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Due to the high probability of more rain coinciding with tonight’s (4/16) program, the Tommy Meier tribute opener is now rescheduled for April 23. A rain date if needed will be reserved for Sunday April 24. Stay tuned for more announcements regarding next week’s racing program.
An April 9 late afternoon cloudburst that included solid precipitation hit Orange County Fair Speedway (OCFS) and ended any possibility racing that evening. As a result, the official 73rd consecutive year of weekly stock car racing was postponed until this coming Saturday evening, April 16 at the historic clay-surfaced, five-eighths-mile track in Middletown, New York. Headlining the four division racing program will be the 33-lap, $3,300-to win “Tommy Meier” feature race for the United Rentals DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds. Qualifying races will set the field for the season inaugural weekly feature race. The entire night of racing is co sponsored by Mike Sparta Trucking and County Waste.
Saturday, April 16th's racing program will now follow April 9th's rained out events. The United Rentals DIRTcar Modifieds headline the four division racing program with a 33-lap, $3,300-to win “Tommy Meier” feature race, joined by the H.O. Penn 358 Modifieds, Arkel Motors Sportsman and Precision Hydraulic Rookies.
The originally scheduled Northeast Parts Group Street Stocks will return to action on Saturday, April 30th with a double feature.
The entire night of racing on 4/16 is co-sponsored by Mike Sparta Trucking and County Waste.
Matt Sheppard and Stewart Friesen. They are arguably the two most dominant racers on the dirt Big Block Modified circuit. They have developed a rivalry as intense as any we have seen since the epic Brett Hearn/Danny Johnson rivalry back in the day.
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EXPLANATION OF APRIL 2ND SPORTSMAN RULES INFRACTION
The Orange County Kids Club has activities planned for the April 9 Weekly Racing Opener, headlined by the 33-lap, $3,300 to win United Rentals DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds “Tommy Meier” feature race. The Kids Club and Meier Race Team have collaborated on some special giveaways. In addition, fans will be able to meet Tommy Meier during evening’s program.
Beginning this week, and during all race meets with both the United Rentals DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds and the H.O. Penn Small-Block Modifieds scheduled, should one driver win both divisions’ feature race that night, Wicked Truck Worx, of Montgomery, New York, will add a $1,000 bonus to the victor’s winnings. On most nights, that raises the winner’s total purse to $6,000, with even higher amounts during special races.
Wicked Truck Worx, operated by Michael Eggelton and family, specializes of custom mechanical and heavy duty collision work on big trucks.
Matt Sheppard dominated the field in the 50-lap ‘Hard Clay Open’ on Saturday night, continuing his incredible run at Orange County Fair Speedway.
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Baseball has spring training, a preseason series of workouts and games to prepare for their months-long 162-game schedule. This coming Saturday, April 2, Orange County Fair Speedway Arkel Motors Sportsman division drivers have a similar opportunity to test their cars in competition before the weekly racing point season begins the following week.