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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 17, 2010
A Tale Of Two Looks For Kevin Hirthler
At Racing Legends Reunion & Car Show presented
by Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM
READING, PA - Kevin Hirthler races
his family-owned No. 117 NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series 358-Modified weekly at
Pa.'s Grandview Speedway, where standard body
rules prevail.
Boyertown, Pa.'s Hirthler has
also enjoyed success on the road where high
sides - known as sail panels - are prevalent.
Case in point: his victory in last October's
Short Track SuperNationals presented by Dart
Machinery at Five Mile Point (N.Y.) Speedway,
an unsanctioned, open rules event.
Attendees of the 25th annual
Racing Legends Reunion & Car Show presented by
Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM will be able to
see the car in both forms via a unique
promotion involving Four Star Lettering &
Graphic Design of Green Lane, Pa.
When Hirthler's car arrives at
the show on Sunday (Feb. 21), it will be
outfitted with standard window panels.
On Monday (Feb. 22), the team
will swap out the windows in favor of sail
panels, which Four Star's Brian Hirthler,
Kevin's younger brother, will letter live at
the show beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The Hirthler Green Lane William
Penn No. 117 will be located in the center
court vicinity near the stage, leaving room
for onlookers during the lettering process.
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.
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
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. Beer City of
Quakertown and Lee Myles Transmissions are
presenting sponsors of the BASH.
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. 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, Bob
Hilbert Sportswear, 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.
For further information on the Reading Eagle
or WEEU, log on to
www.readingeagle.com
or
www.weeu.com.
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