March 24, 2008 – During the winter, Cayuga Motor Speedway signed a contract with the International SuperModified Association (ISMA) to have the series appear at Cayuga on Sunday, August 31, 2008 as part of the track’s Labour Day program featuring the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
On March 15, ISMA issued a press release announcing, "… the Cayuga Speedway ISMA race tentatively included in the 2008 ISMA schedule would NOT go on as planned."
The owners and management of Cayuga Motor Speedway would like to clarify this matter by re-confirming that they have a signed contract with ISMA for a race on Sunday, August 31 and that it was an incorrect statement for the event to have been characterized as "tentative" in the ISMA release.
The ISMA press release also stated that ISMA had taken part in negotiations with another speedway (at a car show in early March) that involved the cancellation of the race at Cayuga Motor Speedway, without the prior knowledge or consent of Cayuga. It was only following these negotiations that ISMA contacted Cayuga Motor Speedway about canceling the event.
"We entered into a good faith agreement with ISMA to have them appear at our track. And until being contacted by ISMA, we had every intention of including ISMA in our Labour Day program," said Frank Marchionda, the Executive Director of Cayuga Motor Speedway.
"We understand that many ISMA teams have traditionally competed at Oswego Speedway on Labour Day, and in the interests of the fans and the sport we’re willing to accommodate ISMA’s desire to be released from our contract obliging them to appear at Cayuga Motor Speedway in 2008."
Marchionda continued, "We apologize to our fans for this unfortunate turn of events and we want to make it clear that Cayuga Motor Speedway is committed to operating in a professional and honourable manner. We understand that people make arrangements and commitments based on our published schedule and we take this matter very seriously. We have many exciting events planned for this season and we will learn from this experience going forward."
Cayuga Motor Speedway will host the season-opening NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race – The Crown Jewel 200 – on Saturday, May 24. The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series returns Saturday, August 30 for its second of two events at the 5/8-mile, Hamilton-area oval. The U.S.-based ARCA RE/MAX Series, which recently opened its 2008 season at Daytona Int’l Speedway, will be in action at Cayuga on Sunday, June 29. For more information and online ticket sales, visit our Tickets page.
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