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HUGE, TALENT LADEN FIELD SET FOR NAPA AUTO PARTS INDOOR AUTO RACING WEEKEND AT A.C. BOARDWALK HALL, FEB 1 & 2

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (January 29, 2013) - A massive field of race hungry Three Quarter Midget, 600cc Micro, Slingshot and Champ Kart drivers will be making their way from across the northeast to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall this Friday and Saturday, February 1-2, for NAPA Auto Parts Indoor Racing Weekend.
The 11th running of the marquee event run under the direction of Len Sammons Motorsports Productions is the third and final race of the Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Series.
Overall, 213 teams are entered among the four divisions of competition; less than half of them will be transferring to the feature races, making the qualifying events intense affairs in their own right.
TQ Midgets and 600 Micros race feature events on both Friday and Saturday with the ultimate prize, the Gamblers Classic the main TQ race on Saturday.
Champ Karts and Slingshots complete the majority of their qualifying Friday and their features on Saturday night.
Last year’s winners indoors in Atlantic City were Erick Rudolph, who won the Gamblers Classic TQ race and both 600cc Micro main events, Ted Christopher, winner of the remaining TQ race, Simon Egan, winner of the Slingshot race and Chris Daley, victor in the Champ Kart main event.
All 2012 winners are among the entries for the 2013 NAPA Auto Parts Racing Weekend.
In the TQ Midget field are 78 entries. Past Boardwalk Hall Indoor race winners, besides defending race winner Rudolph include Ted Christopher, Plainville, Ct.; Lou Cicconi Jr., Lester, Pa.; Billy Pauch, Frenchtown, NJ; and Joey Payne, Fairlawn, NJ.
Impressive newcomers Patrick Emerling, Orchard Park, N.Y.; asphalt Modified favorites Jimmy Blewett, Howell, N.J,; Ryan Preece, Berlin, Ct.; and Rowan Pennink, New Egypt, N.J. aim to challenge their more experienced Indoor TQ rivals.
“I’m looking forward to this,” said Blewett, who has never raced a TQ midget nor raced indoors. His late brother, John Blewett III, finished third in the 2007 Gamblers Classic in his one and only TQ start.
In the 600cc Micro class, thirty-nine drivers have filed entries. Several of the TQ drivers have separate cars for the 600cc Micro race.
Micro specialists entered include Jimmy Carpenter, Manchester, NJ; Slingshot specialists Gary and Kyle Hieber, Langhorne, Pa.; past Bridgeport, NJ Sprint Car champion Tim Iulg, Bridgeton, NJ; Hoosier Jason Ormsby, Warsaw, Ind., and perennial contender Rob Vivona, Staten Island, N.Y.
A whopping fifty-six Champ Karts are heading to Boardwalk Hall. Major contenders, beside defending race winner Daley include Justin Bonsignore, West Islip, N.Y; Danny Bouc, Plumsteadville, Pa.; Glen Meisenhelder of Feeding Hills, Mass.; top threat Ron Midford, Tolland, Ct.; much improved Michael Pares, Jr.. Wayne, N.J.; Fatleadz Indoor Series Indoor points leader Brandon Rusczek, Wallingford, Ct.; DJ Shaw, Center Conway, N.H.; and Andrew Swisher, West Chester, Pa.
Forty entries have been filed for the Slingshot class. Prominent among these are New York State dirt track Modified standout Andy Bachetti, Sheffield, Mass.; second generation standout Bobby Dmuchowski, Manville, N.J.; Orange County, N.Y., Sportsman standout Anthony Perrego, Montgomery, N.Y.; and Big Diamond, Pa., small block Modified driver Ricky Yetter, Easton, Pa.
The drivers who will be competing in Boardwalk Hall hail from fourteen different states and two Canadian provinces.
Tickets for the Atlantic City events are on sale at Ticketmaster outlets online at www.ticketmaster.com and at the Boardwalk Hall box office.
Good seats still remain. Children general admission tickets are just $5 for either day. Adult general admission tickets are $15 on Friday and $20 on Saturday. Tickets purchased the day of the event are $2 higher.
Check the event web-site at aarn.com for more details.
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MOTORSPORTS 2013 RACE CAR AND TRADE SHOW OPENS FOR BUSINESS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, GOOD WEATHER PREDICTED

OAKS, PA January 17, 2013 . . . . Motorsports 2013, Fueled By Sunoco and Distributed by Insinger Performance, will be open for business at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 18th. Predictions call for good weather conditions. The show offering just about everything imaginable in motorsports will continue until 4 p.m. Sunday, January 20th.

Two time Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup winner Michael Waltrip will be a big part of opening day activities for the 28th annual edition of the Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show set for the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.

The veteran racer and Sprint Cup car owner is also a popular TV personality on SPEED and Fox. He will be talking with show attendees and signing autographs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on opening day.

In addition to Waltrip, who will be trying for a spot in the 2013 Daytona 500, show attendees will have the opportunity to meet 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones as he makes appearances at the show throughout the day on Saturday, January 19th. He will be talking about his highly acclaimed new book that will be available at the Coastal 181 display.

Rising young NASCAR stars Ty and Austin Dillon will appear on Saturday from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Austin is the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year and is expected to run in the Daytona 500. Ty earned Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors.

A large number of local and regional racing talents will be making appearances at the show during the three days.

Perhaps the most anticipated happening of this Motorsports Show will be the crowning of the ‘Area Auto Racing News Northeast Greatest Driver Of The First 50 Years’ on Friday evening. The title is being announced as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the nationally circulated weekly auto racing tabloid publication.

The winner will be selected from the top ten finalists that include Kenny Brightbill, Will Cagle, the late Richie Evans (now a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame), Brett Hearn, Jimmy Horton, Danny Johnson, Billy Pauch, Fred Rahmer, Frankie Schneider and the late Dick Tobias. The eight surviving finalists will be at the show signing free copies of a poster created by Emerson Friese on Saturday afternoon. A color copy of the poster will be available for purchase and can be autographed by Friese.

Popular traditional events at the show include the BPG Racing Ms Motorsports Pageant (Saturday evening), the Li’l Miss Motorsports competition (Sunday) and the RAACE Foundation Kids Big Wheel races (Sunday). The latter two events are part of ‘Family Day Sunday’ sponsored by Metal Fab Pro Shop.

A huge number of exhibitors will be part of the show with the Sunoco Race Fuels/Insinger Performance Distributor display front and center as attendees enter the show.

More than 200 race vehicles will help fill the 250,000 square of show space that is available in the Expo Center.

Speedways and racing organizations will be on hand and fans will have the opportunity to collect race schedules and start planning the events they will attend during the season. NASCAR, USAC, World Racing Group, Pocono, Grandview, Williams Grove Speedway, Mahoning Valley Speedway, URC and others will have displays. There is a large area set aside for vintage racing organizations.

Several chassis, component and trailer manufacturers will have displays as will The Joie of Seating. Randy LaJoie, a two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, will also take the stage on Saturday afternoon for a one-on-one with fans followed by an autograph session. There will be additional exhibits with fire suits and safety apparel manufacturers, along with wholesalers and retailers such as Behrent’s Speed Center, A1 Performance and Pancho’s Racing Products.

A full schedule of educational seminars, free of charge, will be presented throughout the three days.

Show hours run 2 PM to 10 PM on Friday, January 18th, 11 AM to 9 PM on Saturday, January 19th and 11 AM to 4 PM on Sunday, January 20th. Free parking is available at the Expo Center.

The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center is located in Oaks, PA, just off Route 422, seven miles from the Valley Forge Interchange of the Penna. Turnpike.

For show information check in at www.aarn.com (Motorsports link) or telephone 609.888.3618.

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GREATEST DRIVER OF THE LAST 50 YEARS TO BE ANNOUNCED
WALTRIP, JONES, DILLON BROTHERS AND MORE AT MOTORSPORTS 2013 RACE CAR AND TRADE SHOW

OAKS, PA January 6, 2013 . . . . The top fifty drivers of the last 50 years in the northeast list has been whittled down to the top ten. During the Motorsports Show, Fueled By Sunoco And Distributed by Insinger Performance, being presented at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA January 18-20, the order of the top ten drivers will be announced.
Included in the top ten are such standouts as stock car racers Kenny Brightbill, Will Cagle, the late Richie Evans, Brett Hearn, Jimmy Horton, Danny Johnson, Billy Pauch, Frankie Schneider, the late Dick Tobias and sprint car racing talent Fred Rahmer.
All eight living legends will be at the show. Tobias will be represented by his wife Mary and Evans, a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, will be represented by his daughter Tera Evans.
Fans will be able to obtain a beautiful color poster on Saturday at the show that was created speciallly for Area Auto Racing News by artist Emerson Friese with all ten finalists shown along with their racecar of choice. Emerson will be on hand to sign the poster.
Each living driver will be available for autographs on Saturday at the show from 2 to 4 pm. Several cars, driven by drivers named as part of the 50 greatest, will also be on display during the entire show.
The announcement as to who is the top driver of the past 50 years will take place on Friday night of the show at 7:15 at the stage.
The selection of the top 50 drivers was done as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the nationally circulated weekly tabloid auto racing publication, Area Auto Racing News. The first edition was printed on June 11, 1963.
Also part of the opening day of the show on Friday, January 18th, will be the appearance of NASCAR Sprint Cup driver, car owner and TV personality Michael Waltrip, a two time winner of the Daytona 500. He will meet and greet with fans, sign autographs, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The 28th edition of the Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show will feature more than 200,000 square feet of just about everything imaginable in motorsports including speedway displays, collectible vendors, a huge number of race cars on display, a variety of seminars covering a wide range of subjects, and more.
Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones will be making appearances throughout show hours on Saturday and will be signing copies of his new book.
Rising young NASCAR stars, Ty and Austin Dillon, will also be on hand from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Throughout the three day shows there will be well known local and regional racers and personalities appearing at the show.
Traditional events will include the Saturday BPG Racing Ms. Motorsports Pageant, the little Miss Motorsports Pageant (Sunday), and the very popular RAACE Foundation Kids Big Wheel races (Sunday). The latter two events are part of ‘Family Day Sunday’ sponsored by Metal Fab Pro Race Shop.
Hundreds of exhibitors will be part of the “Mid-Winter Motorsports Happening” that gets started at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 18th and continues through until 4 p.m. Sunday, January 20th.
The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center is located in Oaks, PA., off Route 422, seven miles from the Valley Forge Interchange of the PA. Turnpike.
For information on tickets and more check in at www.aarn.com (hit the Motorsports link) or telephone 609.888.3618.

MEDIA NOTE: If you have not made your media credential arrangements for the show please be in touch with Earl Krause by January 10th. He can be reached at earl@aarn.com or 609.888.3618.

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‘COFFEE CUP’ WIN IN DUNKIN’ DONUTS CENTER TO BURNED, BUT UNBOWED TED CHRISTOPHER; SIEBER WINS THRILLING CHAMP KART CO-FEATURE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (December 31, 2012) – Ted Christopher of Plainville, Conn., came back from a fiery incident that occurred in the pit area, and, with left hand tightly bandaged, raced his to the lead by Patrick Emerling, Orchard Park, N.Y., with eight laps remaining in the 40-lap ‘Coffee Cup’ main event inside Dunkin’ Donuts Center here.

The win for Christopher was his sixth indoors and by far the most dramatic.

Christopher’s night started out fortuitously when he ran the second quickest time trial lap and won his heat race. When he and the other drivers left the arena floor after the heat for a routine post-race fuel sample inspection, his car burst into flames. Christopher escaped with a badly burned left hand; the car sustained little damage.

“It never hurt at all until now,” said Christopher in a post-race trackside winner’s interview. “It must have been the adrenalin. I have to thank the crew who got the car back in shape after the fire. This win is for them.”

Emerling, who set the fastest time and started on the pole position for the ‘Coffee Cup’, held off an array of early race challengers including Paul Lotier, Jr., and Jon Gambuti, both of whom ran a close second to Emerling.

But Lotier and Gambuti were involved in early crashes. Christopher, who had started sixth in the race, moved to second behind Emerling by lap seven and put on the pressure.

Christopher himself was challenged by Anthony Sesely, and the pair swapped second place back and forth several times during a series of mid-race restarts for accidents further back in the field.

Finally, ‘TC’ got Emerling just a bit out of shape and drove by on the inside to take the lead, an advantage he would not relinquish. Sesely followed Christopher by Emerling and was on the leader’s bumper at the finish.

“We finally got this car running right,” said Sesely, who started seventh. “The inside lane was definitely the place to be on the restarts. I lost a bunch of spots when I was up there. On the last lap off turn four, I got under him and I thought I might have had him.”

Emerling was a disappointed third after leading most of the distance. “Teddy got into me a little bit but that’s Teddy. I’d have probably done the same thing if the situation was reversed. My car was getting a little off as it was. This is just the second time I have driven one of these things indoors and I think we will be a threat in Atlantic City next month.”

Tim Buckwalter, who had flown in from a race the night before in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was fourth and Joey Payne, added to the field in 26th and last starting position as a provisional starter, claimed fifth.

Cody Sieber, Mifflintown, Pa., won the 25-lap Champ Kart feature race fashioned when he passed Brandon Rusczek, Wallingford, Conn., on the eleventh lap and then held off the late race charge of Danny Bouc, Plumsteadville, Pa, and a resurgent Rusczek. Mike Perry and Glen Meisenhelder completed the top five which crossed the finish line nose-to-taii.

“It feels great to win Indoors,” said Sieber, who races karts outside almost exclusively on dirt tracks. “It was close out there, good hard, clean racing.”

The race was the second of the Fatheadz Indoor Racing Series, promoted by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions. The series finale is a two-day racing weekend, scheduled for February 1-2, 2013 in Atlantic City, N.J.’s Boardwalk Hall.

Coffee Cup TQ Midget Feature Finish (40): 1. Ted Christopher, 2. Anthony Sesely, 3. Patrick Emerling, 4. Tim Buckwalter, 5. Joey Payne, 6. Matt Janisch, 7. Ryan Preece, 8. Tony DiMattia, 9. Tim Proctor, 10. Erik Musto, 11. Richie Coy, 12. Ryan Tidman, 13. Jon McKennedy, 14. Ryan Susice, 15. Shawn Nye, 16. Jonathan Reid, 17. Rob Vivona, 18. Tyler Devault, 19. Glen Reen, 20. Andy Jankowiak, 21. Jon Gambuti, 22. Paul Lotier Jr., 23. Bobby Holmes, 24. Rowan Pennink, 25. Chris Allen Jr. DNS: Erick Rudolph.

TQ Midget Heat Winners: Bobby Holmes, Ted Christopher, Shawn Nye, Jon Gambuti.

TQ Midget B Main Winners: Ryan Preece, Jon McKennedy.

Did Not Qualify: Jimmy Carpenter, Mike Osite, Ben Quinones, Luke Thomas, Amanda Quinones, Todd Hoddick, Ken Andreas, Steve Craig, Ryan Smith,

Champ Kart Feature Finish (25): 1. Cody Sieber, 2. Danny Bouc, 3. Brandon Rusczek, 4. Mike Perry, 5. Glen Meisenhelder, 6. Brian Sullivan, 7. Bert Ouellette, 8. Avery Stoehr, 9. Evan Beaulieu, 10. Mark Stewart, 11. Nick Hadden, 12. John Berger, 13. Brianna Page, 14. Brandon Tiezzi, 15. Frank Duquette, 16. Ron Midford Jr., 17. DJ Shaw, 18. Justin Bonsignore, 19. Adam Dion, 20. Alex Mielnicki, 21. Danny Gamache, 22. John Hillman, 23. Tim Sullivan, 24. Carter Levreault.

Champ Kart Heat Winners: DJ Shaw, Tim Sullivan.

Champ Kart B Main Winners: Nick Haddon, Bert Ouellette.

Did Not Qualify: Jimmy Wolcott, Brien Hamer, Nathan Tracy, Les Phelps, Josh Hedges, Manny Dias, Eric Snow, Stephen Beattie, Lauryn Burd, Trevor Sanborn, Will Shields.

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NEW NASCAR STARS, AUSTIN AND TY DILLON, WILL BE PART OF MOTORSPORTS 2013 ‘FUELED BY SUNOCO, DISTRIBUTED BY INSINGER PERFORMANCE.’

OAKS, PA December 18, 2012 . . . Two of the hottest young talents in NASCAR stock car racing are set to be part of the 29th edition of the popular race car and trade show, Motorsports 2013 ‘Fueled By Sunoco, Distributed By Insinger Performance.”
The Dillon brothers, Austin, 22 and Ty, 20, will visit with show attendees at the three day show, “The Mid-Winter Motorsports Happening”, on Saturday, January 19th, the second day of the three day show that attracts thousands to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.
Both of the young drivers were in contention for championships during the 2012 season. Austin raced in the Nationwide division while Ty was a popular figure in the Camping World Truck events.
Austin is expected to move up to the NASCAR Cup Series racing the black No. 3 Chevrolet in the Daytona 500 come February. The car was made famous by the late Dale Earnhardt.
The two brothers drove race vehicles owned by their grandfather, Richard Childress who also owned the cars driven to a number of championships by Earnhardt before he was fatally injured at Daytona in 2001.
The Dillon brothers will appear together at the show and will be part of an interactive interview session that will give show attendees the opportunity to question the young racers about past successes, their ‘sibling rivalry’ and plans for the future. They will also participate in a FREE autograph session. They will be there from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Both young racers earned Rookie of the Year honors for their efforts in the two NASCAR racing divisions.
Austin and Ty now join Speed and Fox TV personality and NASCAR Cup racer Michael Waltrip along with past Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones as participants in the 29th edition of the annual race car and trade show.
Included in the show, offering just about everything imaginable in motorsports, will be speed equipment suppliers, parts manufacturers, engine builders, speedways and sanctioning organizations, collectible vendors, apparel suppliers and more.
A wide variety of racing vehicles will be on display as the show covers more than 225,000 square feet of show space at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. The three day show runs January 18-20.
For show information visit www.aarn.com or telephone 609.888.3618.
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RUDOLPH LOOKS TO REBOUND AT DUNKIN’ DONUTS CENTER INDOOR RACES IN PROVIDENCE AFTER SAVAGE CRASH

PROVIDENCE, RI (December 18, 2012) - Redemption will be on the mind of top Three Quarter (TQ) Midget driver Erick Rudolph at the New Year’s Eve Indoor races in Providence, R.I.’s Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Rudolph slammed into the concrete barrier at the end of the straightaway on December 8 at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Md. Fans who missed the crash heard the concussion. That’s how terrifying the crash was that heavily damaged one of the fastest Indoor TQ Midgets. The Ransomville, N.Y, driver was bruised and confused - but not hurt.
The Dunkin’ Donuts Center Coffee Cup race is the second of three
events that make up the Fatheadz Eyewear Indoor Racing Series.
The Indoor auto racing events are produced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions.
Rudolph’s car owner and constructor Mike Lafler, also of
Ransomville, subsequently diagnosed the problem as a stuck throttle cable. “That will not happen again,” Lafler has assured his driver. Rudolph finished second in both Dunkin’ Donuts Center races in March of 2012 and was a winner in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in 2012 as well. Over forty TQ drivers have entered the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence Indoor race. Notables, in addition to the out-for-redemption Rudolph are NASCAR Modified past champion Ted Christopher, Plainville, Ct.; Modified Touring Series star and late season Seekonk Speedway race winner Rowan Pennick, New Egypt, N.J.; Modifed Tour and Wall Stadium sensation Jimmy Blewett, Howell, N.J.; SK Modified racer Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Ma.; Chris Allen., Jr., Old Bridge, N.J.; 2012 ARDC Midget driving champion Tim Buckwalter, Pottstown, Pa.; NASCAR Modified past Rookie Of The Year Patrick Emerling; and second and third place Baltimore TQ finishers Matt Janisch, Nazareth, Pa. and Ryan Smith, Kunkletown, Pa. The TQ Midgets will be joined in Dunkin’ Donuts Center by Champ Karts - caged go-karts that are slightly less fast, but much more nimble - than the TQs. Among the top entries is Frank Duquette. Duquette. 28, of Fall River, Mass., races stock cars each Saturday night during race season at Seekonk, Mass. Speedway.
“I enjoy racing wherever I can,’ said Duquette, who owns ten career feature victories over the years at Seekonk. “When my friend Jay Dimond asked me if I wanted to try Indoor racing last March with his kart, I said, ‘why not?” “We ran pretty well in March but have a long way to go to be in contention to win,” admitted Duquette. “But I think we learned enough in the spring race to move up this time.” Another top Kart entry is D.J. Shaw of Center Conway. N.H. Shaw will be looking to repeat his December 8 win in Baltmore’s 1st Mariner Arena. It was Shaw’s first career Indoor victory. Duquette and Shaw will be challenged in their quests by past Champ Kart Dunkin’ Donuts Center winner Glen Meisenhelder, Feeding Hills, Mass.; Brandon Rusczek of Wallingford, Ct.; Daniel Gamache Jr., of Woonsocket, R.I.; Mike Perry of Dighton, Mass.
The Providence race in the Dunkin‘ Donuts Center is the fifth Indoor race meet at that venue promoted by Sammons. The December 31 scheduling - on New Years Eve - has provided race teams and their followers with a rare opportunity to compete against one another, then party the night away and herald the coming of the New Year.
A two-race weekend finale is scheduled for February 1-2, 2013 in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
Tickets are available in advance at Tickemaster.com or on the day of the race at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center box office. Information is available by calling 609-888-3618 or by visiting the comprehensive website at aarn.com
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News release prepared by Steve Barrick

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