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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Cody Gardner Extends Lead in COMP Cams Interstate Points
 by Ben Shelton
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- On the heels of a second place finish to Jan Howard on Saturday night at Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Arkansas) Cody Gardner extended his lead in the COMP Cams Interstate Sprint Car Cup presented by Dixon Road U-Pull-It standings. Gardner now holds a 82 point lead over AG Rains with Joe Young, Jan Howard, and Marshall Skinner rounding out the current top five in the standings. Feature winners in the series so far include Gary Taylor, Jan Howard, Zach Pringle, Brian Bell, Derek Hagar, Cody Gardner, and Tim Crawley. The series will be back in action at Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Arkansas) this Saturday night, June 23rd. For more information, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com .
COMP Cams Interstate Sprint Car Cup Presented By Dixon Road U-Pull-It Points Name TOTAL 1 Cody Gardner 764 2 AG Rains 682 2 Joe Young 638 4 Jan Howard 600 5 Marshall Skinner 590 6 Rick Pringle 580 7 Ernie Ainsworth 570 8 Nic Jenkins 508 9 Robert Richardson 496 10 Jerry Kamer 474 11 Tommy Snellgrove 450 The minimum payout for the final COMP Cams Interstate Cup in 2012 will be the following: 1)$2,500 2)$1,600 3)$1,100 4)$800 5)$700 6)$600 7)$500 8)400 and as more sponsors are secured the payout may be increased. The COMP Cams Interstate Cup was created in 2011 to reward drivers for competing at both tracks. A.G. Rains claimed the initial title. For 2012 the tracks have once again coincided their schedule to not run Winged 360 c.i. Sprint Cars on the same night and to further their cooperation. Each weekly racing series point's event at each track will count toward a driver's point total in the program. A driver will be allowed to miss one event at each track and still be eligible for point's money and prizes, but there will be no drop races. Points acquired in all races will count toward the final total. COMP Cams has also posted the following contingency prizes for the top five: 1st - $1000 COMP Cams Gift Certificate PLUS Trophy Cup 2nd - $750 COMP Cams Gift Certificate 3rd - $500 COMP Cams Gift Certificate 4th - $250 COMP Cams Gift Certificate 5th - $125 COMP Cams Gift Certificate In addition to money and contingencies, the program will reward provisionals. The driver, highest in the point's program, who doesn't qualify for the 5th Annual Ralph Henson Memorial on Saturday, September 29th at I-30 Speedway will get a provisional starting spot in the main event. Similarly the driver highest in points (who didn't use a provisional at the Ralph Henson Memorial), who doesn't qualify for the Fall Nationals at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday, October 6th will get a provisional starting spot for the main event. Race fans can also donate money to the point's fund if they so choose. For a $100 donation, a race fan can be the title sponsor on a Sprint Car Weekly Racing Series Event at either track, and 100% of that money will go into the point's fund. For more information on sponsoring an event contact Ben Shelton at 901-335-3037 or MSRMafia@gmail.com . For more information on I-30 Speedway, please visit www.I-30Speedway.com and for more information on Riverside International Speedway, please visit www.RiversideInternationalSpeedway.com . The COMP Cams Interstate Cup would like to thank its sponsors, which include COMP Cams, Hoosier Racing Tires, I-30 Speedway, Riverside International Speedway, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.
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