2012 Super DIRTcar Series Northeast Opener Inked At Canandaigua April 7Sheppard & Decker early favorites in battle between area's best Big-Block wheelmen

Canandaigua, NY – February 12, 2012 – Tom Skibinski, Canandaigua Motorsports Park PR (585-350-8997) An agreement recently reached between speedway and tour officials has produced one of the biggest opening days ever at Canandaigua Motorsports Park as the popular Ontario County Fairgrounds oval is scheduled to host round one of the 2012 Super DIRTcar Series on Saturday, April 7.

Led by reigning track points king and two-time defending Series champion Matt Sheppard from nearby Waterloo and 2011 Canandaigua tour winner Billy Decker from Unadilla in New York's Southern Tier, the best Big-Block Modified pilots in the Northeast will once again converge on the historic half-miler, each chasing the $6,000 top prize in 64 laps of green flag feature race action that comprise the 2nd

Annual Jan Corcoran Memorial.

Joining the star-studded show of touring pros and weekend warriors will be a full card of NAPA Sportsman, Street Stock and Pure Stock racing. Pit gates swing open at 2pm and grandstand seating begins at 3 o'clock, with qualifying scheduled for 5:00 sharp.

“We originally looked at a series show later in the summer yet the mid-week date presented a number of obstacles,” noted sophomore CMP Promoter Jeremie Corcoran. “Fortunately, DC Rauscher and Xtreme Lubricants stepped in to make this whole deal happen and give our fans and racers another memorable event to kick off the season.”

Former Canandaigua track champion Decker returned to familiar territory last June, outlasting all-time tour titlist Brett Hearn to capture the inaugural Corcoran Memorial. Himself a two-time Mr. DIRTcar champion, Decker topped a stellar field of Big-Blocks in the Series' first visit to the ‘Land of Legends’ since 2009. Buckled in behind the wheel of the familiar red LJL Motorsports no. 91 Gypsum Wholesalers/Bicknell mount, Decker out-distanced Sussex, N.J. speedster Hearn by three car-lengths with another half-dozen separating third-place finisher and Watertown, N.Y. native Tim McCreadie. Canadian invader Stewart Friesen grabbed fourth with three laps to go from 'Super Matt,' the top finishing CMP regular.

Also circle March 17 & 18 on your calendar to mark the arrival of Autorama '12 at Eastview Mall in Victor, N.Y. For a second straight year the lead-off pre-season car show will be held during mall hours, Sat. 10am-9:30pm and Sun. 11am-6pm.

For more information on the CMP schedule and season tickets, please contact Jeremie Corcoran via cell 315-374-2839 or e-mail jeremiecorcoran@yahoo.com. Joe Bailey (585-500-8852, jbailey0626@yahoo.com) can also be reached during the week to discuss marketing opportunities available at the track in 2012.

Canandaigua Motorsports Park www.canandaiguamotorsportspark.com is located at the Ontario Co. Fairgrounds, east of the city on Town Line Road (County Road 10), with easy access off either Exit 43 (Manchester, Route 21 South) or Exit 44 (Farmington, Route 332 South) of the New York State Thruway, just !-hour southeast of Rochester.

During the weeks ahead be sure to visit the revamped track website at www.canandaiguamotorsportspark.com for the latest breaking news and important updates as the 2012 race season continues to take shape at the ‘Land of Legends.’ Access fan@canandaiguamotorsportspark.com and join the e-mail list, or register with http://www.twitter.com/Canandaigua_MSP to keep up-to-date on-line and through text messages on cell phones via Twitter.

Canandaigua Motorsports Park is proud to salute several sponsors and corporate partners that continue to bring its fans the best Saturday night racing show in the Northeast. Listed alphabetically are DIRTcar series sponsors GM Performance Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire, VP Racing Fuels; division sponsors Castner's Performance Systems, Community Car Care of Waterloo, NAPA of the Finger Lakes, Original Pizza Logs, Parts Plus of Macedon; contingency sponsors ABC Roofing, Five Star Race Car Bodies, Promotion Custom Metal Fab, Wrisco Industries; event sponsors American Equipment, A-Verdi Storage Container, Canandaigua Carpets, Charlie's Restaurant, Cobra Motorhomes, Commercial Roofing & Sheetmetal, Corby's Collision Center, Corvettes by Turner, Currier Plastics, D.C. Rauscher Inc., Dig Safely New York 811, Empire/Beck’s Recycling, Finger Lakes Radio Group, Finish Line Auto Center, Honeoye Auto Parts, Mark’s Pizzeria, North Eastern Pool & Spa, Ontario County Fairboard, Owasco Beverage, Phelps Cement Products, Sherwin-Williams Paint Store of Canandaigua, Victor Excavating & Landscape, Xtreme Lubricants; and promotional partners Coors Light-Molson Canadian, Genny Light, HEP Sales, North Main Lumber, Randall Farnsworth Buick-GMC-Cadillac-Chevrolet, Regional Int’l Truck & Trailer, Rockauto.com.