By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – In racing and other sports there is something known as a homefield advantage. Sunday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway, Stewart Friesen took advantage of being home winning $10,000 for his fourth consecutive victory in the “Firecracker 50” event. The special event…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Last week Matt DeLorenzo and his crew chief, his brother Mike DeLorenzo, learned what a little change can do to your racecar. This week they used that lesson to dial the BBL Companies #3D Bicknell car back to early season form when he won…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Saturday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway was a night of firsts with three first time winners in the five regular divisions that compete on a weekly basis. Brian Gleason became the 138th different driver to win in the Sunoco Modified division…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – As Mimi Lazzaro said in victory lane after a very convincing win by Dave Constantino in his Laudy Hoyenga owned #34 DKM Chassis, you never know how Constantino will react in victory lane after a win because “the character this guy has is awesome”. His…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Saturday evening Fonda Speedway had everything a race fan could ever want, great car counts, a great crowd, a meet & greet for fans to visit with their favorite drivers, and great racing! Bill Lake Modular Homes presented Fan Appreciation Night with $5 grandstand…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – After winning at the Albany Saratoga Speedway on Friday evening, Matt DeLorenzo, his brother Mike, and his teammate Brian Gleason worked all day on Saturday to get the car ready to race at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway. Proof that hard work pays…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – On opening day of the 2022 season back on April 24, Stewart Friesen was in victory lane at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway which has become a very familiar place for the driver from Sprakers, NY in recent years. Things haven’t been the…
By Jim Ellis for the Fonda Speedway Fonda, NY – Last Saturday, after a last-to-first run, Danny Varin parked his 360 ESS sprint car in Victory Lane at Fonda Speedway. Varin kept his momentum going by leading every lap of the 30-lap Sunoco Modified feature to collect his first modified…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – The Hanson Paving Modified has been competing at the “Track of Champions” for a long time and is part of the track’s history. Ken Hanson competed at the track in car #20 and has one career victory to his credit coming back on 7/5/1986….
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Last week Matt DeLorenzo got to the track late, missed his hot lap session, and really didn’t know what he had for a race car. He ended up in victory lane. This week he knew exactly what he had for a race car as…
By: Ron Szczerba FONDA, NY – On Saturday afternoon, Matt DeLorenzo attended a softball game that his daughter competed in and afterwards got to the Fonda Speedway to compete in the evenings racing program. When he got to the track everything was ready for him and that was key in…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – It took three tries to get “Opening Night 2022” in the record books at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway with a familiar face in victory lane after the 40-lap Montgomery County Open Jack Johnson Memorial Sunoco Modified feature was completed on Sunday evening….
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – The opening ceremonies at any event can be special, the one at the 29th edition of the Fonda 200 on Saturday was one of the best that I think that I have ever seen. Drivers were introduced according to their starting positions and walked…
DAY 2 OF THE 2021 FONDA 200 WEEKEND PRESENTED BY SOUTHSIDE BEVERAGE STSS SUNOCO MODIFIED QUALIFYING RACE #1 FOR THE FONDA 200 – 15-LAPS – SEVEN QUALIFY – TOP THREE REDRAW – $500 BONUS TO THE WINNER THANKS TO UPSTATE AUTO IN GERMANTOWN, NY – MATT SHEPPARD, Mike Mahaney, Chris…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – The drama of Championship Night at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway means a lot of pressure for those who are in the running for a point championship at a historic track where it means so much to be a champion. Every position means…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Earlier this season Ronnie Johnson competed at the Fonda Speedway on a memorial night honoring his legendary father Jumpin’ Jack Johnson. After that race he decided to “come home” to Fonda and compete on a regular basis at a track where he grew up…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – How fitting was it on Saturday evening that the #44 of Stewart Friesen and the #4 of Cody Clark were in victory lane after wins at the Fonda Speedway in the Sunoco Modified and Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman respectively on a night…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Saturday evening at the Fonda Speedway a race to the win in the Sunoco Modified feature became a family affair between Jessica and Stewart Friesen with Jessica beating her husband to the finish line for her first career win in the Sunoco Modified division…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – What better way to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday than with racing and fireworks? That is exactly how the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway celebrated the holiday with the Short Track Super Series in town for STSS Northern Region Modified and Crate 602…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Starting 12th on the grid for the 30-lap Sunoco Modified feature, Stewart Friesen did what he normally does, work his way to the front of the field. It didn’t come easily on a challenging track, but he wasn’t comfortable just staying in one lane…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Saturday evening at Fonda a great night of racing concluded with Rocky Warner and Ronnie Johnson in the spotlight after winning the Sunoco Modified feature and the special match race event honoring the late Bill Anagnostopulos known as the Bill Ag Memorial Elimination Match…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Two weeks ago during the Twin 22 lap events at Fonda, Mike Mahaney was involved in a wreck that demolished his Adirondack Auto #35. On Saturday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway he used the repaired race car to win his second…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – 12th must have been the place to be at the start of the Sunoco Modified and Swagger Factory Apparel Crate 602 Sportsman feature events at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway on Saturday evening as both Stewart Friesen and Mark Mortensen took the feature…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – Every race night at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway is special. It means so much to win there, to even race there. Saturday evening was even more special as one of the legendary drivers at the speedway was honored with a special tribute…
By: Ron Szczerba Fonda, NY – On Saturday evening at the “Track of Champions” Fonda Speedway, Mike Mahaney won for the fourth time in his career, but for the first time on a regular Saturday evening racing program. Mahaney’s first win at Fonda came back on 4/7/2012 on opening day…