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During the recent Riverhead Raceway Competitors winter meetings, teams that participate in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Barbara and Jim Cromarty’s quarter-mile facility were notified of new pit gate opening and start times for 2010. Riverhead will open for its 61st year of stock car racing with a doubleheader weekend May 1 and May 2.

Race teams and race fans should note that the pit gates will open at 11 a.m. on May 1. On May 8, 15 and 22, the pit gates will open at 1 p.m. and for those first four weeks, the feature events will start at 5 p.m. Each of those first four weeks finds a busy race card being presented to kick off the new season.

Starting on Saturday, May 29, the pit gate opening will be moved back one hour to 2 p.m., as will the start of the feature events which rolls back to a 6 p.m. start time. Practice times will be announced shortly, as will times for qualifying for the Saturday night programs. Heat races will not be held for any division unless there were 24 cars or more in a class. Spectator gates for Saturday night racing will continue to open at 3 p.m.

The Sunday Enduro events will find no change in either their pit gate opening of 10 a.m. or the start of the feature event racing at 12:30 p.m. in 2010. Enduros will enjoy the Sunday afternoon show to themselves as no stock car divisions are scheduled to race with them this year.

An exciting lid-lifter of seven divisions will usher in the NASCAR season May 1 starting at 5 p.m. featuring the NASCAR Modifieds, Late Models, Figure Eights, Chargers, Blunderbusts, Super Pro Trucks and Legend Race Cars.

The very next afternoon will see the Enduro stars in the Grand, 8-Cylinder, 6-Cylinder, 4-Cylinder and 4/6-Cylinder Truck Enduro classes raise the curtain on 2010 starting at 12:30 p.m., with the general admission gates to open at noon.

For further information please call (631) 842-RACE or visit our website at riverheadraceway.com.

New Sponsor for NASCAR Modifieds

Officials of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Barbara and Jim Cromarty’s Riverhead Raceway announced that Safelite Auto Glass has signed on to be a seasonal sponsor for the NASCAR Modifieds in 2010. The NASCAR Modifieds will headline the 2010 season opener on Saturday, May 1 at the historic quarter-mile oval.

“We’re very excited to have Safelite Auto Glass become a marketing partner with our NASCAR Modified division, our premier division of our Whelen All-American Series,” Bob Finan noted. Safelite Auto Glass is a leader in mobile auto glass repair and replacement from New York City to Montauk, featuring some 60 mobile vans in addition to their 14 locations throughout Manhattan, Nassau and Suffolk Counties to serve their customers.

Safelite Auto Glass will add weekly purse money to the NASCAR Modified purse and also host a night at the races on Saturday June 26, when former NASCAR Modified driver Richie Searles of Safelite will be on hand in the turn-three midway with more information on Safelite and their services.

John Fortin of Holtsville will start his 2009 championship defense at Riverhead Raceway Saturday evening, May 1 in the NASCAR Modified ranks with the likes of Chuck Steuer, Dave Brigati, Bill Park, Timmy Solomito, Chris Young, Wayne Anderson and many more out to dethrone Fortin. Aside from his Riverhead title, Fortin was also the New York State Modified champion for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series and recently noted that earned him in excess of $12,000 in point-fund earnings.

Joining the NASCAR Modifieds for the opening night will be the Late Models, Figure Eights, Chargers, Blunderbusts, Super Pro Trucks and Legend Race Cars. Feature event racing for the seven-for-one program will start at 5 p.m., with the Blunderbusts racing in a 30-lap, double-point main event to usher in the new season.