{"id":70724,"date":"2017-04-20T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fairgrounds-speedway-ready-to-host-races\/"},"modified":"2017-04-20T22:23:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T22:23:49","slug":"fairgrounds-speedway-ready-to-host-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fairgrounds-speedway-ready-to-host-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairgrounds Speedway ready to host races"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c0e974bd-0593-4641-be82-f81fc223b934&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1747\" alt=\"Tony Hill and the rest of the stock cars head off the track after packing down the track in 2014\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Tony Hill and the rest of the stock cars head off the track after packing down the track in 2014<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Engines will , and checkered flags will fly at Fairgrounds Speedway this weekend during an event that has been deemed Rumble in the Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Fairgrounds Speedway Facebook page, races will take place at the Cortez track on April 21-22.  Gates will open at 6 p.m. and races will begin at dusk.<\/p>\n<p>Among the auto classes featured will be hobby stocks, stock cars, sport mods and modifieds. Each race will be sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) and as a result, drivers will earn points in the IMCA season series.<\/p>\n<p>Cash prizes will also be available for winning drivers, including $750 for winning drivers on April 21 and $1,000 dollars for winning drivers on April 22.<\/p>\n<p>General admission tickets will be $10, and pit passes will be $30.  Family passes that cover two adults and three children can be purchased for 25 dollars.  All ticket purchases occur at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>Asked for his thoughts about the upcoming season, track promoter Kevin Faddis indicated that his goal is to host family-oriented events at the Cortez track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re making it a little more family-oriented this season,\u201d Faddis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have cheap raffles and lots of giveaways. We get a lot of support from the community and we always get a really good turnout. I\u2019m really looking forward to this season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018We\u2019re making it a little more family-oriented this season,\u2019 promoter says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,2362,29,346],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-70724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-motor-racing","tag-newsletter","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70724"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=70724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}