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NASCAR Driver, 19, Reinstated After Suspension For Drug Arrest In Hudson Valley Traffic Stop NASCAR Driver, 19, Reinstated After Suspension For Drug Arrest In Hudson Valley Traffic Stop
NASCAR Driver, 19, Reinstated After Suspension For Drug Arrest In Hudson Valley Traffic Stop NASCAR has reinstated a driver after he was suspended following a misunderstanding during a traffic stop in the Hudson Valley. Tyler Dippel, 19, a Gander Trucks Outdoors Truck Series driver was suspended for violating the NASCAR Member Conduct Guidelines for “actions detrimental to stock car racing” last week after he was arrested in Orange County for criminal possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop in his hometown of Wallkill. Dippel was stopped on Sunday, Aug. 18, when he was stopped with a passenger after changing lanes without a signal, police said. He had been lea…

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by Zak Failla
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Orange County Speedway Gets Major Upgrades In 99th Season Orange County Speedway Gets Major Upgrades In 99th Season
Orange County Speedway Gets Major Upgrades In 99th Season Orange County Fair Speedway has begun its 99th year of auto racing in Middletown, making it the oldest continually operating dirt track in the United States. The first auto race at the speedway took place in 1919 and now capital improvements have the green light. Orange Motorsport & Entertaining LLC, a Nanuet-based developer and promoter, has signed a five-year lease to operate the fairgrounds. OME has begun restoring buildings and seating on property surrounding the five-eighths mile oval track off 239 Wisner Ave. The track held its Hard Clay Open on May 8 and closes the racing season…

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by Jon Craig