Following last Friday's spring-like conditions and favorable weather on Saturday, all scheduled Central Pennsylvania racing action went off as planned.
The same can't be said for this weekend.
Wisely, with forecasted temperatures for the weekend expected to dip into the high teens, both Williams Grove and Selinsgrove speedways had already canceled this weekend's events by Thursday afternoon.
The Grove, which had the 410 sprint cars sharing the card with the super late models, will now focus on the Friday, April 1 doubleheader program of 358 and 410 sprint cars, with a 7:30 starting time.
Selinsgrove, following its highly successful fourth annual running of the RoC Dirt Modified Icebreaker Weekend, will host a three-division show Saturday, April 2 at 6 p.m., featuring the 358 sprint cars, pro stocks and roadrunners at 6 p.m.
With more than 100 dirt modifieds (52 small blocks and 57 big blocks) packing the Snyder County half-mile last weekend, the RoC staff and Selinsgrove Speedway management have already announced the "fifth annual RoC Icebreaker Weekend" will be held March 16-17, 2012.
The staff has indicated many incentives will be added and some surprising elements will be added as the show continues to gain momentum as one of the best modified shows of the Northeast.
As of this writing, neither Lincoln nor Port Royal Speedways have pulled the plug on their scheduled shows for Saturday evening.
Lincoln, with three shows already in the books, has three different 410 sprint car winners in Brian Montieth, Doug Esh and Danny Dietrich. The Abbottstown oval has a three-division show of 410 sprint cars, 358 sprint cars and thundercars on the slate, with a 6 p.m. starting time.
Port Royal's new management team kicked off its season last Saturday night and plans to return to action Saturday with a doubleheader show at 6 p.m. featuring the 410 sprint cars and late models.
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is off again this weekend, returning to action next weekend for the third of 22 events on the 2011 schedule. The tour heads to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, for the 12th annual Summitracing.com Nationals, the first of two visits of the 2011 season by the NHRA tour.
Defending event winners at the Las Vegas track are Larry Dixon (top fuel), John Force (funny car) and Mike Edwards (pro stock). Del Worsham, Mike Neff, Jason Line and Eddie Krawiec were the most recent winners, collecting the honors at the 42nd annual Tire Kingdom Gatornationals two weeks ago.
(Kaminski covers auto racing for The News-Item)