Sydney Speedway Postpones Opening to July 27 June 29, 2019 Regional Sydney Speedway Postpones Season Opener; July 27th Race Weekend Expanded SYDNEY, NS – Management at Sydney Speedway regrets to announce the decision that its July 6-7 opening weekend has been canceled. The July 27 date has been expanded to a two-day show, with motorsports action at the oval on Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28. The move comes as the indirect result of this weekends rain outs at track throughout the Maritimes. For the most part, the rained out events were moved to next weekend, a direct conflict with the previously announced opening dates for Sydney Speedway. Track owner Greg Dowe decided it would be in the best interest of all to postpone his opener to July 27. “When the rain rolled in and forced the postponement of the Maritime League of Legends Tour event in Prince Edward Island, we were faced with a decision,” explained Dowe. “We thought about running our INEX National Qualifiers with less than a handful of Legends and Bandolero competitors next weekend, but we want to give all the drivers and teams that want to come to Sydney Speedway a fair chance to do so and not have to be forced to pick and choose which track they want to race with. We want to give our fans the best all-around show possible and we felt we could not give them that next weekend with the deck that was stacked against us.” The Passione Flooring & Interiors East Coast Mini Stock Tour will return to the track for the Veterans for Healing Twin 75s, with one 75-lap feature on Saturday, July 27 and one on Sunday, July 28. “We want to thank Drew MacEachern, Greg McKay and the East Coast Mini Stock Tour Board of Directors for working with us on this,” said Dowe. “We know this puts their teams in a string of four straight weekends on the road but we are confident they will put on one of the best shows Cape Breton has ever seen when it comes to oval racing.” A complete weekend format will be released in the coming days. The Saturday, July 27th card will include INEX sanctioned Legend and Bandolero racing, the Veterans for Healing 75 for the Passione Flooring & Interiors East Coast Mini Stock Tour along with the previously scheduled Demolition events and a 100-lap Endurance Race. Sunday, July 28th will see racing in the INEX sanctioned Legend and Bandolero divisions, along with the Veterans for Healing 75 for the Passione Flooring & Interiors East Coast Mini Stock Tour and the Street Stock division. Due to low interest in the Late Model Sportsman division, Sydney Speedway has decided to refocus the interest in the division to the October 11th to 13th Fall Finale. Sydney Speedway looks forward to welcoming drivers, teams and fans alike on July 27th and 28th to Cape Breton Island. About Sydney Speedway:Opened in 1975, Sydney Speedway has built a racing tradition on Cape Breton Island over the past four decades. Purchased in 2019 by local businessman and racing enthusiast Greg Dowe, the track is home to a number of stock car racing divisions, a destination for local touring series and motorsports events. For more information on Sydney Speedway, find them online at SydneySpeedway.ca and on various social media platforms at @SydneySpeedCA.
