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Story By: STEVE PADOS / DIRT TRACK HEROES – PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The record breaking Tenth Annual Dirt Track Heroes Show continued through the fifth day of the week long journey for the racing community and another successful day went into the history books featuring the stars of the New Egypt, Bridgeport, Grandview, Big Diamond Speedways and the XCel Modified Series occupying center stage.
The tenth annual edition of the show will continue through March 11th.
The show continues Friday with two shows, the first at 4 PM with “The Legends Of Racing” honoring Modified legend Sammy Beavers is honored for his great career in racing. Some of Sammy’s competitors will be on hand to talk about fun moments they had when racing with and against Sammy. Friday evening will find current day open wheel stars being interviewed with Martocci’s Automotive being the nightly sponsor. The Friday events brings the Premio Sausage Wagon to the Phillipsburg Mall and they will be offering up samples of their great sausage products and offering some great take-aways at the event. Premio Sausages will also be in hand for the Saturday show when Flemington Speedway drivers talk about their open wheel exploits at the famed Flemington “Square” Speedway. Saturday will also feature a racing exhibition presented by Michael Vecchio and his “Mud Boss” race cars. The American Cancer Society St John’s Angels Relay for Life Team is raising funds at the Mall through the sale of baked goods and purple branded Relay for Life merchandise in conjunction with a an event the yare doing at the Maloney Field on May 20th. Please support this fine organization while walking the Mall.
With the eclectic Quaker Steak & Lube Restaurants the lead sponsor of the event, the excitement and the pulse for the week long show quickens with each day as the diverse schedule of the week long show offers a bit of everything to all racing fans. The 55 stores making up Quaker Steak & Lube annually sell more than 80 million wings per year and “The Lube” is recognized as “The best wings in the USA.” The Phillipsburg location has also been dubbed “The Official Restaurant of the Dirt Track Heroes” show. To contact the restaurant, call: 908-454-2900 or check out their website at: www.thelube.com Before or after the show head to Quaker Steak & Lube and get recharged and refueled in a great sports setting. Request a table underneath the Bob Pickell number 300 Modified for an additional racing experience.
An amazing group of sponsors have supported the show with sponsorship through Quaker Steak & Lube, IRCO, Enterprise Car Sales, Premio Foods, Smith Fabrications/Stage One Modifieds, Martocci’s Automotive, Hamlin Speedway/S&S Speedways, Searock Fabrications and Speed Supplies, Alex’s Tire/Breidinger’s Speed Shop, R&F International Muffler and Brake, Murante Auto Repair, Persa Auto Repair, Dean Autosports, Huston Automotive, Chrin Automotive, Ralph’s Radiator and Carl’s Auto Repair. Nightly interviews and 161 race cars provide the race fan a full appetite of racing fun before the 2017 racing season begins. The Phillipsburg Mall, located on Route 22 East in Phillipsburg, NJ, 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 2017 edition of the show is the trend setter and showstopper of the many shows that are scheduled during the year. The evening of events was sponsored by Searock Fabrications and Speed Supplies and Ralph’s Radiator.
Ed and Steve Pados along with Bobby Stull interviewed a panel of driving stars and it proved to be a good mix of veterans and newcomers doing battle this season at their respective facilities. Drivers interviewed included Bobby Butler, Steve Searock, JR Fulper, Sammy Martz, Jay Kosch, Ryan and Chris Higgs, Dean Curtis, Frank Dorry Jr, Roger Manning, Steve Davis, Jack Zeiner and Debbie Smith.
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 Tri State, Flemington, Reading, Harmony through Greg Collins, Friends of Nazareth, Bob Snyder Photos and Snyder Video, Mike Ritter Photos and Archie Myers/Harmony 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.
The Quaker Steak & Lube Dirt Track Heroes Car Show has a must have event T-shirt done exclusively for the show, highlighting many of our racing heroes who have passed away in the past year. 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 2017 racing season.
