Bobby Page Foundation backpack giveaway

Sunday’s race will feature anannual backpack giveaway to55lucky children, aswell as autographsessions anddirtracing.

VERNON, N.Y. >> The Utica-Rome Speedway comes back to life Sunday night for the annual Bobby Page Foundation backpack giveaway as well as autograph night in a program presented by A-Verdi Storage Containers and Parks Trucking and Paving. There will be 55 lucky kids that leave the track with backpacks full of school supplies for the 2019 school year.

Making the event in more special is that it’s just $20 a carload to get in for the night. The event features the DirtTrackDigest.com DIRTcar 358-Modifieds, Broedel Fuel Group DIRTcar Sportsman, the Ted’s Body Shop DIRTcar Pro Stocks and the Bernie’s Extreme Performance Rookie Sportsman.

The autograph session will be on the speedway at 6 p.m. With hot laps go going promptly at 6:45 p.m.

Erick Rudolph currently leads the DirtTrackDigest.com DIRTcar 358-Modified point chase. The Ransomville, N.Y., driver has beenadominant force in the division winning four races in 2019. Defending champion Billy Dunn currently sits second trailing by only 22 points. Pat Ward, Dave Marcuccilli and Billy Whittaker complete the top five.

Like Rudolph, Janczuk has won four races in the Broedel Fuel Group DIRTcar Sportsman division. He’s got just a slim 18 point lead over Kyle Inman. Alan Fink, Chris Mackey sit third and fourth with Dave

Moyer and A.J. Filbeck tied for fifth.

Josh Coonradt and Nick Stone sit at the top of the Ted’s Body Shop DIRTcar Pro Stock points. Coonradt is a two-time winner on the season with just eight points separating him and Nick Stone. Mike Welch, Shane Henderson and Pete Stefanski make-up the rest of the top five.

A-Verdi Storage Containers has been locally owned for the past 35 years providing storage and office solutions throughout the state of New York. To learn more about A-Verdi Storage Containers, visit http://averdi. com/ or call 1-800-2483734.

Parks Truck and Paving is located in West Winfield, N.Y. Parks Trucking and Paving offers paving and repaving surfaces as well as asphalt removal and much more. To find out what they can do for you give them a call at (315) 822-5781.

The Bobby Page Memorial Foundation was founded in 2006 to improve the quality of life for less fortunate children in our local community. The family and friends of Bobby Page felt it very important to carry on the true spirit of Bobby who was taken at the very young age of 25 years old, after a very tough battle with cancer.

To learn more about the Bobby Page Foundation, visit http:// bobbypage5. com.

If you can’t make it to the track you can catch all the action on DirtTrackDigest.tv. Nearly every event throughout the 2019 racing season will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.

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