{"id":7598,"date":"2011-07-22T21:33:42","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T21:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2011-07-22T21:33:42","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T21:33:42","slug":"less-than-two-weeks-until-bronson-speedway-re-opens-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/tracks\/less-than-two-weeks-until-bronson-speedway-re-opens-4\/","title":{"rendered":"LESS THAN TWO WEEKS UNTIL BRONSON SPEEDWAY RE-OPENS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\nFrom Dave Westerman<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n  Bronson Speedway in Florida gets a new lease on life starting on July 30th<\/span><\/span>\r\nwhen the track opens for the 2011 racing season after sitting dormant for well<\/span><\/span>\r\nover a year.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  The track, under the new ownership of Chris and Ann Young, natives of Long<\/span><\/span>\r\nIsland, NY, will host a final test and tune session this Saturday evening,<\/span><\/span>\r\nJuly 23rd in preparation for opening night the following Saturday.  Gates will<\/span><\/span>\r\nopen this Saturday at 4PM with practice from 5-9PM to give drivers a better<\/span><\/span>\r\nchance to see how actual racing conditions will be rather than practicing in<\/span><\/span>\r\nthe heat of the day like the previous two sessions that were held.  Pit<\/span><\/span>\r\nadmission for practice is $10 per person but fans can watch from the<\/span><\/span>\r\ngrandstands for free.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  In action on opening night will be the Open Wheel Modifieds, Sportsman cars,<\/span><\/span>\r\nINEX Legend Cars, Pure Stocks and Hornets.  These classes will run almost<\/span><\/span>\r\nevery week at the speedway and the five divisions will be the core of racing<\/span><\/span>\r\nat Bronson.  Gates will open on July 30th at 4PM with racing getting under way<\/span><\/span>\r\nat 7:30PM.  Adult admission will be $12, Seniors 60+ and students 12-17 years<\/span><\/span>\r\nof age are $10, Kids aged 6-11 are $5 and all kids under 5 are free.  Pit<\/span><\/span>\r\nadmission is $25.  Other special events will be added as the season<\/span><\/span>\r\nprogresses.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  Rather than trying to pull in cars from other racetracks, the Young's are<\/span><\/span>\r\nhoping to build a solid following of core racers at Bronson Speedway who will<\/span><\/span>\r\nmake it their home track.  Many of the race teams expected to compete have not<\/span><\/span>\r\nraced at all, or just sparingly, since Bronson closed.  These drivers are<\/span><\/span>\r\nchomping at the bit to get back in action.  \"We want to put together a great<\/span><\/span>\r\ngroup of drivers, teams and fans who will make Bronson their home,\" says Ann<\/span><\/span>\r\nYoung.  \"We certainly invite drivers from other tracks to give us a try, but<\/span><\/span>\r\nwe won't be out trying to get them to come here.  Everyone will be treated<\/span><\/span>\r\ncourteously and fairly and we mainly want everyone to have lots of fun in a<\/span><\/span>\r\ngreat family atmosphere,\" she continues.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  INEX Legend Cars are a big part of the Young's life since their 17-year-old<\/span><\/span>\r\nson Christopher drives one and they hope to get a number of drivers interested<\/span><\/span>\r\nin trying these cars out.  In fact, by years end, they hope to have several<\/span><\/span>\r\nLegends available to rent on a week-to-week basis so drivers can \"try the<\/span><\/span>\r\nclass out\" before purchasing one.  \"We've had contact with several Legend Car<\/span><\/span>\r\nteams in North and North Central Florida that have cars but have had to travel<\/span><\/span>\r\ngreat distances to race as well as a few teams in Southern Georgia who are<\/span><\/span>\r\ninterested, and that, coupled with getting some new faces into the Legends,<\/span><\/span>\r\nshould give us a pretty strong field of these cars by the end of the year,\"<\/span><\/span>\r\nsays Ann Young.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  Safety will be of prime importance at Bronson Speedway as each car will have<\/span><\/span>\r\nto go through a rigid safety inspection before being allowed to compete.  Each<\/span><\/span>\r\nrace night Levy County EMS and Bronson Fire Rescue will be on hand should the<\/span><\/span>\r\nneed for their expert services arise.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  Stock car racing isn't all that Bronson Speedway will be hosting.  Once the<\/span><\/span>\r\nracing program is established, Mud Bogs and Mud Drags will be added.  During<\/span><\/span>\r\nthe off season, flea markets and festivals will be held on the speedway<\/span><\/span>\r\ngrounds.  Also planned are special \"Movies in the Moonlight\" family gatherings<\/span><\/span>\r\nin Bronson Speedway's huge parking lot.  This will be a throwback to the times<\/span><\/span>\r\nof the old drive-in movie theaters but with a bit of a new flair.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  Bronson Speedway is located at 9950 NE SR 24 (Thrasher Dr.) Northwest of<\/span><\/span>\r\nOcala and Southwest of Gainesville.  Fans and race teams coming from the north<\/span><\/span>\r\ncan exit directly onto SR 24 from I-95 in Gainesville (exit 384) and drive<\/span><\/span>\r\ndirectly to the track.  From the south, take U. S. Highway 27 west from Ocala<\/span><\/span>\r\nthat takes you to Bronson, FL.  Turn right onto SR 24 and go three miles to<\/span><\/span>\r\nthe speedway.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  For questions concerning all aspects of racing at Bronson Speedway, contact<\/span><\/span>\r\nGeneral Manager\/Race Director Mike Odwazny at (352) 486-4998.  Sportsman and<\/span><\/span>\r\nModified teams can get Hoosier 650 tires ordered by calling the track as<\/span><\/span>\r\nwell.<\/span><\/span>\r\n  Welcome back Bronson Speedway!<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Dave Westerman Bronson Speedway in Florida gets a new lease on life starting on July 30th when the track opens for the 2011 racing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bronson-speedway","category-featured","category-tracks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7600,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598\/revisions\/7600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}