Airborne Park Speedway Schedule Set for 71st Year
PLATTSBURGH, Ny. — The roar of engines will once again fill the North Country air this summer with another year of racing set to take place in Plattsburgh. The 2025 schedule is now out and only a short six weeks remain until the season opener.
Opening day is set for Sunday, April 13 at 2:00PM. The 358 modifieds, sportsman modifieds, renegades and mini stocks will be joined by the limited sportsman and the new crown vic division, which made its Airborne Park Speedway debut during last year’s championship weekend. Saturday, April 19, will be the second race of 2025. The Sprint Cars of New England will be in town for the first of two appearances at Airborne Park in 2025.
May holds a pair of monster events back-to-back, as the DIRTcar 358 modified tour blows into town, bringing the DIRTcar sportsman eastern region tour with it on Thursday, May 22. Just a week later, the Short Track Super Series modifieds will be back for the second annual “Adirondack Invasion,” which last year was won by Anthony Perrego driving Bob Hentschel’s car No. 4.
June brings back topless night on Saturday, June 14 where the sportsman will run without roofs, allowing the fans to get a better view of the drivers at work. Additionally, the Mohawk Valley Vintage Dirt Modifieds will be on the card as well as the visiting pro stocks and the season first enduro, with a full complement of other regular classes. The following week brings a Wednesday night race on June 18.
July kicks off with the Independence Day special on Thursday, July 3 featuring one of the biggest and brightest displays of fireworks in the entire North Country, as well as another pro stock race and another enduro. July 10 is an off week, with racing resuming on Thursday, July 17 with a full card plus kids’ bike races.
August’s highlights include “Make a Wish” night on Saturday, August 9, featuring the Sprint Cars of New England plus pro stocks and all the regular divisions, minus the 358 modifieds. August 21 is the Vermont 200 qualifier for the sportsman, with the feature winner earning a guaranteed starting spot in the biggest crate sportsman race anywhere, the Labor Day Weekend Vermont 200 at Devil’s Bowl. Airborne Park celebrates the kids going back to school with another Wednesday night special on August 27 with the popular backpack giveaway, before the late summer heat gives way to September.
In the final month of racing for 2025, the Canadian Big Block Series comes to town on Sunday, September 7, with another Sunday special on September 14, with the final day of points for the 358 modifieds. Sunday, September 21 is a built-in rain date only to be used if needed, and the championship weekend returns on September 28 and 29, with a 50-lap championship feature for the sportsman paying $5,000 to the winner, along with pro stocks, mini sprints, renegades, limited sportsman, crown vics and a 50-lap, $1,000-to-win enduro. It is the most racing packed into two days you’ll find anywhere!
Last year saw the return of Mike and Alayne Bruno to the Speedway as promoters since 2015 during the last pavement era and their first year back was full of excitement and great racing. Elizabethtown’s Mike Mahaney, a North Country transplant originally from New York’s southern tier, earned the 358 modified championship in a close battle with dirt-track legend Tim Fuller. Canadian driver Donovan Lussier won the sportsman modified title in his first season at Airborne Park, driving in the Boissonneault Racing No. 61. The renegade champion was Shawn Duquette, from Morrisonville, and Ryan Senecal won the mini stock title.
This year, the regular addition of the limited sportsman is expected to foster growth in the sport, giving drivers a chance to move up into an open-wheel car in a more user-friendly environment than a direct jump into the ultra-competitive sportsman modified class.
The full schedule is available online at https://www.airborneparkspeedwayny.com/ or on the MyRacePass app.
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Sources: Airborne Park Speedway PR