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The Brewerton Speedway was built as a ¼ mile clay racetrack in 1949 by Vere Bradbury and Don Georgia, who sold it to Al Richardson. [1] The first event was a dirt track midget car race. [ 2 ] The track was paved in 1956, [ 3 ] and the current 1/3 mile dirt oval opened in 1973.
The date of the event was eventually changed to Columbus Day weekend, and expanded to 6 days and championships for 5 car classes. The Syracuse Mile remained the featured race track until 2015, and companion races were added over the week at the nearby race tracks in Elbridge, Weedsport Speedway, and Brewerton Speedway. [3]
Memphis-Arkansas Speedway: West Memphis: Arkansas: 1.5 miles (2.4 km) ground dirt 1954-1957 NASCAR Cup Series (1954-1957) New York State Fairgrounds Racetrack: Syracuse: New York: 1 mile (1.6 km) cinder 1903-2015 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1924-1962) World of Outlaws (1978-1995) Super DIRTcar Series (1982-2015) Occoneechee Speedway (1954 renamed ...
Asphalt racing was on the weekly schedule until 1978. The track was reopened as a 3/8 mile dirt oval in 1979. [3] in July 1998, Harvey, Joan, and David Fink purchased the track. Since 2009, the track, along with the Brewerton Speedway, has been owned by John and Laura Wight. [4] The Wights previously owned the Can-Am Speedway.
The premiere event for the series is the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux 200, a part of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week which is currently held at the Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York. The race features one of the biggest purses in dirt modified racing with the purse paying $50,000 to the winner.
Guy "Shorty" Robinson (May 14, 1939 – September 12, 2024) was an American driver of modified stock cars. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he was victorious at venues on either side of the St. Lawrence River, despite being limited primarily to weekend racing by his full-time job.
Donnie Wetmore began racing in 1974 after given the opportunity to test his brother Stan's car. He won his first feature event in 1975 at Brewerton Speedway NY, and by the end of his career, Wetmore had captured 8 championships at the track. [2] [3]
Tim Fuller began racing in 1988 in the pure stock class at the Can-Am Speedway NY. Since progressing to the Modified division, he has competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Brewerton Speedway, Fonda Speedway, Frogtown Speedway, Utica-Rome Speedway and Weedsport Speedway in New York; Brockville Speedway and Cornwall Motor Speedway in Ontario ...