Todd Cipperly Agency presents Legends Night at Fonda this Saturday
COLUMN BY: Ron Szczerba – FONDA SPEEDWAY – FONDA, NY – On Saturday June 13, Todd Cipperly Agency will present Legends Night – Celebrating 75 Years of the Fonda Speedway. 75 years at the Track of Champions, the storied history of Fonda Speedway is celebrated with an event to include a reunion of former drivers, car owners, promoters, sponsors, crew members and more.
Todd Cipperly Agency presents a complete program of live and local stock car racing to include Amsterdam Truck Center Modifieds (30 laps, $3,075 to win – draw/redraw), Swagger Factory Apparel Sportsman, Leatherstocking Credit Union Pro Stocks, Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc. Limited Sportsman and Fonda Fair Four Cylinders, and the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series (MVVDMS).
Many of the top names representing three-quarters of a century worth of history at the fairgrounds venue along the Mohawk River will be on hand to sign a commemorative poster starting at 3:30 p.m. under the covered grandstands and continuing through 5 p.m.
Those planning to attend include Dr. Dick Berggren, C.D. Coville, Brett Hearn, Jimmy Horton, Gary Balough, Jake Spraker and many more personalities from the past.
To celebrate 75 years, discounted Early Bird pricing will be in place for those arriving at the speedway between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Grandstand admission will be $10 from 3-4 p.m. at Gate 2 only.
Rain Check Policy from Saturday, June 6 Program
For those utilizing a June 6 rainout grandstand wristband this Saturday, June 13, from 3-4 p.m. there is a $10 admission Early Bird Special at Gate 2. If you come in that time frame you will get a $5 food credit. If you come after 4 p.m., it is a $20 ticket. We will take your $15 wristband and give you a $20 wristband.
Pit and infield wristbands will be honored. Can’t make it this Saturday? Your wristband will be honored at its face value at a later date.
Grandstand Admission: $20 (Adults) – $18 (Seniors ages 65 and over) – Kids 11 and under FREE
Infield Parking: $90 (includes four passes)
Pit Admission: $40 (Non-Members) – $35 (Members) – $10 (Kids 11 and under)
Event Times
Pits Open 2:00 PM
Gates Open 3:00 PM
Hot Laps At 6:00 PM
Racing Starts 6:30 PM
MOHAWK VALLEY VINTAGE DIRT MODIFIED SERIES TO HOLD A FRANK TRINKAUS AND KENNY SHOEMAKER MEMORIAL RACING PROGRAM
Saturday, June 13th will be a historical day at the Fonda Speedway with many drivers who paved the speedways path on hand to sign autographs. But all the action will actually start at the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame & Museum.
For the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series (MVVDMS), it will be Show Time for the 75th Anniversary celebration of the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway. Any MVVDMS drivers who would like to bring their race cars to the Fonda Speedway to represent our racings past may do so as they will be on display outside of the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame & Museum.
Between 1:30-1:45 the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modified Series (MVVDMS) race cars will unload at the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame & Museum. When the drivers are done unloading, the haulers must go into the MVVDMS pit area on the infield of the historic track. The MVVDMS race car display will start at 2:00 p.m. at the Hall of Fame & Museum.
At 4:30 p.m. the MVVDMS drivers will drive their cars back to the infield pit area to get ready for their racing events in the Frank Trinkaus and Kenny Shoemaker Memorial event! In honor of Trinkaus and Shoemaker, thanks to John Cankar and Melissa Shoemaker Pigliavento, $2,000 will be divided up and paid out to each driver. The amount paid to each driver will be determined on how many cars participate in this special event.
The MVVDMS Vintage cars will compete in all five of their regular divisions including in no particular order the Antiques, Mystiques, Late Models, Sportsman, and Modifieds.
FONDA SPEEDWAY KIDS CLUB TO HOLD BANNER NIGHT THIS SATURDAY
June 13th – What better night to bring back Banner Night than the 75th Anniversary Celebration? We would love to see banners of all kinds. Get creative. The best banners will then be displayed at the Fonda Speedway Museum the following week.
If you are a race fan that gets to the track early, be sure to check out the history of the Fonda Speedway at the Fonda Speedway Museum & Hall of Fame which is located on the Fonda Fairgrounds at the rear of the parking area going down towards turn four. The museum is open from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on race days and admission is free!
Fonda Speedway weekly feature winners, their race teams, and sponsors are invited the following week to display their cars at the museum and watch their feature win on Flo before the races. The victorious car display can begin as early as 3:00, and you are welcome to arrive and stay as late as your schedule allows.
Please message the Fonda Speedway Hall of Fame and Museum Facebook page to RSVP or with any questions!
All Fonda Speedway events are broadcast LIVE on FloRacing (www.floracing.tv).
The “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car racing for 75 years. The speedway operates weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.
