$5,000-to-win Canadian Classic Set For Saturday, September 8^th

NLRA Late Model Event To Honor The Late Murray Moorhead

 (For Immediate Release: Prepared by FYE Motorsports - St. Cloud, Minnesota (April 17^th 2007)

            The 1^st annual NLRA Canadian Classic Late Model Invitational is now officially on the schedule for Saturday, September 8^th at the Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Canadian Classic will serve as the final event on the 2007 schedule for the NLRA Late Model series and will cap off a very lucrative weekend along the Red River. This event, coupled with the $9,200 to win John Seitz Memorial event at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND the preceding two nights could see one Late Model driver walk away with nearly $15,000 over the course of the weekend.

            The Canadian Classic will replace the regular season ending NLRA event that has been held in Winnipeg over the past few seasons and will be held in memory of a long time race fan/pit guy Murray Moorhead. Murray was 55 years old when he was killed in September of ‘06 in a motorcycle accident on the way to watch drag racing in Gimli, Manitoba. He loved his Harley but he loved auto racing as well. Murray grew up watching racing in Thunder Bay, Ontario when he was a kid. Murray helped Dave Tyrchniewicz on his race cars since he started racing in 1997 in a Super Stock and for the last 4 years with his Late Model. Murray was always at the track on Thursday nights in Winnipeg. He did not get to travel much to the races on the weekends but he was the only reason Turk could because Murray ran Turk’s business when he was gone out of town racing. Murray never missed a race in Winnipeg when Turk was racing there and he even planned his holidays around Turk’s racing schedule.

            This event will feature a complete program of NLRA Late Models as well as a regular program for WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Super Stocks, Super Trucks and Street Stocks, so fans will be entertained with a wide variety of on-track action.

            Tyrchniewicz, from nearby St. Andrews, Manitoba and pilot of the #u1 Late Model, has been instrumental in putting this event together. Turk said “This race means a lot to me because I don’t think I ever would have gotten the chance to race without all the help Murray has given me over the years and I know how much he liked Late Model racing in particular. I think a race in his honor is a fitting tribute to the man. It’s going to be a really tough weekend with John’s deal in Grand Forks (at River Cities Speedway) and Murray’s deal here. They were both great men who I am honored to consider both of them great friends.”Tyrchniewicz

            FYE Motorsports Owner Chris Stepan has been hired to assist in the promotion of this event and will also serve as the event’s Late Model announcer come September. Stepan said “When Turk called and asked if he could hire me to assist in the promotion and success of this event, I was happy to. This weekend is going to be a difficult but great one with the Memorial for John (Seitz) in Grand Forks on Thursday and Friday night and then this event on Saturday night just an hour and ½ up the road. We should see a huge number of Late Model teams compete at both of these events and hopefully the fans come out to support both events as well. It is not very often that our local Late Model teams have the opportunity to win nearly $15,000 in the course of a single weekend and to run two events as memorials to such great individuals.”