WEEDSPORT, N.Y. -- Culminating with the headline ‘All-Star 100’ on July 19, the start of DIRTcar All-Star Weekend ’09 on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds is exactly four weeks away. The historic Weedsport, New York speedway comes to life for three straight days of heart-pounding, high-powered, pedal-mashing entertainment, with the 100-lap Big-Block Modified winner on Sunday taking home $20,000 from the record $100,000 purse.

For ticket and camping information, please contact the DIRTcar Racing Northeast office (315/834-6606) in Weedsport, New York, or visit www.cayugacountyfairspeedway.com and www.allstar100weekend.com — home of the July 17-19 inaugural DIRTcar All-Star Weekend.

Commemorating the 34th straight season of operation for the DIRTcar Racing organization and founding member facility Cayuga County Fair Speedway, all 34 days leading up to the historic event are filled with important news, notes and nostalgia, each continuing to showcase the biggest motorsports extravaganza of the summer --- including the richest race ever scheduled in the history of the popular Route 31 oval.

With today’s internationally acclaimed sanctioning body founded during the Bicentennial, DIRTcar Racing has been recognizing a Northeastern Big-Block Modified rookie of the year since 1977. Led by ’08 ROTY Larry Wight in the Gypsum Express, a solid core of up-and-coming drivers will be taking on the talent-laden field of open-wheel veterans during All-Star Weekend, each looking to register their first victory in Advance Series competition. Last season Wight became the first driver to win feature races in Big-Block, 358-Modified and Sportsman divisions, as well as earn DIRTcar NE rookie of the year laurels in both Big-Block and Small-Block classes. The Phoenix, New York phenom will be joined at The Port in July by series stalwarts Justin Haers, Ryan Phelps, Bill Dunn, Jeff Brownell Jr., Michael Storms, Frankie Caprara, Keith Flach and early entry Billy Pauch Jr. --- all on the verge of upstaging the established powers and scoring the upset of the century in DIRTcar Racing’s most lucrative event of the summer.

The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series for Big-Block Modifieds is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire www.hoosiertire.com and VP Racing Fuels www.vpracingfuels.com. Promotional partners include Rite Aid Corporation www.riteaid.com, Dig Safely New York www.digsafelynewyork.com and the University of Northwestern Ohio www.unoh.com and the contingency sponsors are Bars Leaks www.barsproducts.com, Bert Transmission www.berttransmission.com, Bicknell Racing Products www.bicknellracingproducts.com, Bilstein Shocks www.bilstein.com, Brodix Cylinder Heads www.brodix.com, Ferris Industries www.ferrisindustries.com, Integra Shocks www.integrashocksandsprings.com, Intercomp www.intercomp-racing.com, KSE Racing Products www.kse-racing.com, Motorsports Safety Systems www.motorsportssafetysystems.com, Penske Shocks, www.penskeshocks.com, Racing Electronics www.racingelectronics.com, Rislone Oil Stabilizer www.barsproducts.com and Wrisco Industries www.wrisco.com.