[Racer Duck]

MotoTown Brings Indoor Racing to Connecticut by Denise DuPont

TC is Among Those Getting in Out of the Cold to Go Racing



This winter, Mototown USA is helping racers and fans come in and get out of the bitter New England cold while they get their race fix over winter months.

The Mototown, USA Facility in Windsor, CT is the first dedicated indoor racing stadium in the United States catering to the motocross and supercross enthusiasts. The facility contains both an indoor motocross and quarter mile short track. When you open the door, your eyes set site on a large open racing hippodrome with dirt mounds and circles of dirt.

On Sunday, January 13th, the “Bud Light 12 pack Winter Series” continued at Mototown featuring six divisions of racing with Street Stock, Modified Lights and Sprint Cars competing. The quarter mile indoor dirt track was slick and fast as cars slid around sometimes approaching turns on only two wheels.

The racing event started with a motorcycle demonstration on the oval track. They were fun to watch but we were told that one has to come back to see them jump and turn on the motocross tracks. We all have seen it on TV but just imagine right here in our backyard in New England.

After the first Sprint race the winner, Lex Burrell, was all smiles in victory lane and expressed his thoughts about running on the track:

“It was pretty neat to run on a track this small,” said Burrell. “We don’t often run places where we have to use the brakes this often. It is great to come in here and do something at this time of winter.”

Jack Arute took time out from announcing to suit up and play in a Sprint Car racing for the second week in a row competing in a 750 cc Sprint Car with Ted Christopher as his teammate. Arute started sixth in his feature and made it up to fourth as he followed Christopher across the start finish line.

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[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

MotoTown Brings Indoor Racing to Connecticut by Denise DuPont

TC is Among Those Getting in Out of the Cold to Go Racing



This winter, Mototown USA is helping racers and fans come in and get out of the bitter New England cold while they get their race fix over winter months.

The Mototown, USA Facility in Windsor, CT is the first dedicated indoor racing stadium in the United States catering to the motocross and supercross enthusiasts. The facility contains both an indoor motocross and quarter mile short track. When you open the door, your eyes set site on a large open racing hippodrome with dirt mounds and circles of dirt.

On Sunday, January 13th, the “Bud Light 12 pack Winter Series” continued at Mototown featuring six divisions of racing with Street Stock, Modified Lights and Sprint Cars competing. The quarter mile indoor dirt track was slick and fast as cars slid around sometimes approaching turns on only two wheels.

The racing event started with a motorcycle demonstration on the oval track. They were fun to watch but we were told that one has to come back to see them jump and turn on the motocross tracks. We all have seen it on TV but just imagine right here in our backyard in New England.

After the first Sprint race the winner, Lex Burrell, was all smiles in victory lane and expressed his thoughts about running on the track:

“It was pretty neat to run on a track this small,” said Burrell. “We don’t often run places where we have to use the brakes this often. It is great to come in here and do something at this time of winter.”

Jack Arute took time out from announcing to suit up and play in a Sprint Car racing for the second week in a row competing in a 750 cc Sprint Car with Ted Christopher as his teammate. Arute started sixth in his feature and made it up to fourth as he followed Christopher across the start finish line.

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The article makes it look like a good deal. A 1/4-mile (I bet that is measured around the outside of the track) flat dirt makes for interesting racing as long as the fields are kept fairly small.

This could become a really big deal, especially on the frozen tundra of the north.