Two races were on this week's schedule, and both fell to mother nature. Bridgeport Speedway's "60 Over Special" event for the RoC Dirt Tour was scheduled for Saturday, but rain forced the event to be postponed until Sunday, April 20th. The race will also now be shortened to 44 laps.
Sunday was scheduled to be Big Diamond Raceway's season opener, but it too fell victim to rain, forcing the points-opener to be rescheduled for April 11th.
Fonda Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park have also postponed races for this weekend. Both, Fonda and Mercer were scheduled to open up the season this Saturday night (April 5th), but now both tracks will open their points season on April 12th.
Mohawk International Raceway and Humberstone Speedway have released their schedules. Both schedules, along with all postponed events, have been updated on the master schedule.
Skyline and I-88 sportsman star Nick Nye has announced a move up to the modified division. Nye will focus on weekly competition at I-88 Speedway.
Jordan Siri, who also ran a sportsman last season at I-88, tentatively plans to kick off the season aboard a modified at I-88. Look for Jordan's father, Tyler Siri, to make a full-time return to the Super DIRTcar Series this season.
Justin Haers will enter a second car for the Jan Corcoran Memorial scheduled for April 19 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park. Look for an announcement to come as early as today on the driver.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Godown Dominates New Egypt; Harpell is Back; Van Pelt Lands Ride
Racing finally returned this weekend after the weather forced cancellations and postponements of a number of events. The RoC Dirt Tour kicked off their season with 27 big-block modifieds filling up the pit area at New Egypt Speedway for the "Cabin Fever 60." It was Ryan Godown who charged to the front and dominated the feature event. Here's the top 5...
New Egypt Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 91 Rick Laubach
3rd 86 Danny Johnson
4th 357 Matt Sheppard
5th 1 Stewart Friesen
Black Rock Speedway made headlines as Dan Harpell has announced he will take over the lease to the track. Harpell, who was in charge of Five Mile Point Speedway for many years before turning the track over to brother Andy, promoted a RoC Dirt Tour event at Black Rock a few seasons ago. Don't expect many changes for '14, but Harpell claims to have big plans for next season.
Mike Mallett announced via DirtTrackDigest.com that multi-time Woodhull Raceway Billy Van Pelt found himself without a ride after Kevin Chilson sold out following the 2013 season. Van Pelt has teamed with Grant Hilfiger for weekly competition at Woodhull in 2014. Van Pelt will also run select specials, with Hilfiger having a second car for himself to run. Van Pelt announced earlier in the season a deal to run select races at Ransomville Speedway in a second Ryan Susice entry.
New Egypt Speedway (RoC Dirt Tour)
1st 747 Ryan Godown
2nd 91 Rick Laubach
3rd 86 Danny Johnson
4th 357 Matt Sheppard
5th 1 Stewart Friesen
Black Rock Speedway made headlines as Dan Harpell has announced he will take over the lease to the track. Harpell, who was in charge of Five Mile Point Speedway for many years before turning the track over to brother Andy, promoted a RoC Dirt Tour event at Black Rock a few seasons ago. Don't expect many changes for '14, but Harpell claims to have big plans for next season.
Mike Mallett announced via DirtTrackDigest.com that multi-time Woodhull Raceway Billy Van Pelt found himself without a ride after Kevin Chilson sold out following the 2013 season. Van Pelt has teamed with Grant Hilfiger for weekly competition at Woodhull in 2014. Van Pelt will also run select specials, with Hilfiger having a second car for himself to run. Van Pelt announced earlier in the season a deal to run select races at Ransomville Speedway in a second Ryan Susice entry.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Chrysler Hires Rudolph; Daugherty Moving Up; Let's Go Racing!
Erick Rudolph recently made headlines as the defending 358 DIRTcar Series champion has been announced as one of 21 contract Super DIRTcar Series drivers for '14. Now, he's landed a big-block ride for some additional racing. Rudolph has been hired by veteran Randy Chrysler to run a car for the team in select RoC, Super DIRTcar Series, and Short Track Super Series races. Chrysler, who himself will run a schedule similar to last year, has fielded cars in the past for veterans like Danny Johnson and Chad Brachmann in the past. Rudolph will still pilot his family-owned #25 weekly at Ransomville and Canandaigua, and will follow the 358 DIRTcar. The Super DIRTcar Series will see Rudolph split the schedule up between Chrysler and the family team.
Woodhull Raceway sportsman track champion Chris Daugherty joins an impressive list of sportsman stars making the jump to modifieds in 2014. Daugherty will continue to call Woodhull Raceway home.
New Egypt Speedway says all systems are good for Saturday's RoC Dirt Tour "Cabin Fever 60". It's been a month since Matt Sheppard won down in Volusia, now it's time to get back racing! Jimmy Horton is the defending winner of the race.
Woodhull Raceway sportsman track champion Chris Daugherty joins an impressive list of sportsman stars making the jump to modifieds in 2014. Daugherty will continue to call Woodhull Raceway home.
New Egypt Speedway says all systems are good for Saturday's RoC Dirt Tour "Cabin Fever 60". It's been a month since Matt Sheppard won down in Volusia, now it's time to get back racing! Jimmy Horton is the defending winner of the race.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Woops! Hansell and Cozze Still Together; Black Rock Cancels 4/6; Tour Drivers
Frank Cozze and Norm Hansell have NOT parted ways. Cozze will continue to run the Norm Hansell 357 weekly at Big Diamond and Grandview. Cozze will still have the Rick Clay 88c for big-block specials. Stewart Friesen will run a second Norm Hansell entry at Big Diamond, while Matt Sheppard will run regional specials for Hansell.
Black Rock Speedway has cancelled their April 6th modified show. The modifieds will not return to Black Rock until October 25-26.
Chuck McKee and Rich Ricci have announced that they will follow the full 2014 Short Track Super Series schedule.
Pat Ward, Erick Rudolph, Carey Terrance, and Keith Flach have all announced that they will join the list of full-time Super DIRTcar Series drivers in 2014.
Black Rock Speedway has cancelled their April 6th modified show. The modifieds will not return to Black Rock until October 25-26.
Chuck McKee and Rich Ricci have announced that they will follow the full 2014 Short Track Super Series schedule.
Pat Ward, Erick Rudolph, Carey Terrance, and Keith Flach have all announced that they will join the list of full-time Super DIRTcar Series drivers in 2014.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Hansell Looking North; More Schedules Released; Allegheny Motor Speedway a no-go?
Norm Hansell and Frank Cozze will not return for a second season, and Hansell is looking to make a splash with his new driver. Stewart Friesen will return to the seat of the 357 for weekly competition at Big Diamond Raceway this season, and Hansell will also field a car for Matt Sheppard in select specials on the RoC Dirt Tour, Short Track Super Series, and other high-paying events in Pennsylvania. Hansell is hoping to put together a deal for another driver for weekly action on Saturday nights at Grandview, and is currently in talks with another New York star.
Frank Cozze will return to the Rick Clay 88c that he ran in the Turkey Chase at Bridgeport Speedway in November, the pair will run a specials-only schedule.
Woodhull Raceway, Fonda Speedway, and Sportsman's Speedway have released their 2014 schedules. All schedules, along with all other schedule changes from the past few weeks, have been added to the Master Schedule (link to the left).
Friend of the site, Josh Bayko, has reported that it looks like the revival of Tri-City Speedway (renamed Allegheny Motor Speedway) may be dead in the water. Per Bayko, the sale of the speedway was not finalized. Mike Thomas, who is in the head of what was to be the new management team, has been occupied with his other business which will likely prevent the deal from taking place. This a major blow to the BRP Modified Tour as 5 of the currently scheduled 11 series events were to take place at Allegheny Motor Speedway. This development comes just weeks after DIRTcar announced they would no longer be affiliated with the tour, which resulted in Lernerville Speedway not being part of the '14 BRP Modified Tour schedule.
Frank Cozze will return to the Rick Clay 88c that he ran in the Turkey Chase at Bridgeport Speedway in November, the pair will run a specials-only schedule.
Woodhull Raceway, Fonda Speedway, and Sportsman's Speedway have released their 2014 schedules. All schedules, along with all other schedule changes from the past few weeks, have been added to the Master Schedule (link to the left).
Friend of the site, Josh Bayko, has reported that it looks like the revival of Tri-City Speedway (renamed Allegheny Motor Speedway) may be dead in the water. Per Bayko, the sale of the speedway was not finalized. Mike Thomas, who is in the head of what was to be the new management team, has been occupied with his other business which will likely prevent the deal from taking place. This a major blow to the BRP Modified Tour as 5 of the currently scheduled 11 series events were to take place at Allegheny Motor Speedway. This development comes just weeks after DIRTcar announced they would no longer be affiliated with the tour, which resulted in Lernerville Speedway not being part of the '14 BRP Modified Tour schedule.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Selinsgrove Cancelled; OCFS Postponed
The harsh winter continues to play havoc with the 2014 racing season. Selinsgrove Speedway has cancelled the "Ice Breaker Weekend" which was set to kick off the 2014 RoC Dirt Tour season. Orange County Fair Speedway has also announced that they have postponed the kick off to the 2014 Short Track Super Series to April 6th, leaving New Egypt Speedway's "Cabin Fever 60" for the RoC Dirt Tour as the only race scheduled for next weekend.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Rolling Wheels makes Big Announcement; Tons of schedules released
The Gater Racing News Motorsports Expo in Syracuse opened up with a bang as Rolling Wheels Raceway announced tentative plans for 2014. The track will be under new ownership (a partnership deal with a couple people currently not affiliated with any other tracks) and will run a Sunday-night schedule, complete with a point fund for the big-blocks and sportsman. The track will remain under DIRTcar sanctioned.
The new owners of "The Fast Track" did release a schedule, but there will be significant changes to it before it is complete (hop over to DirtTrackDigest.com to view the schedule that was released.) The season will open April 27th with a $10,000 to win 100 lap event for the big-block modifieds. Along with the high-paying opener, the new owners plan on having 1-other $10,000 to win event for the big-blocks, 1 $12,000 to win event for the big-blocks, and also plan on having a $30,000 to win race for the big-blocks on August 31st. The Super DIRTcar Series will still be part of the schedule on July 3rd, as will the World of Outlaw/Syracuse 200 Win and You're In event the Saturday of Super DIRT Week. The track will remain DIRTcar sanctioned and will run 2-3 races per month.
Brewerton, Fulton, Canandaigua, Merrittville, and Thunder Mountain's schedules have been added to the 2014 master schedule.
The new owners of "The Fast Track" did release a schedule, but there will be significant changes to it before it is complete (hop over to DirtTrackDigest.com to view the schedule that was released.) The season will open April 27th with a $10,000 to win 100 lap event for the big-block modifieds. Along with the high-paying opener, the new owners plan on having 1-other $10,000 to win event for the big-blocks, 1 $12,000 to win event for the big-blocks, and also plan on having a $30,000 to win race for the big-blocks on August 31st. The Super DIRTcar Series will still be part of the schedule on July 3rd, as will the World of Outlaw/Syracuse 200 Win and You're In event the Saturday of Super DIRT Week. The track will remain DIRTcar sanctioned and will run 2-3 races per month.
Brewerton, Fulton, Canandaigua, Merrittville, and Thunder Mountain's schedules have been added to the 2014 master schedule.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Tuesday Tidbits
New Egypt Speedway has cancelled the "March Madness/Winter Green 50" event which had been rescheduled to March 8th. New Egypt will now open with the "Cabin Fever 60" for the RoC Dirt Tour on March 22nd. The next race scheduled for the modifieds will be March 14-15 at Selinsgrove Speedway.
Fonda Speedway has announced the return of the "Lou Lazzaro Memorial" which will be scheduled for May 24th. The 44-lap feature event will pay $4,444 to win.
Tim Buckwalter has officially been announced as the new driver of the Rogue Motorsports #22. The Rogue-owned machine was left vacant towards the end of 2013 after parting ways with the team's former driver, Tommy Scheetz. Buckwalter ran last season with Gary Spotts before being replaced by Rick Laubach towards the end of the year.
Accord regular Rob Rowe is the latest driver to announce his intentions to follow the 2014 Short Track Super Series.
I-88 Speedway has released their schedule http://www.i-88speedway.com/pdf/2014-race-schedule.pdf
Fonda Speedway has announced the return of the "Lou Lazzaro Memorial" which will be scheduled for May 24th. The 44-lap feature event will pay $4,444 to win.
Tim Buckwalter has officially been announced as the new driver of the Rogue Motorsports #22. The Rogue-owned machine was left vacant towards the end of 2013 after parting ways with the team's former driver, Tommy Scheetz. Buckwalter ran last season with Gary Spotts before being replaced by Rick Laubach towards the end of the year.
Accord regular Rob Rowe is the latest driver to announce his intentions to follow the 2014 Short Track Super Series.
I-88 Speedway has released their schedule http://www.i-88speedway.com/pdf/2014-race-schedule.pdf
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