鈥淲e鈥檒l have a whole bunch of vintage modifieds, with a real strong car count there. We鈥檒l have a strong car count in the Richlock Rentals Wilroc non-wing sprint cars and we鈥檒l have some, not all that many, winged cars. Probably about eight,鈥� said track manager Daryl Crocker.
鈥淲e鈥檙e in a rebuilding process with them so we鈥檙e still down on cars there. We have stuff in the works and it should start progressively picking up for the rest of this season and into next season.鈥�
The Strawberry Cup is a popular weekend of open-wheel racing, said Crocker.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not as big as our Daffodil Cup, but it is our second biggest winged sprint car night of the year and the vintage modifieds has a real strong car count with them so that will be a very good show,鈥� he stated.
Jeff Montgomery won the winged car event last year and Guy Barrett claimed the non-wing title. Both are in the winged race this weekend at the Langford facility which has battled weather problems this season.
鈥淭o be honest, I鈥檝e been worried about the weather,鈥� said Crocker. 鈥淲e鈥檝e had good weather the last few weeks, but the three or four weeks before that we really struggled, with a rainout and two or three nights of delays and/or running in the rain on demo nights.鈥�
The back gate opens at 2 p.m. with practice beginning at 4:30 p.m., at which time the grandstands open. Qualifying starts at 5:30 p.m. and racing begins an hour later, both today and Saturday.
Tickets are available at the Market on Millstream or online.
