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Oswego Speedway
The Oswego Speedway is a 0.625 mi (1.006 km) mile race track in Oswego, New York. It was built in 1951 and was paved with asphalt since 1952. The track has held dates on several national tours - the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, ASA National Tour, and USAC Silver Crown Series. It was temporarily covered with dirt in 2016 when it held a one-off Super DIRTcar Series race. The track is the Labor Day Weekend home of the 200-lap, non-wing, big-block supermodified Budweiser Classic and Race of Champions (a modified touring series event).
Oswego Speedway began as a horse racing track. The track was converted to a 0.375 mi (0.604 km) mile dirt track in 1951. The track was paved in 1952. The track was lengthened from 0.375 to 0.625 mi (0.604 to 1.006 km) pavement track in 1962.
Owned and operated for more than four decades by the Caruso family, the "Big O" is now owned and operated by Eric and John Torrese.
In 2016 Oswego Speedway hosted the 45th edition of World Racing Group's Super DIRTcar Series Super DIRT Week. The track received the date on the schedule after construction of Central New York Raceway Park was delayed. The speedway was covered by approximately 6,900 cubic feet of clay for DIRTcar modified drivers to compete in the NAPA 300, the richest dirt modified race in the world. The event took place on October 5 to 9, 2016. It was the first time that the track had a dirt surface since 1952. The state of New York spent $1.1 million in renovations to the speedway that year. It received a new scoreboard and bleachers; the campgrounds got plumbing and electricity upgrades. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The speedway signed an online streaming agreement in 2021 for FloRacing to broadcast weekly Oswego Speedway races.
The track is located at 300 East Albany Street, Oswego, NY 13126, about 35 miles northwest of Syracuse near State Highway 481 just off Rt. 104; telephone 315-342-0646. The facility has covered and uncovered grandstands on the north side, as well as uncovered grandstands the south. Total seating is =/- 10,000.
Unpaved, open-field parking is available on both sides of Albany Street to the north and east of the "oval" track surface. (It is not truly an oval, but is more of a "four-corner" track. Banking is about thirteen degrees.)
Greg Furlong has won the Labor Day Weekend Classic event six times since 1999, and has finished on the podium on two other occasions. Famed Indianapolis 500 drivers Davey Hamilton, Bentley Warren and Joe Gosek are all Budweiser Classic winners. Warren won the Budweiser Classic six times from 1969 through 1998, as well as winning the ISMA Supernationals winged supermodified event in 1994 and 2006 (at the age of 66).
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Oswego Speedway
The Oswego Speedway is a 0.625 mi (1.006 km) mile race track in Oswego, New York. It was built in 1951 and was paved with asphalt since 1952. The track has held dates on several national tours - the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, ASA National Tour, and USAC Silver Crown Series. It was temporarily covered with dirt in 2016 when it held a one-off Super DIRTcar Series race. The track is the Labor Day Weekend home of the 200-lap, non-wing, big-block supermodified Budweiser Classic and Race of Champions (a modified touring series event).
Oswego Speedway began as a horse racing track. The track was converted to a 0.375 mi (0.604 km) mile dirt track in 1951. The track was paved in 1952. The track was lengthened from 0.375 to 0.625 mi (0.604 to 1.006 km) pavement track in 1962.
Owned and operated for more than four decades by the Caruso family, the "Big O" is now owned and operated by Eric and John Torrese.
In 2016 Oswego Speedway hosted the 45th edition of World Racing Group's Super DIRTcar Series Super DIRT Week. The track received the date on the schedule after construction of Central New York Raceway Park was delayed. The speedway was covered by approximately 6,900 cubic feet of clay for DIRTcar modified drivers to compete in the NAPA 300, the richest dirt modified race in the world. The event took place on October 5 to 9, 2016. It was the first time that the track had a dirt surface since 1952. The state of New York spent $1.1 million in renovations to the speedway that year. It received a new scoreboard and bleachers; the campgrounds got plumbing and electricity upgrades. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The speedway signed an online streaming agreement in 2021 for FloRacing to broadcast weekly Oswego Speedway races.
The track is located at 300 East Albany Street, Oswego, NY 13126, about 35 miles northwest of Syracuse near State Highway 481 just off Rt. 104; telephone 315-342-0646. The facility has covered and uncovered grandstands on the north side, as well as uncovered grandstands the south. Total seating is =/- 10,000.
Unpaved, open-field parking is available on both sides of Albany Street to the north and east of the "oval" track surface. (It is not truly an oval, but is more of a "four-corner" track. Banking is about thirteen degrees.)
Greg Furlong has won the Labor Day Weekend Classic event six times since 1999, and has finished on the podium on two other occasions. Famed Indianapolis 500 drivers Davey Hamilton, Bentley Warren and Joe Gosek are all Budweiser Classic winners. Warren won the Budweiser Classic six times from 1969 through 1998, as well as winning the ISMA Supernationals winged supermodified event in 1994 and 2006 (at the age of 66).