Amelia Motor Raceway \ AMR

10/05/2024

I'm in contact with a group of people in Creston, NC. They are in desperate need of dog food, horse hay and grain. If you can help in any way please reach out to me here or you can message me. Please keep praying for these people. Our government has abandoned them and we can't! FEMA and the Red Cross are a joke do not donate anything to either entity! They are not helping these people at all!

09/13/2022

Please keep the family in your prayers as they are trying to cope with the loss of an amazing husband, father, brother, & friend.

The Virginia go-kart community lost a leader, a wife lost her husband. and three children lost their father in a head-on collision on Interstate 85 in Durham, North Carolina.

07/17/2022

New Date, Same Racing!

03/12/2022

03/09/2017

Goodbye and Godspeed. Thank you.

APPERSON, Shirley Blanton Chimento. Born August 31, 1931 in Richmond, Va., Shirley was predeceased by her beloved son, Marc Chimento; parents, Ruby Beatrice Hall and George Wilbur Blanton; maternal grandparents,

06/01/2016

CONCORD, NC The Dirt Karting World, and racing in general, lost a huge asset to the sport this past week with the passing of Marc Chimento. Well known as the owner and operator of Amelia Motor Raceway in Virginia, Chimento passed away just after midnight of Memorial Day. His charismatic smile and hi...

05/31/2016

CHIMENTO, Marc A., born December 4, 1961, peacefully flew on angels' wings into the arms of his heavenly father just after midnight May 30, 2016. His spirit will continue to be with his wife, Michelle; son, Brogan; mother, Shirley Apperson; sisters, Nancy Fraker (Bill) and Marilyn Chimento. He is al...

05/30/2016

It is with great sorrow that we say goodbye to Marc Chimento, the owner of AMR. Following a courageous battle with cancer, he has gone to a better place where he is no longer in pain.