2007 World of Outlaws schedule has been released and 72 nights of racing listed what is interesting is what races are include and what are not. The World of Outlaws do not have any races listed for Knoxville or Las Vegas for next year but they have a lot more races in the south which is great for me as I live here for example they will be visiting Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, FL on Feb 9, 11 which has been the tradional start of the season the last few years but they will also returning to Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, TX on Feb 17 which is good to see them back in Texas. The other south dates they have included includes Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, MS on March 24, Volunteer Speedway in Bull’s Gap, TN March 30, Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA March 31, Paducah Intl. Raceway in Paducah, KY April 6, Riverside Intl. Speedway in West Memphis, AR May 5, DIRT Track at Lowe’s Concord, NC May 25. Also another feature in next years calendar is that they will be racing in Canada at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton. The World of Outlaws schedule looks like this

Date Day Track City
Feb. 9 Friday Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL
Feb. 11 Sunday Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, FL
Feb. 17 Saturday Houston Raceway Park Baytown (Houston), TX

March 2 Friday USA Raceway Park Tucson, AZ
March 3 Saturday Manzanita Speedway Phoenix, AZ
March 24 Saturday Pike County Speedway Magnolia, MS
March 30 Friday Volunteer Speedway Bull’s Gap, TN
March 31 Saturday Dixie Speedway Woodstock, GA

April 6 Friday Paducah Intl. Raceway Paducah, KY
April 7 Saturday I-55 Raceway Pevely, MO
April 13 Friday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
April 14 Saturday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
April 21 Saturday Tri-State Speedway Haubstadt, IN

May 4 Friday Tri-City Speedway Granite City, IL
May 5 Saturday Riverside Intl. Speedway West Memphis, AR
May 11 Friday US 36 Raceway Osborn, MO
May 12 Saturday Lake Ozark Speedway Lake Ozark, MO
May 15 Tuesday Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA
May 17 Thursday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
May 18 Friday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
May 19 Saturday Orange County Fair Speedway Middletown, NY
May 22 Tuesday Grandview Speedway Bechtelsville, PA
May 25 Friday The DIRT Track at Lowe’s Concord, NC
May 26 Saturday Hagerstown Speedway Hagerstown, MD
May 28 Monday Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge, NY

June 1 Friday Sharon Speedway Sharon, OH
June 2 Saturday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
June 8 Friday Eagle Raceway Eagle, NE
June 9 Saturday Eagle Raceway Eagle, NE
June 17 Sunday Heartland Park Topeka, KS
June 22 Friday Dodge City Speedway Dodge City, KS
June 23 Saturday Dodge City Speedway Dodge City, KS
June 25 Monday Black Hills Speedway Rapid City, SD
June 29 Friday Nodak Speedway Minot, ND
June 30 Saturday Red River Valley Speedway Fargo, ND

July 3 Tuesday Huset’s Speedway Brandon, SD
July 6 Friday Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, IL
July 7 Saturday I-55 Raceway Pevely, MO
July 11 Wednesday Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, OH
July 13 Friday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
July 14 Saturday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
July 17 Tuesday Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA
July 19 Thursday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
July 20 Friday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
July 21 Saturday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
July 22 Sunday Lebanon Valley Speedway Lebanon Valley, NY
July 24 Tuesday Fulton Speedway Fulton, NY
July 27 Friday I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, MI
July 28 Saturday K-C Raceway Chillicothe, OH

Aug. 3 Friday The Raceway@Powercom Park Beaver Dam, WI
Aug. 4 Saturday The Raceway@Powercom Park Beaver Dam, WI
Aug. 17 Friday Castrol Raceway Edmonton, CAN
Aug. 18 Friday Castrol Raceway Edmonton, CAN
Aug. 24 Friday Skagit Speedway Alger, WA
Aug. 25 Saturday Skagit Speedway Alger, WA
Aug. 29 Wednesday Southern Oregon Speedway Medford, OR

Sept. 1 Saturday Calistoga Speedway Calistoga, CA
Sept. 2 Saturday Calistoga Speedway Calistoga, CA
Sept. 6 Thursday Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, CA
Sept. 7 Friday Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, CA
Sept. 8 Saturday Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, CA
Sept. 14 Friday Eagle Raceway Eagle, NE
Sept. 15 Saturday Lake Ozark Speedway Lake Ozark, MO
Sept. 21 Friday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, OH
Sept. 22 Saturday Wilmot Speedway Kenosha, WI
Sept. 23 Sunday Kokomo Speedway Kokomo, IN
Sept. 28 Friday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA
Sept. 29 Saturday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA

Oct. 5 Friday Princeton Speedway Princeton, MN
Oct. 6 Saturday Princeton Speedway Princeton, MN
Oct. 12 Friday USA Raceway Park Tucson, AZ
Oct. 13 Saturday Manzanita Speedway Phoenix, AZ

Feb. 17 in Houston? 

Man, that will be cold, even down here.  But I guess I'll be one of the idiots out there with my heavy jacket and thermals.

No... Knoxville will not be added.  And that's a fact!  Des Moines Register reports that Knoxville will have neither WoO or NST shows in 2007 in an effort to join the two series'. 

No Las Vegas on the schedule is a little differet... look for the NST to pick up alot of these dates.  Only one day in Fargo... they tried that last year after the Nationals and had a terrible crowd!  Gonna be the same in 2007.  Princeton in October???  Only one date at Huset's.... NST will more than likely take the April show. 

Is 72 races average?  They use to race 100 a year and have slowly decreased but compared to 2006 how is it?

Is this the earliest the schedule has ever been released. It looks like Tony S. going to run the Outlaws at Eldora, but have his car run the NST.

As far as them not going to Las Vegas I dont think the drivers will miss the TRACK, because from what I have seen they never have had a good racing surface anyways.

Wow!!  Only two shows in Indiana!

Tony's car ran mostly with NST this year because he had committed to Steve when NSL was in the works. He ran as many WOO shows as possible because of TV. I think it could be the other way around this year because of Bass Pro Shops.

Just my thoughts.

Good to see WoO come back to Georgia after not making the trip since the late 90's.  End of March is not to bad as the weather is starting to turn nice. Looks like someone will reset the track record and retire Gaerte's lap record he set last time they came to town.  I'll be there for sure!

Local late models will hate this as they look like they are towing boat anchors when they hot lap following the Outlaws.  LOL!

Maybe Tony doesn't like the Bounceless Brigade from a car owner's perspective and was contractually bound to them as a track owner.  Do thoughts like this ever cross your mind or you're just so blindsidely pro-WoO that nothing else makes sense?

I'd watch for the NST to have a better schedule than the one posted here.  BET ME.  Of course, merger beats anything either could release.

Major points to the WoO for releasing a schedule at this point of the year, BTW.  In the past you couln't get a racing schedule from the WoO until after the Chili Bowl.  Only small-time people like NASCAR would dare put out a schedule at the 3/4 point of a racing season.  lol  NOW people can make travel arrangements and plan their lives ahead of time.  Kudos to the WoO for doing something that common sense should have told them to do years ago.

MAJOR loss of points to the WoO for once again skipping the DFW market, among others.  I can drive 4 hrs to Houston for a race... but thats the closest I saw.  Heck, this is only the site of the 1st WoO race, the headquarters of it, TMS only built a kajillion dollar track FOR THE WOO... why would they schedule a race here???????

Hopefully the NST sees the glaring hole in my area's racing calendar and makes it happen.  The car count won't be high (not more than a handful of 410s in this region, all are full-time 360 teams that race a couple of 410 races... this is 360 land) but we are 410 deprived and ready to see them GET IT ON.

TX Sprintcarfan:

MAJOR loss of points to the WoO for once again skipping the DFW market, among others.  I can drive 4 hrs to Houston for a race... but thats the closest I saw.  Heck, this is only the site of the 1st WoO race, the headquarters of it, TMS only built a kajillion dollar track FOR THE WOO... why would they schedule a race here???????

OMG!  We agree on something!!!  Why do they skip that track so often... looks like an awesome facility!

Yea! 5 races in Missouri!

2 @ I-55

2 @ Lake Ozark

1 @ US 36

Although they should have 2 at US 36 and 1 at Lake Ozark. I have yet to see a decent 410 race at LOS.

Why schedule a 410 race here?  Uh... because the track at TMS was built FOR THE WOO.  No other reason was given.  Multimillion dollar facility built for the sole reason of hosting 2 WoO race weekends a year.  Bruton's bunch at TMS is in the business of making money... they have stockholders to answer to.  WoO races would pack the crowd in like no other event.  Personally, I've thought that the 4/10 oval at TMS is the most underutilized piece of real estate in the DFW marketplace... but apparently thats just me.  Hosting a USAC sprint/midget doubleheader, the ASCS Supernationals, or a NST/WoO race weekend is small potatoes compared to a Nextel cup weekend, so we see where the true allegiance at that track lies.  $$$ speaks.

As for Lanny Edwards... this dude stuck his neck and pocketbook out for more series than is humanly possible.  I've seen WoO, AllStars, NCRA, ASCS, Sprint Bandits, etc. try to be the big show at the track... and a WoO show will always be king.  I've been to many ASCS shows at the Bowl and have loved every single one, but they don't fill the stands like the WoO does.  When was the last time that Steve Kinser and company visited the track by the Catfish Corner?  Its been way too long IMO.  Bring the big boys back and put on a show at the 1st track the WoO ever visited!!!!!!!!!

If a WoO schedule without racing at the traditional speedways and markets of this area (81 Speedway in Wichita, OKC Fairgrounds, Houston <wow, they got 1 race>, Tulsa, Dallas, etc.) makes sense to you... you missed out on some incredible racing for way too long.  The WoO put the racing bug in 9/10 of the people following racing in this area and deserve a chance to shine once again for the folks here... this is a big time racing community that is missing out on something special.

loosewheel:

I would say this schedule is tentative.  There are very few dirt tracks that have given any thought to next year yet.  Most want to get through this year first.

I think it is just the opposite. I think the tracks that signed Letters of Intent with Dirt have watched what went on this year and made a decision early as TV and major sponsor work are done in October and November and they want to align themselves and move on to other things. They all have to work on other events and their own sponsor deals and don't want to spend the winter in limbo.

I think you will see some NST tracks announce soon as well.

Just my opinion.

It was a great Nationals!

I'm happy to see Route 66 in Joliet, IL back on A schdeule! Great track!!

Happy to see I-96 in Lake Odessa get a race. Hope they make some improvements to the faclity though.