Photo:
Erick
Rudolf (No. 62) took the feature win for the third time in
2016 during the Imagefactor.ca DIRTcar 358 Applefest
Shootout at Brighton Speedway.
(Rod Henderson Photo)
BRIGHTON,
Ont. – The 50th Anniversary season at Brighton
Speedway has sped by faster than the competition on the
track. Although only one weekend of dirt racing remains on
the schedule it certainly is a case of ‘saving the best
for last’. Orange Motorsports presents the 13th
Annual Applefest Shootout Weekend along with Lucas Oil
Products, Coca-Cola, Cool 100, VP Fuels and Image Factor
Media. The action packed two-night program runs
Friday, September 22nd and Saturday, September 23rd.
The
excitement begins on Friday night at 7PM as the DIRTcar
Sportsman Series will compete in their first event of the
weekend. Race one of the Go Nuclear Late Model Series and
Comp 4 / Mini Stocks will also be on the card along with Pro
Stocks and the second visit of the season by the Eastern
Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club.
On
Saturday night racing begins at 6PM and will feature the
return of the DIRTcar 358 Modifieds as they compete in the
$5,000 to win, 75 lap Applefest Shootout. The 50 lap Great
Crate Race will also take place for the Go Nuclear Late
Models. The winner of that event will walk away with $4,000.
The evening will also include three $1,000 to win races as
DIRTcar Sportsman Series will return along with the finale
for the Quad Track Duel on the Dirt Pro Stock Series and the
Canadian Modifieds.
Five
drivers have etched their name in the DIRTcar 358 Modified
portion of the Applefest Shootout history books. In 2016
Erick Rudolph became the events only three time winner
(2014, 2015, 2016). Two drivers have won the event twice,
including Mario Clair (2007, 2013) and Pete Bicknell (2008,
2010). Kyle Dingwall won the inaugural event in 2005 and Tim
O’Brien picked up a victory in 2011. The race was rained
out in 2006, 2009 and 2012.
Nine
different drivers have won the DIRTcar Sportsman part of the
event. Cody McPherson (2012, 2016) and Gary Lindberg (2014,
2015) are the only two drivers to have won twice. A total of
six different drivers including Martin Pelletier (2016),
Shane Pecore (2013), Chris Herbison (2010), Nic Cupolo
(2009), James Michael Friesen (2008) and Mark D’Ilario
(2007) also have a single win in the Sportsman race at
Applefest.
The
Great Crate Race has seen four different winners over the
first five editions of the race. Charlie Sanderock is the
most recent winner and has managed to claim the checkers in
back to back years (2015, 2016). Dale Caswell of West
Monroe, NY is the only other repeat winner with back-to-back
wins in 2013 and 2014. Lee Gill of Lafargeville, NY won the
inaugural race in 2011 while Chuck Meyers claimed the
victory in 2012.
Additional
event information is available at www.brightonspeedway.ca
and www.imagefactor.ca/applefestshootout.
Orange
Motorsports Applefest Shootout Weekend!
Brought
to you in part by VP Racing Fuels, Lucas Oil, Imagefactor.ca,
Coca Cola, Hoosier Racing Tires, Dibbits Excavating,
Vanderlaan Building Products, Hotch’s Auto Parts and Cool
100
Event
Schedule
Friday,
September 22
VP Racing Fuels DIRTcar Sportsman Series (35 Laps –
$1000-to-win)
Lucas Oil Go Nuclear Late Model Open (30 Laps –
$1200-to-win)
Coca Cola Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club (15 Laps)
Cool 100 Comp 4 Open – Home Track Rules Apply (25 Laps)
Hoosier Racing Tires Pro Stocks – Home Track Rules Apply
(20 Laps)
Pit
Gate: 3:00pm, Spectator Gate: 5:30pm, Racing Starts: 7:00pm
Pit Admission: $30 Members, $35 Non-Members
Admission – Adults: $15, Youths/Seniors: $13, Children
(7-12): $4, Under 6: Free, Family Pass: $40
Saturday,
September 23
ImageFactor.ca DIRTcar 358 Modified Shootout (75 Laps –
$5000-to-win)
Excel Tower Service Go Nuclear Late Model Great Crate Race
(50 Laps – $4000-to-win)
VP Racing Fuels DIRTcar Sportsman Series (35 Laps –
$1000-to-win)
Cool 100 Canadian Mod/ UMP Modified Challenge (25 Laps –
$1000 to win)
Hoosier Racing Tires Duel on the Dirt Pro Stock Series (40
Laps – $1000-to-win)
Pit
Gate: 2:00pm, Spectator Gate: 4:00pm, Racing Starts: 6:00pm
Pit Admission: $35 members, $40 non-members
Admission – Adults: $28, Youths/Seniors: $23, Children
(7-12): $6, Under 6: Free, Family Pass: $75.
Imagefactor.ca
DIRTcar 358 Modified Purse Breakdown (Sat. Sept. 23 – 100
Laps): 1. $5000, 2. $2750, 3. $1800, 4. $1300, 5.
$1000, 6. $800, 7. $700, 8. $650, 9. $600, 10. $520, 11.
$450, 12. $425, 13. $400, 14. $375, 15. $350, 16. $350, 17.
$350, 18. $350, 19. $325, 20. $325, 21. $325, 22. $325, 23.
$325, 24. $325. Total Purse: $20,120.
VP
Racing Fuels DIRTcar Sportsman Series Purse Breakdown (Fri.
Sept. 22 – 35 Laps/ Sat. Sept. 23 – 35 Laps): 1.
$1000, 2. $600, 3. $450, 4. $325, 5. $275, 6. $225, 7. $200,
8. $180, 9. $160, 10. $140, 11. $120, 12. $110, 13. $100,
14. $100, 15. $100, 16. $100, 17. $100, 18. $100, 19. $100,
20. $100, 21. $100, 22. $100, 23. $100, 24. $100, 25. $100,
26. $100, 27. $100, 28. $100, 29. $100, 30. $100. Total
Purse (Each Night): $5,585.
Excel
Tower Service Go Nuclear Late Model Great Crate Race Purse
Breakdown (Sat. Sept. 23 – 50 Laps): 1. $4000, 2.
$2000, 3. $1000, 4. $700, 5. $600, 6. $550, 7. $525, 8.
$500, 9. $475, 10. $450, 11. $425, 12. $400, 13. $375, 14.
$350, 15. $325, 16. $300, 17. $300, 18. $300, 19. $275, 20.
$275, 21. $275, 22. $250, 23. $250, 24. $250. Total Purse:
$15,150.
Lucas
Oil Go Nuclear Late Model Open Purse Breakdown (Fri. Sept.
22 – 30 Laps): 1. $1200, 2. $500, 3. $350, 4.
$200, 5. $175, 6. $150, 7. $130, 8. $120, 9. $110, 10. $100,
11. $100, 12. $100, 13. $100, 14. $100, 15. $100, 16. $100,
17. $100, 18. $100, 19. $100, 20. $100, 21. $100, 22. $100,
23. $100, 24. $100. Total Purse: $ 4,335.
Hoosier
Racing Tires Pro Stock / Hoosier Stock Purse Breakdown (Fri.
Sept. 22 – 20 Laps): 1. $250, 2. $160, 3. $130,
4. $110, 5. $90, 6. $75, 7. $60, 8. $55, 9. $50, 10. $45,
11. $45, 12. $45, 13. $45, 14. $45, 15. $45, 16. $45, 17.
$45, 18. $45, 19. $45, 20. $45, 21. $45, 22. $45, 23. $45,
24. $45.
Hoosier
Racing Tires Duel on the Dirt Purse Breakdown (Sat. Sept. 23
– 40 Laps): 1. $1000, 2. $500, 3. $300, 4. $225,
5. $175, 6. $135, 7. $110, 8. $85, 9. $70, 10. $65, 11. $50,
12. $50, 13. $50, 14. $50, 15. $50, 16. $50, 17. $50, 18.
$50, 19. $50, 20. $50, 21. $50, 22. $50, 23. $50, 24. $50.
Cool
100 Canadian Mod / UMP Modified Purse Breakdown (Sat. Sept.
23 – 25 Laps): 1. $1000, 2. $550, 3. $400, 4.
$350, 5. $300, 6. $250, 7. $200, 8. $175, 9. $150, 10. $140,
11. $130, 12. $120, 13. $110, 14. $100, 15. $100, 16. $100,
17. $100, 18. $100, 19. $100, 20. $100, 21. $100, 22. $100,
23. $100, 24. $100.
Cool
100 Comp 4 Open Purse Breakdown (Fri. Sept. 22 – 25 Laps): 1.
$300, 2. $250, 3. $175, 4. $125, 5. $100, 6. $75, 7. $70, 8.
$60, 9. $55, 10. $50, 11. $50, 12. $50, 13. $50, 14. $50,
15. $50, 16. $50, 17. $50, 18. $50, 19. $50, 20. $50, 21.
$50, 22. $50, 23. $50, 24. $50.
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About Orange Motorsports: At Orange Motorsports we
believe that a customer is the most important visitor on our
premises. Our customer is not dependent on us; we are
dependent on our customer. Our customer is not an
interruption in our work - but the purpose of it. Our
customer is not an outsider in our business, but an integral
part of it. We are not doing our customer a favor by serving
him/her; our customer is doing us a favor by giving us an
opportunity to do so. Orange Motorsports is conveniently
located near the areas of Port Colborne, Baltimore, Gores
Landing and Port Hope. For more information visit www.orangemotorsports.ca.
About Cool 100: Cool 100 is Today's Best Country Music Radio
and the #1 Country Station in Eastern Ontario, Belleville
and the Quinte Region for Country Western and New Country
Hits. Listen live at 100.1FM or online at www.cool100.ca.
About Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola® was invented by Atlanta
pharmacist, John Smith Pemberton in 1886. Since that time,
The Coca-Cola Company has grown to represent over 400
different brands in 200 countries. Coca-Cola® beverages
have been sold and distributed in Canada for more than one
hundred years. In 1906, the first Canadian-made Coca-Cola®
bottles came off the production line at 65 Bellwoods Avenue
in Toronto. Brighton Speedway is proud to offer Coca-Cola
products on race days. For more information, visit www.coca-cola.ca.
About Excel Tower Service: Excel Tower Service specializes
in building wireless networks. Excel Tower Service is your
source for professional installation of telecommunications
and transmission towers, technical services, equipment
supply, network maintenance and mandagement. Find out how
they can help you at www.exceltowerservice.ca.
About Hoosier Racing Tire: Established in the 1950s, Hoosier
Racing Tire is the largest race tire manufacturer in the
world. Hoosier has grown to produce over 1000 different
types of race tires. The company has its own 300-mph test
wheel; a technology center; state-of-the-art,
fully-integrated production facilities recently adding a
high-tech mixing plant, with enough capacity to produce not
only for Hoosier Racing Tire, but to have the ability to
produce rubber for additional entities as well as a model
sales and distribution network. Visit www.hoosiertire.ca
for more information.
About Image Factor Media: Image Factor Media offers a number
of graphic design services to race teams, speedways and
motorsport sponsors. By making your image a factor you will
show fans and sponsors that you mean business. Whether its
apparel, websites, autograph cards, flyers, poster, event
tickets or sponsorship proposals Image Factor Media can
provide the services and products needed for every budget.
Explore your options at www.imagefactormedia.com.
About Lucas Oil: Lucas has been involved in the Canadian
motorsports industry since 1999. They are a proud sponsor of
many racers and racing events across the country. As sales
in Canada increase, so does Lucas Oil's commitment to
motorsport sponsorship and community events. Lucas Oil
remains committed to producing only the highest quality
premium automotive, heavy duty, industrial and specialty oil
products. For more information, visit Lucas Oil online at www.lucasoil.ca.
About VP Racing Fuels: VP is recognized by many as the world
leader in race fuel technology, with a catalog of nearly 70
fuel blends and a growing roster of VP-fueled champions
across the entire spectrum of motorsports. VP’s reputation
for product quality, along with superior service and
technical support, helped secure its position as the
Official Racing Fuel of the largest racing sanctioning body
in the world–NHRA Championship Drag Racing. VP is also a
sponsor of nearly 60 other series and sanctioning bodies,
including World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and World of Outlaws
Late Models among many others. Find out more at www.vpracingfuels.com.
About the Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club: The
Eastern Ontario Vintage Stock Car Club (EOVSCC) is a
travelling series of open-wheel modifieds styled as 1950s,
60s, 70s, and 80s stock cars. The EOVSCC was formed with the
intent of providing a safe, affordable and competitive
racing platform to honour and showcase the historical roots
of dirt stock car racing in Ontario. The club offers a very
exciting and unique brand of Dirt Modified Racing throughout
Eastern Ontario and Northern New York State. For more
information, visit www.easternontariovintage.com.
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About Brighton Speedway: Brighton Speedway is a 1/3-mile
clay stock car racing oval located on the shores of Lake
Ontario in Brighton, Ont. The speedway hosts five weekly
stock car divisions on Saturday nights from May to
September.
Brighton Speedway mailing address: 775 County Road 64,
Brighton, ON, K0K 1H0
Photo
Credit: Rod Henderson
www.canadianracer.com
Photo:
Cody
McPherson (No. 7) In the DIRTcar Sportsman division will
return in 2017 to attempt a Three-peat for all the Apples
during the Cool 100 Applefest Shootout Weekend at Brighton
Speedway Friday, September 22nd & Saturday,
September 23rd.
(Rod
Henderson Photo)
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