Race will be held on April 23 at South Boston Speedway in Virginia
The Denny Hamlin Foundation Short Track Showdown is set for April 23, 2015 at South Boston Speedway, the Denny Hamlin Foundation announced on Wednesday.
The Late Model charity race featuring some of the top NASCAR drivers competing against the best regional Late Model drivers will be back at South Boston Speedway and occur right before the NASCAR events at Richmond International Raceway.
"Keeping the race at South Boston for 2015 was a no-brainer for me," said Hamlin in a release. "Not only did it bring back a little bit of NASCAR to the South Boston community, it also brought one of the most competitive fields we have seen at this event so far. The fans nearly sold out South Boston last year, and with the interest that we have already seen this year, I believe we will sell out South Boston, and provide fans with another thrilling event."
The driver lineup for the event will announced closer to the event. Matt Bowling, a Whelen All-American Series driver won last year's event. NASCAR drivers that participated in last year's event included: Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan, Jeb Burton and Timothy Peters.
The Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown began in 2008 at Southside Speedway, a local short track near Hamlin's hometown of Chesterfield, Virginia. The event moved to Richmond in 2011 and then moved to South Boston in 2014.
Proceeds from the race go to support the Denny Hamlin Foundation, which has donated $150,000 in grants while helping to fund the Denny Hamlin Cystic Fibrosis Research Lab at Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU and also supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-accredited Therapeutics Development Center at VCU.
Advance tickets for the Short Track Showdown go on sale starting February 11. For more information regarding the event, visit the southbostonspeedway.com and dennyhamlinfoundation.org.