4th ANNUAL IRCO DIRT TRACK HEROES CAR SHOW CONCLUDES

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4th ANNUAL IRCO DIRT TRACK HEROES SHOW CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL WEEK LONG SHOW IN A BLACE OF GLORY WITH ANOTHER GREAT TWO DAY SHOW







The 4th Annual IRCO Credit Union Dirt Track Heroes Show presented by NAPA Auto Parts of the Delaware Valley concluded it's very successful week long show on Saturday as the driving legends from the Flemington Speedway and the Dorney Park Speedway were highlighted with two great separate shows. The premier event organizers ended the show by already stating the show will once again return to the Phillipsburg Mall in 2012 and the IRCO Community Federal Credit Union has already signed on as the primary sponsor of the event and the NAPA Auto Parts Group of the Delaware Valley headed up by Regional Director John Niles will return as the co-sponsor for the week long show with dates for the event to be announced very shortly.







The well noted broadcasting team of Ed and Steve Pados along with their highly popular CARQUEST Gasoline Alley TV/Internet Show have signed on to be remain part of the successful events team of the show that has broken all of the existing records of the show's short four year history. With the Mall corridors being highlighted by 141 pristine and historical racing cars during the week long show, the well attended week went off without a hitch as the Pados Brothers, Borgers Speedway announcer Bobby Stull, announcer Justin Beltrame and Bridgeport and Thunder on the Hill announcer Jeff Ahlum ran off nine shows during the show's seven day run as they kept the crowd on their feet all week long with each day and night of the popular event showcasing one of the many great groups of racers looking to jump-start their 2011 racing season or the many great driving legends of the racing's glory days as the past, present and the future of auto racing well documented throughout the week in a spectacular look at the world of motorsports.







The legends of the Flemington Speedway launched the final day of the show as a more than two hour chat session with the star-studded group with each of the drivers sharing stories and talking about their exciting racing days of competing at the famous square-shaped Flemington Speedway and the many behind the scenes humorous stories that had the great crowd on hand in stitches for most of the chat session. "The Everett Express" Gerald Chamberlain, Kenny Brenn Jr, Red Coffin, Tommy Hager, Sammy Beavers, Stan "The Man" Ploski, legendary car owner John Norcia, Wyatt Jacobus, Nate Strunk, Clyde and Phil Cox, all shared in the great stories with assistance from Bob Miller, Joanne Chamberlain, current day driving star JR Fulper and noted photographer Ace Lane Jr as the final day of the show was meant to leave a lasting impression on the racing fans and having them wanting more of the same. Legendary car owner Ken Brenn Sr, Weissglass Speedway hot shoe John Bate were among the many stars in the audience. Gary and Ronda Phillips from the Friends of Nazareth Display Booth presented Tom Hager with a $200.00 award to assist him with his recent medical bills. IRCO President Jackie Frey was on hand for the day's event and was thrilled with the great exposure the popular show brings to the IRCO Community Federal Credit Union Group.







A twenty minute break to shift sets and sign in the second show's Dorney Park Speedway driving stars and IRCO Vice President Greg Collins told the crowd of his involvement with the show as a show sponsor and a fan of racing and to be associated with the great team that coordinates the show. The Dorney Park Speedway reunion then kicked-off and once again the interview session was done in a chat session format as Dorney Park Speedway legends Freddy Hamm, George Wambold, "Chargin" Charley Gilmore, Don "Chowder' Bouder, Mike Garris, Homer Keinert, Ward Crozier, George "Pineapple" Ramos, Russ Frantz, Lorin Arthofer and flagger Bobby Stull talked of the days when the great talent that filled the stage area performed their magic on the tight little 1/5 mile pavement track that left the landscape in 1986. Modified legend Barry Suydam and Dottie Crozier took part in the chat session. Fan participation added to the fun during the session and again the great stories from behind the scene evolved in the great closing show of the day and the Mall show. The event organizers thanked Henry and Sue Wilt for their Dorney Park display as well as putting together the final portion of the day's event.







With the conclusion of the show, the event organizers would like to thank IRCO Community Federal Credit Union, NAPA Auto Parts of the Delaware Valley, CARQUEST Gasoline Alley and the WALN Studios, Smith Fabrications/Home of the Stage One Modifieds, Mo Pagni's Outten Used Car Center, EZ Release Pro Shop, Vertical Telephone Systems, Caffe Europa, Gaetano's Restaurant, Spike Chassis, Kyle Gardner Racing, Fred's Trailer Sales, Choice Hotels, Carpenters Local 620 out of Madison, New Jersey, Joe "The Pizza Dude" GA Motorsports Media, Coastal 181 and the great communications work of Matt Mahoney with all of their help to provide the Tri State area for the continuance of the best Mall show in the country today. The event organizers would also like to thank all of the historical racing groups including Reading, Flemington, Harmony, Dorney Park and Nazareth for their support of the show and to continue to work in collecting the vast memorabilia collections for the fans to come out and take the exciting trip down memory lane as their scrapbooks and photo collections received a workout during the week long celebration of the past, present and future of the motorsports world.







Best of Show winners voted on through the purchase of the event program were Rusty Smith (R2) in the Modified Division, Frankie Schneider (2) owned by Harry Snyder in the Restored Division, George Ramos (2) in the Late Model Division and Jeremy Todd (12) in the Go-kart Division. Gasoline Alley/GA Motorsports Media winners for best



appearing cars in the show were Modified Mike Mammana (71) Mo Pagni (7) Restoration and Ronda Phillips (11x) small car, and will receive gift certificates to dine at Gaetano's Restaurant located in Bath. Pennsylvania







All racing divisions were well represented at the show and included big and small block Modifieds, Sportsman, Micro-Sprints, ARDC Midgets, URC Sprints, TSRS Sprints, Late Models, go-karts and a broad variety of vintage and restored race cars. Many race tracks utilized this event as an opportunity to get the word out on their up-coming 2011 racing season and all tracks indicated they were very pleased with the excellent turnout of fans all week long.







The IRCO Dirt Track Heroes Car Show again offered a great keepsake event souvenir program book and event shirts. Included in the program were additional stories regarding Richard Marinelli, Carl "Fuzzy" Van Horn, Bill Wimble and the origin of the CARQUEST Gasoline Alley Show. For additional copies of the event program or event apparel, email: jhwcuda@verizon.net The Phillipsburg Mall is open Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM; Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 9 PM. and all racing fans are encouraged to support the Mall throughout the year for your shopping needs.







IRCO Community Federal Credit Union remains the lead show sponsor since the event first opened in 2008. More information on IRCO is available at the company's web site at: http://www.ircocu.com/ or please contact Greg Collins via e-mail at: gcollins@ircocu.com







For IRCO Dirt Track Heroes information, contact show organizers Bob and Donna Miller by phone at 443.513.4456, via e-mail at TOTH98@aol.com or on the web: http://www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com/.







The promotional team of Bob and Donna Miller, Ed and Steve Pados, Greg Collins and IRCO Community Federal Credit Union thank everyone for their participation at this year's show and keep in mind it is a solid TEAM EFFORT from everyone that truly measures the success of the show. THANK YOU AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!