A forecast of rain during the program at Pittsburgh's Pa. Motor Speedway near Imperial prompted Miley Motorsports to cancel this week's Topless Tuesday, the track's popular mid-week event.

"We talked with the weather service around 2:30 p.m. and at that time rain was on its way," Ben Miley said. "They also said it was going to rain for a few hours and then off and on during the evening so it was a pretty easy decision to make."

Prior to the information age, a race promoter might have tried to get a race in even with a bleak forecast.

"In the old days, you would have probably gotten that race in," Miley said.

"There's just too much information available. You've got to go with the forecast. Everyone's hearing it, seeing it and unfortunately you just don't get enough fan count with a bad weather forecast."

Topless Tuesday will not be rescheduled this season but will return in 2008. PPMS will be back in action at 7 p.m. tomorrow.

Outlaws Late Models return

The World of Outlaws Dirt Late Models return to Sharon Speedway tomorrow night for the National Interstate Speedweek finale. The Late Model touring series wraps up a four-race swing in four consecutive nights with $10,000 going to the winner at the dirt track co-owned by Nextel Cup driver Dave Blaney.

Rick Eckert of York, Pa. won the race last year.

The green flag drops at 6:30 p.m. for the WoO Late Models and the e-mods.

Lugnuts

Mercer Raceway Park has triple 15-lap features for the sprint cars tomorrow night. Sprint car driver Rod George picked up wins at Mercer and Tri-City Speedway, bringing his season total to 17 at the local tracks. Also tomorrow at Roaring Knob in Markleysburg, it's Fan Appreciation/Driver Autograph Night. ... Scott Priester ended his drought at Lernerville Speedway, winning for the first time since 1999 in the sprint cars. Priester held off Ed Lynch Jr., who finished second. ... Lernerville late model racer Alex Ferree won for the seventh time this season. Brian Swartzlander finished fifth in the feature after starting last. Swartzlander was forced into a back-up big block modified after destroying a four-day old race car earlier in the evening.

Tonight at Lernerville, the Joe Pitkavish Memorial Modified Race is the featured event on the schedule. ... Lernerville plays host to the first School Bus and bike races for children at 7 p.m. Tuesday. ... Silver Cup XVI winner Donny Schatz continued his winning ways after the Don Martin Memorial by winning an additional $20,000 at the Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Schatz won just more than $107,000 in just eight days of World of Outlaws Sprint Car competition.

Daryl Charlier won for the fourth time in the crate late models at PPMS after an hour delay when the lights went out in Turn 2. All divisions will be in action tomorrow at PPMS with racing beginning 7 p.m. ... Joe Crawford of Polk, Pa., won the 20-lap big block modified feature at Tri-City in his second race back after an April accident. Crawford was mounting a tire when it exploded, injuring an arm. ... Tri-City Speedway will not be in action Sunday but will return to action Aug. 5.

At Motordrome Speedway, late model driver Bobby Henry became the only driver to win more than twice this season. Motordrome will be in action at 7:30 p.m. today. ...Sportsman's Speedway in Knox, Pa., has announced it will re-open under new ownership later this summer. Glenn Hinkle, who owns a big block modified and his daughter Carla will operate the track Sunday evenings. A Web site is being constructed at www.sportsmans-speedway.com for more information.