Delaware State Dirt Track Championships Next Big Event At The Delaware Motorsports Complex

September 30, 2010

By Bonnie Nibblett

Delmar, DE….This past weekend the point’s battle between the racers in all five of the weekly divisions held at the Delaware International Speedway ended for the year.  The mighty fast URC Sprints returned for the last time of the season.  And it was NASCAR weekend at the Dover International Speedway for the last time in 2010.  It was full weekend of racing for both of the tracks. 

 Later in the year we will go over who the point’s leader and the Redbud’s Rookies were in each division.  Hope you didn’t miss out on your chance to see some fast, flashy, speedy cars on the tracks.  If so, there’s one last chance?

Donald Lingo, Jr. of Millsboro, wrapped up the 2010 season as the Late Model DIS Champion

All the attention will now focus for the $55,000 Delaware State Dirt Track Championships to be held October 22 & 23, 2010.  For the very first time in the history of the Delaware International Speedway, the year end special 2 day show has been changed to night racing.  Both the date and format has been changed to a Friday & Saturday night’s event instead of the Nov. dates on Saturday & Sunday.   

This should really put on a spine-tingling night of racing action.  The racing action on Saturday night is filled with excellent side by side, fender to fender, nose to tail passing, and some really tight racing all night doing the main season. 

 So the champ show should be a total different weekend of racing from the usual show in day time.  With day racing the track stays dry with rubber build up and not a lot of passing possible, plus the speeds are slower.  With this new change the competition will be awesome with faster times, closer racing and a real great show of entertainment.   

The format will be pretty much the same just different days.  All the qualifying will be on Friday night instead of Saturday, and then with the Small Block Modified 50 lap feature and the Little Lincoln Vintage Stockcar Club rounding out the night. 

On Friday the gates open at 3 PM, 5 PM drivers meeting, with hot laps starting at 6 PM, followed by the heats & consi for small blocks, intermission then the 2 features.  General admission for one day is $20, $30 pits, a two day general pass is $35 and pits will be $55 for the two day admission. 

 Gates on Saturday open at 4 PM, 5 PM drivers meeting and warm ups at 5:30 PM, followed with 7 features of action.  Saturday, all non-qualifying will have one more time to make the feature with the consi for all the other features instead of on Sunday as in the past.  Saturday, both big block and late model race for 50 laps, the crate classes will run 25 laps, mod lites will run 20 laps.  Ending the night will be the Vintage cars and the Slide for Five last.

The drivers have a chance to pay the gamblers fee to increase the purse should they win.  The big block winner has a chance to win up $6,500 to win, $4,500 for the small block, up to $5,000 for late model, $1,500 in crates, and up to $1,000 for the mod lites.  Plus each division will receive lap money for the number of laps lead too.  So it could be a big pay out for drivers; fans make out grand with some remarkable racing to end the season in Delaware. 

Mod Lite action with Chad Passwaters 62 of Blades, and James Hill 1 of Laurel. 

The Delaware International Speedway is located on the Delaware Motorsports Complex Delmar, DE just off Rt. 13 the right side of hi-way when going south.  Just before the Maryland & Delaware line.  Visit the tracks web for a schedule of events to the dirt track, directions, etc. at www.delawareracing.com or call the track hot line at 302-846-3968 or any track questions call the office at 302-875-1911 9-4 m-f.

 The complex is also home to the ¼ mile asphalt US 13 Dragway strip.  You might want to check out that racing with speeds up & over to more than 200 MPH.  There are some fast Pro Car, Dragsters, Pro Bikes, and Imports to name a few.  Again some are faster, different style, horsepower and so on.  The Dragway is on Sunday’s for race day, gates open 10:30 AM.  Visit the tracks web at www.delawareracing.com for upcoming events or join us on Facebook, too. 

 The US 13 Kart Club Track is located on the grounds just to the left before entering the main grounds tracks.  There are a few races left in Oct., visit the web at www.dekarting.net for those dates, and join us on Facebook.

A copy of the champ show schedule is available on my web.  So be sure to check out www.redbud69racing.com Your Delaware and Surrounding Tracks Race News Plus NASCAR for all your DE news, results, and photos.  And visit the largest racing message board on the shore at http://redbud69racing.proboards2.com/index.cgi powered by Hab Nab Trucking of Seaford, DE.  See you at the track!