Brett Deyo Seems To Have Found His Niche In Racing

Column By: DYLAN FRIEBEL / RPW – MILLSBORO, DE – In today’s day and age of high costs to run a race car and declining car counts, Brett Deyo has found his niche in racing.

Deyo seems to be able to put out a product that nobody has seen in some time in the Northeast.

Few race tracks in Big Block country run sail panels weekly anymore. Afton, Accord, and Five Mile Point are some of the few that come to mind. They are different from the normal style body panels. Even at first, I didn’t like the look of them. However, they’ve grown on me. To have two traveling series, one with and one without sail panels, is pretty cool.

Brett has managed to make the ‘big race’ that comes around to your local track affordable to go to.

“We don’t want to charge a lot,” Brett told me when I got the chance to speak with him at Afton. “Like the Short Track Super Nationals are $22 to get in compared to $30 bucks some other big races charge.”

He puts butts in the seats each and every event.

While originally hailing from New York, Deyo now resides in Delaware and is the head man running the famed Georgetown Speedway. He’s helping to bring the track back to what it once used to be. As for his Short Track Super Series, Deyo has pull with the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and even Maryland drivers to get them to come up north and test their skills against the best we have to offer.

Brett has been able to pull an amazing 190+ Different Drivers to compete in his North Region in a short schedule of just nine events. From his lowest car count of 38 at his event at Afton in June to a whopping 62 at Orange County for the Hard Clay Finale, you can see the popularity of this series.

He was only seven short of the amount to take a qualifying time for the Eastern States 200 the next day.

This is a young man who knows how to attract drivers and fans alike. for example, he added a very-exciting American Racer Cup dash at the Short Track SuperNationals held at Afton earlier this month. Ryan Watt won the dash and came away with a cool $2,000 for six laps of racing.

One thing Deyo is, though, is appreciative of those who support him.

“Thank you to all the race teams who have supported us this year,” he said at the drivers meeting for the Hard Clay Finale last Thursday. “It’s been a great North Region this year. We can’t believe the level of support. To go to a track such as Woodhull who struggles with car counts and get as many as we did speaks to what we are doing.”

Personally, I’ve had the chance to attend five of the nine North Series events this year, and I have to say, Brett Deyo is exactly what local dirt racing needs…a down-to-earth, honest, race promoter. He’s not afraid to go up against giants and is able to get massive cars counts, trying to qualify for events that may send more than half those cars home. Even Bridgeport Speedway Modified Champion Ryan Watt didn’t make the Short Track SuperNationals field at Afton…and he’s quickly becoming a household name.

If you haven’t been to one of his races, you’re missing out. Don’t doubt the ability of the Promoter from New York and open your eyes to the success that’s right in front of you. Despite the rising costs to put on shows, even down to food costs, at all tracks across the country, Brett Deyo puts quality events on the track, butts in the seats, and showcases just a good quality product.

Huge crowds, good car counts, quality talent and good racing…that’s what makes the Short Track Super Series successful, and is making many people a believer in Brett Deyo.