Riverhead
to Host Miller Lite Flash Tour Event Saturday
A new era in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour racing will
debut Saturday evening at Riverhead Raceway when Miller Lite will present
the first ever “Flash” type tour race. Qualifying for the 28-car field will
come through both time trials and two 25-lap qualifying races as well as WMT
provisional starting positions for the 140-lap main event.
Ted Christopher of Plainville, Ct. is the defending race winner having
won the 200-lap Miller Lite event last summer driving for Long Island based
car owner Ed Whelan. Among those challenging Christopher will be current
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour point leader Donny Lia of Jericho, L.I. who
always performs well at the track where he cut his teeth in the open wheel
machines. A full array of stars and cars from the NASCAR WMT are expected to
be present and fight off the challenge of the ever-tough Riverhead Raceway
regulars.
Expected to fly the Riverhead banner are defending track champion Chuck
Steuer of Bohemia who comes off a huge win in the Tom Baldwin, Richie Evans
& Charlie Jarzombek Memorial 77 on July 21st. Other NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series drivers attempting to make the Miller Lite field are
Bill Park, Dan Jivanelli Tom Rogers Jr., Wayne Anderson, J.R. Bertuccio,
Justin Bonsignore, Dave Sapienza and Chris Young.
Twenty percent of the entries will make the race via time trials, while
others will have to make the cut in two 25-lap qualifying races. Then the
28-car starting grid will be rounded out by the usual NASCAR WMT provisional
format.
“This is going to be a great event” Bob Finan of Riverhead noted “the
qualifying format has something for everyone and those two qualifying races
are like having two main events leading up to the 140-lap feature”
Joining the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be the Bud Sexton night
30-lap Charger event, which will also utilize time trial qualifying. The
Blunderbusts will contest also in a 30-lap main event, with both classes
running for double points. The wildly popular One-On-One Spectator Drags
will complete the show.
Qualifying will start at 4:30 pm with Charger time trials and the
feature races go green at 6:00 pm. It is expected the 140-lap Miller Lite
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour feature will take the green between 8:30 pm and
9:00 pm. In the event of rain the show would be run Sunday August 5th.
For additional information please call the Riverhead Raceway office at
631-842-RACE Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm or visit us at
www.riverheadraceway.com
Source: Bob
Finan/Riverhead Raceway PR
Posted:
July 29, 2007
