The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 15

Saturday, May 19, 2001, Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Tenn. A ZZ Auto Racing Rocil-Goupoe race, scSiaol on Gerre Payvls gets his TransAm Ca-maro ready for this weekend's event on the road course at the Nashville Super-speedway. DNJ photo by Jim Davis track with an instructor and enjoy the course in your car. The Baby Grand race is a 20-minute race beginning at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday.

General admission is $10 and children under 12 are free each day. There will be no grandstand seating for the event anno food concessions. Enter through die north side of die track through the tunnel. The event will be held rain or shine and the track opens at 8 am both days. as adult drivers to enjoy their cars but the best place to find out how fast their car is, performance-wise, is on die race track and not on the street," added Patton.

"With this new track, with the road course right here in Middle Tennessee, the public has an opportunity to get out of the grandstands, get into their car and come out to the track and race. lt might just be a track tour or it might be this watching other racers. But if you want, you can get on the Superspeedway to host HPDE school By Jim Davis Racing writer 1 The National Auto Sport Association, Tennessee Valley will hold its season opener on the road course at Nashville Super- speedway Saturday and Tie twday event kicks off on I 1 Saturday with registration from 7 am-noon at die infield media center of the track. The main event will be on Sunday, when the Baby Grands will take to die 13 mile infield track for die first race on the superspeedway's road course. This will be our High Performance Driving Event program along with the race itself," said race director, Dewey Patton.

"The key point of HPDE is that we are different We like for the street enthusiast, or just anyone that is interested in learning high-performance driving, to come out and participate in our weekend of racing. "We will have instructors that will stress car control and handling at high speeds, tracjkprocedures and safety. And through die (hiving program, you can work your way up to a competition license and race with die organization nationally. "The HPDE is a structured-graduated program. You move up the ladder according to your skill level.

At the top level you can test and get your competition level license. Hiis is a great way to let the guys and gals with street cars that cannot af-, ford a race car to come out and get a taste for it And it's a low-cost way of getting a competition license." The cost to participate in the HPDE is $235 and yofi need to bring an approved (M or A rated) helmet, wear full-length pants and closed-toe shoes. Drivers under 18 must have parental consent-release or a parent present "Anyone can comS out with their cars. We don't care if you are in your truck or SUV, we will teach you with our program." explained Patton. "We have classroom and driving periods set up.

You bring your vehicle, sign up and we will teach you to drive it And if you don't want to do it this weekend, come out, take a look at what we have and maybe do the HPDE lata- in die year. We have five events like this scheduledthis year at die superspeedway." "We will also have what wq call a Track Tour' package," explained Patton. Tor $20 you will follow the pace car around die track. That will last between 15 and 20 minutes, done around the noon hour, each day. You line up and follow the leader around the track.

Just another way to get a taste for road racing, and for us to promote road racing in this area" A variety of cars Mil be at the track to go through various practice sessions. Vipers, Trans Ams, Baby Grands, Legends and Late Models are just a few of the road racing cars that will take to the new track for the first time. "We want young drivers as well 50 off 50 off Entire Stock men's and young men's swimwear Entire Stock 2-pc. printed rayon challis separates from Caribou 50 off 50 off Entire Stock Arizona Jean Co. woven shirts for young men Entire Stock Cabin Creek shorts, capris woven tops for misses 50 off 50 off Great Selection of junior screened tees and woven tops Entire Stock Arizona Jean Co.

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