For the first time in nearly three years, the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirt will invade the bad-fast, high-banked Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN for the Harley Davidson of Knoxville 50. The nation’s most competitive regional racing series has had five different winners in five races this season while Mike Marlar currently leads the Series points standings.
On Saturday night, May 12th, the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series will attempt to tame “The Taz”. A complete racing program for the Series will feature Racing Optics Time Trials, Mason Racin’/Arizona Sport Shirts Heats, Design 500 B-Mains, and the Harley Davidson of Knoxville 50 A-Main paying $4000 to win. Scott Sexton won the only other O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series event held at the speedway back on October 2, 2004.
After five events in the 2007 season, the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series has had five different winners from four different states. Glasgow, KY’s Michael England notched his first ever Series win in the season-opener at Florence Speedway.
The following weekend, Rick Aukland of Zanesville, OH was victorious at Twin Cities while Martinsville, IN’s Don O’Neal nabbed his 6th Hoosier Dirt Classic win. Last weekend, 2004 Series Champion Aaron Hatton of Mt. Sterling, KY picked up the win at Ponderosa and 2003 Series Champion Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN grabbed the win in the 10th Annual Spring Sizzler at Bluegrass Speedway.
Heading into the event at Tazewell, Mike Marlar leads a tight points battle with Stanford, KY’s Victor Lee just 28 points behind in second with Verona. KY’s Jerry Rice just 14 markers behind Lee. Isom, KY’s Chris Combs currently sits fourth in the Championship Chase while Rookie of the Year leader Jason Keltner of Campbellsville, KY rounds out the five.
Defending Series Champion Mike Jewell is sixth in the points standings with David Webb seventh, Tyrel Todd eighth, Justin Rattliff ninth, and Tim Tungate tenth. Over 100 different drivers have competed with the O’Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Series already in 2007.
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