Weedsport’s ‘Encore 50’ to Feature $5,000 to Win Big Blocks, Sportsman Classic on September 28
Story By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY – WEEDSPORT, NY – Weedsport Speedway will try again in the month of September with an encore on Sunday, September 28 featuring the ‘Encore 50,’ presented by Stirling Lubricants, for DIRTcar Big Block Modifieds, the DIRTcar Sportsman Series Sportsman Classic 75, as well as the held over CRSA Sprint Car main event from July.
With the official cancellation of the Super DIRTcar Series Cavalcade Cup 100 on September 6, the ‘Encore 50’ will now be a DIRTcar main event paying $5,000 to win and $500 to start with a 358-Modified bonus to the highest three finishers. DIRTcar legal 358s or W-16 engines will be permitted, weighing in at 2,450 lbs. The bonuses will be set at $300, $200 and $100 respectively.
The DIRTcar Sportsman Series Sportsman Classic 75 will remain on the schedule, unaltered. The event will pay $2,500 to the winner, counting toward the overall Sportsman Series championship.
Fans will also be treated to the CRSA Sprint Car main event, held over from July 26.
General admission tickets will also be available at the gate on race day. There will be no reserved seating. Adult general admission will be set at $25 with kids ages 18 and under, admitted FREE.
Member pit pass pricing is $35 with non-member admission set at $40.
Pit gates are set to open on September 28 at 3 p.m. with hot laps beginning at 5 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m. Bill Ali will be the day’s live performer in the midway.
Prior to the ‘Encore 50’, Weedsport Kartway will also be in action with their rescheduled Summer Nationals from July. Kartway action will see qualifying get underway at 11 a.m. with racing to follow. Those who purchase pit passes for the day’s kartway events will receive FREE admission to the speedway later that evening.
