Sadly, the New York State Fairgrounds tore the track down five or so years ago. It was a crown jewel race for the north eastern modified’s here in this region.
The governor of New York shut the track down after the 2015 Super Dirt Week, and promised a new track as replacement. Which -- in an unsurprising fashion for politicians -- that never came never came.
36.42635391514315 was the lap time for a wing sprintcar. (the current track record is an impressive 144.950 mph, set by Billy Pauch in a sprint car in 1994). And sadly will never be broken because the Track was tore down along with the Grandstands in 2015
Dude you don't buckle and run on the track because your mad at someone you don't do that you should be afraid to do that at the very least don't run around on the fuckin racetrack I'm sure u don't want ran over and no one wants to have to be the one who runs over you plus it makes drivers look bad for everyone mostly a sponsor u are at a professional level don't run around on the fuckin racetrack period
No excuse for this track surface. Same as the white earth moving tires found in most infields ,track is paid to take them, illegally I might add. Many cars tore up from those tires. Drivers killed by them. I'm a Sprint car fan since 1963 and I want these men who drive these fastest oval cars in the world safe. Fix your tracks and move the damn tires to the store they came from.
When asked what he thought about the then new Daytona International Speedway, one early NASCAR star replied "At most tracks we talk about separating the men from the boys. Running here will separate the Racers from the men long after the boys have gone home. " Same idea applied to this place.
Thank you for this video. Even tho it isnt the exact race, it brings back memories. My mother die this past month. She was a true dirt track fan. An would go to Thunder Mtn Speedway in Lisle NY every weekend. One year my girlfriend at the time was a mgr for Eckerd Drug store. An that year they had sponsored Super dirt week in Syracuse. I surprised my mom and we took her. She loved it.
That was always a stupid race to be on the outlaws schedule. Syracuse had so many other divisions on the track and it was always a shitty surface. Sprint Cars don’t belong on a mile track. That’s what champ cars are for!
Does Sammy Swindell's lap record from the 80's still stand? Remember reading that he never lifted while setting that record. He turned left at 177 mph.
@@wesleyd6080 he doesn't own the record anymore its Paul MacMahan at over 145mph at Rolling wheels Raceway about 10 miles from the syracuse mile and its a 5/8 mile track!
Fear, fear, fear! I remember it was right after Billy Pauch put in a lap average of 145mph, that WoW announced, "We don't need to be racing on mile ovals -----." Sheer terror.
I was watching an Outlaw race from Syracuse on TV many years ago, and at the start of the main Sammy Swindell's wing buckled upward and he actually started to fly. Nobody hit him and he got it whoa'ed up next to the inside guard rail. He got out of the car as his crew ran over with a spare wing and he said fuck that, I'm not going back out there. I think that was the last year they raced them there. Try as I might I cannot find video of it.
+Mike Whitcomb I wonder if it was just a piece broke that they didn't have a spare. He seemed to get a thrill on the biggest, fastest tracks and couldnt' be beat on them.
