Anchored by the Indianapolis 500 and the NASCAR World 600 at the Charlotte Speedway, the Memorial Day holiday weekend is the biggest and most important for automobile racing in the country.
Perhaps the most popular form of short-track racing are sprint cars. These 1,400-pound, open wheel machines are found from coast to coast and are often called “America’s Race Cars.”
Back in 1983, the Empire Super Sprint Club was established to promote sprint car racing in New York State. The ESS group has grown gradually each year and this year’s 39-race schedule has over $400,000 in posted awards…