Experience the excitement of Lake Cumberland Grand Prix

Posted: June 1st, 2010



MEDIA ADVISORY



WHO: For the second consecutive year, Lake Cumberland welcomes the biggest and baddest in speed boat racing as the Offshore Super Series (OSS) racing series makes its much anticipated return to South Central Kentucky at the 2010 Lake Cumberland Grand Prix in Somerset, Kentucky!



WHEN: Friday, June 4 - Sunday, June 6, 2010.



WHERE: *Race Village activities (race driver meet-and-greets, free live concert entertainment) will take place at The Center for Rural Development, 2292 S. Hwy 27, Somerset (Traffic Light 15) on Friday, June 4.



*Qualifying heats, Pro Am racing, and the race will take place at Waitsboro Recreation Area off U.S. 27 South in Somerset (Traffic Light 29) on Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6.



Full details and a complete schedule of events can be viewed online at www.lakecumberlandgrandprix.com.



MEDIA EVENTS: *Staff from the Offshore Super Series (OSS) will host pace boat rides around the Lake Cumberland Grand Prix 2010 race course on Lake Cumberland for attending media at starting at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 4.



*OSS dive teams will also be on hand Friday, June 4, to conduct “dunker” testing for race teams who are participating in the race. Media are welcome to attend these testing events starting at 10:30 a.m. Suspended on pontoons, the "cockpit” sinks and floods to the dash when inverted. Under controlled conditions, the race crews will be sitting in a realistic cockpit side by side, being inverted with water flooding the cockpit, and will work as a team to self evacuate from the "boat".



*All powerboats will also participate in a Parade of Boats on U.S. 27 through Somerset starting at 6 p.m. at Race Village at The Center for Rural Development, located at Traffic Light 15.



CREDENTIALS: As respected member of the media, we invite you to come and be a part of the biggest event of the year as the NASCAR attitude once again hits the waves of Lake Cumberland!



To request credentials for any of the above events—or for the race activities itself—please contact Michael Cornett at The Center for Rural Development at 606-677-6155, via e-mail at mcornett@centertech.com, or via cell at 606-875-9551 by 5 p.m. Thursday, June 3, to confirm your attendance. All credential requests must be approved by OSS officials. Upon your arrival, please see Michael Cornett or Amy Stroud at the Media Tent to obtain credentialing wristbands for the weekend.

 


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