Nelcar Announces 2013 Schedule
The 2013 Nelcar schedule has been released. The 20th season for the popular North East Legends Tour consists of a 27 race schedule across six race tracks, as once again the Nelcar Tour holds one of the most diverse schedules in the area. Once again, all races will hold INEX sanctioning and count towards the US Legends Cars national point standings.
The highlights of the new schedule include a larger presence with the Pro All Stars Series, as the Tour will be running companion events five times over the course of the season at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and Oxford Plains Speedway. Included in that is the Tour running on one of the biggest stages in all of short track racing, the Oxford 250 weekend on July 20-21. Also included are the season opener and finales for the PASS North Tour.
The schedule however, will start up with the re-opening of Wiscasset Raceway, which was purchased last season by Richard Jordan as he looks to bring the track back to life. The Tour was always a mainstay at the facility and will race at the high banked 3/8th mile four times during the 2013 season.
Another highlight on the schedule is the double weekend with Speedway 95 and the Tour’s first trip to Caribou,Maine’s Spud Speedway for the USA-Canada Legends Car Challenge, June 29-30. This weekend was crafted to help the teams financially as Speedway 95 is right on the ride to Caribou and give the teams the opportunity to race twice in one weekend.
Thursday Thunder is back as well in 2013 as it’s been a mainstay on the Tour for more than a decade as the Legends Cars are the fastest and most competitive division on Thursday nights at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway. Each of the past three Thursday Thunder championships have been won by different drivers, and Bob Weymouth, Evan Beaulieu and 2012 champion Matt Bourgoine are all slated to return to Thursday Thunder in 2013 and duel for the title.
Star Speedway is the lone New Hampshire track on the schedule with three races at the quarter mile. New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which has had a large chunk of the schedule for the past few seasons, is not on the 2013 schedule. The Speedway Motorsports Inc. owned facility will host a variety of oval and road course races next season, giving more options to all the drivers to race as much as they want.
Over the past few years, Nelcar has been recognized as one of the fastest growing and most professional Tours in all of Legends Car racing, and their 20th seasons looks promising to be even better. To keep updated during the off season, be sure to like Nelcar on Facebook and follow NelcarLegends on Twitter. For information on how you can get into the fun and competitive Legends Car racing, call Terry Kirk at 207-353-2866. For more news, information and the complete schedule, visit Nelcar.net.
Date Day of week Track
April 6, 2013 Saturday Wiscasset Raceway, Wiscasset, ME
April 20, 2013 Saturday Speedway 95, Hermon, ME
April 21, 2013 Sunday Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME PASS North Opener
May 4, 2013 Saturday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME PASS North Weekend
May 11, 2013 Saturday Star Speedway, Epping, NH
May 18, 2013 Saturday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Open Practice
May 25, 2013 Saturday Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford,ME
June 2, 2013 Sunday Beech Ridge MotorSpeedway, Scarborough, ME Arrive and Drive
June 8, 2013 Saturday Star Speedway, Epping,NH
June 13, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
June 20, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
June 22, 2013 Saturday Wiscasset Raceway, Wiscasset,ME
June 27, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
June 29, 2013 Saturday Speedway 95, Hermon, ME
June 30, 2013 Sunday Spud Speedway, Caribou, ME USA-Canada Challenge
July 4, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
July 6, 2013 Saturday Wiscasset Raceway, Wiscasset,ME
July 11, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
July 18, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
July 20, 2013 Saturday Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME PASS North Event
July 25, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
August 1, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
August 8, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
August 15, 2013 Thursday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME Thursday Thunder
August 17, 2013 Saturday Star Speedway, Epping,NH
August 30, 2013 Friday Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME
September 7, 2013 Saturday Wiscasset Raceway, Wiscasset,ME
September 14, 2013 Saturday Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME PASS North 400 Weekend
September 28, 2013 Saturday Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME PASS North Event
Sources: Evan Beaulieu/NELCAR PR