EAST COAST SPRINT CHAMP TO BE CROWNED IN DELAWARE FINALE
Delmar, Delaware (September 4, 2019)………A champion will be crowned at the USAC Rapid Tire East Coast Sprint Car season finale this Saturday, September 7, at Delaware International Speedway in Delmar, Delaware.
Point leader Steven Drevicki (Reading, Pa.) sits in the driver’s seat of the standings with a 67-point lead entering Saturday’s race and is gunning for a second consecutive series title.
Chris Allen, Jr. (Wrightstown, N.J.) won the most recent series visit to the track back in April, the lone win of the year for the driver who stands third in the standings behind point leader Steven Drevicki (Reading, Pa.) and Eddie Strada (Lake Ariel, Pa.), who won the series’ most recent event in August at Bedford, Pa., his second victory of the year.
Drevicki won at Delaware in 2018 and ran 4th in April while Strada ran 3rd. Old Bridge, New Jersey’s Bill Unglert (10th in points) took the runner up spot behind Allen in April while Carlisle, Pennsylvania’s Chandler Leiby (4th in points) rounded out the top-five.
Gates open at 5pm Eastern with hot laps set for 6:45pm. Adult general admission tickets are $20 while kids age 13 and under are free. Pit passes are $25 apiece.
USAC RAPID TIRE EAST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Steven Drevicki-736, 2-Eddie Strada-669, 3-Chris Allen, Jr.-609, 4-Chandler Leiby-589, 5-Eric Jennings-488, 6-Ryan Quackenbush-471, 7-Timmy Buckwalter-428, 8-Joey Biasi-428, 9-Carmen Perigo-406, 10-Bill Unglert-362.
