A LOOK AT THE SUPER LATE MODEL TRACKS IN PENNSYLVNIA

 

   The Friday night tracks consist of Lernerville, Clinton County, Bedford, and Dog Hollow.  The Saturday night tracks are Port Royal, Selinsgrove, Thunder Valley, Marion Center, PPMS, Roaring Knob, plus special events at McKean Co.  The Friday night tracks have specials and a few traveling series coming to their tracks.  Bedford speedway which opens on Friday April 16^th will come right back with the Lucas Oil series on Friday April 23^rd.  They will have the WOO series on May 28^th, which ties in with a two day show for the series at WVMS.   Bedford also has two Three-state-flyer series races on July 2^nd and the final on September 10^th.   They also will have the final race of the Pa Speedweek show on Friday June 11^th.  Lernerville will have it’s first super late model event on Friday March 26^th.  Again this year they will have a ton of specials for the division.  The All Star late model series is at the track twice on April 30^th and September 3^rd.  A UFO series race will take place on August 13^th, with the biggest weekend set for three days.  The WOO series will have $6,000 to win shows on Thursday and Friday June 24^th and 25^th with the $30,000 to win event on Saturday June 26^th, which will pay $30,000 to win.  Clinton County will have the super late model class 14 times during the 2010 season, with two of those races to be run on Wednesday nights.  One on June 30^th and the other on August 11^th, the first race will take place on Friday April 16^th.  They close out the super late model season with a special 50-lap event on October 2^nd.  Dog Hollow will have on special race on an off Friday night show when they host the UFO series on Sunday July 11^th.  No official opening date has been set yet for the opening race.  Williams Grove will have two races with the first begin on Friday night March 26^th; the other will be a Three-State-Flyer series race on Friday April 10^th.

   The Saturday night tracks also will have a lot to offer for the 2010 season, starting with PPMS, which will open on Saturday April 3^rd.  The UFO series will have at least four races, with the first one on May 15^th with other events on July 24^th, August 28the with the Pittsburgher 100 taken place on the weekend of September 17^th and 18^th.  Thunder Valley speedway which is under the direction of Joe Padula who has just added his good Friend Doug Timmons, is getting a little more aggressive with it’s schedule.  Thunder Valley will open on May 1^st; will have the UFO series on May 22^nd and the Three-State-Flyer series on August 7^th.  Timmons runs the Three-State-Flyer series and he and Padula have been together before working at Winchester and Bedford speedways.  Roaring Knob speedway which almost did not open up this season, is now under the direction of Rick Jones, who also promotes Cumberland MD. Speedway will have a full racing season.  Roaring Knob will open on May 1^st and will have the UFO series three times during the season.  The first will be on June 12^th the second on July 17^th and the final on September 11^th, which is the annual King of the Knob event.  Marion Center is a main stay on Saturday nights offering both the super late models and Limited late models every Saturday night.  Look for a May 1^st opening date with normal Saturday night racing during the season.  Port Royal speedway will offer 24 racing events for the Super late model class with the first race to take place on Saturday March 27^th.  Regular shows are the norm for Port Royal with the one special set for August 28^th with the running of the Butch Renninger Memorial.  Port will also host the Pa Speedweek event on Thursday June 10^th.  Port has added the super late models to Saturday September 4^th, and will have the annual Labor Day race on Monday September 6^th.  One small change to the schedule is the super late models will race on Friday September 10^th for the annual Tuscarora races instead of on Saturday night. Port Royal has a total of 24 events schedule for the super late model class. Selinsgrove speedway will have the first Super late model race on April 10^th.  The track will again have the Speedweek race on Sunday June 6^th, with other championship races to be held on May8th July 24^th and August 7^th.  Selinsgrove has a total of 23 super late events scheduled for the track. Eriez speedway is the lone Sunday night track, which will open on April 25^th.  They will have the WOO series on August 1^st and have there own special race on June 13th. Susquehanna speedway will have on super late model race, which is set for Sunday May 23^rd.  The track has a steady diet of Limited late models on Saturday.

   Other specials races for the super late model class have the ALL STAR late model series with four events at Central Pa speedway.  The first on Saturday and Sunday May 29^th and 30^th.  The other race will take place on Friday and Saturday July 2^nd and 3^rd, again with the ALL STAR sanctioned.  McKean Co will have a series of specials and is still not done with its 2010 schedule.  Most of those races will be sanction by the ULMS series, and start on Saturday April 24^th.  Other races will take place on Thursday nights on May 27^th, July 1^st, and August 5^th.  The big event will be the 5^th annual fall classic on September 24^th and 25^th. One other event will be at Mercer speedway when the UFO series opens up its 2010 season with this race.  Big Diamond will have the ALL STAR late model series on Sunday July 25^th.  Grandview has the WOO series on Wednesday August 18^th. Lincoln has the Pa on Wednesday June 9^th.  Tri-City with the WOO series on Saturday and Sunday September 4^th and 5^th.  Hesston speedway will have the UFO series on Sunday July 4^th.   Next time will write about the Limited late model racing in Pa.     

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