More Than $11K In Bonuses Enhance The Purse For The Big Series Championship Night At OCFS
News Director 
Story By: JOHN SNYDER / ORANGE COUNTY FAIR SPEEDWAY – MIDDLETOWN, NY – Thanks to the support and generosity of area businesses, race and series sponsors, friends and family members of Henry Sharp and Marky Traverse, speedway patrons, and fellow competitors, The Big Series Championship Night, which includes Henry Sharp Memorial Night, and the Marky Traverse Memorial Street Stock Championship Race, more than $11,000 in bonus awards has been added to the program’s base racing purse.
The three-division race meet of Modified, Interstate Battery Sportsman, and Street Stock races returns to Orange County Fair Speedway on Sunday, September 8 to wrap up the series of summer racing at the historic Middletown, New York five-eighths-mile clay-surfaced track.
Race meet three of The Big Series will follow the same format as the June and August programs. As at the previous race meets, Small-Block Modified teams are encouraged to enter, with several engine-weight allowances permitted.
The headline Big-Block Modified feature has a $2,500-to-win base purse, but several special awards and bonus prizes—in excess of $6,500 cash and merchandise certificates—await both the winner and several additional race finishers. The Interstate Battery Sportsman drivers have close to $1,000 in extra cash in their share of the purse, while the Street Stocks and their backers have raised an additional $4,000, a staggering amount for the full-bodied division.
JP Adamsky Trucking, of Newton, New Jersey, has come on board as the sponsor of the three-race The Big Series Modified point fund. The top point man will earn $1,000 and a guaranteed seventh-place start in the October 27 Eastern State 200. Second and third-place point finishers will receive cash and positions eight and nine in the Eastern State 200.
Three drivers: Anthony Perrego, Modified; Hunter Lapp, Interstate Battery Sportsman; and Jack Beaumont, Street Stock, the winners from August 4, are eligible for the Madsen Overhead Doors Back-To-Back Challenge. Should they win their respective feature race on September 8, they will receive bonus checks for their consecutive victories.
On September 8, Champions Night, pit gates will open at 2:00 pm, spectator gates at 3:00 pm. Race cars will be on the track at 5:00 pm. Following qualifying, the Modified feature will be held first.
Adult General Admission for September 8 all Stands or Drive-In is $20, Seniors 62+ $15, Children 12 and under $2. Party Deck $30 per person two person minimum, Limited VIP Seating $50 per person (Call for information). All Pit Passes $35.
