As is tradition, Bedford Speedway will celebrate the July 4th holiday with two big nights of racing action this week. On Friday Night, July 6th we will be celebrating the legacy of the legendary Milt Miller with 100 laps of feature race action split between the Late Models, Modifieds, Semi Lates and Four Cylinders. The Late Models will be racing in a 30 lap, $3000 to win feature which will also be the final race of the three leg tri track challenge series between Bedford, Port Royal and Williams Grove. The Modifieds and Semi Lates will each have 25 lap features and the Four Cylinders 20 laps for a total of 100 feature laps.
Racing will resume on Sunday July 8th with the Pure Stocks taking the stage for what has become their biggest event of the year, the fourth annual 42 lap Charlie Walter Tribute. The evening will pay honor the memory of the multi time track champion who tragically passed away in 2014. Sunday night will also feature the Mason-Dixon Shootout for the Late Model Sportsman, who will be running a 25 lap feature for $1000 to win. Also in racing action Sunday night will be the Racesaver Sprints, Four Cylinders and Penn Mar Vintage Cars.
The following Friday night, July 13th the Bedford Speedway will be celebrating 82 years of racing at the Fairgrounds oval. An exciting night of racing is planned with the Super Late Models racing 50 laps joined by the Modifieds and Pure Stocks. The winner’s share of Friday night’s Anniversary purse is $8200, with $600 to take the green, as part of a $35,000 total purse.
Friday’s racing program is dedicated to the memory of Billy Winn, one of the top dirt racers of the 1930’s and the winner of the first auto race at the Bedford on September 5th 1936. Winn, a 2003 inductee of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville was one of the most outstanding racers of the depression era AAA circuit. Not limiting himself to dirt, Winn also competed eight times at the Indianapolis 500. Hosting its first race in 1936, Bedford is the oldest currently operating track in Pennsylvania, and one of the oldest in the country.
The following night our friends at Winchester Speedway will also be celebrating their 82nd Anniversary with a $3000 to win program. Between Bedford and Winchester there will be a very nice payday up for grabs for our area Late Model drivers that weekend.
Late Model Purse 7/13/18- 50 Laps
$8200
3500
2500
2000
1500
1250
1150
1100
1050
1000
950
900
850
825
800
775
750
725
700
675
650
625
600
600
600
LM Tow/ $100
