Congratulations to Delaware Speedway!!!DELAWARE, ON - Delaware Speedway was recently named “Best First Year Track” by NASCAR. The award was announced as part of the recently completed “Speedweeks” celebrations in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sixty-seven tracks across North America participated in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series in 2004.“It’s great to be recognized by NASCAR,” said Delaware Speedway General Manager Kevin Bulmer. “The honour is a direct reflection on the race teams, fans, sponsors and staff members who work so hard to produce one of the best weekly racing shows in North America.”
Delaware Speedway began racing as part of the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series last year. Along with Autodrome St-Eustache in Quebec, they were the first tracks ever to be sanctioned by NASCAR outside of the United States.
The 2004 championship chase, the track’s first as part of NASCAR, was one of the most exciting in recent memory. The battle came down to the final night, with Scott Lindsay of St. Marys and Steve Robblee of Dorchester within a point of each other for the title. Lindsay won and became the first NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series champion at Delaware Speedway. His season was good enough for fourth overall in NASCAR’s Heartland Region.
“Throughout the 2004 season we had several visits from NASCAR staff members,” Bulmer said. “They all commented that we had ‘something special’ here at Delaware. We’re just so proud of how our competitors represented the track, the province and, really, the whole country in our first year with NASCAR. Years down the road, we’ll probably look back on 2004 as the start of something really exciting.”
Delaware Speedway’s 2005 season begins on Saturday, April 23.
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