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By: Ron Szczerba
FONDA, NY – The second of five Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series events for the Modifieds will take place this Saturday, June 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the Track of Champions Fonda Speedway with a 40-lap $4,000 to win event. All other divisions will also be in action on Saturday.
The first race of the series took place back on May 24 with Matt DeLorenzo, Pat Ward, Dave Camara, Brett Hearn, and Bobby Varin taking the top five spots with a total of 37 Modifieds on hand for the evening.
The other three Go Green NMX Series events will take place on Saturday, July 26 at 6:00 p.m. (50-lap $5,000 to win), Tuesday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. (60-lap $6,000 to win), and Sunday, September 21 at 2:00 p.m. (100-lap $9,500 to win).
NMX Series points going into this Saturday’s event show DeLorenzo on top with 68 followed by Ward (64), Camara (58), Hearn (58), and Varin (58). The points are based on regular Saturday night points with bonus points added for finishing position in the heat races added to it (10 points for a heat race win down in two point intervals to two points for the fifth place finisher).
If DeLorenzo is fortunate enough to win all five events he would take home a total of $28,500 in winnings. There will also be a Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series point champion crowned at the end of the 2008 season with $4,000 going to the point champion along with $3,000 for second place and $1,500 for third place.
General admission prices at the front gate this Saturday will be $12 for adults, children 6-11 $3 and children 5 and under are free. Starting time will be 6:00 p.m. with front gates opening at 4:00 p.m.
Be sure to come to the Track of Champions in 2008 to “Feel the Thunder”. Fonda Speedway is located off of exit 28 of the New York State Thruway. For more information you can call (518) 382-3115 Monday through Friday, (518) 853-4235 on race day or you can go to their website at www.fondaspeedway.com
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