{"id":16682,"date":"2023-04-26T18:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T22:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/?p=16682"},"modified":"2026-02-09T07:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:09:40","slug":"this-saturday-april-29-is-take-two-for-opening-night-at-the-big-half-mile-with-fast-five-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/this-saturday-april-29-is-take-two-for-opening-night-at-the-big-half-mile-with-fast-five-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, April 29, is Take Two for Opening Night at the big half-mile with Fast Five racing."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE****<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>April 26, 2023<\/p>\n<p>UNITY TWP, PA- &nbsp;Latrobe Speedway officials were forced to cancel last Saturday&#8217;s Opening Night program due to rain and dropping temperatures. &nbsp; This Saturday, April 29, is Take Two for Opening Night at the big half-mile with Fast Five racing.<\/p>\n<p>Take two of Opening Night on Saturday will consist of the K2 Engineering Crate Late Models, the Pro Stocks, Joe&#8217;s Body Shop Pure Stocks, Special T Metals LLC Modified 4 Cylinders, and the debut of the Dean Pollock Hobby Stocks.<\/p>\n<p>There is anticipation for this class to grow the Grass Roots of dirt track racing. Many drivers have started in a Hobby Stock class as it&#8217;s affordable and a training ground on how to race.<\/p>\n<p>A twist to this new class is the bonus offered to any team with a NASCAR throwback paint scheme or wrap that wins the Dean Pollock Hobby Stock feature. Another $500 goes to the division champion if they carry the NASCAR throwback scheme all season. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The K2 Engineering Crate Late Model division could see an infusion of out-of-state drivers and non-regulars early in the season to familiarize themselves with the big half-mile oval before the $10,000 to-win Jesse Sterbutzel Memorial on June 3. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take-Two Opening Night on Saturday has the Pit gates opening at 4 p.m., the Grandstands at 5 p.m., and Fast-Five racing at 7.<\/p>\n<p>Latrobe Speedway is located at 5114 Pleasant Unity Road, Latrobe, PA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 26, 2023 UNITY TWP, PA- &nbsp;Latrobe Speedway officials were forced to cancel last Saturday&#8217;s Opening Night program due to rain and dropping temperatures. &nbsp; This Saturday, April 29, is Take Two for Opening Night at the big half-mile with Fast Five racing. Take two of Opening Night on Saturday will consist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":false,"list":false,"medium":false,"full":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16685,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16682\/revisions\/16685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latrobemotorsports.com\/dirttrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}