Thompson Speedway Highlights from August 18th, 2011
Thompson Speedway Highlights from August 18th, 2011
Albany-Saratoga and Devil’s Bowl Speedways For Sale
Devil’s Bowl Speedway, a paved half-mile track operating in 2011 under NASCAR sanction, is for sale, according to founder and owner C.J. Richards. Richards, 74, built the West Haven facility in 1967 and operates another track, Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, N.Y., under the Champlain Valley Racing Association umbrella. Albany-Saratoga is also for sale.
Devil’s Bowl opened as a dirt track in 1967, was paved in 1972, and reverted back to dirt in 1975. Richards and CVRA acquired Albany-Saratoga in 1977, and also operated Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., during the mid-1980s. Under the guise of Richards’ sons Bruce and Jerry and daughter Sharon, both tracks were paved in 2010 and joined the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series last January.
Richards insists, despite declining car counts this season and weather-related cancelations in each of the last two weeks, that both Devil’s Bowl and Albany-Saratoga will finish their 2011 racing seasons as originally scheduled.
“We’ve made a commitment to NASCAR and our supporters, and we will see those through to the end of the year,” C.J. Richards told Vermont Motorsports Magazine on Monday. “Hopefully someone will pick up the Vermont track and keep it going.”
Richards says the decision to sell the New York facility is mostly due to pressure from land developers in the Capital District area.
“The business climate has really been on the forefront in Malta lately,” Richards said. “Malta is in one of the hottest areas in country in terms of growth.”
Albany-Saratoga Speedway’s next event is scheduled for Friday at 7:00pm; Devil’s Bowl Speedway is scheduled to run at 6:00pm on
Sunday.
MACDONALD AND BRUN DOMINATE IN FOUR CYLINDER STOCK CAR ACTION AT CFS
MACDONALD AND BRUN DOMINATE IN FOUR CYLINDER STOCK CAR ACTION AT CFS
(Shediac, N.B.) — Hot temperatures and hotter action on the track were the order of the day during
Battery Direct points championship stock car racing action Sunday afternoon at the Centre for Speed’s (CFS) in Grand Barachois, N.B. as the track’s Points Championship battles came down to the second last week.
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Wilk first in Granite State Pro Stock Series record book
Wilk first in Granite State Pro Stock Series record book
Sixteen cars enter Gary’s Disposal 100 in series’ debut at Twin State Speedway
CLAREMONT, NH — Chris Wilk etched his name in the record books as the first-ever winner on the new Granite State Pro Stock Series on Friday night, winning the Gary’s Disposal 100 at Twin State Speedway. Wilk survived a green-white-checker restart and a late charge from Donnie Lashua for the win.
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RESULTS FOR LEE USA SPEEDWAY
Lee, NH – The annual Ollie Silva Memorial ISMA Supermodified Classic was the headline attraction at Lee USA Speedway on Friday night, and the traveling series put an impressive, caution-free 75-lap main event into the record books in less than 18 minutes.
Russ Wood, winner of the inaugural ISMA event at Lee USA back in October 1988, broke out to the early lead, and set the pace for the first 29 laps before losing the top spot to Jeff Locke, a former Small Block Supermodified competitor at Lee. Wood retired to the pits with mechanical issues two laps later.
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