Drag Racing A Go For New Season In Riverhead

RIVERHEAD, NY — Rev your engines, it’s a go: The Riverhead Town board voted Wednesday to approve dates for drag racing this season at Enterprise Park at Calverton.

Acccording to Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, two separate proposals were before the town board.

Peter Scalzo, who presented his “Race Track, Not Street,” series last year, is back this year for a Spring Classic on April 2, 3,9, 10 and 16. If there is a rain-out during that series, guests can redeem their ticket for any event later in the series, Scalzo said.

The reason no rain date for the Spring Classic is proposed is due to the bird nesting season, which begins on April 15 in New York, Scalzo said.

Next, he said, is the Summer Classic,…