Sprint Cars Return To Weedsport For Sunday’s ESS Legends Reunion

Story By: DAN KAPUSCINSKI / WEEDSPORT SPEEDWAY – WEEDSPORT, NY – Sprint Cars will once again be the featured attraction at Weedsport Speedway on Sunday, August 11 as the stars of the Empire Super Sprints Tour invade The Port for the annual ESS Legends Reunion powered by Pit Stop Convenience Stores.

The event will come on the heels of the ESS Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductions at the Northeast DIRT Modified Hall of Fame Museum.

This Sunday will mark the first of two stops for the ESS to Weedsport in 2019 and they will be led by current ESS point leader, Paulie Colagiovanni.

As of August 5, Colagiovanni has four wins on the season and leads series veteran, Chuck Hebing, by 134-points. Colagiovanni has surely come into his own this season behind the wheel of the No. 10C, racking up 11 Top 5 finishes and 14 Top 10 runs so far this season.

Hebing, Jason Barney, Davie Franek and Matt Tanner complete the top five in the current standings with Billy VanInwegen, Shawn Donath, Scott Holcomb, Jonathan Preston and Kyle Moffit in the top ten.

While Colagiovanni leads the tour with four wins, he is joined by Barney, Franek, Tanner, VanInwegen, Preston, Josh Pieniazek, Larry Wight and Dylan Westbrook as winners this year on the ESS schedule.

The DIRTcar Sportsman will return to Weedsport this Sunday as well.

Kevin Root and Jackson Gill have led the way this season in the Sportsman ranks, while Kyle Inman is the most recent winner. Other Victory Hill hopefuls on Sunday include Jessica Power, AJ Miller, Matt Guererri, Zach Sobotka, Nick Guererri and more.

The DIRT Modified Nostalgia will round out a three division racing program this Sunday.

Pit gates will open on August 11 at 4 p.m. with grandstand gates opening at 5 p.m. Racing will start for the evening at 7 p.m.

General admission seating is set at $15 with kids 11-17 only $5. Kids 10 and under are FREE.

Member pit pass admission is $25, non-member is $30.

Reserved camping is still available for $30 per night. General camping is $24 per night.