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GEORGETOWN, DE – Remnants of Hurricane Ian will put the 50th Camp Barnes Benefit Stock Car Race on hold.
The golden anniversary edition of the event – scheduled for Georgetown Speedway this Saturday (Oct. 1) – has been postponed by heavy rainfall and winds predicted for the weekend as Ian tracks northward.
The Delaware State Police and Georgetown Speedway management announced the postponement on Thursday to allow fans, competitors, staff, and sponsors the opportunity to alter plans.
With precipitation moving into Delmarva on Friday afternoon, Georgetown Speedway, after discussion with the USAC East Coast Sprint Car group, has opted to cancel the Friday night (Sept. 30) program as well. A potential make-up date will be sought for this event.
The Camp Barnes Benefit Stock Car Race will now take place on Thursday, Oct. 27 as a kick-off to the most lucrative weekend in Delaware dirt-track racing history.
The entire Camp Barnes program – headlined by $5,500-to-win events for the J.W. Brown Logging Modifieds (30 laps) and Super Late Models (25 laps) – will be contested on Oct. 27.
Also in competition: Blue Hen Dispose-All Crate 602 Sportsman (20 laps, $1,500 to win), First State Chevrolet RUSH Late Models (20 laps, $1,500 to win), Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars, Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Chargers.
Pit gates open at 3 p.m., with grandstand gates unlocked at 4 p.m., hot laps at 6 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.
Grandstand admission is $20 (Adults), $16 for Seniors (ages 65 and up) and Students (ages 13-17), $10 Kids (ages 9-12) and Children 8 and under are FREE.
Pit admission is $40 (ages 13 and up), $10 Kids (ages 6-12) and $2 Children (ages 5 and under).
The Oct. 27 rescheduled date leads into a massive Melvin L. Joseph Memorial Mid-Atlantic Championship Weekend at the Sussex County half-mile oval.
Friday night (Oct. 28) will feature a PA/NJ Spec Small-Block 30-lap event ($3,000 to win, up to $5,000 to win with “Gambler’s Fee” posted), RUSH Late Models (20 laps, $1,000 to win), Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco Modified 15-lap Qualifiers for Saturday’s Halmar ‘Elite Series’ and Hurlock Auto & Speed Supply South Region championship, Super Late Model group time trials and heat races, Southern Delaware Vintage Stock Cars, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Chargers.
On Saturday (Oct. 29), STSS Modifieds compete in a 40-lap, $25,000-to-win main event preceded by consolations, Super Late Models battle 40 laps for up to $7,000 to win (with “Gambler’s Fee” posted, $5,000 without), STSS Crate 602 Sportsman take part in the championship round of the Belmont’s Garage South Region for 25 laps racing for $1,500 to win plus Little Lincolns, Delaware Super Trucks and Delmarva Chargers.
A complete weekend schedule will be posted shortly for Oct. 27-29.
Camp Barnes is located at 37171 Camp Barnes Road Frankford, DE 19945 and can be found online at www.campbarnes.net or “like” Camp Barnes on Facebook.
Georgetown Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph in 1949, is located at the intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in Georgetown, Del., just miles from the Delaware beaches and less than a 40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.
A website is live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown Speedway on Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the speedway hotline at 302.563.GTWN (4896).
