Aldrich who made Monticello Raceway home during the first
decade of the 21st Century reined more winners here than any
other driver—Zeke Parker included- during the years from 2000 through
2009.
Now one of the leading drivers at Saratoga Raceway Aldrich
still competes at the Mighty M on Mondays and Tuesdays when Saratoga is dark.
And although it was at Saratoga where Aldrich won his 4000th
with over 3500 of those driving victories coming right here at Monticello track
management thought it would be apropos to present a memento to Aldrich on
his career milestone.
“Actually, when we decided to get the keepsake blanket
for Bruce there still was a chance that he’d score his 4000th victory
right here but that didn’t happen,” noted raceway GM Shawn Wiles. “And even
though Bruce did it at Saratoga we still felt that his accomplishments here
over the years warranted our tribute to him.”
Aldrich is a two-time Mighty M driving champion and
currently has 4009 winners in his illustrious career. This season he’s
racked up 193 wins and it’ll be the ninth consecutive year that he’s
reined 200 or more winners. His most prolific season was 2010 when he visited
the winners circle 451 times.
