Winchester Speedway Shuts Doors- ARCA Revises Schedules

Winchester Speedway closes shop for 2004 season; ARCA RE/MAX Series alters schedule
 

TOLEDO OH  (10-31-03)  ARCA RE/MAX Series officials, upon receiving the news that Winchester Speedway will not be open for business next year, have altered the 2004 schedule.

 

"We're certainly proud of the many improvements we were able to bring to Winchester Speedway over the last half-dozen years or so," said track owner/promoter Charlie Shaw. "However, the improvements came at great expense, so we have decided to take a year off and re-evaluate our long term plans for the future before we make any more decisions. Anyway, we're going to regroup, take 2004 off, and see what happens for 2005."

 

As a replacement for the Saturday night, September 4 Winchester race, RE/MAX Series officials have inserted a Friday night, September 3 event at Toledo Speedway.

 

"We're certainly disappointed we won't be going to Winchester in 2004," said ARCA President Ron Drager. "The show had grown over the years into one of our finest short-track programs, but the business climate is continually changing, so we change with it. Charlie (Shaw) has done a lot for Winchester Speedway. We feel fortunate to be an important part of the track's history, and of course, we wish Charlie and the speedway well."

 

In switching the race event from Saturday to Friday, ARCA RE/MAX Series teams will have an extra travel day en route to the Monday, September 6 Labor Day event at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in DuQuoin, Illinois.


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      2004 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES SCHEDULE  
        
      DATE TRACK LOCATION TRACK 
      2-7 Daytona Int'l Speedway Daytona Beach, FL 2.5 paved 
      4-9 Nashville Superspeedway Nashville, TN 1.33 concrete 
      4-25 Salem Speedway Salem, IN .555 paved 
      5-8 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY 1.5 paved 
      5-16 Toledo Speedway Toledo, OH .5 paved 
      5-27 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, NC 1.5 paved 
      6-5 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS 1.5 paved 
      6-12 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA 2.5 paved 
      6-19 Michigan Int'l Speedway Brooklyn, MI 2 paved 
      6-26 South Boston Speedway South Boston, VA .4 paved 
      7-3 Berlin Raceway Marne, MI .5 paved 
      7-9 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY 1.5 paved 
      7-16 Gateway Int'l Raceway Madison, IL 1.25 paved 
      7-31 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, PA 2.5 paved 
      8-7 Lake Erie Speedway North East, PA .4 paved 
      8-14 Nashville Superspeedway Nashville, TN 1.33 concrete 
      8-22 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, IL 1 clay 
      9-3 Toledo Speedway Toledo, OH .5 paved 
      9-6 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds DuQuoin, IL 1 clay 
      9-11 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, IL 1.5 paved 
      9-18 Salem Speedway Salem, IN .555 paved 
      10-2 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL 2.66 paved 
        
     10-31-03