SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The 25th-anniversary tour of the Empire Super Sprints will feature 31 dates between April 12 and Oct. 18 of this year.
The initial green flag drops April 12 at Black Rock Speedway in Dundee, N.Y., marking the first time since 2003 that ESS has held a point event there.
After a 21-year absence, ESS also returns to Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y.
Also on tap for this season are debuts in Pennsylvania at Clinton County Raceway in Lock Haven and the paved oval at Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway for the “Assault on Asphalt.” It will be the series’s first appearance on asphalt.
The schedule:
April 12, Black Rock Speedway, Dundee, N.Y.; May 25, Utica-Rome Speedway, Vernon, N.Y.; May 31, Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway; June 7, Mohawk Int’l Raceway, Hogansburg, N.Y.; June 13, Autodrome Granby, Granby, Quebec; June 14, Autodrome Drummond, Drummondville, Quebec; June 20, Ohsweken (Ont.) Speedway; June 22, Cornwall (Ont.) Motor Speedway; June 28, Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway; July 5, Can-Am Motorsports Park, LaFargeville, N.Y.; July 6, Utica-Rome Speedway; July 11, Clinton County Raceway, Mackeyville, Pa.; July 12, Woodhull (N.Y.) Raceway; July 18, Autodrome Edelweiss Speedway, Cantley, Quebec; July 19, Brockville Ontario Speedway; Aug. 1, Autodrome Granby; Aug. 2, Autodrome Drummond; Aug. 3, Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway; Aug. 15, Autodrome Edelweiss Speedway; Aug. 16, Brockville Ontario Speedway; Aug. 17, Cornwall Motor Speedway; Aug. 29, Autodrome Granby; Aug. 30, Autodrome Drummond; Aug. 31, Utica-Rome Speedway; Sept. 5, Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, N.Y.; Sept. 12-13, Ohsweken Speedway; Sept. 19, Autodrome Edelweiss Speedway; Sept. 20, Mohawk Int’l Raceway; Oct. 11, Rolling Wheels Raceway Park, Ellbridge, N.Y.; Oct. 18, Brockville Ontario Raceway.