The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)
announced today that its “stars of tomorrow” and short track
veterans will gather in the greater Charlotte area for two
special year-end celebrations.
NASCAR will host a special week of activities culminating in
the 2009 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) Awards
Banquet on Friday, November 13, and the new NASCAR Night of
Champions Touring Awards Gala on Saturday, November 14.
“This is a tremendous opportunity to raise the bar for all of
NASCAR’s developmental racing series, by bringing the champions
from all of our series to the core of much of the motorsports
industry,” said George Silbermann, managing director of racing
operations. “In addition to these two prestigious awards
banquets, we are planning a number of special activities for our
series champions, for attending track operators, and for the
industry. We look to take full advantage of what this hub of the
stock car racing industry has to offer.”
Both season-end awards banquets will be held in the
recently-completed Embassy Suites Hotel Concord Convention
Center which is located near the NASCAR Research & Development
Center, in proximity to the future NASCAR Hall of Fame complex,
as well as the home bases of many of today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series teams.
Moving the banquets to the Charlotte area compliments the
commitment the community has made to the business of NASCAR and
the development of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The NWAAS Awards Banquet will feature weekly racing drivers
from top short tracks across the United States and Canada.
Invited attendees will include the 2009 NWAAS National Champion,
NWAAS State and Provincial Champions, all 58 track champions,
the national/ state/provincial Rookies of the Year, the 2009
Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award winner, and many others.
The NASCAR Night of Champions Touring Gala will feature the
champions and top drivers from all of NASCAR’s North American
regional touring series including invitees from the NASCAR
Camping World Series East, the NASCAR Camping World Series West,
the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the NASCAR Whelen Southern
Modified Tour, and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
Further details will be released in the coming months.
Source: Jason
Christley/NASCAR PR
Posted:
April 9, 2009
