Race Track Tidbits

I try not to post a whole lot of race track stuff, just because it's easier for me to just to driver stuff, but it's been a slow off-season to this point, so, here's a rundown of stuff.

As I said in my last post, Devils Bowl Speedway and Albany-Saratoga Speedway have dropped modifieds from their headline class. Crate sportsman will be the new headline division at the track. No word on if the modifieds might run a special or two there at some point in the season.

Dirt Track Digest has reported a bunch of Humberstone Speedway rumors. It appears that they will not run 358 modifieds every other week like they did last year, but that's not confirmed. There's also a rumor that the track, which operates on Sunday nights, may run on Friday nights. Both of those are just rumors, but the second one seems very unlikely.

Brett Deyo has announced a 4-race series that will run 3 races at Penn Can Speedway and 1 race at Five Mile Point Speedway. It looks like some of his races will also be RoC Dirt Tour races. The season will be highlighted by an $8,000 to win race at Penn Can in June.

Look for the RoC Tour to add at least 1 more track to the schedule, a Pennsylvania track, but don't be surprised if that add another race or track to the schedule in New York as well to cancel out the travel for teams.

South Jersey Dirt Racing broke the news that Bridgeport Speedway will not run modifieds every week in 2011. It looks like they won't run any kind of set schedule (modifieds), and will have crate sportsman be the headline class every week. Modifieds will still run special shows during the year. There's also the possibility that they could run the modifieds on a once-a-month basis, or even every other week, but those scenarios seem unlikely.

Dirt Track Digest reported a while ago that Capital City Speedway is thinking about going switching from asphalt to dirt with 358 modified driver Eric Gauvreau being one of the people involved in the purchase. The track would run Thursday nights. This would give the Quebec drivers another place to run on a weekend, to make up for Autodrome Edelweiss closing (which was reported on here towards the end of the season).

Finally, since the majority of people wanted more races in the poll for the 2011 Club Wago Crown Jewel Fantasy League, all the races that pay $8,000 or more to win will now be on the schedule. Thanks for the support everyone!