Story By: CURTIS BERLEUE / EMPIRE SUPER SPRINTS – VERNON, NY – After qualifying, heats and the Kinney’s Kar Kare dash were complete on Friday night at the Utica-Rome Speedway, Mother Nature decided she had other plans for the remainder of the evening as the skies opened, ultimately postponing the remainder of the event.
28 cars had signed in for the nights action at the Vernon, NY oval. In timed hot lap action, Jonathan Preston, Danny Varin and Matt Farnham each earned Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. E&V Energy heat wins went to Billy VanInwegen, Jeff Cook and Jordan Poirier. Matt Tanner picked up the Kinney’s Kar Kare/Cobra Coaches dash.
Just before the Lacaillade Masonry B-Main could hit the track, the skies opened and soaked the grounds to the point where the rest of the night’s events had to be postponed. The remaining events (B-Main and A-Main) are now scheduled for completion on Friday September 8. Only cars that were in attendance on Friday August 4 will be eligible to compete on September 8. Drivers and teams should save their wristbands for entry on September 8.
The Empire Super Sprints are back in action on Saturday August 5th at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY followed by a trip north of the border to Autodrome Granby and Autodrome Drummond on August 25 and 26.