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Deron Rust Memorial Brings Georgetown Speedway to Life Saturday

GEORGETOWN, DE – Its
time to go racing.

On Saturday
(June 13), Georgetown Speedway returns to action with the Deron Rust Memorial,
bringing auto racing back to the Sussex County half-mile oval for the first
time since March 8.

Fans are
permitted in the grandstands for this event! The Deron Rust Memorial can also
be viewed online via Dirt Track Digest TV (www.dirttrackdigest.tv).

L&J Sheet
Metal Modifieds headline the event with the $3,960-to-win, 33-lap main event
offering $296 just to take the green flag.

A star-studded field is lining up for the annual race in memory of promoter and racer Rust, who passed away in March 2013. Among the expected invaders are Billy Pauch Sr. and Jr., Jeff Strunk, Mike Gular, Danny Bouc, Duane Howard, Ryan Watt, Brandon Grosso, Neal Williams and many more.

The Delaware
contingent will look to defend home turf led by defending Delaware
International Speedway champion Jordan Watson, who also topped the Mid-Atlantic
Championship Race at Georgetown last November.

Both the
Chesapeake Paving/J.W. Brown Trucking Crate 602 Sportsman and RUSH Late Models
will compete in 20-lap mains offering $1,396 to win.

The
Modifieds, Crate 602 Sportsman and RUSH Late Models will be competing for
Georgetowns Sunoco Championship point standings.

Also on the
card are Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars (12 laps), Little Lincolns (12
laps), Delmarva Chargers (12 laps) and Delaware Super Trucks (12 laps).

Pit gates
open at 4 p.m. Grandstand gates unlock at 5 p.m. Hot Laps get underway at 6:40
p.m., with racing at 7:30 p.m.

Grandstand
admission is $20 for Adults, $16 for Seniors (ages 65 and up) and Students
(ages 13-17), $10 for Kids (ages 9-12) and Children 8 and under are FREE.

Pit admission
is $35 (ages 13 and up), $10 for Kids (ages 6-12) and $2 for Children 5 and
under.

The Dirt
Track Digest TV online viewing link follows: https://dirttrackdigest.tv/videos/8234

Fat Daddys
BBQ will be open and serving delicious food and drinks.

Georgetown
Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the
intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles
from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.

A website is
live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown Speedway on
Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the speedway hotline at
302.563.GTWN (4896).

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