Apr 20, 2026 10:02 AM EDT

ROY SILVERS MEMORIAL OPENS 69TH POINT SEASON AT OUTLAW SPEEDWAY ON MAY 1

On the card there will be a FAST 5* Show which kicks off the 2026, point season.

Story by Kenny Shupp Jr.

(Dundee, NY) Roy Silvers was known for being a successful businessman in and around the Elmira, NY area.  He is also the father of former Crate Sportsman great, Hollywood Chris Silvers who laid his claim to fame at what was then known as Black Rock Speedway. 

On Friday, May 1, 2026, Outlaw Speedway owner/promoter, Tyler Siri will remember the late Roy Silvers and his family with the Annual Roy Silvers Memorial at the Yates County Speed Plant.

“Roy was really a great man, stated Siri.  He was a huge supporter of his son Chris as well as this facility.  Unfortunately, he lost a battle against Covid several years ago, but we have not forgotten about Roy and what he did to help promote Outlaw.  Like we have for the past several years we will once again open May with the event named in his memory.”

With the Month of Money (April) in the rear-view mirror, the calendar flips to May and with it comes the beginning of the Regular Point Paying Season as the facility celebrates its 69^th consecutive season of providing great racing action. 

There is a huge amount of money up for grabs with all the top guns in each of Outlaw Speedway’s Fast 5* Divisions will all be looking for 2026 Track Champions and the Big Checks that goes along with winning the title.

In Friendly Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Modified competition 2025 Track Champion, Michael Maresca will begin defense of his title, but Maresca knows he will have to bring his A Game each and every point paying night from May 1 through the end of August if he wants to take home his 2^nd consecutive title and the $10,000 check that goes along with winning the Modified Title.

Former Outlaw Speedway Modified Track Champions looking to knock Maresca off the number one spot will be a pair of former Mod champions in Alex Payne and Super Matt Sheppard.   Joining them will be a who’s who list of the northeast’s top runners in the Doctor of Modified Racing, Danny Johnson, The Breeze Bobby Varin, Bossman Tyler Siri, the Genoa Giant Pat Ward and multi-time Outlaw Modified King Pin the Hurricane Steve Paine.  All seasoned and battle tested veterans.

Then there are young guns like Jeff Daugherty, Kreg Crooker, Will Shields.

Chris Fisher was able to secure his fifth Knapp and Schlappi Crate Sportsman Championship in 2025; however, Fisher will once again have his hands full with the same cast of characters if he wants to take home another 6’ Trophy and the accompanying $2,500 paycheck.

Tim Guild, Blake Parsons, Dale Welty, Josh Nobriga and no less than a dozen others will all be loaded for bear in 2026 when the first point show begins on May 1.

Glenn Whritenour has won so many Swarthout Recycling Street Stock Titles we have all lost count, however if GW decides to race a full schedule at Outlaw in 2026 it could spell trouble for the rest of the SS field. 

However, weather Whritenour decides to chase another title or not there is at least a half dozen others waiting in the wings to take home the $$2,500 check including 2024 SS Track Champion, Gene Sharpsteen, crowd favorite Jimmy Grant who had a career season at Outlaw in 2025.  Others to watch will be Brett Crawford a many time Woodhull Raceway Street Stock Champ, but still looking for his first at Outlaw, up and coming speedsters Joe Giardina, Willy Easling and several others.

Third gen competitor Danny Kerrick will be returning to defend last season’s Addison, Corning, Hornell, Wellsville NAPA Hobby Stock Title and like 2025 it will be another knock down drag out fight every week between Kerrick’s youth and exuberance versus Mr. Smooth, Marc Minutolo’s years of experience in full fender competition.

Look for The Nature Boy, Mike Stone, Jesse Ballance and Jared Hill to flex their muscle as they all look to take home the $2,500 Championship Winners Check,

Last but certainly not least in the Fast 5* Adult Classes, Zach Daugherty will look to defend the MR Grafix 4 Cylinder Mini Stock Championship and the $2,500 that goes along with it.

Should Mike Stone decide to do double duty like he did in 2025 and compete in both the HS and MS Divisions full-time he along with another former MS Title Holder, Jayson Smart, once again give notice that they want the 6’ Trophy and the $2,500 check. 

If Willy Easling and his car owner decide to make an all-out assault on the class like they did in 2024 the rest of the competition could be racing for second place, but that is yet to be seen.

Last but certainly not least the Fritz Masonry Bandits will make their first appearance of the season.  The Youth Division, which is now well over 25 years in existence at Outlaw has been a proving ground for up-and-coming racers as they move up the ladder into the adult divisions.

Several drivers like Matt Sheppard, Alex Hoag, Kenny Peoples Jr. and most recently Zach Daugherty along with several others have gone on to greatness in Motorsports.

Last season Kolston Decamp was crowned Track Champion winning six of seven feature events. 

However, Dodge Smith was able to claim the season double point finale, putting him in position to challenge Decamp when the kids take their turn on the Fast 4/10 of a Mile Oval.

Overnight Parking is available at Outlaw Speedway at each race event and fans are encouraged to bring along their units.

Two watering holes await thirsty race fans including the Turn 4 Tavern along with the Outlaw Speedway Saloon with both concessions offering a wide variety of iced cold beer.

For information including gates times for both Grandstand Seating as well as Pit Entry along with ticket prices go to the tracks Facebook.

A wealth of information is provided each and every day leading up to all race events including trivia, ticket give away’s, photos and much more and it’s all available at www.Facebook.com/OutlawSpeedwayLLC/.

Rules, sponsor information and class payouts can be found at www.outlawspeedwayllc.com.

The Outlaw Speedway is located at 82 Main Street, Rt. 14a, Dundee, NY right smack dab in the middle of the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York.

A short drive from Canandaigua, Geneva, Penn Yan, Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Watkins Glen, Corning, Elmira, Bath and Hammondsport. 

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