
Track name: Oswego Speedway
Location:   Oswego, New York
Year Built: Opened in 1951
Track Length: 0.625m (5/8 mile)
Surface: Asphalt
Direction: Counter-clockwise
Turns: 4
Series: gns,cts, cup, pta
Release Date: 5/6/16
Racing sim:  NASCAR Racing 2003

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Type: Real
Offline AI: YES
Mod support: cts - gns - cup - pta

Sorry there is NO arcade support!

Author: John Norton (Wild Kustoms & Cars)

Distribution Web Site (s):

Wild Kustoms & Cars (Facebook) 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wildkustomcars
http://wildkustomcars.weebly.com/

(NOTE: Track downloads are listed in the "FILES" section.)

PLEASE REPORT ANY MAJOR BUGS NOT MENTIONED HERE. I WILL TRY AND FIX THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.

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As always my short tracks are geared towards the .gns and .cts physics. The lap times for those physic models are based on the Whelen modifieds that have raced there in the past and are set to race there again this year after a long absence.

If you use cars with .pta physics they will run lap times near what Oswego's Winged Super Modifieds run.

This track was tested at 95 & 105% opponent strength.

There are base setups for CUP, GNS, CTS and PTA mods. Tweak each to your liking.

This track supports 43 cars total. The AI is setup for offline play and the track can also be used online.

Known issues: AI Pitting

The track can hold 43 cars (33 for .pta) The pit window for the lp files is very short due to entramce and exit locations. When there are a lot of cars on track the AI can have problems in T3 when trying to avoid cars thast are pitting. Running with less cars eases this problem.

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Thank You:

Charli Brown for the awesome Oswego Reference Pics
J.R. Franklin for suggestions, tips, photos etc. 
Wayne 'Bowtie' Anderson for 3do's like the car haulers, speakers, people in stands. (used with permission)
Geoffrey Sharkey - An Oswego area native for testing and suggestions.

Papyrus, Photoshop, 3DSimEd, WinMip2, MipExp, Sandbox, N2003DATter, Google Earth, the internet, pepperoni & sausage pizzas with black olives and extra onions.. and Diet Cola...

Thank you to anyone that may have created something that has been used for one of my tracks. I don't know everyone on Earth and I apologize if something was used that didn't get credited. Send me a message and I will be more than happy to add credit where credit is due. 

And as always... Thank you to all of the players that support my tracks, and still play NR2003.

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The Oswego Speedway (nicknamed "The Steel Palace") is a race track in Oswego, New York. It was built in 1951 and today is an asphalt race track. The track is the Labor Day Weekend home of the 200-lap, non-wing, big-block supermodified Budweiser Classic and Race of Champions (a modified touring series event). Oswego Speedway also hosts the annual "King of Wings" event for winged supermodifieds.

The track is located at 300 East Albany Street, Oswego, NY 13126, about 35 miles northwest of Syracuse on State Highways 481 and 104; telephone 315-342-0646. The facility has covered and uncovered grandstands on the north side, as well as uncovered grandstands the south. Total seating is =/- 10,000.

Unpaved, open-field parking is available on both sides of Albany Street to the north and east of the "oval" track surface. (It is not truly an oval, but is more of a "four-corner" track. Banking is about thirteen degrees.)

Owned and operated for more than four decades by the Caruso family, the "Big O" is now owned and operated by Eric and John Torrese. Greg Furlong has won the Labor Day Weekend Classic event six times since 1999, and has finished on the podium on two other occasions. Famed Indianapolis 500 drivers Davey Hamilton, Bentley Warren and Joe Gosek are all Budweiser Classic winners. Warren won the Budweiser Classic six times from 1969 through 1998, as well as winning the ISMA Supernationals winged supermodified event in 1994 and 2006 (at the age of 66).

The modern supermodified car is a front-engine / rear-drive vehicle with a truck-block engine mounted on the left side of the chassis to maximize kinetic force for left turns on the 5/8-mile, asphalt track. The normally aspirated, fuel-injected engines make 900 or more horsepower, or one horsepower or more for each two pounds of weight (1800-lb. minimum). Save for the roll cage extension, the cars may be no more than 36 inches high. Most cars have wedge-shaped bodywork to provide downforce. The fastest non-wing supermodifieds are capable of circling the track in less than 16.5 seconds, averaging better than 136 miles per hour in the process.

Oswego Speedway Supermodified class track champions have included multi-time champs Nolan Swift (eight times, 1953–71), Bentley Warren (seven times, 1983–93), Jim Shampine (seven times, 1967–79), Otto Sitterly (seven times, 2006-2014), Greg Furlong (four times, 2000–07), Eddie Bellinger, Sr. (three times, 1957–60), Doug Didero (three times, 1994–96) and Mike Muldoon (three times, 1997-1999).

Other classes running regularly at Oswego Speedway during the season that extends from April through September include the Oswego Speedway Small Block Supermodifieds, DART Asphalt Modified Tour cars, Buckeye Super (winged asphalt) Sprint Cars. The track also hosts the International Supermodified Association (ISMA) and Midwest Supermodified Association (MSA) winged supermodifieds. Some Whelen Modified drivers occasionally race at Oswego; Matt Hirschman, his father Tony, Zane Zeiner, and Bryon Chew are just some of them.

The fastest winged supermodifieds are capable of lapping the track in the low 15-second range at average speeds of 150 miles per hour, generating gravity forces of 4.0 and up.

Some Race of Champions winners have made it to NASCAR. These incluse Brett Bodine, 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine, NASCAR Hall of Famer and modified legend Richie Evans, Brian Ross, Greg Sacks, Frankie Schneider, and Jimmy Sp
