Auto Racing News - 24 October 2025

This weekend, Outlaw Speedway near Dundee will present its annual Dutch Hoag Memorial. Tonight will offer Empire Super Sprints 360-winged sprint cars in a $4,000-to-win feature on the 4/10-mile clay oval. The mini stocks will also hold a feature tonight. Modifieds and Sportsman will have qualifying races for Saturday's features. Racing starts at 6:40 p.m.

Tomorrow, gates will open at 1:30 p.m., with racing at 3:30 p.m. The modifieds will compete in a 40-lap feature paying $7,777.77, the sportsman will have a $5,777.77-to-win feature, the street stock division will compete in a 50-lap feature for $2,777.77, Hobby stocks will have a $1,777.77 feature, and the CRSA 305-winged sprint cars have a 25-lap feature offering $4,000.

On Saturday, Orange County Fair Speedway will hold an open practice in preparation for next week's Eastern States Weekend. Gates open at 3 p.m., and practice is from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Sunday will be used as a rain date.

Next weekend, the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown will host the 64th annual Eastern States Weekend, beginning Thursday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Oct. 26. They will present the ESW-Will Cagle 200 for the modified division. Thursday night will kick start the racing weekend with the Short Track Super Series Hard Clay Finale. Friday will be the Sportsman 50, Saturday will present the NEWS sprints and 358-modified 100, and Sunday will see the running of the big block Eastern States 200.

This Sunday is the final day of "The Corvette Story, Speed-Style-Legacy" at the Saratoga Automobile Museum at 110 Avenue of the Pines in Saratoga Springs. The exhibit features Chevrolet Corvettes from 1953 through 2019. After the Vettes leave, Pontiac will take over the museum, opening on Wednesday, Nov. 5, with "Pontiac-The Dawn of Muscle." One popular model on exhibit will be the customized convertible 1966 GTO-Monkeemobile, which was made specifically for the hit T.V. show “The Monkees.”

Dodge City Speedway will celebrate its 2025 season at Checkers Out Speedway in Johnstown on Friday, Nov. 7, with appetizers at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Dinner tickets are $40. Please R.S.V.P. to Paul Montenaro by Nov. 3.

On Sunday, Nov. 2, Lebanon Valley Speedway will hold its annual Super Swap Meet from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., rain or shine. On Saturday, Nov. 8, Elmo's Speed & Supply will host its 10th annual Swap Meet on the grounds of Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

In long-range calendar events, Utica-Rome Speedway will hold its 2025 championship banquet at the Haven in Chittenango on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026.

Results From Last Week

On Friday night, the Brockville Ontario Speedway in Ontario, Canada, held its Fall Nationals for the big block modifieds of the Super DIRTcar Series. Mat Williamson claimed the victory in the 100-lap, $10,000-to-win feature over Alex Payne, Darren Smith, Mike Mahaney, and Jack Lehner.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama for the Love’s RV Stop 225. Kaden Honeycutt, driving the Halmar-Friesen Racing number 52, qualified fifth, finished sixth in stage one, second in stage two, and tenth in the final stage.

Outlaw Speedway near Dundee presented its annual Dutch Hoag Memorial Weekend. On Friday, Davie Franek won the 25-lap Empire Super Sprints 360-winged feature. In the sportsman division, Tyler Peet and Payton Talbot won the two dashes to earn the front row for Saturday’s 35-lap Sportsman Challenge.

On Saturday at Outlaw, Mike Maresca earned the 40-lap, $7,777.77 modified feature over Tommy Collins and Bobby Varin. Payton Talbot collected the $5,077.77 for winning the crate sportsman feature. In the 30-lap, 305-winged C.R.S.A. feature, Dillon Paddock took the win. With his second-place finish, Zach Sobotka was crowned the 2025 C.R.S.A. series champion and Rookie of the Year.

At Hagerstown Speedway on Saturday, Matt Sheppard scored the win in the 50-lap Short Track Super Series Octoberfest modified feature over Alex Yankowski and Anthony Perrego. Rocky Warner finished sixth.

On Saturday night, the DIRTcar 358-modified series was at Brockville Ontario Speedway, and Mat Williamson made it a sweep of the weekend by winning the 100-lap feature over Felix Roy and Gary Lindberg.