Apr 19 - Saturday
11:00am - 3:00pm Test & Tune

Pre-season tech and safety inspection for all classes
April 20 - Sunday
1:00pm - 5:00pm Test & Tune

Pre-season tech and safety inspection for all classes
April 25 - Friday Opening Night for the 2008 Season
Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks

May 2 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
May 9 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
May 16 - Friday Kids Night - Bike Give-Away
Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks

May 23 - Friday Super Late Models, Legends, Dwarfs, and Mini-Cups
May 25 - Sunday

Racing at 6:00pm
Short Track Trucks (100 Laps)
Street Stock Slugfest
Open Invitational for Sportsmans, Street Stocks, 4 cyl., and Pure Stocks
Please see Invitational Rules

May 30 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
June 6 - Friday Autograph Night

Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
June 13 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
June 20 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Mini-Cups, and Dwarfs
June 22 - Sunday

Racing at 6:00pm
Street Stock Slugfest
Figure 8
Open Invitational for Sportsmans, Street Stocks, 4 Cyl., Pure Stocks
Please see Invitational Rules

June 27 - Friday Burn Out Contest (Trophy to Winner)
Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks

July 2 - Wednesday **Fireworks**
SUPERPRO(75 Laps)
Modifieds and Pony Stocks

July 4 - Friday Spectator Drags ( $100 to Winner)
Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
Spectator Drags Registration Form

July 11 - Friday Old Timers Night
Super Late Models, Modifieds, VROA, Legends

July 13 - Sunday
**Special**
(Rain date 7-20)
Special Show pricing Auto Value Bumper to Bumper and
United Auto Workers Night
Street Stock Slugfest
Sprints, Sportsman, Pure Stocks, Pony Stocks

July 18 - Friday Topless Night
General Adm half price for convertibles plus a parade lap
Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Pure Stocks, Pony Stocks

Jul 20 - Sunday Rain date for July 13
July 25 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Pure Stocks, Pony Stocks
August 1 - Friday
**Special**
Special Show pricing School Bus Figure 8
Pony Stock Figure 8
Modifieds, Pony Stocks

August 8 - Friday Motorcycle Night
Motorcycles half price General Adm with parade lap.
Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks

August 15 - Friday Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
Aug 22 - Friday 2008 Championship Night

Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks
August 29 - Friday WOLVERINE MIDGETS, Dwarfs, Legends, VROA, and Bandoleros
August 31 - Sunday
**Special**
Racing at 6:00pm
Special Show pricing Poor Paul's HARVEST 275

Super Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Pony Stocks plus Figure 8
September 5 - Friday School Bus Figure 8

Fun Night - No Rules - Run what you brung!
Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, Pony Stocks (no heats)
Please see Run What You Brung Rules

plus Powder Puff racing
September 7 - Sunday Rain-Date: Poor Paul's HARVEST 275

All right, why does everybody have to change history... Poor Paul 275????


Everybody knows its nice to honor Paul , but you need to leave things alone and leave it the HARVEST!!
That would be the best way to honor him. Leave it, what he made it...


Its one of those races that stands alone and is known by its name recognition..like the Glass City, WOOD TIC, etc...


LEAVE IT ALONE BIG ED!!!! Now I stand on my soap box!


HARVEST<HARVEST HARVEST

see yah todd

I totally agree with Todd that this should not be changed. Sorry but why change the name of the Harvest?

call it what you want....it will always be the harvest....


hell if anything name it ...POOR PAULS HARVEST 275...

Ted

didnt mean to have the quote above my last post....

And there you have it.

It's a name, nothing more, nothing less.

It is no new news that Paul's health is failing him the last couple years. This is a way of honoring him in a way that he can still enjoy it and see it with his very own eyes. All too often we lose someone in our racing community and then honor their name after the fact. Jim wanted to honor him NOW, not after the fact. Just for your information, Paul LOVES it. And just for all the folks out there that treasure the word HARVEST, I will call it by the above name.

I mean, why shouldn't we put the name of the Speedway's patriarch on the signature race of the season for the speedway?

Personally, I have no problem with the change, and don't think it will harm one thing, or ruin any tradition that this race has garnered.

Oh my word...why are people so afraid of "change?" I think this is a great idea - why not honor Paul now so that he can enjoy this event named after himself

"Personally, I have no problem with the change, and don't think it will harm one thing, or ruin any tradition that this race has garnered. "

Wholly and totally agree, good sir Big Ed.

And yes, Paul is very much deserving of this.

have a good day,

mjs

OK everybody! I say it should be The Poor Paul's Harvest 275 LOL


Greg

I will tell you how you can honor Paul and thats by keeping Spartan Speedway a race track for the next 50 years!!!!!

You can honor him by keeping his Poor Paul Money drop, that was his thing...keep that going.


Leave the Harvest alone.... Paul would agree, honor him by bringing back the corn roast at the Harvest , etc...

Todd

Really Todd?? You are so close to him, go ask him what HE thinks about. Then post your results.

I'm sorry Jim & Paul didn't check with you before making such a drastic change.

Dang Todd, it's a NAME!!! Your acting like we changed what night we're going to race on!!!!!

I said I would call it the Poor Paul HARVEST 275, but you evidently have a problem with that too!!!

thank you for posting the schedule(s) Ed, I appreciate it.

Even though I don't race there, I've been there several times over the last 6-7 years. I always enjoy the racing at Spartan. I think it's a great way to honor Paul! I'll be there that day too!

Having known Paul since 1975, when I worked for him at Interstate Sunoco, (located at the Logan St. exit from I 96), and having worked fire and medic service at Spartan well prior to ever racing there, and seeing everything that Paul (and Jim) have had to go through to keep the track open and running when Delhi Twp residents wanted the track closed and through the court system, gave him the limited schedule that he now has, and knowing that Paul is genuinely appreciative of what racing and racers have done for his life,

Why in the Lord's name would you, or could you, have an issue with the Harvest having his name added to it to honor all that he has done for us?

As Big Ed said, he will call it the "Poor Paul's Harvest 275".

Which means he is calling it what it really is, Poor Paul's Harvest 275.

And, I quite frankly think that it is wonderful way to let Paul know just how much he has meant to so many, indeed while he is still with us.

have a good day,



schinde

Amen Matt............Paul is one of the nicest people you will ever find in racing and in the state of Michigan.

While not a Spartan regular I do make it there a few times a year and always enjoy talking with Paulie. Maybe I don't have the right to weigh in on this one but I do happen to agree with it being Poor Paul's Harvest 275.

I just happened to talk to Jim Leasure last night, he called me to make sure I get with him to get the Spartan/Springport donations for the Bowling Tournament here in a few weeks, because Jim and his lovely wife Sandy will be on vacation right up until the 8th of February. Jim told me he never intended to take out the word HARVEST in this traditional race. This was an error, an oversight, and has been corrected. Of course, none of us thought that this would cause someone to have a panic attack!!! So to ensure Todd's health, we would like it to be known, that the OFFICIAL title of our season ending race is.................

Poor Paul's HARVEST 275


Is that ok with you Todd??? LOL

Also, please note:

We had originally planned to have the Old Time Racing Series at BOTH tracks this season. These series races are all in conjunction with the Cup Series. The August MIS race will bring this series to Springport, and we had planned on having the first one at Spartan in June. Jim told me that there is only one reason that kept this series from running at Spartan in June and that was our inability to give them a Saturday rain date for that weekend. Spartan cannot run on Saturdays, according to Township guidelines. So we had to have both of those races at Springport.

This brings a very interesting scenario that we have never had since running both facilities, and that is that they will be running the same night!!!! The Old Time Racing Series pretty much just rents the track out and bring their own officials, announcer, and flagman. Should be very interesting to say the least!!!

Sure glad we have that fixed! LOL

You and me both Galen......I haven't been able to sleep for days because of that......Paulie is so upset he went to Florida for a month......guess that will teach them to change things.....

Hasn't it always kinda been Poor Paul's Harvest anyway? Adding it to the name just kinda makes it official...

Pheww, now I can breath again,,, This stuff just drives me crazy,,, you know like taking the pledge out of school, the national anthiem, no Merry Christmas....etc... America cant ever have their own identity, always trying to please everybody else, if yah know what i mean.... GOD BLESS AMERICA......


Het lets try the Daytona 500 as the TATA MOTORS 617 kilometers!!!! Hows that sound?


Another thought lets change Big Ed's nickname to Hollywood Ed!!!


See yah Todd

another thought , maybe thats why we are all Lions fans,, we can always plan on them being predictable and never changing!

Good Golly Miss Molly.............

I sometimes get headaches reading some of this stuff.

Honor the man with what he wants and call it good. The whole point here is the race and the honor your bestowing on a gentleman that has had a huge impact on Michigan racing. I myself like the addition of Poor Paul to the Harvest name.

I swear you could serve some people with cold ice cream and they would bitch. Get over it and get on with it. Lets go racing.

I need some more pain killers for Gods sake.

Chris

Right now in Michigan it's too cold for ice cream.

Very true....but just to dig ya a little, cold ice cream would have went down real good today here in Florida. It was very warm while outside today in the sun.

Chris

Paul's race track, Paul's signature event, what's the problem?