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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.
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 and into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 2023.
The Super DIRT Week events were moved to a temporary dirt track at Oswego Speedway until construction of a new venue was completed. [10] The proposed CNYRP or Central New York Raceway Park was cancelled and the property was repurposed when Micron Technology agreed in October 2022 to invest up to $100 billion to build a mega-complex of chip ...
The series was founded in 1972 by Glenn Donnelly as a series of qualifier races for the inaugural Super Dirt Week at the New York State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Syracuse, New York. The series became a true points championship in 1974 that also awarded a points fund.
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]
McCreadie won the prestigious Super DIRT Week race in 1986 at the Syracuse Mile. [5] He has earned two Mr. DIRT Modified Championships and three Super DIRT Series Championships including back-to-back Super DIRT series titles in 1994 and 1995.
Brenn won the 1983 Independence Day race and the 1985 New York State Fair Championship at the Syracuse Mile. [5] [6] [7] He also won the 1979 pole position for the Super Dirt Week main event at Syracuse, but surprisingly took only two top five finishes in 17 appearances. [4] Ken Brenn Jr. was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of ...
The track received the date on the schedule after construction of Central New York Raceway Park was delayed. [4] The speedway was covered by approximately 6,900 cubic feet of clay for DIRTcar modified drivers to compete in the NAPA 300, the richest dirt modified race in the world. The event took place on October 5 to 9, 2016. [4]