9/16/2020
Georgetown Speedway
Georgetown Speedway October 2 Event Kicks Off Huge Delaware Auto Racing Weekend
GEORGETOWN, DE – A huge weekend of racing in Delaware
gets underway at Georgetown Speedway on Friday, October 2.
The Sussex
County half-mile track roars back into action with the second 2020 appearance
by the wingless Rapid Tire USAC East Coast Sprint Cars featured in qualifying
heat races and a 25-lap feature. The USAC contingent visited Georgetown on July
24 this season with Modified ace Ryan Watt driving Tim Hogues No. 39 to the
victory over Christopher Allen, Steve Drevicki, Billy Van Inwegen and Kyle
Spence.
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Metal Modifieds are back in a $3,000-to-win, 25-lap main as the Georgetown
Sunoco Race Fuels championship battle continues. Joseph ‘Jo Jo Watson thrilled
the Delaware crowd with a victory in the most recent Modified event Sept.
11. Billy Pauch Jr. leads the track
standings with two events (Oct. 2 and Oct. 31) remaining.
For the first
time since the Aug. 25 ‘Blast at the Beach the Chesapeake Paving/J.W. Brown
Trucking Crate 602 Sportsman return with $1,000 going to the winner of the
20-lap main. Joe Toth is currently atop the Crate 602 Sportsman points. Like
their Modified counterparts, the Crate 602 Sportsman have two more
points-paying shows on the schedule: Oct. 2 and Oct. 31.
Completing
the program are the Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars (12 laps), Little
Lincolns (12 laps), Delaware Super Trucks (12 laps) and Delmarva Chargers (12
laps).
Complete race
information for Friday, Oct. 2 has been posted on the Georgetown Speedway
website: https://www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/October2GeneralInfoSheet.pdf
The
Georgetown event will be open to in-person attendance and will be broadcast
LIVE on Dirt Track Digest TV (www.dirttrackdigest.tv).
Once the checkered drops at Georgetown on Oct. 2, attention turns approximately 25 miles to the southwest, where the Cathell familys Delaware International Speedway (Delmar) hosts the 48th annual Camp Barnes Benefit Stock Car race Saturday, Oct. 3 giving teams the opportunity to compete twice during their stay in Delaware.
On the docket
for Delmar Saturday are the Modifieds (25 laps, $3,000 to win), Super Late
Models (25 laps, $3,000 to win), RUSH Late Models (20 laps, $1,000 to win), Crate
602 Sportsman (20 laps, $1,000 to win), Mod Lites (15 laps), Delaware Super
Trucks (12 laps), Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars (12 laps) and Little
Lincolns (12 laps).
Visit www.delawareracing.com for further
information on the Camp Barnes Benefit Stock Car Race.
Georgetown
Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the
intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles
from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.
A website is
live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown Speedway on
Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the speedway hotline at
302.563.GTWN (4896).
