Weedsport To Honor Barefoot Bob On Lap 9 Of Heroes Remembered 100 Sunday Night
Story By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY – WEEDSPORT, NY – Weedsport Speedway and the Super DIRTcar Series are asking the race fans in attendance this Sunday to help them honor and remember ‘Barefoot’ Bob McCreadie during lap 9 of the Heroes Remembered 100.
The first 1,500 fans through the main gate on May 26 will receive a commemorative chloroplast placard, which will read ‘Remembering Barefoot’ and will display the famous McCreadie colors and No. 9. During lap 9 of the 100-lap main event, fans will be asked to stand and proudly display their placard high in the sky, in a moment of broadcast silence as the sound of big blocks fill the air in memory of McCreadie.
“Bob is a true legend of motorsports and a hero to so many in the industry,” said Weedsport Speedway promoter, Jimmy Phelps. “The mark he left on the sport of dirt modified racing cannot be quantified and will never be forgotten. We wanted to do something a little extra special in his memory this weekend and thanks to Pilat Graphic Design and the Super DIRTcar Series we have been able to partner to offer fans a ‘Remembering Barefoot’ keepsake that will help to honor Bob on lap 9 of our main event on Sunday.”
A four-time Modified champion (’85, ’90, ’94, ’97) at Weedsport, McCreadie visited victory lane a total of 64 times between 1983 and 2004, and more importantly captured the hearts of thousands of race fans along the way.
Hailing from Watertown, NY, McCreadie was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2006 and is an inductee into the Charlotte Motor Speedway Walk of Fame and the Eastern Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame.
Speedway to Host DIRTcar Sportsman Stars this Sunday
Some of the area’s best DIRTcar Sportsman competitors are set to take on Weedsport Speedway this Sunday as part of the Heroes Remembered 100 special.
This Sunday’s event for the DIRTcar Sportsman will be the first of four events at The Port this season as they will join the Super DIRTcar Series Modifieds and the CRSA Sprints.
Last year Zach Sobotka, Cody Manitta and Emmett Waldron led the way in the Weedsport standings and each are expected to be in action this weekend for a 25-lap feature go.
Sobotka is the current point leader at Land of Legends Raceway with one main event win, while Manitta and Waldron have each scored victories at Fulton Speedway this season and sit in the top five in points.
Zach Buff and Richard Murtagh III both found victory hill at Weedsport in 2023 and should be back in town to look for more.
Buff currently leads the DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Hoosier Tire Weekly Championship with one win and four top five finishes in seven starts this season.
Tickets for the upcoming Heroes Remembered 100 on Sunday, May 26 can be purchased online at www.weedsportspeedway.com. Simply click the tickets tab at the top right hand corner of the site’s main page and select ‘Buy Tickets’ for the May 26 event.
Base pricing for the event is set at $40 for reserved seating, $35 for adult general admission, $15 for youth general admission, with kids 10 and under FREE.
Pit gates will open on May 26 at 4 p.m., followed by grandstand gates opening at 5 p.m., with racing slated for 7 p.m.
Local recording artist Steven Cali will kick off the night’s festivities with live music in the midway beginning at 5 p.m.
