| A Brief History of the
Speedway On May 30,
1946, the gates were opened for the first time. Seekonk
Speedway has been family owned, operated, and promoted for
60 consecutive years. One of the most successful short track
operations in the country, Seekonk Speedway is also known as
"The Action Track of the East," "The Cement Palace," and
"The Fast Track to Family Fun." Racing is scheduled for 26
weeks, starting in May and extending through October. Season
ending specials include the "D. Anthony Venditti Memorial
Festival of Racing" and the 2nd Annual Halloween Happening
on Oct. 30th. The speedway has a capacity of 10,000 seats,
with average season attendance of about 150,000. The track
is 1/3 mile at the outside rim and 1320 feet at the inside
line. The track is banked at 7 feet on four separate and
distinct turns. The straights are 420 feet in length. At 72
feet, it is the widest track in New England. There are five
divisions of race cars. The premiere division is the famous
Pro Stocks that originated in 1978 - extending the
Speedway's long line of firsts in auto racing.
New System for 2006
For the 2006 season, Seekonk Speedway
purchased NCS's newest system, Tick-It! Trak Pro. The Trak
Pro system provided a Point Of Sale (POS) for serialized
ticketed entry, ticket validation and redemption, census
head counting and transaction reporting. The system was a
big improvement over the manual counting system used in
prior seasons. Working in conjunction with POS Systems
integrator Business Systems of New England, a long range,
high speed wireless network was deployed through out the
track facilities. This enabled direct ticket entry
validation using wireless PDA's equipped with bar code
scanners, to cut down on fraudulent entry by unscrupulous
customers and ticket takers. Also, tire sales to racers were
also handled by the Trak Pro system.
Improvements for 2007
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For the 2007 season, Seekonk
Speedway is launching its very own Internet
Ticketing Website, powered by the Trak Pro system.
Additionally, new ticket expiration "triggers" have
been added to handle even more specialty ticketing
scenarios for the motor sports park, such as tickets
that are good for any Saturday, or tickets that can
be used once on any given number of days. |
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