11/18/2020
Short Track Super Series
Georgetown Speedway Moves Gobbler™ Up: Now Saturday, Nov. 21 Due to State Regulations
GEORGETOWN,
DE The Gobbler™ at
Georgetown Speedway will now take place on Saturday, November 21.
Due to
upcoming COVID-19 regulations announced today (Nov. 17) by Governor John
Carney, the post-season event has been moved forward by seven days and will
take place on Saturday, November 21. A picture-perfect weather forecast is in
place for this event.
Gates will open
at noon, with hot laps at 2 p.m. and racing at 3 p.m., an hour later than originally
planned with the mild temperatures in place.
L&J Sheet
Metal Modifieds headline the program racing 35 laps for $4,000 to win.
But there is
a twist! Any driver who has perfect attendance at any BD Motorsports Media LLC
affiliated tracks or series (Georgetown, N.Y.™s Fonda Speedway or the Short
Track Super Series North or South Series) will receive a œGrandma™s Gravy?
bonus of $2,000, bringing the winner™s share to $6,000!
Chesapeake
Paving/J.W. Brown Trucking Crate 602 Sportsman run a 25-lap main with $1,500
going to the winner. Any driver with perfect attendance at Georgetown, Fonda,
or the Short Track Super Series Crate 602 Sportsman South Region in 20 able to
win the feature will take home a œGrandma™s Gravy? bonus of $500 to bring the
total to $2,000.
RUSH Late
Models will complete their Georgetown Speedway point season in a $1,500-to-win,
25-lap event. Should the winner have perfect attendance at Georgetown in 2020,
there will be a œGrandma™s Gravy? bonus of $500, elevating the winner™s share
to $2,000.
Completing
the program will be 12-lap features for the Little Lincolns (rescheduled from
the Sunday, Nov. 1 rain-out), Delmarva Chargers and Delaware Super Trucks.
Adult
grandstand admission is $20. Seniors (ages 65 and up) and Students (ages 13-17)
pay $16. Kids (ages 9-12) pay $10. Children 8 and under are FREE.
Pit admission
is $35. Kids (ages 6-12) pay $10. Children 5 and under pay $2.
For those
unable to attend, the Gobbler™ will be broadcast live on Dirt Track Digest TV
(www.dirttrackdigest.tv).
Georgetown Speedway, originally constructed by Melvin L. Joseph
in 1949, is located at the intersection of Route 113 and Speedway Road in
Georgetown, Del., just miles from the Delaware beaches and less than a
40-minute drive from Ocean City, Md.
A website is live for the speedway at www.thegeorgetownspeedway.com. Like Georgetown
Speedway on Facebook, follow @thegtownspdwy on Twitter, e-mail georgetownspeedway@gmail.com or contact the
speedway hotline at 302.563.GTWN (4896).