BROWNSBURG, Ind. – The Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will kick off the championship point season in a big way, with four events in four days throughout two states.
The traveling All Stars, complete with 15 full-time teams vying for the season-ending point fund, will battle for a winner’s share equalling $27,000 over the course of the four-day weekend, opening with the $10,000-to-win/$1,000-to-start, Thursday Night Thunder at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Va., on Thursday.
Once action at Virginia Motor Speedway is complete, the All Star Circuit of Champions will turn their compasses north and cross the Mason-Dixon for a three-pack in the Keystone State beginning with the Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial Spring Classic at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday.
Despite a long history in Pennsylvania Posse country, the All Stars have yet to earn a victory during competition at The Grove. Full-time competitors will have 6,000 reasons to end the infamous streak on Friday night, as the Hinnershitz will award a $6,000 payday.
Competition will resume with the annual Keith Kauffman Classic at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday. The $6,000-to-win program, honoring ‘The Man From Mifflintown’ who owns more than 300 victories and 18 track championships over the course of his career, will be the first of three appearances by Tony Stewart’s All Stars in 2019 at Port Royal. The series will return in September for the two-day Tuscarora 50, which will award a $52,000 payday on Sept. 7.
The four-race weekend will come to a close with a visit to the historic Bedford Fairgrounds Speedway on Sunday. Although a short history with the traveling sprint series in terms of overall appearances, six total visits since the series first visited Bedford in 2001, Bedford Speedway has been nothing short of competitive, as six different winners have been crowned in the first six contests.
Tony Stewart, who his celebrating his fifth season as the commander-in-chief of the All Star Circuit of Champions, will not only make an appearance at Virginia Motor Speedway on Thursday evening, but the three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion plans to join-in on the action, vying for the five-figure payday and another win to add to his ever-growing open wheel resume.