Archive for September 1st, 2008

Uhrig, Gomes, Levesque Join List of Winners as Seekonk Speedway Celebrates Labor Day

Seekonk, MA — The Labor Day tradition continued at Seekonk Speedway on Sunday, August 31 with their ever popular Thrill Show. The show featured 8 different events on the card.

The day began with over 75 cars partaking in the fourth Spectator Drag event of the season. In the end, it was Chris Gomes’ 78 Camaro besting Michael Vincent and his 91 Mitsubishi VR4 in a two lap finale. The mid-summer special winner Al Amarantes finished third in his 94 Camaro.
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Wall Turkey Derby XXXV on for Nov. 28-29

Details on wallspeedway.com Sept. 7

Wall Township, NJ — There will be a Turkey Derby XXXV at Wall Township Speedway Nov. 28-29.

WTS’s General Partners have made an agreement with its Operations Manager, Jim Morton, to reopen the 57-year-old banked paved one-third-mile oval for as many as six dates in November. The first three dates are for practice sessions leading up to the post-Thanksgiving Day classic with Nov. 30 set aside as a rain date.

‘I got the agreement call from General Partner Timm Shinn 7:30 p.m. Saturday,’ said Morton Aug. 31. ‘The practice dates are set for Saturdays Nov. 15, Nov. 22 and also the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Nov. 24.’
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