Riverhead Raceway to
Continue Enduro Tradition Starting Sun. May 2
It all started at Barbara & Jim Cromarty's
Riverhead Raceway on a sunny Sunday afternoon of Memorial Day
Weekend 1986. Now for the 26th consecutive season Enduro racing
will be presented starting with an action packed card Sunday May
2nd at 12:30 pm.
On that first Enduro program there were the big 8-Cylinder
Enduro racecars, which continue to compete at Riverhead, but the
Enduro racing has evolved and as track announcer Jeff Bressler
once noted "Riverhead is the capital of Enduro racing". Winning
that initial Enduro race was former Freeport Stadium Bomber
driver Pat Verwys Sr. of East Rockaway, who still makes the
occasional Enduro race at Riverhead Raceway. Now aside form the
8-Cylinders there are 6 and 4-Cylinder Enduro divisions, as well
a 4/6-Cylinder Truck Enduro with all roads leading to the Grand
Enduro division.
What is even better about the 2010 Sunday schedule for the
Enduro racers is the fact that they are the only racing
divisions on those programs, no Saturday night stock car classes
are racing as they had in the past years. The only exception in
the Enduro race cards will be the Labor Day weekend Monster
Truck Spectacular which is another longstanding Riverhead
Raceway entertainment tradition.
In 2009 Ray Fitzgerald roared to his first Grand Enduro title,
while Dege Russell scored his second straight 8-Cylinder
championship, and John Cozza won the 4/6-Cylinder Truck crown.
Rounding out the 2009 champions were Gene Burbol, his first
career title in the 6-Cylinder class and same for 4-Cylinder
Enduro champion Matt Brown, who by the way won all seven races
in 2009 and will take that win streak into the May 2nd opening
day race.
All of the Enduro classes will see select Saturday dates in 2010
and the entire schedule, along with Enduro rules and entry
blanks are available at
www.riverheadraceway.com. The grass roots racing tradition
starts its 26th year of great action Sunday afternoon May 2nd at
12:30 pm.
Source:
Bob Finan/Riverhead Raceway PR
Updated: March
26, 2010
