Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, September 2, 1995 TAG: 9509060032
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Butch Miller, Tobey Butler and Ernie Irvan drove Ford F150 SuperTrucks at the .526-mile track on Thursday in preparation for the $156,955 Goody's 150. NASCAR's new SuperTruck Series by Craftsman will share the September 22-24 weekend with NASCAR's Winston Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway.
Irvan said Ford SuperTrucks will be strong at Martinsville.
``The Fords are good at Martinsville,'' he said after a day of testing. ``It's still the same ol' Martinsville. You have to run competitive speeds all day and be there at the end.''
Qualifying for the Goody's 500 Winston Cup event will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept.22 and will be followed at 4:30 by SuperTruck qualifying.
The Goody's 150 SuperTruck race begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.23 and the Goody's 500 starts at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.24.
In other sports news:
It will be a racing weekend extravaganza at New River Valley Speedway with action tonight and Labor Day afternoon.
Tonight's Winston Select/Budweiser 200 will feature a 100-lap Late Model Stock Car race with 35 for the Limited Sportsmen and 25 each for the Modified Mini, Mini and Pure Stock drivers.
Gates open at 1:30 p.m., with practice at 3:30. Qualifying begins at 6, and the first green flag is at 8. Admission is $10 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under.
Monday's action is a make-up of the races rained out last Sunday. The Late Model Stocks again battle for Mid-Atlantic and track points in a 100-lapper. The Limiteds go 35 laps, with the Mini and Pure Stockers each racing 25 laps. A highlight will be the first-ever Ladies Enduro sponsored by New River Valley Mall. The race will be 25 laps with no time limit. Gates open at 10 a.m., with practice at noon. Qualifying begins at 1:30 with the first race at 3 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults with a ticket stub from Saturday night's race, and $1 for children 12 and under.
The Southern Conference announced that the league and ESPN have signed a six-year men's basketball television contract.
The deal begins during the 1995-96 athletic year and runs through 2000-01. Over the next six years, ESPN will televise the Southern Conference's men's basketball tournament championship game each season and also will give the league two national exposures each year. Two regular-season games featuring conference schools will be televised with one being shown on ESPN and the other being broadcast on ESPN2.
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