Race Info

IMPORTANT INFO FOR THE 5th Annual UPSTATE CHEVY DEALERS $10,000 TO WIN AUTISM ACCEPTANCE RACE.

The Race is Friday September 4, 2026 and the rain date is Friday September 18, 2026.

 UPDATED 7/5/2026 – SUBJECT TO CHANGE

The 5th Annual Upstate Chevy Dealers Autism Acceptance Race is a charity race with a goal of raising acceptance, awareness, and over $50,000 for Autism. In past years, race winners and participants have helped us achieve our goals by donating as much as 100% of their winnings to autism.  We hope many drivers and teams continue to build on that tradition. 

There will be a 64 Lap Feature race and a 25 lap B-Main (Based on car count)

Only Hoosier D60’s allowed
2950 minimum weight
3 spin rule will be in effect

Track follows current DIRTcar Pro Stock rules except for the few exceptions outlined and on the Albany-Saratoga Speedway rules page.

Tech Inspection

• There is no mandatory pre-tech inspection for all competitors.

• Only cars that have not previously been inspected at Albany-Saratoga Speedway will be required to go through pre-tech inspection.

Driver Check-In & Race Night Operations

• All drivers are encouraged to pre-register online and must sign in at the pit tower by 5:45 PM.

• During sign-in, each driver will sign an Upstate Chevy Dealers T-shirt, print their name, and include their car number.

• A mandatory driver’s meeting, conducted by the Albany-Saratoga Speedway Race Director, will be held prior to racing.

• Immediately following the driver’s meeting, all Pro Stock drivers are required to participate in the Upstate Chevy Dealers Meet & Greet and autograph session, which is expected to begin around 6:00 PM.

• Representatives from the participating Autism charities and the Upstate Chevy Dealers will be located on the grass throughout the evening.

Main Event Ceremony

• The drivers who qualify for the feature will pull onto the speedway in their starting positions and line up 2-by-2 on the front stretch with their engines turned off.

• During driver introductions, representatives from the Upstate Chevy Dealers will throw one signed driver T-shirt from every Pro Stock competitor into the grandstands—including drivers who did not qualify for the feature.

• At the conclusion of the race, the fan holding the shirt of the winning driver will receive $500.

• Rachel Modiano will give the command to start engines.

• Drivers will then participate in a four-wide salute to Autism while fans are encouraged to light up Albany-Saratoga Speedway using blue glow bracelets distributed during the Meet & Greet and at the entrance gates.

• Rachel Modiano will then throw the green flag to officially begin the 64-lap Autism Acceptance Race.

Race Procedures

• The feature race will be 64 laps.

• Yellow flag laps will count through lap 40.

• During any caution period, a maximum of three laps will count toward the official race distance. If a caution exceeds three laps, the lap count will be frozen until racing resumes.

• Cars entering the hot pits for repairs during a caution period will not lose laps.

Post-Race Procedures
Following the race, the top three finishers will stop on the front stretch for the trophy presentation and winner’s check ceremony. Representatives from the Upstate Chevy Dealers, participating Autism organizations, and Albany-Saratoga Speedway will join the presentation. The $10,000 winner’s check will be presented by the Upstate Chevy Dealers.

• Top 5 drivers report to the scales.

• Top 5 drivers report to technical inspection.

• The top three finishers may have their engines removed for inspection at the discretion of Albany-Saratoga Speedway officials.

All race rules, technical inspections, and official decisions will be made by Albany-Saratoga Speedway track officials.

Please continue scrolling for additional race information, qualifying procedures, payouts, and the Charity Outside Pole Auction.