6th Annual Jack Shutts Memorial Up Next At Skyline

STEWART, OHIO-The 6th Annual Jack Shutts Memorial will be held this Saturday, August 16 at Skyline Speedway. The race will pay $2,000 to win for the AMRA Late Models plus OVSCA Outlaw Sprint cars and all other classes will be on hand.

Jack Shutts enjoyed dirt track auto racing and had served as a flagger, announcer and scorekeeper at both Skyline Speedway and Tyler County Speedway among many other numerous tracks around the Ohio Valley. He was a racing innovator and instrumental in the PRO’s racing series as an official, which set many new trends in national dirt track auto racing.

Jack I. Shutts Jr., 59, of Vienna, passed away on Nov. 30, 2008, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. He was born in Parkersburg on July 30, 1949, a son of the late Jack I. Sr. and Martha Janelle Griffith Shutts. Jack graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1969. He had worked in the heating and air conditioning business for many years and was with Knickerbacker Inc. for 28 years where he served as sales engineer.

Besides his racing endeavors, Jack was very involved in his community. He was a member of the Boaz Lions Club and served on the local, regional and state level. He received the two highest Lions International awards, the Leonard Jarred and Melvin Jones Fellow awards. He was a member of the Ohio Valley Home Builders Association where he received the Richard B. Yoder Community Service Award and was active with Vienna Recreation, coaching hockey. He was a member of the Arnold Golf League and served on the board of the Horizons Group Home.

Octane Race Products is the AMRA Modified sponsor. Other fine sponsors of the AMRA Modified series are Dave Poske’s Performance Parts, Wrisco Industries, Hoosier Racing Tire/Hoosier Tire Ohio Valley, Carthage Auto Parts, AERO Racing Wheels, Rocket Chassis, Two-Brothers Racing, Lincoln Welders & Lincoln Electric, Hypercoils, Bazell Race Fuels, Alky Racing Alcohol and Sunoco Race Fuels, Impact Racing, RCI, OTR Filters, MSD Ignition, Wilwood Brakes, Kluhsman Racing Components (KRC), Evans Vinyl Signs, Winters Performance Products, Bilstein Shocks, AFCO, PST Drive Shafts, Schoenfeld, Killer Bee Race Bodies, and Bell Racing Helmets. Look for details of the MSD Ignition Ironman Award coming soon!

MSD Ignition is the official Ignition of the AMRA. Carthage Auto Parts is the official sponsor of the AMRA Rookie of the Year! Join the AMRA now!-America’s Open Wheeled Modified’s Most Competitive Series!

Drivers and Fans can seek updates on www.amramodified.com or the AMRA Facebook page. The AMRA wishes to thank to all of the racers and promoters who have supported and participated in the past and to those continuing to support and participate in the AMRA. For more information about the AMRA, Visit amramodified.com or visit their facebook page. For further information please call: 740-350-4678

For more track and race info call Skyline track promoter Jerry Perine @ 740-516-8372. Come to Skyline Speedway, “The Place Where Legends Are Made! Saturday Nights!