RGeeProductions
10-24-2013, 09:19 PM
Annual thrill show set to deliver big hits and family fun
Waterford Speedbowl puts a wrap on
another season of motorsports entertainment on Saturday when it hosts
Smacktoberfest. Motorized mayhem will be underway as Halloween themed
attractions including a Demolition Derby, Trailer Race, Enduro races plus
Figure 8 and X-Car races highlight the program, which begins at 3:00pm.
Old school Enduro races for both four and eight cylinder cars pays each
event winner $1,000.00 in a winner take all format. True grass-roots
racing, the event puts men and women behind the wheel of former
street-legal cars adapted with basic safety modifications. The races are
scheduled for 100-laps each. Prizes for the best Halloween-themed car in
competition will also be awarded.
The track’s popular X-Car division from its Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday series
will make an appearance at the event, competing in both a traditional race
event as well as a special Flagpole Race with added obstacles which must
be circled during competition.
Smacktoberfest is scheduled to deliver plenty of smashing thrill seekers
love. The event serves as a graveyard for cars and trailers of all shapes
and sizes in the wildly unpredictable Speedbowl Trailer Race, an annual
favorite. Vehicles circle the Speedbowl’s three-eighths mile oval towing
a trailer loaded with assorted cargo in a quest to be the last to survive
with their trailer and tow vehicle intact and rolling. Contact is
necessary to knock a competitor’s trailer or car out of commission, making
anything on track a target for destruction. Participants often construct
and decorate their entries with the season in mind.
Capping off the carnage is a Demolition Derby on the Speedbowl’s front
stretch in front of the crowd. The popular event showcases brave
competitors dueling inside a motorized version of a boxing ring,
delivering pulverizing hits until just one survivor is left with a moving
car to be crowned the champion plus take home a $500.00 prize.
Youth are encouraged to dress in costume to help set the Halloween spirit
and midway and concession decorations of the season will be presented by
Ukleja’s Tree Farm of Quaker Hill.
Grandstands general admission for Smacktoberfest is $18.00 per adult and
$6.00 per youth ages 6 through 14. Children age 5 and under are admitted
free and the Speedbowl offers acres of free parking. “Grab and Go”
tickets are available for purchase online at Speedbowl.com up until event
day and can be claimed at the Will-Call window of the Speedbowl Box Office
on Saturday. Grandstand and pit gates for participants open at 1:00pm and
Smacktoberfest gets underway at 3:00pm.
More information and andetailed schedule of events can be found online at
Speedbowl.com or by contacting the Speedbowl event info line at
860.442.1585.
Brian Darling
Waterford Speedbowl puts a wrap on
another season of motorsports entertainment on Saturday when it hosts
Smacktoberfest. Motorized mayhem will be underway as Halloween themed
attractions including a Demolition Derby, Trailer Race, Enduro races plus
Figure 8 and X-Car races highlight the program, which begins at 3:00pm.
Old school Enduro races for both four and eight cylinder cars pays each
event winner $1,000.00 in a winner take all format. True grass-roots
racing, the event puts men and women behind the wheel of former
street-legal cars adapted with basic safety modifications. The races are
scheduled for 100-laps each. Prizes for the best Halloween-themed car in
competition will also be awarded.
The track’s popular X-Car division from its Wild ‘n Wacky Wednesday series
will make an appearance at the event, competing in both a traditional race
event as well as a special Flagpole Race with added obstacles which must
be circled during competition.
Smacktoberfest is scheduled to deliver plenty of smashing thrill seekers
love. The event serves as a graveyard for cars and trailers of all shapes
and sizes in the wildly unpredictable Speedbowl Trailer Race, an annual
favorite. Vehicles circle the Speedbowl’s three-eighths mile oval towing
a trailer loaded with assorted cargo in a quest to be the last to survive
with their trailer and tow vehicle intact and rolling. Contact is
necessary to knock a competitor’s trailer or car out of commission, making
anything on track a target for destruction. Participants often construct
and decorate their entries with the season in mind.
Capping off the carnage is a Demolition Derby on the Speedbowl’s front
stretch in front of the crowd. The popular event showcases brave
competitors dueling inside a motorized version of a boxing ring,
delivering pulverizing hits until just one survivor is left with a moving
car to be crowned the champion plus take home a $500.00 prize.
Youth are encouraged to dress in costume to help set the Halloween spirit
and midway and concession decorations of the season will be presented by
Ukleja’s Tree Farm of Quaker Hill.
Grandstands general admission for Smacktoberfest is $18.00 per adult and
$6.00 per youth ages 6 through 14. Children age 5 and under are admitted
free and the Speedbowl offers acres of free parking. “Grab and Go”
tickets are available for purchase online at Speedbowl.com up until event
day and can be claimed at the Will-Call window of the Speedbowl Box Office
on Saturday. Grandstand and pit gates for participants open at 1:00pm and
Smacktoberfest gets underway at 3:00pm.
More information and andetailed schedule of events can be found online at
Speedbowl.com or by contacting the Speedbowl event info line at
860.442.1585.
Brian Darling