Every night is a shootout when the World of Outlaws Late Models Series comes to town! Returning to #theport for the first time since 2007, the World of Outlaw Late Models will shake up the Finger Lakes as they rumble around the 3/8 mile for 40 laps.
For the first time in 22 years, there was a World of Outlaws sprint car in victory lane at Weedsport Speedway, and it belonged to Donny Schatz. Schatz put his No. 15 car on the pole for Sunday night’s Empire State Challenge by virtue of winning the 12-lap dash and kept it there through the 35-lap feature, leading every single lap en route to the victory.
When the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and the DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds take to Weedsport Speedway for the Empire State Challenge Sunday, May 17, Stewart Friesen will appear in the fields of both races. The three-time Syracuse 200 winner is slated to compete in the No. 33 Doug Emery Motorsports entry in the sprint car feature and then drive Tom Cullen’s No. 1 Westmoreland Golf Course big-block modified.
The World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series will return to Weedsport Speedway for the first time since 1993, but when drivers and fans alike head to the three-eighths mile clay oval, they will see a completely renovated, state-of-the-art racing facility.
5/3/15 – Weedsport Northeast Shootout Recap (Video)
Nine and a half hours, 33 competitors and 35 grueling laps were what it took for Ionia Michigan’s AJ Ward to capture $2,500 and some impressive hardware in Weedsport Speedway’s inaugural IMCA Modified Northeast Shootout that was presented by All Ways Concrete Pumping and Repair Plus, both of Auburn, NY.
While the 2015 Weedsport Speedway schedule promises to bring the biggest and best traveling series divisions that dirt track racing has to offer, there will be a steady diet of Sportsman competition. The Stars of the fastest growing division in the northeast will take to the 3/8 oval on 7 different occasions in 2015.
The inaugural IMCA Modified Northeast Shootout will be held Sunday, May 3rd at Weedsport Speedway. What is now the top-paying event for IMCA sanctioned Modifieds in the State of New York this season will send the winner home with a check for $2,500.
Due to week long inclement weather, crews have been unable to prepare the racetrack for this Sunday’s originally scheduled practice. Practice has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 29th.
In 2015, the World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series is making their first stop of Central New York at Weedsport Speedway on Sunday, May 17th. The Empire State Challenge will also feature DIRTcar Modifieds. Don’t miss the “Greatest Show on DIRT”!