RGeeProductions
03-09-2012, 09:08 PM
With the start of the 2012 season at Lehighton’s Mahoning Valley Speedway just a few weeks away, race teams will be happy to know that there will be five days of Test and Tune to make ready for the April 14 lid-lifter.
March 24, 25, 31 and April 1 and 7 are the dates in which racers can take advantage of practice as well as registration and inspection of their cars.
Test and Tune days will run from noon until 4:00 p.m. Grandstand admission is free. Anyone wishing to enter into the pits will be charged a fee of $15.00, that price includes those wishing to practice.
All regular weekly classes of cars that compete at the paved quarter-mile oval, Modifieds, Late Models, Street Stocks, Dirt Mods and 4-Cylinder Stocks are encouraged to join in the test sessions as well as those touring series’ that will be in action such as INEX Legends, Micro Stocks, TQ Midgets and 4c Super Modifieds.
The start of the regular season begins on Saturday, April 14 at 6:00 p.m. with a regular five division program. The following week, April 21, the American Three Quarter Midget Racing Association will join the card.
The first of three much anticipated Mahoning Valley Modified Madness Series Triple 25s will be run on April 28. There will be a $6000 purse to be divided amongst the top overall point finishers in the series. The champ will earn $2000 with $1500 to the runner-up, $1000 for 3rd, $700 for 4th, $500 for 5th and $300 to 6th plus all regular monies being paid for each night of racing in those respective shows.
The Modified Triple 25’s will consist of three 25-lap features on their respective race nights and each feature paying $1000-to-win. June 16 and August 11 are the dates for the other Triple 25s. A 100-lap season finale on October 6 is also part of the series.
More news about the 2012 season can be found on the track’s website at http://www.mahoningvalley-speedway.com/ You can also follow along on FACEBOOK. Mahoning Valley Speedway is located on PA route 443, two miles west of Lehighton.
Dino Oberto
March 24, 25, 31 and April 1 and 7 are the dates in which racers can take advantage of practice as well as registration and inspection of their cars.
Test and Tune days will run from noon until 4:00 p.m. Grandstand admission is free. Anyone wishing to enter into the pits will be charged a fee of $15.00, that price includes those wishing to practice.
All regular weekly classes of cars that compete at the paved quarter-mile oval, Modifieds, Late Models, Street Stocks, Dirt Mods and 4-Cylinder Stocks are encouraged to join in the test sessions as well as those touring series’ that will be in action such as INEX Legends, Micro Stocks, TQ Midgets and 4c Super Modifieds.
The start of the regular season begins on Saturday, April 14 at 6:00 p.m. with a regular five division program. The following week, April 21, the American Three Quarter Midget Racing Association will join the card.
The first of three much anticipated Mahoning Valley Modified Madness Series Triple 25s will be run on April 28. There will be a $6000 purse to be divided amongst the top overall point finishers in the series. The champ will earn $2000 with $1500 to the runner-up, $1000 for 3rd, $700 for 4th, $500 for 5th and $300 to 6th plus all regular monies being paid for each night of racing in those respective shows.
The Modified Triple 25’s will consist of three 25-lap features on their respective race nights and each feature paying $1000-to-win. June 16 and August 11 are the dates for the other Triple 25s. A 100-lap season finale on October 6 is also part of the series.
More news about the 2012 season can be found on the track’s website at http://www.mahoningvalley-speedway.com/ You can also follow along on FACEBOOK. Mahoning Valley Speedway is located on PA route 443, two miles west of Lehighton.
Dino Oberto