Story By: ROBBY KNOWLES / AIRBORNE SPEEDWAY – PLATTSBURGH, NY – The roar of a Big Block Modified will be heard at Airborne Speedway once again, this coming Saturday in an event presented by Be Cool Heating, Air Conditioning, & Refrigeration and Gamache Truck Center.
Big Block Modifieds and DIRTcar 358-Modifieds will square off in a 40-lap, $4,000 to win feature event. In addition to the money prize, the winner of the event will receive a guaranteed starting spot for the Outlaw 200 at Fulton Speedway on October 1.
358-Modified drivers will have additional bonus money up for grabs. The top 358-Modified finisher will receive a $250 bonus, while the second and third 358-Modified across the finish line will receive bonuses of $150 and $100, respectively.
Airborne Speedway’s weekly divisions of J&S Steel Sportsman, Hartson Total Opening Renegades, Taylor Rental Street Stocks and Northern Blacktopping Limited Sportsman will be in competition for regular distance heat and feature races.
General admission is set at $20 this weekend, while children under age 10 are admitted free of charge. Racing action gets underway at 7 p.m., with hot laps beginning at 6:15. Grandstand gates will open at 5 p.m.