Modified Twin 35s + Pro 4 40 makes for action packed Mahoning Valley Speedway night of racing this Saturday

Modified Twin 35s + Pro 4 40 makes for action packed Mahoning Valley Speedway night of racing this coming Saturday

Story By: Dino Oberto/Mahoning Valley Speedway

Photos By: Walt Smith/RacersGuide.com

(LEHIGHTON, PA. 9-4-17) Coming up this Saturday evening, September 9 at Lehighton’s Mahoning Valley Speedway will be a plentiful share of stock car racing as the Modifieds will partake in a pair of 35-lap features plus the Pro 4 class will battle for 40 laps and regular events for the Late Models, Street Stock, Dirt Mods and Hobby Stocks are slated as well.
Race time is 6:00 pm.
The addition of a second Modified feature is due to the postponement from August 19 which was stopped prior to them coming on track when rain halted the show.
It stands to be a key matchup in several aspects as the battle for the class championship is quite heated between top contenders Kris Graver, Eric Beers, Brian DeFebo and Kyle Strohl.
The race will also serve as the prelude to the following week’s Bill Teel Memorial. That prestigious event is being run in honor of the former driving great, a three time Modified track champion and a Modified owner champion for Tyler Haydt in 2011. Teel passed away in 2012.
The Bill Teel Memorial 4-16s will be staged across four 16-lap features paying $1016 to win each plus the overall winner will receive an additional $1016, a custom trophy and a guaranteed starting spot for the season ending Octoberfast 200 on October 28. 16 was the signature number throughput Teel’s career.
The Pro 4 40 is a $400-to-win main. Heats and handicapping will set the line-up for the feature.
At intermission there will be Kids Big Wheel races sponsored by Hobby Stock driver Trisha Connolly.
Adult general admission is $14. $2.00 off admission price for students, seniors 65 + and active Military. Children 10 and under are FREE.
Pits will open at 11:00 am for anyone who would like to partake in early paid practice which will run from 12:30 to 3:30. Regular practice begins at 4:30. Sign-ins are from 3-4:15.
It was also announced that the August 19 Hobby Stock make-up feature will now be contested on Saturday, September 23.
For additional information log onto www.mahoningvalley-speedway.com or on Facebook at Mahoning Valley Speedway. Mahoning Valley Speedway is located on PA route 443 just a few miles west of Lehighton.