Spud Speedway News Article
Fall Brawl Outlaw Race Rules
Rule Package for the Outlaw Open Prostock/Late Model/Sportsman Race
- Maximum 10 inch steel wheels.
- American Racer or Hoosier, or Goodyear race tire allowed.
NO tire softener allowed. If caught with tire softener you be disqualified.
Tires are not available at the track
- Overall minimum weight is 2850lbs
4. 56% Left Side Weight
- No Traction control systems
- Minimum 25 laps for up to 10 cars, 11-14 cars 40 laps, 15 plus 50 laps.
This is a race to allow any racer that wants to race from any track in Maine or New Bunswick, race their car as is from their track rules on their tires. The intent of this race is to have a good time racing with others that enjoy our sport and allow a few new people to experience Spud Speedway in what could possibly be its last race. This race isn’t about a huge purse or payday, it is about having a good time at our speedway. Anyone that has a different intent may stay home. I also understand this is not a typical rule package and many will say it’s to open. Please remember the intent of the race, to have a good time enjoying the sport with other that also enjoy the sport. At the end of the day you are only receiving a few dollars and a piece of plastic. So help us return racing to the reason we all got involved in the first place. Thank you and we hope to see many of you here to have some fun with us.
Fall Brawl is Here!
Spud Speedway's Fall Brawl Finale Day Saturday, September 13th
Join us for our last event at Spud Speedway!
Pits Open at 10:00 Grandstands open at 1:00
10:00-12:30 Open Practice for all car classes
12:30 Track closes to all Race Cars and Kart Practice begins
12:30-1:00 Kart Practice
12:45 Driver’s meeting
1:00 Kart Race Heats Kids Karts, Jr. Champ, and Sr.Champ
1:30-2:00 All a Race Cars to the Track for Fan Appreciation and rides!
2:00– Line up for Northern Lights, Street Stock’s right behind them!
2:15pm-Racing Begins
Race Schedule
Heat Races 10 Laps each class
Aroostook Trusses Northern Lights
Aroostook Federal Savings & Loan Street Stocks
Haney’s Building Specialties Fast Fours
Coca Cola Outlaw Sportsman Open
Atlantic Open Wheel Tour
Blacked Out Window Tinting Kart Feature Races
Kids Karts 7 laps
Jr. Champ 10 laps
Sr. Champ 10 laps
Features 20 Laps
Aroostook Trusses Northern Lights
Aroostook Federal Savings & Loan Street Stocks
Haney’s Building Specialties Fast Fours
Coca Cola Outlaw Sportsman Open (Laps to be determined)
Outlaw race to be a non points event
Outlaw race to be open rules to allow all Prostocks, Late Models, and Sportsman Cars
10" rims are legal to use and run your track tire!
Atlantic Open Wheel Tour 35 lap Feature
10 lap Mechanic's Race
50 lap Bomber Race - $10.00 entry fee
(Prize money for 1st-$250, 2nd-$150, 3rd-$100)
Tuff Truck Competition $10.00 entry fee
(Prize money for 1st-$150, 2nd-$100, 3rd-$50)
All in All out Demolition Derby! -$10.00 entry fee
(Prize money for 1st-$300, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100)
Top 5 Cars must report to tech shed immediately straight off the track or you will be disqualified.
Grandstand admission $10.00 16 & up, $5.00 ages 5 to 15, 4 & under free
Family Pass for Grandstand $25.00 for 2 adults & 2 kids
Pit Admission $20.00
Rain date Sunday the 14th same times.
This will be the last event at Spud Speedway under our management. We would love everyone to come out and enjoy one last great day of racing with us!
Weekend Event Canceled
Weekend Event Canceled, 2015 Season Up In the Air
The race scheduled for September 7th will be canceled due to several factors. Based on the limited car count available and the frustration amongst many of the racers we feel it is in the best interest of all parties involved to take one additional week to prepare their cars as well as allowing some much needed cooling off time. We always want to promote a safe and enjoyable environment for all to enjoy.
We will also look to have a great show scheduled for everyone on Saturday, September 13th at 2pm. It will be our final event of the season and the final event at Spud Speedway that will be under my management. Fall Brawl will include fan appreciation events, a full card of racing in all divisions along with the Atlantic Open Wheel Tour, Tuff Truck side by side racing, a Bomber race, and a Demo Derby to finish the day off. More details will come in the following days to outline the overall event.
The status of a 2015 season is unknown at this time. This has been a very difficult decision for me personally, but one that needed to be made for me and my family. In the summer of 2009 the Speedway was slated to close once again, I decided to purchase the track with one goal in mind, to keep the track open so everyone here in the County and New Brunswick had a place to race and enjoy the great sport it can be. Keeping racing alive in the area is still our first priority and we will continue to support the venue going forward. Over the past five years we have worked tirelessly to improve the facility and bring multiple types of entertainment to the area. We have brought concerts of all types, traveling tour races, monster truck shows, and most recently a full blown fair. Unfortunately we have not had enough local support to make any of these events successful from a dollars and cents point of view. We have personally invested 40-50 thousand dollars per year out of our pocket to keep the facility going, which is just not sustainable for any business. Going forward we will look to offer the track out for lease at a very affordable lease for someone else to try a new approach, if no individual shows any interest we will offer it to the racers to develop a Racer Club type of approach where the racers can work together to manage their own events at a very affordable cost. Beyond that we are open to any other suggestions that make sense. In any event we will continue to keep the Race Kart track open for people to enjoy in the upcoming season as we believe this is a big part of the future of racing as a whole. We may also consider the possibility of a few big events throughout the year just to keep the track open and functioning in some type of capacity.
I would like to thank everyone that has supported us during our time operating the speedway and hope everyone understands our situation. We want to thank our sponsors, racers, fans, staff, and all of the folks that put their own hard work and effort in keeping the track alive. None of what we have accomplished would have been possible without everyone’s support. We hope that someone will step forward to continue a 50 year tradition of racing at Spud Speedway and racers will get behind them to support their efforts. We will not look to sell the property and again as stated before, we will look to support the facility going forward to continue the tradition. I hope to see lots of people at our last event to show support for the racers and interest in racing as a whole.
Track owner, Troy Haney
