By Danny Kapuscinski
OSWEGO, NY (February 10, 2016) – Oswego Speedway’s popular Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ program will continue in 2016 with discounted advance sale adult tickets going on sale at all Price Chopper Supermarkets locations beginning this spring.
The Speedway and Price Chopper have teamed to offer this special discount for five of the regular season events at the fast 5/8 mile oval this season.
The ‘Tickets to Go’ program will again offer up to a $3 discount on adult general admission tickets. Advance sale $14 ‘Tickets to Go’ general admission passes will be available at all Price Chopper Supermarkets locations for Speedway events dated June 11, July 2, July 16, August 6, and August 13.
The program will begin with the June 11 Spring Championship, featuring a 50-lap main for the Novelis Supermodifieds as well as a 30-lap Pathfinder Bank SBS feature. Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ will only be accepted in the front grandstand on June 11.
Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ nights in July will include the Independence Weekend Grand Prix on July 2, featuring extra distance features for the Supermodifieds and SBS as well as a spectacular fireworks display to end the night.
Two weeks later $14 tickets will be available for the return of the Speedway’s Summer Championship on July 16.
The final two events of the Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ calendar will be the Speedway’s Retro Night on August 6 as well as the Pathfinder Bank SBS Twin 20’s special on August 13.
Kids 16 and under will again be admitted free at all Speedway events in 2016 with the exception of Budweiser International Classic Weekend and Race of Champions Weekend.
On track activity beings at Oswego Speedway on Saturday, May 7 with the annual open test session for all racing divisions. Testing will run from 1-5pm on May 7 and is free for spectators to sit in the main grandstand.
Racing action at the Speedway begins on Saturday, May 14 featuring the Speedway’s 66th consecutive opening night highlighted by the Race of Champions Modified Richie Evans Memorial 61 as well as kick-off events for the Novelis Supermodifieds and Pathfinder Bank SBS.
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Price Chopper ‘Tickets to Go’ Program Offer Dates ($14 Adult G/A Tickets):
Saturday, June 11th – Spring Championship: Supermodified 50 – SBS 30 (Front Grandstand Only)
Saturday, July 2nd – Independence Weekend Grand Prix: Supermodified Grand Prix 75 – SBS Grand Prix 35
Saturday, July 16th – Summer Championship: Supermodified 50 – SBS 30
Saturday, August 6th – Retro Night: Supermodified 45 – SBS 30
Saturday, August 13th – Twin 20’s: Supermodified 50 – SBS Twin 20’s
About Oswego Speedway: Oswego Speedway, a sports entertainment company, is a 5/8 mile semi-banked pavement racing oval located off the shores of Lake Ontario in scenic Oswego, NY. Oswego Speedway has been a continuously run weekly racing venue since August, 1951. The premier open-wheel pavement short track cars in the world, Supermodifieds, run weekly at Oswego Speedway making Oswego the only weekly Supermodified racing venue in the world. The Small Block Supermodifieds accompany the full blown Supers on a weekly Saturday night schedule which runs from May through September. Oswego Speedway is mentioned in racing circles as the “Indy of the East,” as no fewer than a dozen past and present competitors have competed at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway including Mario Andretti, arguably the greatest driver of all time, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, along with former International Classic Champions Bentley Warren, Joe Gosek, and Davey Hamilton.