A great way to say “thanks” to your driver, to your sponsors, or to your family and/or crew is by placing an ad in the banquet program booklet.
The Labor Day Shootout at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway has existed in some form for many, many years. The last 22 editions of the Labor Day tradition have seen a bit of dominance at times, a host of “big name” winners, and several changes in the divisions that compete at the Shootout, the format, and the expansion to a two-day event.
Newmanstown, PA (August 26) - The best racing/party weekend of the season....the Lanco Labor Day Shootout presented by Hyper Racing!
Want more "bang for your buck" when you take the family out for a fun-filled Saturday night? Then look no further than Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, as the next three Saturdays will be jam-packed with LOTS of racing excitement, fun activities for kids and adults alike, and even a chance to get some useful back-to-school items.
Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway and the National Racing Network announced an expansion of their existing partnership, to now include live streaming of all weekly races on the network beginning on June 29.
Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway returns to action this Saturday, June 8, with a five division show of the wildest winged Micro Sprint racing in the northeast!
It's also Scout Night at the speedway, with all Scouts who show up in uniform receiving free admission to the spectator stands.
After all four events in April were completed without the interference of Mother Nature, Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway is now "Oh-for-two" in the month of May.
After the first four events of the 2019 were completed without the interference of Mother Nature, Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway is now "Oh-for-one" in the month of May.
Brand new entrance and exit gates will greet racers as they onto and from the oval at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Newmanstown, Pa. And those gates will be opened and closed for the first time this Saturday, April 6, when the speedway presents its No Wing Spring Fling opener for wingless 600 and 270 Sprints, along with the second 125cc/Four-Stroke Challenge.
Newmanstown, PA (February 24) - Plans and preparations are "full steam ahead" for the April 6 No Wing Spring Fling at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Newmanstown, PA.
Nearly 270 people braved a wintery forecast and attended the awards gala hosted by Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway on Saturday night, January 12.
Due to unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances that only came to light a few days after Christmas, the Lanco Awards Banquet was forced to switch venues. The annual gala that celebrates the top point-earners and special award winners from the previous season at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway will now be held at the Crowne Plaza Reading on Saturday, January 12 (the date remains the same as originally scheduled).
The names of those who have graced victory lane at Lanco’s Labor Day Shootout read like a who’s-who among the region’s most elite Micro Sprint drivers as well as racers who have gone on to great success at the various big-car levels.
Newmanstown, PA (August 28) - Big races, with lots of invaders looking to ride in, whip the host track’s regulars, then ride off into the sunset with gobs of cash in their pockets, require a different type of qualifying procedure in order to be as fair as possible to all the competitors.
At this weekend’s Labor Day Shootout, the annual two-day frenzy of fun and insanely competitive racing action, a Chili Bowl-style format will be utilized. It’s the same format recently incorporated into Hyper Racing 600 Speedweek, where it was very successful and appreciated by the race teams involved.
The point chases will take the week off as attention turns to the biggest party/racing weekend of the year at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway: the annual Labor Day Shootout on Saturday, September 1st and Sunday, September 2nd. The Shootout does utilize a rain date of Monday, September 3rd, if needed.
Gates will open at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, with pill draw ending and a driver's meeting beginning at 3:30. Warm-ups commence at 3:45 and the first heat race goes green at 4:30 on both days of the Shootout.
Newmanstown, PA (July 23) - The P1 Insurance USAC National Midget Tour will make the third annual appearance at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Newmanstown, PA, Battleground Lanco: Part III will take place on Saturday evening, August 4, 2018.
The inaugural appearance of the USAC National Midget Tour in 2016 was a jaw dropping event which featured Tanner Thorson's spin and win. In 2017, Tanner Thorson once again came out victorious in an entertaining event.
This season, current P1 Insurance USAC National Midget Championship points leader Logan Seavey leads the Midwest contingent into the Keystone State for PA Midget Week. The National tour’s two-time winner, driving one of the potent Keith Kunz Midgets, makes his Pennsylvania debut after opening a lot of eyes with an impressive top-ten effort in his initial NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Eldora Speedway on July 18.
Newmanstown, PA (July 22) - July 21st produced the year’s sixth rain out at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, and the cancellation washed away race teams’ final tune up for this Saturday’s “Grandaddy of em all”, the annual Clyde Martin Memorial Race presented by Gold Rush Trailer Sales.
Dating back to 1962, the Clyde Martin Memorial is an event steeped in tradition; it’s also a race that rewards them loyalty and dedication of Lanco club members who support the track on a weekly basis. The Clyde Memorial offers double points in the longest main events of the season (35 laps), along with the really cool tradition of the winner’s trophy being handed over from the previous year’s winning drivers to this year’s victors. If a driver can win the Memorial Race three times (in one class), then he or she gets to keep it and a new one is ordered for the next season.
Newmanstown, PA (July 6) - Longtime racing photographer and Track Chasing veteran Mike Knappenberger, from Exeter Township near Reading, PA, has been chosen to follow Shred Racing Photos as the official track photographer at Lanco’s Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway.
A few months ago, Bonnie & Curt Goshert of Shred Racing Photos made the difficult decision to step down, after seven seasons, as the Lanco club’s track photographers, effective June 30. Bonnie and Curt, along with their son, Austin, who manned the photo and novelty stand, cited a desire to spend more time with family and to also travel around to different race tracks as the reasons for stepping down.
Lanco officials immediately began the search for a replacement, and chose Knappenberger as the man for the job. Technically, his duties began July 1, but the first event he will shoot as track photographer will occur on Saturday, July 14, when the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway swings back into action after a two-week break.
“Bonnie and Curt did a tremendous job for the past seven years, and my main goal is to continue on the path they’ve established. I do have some ideas, though, and hope to implement some different things as we go along,” said Knappenberger.
His first promotional idea will take place on Saturday the 14th, when the first 200 kids though the main ticket gate will receive a free photo. The youngsters will have to pick up their souvenir at the Photo & Novelty stand, which will now operate under the direction of Kim’s Kreations. Kim Glass of Kim’s Kreations is working in conjunction with Knappenberger to run the stand and sell his photos, along with numerous novelty items.
Lanco’s Board of Directors and officers wish nothing but the best for the Goshert family and thank them for their dedicated service to the club and speedway.
Knappenberger has been giving back to the racers, at the Clyde as well as other area tracks, for the past few seasons through decals that promote his Facebook page - Race Chasing for Fans. Many of the region’s drivers have been recipients of bonus money at the end of a night’s competition thanks to Knappenberger and his sponsors. Beginning this Saturday, July 14, participants at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway will now also benefit from his photography skills.