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The Challenger Raceway has announced that the Fifth Annual Spring Fest has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 29.
The program was originally scheduled for Sunday, April 1. That date was canceled due to weather, and the April 15 date was tried. However, the lingering pattern of unseasonably cold and wet weather continues to hamper the region, and hopefully the weather will be better on the rescheduled date of April 29.
A three-division program of racing will be on tap for the rescheduled date. The wildly popular Super Late Model division will headline the program. They will be competing in a 50-lap main event, which will pay $5,000 to the winner. Also on the card will be the Semi-Late division, consisting of the areas divisions of Steel Block, Limited, and Crate Late Model classes. Their main event will be 30 laps in distance, and will pay $800 to the winner. Also on tap will be the Roadrunner division, consisting of the numerous area front-wheel drive four cylinder cars. They will compete in a 20-lap event, paying $200 to the winner. Division specification rules for all classes are available at the track's web site at www.challengerraceway.com .
There has been a time change for the rescheduled date, with the time schedule being moved back one hour. The gates will open for the day of racing at 3:00. On-track activity will begin with practice laps at 5:00, with the Roadrunners kicking off racing at 5:30. Late Model and Semi-Late racing will follow. Adult General Admission is $20, ages 12-15 is $10, ages 5-11 is $5, age four and under is free. The Pit Fee is $30.
The familiar Challenger Raceway fan-friendly format will be used for this event. Drivers will draw for their heat race starting positions, and the top 12 heat finishers will redraw for their feature race starting positions. The 2006 World of Outlaws Late Model Champion Tim McCreadie from Watertown, NY is the defending Super Late Model Spring Fest Champion, winning the event from eleventh starting position. In the 2005 event, York PA driver Rick Eckert raced from 21st starting position to victory. Steve Shaver from Vienna, WV was the Spring Fest winner in 2004. Eckert is a two-time winner of Spring Fest, as he also won the inaugural Spring Fest in 2003.
The Challenger Raceway is located 6.4 miles southwest of US 422 on PA 286, then one mile north on McIntyre Road. For more information, please call 724-726-5494 during the week for the office, or 724-726-9808 on race days for the track. For the most complete source of Challenger Raceway information, please visit the track's web site at www.challengerraceway.com . |
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