2020-02-07

Kyle Hope Looks to Build on His Successful Bone Stock Racing Debut

Kyle Hope Looks to Build on His Successful Bone Stock Racing Debut

By Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media

 

2019 may have been Kyle Hope's inaugural season in Peterborough Speedway's Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock division, but it was far from the first racing kick at the can for the 32-year-old Oshawa, Ontario speedster.

 

A graduate of the Pure Stock and 6 or Less ranks at Mosport/Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Speedway, Hope spent about 5 years on the sidelines but the return to weekly racing; combined with a switch to the tight, tricky bullring on Mount Pleasant Road obviously agreed with the driver of the #03 Honda Civic as he turned-in some, consistent strong results throughout the season scoring a heat race win, 4th in a feature and finished 10th in last year's point standings.

 

"Peterborough is quite a bit harder to get around than Mosport because there aren't too many places to pass the other cars," admitted the driver. "I think I started to find my rhythm and get more comfortable as the season moved along. It's a fun place to race and hopefully we'll be able to pick up where we left off at the end of last year, get back in the groove and be a contender out of the box."

 

Hope says his team has spent much of their time during the off-season upgrading some safety items on the car, including adding extra bars to the roll cage, swapping-out the stock gas tank and installing a fuel cell. Fixing some damage from a crash late in the year and coming-up with a new paint scheme and graphics package.

 

"Dating back to my racing start in karting, I've been fortunate to have family and friends lend their support for what I do," Kyle Hope said. "My father Ken Hope serves as my crew chief, with Kyla, Greg and Linda Simmons along with Phil Brown and Paul Howard also helping out. Special thanks as well to my sister Karrie and her boyfriend Brandon for making it out to almost every race."

 

Kyle Hope – who earns a paycheque as a flooring installer and part-time service person for a transit company – is still working on putting his 2020 sponsorship package together. Interested backers can request a copy of the team's marketing package at hoperacing@icloud.com.

 

While he's never been one to set long-term goals, he says he'd like to add a couple more heat race wins to his resume and perhaps finish in the top 3 in a feature race and around 7th in the final points.

 

"No matter what happens, we're out there to have fun and I think I accomplish that goal every time I climb in behind the wheel."

 

Fans can follow Kyle Hope in the Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock division throughout the 2020 season – starting Saturday, May 16th – at Peterborough Speedway and at www.facebook.com/HopeRacing03.

 

Photo attachment: Jim Clarke – Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media

 

His rookie Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock season produced some impressive results and Kyle Hope (#03) looks to keep the ball rolling for the 2020 schedule at Peterborough Speedway.

 

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Sean Kennedy is Working Toward a Strong 2020 Season

Sean Kennedy is Working Toward a Strong 2020 Season

By Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media

 

Its never too early to start working toward a possible short track championship season. After his 3rd straight top 3 finish and 5th consecutive top 5 in Peterborough Speedway's Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock division point standings, Sean Kennedy is ready to take the next step.

 

"I've always been confident in the things this team can achieve," admitted the driver. "We never stop working. At the track and behind the scenes, we're always thinking about changes we can make to the car. All it'll take is a little racing luck and being in the right place at the right time to be able to put it all together."

 

Like so many of today's young racers, Sean Kennedy's rise through the ranks began in go karts – winning numerous season and class championships – before making the transition to stock cars. Combined with the unwavering support of his family and friends, Kennedy's calm, calculated driving style helped introduce the 24-year-old from Courtice, Ontario to a new legion of fans and paid-off with multiple trips to the winner's circle for qualifying event victories and feature race checkered flags.

 

"Even from my early days in the sport, being at the track has always been a lot of fun," said Sean Kennedy. "I've met some incredible people along the way. I'm very thankful to have had so many wonderful opportunities and made some life-long friends throughout the different stages of my career. I've received offers and the chance to do other things, but I can't think of many places I'd rather be or anything I'd prefer to do. Every new race season is like a special Saturday night spent with my extended family."

 

Heading into the first green flag of the 2020 season – Saturday, May 16th – Kennedy and the #9 team have been fine-tuning the ride that took the driver to last year's 3rd place finish in the overall standings. They're also looking to land some additional sponsorship support to join the perennial championship calibre program that during the 2019 campaign included Apex Auto – Oshawa, Sign Works Graphics, Sparta Drilling Group, Central Golf Carts and Clarke Motorsports Communications.

 

With several different levels, plans and partnership packages available, prospective backers can reach the team via e-mail: kennedy.dc@sympatico.ca.

 

Follow Sean Kennedy's Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock results throughout the 2020 Peterborough Speedway season by attending events at the track and liking the team's www.facebook.com/SKRacing page.

 

Photo attachment: Jim Clarke – Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media

 

Sean Kennedy (#9) is looking forward to the start of the 2020 Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock season – Saturday, May 16th – at Peterborough Speedway.

 

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Kyle Strickler Owns Second Night of 49th DIRTcar Nationals

Kyle Strickler Owns Second Night of 49th DIRTcar Nationals

Posted: 05 Feb 2020 09:42 PM PST

Two different winners in two nights highlight the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds at Volusia

by Matt Prieur

BARBERVILLE, FL — Feb. 5, 2020 — The "High Side Tickler" Kyle Strickler powered his UMP Modified into the lead on the second night of the DIRTcar Nationals presented by Bozard Ford on Wednesday at Volusia Speedway Park, survived several restarts and cut off defending event champion Nick Hoffman in the final corner for a hard-earned victory.

"The car was really balanced on the top or the bottom so I could move around a little bit," said Strickler, 35, of Mooresville, NC. "But clean air is so important here, so we went up to the top like we do sometimes, and we were able to stay out front. The worst thing you want to see here at Volusia is that blue nose (Nick Hoffman) creeping up on you. But we were able to stay out front, stayed up top and here we are."

It was the seventh DIRTcar Nationals victory of Strickler's career, moving him into a tie for fourth all-time in career wins with 2007 champion Steve Arpin.

Opening night winner Michael Long and Strickler brought the stacked 28-car field to the green flag in the 20-lap Feature. Long maintained the momentum on the inside lane to edge out ahead of Strickler. However, Strickler never let Long stray too far out front and on Lap 5 Strickler powered to the lead. He brought David Stremme, who started third, with him and the battle was on between the two rivals.

Strickler stuck his machine on the cushion left behind by the Sprint Car Feature earlier in the evening, and as he has done so often throughout his career, utilized that top lane to his advantage and began pulling away from Stremme and the rest of the field. Four-time and defending champion Hoffman, who started eighth, was able to slip past Stremme and set his sights on Strickler, but Strickler had built up a big enough lead to keep Hoffman and the rest of the pack safely behind him.

Hoffman settled for second as Stremme was third, Long fourth and Jason Hughes in fifth. Zeke McKenzie, for the second night in a row, had to come through a Last Chance Showdown and after starting 25th, worked his way up to an eighth place showing.

Night #3 of the 49th DIRTcar Nationals on Thursday, Feb. 6, also includes the second night of racing for the Ollie's Bargain Outlet All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars presented by Mobil 1.

For more information about the 49th DIRTcar Nationals and to order tickets, please call: 1 (844) DIRT-TIX or log onto the website located at: dirtcarnationals.com You can also follow the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds portions of the DIRTcar Nationals throughout race week by visiting the DIRTcar Racing Social Media outlets. Just search for "DIRTcar Racing" on both Facebook and Twitter for the very latest updates from Volusia Speedway Park and the 49th DIRTcar Nationals.

OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK, FEB. 5, 2020

Feature (20 Laps) — 1. 8KS-Kyle Strickler [2][$1,000]; 2. 2-Nick Hoffman [8][$600]; 3. 35-David Stremme [3][$400]; 4. 18L-Michael Long [1][$350]; 5. 12H-Jason Hughes [6][$300]; 6. 23-Ryan Cripe [15][$275]; 7. 25-Tyler Nicely [11][$250]; 8. 24-Zeke McKenzie [25][$225]; 9. 17TE-Tyler Evans [12][$200]; 10. K19-Will Krup [21][$200]; 11. 36-Kenny Wallace [10][$175]; 12. 5-Curt Spalding [16][$140]; 13. 49-Brian Ruhlman [4][$130]; 14. 67-Garret Stewart [20][$125]; 15. 6A-Ryan Ayers [13][$125]; 16. 75-Terry Phillips [28][$125]; 17. 95-Michael Altobelli [18][$125]; 18. 11H-Spencer Hughes [7][$125]; 19. 3L-Jeff Leka [24][$125]; 20. 22-Dale Kelley [9][$125]; 21. 65-Todd Sherman [22][$125]; 22. 31G-Stephen Pedulla [14][$125]; 23. 19-Chad Bauer [26][$125]; 24. 99M-Mike Mullen [19][$125]; 25. 96M-Mike McKinney [17][$125]; 26. 21-Taylor Cook [23][$100]; 27. 7JA-Justin Allgaier [27][$100]; 28. 7-Drake Troutman [5][$100]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 24-Zeke McKenzie[+17]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 18.247; 2. 22-Dale Kelley, 18.39; 3. 2A-Donnie Moran, 18.553; 4. 96M-Mike McKinney, 18.556; 5. 11-Jesse Rupe, 18.564; 6. 90-Jason Beaulieu, 18.844; 7. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 19.003; 8. 11JH-Justin Haley, 19.047; 9. 4UW-Bobby Regot, 19.237; 10. 11M-Mike McGee, 19.269

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 35-David Stremme, 18.254; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace, 18.256; 3. 95-Michael Altobelli, 18.691; 4. 20-Tyler Hendrix, 18.921; 5. O5-Dave Wietholder, 19.059; 6. 17-Rob Pitcher, 19.174; 7. 9PG-Percy Gendreau, 19.376; 8. 6-Ryan Fowler, 19.591; 9. 14J-John Baker, 19.985; 10. 89W-Rick Weitekamp, 20.49

Qualifying Flight-C – 1. 12H-Jason Hughes, 18.424; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely, 18.569; 3. 7CT-Christian Thomas, 18.573; 4. 19-Chad Bauer, 18.683; 5. 99M-Mike Mullen, 18.826; 6. 22T-Tony Anderson, 18.859; 7. 71L-Dennis Lunger, 18.882; 8. 99-Hunt Gossum, 19.223; 9. 11N-Gene Nicholas, 19.399; 10. 61-Eric Hill, 19.493

Qualifying Flight-D – 1. 8KS-Kyle Strickler, 18.185; 2. 45J-Johnny Broking, 18.338; 3. 17TE-Tyler Evans, 18.433; 4. 67-Garret Stewart, 18.441; 5. 1-Brenden Rassel, 18.99; 6. 1M-Curt Myers, 19.017; 7. 100-Scott Fritz, 19.091; 8. 5F-Jerry Foster, 19.101; 9. Z06-Larry Mott, 19.479; 10. 1S-Brian Shaw, NT

Qualifying Flight-E – 1. 18L-Michael Long, 18.14; 2. K19-Will Krup, 18.527; 3. 6A-Ryan Ayers, 18.646; 4. 82-Austin Holcombe, 18.749; 5. 97-Mitch Thomas, 18.799; 6. 7JA-Justin Allgaier, 18.82; 7. 12-Jason Gross, 18.929; 8. 2J-Troy Johnson, 18.967; 9. OO-Buzzie Reutimann, 19.221; 10. 9-Sheldon Creed, 19.652

Qualifying Flight-F – 1. 7-Drake Troutman, 18.454; 2. 31G-Stephen Pedulla, 18.64; 3. 65-Todd Sherman, 18.643; 4. 7F-Bryan Foy, 18.725; 5. 17T-Michael Tarlton, 18.768; 6. 32-Chad Roush, 18.896; 7. 52-Colin Green, 18.918; 8. O1-Bryce Nichols, 19.322; 9. 25P-Robert Poole, 19.428; 10. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt, NT

Qualifying Flight-G – 1. 2-Nick Hoffman, 18.254; 2. 23-Ryan Cripe, 18.268; 3. 21-Taylor Cook, 18.532; 4. 77-Ray Bollinger, 18.591; 5. 88-Matt Crafton, 18.808; 6. A1-Gary Bentley, 18.95; 7. 24D-Travis Dickson, 19.044; 8. 11Z-Zane Oedewaldt, 19.599; 9. 15-Rick Potter, 20.606

Qualifying Flight-H – 1. 8-Steve Stevenson, 18.211; 2. 49-Brian Ruhlman, 18.373; 3. 3L-Jeff Leka, 18.421; 4. 5-Curt Spalding, 18.507; 5. 12L-Lucas Lee, 18.568; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 18.765; 7. 96-Cole Parker, 18.869; 8. 75-Terry Phillips, 19.005; 9. O7-Curtis King, 19.58

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 11H-Spencer Hughes [1]; 2. 22-Dale Kelley [2]; 3. 96M-Mike McKinney [4]; 4. 24-Zeke McKenzie [7]; 5. 90-Jason Beaulieu [6]; 6. 2A-Donnie Moran [3]; 7. 4UW-Bobby Regot [9]; 8. 11-Jesse Rupe [5]; 9. 11M-Mike McGee [10]; 10. 11JH-Justin Haley [8]

Heat #2 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 35-David Stremme [1]; 2. 36-Kenny Wallace [2]; 3. 95-Michael Altobelli [3]; 4. O5-Dave Wietholder [5]; 5. 20-Tyler Hendrix [4]; 6. 17-Rob Pitcher [6]; 7. 14J-John Baker [9]; 8. 9PG-Percy Gendreau [7]; 9. 6-Ryan Fowler [8]; 10. 89W-Rick Weitekamp [10]

Heat #3 – Flight (C) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 12H-Jason Hughes [1]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely [2]; 3. 99M-Mike Mullen [5]; 4. 19-Chad Bauer [4]; 5. 11N-Gene Nicholas [9]; 6. 61-Eric Hill [10]; 7. 7CT-Christian Thomas [3]; 8. 22T-Tony Anderson [6]; 9. 71L-Dennis Lunger [7]; 10. 99-Hunt Gossum [8]

Heat #4 – Flight (D) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 8KS-Kyle Strickler [1]; 2. 17TE-Tyler Evans [3]; 3. 67-Garret Stewart [4]; 4. 1M-Curt Myers [6]; 5. 1-Brenden Rassel [5]; 6. 100-Scott Fritz [7]; 7. 5F-Jerry Foster [8]; 8. Z06-Larry Mott [9]; 9. 45J-Johnny Broking [2]; 10. 1S-Brian Shaw [10]

Heat #5 – Flight (E) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 18L-Michael Long [1]; 2. 6A-Ryan Ayers [3]; 3. K19-Will Krup [2]; 4. 82-Austin Holcombe [4]; 5. 7JA-Justin Allgaier [6]; 6. 12-Jason Gross [7]; 7. 97-Mitch Thomas [5]; 8. 9-Sheldon Creed [10]; 9. 2J-Troy Johnson [8]; 10. OO-Buzzie Reutimann [9]

Heat #6 – Flight (F) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 7-Drake Troutman [1]; 2. 31G-Stephen Pedulla [2]; 3. 65-Todd Sherman [3]; 4. 7F-Bryan Foy [4]; 5. 17T-Michael Tarlton [5]; 6. 52-Colin Green [7]; 7. 25P-Robert Poole [9]; 8. 32-Chad Roush [6]; 9. O1-Bryce Nichols [8]; 10. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt [10]

Heat #7 – Flight (G) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 2-Nick Hoffman [1]; 2. 23-Ryan Cripe [2]; 3. 21-Taylor Cook [3]; 4. 88-Matt Crafton [5]; 5. 77-Ray Bollinger [4]; 6. 24D-Travis Dickson [7]; 7. A1-Gary Bentley [6]; 8. 11Z-Zane Oedewaldt [8]; 9. 15-Rick Potter [9]

Heat #8 – Flight (H) (8 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 49-Brian Ruhlman [2]; 2. 5-Curt Spalding [4]; 3. 3L-Jeff Leka [3]; 4. 75-Terry Phillips [8]; 5. 8-Steve Stevenson [1]; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski [6]; 7. 12L-Lucas Lee [5]; 8. O7-Curtis King [9]; 9. 96-Cole Parker [7]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) – Top 1 Transfer – 1. 24-Zeke McKenzie [1][-]; 2. O5-Dave Wietholder [2][-]; 3. 2A-Donnie Moran [5][-]; 4. 90-Jason Beaulieu [3][-]; 5. 11M-Mike McGee [11][$75]; 6. 17-Rob Pitcher [6][$75]; 7. 20-Tyler Hendrix [4][$75]; 8. 9PG-Percy Gendreau [10][$75]; 9. 14J-John Baker [8][$75]; 10. 6-Ryan Fowler [12][$75]; 11. 89W-Rick Weitekamp [14][$75]; 12. 4UW-Bobby Regot [7][$75]; 13. 11-Jesse Rupe [9][$75]; 14. 11JH-Justin Haley [13][$75]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 Laps) – 1. 19-Chad Bauer [1][-]; 2. 1M-Curt Myers [2][-]; 3. 1-Brenden Rassel [4][-]; 4. 11N-Gene Nicholas [3][-]; 5. 71L-Dennis Lunger [11][$75]; 6. 5F-Jerry Foster [8][$75]; 7. Z06-Larry Mott [10][$75]; 8. 22T-Tony Anderson [9][$75]; 9. 100-Scott Fritz [6][$75]; 10. 7CT-Christian Thomas [7][$75]; 11. 61-Eric Hill [5][$75]; 12. 1S-Brian Shaw [14][$75]; 13. 45J-Johnny Broking [12][$75]; 14. 99-Hunt Gossum [13][$75]

Last Chance Showdown 3 (8 Laps) – 1. 7JA-Justin Allgaier [3][-]; 2. 82-Austin Holcombe [1][-]; 3. 12-Jason Gross [5][-]; 4. 97-Mitch Thomas [7][-]; 5. 9-Sheldon Creed [9][$75]; 6. 7F-Bryan Foy [2][$75]; 7. 17T-Michael Tarlton [4][$75]; 8. 2J-Troy Johnson [11][$75]; 9. O1-Bryce Nichols [12][$75]; 10. OO-Buzzie Reutimann [13][$75]; 11. 52-Colin Green [6][$75]; 12. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt [14][$75]; 13. 25P-Robert Poole [8][$75]; 14. 32-Chad Roush [10][$75]

Last Chance Showdown 4 (8 Laps) – 1. 75-Terry Phillips [2][-]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger [3][-]; 3. 88-Matt Crafton [1][-]; 4. 12L-Lucas Lee [8][-]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski [6][$75]; 6. 24D-Travis Dickson [5][$75]; 7. A1-Gary Bentley [7][$75]; 8. 8-Steve Stevenson [4][$75]; 9. O7-Curtis King [10][$75]; 10. 11Z-Zane Oedewaldt [9][$75]; 11. 15-Rick Potter [11][$75]; 12. 96-Cole Parker [12][$75]

 

OFFICIAL DIRTCAR NATIONALS, DIRTCAR UMP MODIFIED POINTS, FEB 5, 2020

SPOTCAR #NAME4-Feb5-FebTOTAL
18KSKyle Strickler7580155
218LMichael Long8065145
32Nick Hoffman6575140
423Ryan Cripe7055125
524Zeke McKenzie6051111
635David Stremme3570105
75Curt Spalding554499
849Brian Ruhlman514394
936Kenny Wallace494594
1017TETyler Evans344983
1112HJason Hughes236083
1295Michael Altobelli413980
132ADonnie Moran532679
1499MMike Mullen453277
15K19Will Krup304777
1625Tyler Nicely245377
177Drake Troutman472875
1822Dale Kelley393675
1977Ray Bollinger432770
2090Jason Beaulieu442569
2175Terry Phillips294069
2267Garret Stewart274269
237AShane Sabraski422466
246ARyan Ayers254166
25O5Dave Wietholder372764
2665Todd Sherman283563
272JTroy Johnson382159
287FBryan Foy362359
2919Chad Bauer263359
3031GStephen Pedulla253459
318AAustin Holcombe312758
3211HSpencer Hughes193857
3345JJohnny Broking401656
347JAJustin Allgaier262955
353LJeff Leka173754
3688Matt Crafton272653
371MCurt Myers252752
387CTChristian Thomas321951
3924DTravis Dickson272350
4071LDennis Lunger262450
4197Mitch Thomas242549
4211JHJustin Haley331548
4311MMike McGee242448
441Brenden Rassel222648
4596MMike McKinney173148
4612Jason Gross212647
4712LLucas Lee212546
488Steve Stevenson242145
49A1Gary Bentley232245
509Sheldon Creed212445
5111NGene Nicholas202545
52OOBuzzie Reutimann251944
5317TMichael Tarlton222244
5411Jesse Rupe271643
5596Cole Parker261743
56100Scott Fritz232043
5722TTony Anderson222143
5852Colin Green231841
5920Tyler Hendrix192241
605FJerry Foster182341
6117Rob Pitcher182341
6211ZZane Oedewaldt211940
6314JJohn Baker202040
64O1Bryce Nichols192039
659PGPercy Gendreau182139
6689WRick Weitekamp201838
67O7Curtis King182038
6899Hunt Gossum221537
69Z06Larry Mott152237
706Ryan Fowler171936
7132Chad Roush201535
724UWBobby Regot171734
731SBrian Shaw151732
7415Rick Potter141832
75Z1Zac Oedewaldt141731
7621Taylor Cook3030
7782Gary Dillon1919
7861Eric Hill1818
7925PRobert Poole1616


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Track Management Looking Forward to Exciting 2020 Season

Track Management Looking Forward to Exciting 2020 Season

By Jo Ann Davies

PLATTSBURGH, NY (February 7, 2020) – The new Airborne Speedway management team of Lyle DeVore and Mike Perrotte are pleased to announce the Super DIRTcar Big Block Series will be making their 2020 appearance at the track.

Teams and fans need to mark their calendars for Tuesday, August 18 and be ready for the roar of the big block engines as they come alive at the four-tenths mile dirt oval.

Just two weeks ago it was announced Airborne Speedway would be operating in 2020.  That was followed by an informational meeting, attended by approximately 150 drivers, owners and officials, where they were told there would be several announcements in the near future regarding the schedule and other items.

Today the first such announcement was made by DeVore who made it known the DIRTcar Series event will be a 100-lap feature that will pay $7,500 to win, $1,000 for 10th and $500 to start.

"We anticipate that not only will those drivers who follow the DIRTcar Series, such as 2019 Series champion Mat Williamson, be on hand, but many others as well.  That would include drivers who run eastern New York tracks such as Albany-Saratoga, Lebanon Valley, Utica-Rome and Fonda," stated DeVore, "…and we've also heard from several drivers from Canada who are interested."

Fans can expect to see the best of the best dirt Modified drivers in the Northeast as DIRTcar Series regulars such as Matt Sheppard, Billy Decker, Erick Rudolph, Paul St-Sauveur, Jimmy Phelps and 2019 event winner Larry Wight converge on the four-tenths mile dirt oval.

Add to that group eastern New York favorites such as Demetrios Drellos, Jessey Mueller, Mike Maresca, Tim Fuller, Jack Lehner and several local track favorites and you have the  makings of an exciting side-by-side highly competitive event.

The August 18th date means the DIRTcar Series drivers will be down to the wire in their point battle for the Super DIRTcar Series title, making the Airborne Speedway race date a vital one for all concerned.

Also in action that night will be the highly competitive DIRTcar Pro Stock class.  Grandstand prices will be $26 for adults and $5 for children under the age of 12.  The grandstand gates will tentatively open at 3 p.m. with racing to begin at 6 p.m.

Follow along for news and notes on the track web site (http://www.plattsburghairbornespeedway.com), Facebook and Twitter.


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NASCAR and K&N Engineering Announce Multi-Year Official Partnership Renewal

NASCAR and K&N Engineering Announce Multi-Year Official Partnership Renewal

New Partnership to Evolve Longstanding NASCAR Relationship

 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2020) – NASCAR and K&N Engineering announced a multi-year extension, continuing the company's designation as the "Official Performance Filter of NASCAR®." The renewed agreement solidifies K&N Engineering's activation across the sport while evolving the longstanding partnership.

K&N Engineering's presence in NASCAR can be traced back to the 1970s when the company began providing filters to NASCAR Cup Series™ teams at California's old Riverside Speedway. Since then, K&N Engineering has fueled NASCAR's regional and touring series for more than a decade, previously serving as the entitlement sponsor of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, now the ARCA Menards Series East and West™.

"Our renewed partnership with K&N Engineering is reflective of long-standing collaboration that has helped grow our regional and touring series," said Michelle Byron, vice president, partnership marketing, NASCAR. "K&N Engineering remains a trusted product throughout the garage and this partnership will continue to validate K&N Engineering to our brand loyal fanbase." 

The company will maintain its contingency sponsorship and decal program within the NASCAR Cup Series through 2021 and will evolve its support of grassroots racing by becoming an Official Partner as well as a contingency sponsor within the ARCA Menards Series. K&N Engineering will continue to work with NASCAR teams to engineer the best performance filters in the industry. In addition, teams and tracks across the NASCAR Cup Series and ARCA Menards Series will have access to an exclusive industry preferred pricing program.

"K&N and NASCAR share the same core values driven by their combined passion for motorsports," said JR Badian, CMO, K&N Engineering. "For K&N, we've had great success through our partnership with NASCAR, and look forward to continuing the relationship."

K&N Engineering became an Official Partner in 2011, one year after it began sponsoring the K&N Pro Series. Since then, the leading filter company has utilized its platform in the sport to drive B2B opportunities and market products to consumers nationwide. In addition, K&N Engineering has helped crown notable champions such as William Byron (2016) and Kyle Larson (2012) during its time as a series entitlement sponsor in grassroots NASCAR.

For over 50 years, K&N Engineering has been an industry leader in automotive filtration and technology – offering products to increase performance, protection and longevity in thousands of vehicle applications for consumers worldwide.

The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season kicks off with the 62nd annual DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series™), three regional series, one local grassroots series, three international series and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, Americrown Service and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat ('NASCAR').

 

About K&N Engineering

K&N® has been an industry leader in automotive filtration and technology for the past 50 years, with a reputation for exceptional quality and customer service that millions of customers trust. K&N® products offer increased performance, protection, and longevity in thousands of vehicle applications for consumers worldwide. K&N® has maintained active involvement in racing and motorsports throughout its history, and has sponsored championship-winning teams in most sub-disciplines of motorsport. A long and storied racing heritage continues to contribute to the development of products for all types of vehicles and engines. For more information about K&N®, visit www.knfilters.com.

 

 

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