OCNB Marketing Director Jamie Stack (left) presents Bob Goutermout a personalized embroidered jacket after he won on OCNB Twin 30’s night in 2005. Speedway representative Sandy Powers holds the winning plaque for Goutermout.

OCNB’s sponsorship of the Mr. Supermodified event marks the 20th running of this famous race at the Oswego Speedway. For feature winners Gene Lee Gibson (1987), Mike Muldoon (1988) and Tim Gareau (1997) the “$10,000 to Win” event was their first ever trip to victory lane in a supermodified feature at the Oswego Speedway. Defending “Mr. Supermodified” champion Greg Furlong has won the event twice but will not be on hand in 2006 because he will be racing in the USAC Silver Crown series that weekend. The all-time leader in victories in the “Mr. Supermodified” event is Mike Ordway whose six wins have come in 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Mike Ordway’s car owner, Clyde Booth, may be moving his supermodified race operation back to New York State from North Carolina for 2006 and this could be a year that Mike Ordway returns to dominance in the #61 at the Oswego Speedway and even captures a seventh title in the Novelis “Mr. Supermodified” event.

(By Danny Johnson) Years ago, Oswego Speedway was known as a direct route to the top forms of open wheel racing.  Driver such as Sammy Sessions, Ron Lux, Todd Gibson, Bentley Warren and Chuck Ciprich all parlayed success at Oswego Speedway into rides in the major leagues of auto racing. Showing that success at Oswego still carries a bunch of weight in the open wheel community, Greg Furlong became the first driver in a couple of decades to make the jump from Oswego Speedway to USAC.  Furlong joins the USAC Silver Crown community as he wheels the Jim Paternoster #41 this season.

The Oswego Speedway is proud to unveil its new website as of March 10, 2006. The site is expected to give Oswego Speedway fans state-of-the-art experiences following their favorite race track and race car drivers. Each of the first two summers that the Oswego Speedway has been under new ownership there have been constant improvements to reaching the fans through the websites that were used. This final upgrade is the result of several months of looking at what the industry has to offer to race fans who want to choose between having all of the news that is available and having selective news in a hurry.

Racinkid Productions owner Matt Thomas has undergone the task of re-creating the new website for the Oswego Speedway. Matt currently operates several websites including DirtVision and AsphaltVision. Through his company Thomas Video Productions, Matt and his father Mel brought Live Audio and Live Video to Oswego Speedway race fans during the 2005 season at the Oswego Speedway. You can look for more exciting innovations from Matt and Mel through the new website during the 2006 season as well. Newly appointed Webmaster Ted Starr will be continuing to develop an maintain the site throughout 2006.

The first holiday racing weekend of 2006 will again be sponsored by Community Bank during Memorial Day Weekend of the upcoming season at the Oswego Speedway. The track will be open for a free Friday night practice session on May 26th and the racing will all take place the following evening.

The traditional Jim Shampine Memorial 75 for the Novelis Supermodifieds will have two new races on the schedule with it in 2006. The Parts Plus Richie Evans Memorial 75 for the Race of Champions Modifieds will be back at the Oswego Speedway for the first time many years. The PathFinder Bank Limited Supers will run their inaugural Tony White Memorial 35 on that night as well. All of the racing action that weekend is being sponsored in part by Community Bank.

The first holiday racing weekend of 2006 will again be sponsored by Community Bank during Memorial Day Weekend of the upcoming season at the Oswego Speedway. The track will be open for a free Friday night practice session on May 26th and the racing will all take place the following evening.

The traditional Jim Shampine Memorial 75 for the Novelis Supermodifieds will have two new races on the schedule with it in 2006. The Parts Plus Richie Evans Memorial 75 for the Race of Champions Modifieds will be back at the Oswego Speedway for the first time many years. The PathFinder Bank Limited Supers will run their inaugural Tony White Memorial 35 on that night as well. All of the racing action that weekend is being sponsored in part by Community Bank.

The Oswego Speedway is proud to announce that with significant support from sponsors that the 2006 regular feature purses will increase in both the Novelis Supermodified and PathFinder Bank Limited Super divisions for 2006. The extra distance feature purses were increased in 2005 and this new increase for the regular feature purses is the first such raise in the pay-out to drivers in a number of years.

The increased purse structure, to date, has been made possible by sponsorship deals with Novelis, Shell Oil and Hoosier. Another weekly contingency award from Maid Pro will also help to increase the take home money for drivers in 2006.

PathFinder Bank will become the new title sponsor for the Limited Supermodifieds beginning in 2006 at the Oswego Speedway. The PathFinder Bank Limited Supers will be entering their fifteenth season of competition at the local oval and their association with PathFinder Bank expands the presence of the financial institution at the Oswego Speedway.

PathFinder Bank will again be back as a race night sponsor in 2006 and they will be the official Bank sponsor of the Kids On-Track program and cross-promote their own “Young Investors Club” with the Oswego Speedway. PathFinder Bank will again award $250 in U.S. Savings Bonds to the Kids On-Track “Student(s) of the Year” during the 50th Annual International Classic Week festivities in on Labor Day Weekend.

Perennial Twin 30 race night sponsor, Oswego Quality Carpet will again be back on board in 2006 to sponsor the only Twin 30 night on the upcoming race schedule. This marks the ninth season that Oswego Quality Carpet will be on board sponsoring a night of racing at the Oswego Speedway.

Oswego Quality Carpet is located on the corner of West Third and West Schuyler Street, three blocks north of Bridge Street in the historic Harborside Square. Their motto is: “When it comes to flooring…we’ve got you covered!” Oswego Quality Carpet has served the residential and commercial marketplace since 1996. They pride themselves on customer service and satisfaction as well as competitive pricing and professional installation.