11/29/2006

Mountain Speedway Announces “Mountain Madness” Enduros for Next Season

    St. Johns, PA- Mountain Speedway promoter, Joe Callavini recently announced that major changes were in the works for his speedway for next season. While many of these changes will be released later in the off-season, the most recent announcement was that bone stock enduro racing would make its debut at the speedway in January. The “Mountain Madness” enduro series six-race schedule will kick off on January 6th, with the running of the “Frostbite Twin 100’s”
    Run like a true to form enduro, the “Mountain Madness” enduro series will feature inexpensive “bone stock” automobiles for low budget racers, helping make enduro racing cheaper than it ever was. Both, the four cylinder and 6/8 cylinder divisions will have a three wide rolling start. Without yellow flags, only red flags will be thrown for serious incidents, or if a driver is in a dangerous situation on the speedway. “Dead” cars will be left on the speedway.
    Registration for drivers that enter the events will be $40. Transponder rental is $12 and the driver pit fee is $28, which makes the tally for a day of racing $80 (less than $1/lap). Trophies will be awarded to the top five finishers in each division, plus an award will be presented to the driver with the best appearing car and also to the driver who had the most twisted car by the end of the day. The award will be dubbed the “twisted metal” award. The purse, which is unheard of for a bone stock division is great as well. The winner will receive $600. All drivers who finish in the top ten will receive a payout. On race day, drivers will pull from a bucket to determine their starting spot.
    Callavini later announced that Mike Odwazny would be filling the role as co-promoter during the upcoming season. Odwazny has over 20 years of experience in racing. Starting off as a crewmember at Riverhead Raceway, the Long Island native proceeded up the racing ladder through enduro racing, followed by factory stock and then street stocks. Most recently, Odwazny has been an official and co-announced several at Mountain. “Joe (Callavini) has a lot of faith in me, and the upcoming year looks fantastic”, noted Odwazny. “Being on both sides of the fence here at Mountain over the last few seasons, my goal is to provide the fans with quality racing so they can go home knowing they got their monies worth. “There are a lot of great things that we have in the works, as far as many improvements on and off the track. ”The new enduros should be a success and hopefully well get some fans from the stands behind the wheel of some enduro cars. It’ll be a fun race to kick off the New Year. Like I say, why bring them to the junkyard”, he said.
    There will be six events for the new enduros on the schedule, none of which will be on national holidays. “The new series is designed for fun”, noted Odwazny. The Mountain Madness enduros will even have a points system and drivers that finish in the top ten overall for the season will receive awards at the annual Mountain Speedway banquet. Mountain Madness enduros will make their debut on Saturday, January 6th with the running of the “Winter Wonderland twin 100’s”. The distance for each class will be 100-laps.
    It was also announced that the modifieds, late models, street stocks, thrillers and four cylinder thrillers would be returning to action on a regular basis next season. Please stay tuned to the Mountain Speedway website for the upcoming schedule and/or rule amendments.
    For the rules, format and more information in regards to the Mountain Madness enduro series, which will be available in a few days, visit www.mountainspeedway.com.

Source: Geno Ostrowski/Mountain Speedway PR
Posted:  November 29, 2006