2008 Racing Season set to start Saturday

April 12, 2008

MARNE, MI - Tonight's Opening Night races have been postponed due to inclement weather. The races will be made up next week, on Saturday, April 19, in place of the previously scheduled events for that night.

The Opening Night events included Coors Light Late Model, Engine Pro Super Stock, De-Jay Slick Truck Pro Stock and Instant Cash Advance Sportsman divisions racing in their first points races of the 2008 season. Those four divisions will take the track next Saturday, April 19, for the season opener. The original price of tickets to April 19 was $10; with the revised schedule, tickets for April 19 will be $13. Children 6-12 are half price and 5 and under are free.

Fans who have tickets dated April 12 may exchange those tickets for tickets to any other race of the same value ($13) this season. Fans who already have tickets for the April 19 originally scheduled event ($10) will have their tickets honored for the new Opening Night event.

The April 19 events originally included Pro Stock, Sportsman and the debut of the new Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder division. The Pro Stock and Sportsman races are cancelled due to the Opening Night lineup which already includes those two divisions. The 4-Cylinder race originally scheduled for April 19 will be added to the May 17 lineup, so that division will not lose a race date.

Tickets for all events for the 2008 Berlin Raceway season presented by Comerica Bank are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.berlinraceway.com or by phone to Berlin Raceway at (616) 677-5000. Tickets are also available in person at the Fifth Third Ballpark box office (4500 West River Drive, Comstock Park) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, or at the Berlin Raceway administrative office Monday through Friday (please call ahead for an appointment if going to Berlin's administrative office). On racedays, tickets are available at the Berlin Raceway box office beginning at 11:15.