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Fonda Speedway Set for Return to Prominence in 2019 with New Promotions, Reduced Admission & Increased Pay Structures

FONDA, NY – Since 1953, the legendary Fonda
Speedway has played host to the Northeast’s most talented competitors and
passionate fans.

For 2019, the
‘Track of Champions’ is poised for a return to prominence.

With a new
management team under the BD Motorsports Media LLC promotion, Fonda Speedway launches
into the ’19 campaign with reduced admission, special events and larger purse
structures. It’s truly a ‘win-win-win’ for fans of the Montgomery County
half-mile track.

Admission for
Adults has been rolled back to $11 for weekly Saturday night events in ’19.
Seniors (ages 65 and up) pay $9. Kids 11 and under are FREE.

New for ’19
is the Fonda Speedway ‘Dollar Day’ scheduled for May 18 featuring $1 admission
into the grandstands. This event will feature all classes including the
Modifieds.

All Fonda
divisions will race for more money in ’19. The Modifieds will compete for
$2,400 to win, $500 for 10th and $250 to start weekly, a pay
structure that totals $12,775.

Crate 602
Sportsman now battle for a $700 top prize minimum and $100 to take the green.
But it gets better: on 10 Saturday nights during the season, Eric Orozco Racing
has risen the stakes, offering $1,000 to win.

Both the
Modified and Sportsman competitors will be eligible to participate in the
lucrative American Racer Cup presented by Sunoco program which distributes
$51,450 cash and hundreds of tire certificates annually to teams competing at
American Racer tracks across the Northeast.

Pro Stocks race
for $500 weekly and a boosted $75 to start.

Limited
Sportsman, Street Stocks and Four Cylinder Cruisers will all be paid throughout
the field in the ’19 season.

For the first
time ever, the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By
Sunoco invades Fonda Speedway with the $10,000-to-win ‘Firecracker 50’ on
Wednesday, July 3.  This event will have
promotional support from John Lakata, who organized the wildly successful
‘Jack’ event at the track in 2015.

Also of note,
the famed Fonda 200 makes its comeback for the first time since 2002. This
three-day festival, planned for Sept. 26-28, will be highlighted by the
$20,000-to-win ‘200’ for big-block/small-block Modifieds.

Open practice
is planned for April 13, with Opening Night to follow on April 20.

A new Fonda
Speedway website is live at www.thefondaspeedway.com. A Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/thefondaspdwy and the speedway is on Twitter:
@thefondaspdwy. The Fonda Speedway office phone is 518.915.4395.

Since 1953,
the ‘Track of Champions’ Fonda Speedway has hosted the best in stock car
racing. Now under the management of BD Motorsports Media LLC, the speedway will
operate weekly on Saturday nights from April through August plus several
special events. Fonda Speedway is located on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds
off New York State Thruway Exit No. 28 at 21 S. Bridge Street Fonda, NY 12068.

Fonda
Speedway is on the web at www.thefondaspeedway.com. To learn more, call the office at
518.915.4395, like Fonda Speedway on Facebook www.facebook.com/thefondaspdwy or follow on Twitter: @thefondaspdwy.

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