Oswego Speedway to Host Super DIRT Week

OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — The biggest dirt racing week of the year in upstate New York is moving to Oswego Speedway.

The World Racing Group says the "Steel Palace" will host Super DIRT Week in October.

Oswego Speedway has been paved with asphalt since 1952, so that means tons of dirt will have to be transported in for race week, which culminates Oct. 9 with the NAPA 300.

The racing was moved to Oswego because developers of Central New York Raceway Park, a new facility being built nearby, have run into financial problems and construction has halted. According to plans announced last year, Central New York Raceway Park was to host Super DIRT Week for a decade.

The New York State Fairgrounds had been the event's home since its inception in the 1970s.

[STORY BY: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]