Seymour opener delayed again! By Dave Panske and Joe Verdegan

May 12, 2001; Seymour, WI -  Due to the heavy rains again this week, N.E.W. DIRT has been forced to postpone their 17th season opener again this week. The club regrets having to do this for the second time, but drivers safety and the quality of our programs are the reasons for the delay  For the second week in a row torrential downpours late in the week have forced NEW DIRT officials to pull the plug and cancel the planned Potawatomi Nation season opener at Seymour Tri-Oval Raceway scheduled for Sunday night, May 13.

This is the third event to get rained out at the third-mile, clay tri-oval this season. A planned practice day in April was washed out, as was the Green Bay Motorsports season opener scheduled for May 6. "We figure we got about an inch of rain in 20 minutes out there," said club vice president Bob Zegers. "Right now pit lane is completely flooded and the track just became soup again with the huge rains we had."

Zegers said the season will most likely be extending a week or two into September to make up for the lost nights in May. "We'll try again next Sunday. We may pick up some more WISSOTA late model drivers who want to test the track out before the Potawatomi Series race on Memorial Day weekend (May 27). We don't want to risk tearing up a bunch of equipment. We're playing it safe."

Track officials will try again on Sunday May 20 at 6:30 with Northside Imports & Domestics Night, along with Maplewood Shell. WISSOTA late models, IMCA modifieds, IMCA stock cars and street stocks will compete.

For more information call the track phone at  920 833 7726 or 920 494 5884.  The track's website is www.racingonline.com/seymour.   Fans can also tune to radio stations WJLW 106.7 FM or WNCY 100.3 FM for late weather information.