Exciting Indoor Auto Racing Returns to Atlantic City
Miss America is leaving
Atlantic City but Indoor Auto Racing is returning.
³We had to delay our announcement regarding the 2006 Atlantic
City Indoor Auto Races because of some uncertainty surrounding
the famed Miss America Pageant, which has been a premier event
at the Boardwalk Hall for many years,² said event organizer Len
Sammons. ³There had been some discussions about having Miss
America being crowned in January but now the Pageant is moving
out of town. We are very excited to be able to announce that Len
Sammons Promotions will be bringing indoor auto racing to the
Boardwalk Hall for the fourth consecutive year.² Two days of
thrill-a-minute, excitement packed auto racing competition will
take place January 20th and 21st on the concrete surface of the
Boardwalk Hall. Racing action will be headlined by the
³Gamblerıs Classic² featuring the Three Quarter Midgets and
600CC Micro-Sprints on Saturday night, January 21st.
Fans and racers are still talking about the 2005 ³Gamblerıs
Classic² that saw D.I.R.T. Modified star Jeff Heotzler top a
stellar field of racers including the legendary Billy Pauch and
then Micro-Sprint standout Mike Dicely in a last lap battle to
score an impressive victory.
³We are hoping to be able to top that exciting finish,² said
Sammons. ³We want to present another memorable night of racing
that will give fans an ³adrenaline shot² to carry them through
the balance of the winter months until the outdoor auto racing
season gets the green flag.² Kicking off the weekend of auto
racing action will be a Friday night (January 20th) program that
will feature the ³ROARING 20s² for TQ Midgets/600CC
Micro-Sprints. Time trials will set the starting fields for the
three 20-lap races that will move the qualifiers to the Saturday
night ³Gamblerıs Classic.² In addition the Friday night action
will include 12-lap ³Dirty Dozen² qualifiers for the Briggs &
Stratton sponsored Slingshots by Tobias and a very special
feature event for the Senior Caged Champ Kart racers. The Kart
racers drew rave reviews last January.
The ³Small Car Nationals² return as part of the Saturday
afternoon racing with events for the Senior Champ Karts,
Micro-Stocks, Modified Micro-Stocks, Slingshot Young Lions
(racers 13 to 15 years of age) and Junior Champ Karts.
Saturday night racing action will feature final qualifying and
features for the TQ Midgets/600CC Micro-Sprints plus the
Slingshots.
Officials have announced that for the first time 16-year-old
racers will be allowed to compete in the TQ/600CC Micro-Sprint
competition. However in order to be approved for competition the
teenagers must send a copy of their birth certificate IN ADVANCE
to the event organizerıs office which is located at P.O. Box
8547, Trenton, NJ 08650. In addition a complete resume detailing
past racing experience must be included with the birth
certificate copy. The original birth certificate must be
available for inspection during the race weekend.
Sixteen-year-old racers will be required, keeping safety in
mind, to wear a head-and-neck restraint device and will also be
required to attend a rookie orientation meeting with officials
prior to be allowed on the race track.
Entry forms for the ³Gamblerıs Classic² weekend, January 20th
and 21st, at Atlantic City, NJıs Boardwalk Hall will be
available in the pages of the auto racing trade publication,
Area Auto Racing News or online at www.aarn.com <http://www.aarn.com>
by the end of October.
Spectator tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster locations
in early November.
Requests for additional information or sponsorship inquiries
should be directed to 609.888.3618 or visit www.aarn.com.
Source: Ernie Saxton/AARN PR
Posted:
October 27, 2005
