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2021 East Coast Speedway News2021 AMA Speedway Championship
AMA Speedway National Championship Series Supplemental Regulations - Round 1 and 2(Revised Aug 30, 2021)
Janniro leading NYS Champion and local favorite, Spencer Portararo, in action from 2020. AMA Speedway National Championships presented by POWERSPORTS X and Mad Jon and Bernie Racing come to Champion Speedway September 5th The biggest Speedway Motorcycle Race in the Country, The AMA Sanctioned Speedway National Championship Series, is set to be held at Action Park East in Greene, NY Sept 4th and at Champion Speedway in Owego, NY September 5th and will feature the best racers American Speedway has to offer. Including the defending and current 10-time AMA National Champion, Billy Janniro! Janniro has also won two US Open Championships here in New York. Joining Janniro on the visiting riders list from CA are FIM North American Final Champion, Max Ruml, Former British League rider and TEAM USA Member, Gino Manzares, Current US Open Champion, Austin Novratil, Former Dream Team USA rider, Tim Gomez and rising Northern California star, Blake Borello. Representing Florida will be 10-year British League Veteran, David Meldrum and the top Colorado rider, Redmond Bohannon, is in the field. This will mark the first time the series has ever been held outside of CA. The NY Rounds are presented by POWERSPORTS X at 2400 NY-26, Vestal, NY and Mad Jon and Bernie Racing from Reseda, CA. POWERPSORTS X, is a leader locally for all types of powersports sales and service! Mad Jon Stasiefski is a long-time speedway racer who raced in NY for several seasons in the 70's and 80's and his partner Bernie Fried is a first-class person and excellent businessman. They have helped numerous riders and tracks with sponsor support. This year's Championship series will include three nights of racing. The final round will be held at Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway in Auburn, CA in late September (25th). Saturday evening, September 4th the gates will open at 5pm and racing will take place at 7pm at Action Park East on RT 12 in Greene. For round two, on Sunday the 5th, gates will open at 4pm with races blasting off at 6pm. Local fans will have a lot to cheer about and the guest stars will have their hands full as the track promotion has a strong program of local riders at the moment. The top local favorites will be New York State Champion, Spencer Portararo, of Endwell, Len McBride of Windsor, who has 5 track titles at Champion Speedway, Brian Hollenbeck of Owego, Dave Oakden and Jonny Oakden of Rochester and Dave Clark of Berkshire. Speedway motorcycles have absolutely no brakes, go from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds and slide totally sideways through the turns. They run on methanol and the sport attracts crowds of 20,00 plus for weekly meetings in Europe. There are only several pockets of speedway in the US and New York is recognized as one of the best, second only to California. Champion Speedway is at the end of Rt. 434 on Old Narrows Road. You can Google 227 Old Narrows Road, Nichols, NY 13812 for driving directions. Support Class racing, Juniors and Trikes will be included both nights. The band Metaturnal from Barton, NY will be playing LIVE at intermission and immediately following the races Sunday. More info can be found by calling (585) 739-9612 or going to www.eastcoastspeedway.com or www.speedwaybikes.com. 2021 AMA Speedway ChampionshipHere is the link to the 2021 AMA Speedway National Championship Series Supplemental Regulations - Round One and Two Action Park East, Greene, NY September 4, 2021 Champion Speedway, Owego, NY September 5, 2021 East Coast SpeedwayThe racing schedules for Action Park East and Champion Speedway have been updated. (Jason Bonsignore eastcoastspeedway@hotmail.com June 20, 2021) East Coast SpeedwayMay 30, 2021 Champion Speedway: Despite waiting as long as possible to try and get the event (US Open Championship) in while the California riders are here, the weather and track conditions have forced us to cancel the US Open Speedway Championships this weekend. We plan on rescheduling the event for another weekend this summer; your wristbands from tonight will be good for the rescheduled event or a future program. We will have the California riders return for another two-day show. Thank you to all of our fans who showed up, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
The 2021 Champion Speedway schedule is now posted. May 15 - Patrick Ahlund Spring Classic/USSGP Qualifier The 2021 Action Park East schedule is now posted. May 29 - US Open Championships Round 1
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