SHARON SPEEDWAY PAYING $5,000 TO CELEBRATE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF WESTERN PA SPEEDWEEK RETURN

April 21, 2025 (Columbus, OH)…Sharon Speedway has been known in recent years for pushing forward the local sprint car landscape. Beyond regularly paying the most for regular events, which grew to a minimum of $4,000 to win for all sprint car shows last season, the Hartford, OH oval was also the first in the area to standardize group qualifying. The trendsetting will continue as the 3/8 mile Sharon Speedway gets set to host Round #4 of Western PA Speedweek on Saturday, May 31st.

The Saturday night affair at Sharon will commemorate the fifth anniversary season of Western PA Speedweek’s triumphant return in 2021, and easily becomes the highest paying race in recent Speedweek history with $5,000 earmarked for the winner! Other highlights include 2nd place increasing to $2,000, and 3rd place growing to $1,500, with additional money spread across the top eight positions. The overall purse for Sharon’s speedweek race is seeing a year-over-year increase of nearly 12%. The full purse can be found below.

FEATURE PAYOUT: 1. $5,000; 2. $2,000; 3. $1,500; 4. $1,000; 5. $900; 6. $800; 7. $700; 8. $600; 9. $550; 10. $500; 11. $475; 12. $450; 13. $425; 14-24. $400; Tow. $100

Western PA Speedweek has averaged 37 cars across the four previously contested races at Sharon Speedway, with the high-water mark coming just last year when a whopping 46 drivers took to the track! Ryan Smith of Kunkletown, PA has led the way by capturing two wins including the series inaugural visit to the track in 2021. Smith then followed that up by finding victory lane in last year’s event. AJ Flick from Apollo, PA took the checkers as part of his three-race weekend sweep in 2022. Hometown hero, NASCAR veteran and former World of Outlaws series champion Dave Blaney won in 2023 to claim his only career Western PA Speedweek victory.

The five-race speedweek miniseries will now offer over $105,000 in total purse, points payout and other awards/giveaways. Below is the full points fund which will again be paying out to the Top 10 positions. A list of other nightly or weekly contingency awards can be found further below and a full payout sheet can be found HERE.

POINT FUND (min. 3 completed races): 1. $3,000; 2. $2,500; 3. $2,000; 4. $1,500; 5. $1,000; 6. $900; 7. $800; 8. $700; 9. $600; 10. $500

McCandless Ford BONUS BUCKS award: $500 random draw for drivers finishing between 6th-24th

Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic FREE TIRE GIVEAWAY: Nightly draw for drivers w/ perfect attendance

Knox Bakery QUICK TIME award: minimum $100 nightly

Rustler Sales & Service HARD CHARGER award: minimum $100 nightly

Virgile Iron & Steel HARD LUCK award: minimum $100 nightly

JDR Parts Barn & Sales NON-QUALIFIER award: minimum $100 to highest finishing non-transfer

Sprintcarnews.com 10TH PLACE award: $50 cash to 10th place finisher plus $50 in digital images

The Dirt Network WEEK LONG HARD CHARGER award: $600 for passing the most cars all week

2025 WESTERN PA SPEEDWEEK SCHEDULE
– Wed, May 28th at Michaels Mercer Raceway ($3,500 to win, $300 to start)

– Thu, May 29th at Pittsburgh’s PA Motor Speedway ($3,500 to win, $300 to start)

– Fri, May 30th at Lernerville Speedway ($4,000 to win, $350 to start)

– Sat, May 31st at Sharon Speedway ($5,000 to win, $400 to start)

– Sun, June 1st at Tri City Raceway Park ($3,500 to win, $300 to start)

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