YCRC AND ARCH SUPPORT APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SPEEDWEEK EVENTS

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: April 27, 2024

April 28, 2024 – Support of the Selinsgrove Ford Appalachian Mountain Late Model Speedweek continues to grow, starting with Selinsgrove Ford’s backing enabling the series to provide a $17,000 point fund. Over 25 sponsors have announced their support of this year’s 8-race series.

This week two of the most recognized racing clubs in the region, if not the nation, the Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown (ARCH) and the York County Racing Club (YCRC), have signed on to support the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek competitors. Each club will be assigned one of the two B-mains each night of Speedweek to provide the first non-qualifier in that B-Main with $100, provided they are club members. This is in addition to $300 provided by Bernheisel Race Cars and Precision Powder Coating to award $50 to each of the top three non-qualifiers in both of the B-Mains each night.

The York County Racing Club was founded in 1979 and boasts over 3,000 active members including fans, drivers, owners and promoters. While sponsoring various events and trips throughout the year promoting the sport, they also have an Injured Drivers Fund to provide financial help to any YCRC Member Driver that suffers auto racing injuries and associated income loss.

The Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown is also more than a social organization. The club sponsors events at several area speedways and has an injury fund to provide financial support to injured drivers. ARCH has been active in supporting auto racing since 1965. Nearly 400 active members are dedicated to the betterment of the sport of auto racing. Eighty-one of the racing fraternity’s greats have been inducted into the ARCH Hall of Fame to date.

The Appalachian Mountain LM Speedweek 2024 gets underway at Clinton County Speedway in Mill Hall, PA, on Friday, June 7, with sponsorship from Strouse Electric of Bellefonte, PA. Things will move to the south to Port Royal Speedway, on Saturday night, June 8, with VP Racing Fuels the sponsor, and then just across the Mason/Dixon Line to Hagerstown Speedway on Sunday, June 9, for JDS/Penske Shocks support.

The series takes Monday off, before moving to Path Valley Speedway Park in Spring Run, PA, for Night on Tuesday, June 11. Veterinarian Zachary D, Crouse of St. Thomas, PA, is the sponsor on this event at the Spring Run, PA oval.

Wednesday is the final Speedweek day off and could serve as a rain date for the events on the first half of Speedweek.

Racing gets back underway on Thursday, June 13, at Selinsgrove Speedway with Donnie’s Automotive of Middlesburg, PA sponsorship followed by Friday night racing at the Bedford Fairgrounds Speedway on Friday night, June 14. Pennsylvania general contractors and petroleum industry experts, Bolger Brothers of Altoona and Evans City will be the backer of the Bedford event.

Moving east, the tour comes down the homestretch with a Saturday night stop at Abbottstown’s Lincoln Speedway on June 15backed by JRD Automotive of Mechanicsburg and Red Wing Shoes of Hanover, York and BellAir (MD). The AMS finale hits the track one day later, on Creekside Auto Sales Sunday night, at BAPS Speedway in York Haven, PA with series support from Cameron Construction of Chaptico, MD.

Driver registration is $50 per event at the track on each race night. But now through May 10, drivers can register for the entire 8-race series for $300. This discounted, full-series registration can be done totally through MyRacePass’s Appalachian Mountain Speedweek page or by completing the entry form on the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek website and mailing a check to the address indicated.