Bonus Bucks on the line at Fonda Speedway Special
Story By: RON SZCZERBA / FONDA SPEEDWAY MEDIA Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM
Fonda, NY – August 12, 2016- This Saturday, August 13th at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway the modified, A-Verdi sportsman, and pro stock drivers will all compete in three 20-lap main events with bonus money on the line for each division. If one modified driver can win all three of the “Triple 20” feature events, they will be awarded with the STR Trailer $5,000 bonus along with $1,500 to win each segment for a grand total of $9,500!
Demitraszek Enterprises would like to thank STR Trailer owner Mike Sowle for sponsoring the $5,000 bonus to win all three events and there will also be bonus money on the line for drivers in the A-Verdi sportsman and pro stock divisions as well. A-Verdi is the proud sponsor of the sportsman division at both the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park and Fonda Speedway and the management of both tracks would like to thank them for their support as well during the 2016-racing season.
STR Trailer is also sponsoring the STR Trailer Repair Series, a combined point series between both the Glen Ridge and Fonda A-Verdi sportsman divisions. At the end of the season banquet, STR will pay the winner of the $12,711.00 point fund a HEFTY $7,711.00! The series is for the top 15 drivers in the combined point standings for both tracks who will all receive $$ at the end of the 2016 racing season.
“This point fund was developed between the Glen Ridge and Fonda Speedways to reward the drivers who participate weekly at both tracks,” stated Mike Sowle president of his Glen, NY business STR Trailer Repair in a press release earlier this year. “STR is putting up $10,711.00 and the tracks are putting in $1,000.00 from each speedway. This point fund is in addition to the regular Glen Ridge and Fonda point funds which are derived from 50/50 ticket sales as well as any sanctioning series point funds and will be paid out to the top 15 cars in the series.”
The modified drivers are also benefitting from a $10,000 combined point fund for drivers who run regularly at both Glen Ridge and Fonda. “Awesome news, we have just passed the $10,000 mark for the combined modified point fund between the Fonda Speedway and the Glen Ridge Motorsports Park and it’s still growing,” promoter Pete Demitraszek said on the Glen Ridge Facebook page earlier this season.
“The top ten modified drivers racing weekly at both speedways will take part in the “DARE YA” point fund sponsored by Palmer Service Center, Morris Ford and now two other people who wish to remain silent. The “DARE YA” point fund is on top of both tracks regular point funds and any other sanctioning point funds”, according to Demitraszek.
The drivers currently sitting in the top five in the combined modified points between Glen Ridge and Fonda are Jeremy Wilder with 1296 points based on two feature wins at Glen Ridge and one at Fonda, Bobby Varin with 1278 points based on three feature wins at each track, Josh Hohenforst with 1160 based on two feature wins at Glen Ridge and none at Fonda, Jeff Rockefeller with 1066 points based on one feature win at Glen Ridge and none at Fonda, and Craig Hanson with 1045 points based on one feature win at each track.
The drivers currently sitting in the top five in the A-Verdi combined sportsman points between the two tracks are Rocky Warner with 1292 points based on two feature wins at Glen Ridge and four at Fonda, Dave Constantino with 1103 points based on one feature win at Glen Ridge and none at Fonda, Tony Farone with 1073 points based on one feature win at Fonda and none at Glen Ridge, JaMike Sowle with 1071 points based on two feature wins at Glen Ridge and none at Fonda, and Brian Pessolano with 1034 points based on no feature victories at either speedway.
The regular points in the modified division at Fonda going into the “Triple 20’s racing program this Saturday are Wilder with 666 points, Varin and Ronnie Johnson both with 662 points (Ronnie’s points based on four feature wins at Fonda), Hohenforst with 558 points, Bodie Bellinger with 556 points, and Danny Johnson with 548 points.
The regular points in the A-Verdi sportsman division at Fonda show Warner leading the way with 662 points followed by Constantino with 527 points, Tim Hartman Jr. and Chad Edwards both with 511 points and both with one feature win at Fonda, JaMike Sowle with 505 points, and Tony Farone with 499 points.
The regular pro stock points at Fonda have Kenny Gates in the lead with 726 points based on four feature wins followed in the top five by Luke Horning with 655 points and three feature wins, Jason Casey with 626 points with no feature wins, Jim Normoyle with 592 points with no feature wins, Tom Denton and Shane Henderson both with 568 points and both with one feature win at Fonda, Denton’s career first win at the “Track of Champions” coming last Saturday, August 6
So come to the Fonda Speedway this Saturday, August 13 for an exciting racing program in a format that isn’t usually used any more that being the “Triple 20’s! Racing will start at 7:30 p.m. with the rookie sportsman and street stock divisions both having the night off. Please also come to the track early and visit the Fonda Speedway Museum, which is open every Saturday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. up until at least race time or beyond!
For more information about the Fonda Speedway you can go to their website www.fondaspeedway.com
