Rain cancels racing at jennerstown speedway

JENNERSTOWN SPEEDWAY (Aug. 27, 2005) … Steady morning rain showers and the forecast of probable evening thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the Sat. night NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series program at Jennerstown Speedway.

“Because of the all night and morning rains, along with the prediction of evening thunderstorms we felt it was in the best interest of both our fans and competitors to cancel the racing program early,” said speedway general manager Larry Mattingly. “It was going to be very difficult to get the track surface dried off to race.

“We also had several special events for kids scheduled for our Christmas in August Fan Appreciation Night activities, and we didn’t want families to have to sit through possible delays in the program,” he said.

Next Saturday the half-mile paved Somerset County oval will present a ‘Triple Header’ program for the Wheeler Bros. super late model division, featuring triple 30-lap feature contests. 

Spectator gates will open at 5:00, with racing set to begin at 6:30 PM.

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