John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational Event Update
Prepared by: FYE Motorsports Promotions (August 1^st, 2007) 

            With just about a month before the running of the first annual John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday and Friday, September 6^th & 7^th of this year, the details of the event have come together quite nicely for this mega year-ending event in the Upper Midwest.

            This Dirt Track Racing Association (DTRA) sanctioned Late Model event is expected to attract the biggest names in Late Model auto racing from across the Midwest to the tight ¼ mile clay oval in the greater Grand Forks, ND area and will be sure to attract the best in the business once the area drivers see the purse structure for this event.

            The order of events for the weekend will look like this:

                        Thursday, September 6^th

                                                Street Stock Hot Laps

                                                Midwest Modified Hot Laps

                                                Late Model Hot Laps

                                                Street Stock Heat Races

                                                Midwest Modified Heat Races

                                                Late Model Heat Races

                                                Street Stock B-feature

                                                Midwest Modified B-feature

                                                Intermission (redraw for Late Model Dash)

                                                Street Stock Feature

                                                Midwest Modified Feature

                                                Late Model Dash

                                Friday, September 7^th

                                                Street Stock Hot Laps

                                                Midwest Modified Hot Laps

                                                Sprint Car Hot Laps

                                                Late Model Hot Laps (Non-Qualified Cars Only)

                                                Street Stock Heat Races

                                                Midwest Modified Heat Races

                                                Sprint Car Heat Races

                                                Street Stock B-feature

                                                Midwest Modified B-feature

                                                Sprint Car B-feature

                                                Late Model B-features

                                                Late Model Hot Laps (Feature Qualified Cars Only)

                                                Intermission

                                                Street Stock Feature

                                                Midwest Modified Feature

                                                Sprint Car Feature

                                                Late Model Feature

            Not only will the winner of the Late Model feature earn the honor of winning the 1^st annual John Seitz Memorial in memory of a great racer and great friend to all, but he will also earn a $9,200 paycheck, the largest paying DTRA sanctioned event ever! Late Model drivers are reminded that the winner of Thursday night’s pole dash will earn the pole for the 50-lap feature on Friday, but he will also take home a paycheck for winning the dash of $920.

            DTRA Midwest Modifieds and DTRA Street Stocks will be running a complete show each night with heats, b-features and features both nights, with the combined points champion after the 2 night event earning a bonus along with their nightly pay. Midwest Modifieds are running for $400 each night with a $400 bonus to the top point winner after the weekend, while the Street Stocks are running for $250 to win each night with a $100 bonus for the top point winner of the weekend.

            Entry fees are as follows: Late Models (car and driver) $100 before August 15^th, and $125 from August 16^th thru the day of the event. Midwest Modifieds (car and driver) will pay a $30 pit pass each day, while the Street Stocks (car and driver) will pay a pit pass of $25 each day. Draw cut off and hot laps will be at 6:30pm each night with racing to follow.

            Late Model drivers are reminded that pre-entry forms are available at www.johnseitz92.com or at www.rivercitiesspeedway.com. Please be sure to fill them out and send them in prior to August 15^th to receive the early registration discount. Also, Raceceivers will be used in the Late Model division, so if you have one, please be sure to bring it with, if you don’t have one, you can rent or buy one for the weekend. Late Model drivers are also reminded that 25 cars will start the 50-lap, $9,200 to win Late Model feature. 24 cars will qualify out of heat races and b-features and then the 25^th starting spot will be reserved for the 2006 Harvest Bowl Champion, Steve Laursen. If Laursen qualifies through his heat race or b-feature, then the 25^th starting spot will be given via promoter’s choice.

            The John Seitz Memorial Late Model Feature Purse is as follows…..

                                    1-$9,200

                                                2-$5,000

                                                3-$3,000

                                                4-$2,000

                                                5-$1,500

                                                6-$1,400

                                                7-$1,300

                                                8-$1,200

                                                9-$1,100

                                                10-$1,000

                                                11-$700

                                                12-$650

                                                13-$600

                                                14-$550

                                                15^th thru 25^th $500

            For more information regarding this event, please contact Josh at josh@johnseitz92.com, or check out www.rivercitiesspeedway.com or www.fyemotorsports.com. This is an event that you will surely not want to miss, so be sure to be in Grand Forks on Thursday and Friday, September 6^th & 7^th.

For Immediate Release: Prepared by FYE Motorsports - St. Cloud, Minnesota (March 20^th 2007)

ENTRY FORM << PDF Format
If you need the entry faxed or emailed to you in a different format,.. Email Mike

            Only a few weeks after the shocking and very sad news of Bemidji, Minnesota Late Model pilot John Seitz passing away this past February while on a snowmobile trip in Idaho, comes the news of the first John Seitz Memorial Late Model Invitational, which will take the place of the already successful Harvest Bowl Nationals and be held at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday and Friday, September 6^th and 7^th 2007, will run under the DTRA sanctioning and will pay the winner a whopping DTRA-record  $9,200 to commemorate Seitz #92 car number.

            The Seitz family, Seitz Crew Chief Josh Hills, River Cities Speedway Promoter Darren Evavold, Seitz best friend and sponsor Don Shaw and FYE Motorsports Owner Chris Stepan have been working hard on getting this put together and the details finalized so the announcement could be made that this event will become a reality.

            When asked about his role in getting this event put together, Hills said “We need to make this event a big deal because that's what John would want us to do to make the sport of racing grow in the Upper Midwest. Large races like this bring race fans and race teams together to have fun and that's why we race is to have fun and make friends.”

            DTRA Late Models will run all of their heat races and pole dash on Thursday night, while a complete program of DTRA Midwest Modifieds and DTRA Street Stocks will also compete. Friday night will then feature another complete show for the DTRA Midwest Modifieds, DTRA Street Stocks, and NOSA Sprints, also the b-features and 50-lap, $9,200 to win DTRA Late Model main event. There will be a point fund put together and paid out to the driver that has the most combined points over the 2-day show in both the Midwest Modified and Street Stock division as well.

            When Shaw was asked what he thought about this event he commented “To put it in John’s words….’Do it for the fans, do it for the sport and do it because you love it!’ John’s motto was always ‘Go Hard Or Go Home’, so this race should be an incredible event to remember and honor someone who was like a brother to me.”

            Stepan commented “John was a great driver on the track, a driver that I sponsored and was proud to help in any way I could and most importantly a great friend of mine, so it is an honor to be a part of this event.” Chris also stated “I hope this event turns into one of the biggest events in all of the country because John deserves his legacy to be remembered and he would love to have this event be huge. I am already very much looking forward to it.”

            When Evavold was asked about the significance of this event, he said “River Cities was John’s home track. He ran with us for most of his racing career on Friday nights and he will be sorely missed. He was a class act on and off the track and we are proud to be able to host this event in his memory.”

            If this event should happen to succumb to inclement weather, a complete show will be ran on Friday. The Late Model car entry fee will be $100 on or before August 15^th and $125 after the 15^th of August. Exact details with start times, entry fees, sponsors and other information will be released shortly, but be sure to put this event on your calendar as it proves to be one of the biggest year-ending blowout events in the upper Midwest.