Beer City of Quakertown
BASH Racing Party Cures Winter Blues Fri., Feb.
26; Don Marks Memorial Award Winner To Be
Announced
READING, PA - Need
a cure for the winter blues? Want a night out of
the house to socialize with friends from the
racing community?
Mark your calendar for Friday
night, Feb. 26 when the annual BASH Racing Party
takes place at the Temple (Pa.) Fire Company as
part of the 25th annual Racing Legends Reunion &
Car Show presented by Reading Eagle and WEEU 830
AM. The BASH begins at 9 p.m.
The annual BASH includes the
presentation of show awards, including Best of
Show, Best Modified, Best Open Cockpit, Best Late
Model, Best Micro-Sprint, Best Restored Race Car
and Best Quarter Midget as decided by a voting
panel of press members.
A highlight of the BASH Racing
Party will be the presentation of the first-ever
Don Marks Memorial Contribution to Motorsports
Award.
Nominees representing numerous
facets of the sport have been received via e-mail
through the show Web site (www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com)
for several months. The votes have been tallied
and the winner will be revealed at the BASH.
"Don Marks was a friend to everyone
in the sport," event organizer Brett Deyo said.
"This award will go to someone that has given
their all to the support of local auto racing,
just like Don did for so many years."
Marks was the longtime track
photographer at Grandview (Pa.) Speedway,
submitting photos to a number of publications. His
work was seen in the pages of Area Auto Racing
News weekly from Grandview and many other tracks
up and down the East Coast. He was also an active
member of the Eastern Motorsport Press Association
(EMPA). Marks passed away suddenly in 2008.
Sponsorship support for the 2010
BASH comes via Beer City of Quakertown, Pa., owner
Bert Jones and Lee Myles Transmissions
Pennsylvania locations in Reading, Birdsboro,
Allentown, Easton, Mt. Pocono & York.
Tickets for the BASH Party are $10
and will be available during the show at the
Fairgrounds Square Mall (5th Street Highway -
Reading, Pa.) or at the door. The Temple Fire
Company is located on Kutztown Road, just minutes
from the mall.
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.
The BASH is open to drivers, team
owners, officials, crew members, sponsors, media
members, track owners and fans.
"It should be a fun night out
before for everyone before the season gets going,"
Deyo said.
Over 100 race cars (present-day and
restored), speedway exhibits, vendors, sanctioning
bodies and more will fill the Fairgrounds Square
Mall Feb. 21-27 for the 25th anniversary of the
Racing Legends Reunion & Car Show presented by
Reading Eagle and WEEU 830 AM.
For general 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.
