Paducah (KY) International Raceway To Reopen After Year Hiatus

*Attached pictures showing a Paducah Super Late Model event with 25 Jason
Feger, 21 Billy Moyer, Jr., and #18 Shannon Babb in 2015. (STLRacing.com
Photo)*


*New Promoter Phil Colwell Phone #731-434-9832*




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*Dirt Track Racing To Returns To Paducah, Kentucky In 2018*


                (Paducah, KY) After a one year hiatus, racing entertainment
is coming back to Paducah International Raceway in 2018.  The speedway,
owned by longtime promoter Bob Sargent and NASCAR's Tony Stewart and Ken
Schrader, was closed during the summer of 2017 after the previous
management team stepped away at the end of the previous season.  A Western
Tennessee businessman has stepped forward to take the reins in 2018.


                Phil Colwell has recently struck a deal with the ownership
team to take over as leasee of the 3/8-mile high banked dirt track.
Colwell has big plans for the facility, with weekly Friday night racing as
well as several big shows throughout the year.


                "I'm really looking forward to seeing that first green flag
drop this coming spring.  It's a beautiful facility with the potential for
great, high speed action.", Colwell stated.


                Colwell has plans to open up in late March to early April
with the possibility of a big show early on in the season.  The track will
run weekly on Friday nights throughout the summer with racing taking the
green at 8 PM.


                One of several weekly classes at the track will be the UMP
sanctioned Modifieds, a highly popular class in dirt track racing.  Colwell
also has plans to bring back the old school Cruiser class, an affordable
division to get a start in racing and go out and have fun.  Several other
weekly divisions will be announced in the near future.


                Paducah International Raceway opened in 1972.  The track is
located at 4445 Shemwell Lane in Paducah, Kentucky.  In recent years, the
track has hosted the UMP Summer Nationals, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt
Series, as well as highly popular NASCAR nights featuring some well known
drivers.


                During the 2016 season, the track hosted events that
included UMP Late Models, Crate Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks, 4
Cylinders, B-Mods, Pure Streets, 305 Sprints, Junior Mini Sprints, Bombers,
and Mod Lites.


                Full information on the upcoming 2018 season will be
released as it becomes available at www.paducahracing.com and on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/paducahracing/.