Fonda Speedway Race Track in Fonda, New York, USA

Known as the Track of Champions, Fonda Speedway is a half-mile clay oval hosting weekly stock car racing from April through September featuring Modifieds, Sportsman, Limited Sportsman, Pro Stocks and Four Cylinders.

Located on the Fonda Fairgrounds off New York State Thruway Exit 28 in Fonda, New York, Fonda Speedway has operated continuously since 1953.

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Email: fondaspdwy@gmail.com
Phone: 518-915-4395
Surface: 1/2 mile clay oval

21 South Bridge Street
Fonda, New York, 12068 USA
lat: 42.952653, lng: -74.367893
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Varin Tops ESS Field at Fonda
By Curtis Berleue (Fonda, NY) | For the ninth time in the last ten visits to the Fonda Speedway for the Empire Super Sprints, it was Danny Varin in victory lane. The nearly unbeatable driver from just down the road added yet another victory to his win tally on Saturday night, picking up another Earl Halaquist Memorial at the 'Track of Champions' worth $2,000. Pinnacle Pole Award recipient Paulie Colagiovanni led the field to green alongside of Jordan Thomas for the 25 lap event. Colagiovanni looked to have the lead as the field entered turn one, but by the time they hit the backstretch it was Danny Varin in command of the field, coming from his third starting spot. Varin opened his lead up to almost a half-straight almost immediately, with Colagiovanni, Jordan Poirier, Davie Franek and Thomas in tow. By lap 8, Varin caught the back of the field and had just begun to work lap traffic when the caution flew for a spinning Mike Kiser in turn two. When the green flag flew again, Varin again began building his lead over the rest of the field. Behind the top three, it was Shawn Donath who was putting on a show, having passed multiple cars using the extreme high side of the speedway and working his way up to fourth. His success was short lived, as he ultimately ventured just a little too high off of turn two, catching the wall and flipping with just 7 laps remaining. As action resumed, Varin again paced the field over Colagiovanni and Poirier. Dylan Swiernik was making a late-race charge, and with just four laps to go he got by both Poirier and Colagiovanni using the same line Donath had been working just laps earlier. Making a late charge, Swiernik got within three car lengths of Varin on the last lap, but Varin was able to hang on to capture his second Empire Super Sprints win of 2025. "I didn't think that this was going to happen tonight," said Varin. "We weren't very good in the heat race, didn't really feel like we could roll around people. You had to just hit your marks perfect and not make mistakes." After starting eighth, Dylan Swiernik made a late race charge but came up one spot short of victory lane. "We started off a little too tight, had too much fuel and didn't have the balance we wanted," said Swiernik. "When that red came out, I was able to kinda reset in my mind and pull the wing forward, tell myself I knew what I needed to do on the top side." Jordan Poirier rounded out the Ashley Lynn Winery podium, finishing third and marking his second podium finish in as many nights. The field was split into two timed hot lap groups, with Danny Varin and Jordan Poirier earning Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards. Elab Smokers Boutique heat wins went to Paulie Colagiovanni and Jordan Poirier, while Joe Trenca picked up the win in the One Zee Tees dash. The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is this coming Friday July 25th at the Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, NY for the Outlaw Summer Nationals paying $4,000 to win. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints). The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Elab Smokers Boutique, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., Wilwood Disc Brakes, FX Caprara, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Slade Precision Shocks, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Bicknell Racing Products, and DirtTrackDigest.com. The ESS Road Ahead: Friday, July 25 - Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Summer Nationals) Saturday, July 26 - Woodhull Raceway - Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win) Friday, August 1 - Can-Am Speedway - LaFargeville, NY ($2,000 to Win) Full Results: A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 01-Danny Varin[3]; 2. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[8]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[4]; 4. 3C-Paulie Colagiovanni[1]; 5. 28F-Davie Franek[5]; 6. 87-Jason Barney[7]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca[9]; 8. 79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 9. 3A-Jeff Trombley[13]; 10. 41-Dalton Rombough[10]; 11. 17S-Kyle Smith[15]; 12. #99K-Mike Kiser[16]; 13. 36-Logan Crisafulli[12]; 14. 33-Lacey Hanson[14]; 15. 53-Shawn Donath[6]; 16. 4P-Chase Moran[11] One Zee Tees Dash (4 Laps): 1. 98-Joe Trenca[1]; 2. 41-Dalton Rombough[2]; 3. 4P-Chase Moran[4]; 4. 36-Logan Crisafulli[3] Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3C-Paulie Colagiovanni[1]; 2. 87-Jason Barney[2]; 3. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 4. 01-Danny Varin[4]; 5. 98-Joe Trenca[7]; 6. 36-Logan Crisafulli[6]; 7. 3A-Jeff Trombley[8]; 8. 17S-Kyle Smith[5] Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[3]; 3. 79-Jordan Thomas[2]; 4. 28F-Davie Franek[4]; 5. 41-Dalton Rombough[5]; 6. 4P-Chase Moran[7]; 7. 33-Lacey Hanson[6]; 8. #99K-Mike Kiser[8] Awards & Contingencies: Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #01-Danny Varin; #28-Jordan Poirier Elab Smokers Boutique Heat Winners ($25 each): #3C-Paulie Colagiovanni; #28-Jordan Poirier Cobra Coaches / One Zee Tees Dash Winner ($125): #98-Joe Trenca Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #3C-Paulie Colagiovanni Keizer Wheels 5th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #87-Jason Barney King Motorsports 10th Place Finisher ($25 Certificate): #41-Chase Moran Pinnacle Investments 11th Place Finisher (5 Gal Fuel): #17S-Kyle Smith Wilwood Disc Brakes 13th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #36-Logan Crisafulli All-Star Performance 15th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #53-Shawn Donath A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #7C-Dylan Swiernik (+6) Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #33-Lacey Hanson Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #01-Danny Varin; #7C-Dylan Swiernik; #28-Jordan Poirier Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #36-Logan Crisafulli Slade Shock Tech ($50 Certificate): #4P-Chase Moran
Poirier Back in Victory Lane at Albany-Saratoga
By Curtis Berleue (Malta, NY) | For the fourth time in 2025, Jordan Poirier is an Empire Super Sprints winner. Though he started on the pole, it was far from an easy night for the Quebec driver as he held off multiple charges from Paulie Colagiovanni and Danny Varin en-route to his $2,000 victory. Jordan Poirier and Jeff Trombley brought the field to the initial green flag, and it was Poirier who grabbed the early lead. Paulie Colagiovanni followed in his tracks to take second, but Trombley fought back to reclaim the runner-up spot. Behind the lead trio, Shawn Donath was comfortably in fourth with Danny Varin just behind in fifth. After 5 laps, Trombley came under fire once again from Colagiovanni, with Colagiovanni clearing the #3A of Trombley via a slide job in turns one and two. As Poirier caught lap traffic, Colagiovanni was catching him and by lap 9 Colagiovanni was right on his tail tank. He wasn't able to make anything of his hard work though, as the caution flew for Jeff Trombley who had slowed in turn four. On the ensuing restart, Poirier again jumped out to the lead with Colagiovanni and now Danny Varin in tow for third. A handful of laps later, Colagiovanni was again within striking distance of Poirier and cleared a slide job in turns one and two. His lead was short lived, however, as Poirier was able to turn back under Colagiovanni and re-take the lead down the backstretch. A late race restart would allow Danny Varin to get by Colagiovanni, and for the next few laps the duo would trade sliders for second until Varin mis-stepped on the cushion in turn two and went over the bank, bringing out another caution. With a clear track in front of him, nobody was able to catch Poirier who picked up his fourth win of 2025. "I knew he (Colagiovanni) was good up top early in the night," said Poirier. "I was cheating the cushion a little bit and then I started hearing him so I tried to venture up a little bit more." "My car was really good on the cushion, I thought 3 & 4 was going away at some point, but I just didn't want to miss out by going to the bottom and then it stayed good up top all race." Paulie Colagiovanni held on to second for his season-best finish thus far. "I thought I had a run on Jordan coming into three and four and I was going to slide him, but the caution came out," said Colagiovanni. "Every time the caution came out after that a couple of cars just got under me but I'm glad we hung on for second." Dylan Swiernik continued his strong season with another podium finish, rounding out the top three. "This is probably our favorite place to come to on the calendar," said Swiernik. "To come from twelfth to third here, we'll take it and move on to Fonda tomorrow." 24 cars signed into the pits on Friday night at Albany-Saratoga, and as such the field was split into three timed hot lap groups. Jason Barney, Danny Varin and Jordan Thomas earned Rifenburg Contracting fast time awards, while Barney, Davie Franek and Paulie Colagiovanni won Elab Smokers Boutique heat races. The We Know Tools dash was won by Kyle Smith. The next scheduled event for the Empire Super Sprints is Saturday July 19th at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints). The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Elab Smokers Boutique, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., Wilwood Disc Brakes, FX Caprara, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Slade Precision Shocks, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Bicknell Racing Products, and DirtTrackDigest.com. The ESS Road Ahead: Saturday, July 19 - Fonda Speedway - Fonda, NY ($2,000 to Win Earl Halaquist Memorial) Friday, July 25 - Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Fall Nationals) Saturday, July 26 - Woodhull Raceway - Woodhull, NY ($2,000 to Win) Full Results: A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 28-Jordan Poirier[1]; 2. 3C-Paulie Colagiovanni[4]; 3. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[12]; 4. 87-Jason Barney[11]; 5. 53-Shawn Donath[5]; 6. 41-Dalton Rombough[10]; 7. 98-Joe Trenca[14]; 8. 90-Matt Tanner[6]; 9. 17S-Kyle Smith[13]; 10. 79-Jordan Thomas[16]; 11. 21-Spencer Burley[23]; 12. 3A-Jeff Trombley[2]; 13. 01-Danny Varin[7]; 14. 33-Lacey Hanson[18]; 15. #3G-Dale Gosselin[19]; 16. 3-Parker Evans[15]; 17. 28F-Davie Franek[9]; 18. 4P-Chase Moran[8]; 19. 12-Tyler Chartrand[24]; 20. 36-Logan Crisafulli[20]; 21. 19-Floyd Billington[21]; 22. 33H-Chuck Hebing[17]; 23. 23-Travis Billington[22]; 24. #88C-Chad Miller[3] We Know Tools Dash (4 Laps): 1. 17S-Kyle Smith[1]; 2. 98-Joe Trenca[2]; 3. 3-Parker Evans[4]; 4. 79-Jordan Thomas[3]; 5. 33H-Chuck Hebing[5]; 6. 33-Lacey Hanson[6] Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 87-Jason Barney[4]; 2. 90-Matt Tanner[1]; 3. 28-Jordan Poirier[5]; 4. 53-Shawn Donath[3]; 5. 17S-Kyle Smith[2]; 6. 3-Parker Evans[8]; 7. #3G-Dale Gosselin[6]; 8. 23-Travis Billington[7] Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28F-Davie Franek[2]; 2. 7C-Dylan Swiernik[3]; 3. 01-Danny Varin[4]; 4. 3A-Jeff Trombley[1]; 5. 98-Joe Trenca[5]; 6. 33H-Chuck Hebing[7]; 7. 36-Logan Crisafulli[8]; 8. 21-Spencer Burley[6] Elab Smokers Boutique Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 3C-Paulie Colagiovanni[3]; 2. 4P-Chase Moran[2]; 3. 41-Dalton Rombough[6]; 4. #88C-Chad Miller[1]; 5. 79-Jordan Thomas[4]; 6. 33-Lacey Hanson[5]; 7. 19-Floyd Billington[7]; 8. 12-Tyler Chartrand[8] Awards & Contingencies: Rifenburg Contracting Fast Time ($25 each): #87-Jason Barney; #01-Danny Varin; #79-Jordan Thomas Elab Smokers Boutique Heat Winners ($25 each): #87-Jason Barney; #28F-Davie Franek; #3C-Paulie Colagiovanni Cobra Coaches / We Know Tools Dash Winner ($125): #17S-Kyle Smith Pinnacle Pole Draw Award ($25): #28-Jordan Poirier Keizer Wheels 5th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #53-Shawn Donath King Motorsports 10th Place Finisher ($25 Certificate): #79-Jordan Thomas Pinnacle Investments 11th Place Finisher (5 Gal Fuel): #21-Spencer Burley Wilwood Disc Brakes 13th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #01-Danny Varin All-Star Performance 15th Place Finisher ($50 Certificate): #3G-Dale Gosselin A-Verdi Storage Containers Hard Charger Award ($50): #21-Spencer Burley (+12) Pinnacle Investments Last Car Running ($30): #36-Logan Crisafulli Ashley Lynn Winery Podium Finish (bottle of wine): #28-Jordan Poirier; #3C-Paulie Colagiovanni; #7C-Dylan Swiernik Hoosier Tire Award (RR Hoosier tire): #33-Lacey Hanson Slade Shock Tech ($50 Certificate): #53-Shawn Donath
Varin Tops ESS Field at Fonda
For the ninth time in the last ten visits to the Fonda Speedway for the Empire Super Sprints, it was Danny Varin in victory lane. The nearly unbeatable driver from just down the road added yet another victory to his win tally on Saturday night, picking up another Earl Halaquist Memorial at the ‘Track of Champions’ worth $2,000.
Albany-Saratoga, Fonda On Deck for Empire Super Sprints
By Curtis Berleue (Malta, NY) | After a much-deserved weekend off following a grueling 2025 CNY Speedweek, the Empire Super Sprints are set to spring back into action this weekend. With their only trip of the season to the far-eastern side of New York, the tour will stop Friday at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY and Saturday at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY. Friday's visit to Albany-Saratoga will be the 35 ESS event at the 4/10 mile oval, with the first event dating all the way back to July 13, 1985 when Gordy Button picked up the win. Recently, it was Danny Varin in victory lane, winning last year's stop just north of the state capital. Saturday, the tour heads an hour down the road to the Fonda Speedway for the annual Earl Halaquist Memorial. Earl Halaquist Memorial was one of the most accomplished sprint car drivers in the Northeast in his time. Competing across NY, NJ, PA, VA, NC, MD VT, Canada and more, Halaquist amassed 53 URC wins and six championships. Halaquist, a World War II veteran, was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, IA in 2000 before his passing in 2001. While there have been 15 different winners in 28 events at the Fonda Speedway through the years, recently it has been almost all Danny Varin in victory lane. Varin has won every ESS event at the track since August of 2017 with the exception of 2023 when Shawn Donath spoiled the streak for a total of 8 wins in 9 starts. All eyes will be on the tour's most recent winner to see if he can go 9 for 10 on Saturday. After 5 races in 5 nights through CNY Speedweek, the year-end points battle is starting to take shape. Defending champion Jordan Poirier still sits atop the standings with 1133 points, and Speedweek champion Dylan Swiernik is in second with 982 points. Jason Barney follows with 913 points in third, while Paulie Colagiovanni (857 points) and Logan Crisafulli (854 points) complete the top five. A full listing of gate times and prices, along with a nightly schedule of events for this weekends events at Albany-Saratoga and Fonda can be found on the tracks social media pages and website, along with the Empire Super Sprints social media pages. For the latest news, information, and schedule updates regarding the Empire Super Sprints be sure to check the series website (www.EmpireSuperSprints.com) and follow along on Facebook (Empire Super Sprints), X (@ESSprints) and Instagram (@empiresupersprints). The Empire Super Sprints would like to thank the following series sponsors for their continued support: Rifenburg Contracting Corp, Hoosier Racing Tire, Cobra Coaches, E&V Energy, A-Verdi Storage Containers, Elab Smokers Boutique, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, Lacaillade Masonry, Inc., Wilwood Disc Brakes, FX Caprara, Lanes Yamaha, Ashley Lynn Winery, Slade Precision Shocks, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Bicknell Racing Products, and DirtTrackDigest.com. The ESS Road Ahead: Friday, July 18 - Albany-Saratoga Speedway - Malta, NY ($2,000 to Win) Saturday, July 19 - Fonda Speedway - Fonda, NY ($2,000 to Win Earl Halaquist Memorial) Friday, July 25 - Outlaw Speedway - Dundee, NY ($4,000 to Win Outlaw Summer Nationals)
Albany-Saratoga, Fonda On Deck for Empire Super Sprints
After a much-deserved weekend off following a grueling 2025 CNY Speedweek, the Empire Super Sprints are set to spring back into action this weekend. With their only trip of the season to the far-eastern side of New York, the tour will stop Friday at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY and Saturday at the Fonda Speedway in Fonda, NY.

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