History Of The Track

= SteamCheese Motor Speedway History 1974-Today =

The Beginnings 1974-1981
StreamCheese Motor Speedway was envisioned by Lee Northrup in 1974, the vision became true when in 1975,He bought a parcel of land in Upstate NY and started ground work for the track on January 5th 1976,The track was completed on August 24th 1978 And held its very first race on April 23rd 1979 Which was called the NAPA 500. The 1979 NAPA 500 was a huge deal for the speedway as it was promoted heavily by NASCAR and CART drivers such as Richard Petty, Mario Andretti, Bobby Allison, Darrel Waltrip, ETC. Dick Trickle dominated the inaugural 1979 NAPA 500 leading 388/500 Laps, The event was so big NASCAR added a race onto its schedule at the track late in the summer of 1979 called the NY 400.

The inaugural 1979 NY 400 was scheduled to be 400 laps but during practice for the event tire wear was increasingly an issue so NASCAR chopped it down to a 300 lap race, Richard Petty and Bobby Allison combined led 286/300 laps, Bobby and Richard both battled hard for victory and resulted in a fantastic finish when Richard Petty passed Bobby Allison on the last lap to pick up the win in the inaugural NASCAR race at the track.