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Johnson captured the 1997 Super Dirt Week 300 on the Syracuse Mile and won the companion 358 modified title twice, first in 1997, and then in 2006. He was crowned the overall Mr. DIRT champion in 1989, 1992, 1997 and again in 1999, and was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2019. [5] [8]
Super Dirt Week is now the largest economic event for Oswego, New York as more than 30,000 fans attend. [6] Racing rules may be adjusted as necessary, and in 2023 new pit stop strategies were introduced allowing teams to remain on the track while others pit to improve their cars.
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.
Tremont captured the 1999 Super Dirt Week 300 on the Syracuse Mile and won the companion 358 modified title in 1986, 1992, 1996 and 1997. [11] He was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2018, the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2022, and into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 2023. [5] [12] [13]
Jack Johnson (September 2, 1944 – April 1, 2021) was an American dirt modified racing driver. A six-time Mr. Dirt Champion and four-time Super DIRT Series Champion, Johnson won 428 Modified feature races at 35 tracks in 10 states and two Canadian provinces.
Johnson captured the 1983, 1989, and 2003 Super Dirt Week 300 on the Syracuse Mile and was crowned the overall Mr. DIRT champion five times. [7] He was honored by the Eastern Motorsport Press Association as driver of the year in 2004 and again in 2007, and was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2017.
Jeff Heotzler began his racing career in 1978 in his brother Ralph's backup car at Orange County Fair Speedway. [3] He has since garnered 11 track championships and one Mr. DirtCar 358 series championship, competing successfully at New York's Accord Speedway, Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Lebanon Valley Speedway, Rolling Wheels Raceway and the Syracuse Mile, as well as Florida's Volusia Speedway Park.
Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT 358 Modified Series Sunoco Racing Fuels DIRT Championship Trail DIRT-Asphalt Challenge Series DIRT MotorSports 358 Modified Eastern Regional Champion DIRTcar Northeast Modified Region Champion Canadian-American Challenge Series: Awards; 1986, 2002, 2007, 2012 1993 2020: Eastern Motorsports Press Association Driver ...