06/26/2003

RIVERHEAD RACEWAY GOING FULL SIZE SATURDAY JULY 12TH

    Riverhead Raceway is going all out Saturday night July 12th when the first full sized School Bus Figure Eight race of 2003 will join the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series.  Another great night of stock car racing and family entertainment is planned alongwith a Train Race which is set to go on the Figure Eight course.
    A five for one NASCAR stock car program will highlight the Buzz Chew Chrysler-Dodge night as the track salutes the Southampton based car dealership for their pace car sponsorship. The 2003 Chrysler Sebring convertible, which comes from Buzz Chew Chrysler-Dodge, will pace the field for NASCAR Modifieds, Late Models, Figure Eights, Blunderbusts and Super Pro Trucks.
    The evening will also serve as U.S. Army night as the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series sponsor takes center stage during the night's racing activities.
    Once the side-by-side stock car racing is completed it will be time for some "extreme" action and entertainment. Both the Train Race, where three cars are chained together with two drivers to a team and the Full Size School Buses will take to the Figure Eight course for action to be remembered for a long, long time.
    Track officials are lining up some 14 to 20 buses to race in the School Bus Figure Eight race and once the field spreads out, hold onto your seat.  The fur will fly. The race is the first of four big bus events in 2003 with another Figure Eight race set for August 9th and the following week, August 16th, a Demolition Derby will crush the buses. Also on September 20th the second Full Size School Bus Demolition Derby will unfold.
    Action for July 12th will commence with qualifying races at 4:30 pm with main event racing to start at 6:30 pm.

For further information please call the track office at 631-842-RACE or visit our website at www.riverheadraceway.com

Sources:  Bob Finan/Riverhead Raceway PR
Posted:  July 2, 2003