By Paul T. Harkenrider (Sodus, NY) | Three straight days, three excellent paying shows for the best 360 Sprint Car drivers in the Northeast as competitors from the Patriot Sprint Tour, Empire Super Sprints, and the United Racing Club collide once again for a three-day weekend visiting facilities in central New York on September 23-25.
The weekend will begin at the newly named Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, New York on Friday, September 23 for the inauguration of the Outlaw Fall Nationals presented by M&W Aluminum Products. The show will pay $5,000 to the winner with $400 just to start the “A” main.
There have been three 360 Sprint Car events so far at Outlaw Speedway, two of them have been won by 2016 Patriot Sprint Tour Series Champion, Jared Zimbardi of Bradford, PA The other winner was Central PA driver, Mark Smith who finished second to Zimbardi back on August 5 by just .04 seconds.
The next stop will be Saturday, September 24 at the Fonda Speedway for the Kramer Williamson Memorial that will pay $3,073 to win. The Patriot Sprint Tour made its first ever visit to the historic facilities back on May 28 and it was Spraker’s, NY driver Stewart Friesen scoring the win over Danny Varin and Cory Sparks. The show will also be in conjunction with the Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series.
The weekend concludes at the ‘Fast Track,’ Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, NY for the tour’s first and only visit of the 2016 season. The event will also pay $5,000 to win, and an incredible $500 to start! It will also pay $100 for each who fails to qualify.
All three shows will be sanctioned and operated by Patriot Sprint Tour Officials. The format will be PST where drivers will draw for heats, and passing points will set qualifying order. The top eight heat point earners will redraw for the first 4 rows of the “A” main with the 9 to 14 going into the Evingham Site Excavation Scramble Dash for Cash. The remainder of the 24 car field will come through the “B” main finishes.
For more information, please be sure to log onto patriotsprinttour.com. You can also follow all the action on all of the Social Media Outlets on facebook, twitter and Instagram.
The Patriot Sprint Tour is a 360 Touring Series that visits facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ontario.