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ABC Raceway sinks to one-for-six after bad weather brushes them back again Saturday evening

ASHLAND, WI (June 22) - One for six is not a very good batting average, whether you’re talking baseball or racing.

With more than a week of precipitation behind them, and confronting a forecast that called for light showers Saturday morning, officials were forced to cancel Saturday’s Ashland Community Night and annual “Racing for a Reason” fundraiser, presented by Northern Clearing Inc of Ashland, along with its annual Kids’ Meet the Drivers night.

The raceway’s 60th season under the direction of the Ashland-Bayfield County Racing Association has completed just one of its first six scheduled nights of racing, due to the excessive amount of precipitation over the past three months. However, there are still big events to come.

ABC will next host its third annual Farm Stock Special, to be presented by White River Ag Products of Mason, on Thursday, June 27. The event, which pays tribute to area farmers, will offer greatly increased purses for the WISSOTA-sanctioned Modifieds, Super Stocks, and Midwest Modifieds in attendance. The WISSOTA Pure Stocks and ABC Six-Cylinders will also partake in that night’s program.

The Mods will be running for a feature-winner’s check of $2,500, the Midwest Mods will race for $1,500 to win their feature, and the Super Stocks will run for $1,000 to win. After the races, fans and race teams are invited to stay an enjoy live music by “The Hucksters,” and fans will also have a chance at winning two reserved lawn seats for all three days of “Concert in the Corn,” coming to Mason on August 22-24.

The track will sit idle on Saturday, June 29, but will return to action with its second “Six-Cylinder Slam,” to be presented by the Safari Bar of Ashland, on July 6. Also on ABC’s schedule for July are a visit by the Renegades High Rollers Sprint Car Series on July 13, and the always-popular kids’ bike races, July 20.

More information regarding these and other upcoming events, as well as any updates to the season schedule, at ABC Raceway are available on the track's website, www.abcraceway.com.