{"id":15438,"date":"2014-03-24T10:22:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T14:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=15438"},"modified":"2014-03-24T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T13:23:50","slug":"devils-bowl-speedway-forms-alliance-airborne-park-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/devils-bowl-speedway-forms-alliance-airborne-park-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil&#8217;s Bowl Speedway Forms Alliance with Airborne Park Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/NewEnglandRacingNews.com\" title=\"New England Racing News - Airborne NY\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/airborne2.jpg\" alt=\"Airborne\"class='ngg-singlepic ngg-left'><\/a><em>Devil\u2019s Bowl owner Bruno accepts management position at Airborne<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PLATTSBURGH, NY \u2013 Two of the North Country\u2019s prominent asphalt stock car racing tracks \u2013 Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT and Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY \u2013 will be closely aligned in 2014.  Devil\u2019s Bowl owner Mike Bruno and Airborne owner Jamie Atkins have formed a partnership aimed at strengthening both tracks for the immediate and distant future.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno has accepted a management position at the 4\/10-mile, D-shaped Airborne Park Speedway.  Effective immediately, Bruno will assume the roles of Race Operations Manager and Competition Director at Airborne, working closely with Atkins, general manager Sherm Hamel, the veteran Airborne staff, and race teams in all divisions at the speedway.  Bruno plans to activate similar strategies at Airborne that have helped to significantly improve Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway since he took control of the track in October 2011.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBoth tracks are sanctioned by the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and both tracks feature similar racing classes with many of the same competitors in their weekly programs.  Bruno brings intimate knowledge of the NASCAR program and has many long-lasting relationships at the track from his years as a competitor; he won championships there in 1997 and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to give back to the Airborne community, and at the same time I\u2019m excited about the benefits for both Airborne and Devil\u2019s Bowl as we work together,\u201d Bruno said.  \u201cMy family\u2019s history at the track goes back more than 30 years, so it\u2019s a home away from home for me.  I can\u2019t wait to help bring Airborne into the next phase of its future with Jamie Atkins and the staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with Mike Bruno,\u201d Atkins said. \u201cOur challenge is to embrace the changing short track industry while building upon our strengths to keep the future of our sport exciting and affordable for fans and competitors alike.  Having both tracks pointed in the same direction will help us sustain Airborne as a family entertainment destination in the North Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Airborne Park Speedway\u2019s 61st season opens on Saturday, May 3, followed on Sunday, May 4 by Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway\u2019s 48th season opener, the historic American-Canadian Tour Spring Green.  Devil\u2019s Bowl runs weekly Friday night events during the summer, with Airborne running weekly on Saturday nights.<\/p>\n<p>Airborne Park Speedway is located on Broderick Road in South Plattsburgh, NY, one mile from Exit 36 on Interstate 87.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devil\u2019s Bowl owner Bruno accepts management position at Airborne PLATTSBURGH, NY \u2013 Two of the North Country\u2019s prominent asphalt stock car racing tracks \u2013 Devil\u2019s Bowl Speedway in West Haven, VT and Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY \u2013 will be closely aligned in 2014. Devil\u2019s Bowl owner Mike Bruno and Airborne owner Jamie Atkins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15510],"class_list":["post-15438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-airborne-park-speedway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}