Malta, NY – The Albany-Saratoga Speedway crowned their 2014 Track Champions just over a week ago at the annual awards banquet. Just prior to the banquet, track promoter Lyle DeVore released an action packed 26 event racing schedule that is full of special promotions and events centered around 2015 being the 50th year of racing at the storied facility.

As in seasons past, the weekly racing program will consist of the DIRTcar Modifieds, Sportsman, DIRTcar Pro Stocks, Limited Sportsman and Street Stock divisions. The Greg’s Towing and Repair Four Cylinder division will have 13 events at the four tenths mile oval, including a special 17 lap Kevin Connor Memorial on July 10th. Another memorial event – the Hungry Mike Ronca Memorial for the DIRTcar Modifieds, will be announced at a later date.

The doors of the Great Race Place are scheduled to open for the first time on Sunday afternoon April 12th for an open warm-up session. The session is open to all divisions with the track being open from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The first official event of the historic season will take the green flag on April 17th. The DIRTcar Modified division will compete in a $3,000 to win event. It will also be Meet the Champions Night. The month of April will end a week later with a regular weekly program highlighted by a $600 to win DIRTcar Pro Stock event.

Event number four on the schedule will take place on May 1st and feature a 50 lap Street Stock event sponsored by Tileworks by Damon Anderson, along with a regular weekly program. The next three events will feature qualifiers for late season special events for the DIRTcar Modified division. On May 8th a spot in the Outlaw 200 at the Fulton speedway in October is up for grabs while a week later a spot in the Accord Speedway, King of the Catskills event will be awarded to the winner. The May 15th program will also be NYSSCA Night. On May 22nd the DIRTcar Modified feature winner will earn a spot in the Mr. DIRT Track U.S.A. event at the Lebanon Valley Speedway in late August.

The month of May will see two of the four scheduled Featherfoot Warrior Series events take place. This season, two events each for the Sportsman and DIRTcar Pro Stock divisions will be held. The Sportsman events will be on May 29th ($1,000 to win) and August 21st. The DIRTcar Pro Stock division events will be held on May 8th and September 4th. The May 29th event will also see the very popular Kiddie Rides take place.

On Friday night June 5th the DIRTcar Modified division will compete in a twin 25 lap feature program while one week later the Mark Hughes Memorial Sportsman event will honor the late racer for the second season in a row. The Capital Region Sprint Car Agency (CRSA) will take to the track for the first of their two scheduled appearances on June 19th. The second will be on August 14th.

The month of June will end with the first of two King of Dirt Sportsman Series events to be held at the track. The June 26th show will be followed a week later by the first King of Dirt Pro Stock Series event. The July 3rd show will also be Military Night and will feature fireworks.

On Tuesday evening July 7th Brett Hearn brings his annual Big Show event back to the Great Race Place. The Super DIRTcar Series event is sponsored by the Recovery Sports Grill, Ferris and VP Racing Fuels. It will also feature Kenny Wallace. The 100 lap Modified event will also see the Sportsman division on the card.

Three days later the DIRTcar Modified division will compete in a qualifier for the Eastern States Weekend in October. The Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints will make their only appearance of the season on July 17th while the DIRTcar Pro Stock Series will come to town on July 24th for a 50 lap event. The month of July will end on the 31st with 50s night. On this night the DIRTcar Modified heat race winners will receive $50.

The final full month of the season kicks off on August 7th with a $3,000 to win, 50th Anniversary special for the DIRTcar Modifieds. Following the final appearance by the CRSA, the Empire Lightning Sprints make their first of two appearances at the track on August 21st. One week later the month ends with Back to School Night and the only appearance of the season by the DMA USAC Midgets.

On September 4th the points season ends for the DIRTcar Modified and DIRTcar Pro Stock divisions. All weekly divisions will be in action. One week later, on September 11th, the biggest Sportsman event in the region takes to the Albany-Saratoga Speedway. The Northeast Nationals will be a part of the King of Dirt Series and will see drivers come from all over in an effort to be crowned champion of the nationals. The Street Stock division will also be on hand with a 30 lap feature sponsored by Meltz Lumber.

The 2015 season will end on Friday evening September 18th with a special 50 lap event for the Sportsman division. The Street Stocks and Empire Lighting Sprints will also be on the card. This will be the final point events for the Sportsman and Street Stocks.