Race Info
IMPORTANT INFO FOR THE 4th Annual UPSTATE CHEVY DEALERS $10,064 TO WIN AUTISM ACCEPTANCE RACE.
The Race is Friday September 5, 2025 and the rain date is Friday September 12, 2025.
Info as of February 22, 2025. SUBJECT TO CHANGE
The 4th Annual Upstate Chevy Dealers Autism Acceptance Race is a charity race with a goal of raising $60,000 for Autism. We have chosen the goal of $60,000 in honor of Albany-Saratoga Speedways 60th Anniversary. In years past, every winner has donated a portion of their winnings to the charity. We have received as much as 100% of the winnings to 10% of the winnings. As this is a charity race and the sole purpose is to raise Autism Acceptance and Revenue for the charities we are doing something new this year.
25% of all winnings (excluding lap money) will be donated to the Autism Charity in the drivers name.
As an example; The race is $10,064 to win. The drive will get the big check that says $10,064, and actually receive $7,548.00 to the driver and $2,516.00 to charity. All checks will be dispersed by Albany-Saratoga Speedway.
There will be a 60 Lap Feature race and a 25 lap B-Main (Based on car count)
Only Hoosier D60’s allowed
Fire Bottle is STRONGLY recommended
2950 minimum weight
3 spin rule will be in effect
Track follows Dirt Car rules except for the few exceptions mentioned above and on the Albany-Saratoga Speedway website rules page.
ALL CARS must go through a pre-tech the night of the race and will receive an Upstate Chevy Dealers Tech sticker
There will be a pre-tech option for drivers the week prior if they want to be safe and know in advance if anything needs to be changed.
ALL DRIVERS MUST be signed in by 5:30PM
Prior to the race, there will be a driver’s meeting.
All drivers will be required to go to the Upstate Chevy Dealers Meet/Greet Autograph session at some point between hot-laps and heat races.
In attendance on the grass, we will have both Autism Charities and the Upstate Chevy Dealers.
The Feature race is 60 laps.
The cars that qualify for the race will pull out onto the track and nose into the front stretch and drivers will get out and be announced prior to the start of the race.
As drivers are being mentioned they will have the opportunity to throw shirts /hats into the stands for the fans.
Drivers will do a few 4-wide parade laps as a salute to all those affected by autism in any way.
Caution laps count for the 1st 35 laps. However, under any caution only 3 laps will count, after that the lap counter is frozen until we go green. After lap 35, no cautions count.
After the race, the top three stop on the front stretch for a trophy and big check presentation. Representatives from Upstate Chevy Dealers and the Autism foundations will also come out on the front stretch. The $10,064 check will be presented by Upstate Chevy Dealers.
Top 5 drivers go to scales.
Top 3 go to tech.
The top 3 finishers may have his / her engine pulled for tech inspection.
All rules and decisions are from Albany-Saratoga Speedway track officials.
Please scroll down for more information about the race and race procedures.
Race Details
- Up to 32 cars may qualify and start the race
The pole position will be awarded to the driver who receives the largest donations to the Autism Charity on their behalf. Any driver who is paid and registered for the race by Friday August August 29th will be included in the bidding. All bidding will be blind, cash, and will happen at the track just after the autograph session. (More details at the bottom of this page)
- 25 cars qualify through heat races + the pole position gives us a field of 26 cars
- All remaining cars will run a 25 lap B-Main.
- The winner of the B-Main will start 27th in the Autism Acceptance Race
- The 2nd place finisher will start 28th in the Autism Acceptance Race
- The 3rd place finisher will start 29th in the Autism Acceptance Race
- Starting positions 30, 31, & 32 are provisional positions allocated to the past 3 winners; Richie Crane (2022), Chad Jeseo (2023), and Rob Yetman (2024). If the provisional positions are not needed, we will take the next finishers from the B main.
The B-Main pays $700 to win and has a total purse of $2,450. (Based on a full field of cars)
The feature pays $10,064 to win and has a total purse of $29,150. (Based on a full field of cars)
Important information on how the Pole Position will be awarded.
The charity auction for the pole.
All drivers who are registered and paid for the race by Friday August 29th will have an opportunity to sit on the pole through blind charitable donations.
At the autism area on the grass, we will have the Pole Award Table. It will be accompanied by a large sign listing all the drivers and car numbers who were registered and paid for the race by Friday August 29th.
At the table we will have two representatives from Broadview FCU, a locked entry box, and envelopes and markers.
Fans, drivers, team members, whoever, will have the opportunity to stuff an envelope with cash, write their drivers’ name and car number on the envelope, seal it and put it in the lock box.
At an agreed time, we will go Facebook live and have the bankers open the box, sort out all the envelopes, and count the cash donated in each driver’s name. The driver who received the largest donations to the autism charity will have the pole.
ALL the donations go to charity. The 4th Annual Upstate Chevy Dealers Autism Acceptance Race is a charity race with a goal of raising $60,000 for Autism. We have chosen the goal of $60,000 in honor of Albany-Saratoga Speedways 60th Anniversary.