BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The 2023 season at the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway is taking shape, with the green flag set to drop on April 20 to begin the third year of racing.
Timmy Buckwalter, Billy Pauch Jr., and Briggs Danner headline the spring and summer competition for the USAC All-Pro SpeedSTRs.
Buckwalter, Pauch and Danner all know their way to victory lane at the three-eighths-mile oval, and they’ll be looking to add more stops there this season.
The SpeedSTRs division will be joined regularly by the Crate 602 Modifieds, 4-Cylinder FWD Stocks run under SCRDA rules and Slingshots.
“It’s part of working to grow on a multi-year plan to present good, quality racing and conduct it within a reasonable time frame,” said Rich Tobias. “With this regular line-up plus at times bringing in other touring groups we’re looking at a nice diversified program to offer our fans.”
Tobias is part of the promoting group that oversees the Wednesday evening shows at Championship Energy Action Track USA in Kutztown. He’s been tapped to bring his talents to Bloomsburg and will be working with Steve O’Neal in a combined role as Race Organizers on behalf of the Bloomsburg Fair Board.
“Bloomsburg is an awesome facility and these divisions will compliment this awesome facility,” said Tobias. “We’re going to be mimicking the way we do things at Action Track which works each week with up to at times 120 cars and there’s no reason that along those same lines we’ll make it work here at Bloomsburg too.
“We’re already looking at adding fresh clay that will enhance the banking contour. We need to give the racers a good track to compete on and keep it that way for all classes during the night. We’re in the business of entertaining and that’s the main focus, to present good, family fun entertainment value to our fans.”
A pre-season practice night is slated for April 13 and will be open to any and all classes that expect to compete this season.
The choice to stick with Thursday evening was a group decision based on working with other area tracks and touring groups in an effort to not be in direct competition for the same night.
“Thursday will be the new norm for Bloomsburg,” Tobias said. “That’s the night we’ll be doing our racing which we feel will be the best night for everyone. The one thing we don’t want to do is conflict with other tracks because it’s important that we show our support to them and in doing so we hope that the fans and racers return the same to Bloomsburg.”
One week following the open practice, the season official gets underway on April 20.
Tobias also noted that additional groups will also see action.
“We’re in the process of firming up things and will have the complete schedule out in very short order,” Tobias said. “I’m confident everyone will like what we have to offer.”