Hilltop Speedway beefs up schedule

By Mike SwangerWith some exciting racing in the books for the first month of the season, the month of May will pick up the intensity with some added attractions to the Hilltop Speedway schedule.Although it is a regular night of racing on the first of May, the Modified Bounty Hunters will be out in full force as four-time winner Kevin Morehouse is the target. Any Modified driver that can beat Morehouse, as long as he is running at the checkered flag, will pick up an additional $300. That deal will go on until someone beats the “Logger.”Ohio Outlaw Motorsports will hold a Quad Qualifier on Saturday, May 8, joining a regular show of racing. The O’Reilly All Star Late Models roll into Hilltop Speedway the next week and challenge the regular Hilltop Late Models with $4,000 awaiting the winner of the feature. The first of two Dash for Cash for all classes will take place on Saturday, May 22, as each feature winner is eligible to run in this winner-take-all event. The Late Models winner will pocket $500 as the Modifieds have $250 to the victor. The Street Stocks have $100 to the checkered flag grabber while the Mini Stocks and Trucks chase after $50. All this is added to the regular show. The month will wrap up on May 29, with another regular show, which consists of Super Late Models, TSMA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Trucks, and Mini Wedges. Check out the website at www.hilltopspeedway.org for the complete schedule and more information for 2010.After failing to stop Hilltop Speedway from racing with cold weather, Mother Nature dug into her bag of tricks and brought out the rain machine in the late afternoon Saturday to end the opening season streak of four racing nights at the start of the 2010 season.