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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
Action Park and Champion Speedway set to host 2nd Annual NY State Indoor Speedway Motorcycle and ATV Championships May 8 at the Chenango Ice Rink.
Well-known local racetracks, Action Park East in Greene and Champion Speedway in Owego, will be hosting an indoor ice racing spectacular for the 2nd time ever at the Chenango ice rink, on the standard size hockey arena surface, May 8, 2010.
The event will serve as The New York State Championships on ice for Speedway motorcycle racing and ATV's. This will mark only the 2nd time a State Ice Championship has been held since 1976 at the Syracuse Arena and the only the third time an indoor event has been hosted locally since 1979 when a large audience witnessed racing at the Broome Arena. Ice Races were held this winter at the Broome Arena and First Arena in Elmira in front of large audiences.
Ironically, the promoter of the events at the Chenango Ice Rink, Jason Bonsignore of Rochester, who owns Action Park and Champion Speedway, is a former professional NHL hockey player and will again be bringing his latest venture to the hockey ice!
The Speedway motorcycles and ATV's that will feature in these programs have over 1,000 razor sharp silver screws in each tire! The Speedway machines have absolutely no brakes, run on methanol, are capable of going from 0 to 60mph in less than 3 seconds and will be sliding totally sideways through the corners. The ATV races will culminate in an insane Main event each night where there will be 6 riders at once in the extremely tight confines and there will be sure to be plenty of bumping and passing.
Riders will be coming in from as far away as North Carolina and California to compete in the two night Championships that will also feature a full field of our local best. Headlining the Professional Speedway Division from out of State will be 3-Time US Open Speedway Champion on dirt and current Ice Racing star, Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell of Brea, CA and experienced ice veteran "Rockstar" Ronnie Kemp of Charlotte, NC. McConnell won the Elmira races and is also a Hollywood stuntman who has appeared in such films as Terminator 3. They will face tough challenges locally as current NY State dirt Title holders, Adam Mittl of Endicott and Gene Bonsignore of Rochester are expected to compete along with speedway legend, Tuff McBride of Windsor, former track Champion at Action Park, Casey Donholt, flat-track Champion Craig Estelle of Windsor, 15 year old sensation, Corey Brookes of Apalachin and a host of others. Dan Hawk of Binghamton, who finished second in the Pro ATV class in Elmira is an early favorite on four wheels along with long-time stars, Steve Kappler, Steve Tarsia, Sean Neal and Rick Ganoung amongst others from the strong contigent of racers in the tri-cities area.
Bonsignore hopes to host events at the Broome County Arena and Chenango Ice Rink again next year. The popular summer dirt seasons at Action Park and Champion Speedway, which attracted thousands of fans weekly in the 70's and 80's and is making a big comeback in recent seasons, begins May 29 in Greene and with a Sunday special on May, 30 at Champion Speedway. Action Park will race one Saturday each month and Champion will race weekly, mostly on Saturdays with some Sunday specials. BMX and night-time motocross racing are also planed at Champion Speedway this summer and the track has added a concrete oval go-kart fun track as well which should be open in mid May.
Start times for the ice race May 8 will be 7:00 pm. Gates will open at 6pm. Ticket prices will be $15.00. Special seating inside the bar and restaurant at the end of the arena will be available for more. Tickets will be available at the arena the night of the race.
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