Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 3, 1993 TAG: 9309030151
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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Tournament coordinator Charlie Briscoe said the event will have an economic impact estimated at $1.26 million.
A total of 221 games, which will include First Church of God teams from Salem and Roanoke, are scheduled for 12 fields in Salem and Roanoke County in a 27-hour period.
The final night race of the regular season will be Saturday at New River Valley Speedway in Radford with the running of the Dooley Printing 200.
The last NASCAR-sanctioned points event of the year will be held Sept. 11, after the Winston Cup race at Richmond International Raceway on Sept. 10.
A 100-lap LMSC race will highlight Saturday night's action, along with a 35-lapper for the Limited Sportsman drivers. The Modified Mini, Mini and Pure Stock divisions will race for 25 laps.
Gates open at 2 p.m., with practice starting at 4 p.m. Qualifying begins at 6:15 p.m., and the first green flag drops at 8 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults and $1 for children 10 and younger.
Chrissy Oliver, billed as "the winningest woman in motorsports history," will make her third 1993 appearance at Franklin County Speedway on Saturday night as part of the Rentco Eagle 300.
Oliver, from Lenoir, N.C., has yet to win in the Late Model Stock competition in Callaway. Her best finish has been second place. Oliver will be at Pinkerton Chevrolet in Salem from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today to sign autographs.
Saturday night's racing will include the standard lineup: 100 laps for Late Models and 25 laps for Street Stock, Pure Stock, Mini Stock, Rookie and Any Car.
Gates open at noon, qualifying starts at 6 p.m. and the first race at starts at 8. Admission is $5 and children under 10 are admitted free.
Virginia's Pep Band, forced from Scott Stadium because performances that frequently offended visiting teams and their fans, is taking up residence just outside the 42,500-seat facility.
Band members said Wednesday they will stage pregame performances outside the Observatory Hill Dining Hall, just across Alderman Road and less than 200 yards from the stadium.
The school's athletic department announced in May that to continue pregame and halftime performances, the band would have to drop the use of a microphone and have its performances approved in advance. That move prompted the band to sever ties with the athletic department.
It was not the band's first run-in with the school. In 1988, the university's president warned the band to shape up after a halftime skit that ridiculed visiting Virginia Tech. And one former Virginia football player turned General Assembly member threatened in 1991 to introduce a resolution replacing the band with "innocuous musical entertainment."
Floyd County's Jon Thompson and James Rorrer helped their team cruise through the competition as the Buffaloes easily won a Mountain Empire District golf match. The Buffaloes shot 177, and Shawsville was second at 202. There was a three-way tie for medalist, as Thompson, Rorrer and Fort Chiswell's Russell Martin all shot 43. Shawsville's Andy Smith was fourth at 44.
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Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.