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Day one of Eastern States Weekend wrapped up with near 100 drivers qualified for today’s events.
The day kicked off with qualifying for the Sportsman division. A unique twist for the sportsman competitors was after being split up into six groups, drivers only had to beat their fellow group competitors, instead of the overall field. Invading star Kyle Inman topped group 1 while former Sportsman regular Joey Bruning bested group 2. Track Champion Tanner VanDoran out ranked group 3 and invaders Zach Sobotka, Tommy Collins, and Alan Fink all rounded out groups 4,5,and 6.
Longtime dirt racing advocate, Doug Dulgarian joins the Orange County Fair Speedway staff in a full time capacity starting in January, 2019. Race fans may know Doug from his time racing at the “Hard Clay” from 1979 to 1984 as well serving on the OCFS Steering Committee from 2006 to 2008. For the last 13 years,
By FRANK CATIZONE MIDDLETOWN – Don’t blame Brett Hearn for thinking back to the closing laps of last year’s Eastern States 200 at the Orange County Fair Speedway. After all, Hearn, after dominating the race for so many laps,
By FRANK CATIZONE MIDDLETOWN – Stewart Friesen has put himself in position to make a clean sweep of Modified racing action during the 56th annual Eastern States Weekend Festival at the
By FRANK CATIZONE MIDDLETOWN – Jesse Leiby put the finishing touches on the most successful season of his Orange County Fair Speedway career Friday night as he utilized a daring late-race maneuver to capture the Sportsman
By FRANK CATIZONE Photos By Jane Cella MIDDLETOWN, NY – Andy Bachetti has been perfect in his only two appearances at the Orange County Fair Speedway this season. However, while
By FRANK CATIZONE MIDDLETOWN, NY – The remnants of Hurricane Harvey put a damper on championship night at the Orange County Fair Speedway last Saturday as a wet racing
By – JORDAN SHEEHAN Saturday September 2nd is OCFS’ Champions Night. Although many drivers are out of the title picture, the fight for top 5 or even top 10 points is still on. The racing this year
By FRANK CATIZONE MIDDLETOWN, NY – Danny Tyler didn’t take too long getting accustomed to the large racing surface presented to him at the Orange County Fair Speedway as
By FRANK CATIZONE MIDDLETOWN, NY – Gary Edwards Jr. ended a two-year winless drought as he held off several challenges provided by Anthony Perrego in the latter stages to capture