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09/28/2007

Riverhead Raceway To Honor Champions November 3rd

     Barbara and Jim Cromarty have announced that the 2007 NASCAR Whelen All American Series champions will be honored on Saturday November 3rd at the 31st annual awards dinner at the Polish Hall in Riverhead. Also feted will be the five Enduro champions of 2007, along with the Car Rollover Contest and Demolition Derby champions.

     The annual “parade of champions” will be led by Bill Park of Manorville who collected his third track title when he won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Modified championship on the final night of racing. Joining Bill will be “Dynamite” Dan Turbush of Riverhead who scored his first ever Late Model crown, while Roger Maynor of Bay Shore will be honored for his sixth Figure Eight championship. John Ellwood of Riverhead who won the 2002 Charger championship as a car owner to Rusty Turbush will be crowned 2007 Charger champion as a driver, with Tommy “The Wildchild” Walkowiak of Ridge notching his second consecutive Blunderbust title. Rounding out the stock car champions will be Danny Grennan of Glen Cove who in 2007 scored his third career Super Pro Truck championship.

     Thanks to the efforts of Cindy Johnson of Constant Performance and Barbara and Jim Cromarty of Riverhead Raceway for the first time ever five Enduro champions will be feted at the November 3rd awards dinner. Bobby Pease of Medford won the Grand Enduro title, while Ed Brown Jr. of Mastic was the champion in the 8-Cylinder class. Russ Jansen of Medford won the 4/6-Cylinder title, while Shawn Wanat of Riverhead actually won two championships in the 6-Cylinder and 4-Cylinder divisions. Constant Performance of Medford will provide the Enduro championship hardware.

     Brian Savoy of Lake Panamoka took the 2007 Car Rollover Contest championship, and Michael “Cheesebox” Rommeney of Maspeth won the first ever Demolition Derby championship.

     In addition to the 2007 “parade of champions” Barbara and Jim Cromarty will again distribute plenty of special awards to the six NASCAR Whelen All American Series divisions and the 2007-point fund checks.

     Tickets are priced at $39 per person with a family style dinner being served by the Polish Hall staff. There is an open bar available and under no circumstances are any outside drinks allowed!!

     For ticket information please contact the Riverhead Raceway office at 631-842-RACE or e-mail us at info@riverheadraceway.com.

 

Source:  Bob Finan/Riverhead Raceway PR
Posted:  September 28, 2007

 

 

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