by Jay | Oct 1, 2011 | ACT, New England, New York
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH – Airborne Speedway concludes its 58th stock car racing season Saturday, October 8 by hosting one of the American Canadian Tour’s premier events – the 40th Rent-A-Wreck Fall Foliage 200.
A large turnout of Late Model teams from both sides of the border are expected to compete for the $34,450 purse, including 2011 ACT champion Brian Hoar of Williston, VT, 2011 Séries Castrol champion Patrick Laperle of St. Denis, QC, Brent Dragon and Jean-Paul Cyr of Milton, VT – both past Fall Foliage winners and Airborne champions – and Mark Lamberton of Mooers Forks, NY.
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by Jay | Sep 12, 2011 | New England, New York
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH, NY – The luck of the draw and Big Block horsepower set up a wire-to-wire win for Mike Perrotte in the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Syracuse Qualifier 100 Big Block/Small Block Challenge at Airborne Speedway Sunday.
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by Jay | Sep 5, 2011 | New England, New York
Perrotte to strap in for Airborne finale
SOUTH PLATTSBURGH – Airborne Speedway promoter Mike Perrotte will join the fray Sunday, September 11 in the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Syracuse Qualifier for DIRTcar Modifieds. The Charley Trombley 100-lap Big Block/Small Block Challenge, which pays $3,000 to win, is named in honor of the late multi-time Airborne champion from Mooers Forks.
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by Jay | Sep 4, 2011 | New England, New York
Dupree wins Modified 50; Roy crowned champion
South Plattsburgh – Patrick Dupree rebounded from a hard crash last week and drove the Saranac Country Store No. 24 to his fourth win in the Mike Watts Memorial 50 for DIRTcar Modifieds Saturday at Airborne Speedway. Runner-up Kris Vernold, Craig Reyell and George Foley went wheel to wheel for second for the final 15 laps.
Several car-lengths back, at speed, but taking no chances, Martin Roy of Napierville, QC brought the Gamache Trucking No. 90 home in seventh place to secure the 2011 Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified championship. Roy, the 2009 champion, is the first Canadian racer ever to win two Airborne lead division championships.
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by Jay | Aug 31, 2011 | Modified, New England, New York
Fredrickson to strap into Airborne Modified
SOUTH PLATSBURGH, NY – Speedway Illustrated publisher Karl Fredrickson, who has been racing and writing about it for over two decades, will take a hands-on approach at Airborne Speedway Saturday, September 3 and attempt to qualify a DIRTcar Modified in the Della Auto Group Mike Watts Memorial 50.
Fredrickson will drive a car prepared by Wes Moody, car owner of Patrick Dupree’s Saranac Country Store No. 24.
When reviving Speedway Illustrated this year after the national magazine temporarily suspended publication, Fredrickson said, “We think people who love racing, especially those who are invested in it, will love this magazine as much as we do. It will be a real racer’s magazine. It’s for people who pour their heart and soul into building a race car, and then think nothing of taking their pride and joy – and the most expensive investment they’ve got besides their house – and trying to squeeze it between moving steel and immovable concrete because they can’t stand the thought of finishing fourth when they might’ve finished third.”
The Mike Watts Memorial 50-lap event is the final Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified point race of the season. Martin Roy of Napierville, QC, enjoys a 32-point advantage over his closest rival, George Foley of Saranac Lake.
The J&S Steel Sportsman will be joined by several race teams from Autodrome St-Eustache on Saturday’s card for the Can-Am 50. The Versatile Trailer Sales Renegades, NAPA Mini Modifieds and Busch Bombers will also be in action.
Post time is 6 p.m. Grandstands open at 4 p.m. Admission is adults/$15, kids 12 and under free.
by Jay | Aug 29, 2011 | New England, New York
Big events remain on Airborne schedule
South Plattsburgh – Airborne Speedway remembers long-time track photographer Mike Watts this Saturday, September 3, in the first of three notable events still too come on the 2011 schedule.
The Della Auto Group Mike Watts Memorial 50 for DIRTCar Modifieds will decide the 2011 track championship in a season of unprecedented support from race teams. No fewer than 26 cars have started each Ernie’s Discount Tools Modified event and car counts of 30-plus have been the norm.
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