DIRT TRACK HEROES UPDATE‏

SHOW CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY, MARCH 7. . . . . .

GREAT INTERVIEWS HIGHLIGHT SECOND NIGHT OF QUAKER STEAK & LUBE 8^TH ANNUAL DIRT TRACK HEROES CAR SHOW AT THE PHILLIPSBURG MALL

 

The Quaker Steak & Lube Eighth Annual Dirt Track Heroes Show rolled out the second day of a week long gathering for the racing community and with it another successful day of racing stories and fun carried into the evening hours until the Mall closed shop for the evening.  The 8th edition of the show will continue through March 7th with sponsorship through headline sponsor Quaker Steak & Lube and associate sponsors IRCO Community Federal Credit Union, Smith Fabrications and the Stage One Modifieds, Martocci's Automotive, Hamlin Speedway/S&S Speedways, Adams Brothers Used Auto Parts, Searock Fabrication and Speed, Kim's Kreations, Vogel Designs, R&F International Muffler and Brake, Persa Auto Repair, Jeff's Automotive, Murante Auto Repair, Penn Jersey Food Marts, Charles Price Jr Fire and Water Damage Restorations and VRP Shocks. 

 

Nightly interviews and 100 plus cars race cars provide the race fan a full appetite of racing fun before the 2015 regular season begins. The Phillipsburg Mall is located on Route 22 East in Phillipsburg, NJ and has proven to be a popular setting for this special event and offers a multitude of race cars, racing memorabilia, collectibles and photos on display throughout the course of the show. The show continues to be free of charge to the mall traffic and the 2015 edition of the show is the trend setter of the many shows that are scheduled during the year.   

 

Quaker Steak & Lube, the show sponsor is located just one mile east of the Phillipsburg Mall and has been quickly established as the place for race fans to meet before and after their visit to the show. Quaker Steak & Lube, known for its Best Wings USA and over 25 signature sauces, has over sixty-five locations throughout the United States and Canada and sells more than 80 million wings per year. It's a restaurant with a "racing theme" with much local racing fanfare to include the Mike Stasak owned Bobby Pickell #300 modified on a garage lift inside the restaurant. In fact, you may request the table directly under the modified.

 

Emcee Steve Pados opened the show and introduced IRCO Vice President Greg Collins to the good crowd on hand. Collins once thanked the local racing community for their support and talked of the various offerings from the IRCO group and added the show for him is living a dream as he enjoys the great stories and meets the driving stars who come into to chat about their plans and past experiences on the race track.

 

Vogel Designs and R&F International Muffler & Brake, located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania sponsored last evening's event that headlined many of the smaller racing facilities in the local area.  Ed and Steve Pados, Bobby Stull, Justin Beltrame and Alex Greenzweig interviewed a diverse panel of driving stars from the area.

 

Legendary racer and fabricator Rich Tobias kicked off the interview sessions by chatting about the his Jeffrey Hogue Realty Action Track USA he promotes and the Slingshot and SpeedSTR cars he constructs at his Myerstown shop. To date more than 1200 of the Slingshot cars have been constructed and are doing battle from Pennsylvania to Minnesota and North Dakota. Rich explained his new schedule for the 2015 racing season and with it many of the perks his speedway will offer to the fans.

 

Snydersville and Oreville Raceways were represented by Promoter Barry Greenzweig and his son Alex.  Barry and Alex offered his plans for both speedways and felt positive banner years were ahead in 2015 for both facilities.  Doug Borger, the head of the successful Xcel Modified franchise, talked about his shift to other venues in 2015 and updated everyone with the ongoing hope he can assist in resurrecting the former Borger's Speedway. Associate sponsor Jason Vogel was on hand to discuss his growing graphic and design business while highlighting the seven entries he worked on to be ready for the show. Bob Snyder talked about his 43 years taking pics at the local racing venues and is hoping for a new promotion team for Borgers, where he spent the last 15 years.

 

The interviews with drivers with ages from ranged from nine years old to plus seventy years old were well received by the crowd.  Chris Lonczak, Kurt Bettler, Billy Proctor, Kyle Herve, Shelby McLaughlin, Larry Hoagland, Abbey Price, Anthony Raisner, Kyle Lick, Tyler Galatro, Cody Motto, and Ron Counterman offered their thoughts and plans for the new season ahead. 

 

The new Miss Motorsports, Shelby Harper made an appearance last evening and talked about her plans in racing for 2015 as well as the big schedule she is putting in place to wear the crown proudly at the various race tracks she will be attending in 2015.

 

Tuesday night at the Mall will find "The Stars of Tomorrow"  racing in the Quarter Midget Clubs in the local area taking part in the interviews and many of them will be giving their first ever interviews to a sizeable crowd. These are the driving stars of the future and it is great to give them a special night of recognition as they carry on the great tradition and legacy of auto racing. The evening is sponsored by Adams Brothers Used Auto Parts located in Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

The great fan base of racing can come out to this grand Mall event and be transported back to a time when they could hop into their family jitney and travel less than a half hour to witness the excitement of a night at the races.  All historical racing groups including Reading, Flemington, Harmony through Greg Collins, Tri State, Friends of Nazareth and Bob Snyder Photos and Snyder Videos, Big Mike's Videos and Justin Beltrame's Mocatek Memorabilia collection will have their memorabilia on display and their many scrapbooks open for the fans to take another long look at the glory years of racing and possibly find a picture or two they want to purchase as a keepsake from past glory or racing exploits.  More information is available by calling: 443-513-4456.

 

On display at the Mall include big and small block Modifieds, Sportsman, Micro-Sprints, ARDC Midgets, URC Sprints, TSRS Sprints, Late Models, go-karts, quarter midgets and a broad variety of vintage and restored race cars. New Egypt, Grandview, Big Diamond, Bridgeport, Hamlin, Accord, Action Track USA, Borger's and Snydersville will again be among the many speedways involved with the 2014 show. 

 

The Quaker Steak & Lube Dirt Track Heroes Car Show has a must have event T-shirt done exclusively for the show.  The great keepsake event souvenir program book has many great articles regarding our racing heroes. The Phillipsburg Mall is open Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM and from Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 9 PM.  The event offers race teams a great opportunity to promote their sponsors and announce their racing plans for the 2015 racing season.

 

QUAKER STEAK & LUBE 8TH ANNUAL DIRT TRACK HEROES
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday- March 3 - (6:30 PM)- Adams Brothers Used Auto Parts Saluting the "Stars of Tomorrow" featuring all Quarter Midget Clubs: Blue Mountain, Lehigh Valley, West End Raceway, Keystone, Oaklane, Phoenixville, South Jersey and Garden State Quarter Midget Clubs. Meet Little Miss Motorsports Jayden Gursky. She is 11 years old and from Palmerton, PA.

Wednesday- March 4 - (6:30 PM) - Hamlin Speedway/S&S Speedways and Smith Fabrications/Stage One Modifieds Saluting Hamlin Speedway all divisions, Accord Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway, Mahoning Speedway

Thursday- March 5- (6:30) Searock Fabrication and Speed Supplies Saluting New Egypt, Bridgeport Speedway, Grandview Speedway, Big Diamond Speedway

Friday - March 6 - (1st Show (4 p.m.) - Penn Jersey Food Marts and Persa Auto Repair presents a Special Edition "The Legends of Racing" with many Legendary stars from Reading, Nazareth, Harmony and Flemington expected to participate and saluting the Reading Fairgrounds Historical Racing Society

Second Show- (6:30 PM) Martocci Automotive presents Salute to Open Wheel Racing Divisions-Thunder on the Hill Racing Series, ATQMRA, ARDC Midgets, TSRS and CRSA Sprint Cars, 358 and 360 Sprint Car Divisions

9 PM Friday, March 6 At Quaker Steak & Lube in Phillipsburg, NJ The Rusty Smith Motorsports Celebrity Dinner honoring Gerald & Joanne Chamberlain - - - Open to All. Tickets are not required, but you are responsible for purchasing your own food and drinks.
Saturday - March 7 - (1:00) --Kim's Kreations presents Special Tribute to Gerald Chamberlain-Flemington Speedway & Flemington Speedway Historical Society. Harmony Speedway and Nazareth Speedways

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Mall Hours: Sunday 11 AM-6 PM, Monday-Saturday 10 AM - 9 PM

 

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