The first rain out of the 2010 season took place this Sunday June 13th at Seymour Speedway. Since I live about 15 minutes from the track, we did not receive any rain Saturday or Sunday but the ground was well soaked from Friday’s heavy downpours and with over 3" of rain half way through the month, it is some what understanding why the races were not run.

Sadly, Seymour Speedway does an extremely poor job when it comes to notifying race fans and race teams of a canceled event. The speedways Facebook page stated around 2 PM that the races were still on but was later edited to say they were off. A posting on a forum stated at 3:12 PM that the races were off by Joe V, the official PR person.

Joe later stated the track phone was updated 2:10 PM with the rain out information.

Even as of late today (Monday) Seymour’s website never made mention of the rain out (where I checked on Sunday), even though the "official press release" states to checkout the site for information on the forum. Many of the drivers are aware of the "forum" but the vast majority of fans are not.

The home page and or  "News" tab on the tracks site states nothing of the event being canceled. This should be one of the first places updated with the news IMO but it appears the track phone is the best place to check. As for what time to call it, I would suggest just before you were to leave for the track to be sure. The track phone is 920 833 7726

Weather permitting, the Kelsey Racing Team will be back in action at the Seymour Speedway on Sunday June 20th with racing starting at 6 PM and I hope the provided information will help you in finding out if the races are on or not.

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer ~ Jamie Zoch.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 14th, 2010 at 3:16 pm and is filed under Race Report. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.