A Southern Ontario Sprints tradition that began as a part of the Canadian Sprint Car Nationals at the Ohsweken Speedway is no longer. The SOS season-ending event will no longer be the SOS Championship Invitational at Ohsweken Speedway. With the move to weekly sprint car racing at Ohsweken and the success of Ohsweken's Canadian Sprint Car Nationals, the SOS Season finale will now be shifted, to become a part of Brighton Speedway's Annual Labour Day Classic to be held August 29 & 30.
In an effort to further grow the already successful Labour Day Classic, The feature winners share of the purse has been raised. The feature win will be worth $800 on Saturday and $1200 on Sunday. If a driver sweeps both nights features, he will walk away with $2000 for his weekends work.
In another move to make the event more friendly to outside competitors, the invitational component of the event has also been altered to make the event more accessible to visitors, while at the same time rewarding those loyal to the series. In the past, a driver was ineligible to compete in the SOS Championship event if he/she had not raced at least once at a majority of the SOS tracks throughout the season. For both nights, the top 10 drivers* in series points will be guaranteed a starting spot in both features. The normal SOS qualifying and handicapping procedures will be in effect. Any driver that is in the top 10 in series points and has not otherwise qualified will start at the rear of the 24 car feature.
The event will also pay the normal Brighton Speedway SOS tow money for each night ($200) as long as the rain stays away, if a driver has a bad weekend, does not qualify for either feature, after making a legitimate attempt to do so, he/she will still end up with $400 for their weekend's efforts.
There will be sprint dashes both nights, with Saturday's dash being sponsored by Black Transport and Sundays dash will be sponsored by RBM Carriers.
Just to top things off, Tim Phillips Garage is supporting the event with an additional $100/night that will be contributed towards the nights' hard chargers as well as making a contribution towards the "B" main if one is required.
It is hoped that the efforts of both Brighton Speedway and the SOS will make this weekend a can't miss for the teams and drivers.
*This is based on a driver's points only, NOT the points earned by a car or a car number. In other words if a driver is in the top 10 in points and is unable to compete in his regular car he can use his points and be locked into the feature(s) driving another car.
From SOS Insider
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