Category: News

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Georgetown Advance Series Addition Creates Super Southern Swing

Weedsport, NY — June 12, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director Spreading its wings south from home base in Central New York, the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series is ready to host the first-ever tour show at Georgetown Speedway in Delaware. The recent announcement has already locked

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Qualifying Points Pivotal in Advance Series Shows

Weedsport, NY — June 11, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Boris Rudzinski Photo The Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series is five races old and just 10 points separate the front four drivers in tour standings. Competition is closest at the very top as Dale Planck and Billy

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Kevin Bates Spinning Wheel For Good Fortune At Fulton

Weedsport, NY — June 6, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Jay Fish Photo Third time is supposed to be a charm. Yet so far in his third year firmly entrenched in the Big-Block Modified ranks, its been a bewitching experience for Pennsylvania Modified pilot Kevin Bates as he

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Advance Series Showdown At Fulton Heard LIVE On DIRT Radio Network

Weedsport, NY — June 4, 2008 – The DIRT Radio Network presented by BUTLERbuilt Travels to the Sprint Car Capital of the World and to the Missouri State Fair Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws sprints for a full weekend of racing. Accompanying the Sprint cars on DRN will be the Advance

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Paine Looking For Fast Lane At Fulton In Advance Series Showdown

Weedsport, NY — June 4, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director*Boris Rudzinski Photo Steve Paine has been a weekly fixture at Canandaigua Speedway on Saturday nights for a quarter-century. When Fulton Speedway hosts round four of the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series this weekend, Paine will be

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Advance Notice: Showdown at Sundown on Saturday at Fulton

Weedsport, NY — June 3, 2008 — By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director WHATThe Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series arrives in Central New York for round number four on Saturday, June 7 with a stand-alone Big-Block Modified event slated for Fulton Speedway. The winner of the ‘Showdown At Sundown

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Planck Racing Teams With SUNY Canton In 2008

Weedsport, NY — June 1, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series star Dale Planck has been competing behind the wheel of a race car for well over half his life. His teenage sons are now following in their father’s tire tracks.

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New Hoosier Modified Tire Debut Delayed Two Weeks

Weedsport, NY — May 28, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director The anticipated debut of the new Hoosier D200 has been pushed back to Friday, June 13. The new tire was originally scheduled to be legal for use beginning May 30, however, the date has been pushed back two weeks by

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Zelda Reakes Earns Northeast HoF Outstanding Achievement Award

Weedsport, NY — May 23, 2008 – By Gary Spaid, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee Zelda Reakes joins Marilyn Toal as a co-recipient of the seventh annual Gater Racing News “Outstanding Woman in Racing” award during the 2008 NorthEast Modified Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies Sunday, May 25 on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds

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Advance Series Hall of Fame 76 Goes Live On DIRTVision

Weedsport, NY — May 22, 2008 – Josh Becker, DIRTVision.comDIRTVision.com is set to bring fans a live dose of the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series this Sunday from the famed Cayuga County Fair Speedway. Make sure to tune in on May 25th at 7:30pm for live video coverage of the Hall of Fame 76. For

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Marilyn Toal Gater News HoF Outstanding Woman Award Winner In 2008

Weedsport, NY — May 22, 2008 – By Gary Spaid, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee Marilyn Toal joins Zelda Reakes as a co-recipient of the seventh annual Gater Racing News “Outstanding Woman in Racing” award during the 2008 Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies Sunday, May 25 on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds

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Charlie Langenstein Named Hall of Fame Mechanic of the Year 2008

Weedsport, NY — May 21, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee Charlie Langenstein has been named to receive the annual ‘Mechanic of the Year Award’ and will be formally honored during the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies Sunday, May 25 on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in conjunction

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Carl Meyers Earns NE Modified Hall of Fame DeWitt Car Owner Award

Weedsport, NY — May 20, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection CommitteeCarl Myers (R) pictured with wife Ann and Vic Coffey in Victory Lane Successful sportsman and businessman Carl Myers from Springwater, New York will receive the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame ‘Gene DeWitt Outstanding Car Owner’ Award in 2008.

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Advance Notices: Hall of Fame 76 Up Next at Cayuga County

Weedsport, NY — May 20, 2008 — By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director WHATThe 2008 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series returns to action this week with Ferris Mowers presenting the big $6,000-to-win ‘Hall of Fame 76’ that headlines the annual holiday showdown May 25 at Cayuga County Fair Speedway

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Burgess & Marotta Receive Hall of Fame Recognition

Weedsport, NY — May 19, 2008 – By Gary Spaid, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee*Joe Marotta Behind Mic (Ken Dippel Photo) Long-time ‘voices of Syracuse’ and DIRTcar Racing NorthEast, Jack Burgess and Joe Marotta have been named co-recipients of the 2008 Leonard J. Sammons Jr. Memorial Award which recognizes outstanding contributions to auto

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‘Fuzzy’ VanHorn Earns Place In Northeast Modified Hall of Fame

Weedsport, NY — May 16, 2008 – By Gary E. Rowe, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee Garden State legend Carl “Fuzzy” VanHorn has been selected as a 2008 inductee into the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies are scheduled for Sunday, May 25 on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in conjunction with the

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Brett Hearn Back On Top Of Advance Series Point Standings

Weedsport, NY — May 15, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series PR Director *Boris Rudzinski PhotoThe 2008 Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series is just three races old and Brett Hearn is right where he wants to be. Although still in search of his first trip to victory lane, the

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Wayne Reutimann Elected To NE Modified Hall of Fame

Weedsport, NY — May 14, 2008 – By Herb Anastor, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee*Ace Lane Jr. Photo Collection Sunshine State standout Wayne Reutimann has been selected as a 2008 inductee into the Northeast Modified Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies are scheduled for Sunday, May 25 on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in conjunction

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Dick Nephew Voted Into NorthEast Modified Hall of Fame

Weedsport, NY — May 12, 2008 – By Andy Fusco, Northeast Modified Hall of Fame Selection Committee*John Grady Photo Collection Highly successful Modified-Sportsman veteran and former national points champion Dick Nephew has been named posthumously a 2008 ‘pioneer’ selection for the NorthEast Modified Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies are scheduled for Sunday, May 25 on

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Larry Bishop Earns Dig Safely New York President’s Award

Weedsport, NY — May 6, 2008 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing NorthEast PR Director*Larry Bishop (R) – Bill Moore Photo The entire DIRTcar NorthEast racing community extends its congratulations to Larry Bishop, who was recently presented with the distinguished Dig Safely New York President’s Award at the organization’s annual business meeting held at the