Commonwealth 100 gets title sponsor; New Saturday Ticket Price Announcement

Commonwealth 100 gets title sponsor; New Saturday Ticket Price Announcement

Jamaica, VA – With just days left before Virginia Motor Speedway’s biggest event of the year gets the green flag official’s announce the signing of NAPA of King William as the title sponsor for the $25,000 to win 2nd Annual Commonwealth 100 and new pricing for Saturday only tickets. Napa of King William has signed on as sponsor of this weekend’s $25,000 to win event and will now be called the 2nd Annual NAPA of King William Commonwealth 100. NAPA of King William has sponsored several special events at Virginia Motor Speedway over the year’s and has decided to move their support to the speedway’s biggest race of the year....

Eckert Aims For Better Results In Second Annual Commonwealth 100 On April 15-16 At Virginia Motor Speedway

Eckert Aims For Better Results In Second Annual Commonwealth 100 On April 15-16 At Virginia Motor Speedway

Story courtesy Kevin Kovac, World of Outlaws Late Model PR Director Pennsy Star Can’t Forget Frustrating Performance In Last Year’s Inaugural $25,000-To-Win Event JAMAICA, VA – April 11, 2011 – Rick Eckert can’t forget his subpar performance in last year’s inaugural Commonwealth 100 at Virginia Motor Speedway. And that’s why he can’t wait to return to Bill Sawyer’s pristine half-mile oval on April 15-16 for the second edition of the $25,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model Series spectacular. Eckert, 45, of York, Pa., has enjoyed plenty of special-show success at VMS over the past decade, but he was a surprising non-factor in the track’s biggest event ever one year ago. He finished the 2010 Commonwealth 100 two laps down in 22nd place – and man, does that still gnaw at him. “I remember I had a good car the first night,” Eckert said of last year’s Commonwealth 100 weekend. “I qualified late (in time trials) but still turned a lap (sixth-quick among 56 entrants) good enough to sit on the pole of a heat, and then I heat-raced pretty good too (he won the sixth prelim). I had changed some stuff on my car and it seemed to work....