Shane Clanton drives car No. 25, but on Tuesday night at Weedsport Speedway, he was No. 1 all the way. From setting the fastest time in time trials with a new track record to winning his qualifying heat race and picking the pole in the redraw, the Zebulon, Georgia racer led the Finger Lakes 40 flag-to-flag and came out on top in everything when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series completed its Great Northern Tour.
The World of Outlaw Late Models continue their ‘Great Northern Tour’ on Tuesday, June 23 as they head to the Weedsport Speedway for the Finger Lakes 40. The race is event number three of their trip through the Northeast and the third time in the history of the traveling organization that they have visited the one-third mile oval.
Attention Race Teams and Fans: The Route 34 bridge immediately south of the NYS Thruway Weedsport – Auburn – NY Route 34 Exit 40 is under repair with one lane access via stop light. This will cause delays in the traffic pattern.
For Tim McCreadie, Weedsport Speedway is turning into “a small Taj Mahal.” The Watertown racer said the old Weedsport track was a great racing venue, but he credited owner Allan Heinke and manager Jimmy Phelps with having both the racing knowledge and the financial wherewithal to make it even better.
The second running of the annual Sportsman Classic presented by Industrial Tire of CNY will highlight Independence Day Weekend at the Weedsport Speedway. One of the highly anticipated and richest Sportsman events in the northeast is set to take the green on Sunday, July 5th at 7:00PM.
Every night is a shootout when the World of Outlaws Late Models Series comes to town! Returning to #theport for the first time since 2007, the World of Outlaw Late Models will shake up the Finger Lakes as they rumble around the 3/8 mile for 40 laps.
For the first time in 22 years, there was a World of Outlaws sprint car in victory lane at Weedsport Speedway, and it belonged to Donny Schatz. Schatz put his No. 15 car on the pole for Sunday night’s Empire State Challenge by virtue of winning the 12-lap dash and kept it there through the 35-lap feature, leading every single lap en route to the victory.
When the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and the DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds take to Weedsport Speedway for the Empire State Challenge Sunday, May 17, Stewart Friesen will appear in the fields of both races. The three-time Syracuse 200 winner is slated to compete in the No. 33 Doug Emery Motorsports entry in the sprint car feature and then drive Tom Cullen’s No. 1 Westmoreland Golf Course big-block modified.
The World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series will return to Weedsport Speedway for the first time since 1993, but when drivers and fans alike head to the three-eighths mile clay oval, they will see a completely renovated, state-of-the-art racing facility.
5/3/15 – Weedsport Northeast Shootout Recap (Video)