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Fonda Speedway is a half-mile (0.8 km) dirt oval track located in Fonda, New York. The track hosted NASCAR Cup Series races in 1955 and 1966 to 1968. It is home to the Fonda 200. The track hosts Saturday night races with Modified, Sportsman, Limited Sportsman, Pro Stock, and 4 Cylinder classes (as of 2021). [1]
Peter "Pete" Corey (October 5, 1929 – August 4, 2000) was a driver of modified stock cars. One of the most popular drivers at Fonda Speedway NY, he claimed the track championship in 1957, 1965, and 1966, and had a total of 50 wins at the venue during his career.
Irving Taylor (October 18, 1929 – April 28, 2017) was an American Modified racing driver. Always ready to accept a spot as a substitute driver to finance his own race team, he drove for twenty-two different car owners in his career, and won 10 features for nine different owners just at Fonda Speedway NY.
After discharge from the Army in 1966, Jack began his Modified career at the Fonda Speedway (New York), where he went on to win 11 track championships. [5] Johnson also won championships at the New York tracks at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Brewerton Speedway, Rolling Wheels Raceway, Utica-Rome Speedway, and Weedsport Speedway.
The Fonda 200 is a 100-mile-long (161 km) modified motor race that is held at the Fonda Speedway. [1] The race was run in 1955, 1963–1964, 1966–1970, 1983–1995, 1997–2002, 2019, and 2021 to the present. The 1955, 1966, 1967, and 1968 races were sanctioned by NASCAR.
Jeep Herbert centered his career at the Fonda Speedway NY, where he claimed the track championship in 1959 and had a total of 25 wins. He also competed successful at 40 different speedways including Airborne Park Speedway NY, Burden Lake Speedway NY, Canandaigua Speedway NY, Langhorne Speedway PA, the Monroe County Fairgrounds NY, Pine Bowl Speedway in Snyders Corners NY, State Line Speedway ...
Mitch Gibbs began his racing career in 1980 in a street stock at Brookfield Speedway in New York. The next year he took over his father's late model, and then moved to the modified class in 1983, winning the 320-track championship the next year at Fonda Speedway NY. [1]
Bobby Varin began racing in 1986 in the support divisions at Fonda Speedway NY with limited success. When he turned 18 he moved to the modified division, but it took six more seasons before he captured his first feature in 1994.