Smacktoberfest set to smash at Speedbowl
Waterford, CT – This Saturday, October 24 marks Waterford Speedbowl’s annual Smacktoberfest, featuring the affordable family fun and season ending smashing Speedbowl fans have come to love. With the racing season over the goal is set on turning the Speedbowl into an enormous junkyard of motorized mayhem.
Nobody smashes and sends stuff on wheels to the graveyard better than the ‘Bowl. Smacktoberfest sees the return of the Rollover Contest introduced earlier this year plus two Demo Derbies, the Speedbowl’s version of mechanical cage fights. Fans are in for prime viewing of the pulverizing hits and destruction that will ensue inside “the box”.
The 100 foot spectator drags, which grew to become a crowd favorite from their introduction during August, takes a break from the destruction and provides one last opportunity this year for Speedbowl fans to take on the shoreline oval’s front stretch. Any registered street car and driver can sign up to compete in the single elimination round competition. Many memorable battles have occurred already this year, including at the 97.7 WCTY Back to School Bash where a rematch among the finalists was ordered by the thousands in attendance.
Back by popular demand to cap the carnage is the always-erratic, always-entertaining, always-unpredictable Speedbowl Trailer Race. Fans will watch as vehicles, with a trailer in tow, race around the track trying to be the last to survive with their trailer and tow vehicle intact and rolling. Trailers are required to be loaded with cargo, often an enjoyable spectacle itself, which quickly becomes obstacles, or targets, for obliteration. Contact is necessary to knock the competitor’s trailer or car out of commission.
A Ski Race and other surprises as only the Speedbowl delivers are on tap when the action gets underway at 2:00pm. Adult admission is $14, youth 6 through 14 are $5, and children 5 and under are free making it a day of fun for the whole family. The Speedbowl encourages fans to arrive early to pick out a good seat for viewing and avoid lines. The grandstands open at 12:00pm.
For more information on Smacktoberfest and other Speedbowl news, please visit www.speedbowl.com or contact the track office at 860.442.1585.
Sources: Waterford Speedbowl PR