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News
March 2009
BY ANDREW KEYSER
Staff Writer
With the spring season coming
up another racing season is on the
verge of starting competition. The
track racing. During this time en-
gine builders, race car drivers, and
race fans are all anticipating the
first races of the seasons. Anticipa-
“edge of seat” action from the final
race of the last season.
Within a short drive of Mont
Alto, people have a number of op-
tions of racetracks to which to see
high caliber dirt track racing. One
option one could choose is Hagers-
town Speedway. Located about ten
minutes from the Valley Mall,
Hagerstown Speedway is about an
hour drive from Mont Alto and
worth every minute and a little
more. This track hosts some of the
most exciting races one could see
on a Saturday night. Two very fa-
mous attractions this track hold are
the World of Outlaws Series and a
three day Monster truck event. For
both of these events the track is
prepared in special ways to suit the
series it hosts. In a typical racing
situation the Hagerstown Speed-
way is a half mile oval, which is
the largest of the tracks around the
Saturday night, Hagerstown §
Speedway is a great option to
choose.
dirt track racing can be found on
ley Speedway Park is located in
Spring Run, Pennsylvania about an
hour drive from Mont Alto. This
track plays hosts to a number of
cars, late models and legends. The
high banked, dirt oval. Since the
other dimensions, the races are ran
in close knit packs of cars lined up
nose to tail two lanes wide. Thus
the Path Valley Speedway has:
some of the closest race results in
the area. Path Valley Speedway is
another great option to satisfy that
dirt racing itch.
Hill Valley Speedway i is also a
quarter mile speedway that some
interesting racing can happen. An
example of this can be proven at
the top of the points;- Rodney
Walls, two year champion was
leading the point’s race at the time
and his primary racecar’s motor
stopped running. Having a close
points chase, Walls could not af-
ford a did not finish on his point
record, so he piloted his brother,
the cars that race on this track get
so much grip at times they take
with great racing, just outside the
gate is a great place to eat known
as the Shamrock Inn. If one is
Hagerstown Speedway
Saturday, April 4 @ 7:00 p.m.
First Points Race - Regular Show +
ENDURO DASH
Saturday, April 11 @ 7:00 p.m.
THREE STATE FLYERS SHOOT-
OUT - 40 laps Late Models Open +
Pure Stock Special
Saturday, April 18 @ 7 p.m.
Speedway Schedules
finish well enough to preserve his
point lead. Stories like this one are
not uncommon in the world of dirt
track racing especially when talk-
ing about families that have been
in dirt racing around the area since
anyone can remember. Needless to
Regular Show + Enduro Dash
28th ANNUAL STANLEY
SCHETROMPF CLASSIC - LUCAS
OIL LATE MODELS, 50 laps + Late
Model Sportsman Special
Shippensburg Speedway
Friday, April 3 @6:45 p.m.
Go-karts
say, Hill Valley is another excel-
lent choice for’ exciting and some-
times unpredictable dirt track rac-
ing.
Finally, Shippensburg Speed-
way is the lasts dirt track in the
small surrounding area on Mont
Alto. Shippensburg Speedway is
only 1/5 mile long, making it the
smallest race track in the area that
is still in operation. With Ship-
pensburg being so small some lo-
cal racers do not like the track be-
cause the cars race so close to-
gether. One bad thing for racers
makes lots of good racing action
for the fans with many races being
lengthened due to cautions. Ship-
pensburg Speedway plays host to a
very unique racing series, the Slick
can be summed up in a phase like
“rolling demo derby”. How this
series works is after the other
classes are done for the night, two
big tank trucks go out and water
down the track, thus Slick Track
Saturday, April 4 @ 6:00 p.m.
600 Sprints, Mini Stocks, Thunder Car,
4CY 8 CY & Truck Strictly Stock
Sunday, April 5 @ 12 p.m.
AMA Flat Truck
Friday, April 10 @ 6:45 p.m.
Go-karts
Saturday, Aprilll @ 6:00 p.m.
Submitted by Andrew Keyser
Car class. After the track is wet,
the cars are lined up into two lanes
on the front straight-a-way. While
lined up the cars are parked and
awaiting the drop of the green flag,
when the green flag drops the cars
slip and slide down to turn one.
The cars race for 20 minutes and
whoever completes the most laps
wins. Shippensburg Speedway
might be the smallest but that does
When choosing a local dirt track to
go to, Shippensburg Speedway is
one of four great choices.
With the weather becoming
nicer, one might want to get out
and go outside, and going to see a
dirt race is an excellent way of do-
ing so. If a person is into racing
one owes it to oneself to go and
enjoy a night of dirt track racing,
whether one would choose Hagers-
town, Path Valley, Hill Valley, or
even Shippensburg Speedways, it
is almost a guarantee that great
times will be had at the races.
Sprints, Mini Stocks, Thunder Car 4CY
Under Scooter/Big Wheel Race
Friday, April 17 @ 6:45 p.m.
Go-karts
Saturday, April 18 @ 6:00 p.m.
600 Sprints, Mini Stocks, Thunder Cars
8CY & Truck Strictly Stock, Cyclone