[2] The asphalt was torn up in 1979 when the track was enlarged to five-eighths of a mile before settling at its current length in the late 1980s.
Two-time national Sportsman Division champion Bill Wimble claimed track championships in 1966 and 1967.
Perennial NASCAR Truck Series contender Stewart Friesen won the track championships in 2004, 2007 and then 5 consecutive times from 2010 to 2014.
Unlike some other tracks and touring series, Utica-Rome permits both big-block and small-block modified configurations to compete together.
High Limit Racing, the national sprint car series spearheaded by NASCAR champion Kyle Larson as well as sprint car superstar Brad Sweet, visited the speedway for the first time on May 17th, 2024, with Rico Abreu picking up the $12,000 victory, and are scheduled to return in 2025.
[14] Lou Lazzaro was declared the first winner, although fellow Hall of Fame driver Bob Rossell was first to cross the finish line in the1963 New Yorker 400.