Super DIRTcar Series Schedule Announced; Home Track Points Program Changed
Story By: COLBY GORNIEWICZ / DIRTCAR – CONCORD, NC – The Super DIRTcar Series is excited to announce its 2018 schedule along with the DIRTcar 358 Modifieds, Sportsman Modifieds and Pro Stocks. A total of 27 tracks will see action in 2018 from February through November across the four DIRTcar Racing divisions.
The premier dirt racing series in the Northeast, the Super DIRTcar Series, will make its annual pilgrimage to DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park to celebrate the Speedway’s 50th year of racing and unofficially kick off the season with a non-points event. The Super DIRTcar Series will benefit from the new expanded event schedule with the Big-Block Modifieds in action for five straight nights from Tuesday to Saturday, Feb. 13-17.
The quest for the Super DIRTcar Series championship will officially begin at Fulton Speedway on April 28 as the Big-Block Modifieds return to action at the High Bank Holdup. The Series heads to New Jersey on Wednesday, May 16 for a date at Bridgeport Speedway. Additional highlights on the Super DIRTcar Series schedule include a second date for Brewerton (NY) Speedway, now June 15 and Sept. 14. Brett Hearn’s BIG Show 9 at Albany-Saratoga Speedway on June 26 is a can’t miss event.
The end of July Weedsport Speedway hosts a monster back-to-back event when the Super DIRTcar Series visits the .337-mile oval for the Hall of Fame 100 on Saturday, July 28. The following night the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series take center stage. Last year at the Hall of Fame 100, Stewart Friesen narrowly edged out Tim McCreadie at the finish line to take home the trophy, making it one of the most exciting finishes of the season.
“We’re really excited to do a back-to-back at the end of July,” said Weedsport Speedway Promoter Jimmy Phelps. “We tried to do this event in the spring and the fall the past couple of years, but the weather killed us; we’re just really excited to get a mid-Summer date where hopefully this can build a foundation of marquee events at Weedsport Speedway.”
Coming off a big weekend at Weedsport, the Series will visit Fonda Speedway on August 1 for the fourth annual Jack Johnson Tribute race.
One change to Series schedule that will benefit race fans will be when Mr. DIRT Track USA switches from a Thursday night to Saturday, Sept. 1 at Lebanon Valley Speedway.
This year will mark the 47th annual NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week. Race fans all agree, last year’s NAPA Super DIRT Week was one of the greatest events in recent history. A last-lap pass for the win brought the near capacity crowd to their feet wanting more.
All Dirt Roads will once again lead to Charlotte for the crowning of the 2018 Super DIRTcar Series champion on Thurs-Sat., Nov. 1-3 with the running of the Textron Off Road World Finals.
In addition to the release of the 2018 schedule, DIRTcar Racing is also announcing a change to the DIRTcar Hometrack program. Hometrack points will no longer be collected for the Big-Block Modifieds starting in 2018. Traditionally, in order to compete for the Super DIRTcar Series championship, drivers needed the bonus points they were able to collect from the DIRTcar Hometrack program. Without these points, teams outside of the Central New York hotbed, challenged by the lack of proximity to these weekly tracks, now have a chance to compete for the championship.
“After working with the teams and track promoters, we are confident this will bring positive change to the sport,” said Super DIRTcar Series Director, Mike Perrotte. “One of the many benefits we see with this change is it will alleviate travel costs on teams from having to travel hundreds of miles to a DIRTcar-sanctioned track to collect Hometrack points.”
Year-long discussions were finalized at the Northeast Promoter Meetings in November when DIRTcar Racing officials and track promoters sat down to discuss the change. At the conclusion of the meeting everyone was in agreeance that the elimination of Hometrack points will benefit fans, drivers, teams, and tracks all over the northeast.
Big-Block Modified teams will have the opportunity to try their hand at new tracks and challenge themselves with less familiar territory, while weekly racers can maintain their hometrack advantage against new invaders.
“The goal will be to create new stars in Modified racing and bolster the car counts not only on the Super DIRTcar Series but at weekly track,” added Perrotte.
“A change to the [DIRTcar] Hometrack program will open up the door to new faces giving them the opportunity compete at their weekly tracks,” added Jimmy Phelps. “This change will also allow for a few more weekend shows at weekly tracks that traditionally ran on a week night, you will also see new faces popping into various weekly events.”
| 2018 Super DIRTcar Series Schedule | ||
| Tentative-*Subject to Change* | ||
| Day/Date | Location | Event Name |
| Tuesday, February 13,2018 | Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville Fl | DiRTcar Nationals |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville Fl | DIRTcar Nationals |
| Thursday, February 15, 2918 | Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville Fl | DIRTcar Nationals |
| Friday, February 16, 2018 | Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville Fl | DIRTcar Nationals |
| Saturday, February 17,2018 | Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville Fl | DIRTcar Nationals |
| Saturday, April 28, 2018 | Fulton Speedway, Fulton NY | High Bank Hold-Up |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport NJ | |
| Monday May 28, 2018 | Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport NY | Memorial Day 100 |
| Friday, June 15, 2018 | Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton NY | |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2018 | Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Malta NY | The BIG Show 9 |
| Sunday July 1, 2018 | Cornwall Motor Speedway, Cornwall ON | |
| Thursday, July 05, 2018 | Land of Legends Raceway, Canandaigua NY | |
| Sunday, July 8, 2018 | Utica-Rome Speedway, Vernon NY | Freedom Fighter 100 |
| Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | Outlaw Speedway, Dundee NY | |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2018 | TBA | |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2018 | TBA | |
| Monday, July 23, 2018 | Autodrome Granby, Granby Quebec CA | |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2018 | Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville Que | Racing Stock 100 |
| Saturday, July 28, 2018 | Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport NY | Hall of Fame 100 |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | Airborne Park Speedway, Plattsburgh NY | Battle of Plattsburgh 100 |
| Wednesday, August 1 , 2018 | Fonda Speedway, Fonda NY | Jack Johnson Tribute |
| Monday, August 06, 2018 | Merrittville Speedway, Thoronhold ON CA | Bob St. Amand Sr. Memorial |
| Tuesday, August 07, 2018 | Ransomville Speedway, Ransomville NY | Summer Nationals |
| Saturday, September 1, 2018 | Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon NY | Mr. Dirt Track USA |
| Monday September 3, 2018 | Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport NY | Labor Day Double Play 100 |
| Friday, September 07, 2018 | LeRPM Speedway, St Marcel Quebec CA | |
| Saturday, September 08, 2018 | Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville Quebec | Blackout Race |
| Friday, September 14, 2018 | Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton NY | Duel at the Demon |
| Saturday, September 15, 2018 | Mohawk International Raceway, Hogansburgh NY | Mohawk 100 |
| Saturday, September 22, 2018 | Fonda Speedway, Fonda NY | Thunder Along The Mohawk |
| Sunday, October 07, 2018 | Oswego Speedway, Oswego NY | NAPA Super DIRT Week |
| Friday, October 12, 2018 | Brockville Ontario Speedway, Brockville | The Loud & Dirty Northeast Fall Nationals |
| Thursday, November 01, 2018 | The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord NC | Textron World Finals |
| Friday, November 02, 2018 | The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord NC | Textron World Finals |
| Saturday, November 03, 2018 | The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord NC | Textron World Finals |
