INVERNESS, Fla. — The Children’s Dream Fund 50 will now pay $10,000 to win the 50-lap event.
The co-sanctioned race with Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit and the BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series was originally announced in December as a $5,000-to-win event at Citrus County Speedway.
However, event organizer J.J. Dutton confirmed Monday that a $5,000 sponsor has come forth and added to the purse, which will run on March 2.
Nick Nicholas Ford in Inverness has added the additional purse money to the purse for this event to get it up to the current $10,000 to win. It has been since 2007 that a pavement sprint car race in the state of Florida has paid this much to win.
With the event now paying $10,000 to win, it now becomes the richest pavement sprint car race in the Southeast. It is expected many prominent drivers will come fourth in the coming days announcing their participation in this event.
The sole purpose of the event is to raise awareness and funds for the Children’s Dream Fund Organization.