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| January 15, 2010 - Happy Holidays everyone and thank you for taking the time to stop by and check out the happenings at the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. The 2010 racing schedule is set t be released in a few weeks along with many other exciting announcements. Just a quick glance for many of the race teams preparing for the upcoming Ridge season. All division with the exception of the Cruiser division will be required to run a transponder. Opening night will be open tire for all classes. DIRTcar Modifieds: 1. No Rule Changes 2. Winners Share Of The Weekly Purse Will Be $1500.00 ($100 To Take The Green) 3. Regular Show Races Will Be 30 Laps DIRTcar Sportsman: 1. Sponsored By The UPS Store 2. Optional VP D98 Fuel (Or Pump Gas) 3. Open Motors Must Use Street Pump Gas Like Last Year 4. Winners Share Of The Weekly Purse Will Be $500.00 ($50 To Take The Green) 5. Regular Show Races Will Be 25 Laps Rookie Sportsman: 1. No Rule Changes 2. Three & Out Still Applies. (Win 3 Races And Must Move Up To DIRTcar Sportsman) DIRTcar Pro Stocks: 1. Sponsored By Wendy's Restaurants & Don's Towing 2. All DIRTcar Rules Apply (Except Tires) 3. CVRA, Fonda, Utica Rome, Lebanon Valley & DIRTcar Tires Are LEGAL 4. Crates May Use VP D98 Fuel 5. If Winner Has 4 Hoosiers On, They Recieve $100.00 Bonus From Andy's Speed Shop 6. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Race (TBA). 7. Pro Stock Winners Share Is $300.00 (Wendy's Money Rolls Over W/Rainout) 8. Regular Show Races Will Be 25 Laps Street Stocks: 1. No Rule Changes 2. Class Sponsor TBA 3. Regular Show Races Will Be 20 Laps 4. 3rd Annual Bob VanAernam 4 Race Series - $250 To Win, 25 Laps Cruisers: 1. No Rule Changes 2. No Heats 3. Feature To Be Run After Rookie Sportsman Feature 4. Regular Show Races Will Be 15 Laps |
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| January 28, 2010 - Glen Ridge would like to congratulate some of our drivers who recieved special recognition from the NYSSCA Awards banquet! Driver of the Year to Jeff Brownell, Jr. (modified), Korey Wilder (sportsman), Justin Knight (street stock), Kerrie Hollenbeck (6 cylinder), Kenneth Hollenbeck (4 cylinder); Outstanding Performance to Paul Kinney (modified), Jeremiah Munson (sportsman), Duke McSpirit (rookie sportsman), Shannon McDermott (street stock), Kerrie Hollenbeck (6 cylinder), Laurie Fallis (4 cylinder); Rookie / Newcomer of the Year to Ernie Palmer, Jr. (modified); Greg Pessolano (sportsman), Brian Pessolano (rookie sportsman), Don Folts (street stock), Harley Shepard (6 cylinder), Mike Close (4 cylinder). We would also like to congratulate promotor MIke Romano for his induction into the Class Of 2010 NYSSCA Hall Of fame! Well-known local writer Tom Boggie, Assistant Sports Editor of the Schenectady Daily Gazette, summarized the accomplishments of three-time Fonda Speedway (NY) champion Mike Romano. Romano, whose career includes 48 big-block wins at the famed ‘Track of Champions’ also garnered 21 small block wins and two championships in the 320 division and another five wins and a championship in the 358 division. Additional wins came on the famed “outlaw” circuit that included Fulton and Utica-Rome Speedways as well as the big block titles at Drummondville and Granby, Quebec in 1995. Health problems forced an early retirement from racing when Romano was only 34 years old. Today, he operates Andy’s Speed Shop in Johnstown, NY and is partnered with Jake Spraker in the promotion of the Glen Ridge Speedway (NY). TheLifetime Achievement Award was presented to Bernie Heald whose 35 year involvement in auto racing has been as a sponsor, a crew member, a track manager and, most recently, as track handicapper. Heald held the position of track handicapper for many years on the Champlain Valley Racing Association circuit and currently serves in that role at the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park. Heald has been a NYSSCA member for many years and was instrumental in the success of Motor Racing Mania, a NYSSCA car show held in Saratoga, NY for many years in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Congrats to everyone and thank you for representing the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park! |