By DIRT MotorSports PR
WEEDSPORT, N.Y. – Among the most highly anticipated announcements made during the entire off-season, DIRT MotorSports officials recently confirmed the 2005 Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series schedule.
The Advance Auto Parts SDS remains a major component of the overall Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT Modified Championship, which continues to be recognized as one of the most prestigious titles a driver can hold in auto racing today.
"We've put together another great schedule this year with the addition of some new tracks," said Bobby Hartslief, DIRT MotorSports' Chief Operating Officer. "We're mixing in these new markets with our traditional stops enabling more fans around the Northeast the chance to be a part of the big show."
The 2005 edition of this 30 year-old championship run will be contested at 16 tracks throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and North Carolina, along with the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Twenty-five scheduled Advance Auto Parts SDS events will once again carry valuable points with each race counting directly towards the coveted crown. [Please visit www.dirtmotorsports.com and click on the Advance Auto Series logo to view the complete 2005 Modified tour schedule]
The Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series kicks off on March 26 with a trip to Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway before the region's top traveling teams venture to Central New York for the 25th DIRT Challenge Cup at Rolling Wheels Raceway on May 1. The first holiday week opens with the return of big-block racing to Lowe's (May 25) and Delaware (May 26) before closing with the 14th DIRT Hall of Fame Classic at Cayuga County Fair Speedway on May 29 of Memorial Day Weekend.
Along with the renewal of trips to Lernerville (Pa.), New Egypt (N.J.), Tri-City (Pa.) and Williams Grove (Pa.) speedways, traditional stops closer to DIRT NorthEast's homebase are made in New York and Canada before the champion is crowned during the inaugural running of Atlantic Coast Championship Weekend, Oct. 21-23, at Bridgeport (N.J.) Speedway.
After a 21-year absence from the DIRT tour, Albany-Saratoga (N.Y.) Speedway will host a 100-lap Advance Auto SDS event on June 28. In the 1984 'Super Shoot-Out' at Albany-Saratoga, Merv Treichler, Kenny Tremont and Jimmy Horton won 50-lap feature races while Horton collected first-place points for being the best overall finisher.
Under the promotion of Vince Vicari, big-block DIRT Modified action returns to Williams Grove for the first time since 1992 and following it's recent acquisition by DIRT MotorSports, Lernerville has secured a Super DIRT Series date after waiting seven years. Brett Hearn won the last event staged at 'The Grove' while Danny Johnson captured Lernerville's checkered flag in 1998.
Other additions to the 2005 big-block agenda include returns visits to Fulton Speedway (first time since 2000), Brewerton (2001), Tri-City (2002) and New Egypt (2003), which is slated to host three events during the upcoming oval-track campaign.
Points earned in the season-long Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series will once again account for the bulk of the points issued to determine the overall Hoosier-Sunoco Mr. DIRT Champion. A new twist in 2005 is that only the best five feature finishes from a driver's hometrack will be figured into the overall total instead of hometrack bonus points that were awarded in the past.
Time Trials will lead off every extra-distance big-block event, with the two-fastest joining the top heat race qualifiers in a special pre-race redraw to determine feature starting positions.
Drivers eligible to use provisional starting positions are only those members of the inaugural 'Elite 11' --- a select group of big-block stars that recently reached an agreement to compete in every SDS event.
The DIRT MotorSports™ Advance Auto Parts Modified Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Dynomax Performance Exhaust, Hoosier Racing Tire, Sunoco Race Fuels and DART Machinery. Promotional Partners include AMB i.t., RACEceiver and Zippo Lighters and the contingency sponsors are Bilstein Shocks, Dynomax, MSD Ignitions and Wrisco Industries.
2005 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS MODIFIED SUPER DIRT SERIES
Day-Date Track (Laps) Location
Mon-Feb 14 Volusia Speedway Park (30L-NP)......................Barberville, FL
Tue-Feb 15 Volusia Speedway Park (30L-NP)......................Barberville, FL
Wed-Feb 16 Volusia Speedway Park (30L-NP)......................Barberville, FL
Fri-Feb 18 Volusia Speedway Park (50L-NP)......................Barberville, FL
Sat-Mar 26 Hagerstown Speedway (100L)...........................Hagerstown, MD
Sun-May 1 Rolling Wheels Raceway (100L)........................Elbridge, NY
Wed-May 25 Lowe's Motor Speedway (50L)...........................Concord, NC
Thr-May 26 Delaware Int'l Speedway (100L).........................Delmar, DE
Sun-May 29 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (100L)..............Weedsport, NY
Tue-Jun 14 Lernerville Speedway (100L).............................Sarver, PA
Wed-Jun 22 New Egypt Speedway (100L).............................New Egypt, NJ
Tue-Jun 28 Albany-Saratoga Speedway (100L)....................Malta, NY
Mon-Jul 4 Rolling Wheels Raceway (100L)........................Elbridge, NY
Thr-Jul 7 Lebanon Valley Speedway (100L).....................West Lebanon, NY
Sun-Jul 10 Cornwall Motor Speedway (100L)......................Cornwall, ONT
Mon-Jul 11 Autodrome Drummond (100L)...........................Drummondville, QUE
Sun-Jul 31 Tri-City Speedway (100L)..................................Franklin, PA
Thr-Aug 11 Canandaigua Speedway (100L)........................Canandaigua, NY
Wed-Aug 24 New Egypt Speedway (100L)............................New Egypt, NJ
Wed-Aug 31 Brewerton Speedway (100L).............................Brewerton, NY
Sun-Sep 4 Cayuga County Fair Speedway (100L).............Weedsport, NY
Mon-Sep 5 Rolling Wheels Raceway (100L).......................Elbridge, NY
Sat-Sep 10 Lebanon Valley Speedway (200L)....................West Lebanon, NY
Sun-Sep 18 Rolling Wheels Raceway (200L).......................Elbridge, NY
Sat-Sep 24 New Egypt Speedway (100L)............................New Egypt, NJ
Sat-Oct 1 Fulton Speedway (200L)...................................Fulton, NY
Sun-Oct 9 New York State Fairgrounds (200L)..................Syracuse, NY
Sun-Oct 16 Williams Grove Speedway (100L) ....................Mechanicsburg, PA
Sun-Oct 23 Bridgeport Speedway (200L) ............................Bridgeport, NJ
*NP = Non-Point event.
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