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After filing my story and photos from Fonda Speedway last week, I had a very rare opportunity. I walked out of the tower, where I am graciously afforded a work space, locked the door behind me and started walking down the steps in the old covered grandstand. The lights were all turned out with the exception of a couple in the pit area, the only thing illuminating the speedway was a full moon rising over the Fonda Speedway sign on the back stretch. It was calm, peaceful, quiet and picturesque. Hard to believe that less than an hour before the place was bustling with cars racing and people celebrating the end of another regular season at the “Track of Champions.” Moments before, Victory Lane at the venerable speedway was crowded with people as Bobby Varin was crowned modified track champion for the fourth time in his career and third time in the past four years. “It has been an up and down season for us,” Varin said.
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I had a slight reality check the other day while walking through a local store.
On the shelves were colorful leaves, pumpkins and other symbols that fall is just around the corner.
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With five rainouts this season, including the past two Saturday nights, the management at Fonda Speedway needed a home run from its lone mid-week show of the season.
They got it.
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Last Saturday’s rain out has set up a high-octane August at Fonda Speedway.
The rained-out 50-lap, $5,000-to-win Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series event will be run Saturday night.
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Fonda Speedway will try to answer a question some fans have had over the years “Which is faster, an IMCA modified or a Pro Stock?”
Saturday the top five Pro Stocks and top five IMCAs in the point standings will take to the track in the Pr
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The budget Ssportsman division will be an added division this week at Fonda Speedway, but the class already has a strong foothold at Glen Ridge Motorsports Park, Albany-Saratoga Speedway and Devil’s Bowl.
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