Accord Speedway opens 62nd racing season on Tuesday, featuring dirt cars
The dirt-racing season for Accord Speedway was supposed to get underway on Friday with the first of 17 scheduled nights of all-division racing but the week-long rains left the track too wet to race. The opener will actually be a special Tuesday night card, Battle at the Bullring.
The weekly slate of racing on the quarter-mile track includes divisions for modified, sportsman, pure stock, four-cylinder, all-star and junior slingshots and rookie sportsman.
The top five finishers in points for 2022 are as follows:
Modified – Dan Creeden 637 points; Jimmy Wells 618; Joe Judge 577; Danny Tyler 572; Daniel Morgiewicz 568
Sportsman – Travis Green 686; Jimmy Johnson 670; Tyler Johnston 662; Kevin Stevens 569; Jared LaBagh 530
Pure stock – John Hechinger 682; Walt Henry 660; Jayden Sleight 580; Joe Narok 566; Brian Walsh 492
Four-cylinder – Brandon Conklin 654; Tim DeGrote 628; Chris Dyer 600; George Barringer 522; Ed King 488
NEWS sprints – Charles Weslowski 344; Eric Jennings 286; Steve Kyzer 258; Dan Malley 216; Jeremy Quick 148
All-star slingshots – Amber Baccaglini 630; Sophia Spear 576; Madison Lewis 488; Rob Chamello 486; Alex McCann 384
Junior slingshots – Brayden Traver 618; Calleigh Stritmater 580; Walt Henry IV 566; E.J. Hatch 554; Bodie Marks 548
Weekly grandstand admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors (age 65-over) and children (11-under) are $3. Parking is free. Concessions are available, including beer.
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Accord 2023 schedule
Regular-season events
Friday, May 5: All divisions, plus vintage cars (rained out)
Friday, May 12: All divisions, plus NEWS sprints
Friday, May 19: All divisions, plus vintage cars
Friday, May 26: All divisions, plus NEWS sprints
Friday, June 2: All divisions, plus vintage cars
Friday, June 9: All divisions, plus NEWS sprints
Friday, June 16: All divisions, plus vintage cars
Friday, June 23: All divisions
Friday, June 30: All divisions, fireworks night
Friday, July 7: All divisions, plus NEWS sprints; Phil Goetschius Memorial sportsman race
Friday, July 14: All divisions, plus vintage cars; Ron Van Etten Memorial; King of the Catskills modified race
Friday, July 21: All divisions, plus NEWS sprints
Friday, July 28: All divisions, plus vintage cars
Friday, Aug. 4: All divisions
Friday, Aug. 11: All divisions, plus NEWS sprints; Joe Winne & Vinnie DeCicco 55 modified memorial race
Fridays, Aug. 18 and 25: Track closed, summer break
Friday, Sept. 1: All divisions, plus vintage cars
Friday, Sept. 8: All divisions, final points night
Special events
Tuesday, May 9: Short Track Super Series: Battle of the Bullring
Saturday, Oct. 7: Great Crate Race
Saturday, Oct. 28: Halloween Havoc
Saturday, Nov. 25: The Gobbler
Motorcycle racing
Saturday, May 27: AMA event
Saturday, Aug. 12: AMA event
Saturday, Sept. 16: AMA event
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: accord-speedway-racing-modified-sportsman-street-stocks-slingshots
