Two NASCAR Whelen All-American Series short tracks located just 150-miles apart from each other go into 2017 with almost identical schedules and look to continue the success each had the previous year! While Dominion is looking to get their second year under their belt, South Boston Speedway is looking to open its doors for their 60th season. After going through some major renovations towards the end of 2016 and through the off-season, SoBo will great its fans in 2017 with upgraded bleachers along with a brand new racing surface.
With just fourteen dates on the calendar in 2017, South Boston Speedway officials plan to pack each of those weekends with as much racing action as you can handle with the NASCAR Late Model Stocks running plenty of Twin features along with a good mix of long distance races. Returning the first weekend of July is the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200-lap Late Model feature that will surely draw some of the biggest names in LMSC racing as they all fight for the big check. Lee Pulliam has been the man to beat for the past five years and we bet he will be back to defend his crown.
The NASCAR K&N East series will be making a stop at Virginia historic 4/10th mile oval in 2017. A pair of Twin-100 lap race, yes we typed that correctly, two points paying races will be held on the same track on the same day for the K&N series when they make their trip to South Boston, Virginia May 6th. In addition to the K&N series, South Boston will play host to the CARS Tour for the first time in the series three-year history under the new system. The race in September is scheduled to be the season finale for the CARS Tour. Returning to SoBo during the summer will be the PASS South series for their 150-lap feature.
After a vastly successful rookie season, Dominion Raceway enters 2017 with one of the most compact schedules in Virginia running multiple divisions just about every weekend of the season. Officially kicking their 2017 campaign off on March 25th with the CARS Tour coming to town, Dominion Raceway looks to highlight over twenty-three weekends of racing from March all the way to October this upcoming year.
Mirroring a schedule very similar to South Boston, Dominion Raceway will look to continue to draw the large car counts they saw in 2016 as Nick Smith will look to continue his dominance on the high bank 4/10th mile oval. Car counts help play a major role in last years State and National points races and with so many races scheduled in 2017, we have a feeling the track may have the same effect on drivers and the NWAAS points battle becomes clearer.
In addition to the NASCAR Late Model Stocks, returning to Dominion are you Dominion Stocks, Modifieds, UCAR, INEX Legend & Bandos. Special events will also be held on select weekends for both the Mini Mods (a division very similar to if not the same as Mini Stocks in North Carolina) as well as the mini cup cars. The USAC Midgets are also on the schedule to return to Dominion Raceway twice during 2017.
A complete schedule for both tracks can be found below or on their websites. Of course, all events are subject to change at the tracks discretion.
March 25: Danville Toyota NASCAR Whelen Late Model T-100
Limited 50 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15
April 08: NASCAR Late Model T-75
Limited 50 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15
April 22: NASCAR Late Model 100
Limited T-25 | Pure Stock T-15 | Hornets 15
May 06: NASCAR K&N Tour T-100
Hornets 20 | Southern Ground Pounder 25
May 20: NASCAR Late Model T-75
Limited 50 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15
June 03: NASCAR Late Model 100
Limited T-25 | Pure Stock T-25 | Hornets 15
June 17: NASCAR Late Model T-75
Limited 50 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15
July 01: Thunder Road Harley-Davidson NASCAR Whelen Late Model 200
Limited 100 | Pure Stock 50 | Hornets 20 & Fireworks
July 15: NASCAR Late Model T-75
Limited T-25 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15
July 29: NASCAR Late Model 100
Limited T-25 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15
August 12: PASS Super Late Model 150
NASCAR Late Model T-75
August 26: NASCAR Late Model T-60
Limited 60 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets 15 | Southern Ground Pounders 25
September 16: NASCAR Late Model 100
Limited 50 | Pure Stock 30 | Hornets
September 30: CARS Tour
SLM & LMSC
March 25: CARS Tour
SLM 125 | LMSC 125
April 08: NASCAR Late Model 75
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
April 15: NASCAR Late Model T-50
Dominion Stock 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Mini Mod 25
April 22: NASCAR Late Model 75
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
May 06: NASCAR Late Model 75
Dominion Stock 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Mini Mod 25
May 13: NASCAR Late Model T-50
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
May 20: NASCAR Late Model 75
Dominion Stock T-20 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Mini Cup 20
June 03: NASCAR Late Model 75
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
June 10: NASCAR Late Model 100
Dominion Stock 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25
June 17: NASCAR Late Model 75
USAC 25 | Mods T-20 | UCAR 25 |Mini Mod 25 | Mini Cup 25
June 24: NASCAR Late Model T-50
Dominion Stock T-20 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
July 08: NASCAR Late Model 75
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Mini Mod 25
July 15: NASCAR Late Model 75
Dominion Stock 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
July 29: NASCAR Late Model 75 & 50
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Mini Cup T-15
August 05: NASCAR Late Model 75
Dominion Stock T-20 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
August 12: NASCAR Modifieds T-25
Dominion Stock 35 | Dominion Racer 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
August 19: NASCAR Late Model T-50
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Mini Mod 25
August 26: NASCAR Late Model 75
Dominion Stock T-20 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
September 07: NASCAR Late Model 150
Dominion Stock 35 | UCAR 25
September 16: NASCAR Late Model T-50
Dominion Stock 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15
September 23: NASCAR Late Model 150
Mods 35 | UCAR 25 | Legend 25 | Bando 15 | Mini Mod 25
October 14: Underdog Race
Open to those who have yet to win a race at Dominion Raceway | Dominion Racer 35
October 21: Vintage Stock Car 25
Mods 35 | USAC 25 | Legend 25
Coming off one of the best seasons of racing under the NASCAR banner, if not one of the best seasons in the track’s history, East Carolina Motor Speedway (ECMS) is looking to carry that momentum into the 2017 season. With one of the largest schedules we have seen, ECMS ran from April through September on alternating nights for the most part with neighboring 4/10th-mile oval, Southern National. With an impressive ten division schedule, East Carolina crowned first-time champions in seven of those ten divisions. Brenden Queen, 19-year old driver out of Chesapeake, Virginia, not only won his first race in a Late Model at East Carolina but also dethroned veteran Jeff Shiflett to grab his first ever Late Model Stock track title. ECMS also crowned a new champ
CARS Tour officials released just a couple months ago their 2017 season schedule which The Weekly Racer talked about in our very first episode of our all new Podcast, The Short Track Report. If you missed any part of that Podcast you can click this link >> 
Southside Speedway, which has been coined the “Toughest Short Track in the South,” will open its gates to competitors and race fans for the 58th season the second weekend of April 2017. The family-owned track located in Chesterfield, Virginia will continue to operate on Friday nights hosting twelve events over the summer from April through August. Two dates are still up in the air for Southside Speedway during the month of June, however, it has been confirmed the track will only run one of those nights, not both.
