Fantasy NASCAR Racing

Stateline Speedway is a 1/3 mile racetrack in Busti, New York.  It hosted one NASCAR event on July 16, 1958.  Lee Petty started on the pole, leading the first 30 laps.  Then Squirt Johns passed Petty and led for 42 circuits.  He eventually broke an A-frame and was out of the race.  Petty would retake the lead, but would break a wheel and fall out on lap 139 finishing eighth.  From there Shorty Rollins held the point and would beat Bob Duell to get the win.  Ken Johnson, Emory Mahan and John Seeley made up the top five.  It would be Rollins only career Cup win in 43 starts.  Many say that Rollins won, because most of the top drivers didn't make it due to a long rain delay at a previous race.  Running down the list of 23 drivers in the race; Lee Petty is the only "big name" driver I recognize.  In 2012, it hosted the "Empire 50", a Lucas Oil Late Model Series event.  The event wasn't run in 2013.  The track races Saturday nights May through Labor Day, and hosts Super Late Models, Crate Late Models, Street Stocks, E-mods, and Compacts.  In 2014, the track switched ownership and saw several upgrades, including Stateline PA and Stateline NY on either side of the track, and new grandstand seating.