Busy Season Ahead for Reigning PST Champion Cole Butcher

Cole Butcher, the 2016 Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour champion, has released a schedule of events for this year to include at least 21 races in the Maritimes and in the United States.

According to a recent post on the Butcher Racing Facebook page, the young driver will start the season April 21 at Hickory Motor Speedway Speedway in North Carolina at a PASS South event. He then turns his focus to events closer to home until the Aug. 26-27 weekend when he will enter the 200-lap River Glade International at Petty Int’l Raceway in New Brunswick on Saturday and then the Oxford 250 in Maine on Sunday. He returns home after that to finish the Pro Stock Tour season and then closes his season with one event in New Brunswick and three in the U.S.: Oxford in October, North Carolina in November, Florida in December.

2017 Schedule – Cole Butcher/ Butcher Racing

1. April 15 – Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina (PASS) w/ Wilson Motorpsorts
2. April 22 – Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (PASS)
3. May 20 – Scotia Speedworld, Halifax, NS (PST)
4. June 3 – Speedway 660, Geary, NB (PASS)
5. June 10 – Petty International Raceway, Petitcodiac, NB (PST)
6. June 17 – Riverside International Speedway, James River, NS (PST)
7. June 24 – Scotia Speedworld, Halifax, NS (PST)
8. July 1 – Speedway 660, Geary, NB (PST)
9. July 15 – Riverside International Speedway, James River, NS (PST/ IWK 250)
10. July 22 – Petty International Raceway, Petitcodiac, NB (PST)
11. August 5 – Oyster Bed Speedway, Oyster Bed, PE (PST)
12. August 12 – Scotia  Speedworld, Halifax, NS (PST/ Atlantic Cat 250)
13. August 26 – Petty International Raceway, Petitcodiac, NB (PST / River Glade International – 200 laps)
14. August 27 – Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (PASS/ Oxford 250)
15. September 3 – Speedway 660, Geary, NB (non-sanctioned/ annual 250)
16. September 9 – Riverside International Speedway, James River, NS (PST)
17. September 16 – Scotia Speedworld, Halifax, NS (PST 200)
18. September 24 – Petty International Raceway, Petitcodiac, NB (non-sanctioned/ Mike Stevens Memorial)
19. October 14 – Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine (PASS)
20. November 18 – Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina (PASS)
21. December 3 – Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Florida (non-sanctioned/ Snowball Derby)

Schedule is subject to change without prior notice.

According to the post, more races could be added to Butcher’s schedule with Wilson Motorsports, the U.S. team he raced with at the 2016 Snowball Derby and scored an impressive sixth-place finish.

The Butcher Racing team is also preparing a pro stock car for Cole’s younger brother, Jarrett, a Legends champion who ran a handful of races on the PST circuit in 2016. Jarrett is getting a new Distance Racing chassis for 2017; his schedule has yet to be released.