News from the 25th annual
Racing Legends Reunion & Car Show presented by
Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM
Media Contact: Brett Deyo - 845.728.2781 or
Deyo99H@aol.com
For Immediate Release/February 16, 2010
LLANDCO Signs On As Penn National
Reunion Sponsor At 25th Racing Legends Reunion
presented by Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM
READING, PA -
LLANDCO Inc. has signed on as the sponsor of
the Penn National Speedway Reunion on Saturday
evening, Feb. 27 during the 25th annual Racing
Legends Reunion & Car Show presented by
Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM.
The show is set for Feb. 21-27 at the
Fairgrounds Square Mall located on 5th Street
Highway in Reading, Pa., the former site of
the famed Reading Fairgrounds Speedway. Over
100 race cars, present-day and restored, are
expected to jam the mall during the event.
LLANDCO Inc. is a landfill construction
company located in Leesport, Pa. LLANDCO can
be reached by phone at 610.916.5844.
Show management has been
working to reach out to former Penn National
Speedway personalities. Among those contacted
were Billy Pauch, Elvin Felty, Davey Wenger,
Mike Nicholas, Tom Mayberry, Craig Von Dohren,
D.A. Hanson, Rich "Toby" Tobias Jr. and many
more.
Racers from all divisions are
welcome to attend the Penn National tribute,
along with officials, team owners, media
members and fans from the Grantville, Pa.,
facility that hosted its final race in 1996.
The Penn National Reunion will
take place on stage beginning at 5 p.m. on
Feb. 27, the final day of the weeklong show.
Interested parties should
contact Brett Deyo, preferably by e-mail at
Deyo99H@aol.com,
or by phone at: 845.728.2781.
The restored Glenn
Hyneman-owned, Craig Von Dohren-driven 1983
Olsen Eagle that turned heads at the recent
Motorsports 2010 show in Oaks, Pa., will be
part of a tribute to Penn National at the
show.
Former Tri-Track racer Kerry
Meitzler will bring out his family-owned No.
3k Tobias mount that the Kutztown, Pa., driver
ran during the track's final season. Meitzler
put the car in storage following the final
Penn National event and has not been moved in
15 years.
During the week of Feb. 21-27, the mall will
be jammed with current-day race cars
representing many divisions and sanctioning
groups, vintage and restored race cars,
speedway exhibits and displays and vendors.
Drivers of today and yesterday will be on hand
periodically throughout the show for on-stage
interviews and autograph sessions.
Among the show highlights are the
600Scene.com Small Car Roundtable
(Tuesday evening, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m.), the
annual Reading Fairgrounds Speedway Reunion
(Friday evening, Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m.) and the
aforementioned LLANDCO Inc. Penn National
Speedway Reunion (Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27
at 5 p.m.).
Show awards - including the first Don Marks
Memorial Contribution to Motorsports Award -
will be distributed during the popular BASH
Racing Party to be held Friday night, Feb. 26
at the Temple Fire Company, just blocks from
the mall, beginning at 9 p.m.
The BASH Party will feature music for dancing,
a cash bar, racing movies (including 2009
footage from the Pennsylvania Dual-Track
circuit) and plenty of bench racing.
Bert Jones, proprietor of Beer City located in
Quakertown, Pa., has signed on as the awards
sponsor for the BASH. Jones owns the No. 15
NASCAR Whelen All-American Series 358-Modified
driven by Jason Hamilton at Grandview (Pa.)
Speedway.
Lee Myles Transmissions Pennsylvania locations
in Reading, Birdsboro, Allentown, Easton, Mt.
Pocono & York will provide the sound for the
BASH.
Tickets to the BASH are $10 and will be sold
during the show and at the door.
Among the 2010 show exhibitors are Grandview
Speedway, Big Diamond (Pa.) Raceway, Kutztown
Fairgrounds (Pa.) Speedway, Thunder on the
Hill Racing Series, URC, Reading Eagle,
Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., Speedway
Entertainment (Slingshots and SpeedSTRs),
Reading Fairgrounds Speedway Historical
Society, Doug Borger's XCel 600 Modifieds,
Gary Silverman Productions, Dale Snyder Video,
Clyde Martin Memorial (Pa.) Speedway, the
NEETS Enduro Series and the Montgomery County
Quarter Midget Racing Club.
Driver bartending at the Applebee's on 5th
Street Highway, adjacent to the small, is
planned for Monday, Feb. 22, Wednesday, Feb.
24 and Thursday, Feb. 25 beginning at 9 p.m.
each night.
Author Gary Ludwig will appear
nightly beginning at 4 p.m. and during mall
hours on Feb. 21 and 27 to autograph copies of
his best-selling book Tommy Hinnershitz,
The Life and Times of an Auto Racing Legend,
which will be on sale at the show.
Randy's Raceway of Kutztown,
Pa., will set up a portable HO slot car track
all week during the show. A celebrity race
featuring Modified racers is planned for
Wednesday's 'Modified Madness' program.
Vendors will be on hand selling
national and local racing memorabilia,
collectibles, racing DVDs and much more.
Once again, the 25th annual Racing Legends
Reunion & Car Show presented by Reading Eagle
and WEEU 830 AM will produce its own
commemorative program book and apparel.
Inquiries should be directed to Joe Wylezik
jhwcuda@verizon.net.
For general show information, contact Brett
Deyo at 845.728.2781, via e-mail at
Deyo99H@aol.com
or on the web:
www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com.
