LegendStock 2008 Right Around the Corner
The wait is finally almost over for Legends drivers and
fans in the Northeast who have been eagerly awaiting the
LegendStock 2008 event, scheduled for this Saturday, August 16th
at the newly-renamed and reopened Bethel Motor Speedway in
Bethel, New York. Entries have been pouring in from all over -
including upstate New York, Long Island, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey - for the race, which is being sponsored by General Mills
Racing and supported by RACEceiver and 600 Racing. The day
promises to be full of excitement and intense racing action. In
the event of rain, the race will be held on Sunday, August 17th.
Gates will open at 1 p.m. on Saturday, with practice running
from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. At the conclusion of practice, time
trials will be held. The field will be inverted for heat races.
Starting positions for the feature event will be based on a
combination of each driver's time trial and heat race results.
Racing is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. Track management would
like to stress, however, that the schedule may need to be
adjusted based on the number of entries, so all drivers should
plan to be at the track no later than 1 p.m.
"We are really looking forward to hosting this race,"
commented the track owners. "It has a lot of importance to
drivers all over the Northeast, since they don't presently have
any 'big purse' race in this region." The advertised purse for
the race is $3,000., with the winner pocketing $1,500. and each
car taking the green flag receiving $50.
Plenty of other incentives are in place for the winner of the
event. The first finisher in the Master, Pro and Semi-Pro
classes will receive a three-foot tall guitar-shaped LegendStock
2008 trophy. The winner will be sponsored to the Legends
Nationals in Minnesota by Great North Legends. In addition, the
winner will receive a guaranteed provisional starting spot in
the Legends Cars Fall Classic to be held October 25th at
Mountain Speedway in St. John's, Pennsylvania.
Plans call for 24 cars to run the A-main. Any drivers who do
not qualify for this event will be eligible to run in the
B-main.
The track itself reopened on August 9th, after rain postponed
the scheduled August 2nd opening date. Long Island's Paul
Dodorico, a former three-time champion at the track and winner
of the opening night Legends race, is among those who have
submitted entries for LegendStock 2008.
Full details and entry forms can be obtained at
www.legendstock2008.com.
Source: LegendStock
2008 PR
Posted:
August 14, 2008
