Waterford – Busy Off-Season to prepare for 2018

WATERFORD — This off-season has been a busy one at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. And it is about to get even busier.
Speedbowl general manager George Whitney said that the track lease has been renewed for another season and that plans for the 2018 are well under way and are rolling along at full speed.
Many of the personnel who made the 2017 a success will be back in the same roles for 2018.
“Chris Forster will be back as race director for our Saturday programs and Bill Roberts will return as race director for Wild and Wacky Wednesdays,” Whitney said. “We are glad to have them back.”
Plans for improvements to the facility are also in the works.
“Construction on the new grandstands will begin after the first of the year,” Whitney said.
The schedule already has been announced for the 2018 Blast-Off Weekend on May 5 and May 6, The Blast-off will feature 14 divisions — all of the Speedbowl weekly series, plus several touring series, including the Modified Racing Series, the NEMA Midgets, the NEMA Lites and the Pro-4 Modifieds.
The Wild and Wacky Wednesday season will start of May 16.
“The remainder of the schedule will be announced shortly,” Whitney said. “We have a lot of exciting events planned and I think fans are going to be pleased with what we have in store for them. It shows that we are committed to bringing the fans a great program every week.”
“We are feeling very positive that 2018 is going to be an outstanding year at the Speedbowl.”
Fans can check out the latest news by logging on to www.speedbowlct.com.
The next major event is the Racers 4 Racers Annual Holiday Toy Drive that will take place Monday, Dec. 18, at Langley’s Restaurant on 28 Lamphere Road in Waterford.