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Then & Now Part 4

Since 1954, BAPS Motor Speedway has been serving up some of the closest and most exciting racing in central Pennsylvania. What started as a dream of founder Bud Bricker has grown into a cherished experience for generations of families, friends and racing lovers from all over the country.

BAPS Motor Speedway has featured the Late Model Division as one of the weekly divisions for over 50 years between both the Super Late Model Division and the now Limited Late Model Division. Since 1954 there has been over 725 different late model features run between both divisions with Charlie Weirman leading the super late model division with 19 feature wins and Carl Billet leading the Limited Late Model division with 56 wins.

The Late Model division is one of the toughest divisions at BAPS Motor Speedway on Saturday nights and averages almost 28 cars per race.

Over the next few weeks, we will take our fans, teams and partners on a journey on how the speedway has stood the test of time and risen from the ashes.

Journey #1:
The photo from the fall of 2013 during late model hot laps of what was Susquehanna Speedway and driver Sammy Rial.

A follow up photo from 2025 shows late model driver Matt Adams during hot laps on a very modern look at BAPS Motor Speedway.

Tim Basehore Photo

“Today is about progress, and one of the things that I am most excited about today is the fact that this shows that in this community we have the heart, we have the passion, we have the foresight, we have the wisdom, we have the vision to do big things.” Said General Manager Kolten Gouse

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