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 21, 2010
Huge Opening Day Crowd
Turns Out To View 113 Race Cars On Display At
Racing Legends Reunion & Car Show presented by
Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM
READING, PA -
Off to a good start.
A banner opening day crowd
jammed the Fairgrounds Square Mall Sunday for
the opening of the 25th annual Racing Legends
Reunion & Car Show presented by Reading Eagle
and WEEU 830 AM.
Attendees were treated to 113
race cars on display at the former site of the
famed Reading Fairgrounds Speedway on 5th
Street Highway in Muhlenberg Township. The
event continues through Saturday (Feb. 27)
with nightly activities planned.
"We received plenty of positive
comments about the show today," said event
organizer Brett Deyo. "The quality of cars
this year was outstanding and we have
tremendous participation from tracks,
sanctioning bodies, exhibitors and vendors."
The show features a wide
cross-section of racing vehicles, including
vintage/restored cars, big- and small-block
Modifieds, Late Models, Sprint Cars, ARDC
Midgets, SpeedSTR Midgets, Sportsman,
Roadrunners, Micro-Sprints, XCel 600
Modifieds, Slingshots, Go-Karts, Quarter
Midgets and more.
Center court, anchored by the
restored Glenn Hyneman-owned, Craig Von
Dohren-driven No. 126, nostalgic Freddy Adam
No. 8 and modern-day Kevin Hirthler No. 117
Modified, was bustling throughout the day.
The Reading Fairgrounds
Speedway Historical Society organized an
impressive tribute to the famed speedway that
hosted its final race in 1979.
Kerry Meitzler's No. 3k, a
small-block Modified run last during Penn
National (Pa.) Speedway's final 1996 season,
drew plenty of attention. The former Tri-Track
racer from Kutztown, Pa., pulled the car from
storage to partake in the Penn National
tribute at the show.
NEETS promoter Joe Cutri took
the stage Sunday afternoon and offered a
comprehensive presentation on getting started
in Enduro racing.
Among the 2010 show exhibitors
are Grandview (Pa.) 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, RAACE Foundation, Doug
Borger's XCel 600 Modifieds, Gary Silverman
Productions, Dale Snyder Video, Clyde Martin
Memorial (Pa.) Speedway, Bob Hilbert
Sportswear, Keystone State Quarter Midget
Club, the NEETS Enduro Series and the
Montgomery County Quarter Midget Racing Club
The show resumes tomorrow
(Monday, Feb. 22) with Open Wheel Night
presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc., with
ARDC, URC and the SpeedSTR Series in the
spotlight. On-stage interviews begin at 7 p.m.
Scheduled to appear are URC
champion J.J. Grasso, URC star Davey Sammons,
ARDC champion Frank Polimeda, versatile talent
Steve Buckwalter, ARDC standouts Trevor
Kobylarz, Carey Becker and P.J. Gargiulo and
358 Sprint Car racer Keith Prutzman.
Rich "Toby" Tobias Jr. of Speedway
Entertainment will offer his thoughts on
affordable racing technology.
At 6:30 p.m., Brian Hirthler of
Four Star Lettering & Graphic Design will
install and letter sail panels on the No. 117
Kevin Hirthler.
A busy week of activities are
planned for the show.
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.
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 appears 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., has set up
his HO slot car track all week during the
show. A celebrity race featuring Modified
racers is planned for Wednesday's 'Modified
Madness' program.
Vendors are on hand selling national and local
racing memorabilia, collectibles, racing DVDs
and much more.
