90 Trailer.

Any questions about the series please call Rob Keister @ 856-332-2851 or e-mail him at rekeister@aol.com. The series can also be found on the web at www.midatlantic90.com or facebook.com.