Weedsport, NY — August 19, 2009 – By Tom Skibinski, DIRTcar Racing Northeast PR Director
The schedule of qualifying races leading up to the lucrative Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship on Oct. 10 of Super DIRT Week XXXVIII in Syracuse, New York continues this weekend with Cayuga County Fair Speedway staging a special Big-Block/Small-Block Shootout.
Modifieds will be out in full force at the hub of DIRTcar Northeast on Sunday, August 23 with the highest finishing small-block driver earning a guaranteed starting position in the Super DIRT Week 358-Modified Championship on the Syracuse Mile. The first DIRTcar-legal small-block at Cayuga County will also land an automatic starting berth in the World Series Weekend 358-Modified Championship at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park on Sept. 25.
The 35-lap Modified main at Cayuga County will also award bonuses of $250, with the first three DIRTcar-legal small-blocks across the line pocketing additional rewards of $125, $75 and $50. No track handicap format will be in place on Sunday as a draw will be used to determine the qualifying heat race line ups, with a redraw for number of heat finishers to establish the feature starting order.
Qualifying procedures for the 30th Annual Syracuse 358-Modified Championship include time trials for all drivers including those already holding guaranteed starter status through the summer qualifying races plus the DIRTcar 358-Modified Regional Championships. Preliminary clockings on Thursday, October 8 lock in the front three rows with the top-8 non-guaranteed drivers making Friday’s Twin 20s starting grids.
The summer-long qualifying trail culminates with the 150-lap 358-Modified Championship held during the 38th edition of Super DIRT Week, October 7-11. Guaranteed starters will be added from Super DIRT Week qualifiers at Can-Am Motorsports Park (Oct. 7), Brewerton Speedway (Oct. 8) and Rolling Wheels Raceway Park (Oct. 9), with the current top-12 in overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified point standings and provisionals filling out the field. The Brewerton qualifier will be added to the Twin 20s line-up while Rolling Wheels qualifiers will be placed at the back of Saturday’s starting grid at Syracuse.
For additional information, please contact DIRTcar Racing Northeast Director of Competition & Track Sanctioning Cory Reed in the DIRTcar NE Office (315/834-6606) or via cell (315/224-9009) during normal business hours, or log into www.dirtcar.com anytime to find out more about the entire circuit.
2009 358-MODIFIED SYRACUSE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
(+)-denotes Mr. DIRTcar 358-Modified Championship Series event.
DAY-DATE TRACK WINNER/QUALIFIER(LOCATION)
Sun-Apr 26 Big Diamond Raceway Duane Howard/Tom Scheetz Jr.-18th
Sat-May 2 Airborne Speedway Martin Roy
Sun-May 17 Cornwall Motor Speedway Danny O’Brien
Mon-May 18+ Merrittville Speedway Larry Lampman Jr.
Mon-May 18 Merrittville Speedway Pete Bicknell
Fri-May 22 Ransomville Speedway Todd Burley
Wed-Jun 17 Orange County Fair Speedway Billy Decker/Donnie Wilson&Kirk Horton
Sun-Jun 21 Cornwall Motor Speedway Joel Doiron
Sat-Jun 27 Lebanon Valley Speedway Ray Hoard
Fri-Jul 3 Ransomville Speedway Brett Hearn/Robbie Krull-11th
Sat-Jul 4 Fulton Speedway Alan Johnson/Mike Mahaney-21st
Thr-Jul 9 Brockville Ontario Speedway B.Hearn/Kyle Dingwall-5th
Fri-Jul 10 Autodrome Granby B.Decker/David Hebert-5th
Fri-Jul 17 Autodrome Granby Mario Clair
Sat-Jul 18 Merrittville Speedway L.Lampman/Chad Brachmann-2nd
Sat-Jul 18 Autodrome Drummond D.Hebert/Michel Chicoine-3rd
Sun-Jul 26 Lebanon Valley Speedway Tom Faxon
Thr-Jul 30 Mohawk Int’l Speedway D.Hebert/Todd Stewart-2nd
Fri-Jul 31+ Ransomville Speedway Danny Johnson
Fri-Jul 31 Autodrome Edelweiss D.Hebert/Steve Bernard-3rd
Sat-Aug 1 Brockville Ontario Speedway D.O’Brien/Kayle Robidoux-3rd
Sat-Aug 1 Humberstone Speedway Stewart Friesen
Mon-Aug 3 Merrittville Speedway M.Sheppard/Adam Ferri-11th
Fri-Aug 7 Brewerton Speedway M.Sheppard/Chris Hile-19th
Sat-Aug 8 Lebanon Valley Speedway Andy Bachetti
Sat-Aug 8 Autodrome Drummond S.Bernard/Clement Therrien-2nd
Fri-Aug 21 Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY
Sun-Aug 23 Cayuga County Fair Speedway Weedsport,NY
Sun-Aug 23 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT
Sun-Aug 23 Humberstone Speedway Port Colborne,ONT
Fri-Aug 28 Autodrome Granby Granby,QUE
Sun-Aug 30 Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT
Fri-Sep 4 Ransomville Speedway Ransomville,NY
Sat-Sep 5 Airborne Speedway Plattsburgh,NY
Sat-Sep 5 Merrittville Speedway Thorold,ONT
Sat-Sep 5 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE
Sat-Sep 5 Lebanon Valley Speedway(3) West Lebanon,NY
Sun-Sep 6+ Cornwall Motor Speedway Cornwall,ONT
Mon-Sep 7 Northern Region Champion DIRTcar Northeast
Mon-Sep 7 Western Region Champion DIRTcar Northeast
Fri-Sep 11+ Mohawk Int’l Raceway Hogansburg,NY
Sat-Sep 12+ Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville,ONT
Sun-Sep 13+ Autodrome Granby(2) Granby,QUE
Fri-Sep 18 Autodrome Drummond Drummondville,QUE
Sat-Sep 19+ Autodrome Drummond(2) Drummondville,QUE
Fri-Sep 25+ Rolling Wheels Raceway Elbridge,NY
Sat-Oct 3 Fulton Speedway Fulton,NY
Sat-Oct 3 Airborne Speedway Plattsburgh,NY
Wed-Oct 7+ Can-Am Motorsports Park LaFargeville,NY
Thr-Oct 8+ Brewerton Speedway Brewerton,NY
Fri-Oct 9+ Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Elbridge,NY
Sat-Oct 10+ New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse,NY
The Big-Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Hoosier Racing Tire www.hoosiertire.com and VP Racing Fuels www.vpracingfuels.com. Promotional partners include Dig Safely New York www.digsafelynewyork.com and the University of Northwestern Ohio www.unoh.com and the contingency sponsors are Bars Leaks www.barsproducts.com, Bert Transmission www.berttransmission.com, Bicknell Racing Products www.bicknellracingproducts.com, Bilstein Shocks www.bilstein.com, Brodix Cylinder Heads www.brodix.com, Ferris Industries www.ferrisindustries.com, Integra Shocks www.integrashocksandsprings.com, Intercomp www.intercomp-racing.com, KSE Racing Products www.kse-racing.com, Motorsports Safety Systems www.motorsportssafetysystems.com, Penske Shocks, www.penskeshocks.com, Racing Electronics www.racingelectronics.com, Rislone Oil Stabilizer www.barsproducts.com and Wrisco Industries www.wrisco.com.
