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     Yaffe Iron and Metal presents :

  BACA Kid's Night and $1 Hot Dog Night plus Regular Point Races. 

Also, first 250 kids through the gate get a FREE Easter Basket and ALL kids get a FREE photo with the Easter bunny!

This Saturday, April 28th, 2012, we will remember our fallen racer and friend, Danny Martinez, Jr. with the 5th Annual Memorial Races and Law Enforcement, EMT, and Firefighter Night, presented by A-Z Wholesale Warehouses. All law enforcement, emergency responders, and fire fighters will get in FREE with their ID's.

Officer Daniel Martinez was shot and killed while helping a mother retrieve her child from a residence.

Officer Martinez had responded to a call to help a mother get her child from a residence where she had a run in with her ex-boyfriend earlier in the day. The ex-boyfriend had been arrested and she had returned to pick up her child. She met the officer in the parking lot and they went to the front door and the brother of the man arrested earlier answered and told them to wait a minute, then shut the door. He returned with a 9 mm handgun and shot the police officer in the head, then shot the mother in the back, shoulder, and elbow as she fled. Officer Martinez was taken to Sparks Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooter fled from the home in a car and killed himself before Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers found him near Spiro, Oklahoma.

Officer Martinez had served for several years with the Poteau Police Department, Panama Police Department, Shady Point Police Department, and Wister Police Department, all of which are in Oklahoma. He joined the Fort Smith Police Department on July 3, 2006. He is survived by his wife and five children.

Danny, along with several of his family members, have raced at Tri-State Speedway in the previous years.

This Saturday night at the legendary Tri-State Speedway will be regular points racing in all six classes sponsored by Bear Torque Converters in Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

Be sure you purchase a program because there will be several free items given away from the lucky numbers listed in those programs. Plus, there's nothing like free food, free passes, free shirts ... Anything with the word free in front of it, has to be good, right? You never know what we might give away from the race programs. Do you see a pattern here? If you want to win FREE stuff, you HAVE to buy a program!

Also, if you have a little girl that would like to participate in the 2012 Miss Tri-State Speedway pageant, be sure to check with Mary Gray about getting her signed up. Deadline for entries is this Saturday night. Every little girl wants to be a princess!

Grandstand prices are $8 for adults, $2 for kids 6-11 years old & kids 5 and under are FREE. Pit passes for adults are $25.00, kids 6-11 years old are $12 & kids 5 and under are FREE. Don't forget military personnel, past and present, are always FREE to the grandstands with a military ID. Grandstands open at 5:30 PM and pit gates open at 4 PM. Races scheduled for 7 PM.

Hope to see everybody out this Saturday for another awesome night of racing!

This Saturday night NAPA Auto Parts presents the SHow-Me Racin' Series Late Models along with the Monett Dirt Late Model Series for a two series event at the legendary Tri-State Speedway.

Both series will also be racing on Friday night at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Saturday night will see the stars and cars of both series invade the high banks for a $1,000 to win ($300 to start) "A" Feature! Both series of cars will compete together on D55 tires and the Show-Me boys will get to run a 10" spoiler.

All of this action, PLUS a full point night for all six regular classes, for ONLY $10 (Adults), $2 (Kids) or FREE (ALL military, past and present, ALL of the time)!!!!

We'll see you at Tri-State Speedway, Pocola, Oklahoma at 7 PM this Saturday night!

Oh by the way, the weather people keep talking about rain ... if you want to have the current information sent right to your computer or cell phone ... head on over to Twitter and follow @WeatherTriState. Or @TriStateRacing for racing information. Don't forget FaceBook too at TriStateSpeedway!

This Saturday night, don't miss BACA Kid's Night presented by Yaffe Iron & Metal!  

Gates open at 5:30 and races start at 7:00.  Fill up on $1.00 hot dogs all night long.  

Also, the first 250 kids through the gates receive a FREE EASTER BASKET, and the Easter Bunny will be available for FREE photos.

Come enjoy a great night of racing at Tri-State Speedway!

Cecil Harlan first became interested in racing in the 60's. While working for Donrey Media, he volunteered with the Fort Smith Racing Association.  He began working at Tri-State at the pit gate for Gaylon Stokes and Foy Brown and soon afterward was promoting for them. As his love of racing grew over the years, he began operating the race track in 1980.

During his time, both as promoter and owner until 2001, Cecil worked to bring fine stock car racing to the area and to put Tri-State Speedway on the map.  Well known NASCAR names such as Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin, along with the late legendary Larry Phillips, were both track champions and regular weekly racers at Tri-State. Thus the origin of "The Legendary Tri-State Speedway ...  Where Future Stars Are Born."

In 1999, Cecil was awarded the Lanny Edwards Award, presented by Texas Motor Speedway, that honors individuals who demonstrate perseverance and improvement in short-track racing for competitors and fans and was presented by then Texas Governor, George W. Bush. Most recently he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ozark Vintage Racing Association (OVRA) for 30 years of dedication to stock car racing in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.

Cecil passed away on November 23, 2011 after a battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He will be remembered not only at Tri-State Speedway, but all over the region, for many years to come, by fans and drivers alike.

Come help us celebrate his life, and time as the promoter and owner of Tri-State Speedway, this Saturday night, as A-Z Wholesale Warehouses presents the 1st Annual Cecil Harlan Memorial Races.

Just announced on Wednesday, added money in ALL classes by Shamrock Bolt & Screw and Budweiser. $700 to win USRA Modifieds, $425 to win Super Stocks and Economy Modifieds, $325 to win Factory Stocks,and $200 to win Mini-Stocks and Front Wheel Drives. Second place finishers will have added money, too!