(Savannah, GA)  The highly popular winter-time go kart racing series at Oglethorpe Speedway Park will return to action this Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:00pm.  The Go Kart Winter Shoot-Out Series race on December 17 was rained out and this past weekend’s Christmas celebration has kept area karters from competition for two weeks.  Saturday’s double feature format should create some great racing action.

            “When you give the drivers a couple weeks off,” said Go Kart official Jim Horton.  “They have a tendency to be more aggressive when they get back on the track.  That should create some intense racing this weekend.”

            Points races in the Rookie II, Stock Light, Stock Medium and Stock Heavy remain very close entering the double feature, double points weekend on Saturday, December 31.

            Joseph Diekemper and Tyler Perry are deadlocked at the top of the standings in the Rookie II division.  Perry is fresh off his first career victory on December 10 at OSP.  Diekemper won earlier this year during the shoot-out.

            In the Stock Light division, South Carolina’s Krystle Wolfe leads Savannah’s Eddie Morris by three points.  Wolfe has been the leader of a growing number of ladies competitors at the Winter Shoot-Out Series.  She has led the Stock Light points since the first week of the go kart season.

            Tim Broschard and Carl Bobst are fighting with another for the number one spot in the Stock Medium division while Billy Dixon and Tad Segars are battling in the Stock Heavy.  All of the divisions will be in action this Saturday as the series continues with points races and double main events.

            Grandstand admission is always free for spectators at the Go Kart Winter Shoot-Out Series.  The pits will open at 11:30am.  Practice cranks up at 12:30pm with racing set to go green at 2:00pm.  Additional information can be obtained by calling the speedway at 912-964-8200 or by visiting www.ospracing.net.