Entries Coming
In for LegendStock 2010
This past week, Bethel Motor
Speedway officially opened up registrations for the prestigious,
$1,500-to-win LegendStock 2010, slated to be held on Saturday,
August 7th with a raindate of Sunday, August 8. Several drivers
have already submitted registrations.
It is no surprise that both Minnesota’s Tim Brockhouse and New
Jersey’s Mike Alcaro were among the first registrants.
Brockhouse has captured the Masters division win in both races
held since the event’s inception, but has yet to walk away with
the overall win. Brockhouse led the majority of the LegendStock
2009 race, but was overpowered by eventual INEX Asphalt Pro
division national champion Daniel Hemric in the closing laps.
Hemric went on to grab both the overall and Pro division win.
Alcaro, who captured the Bethel Motor Speedway 2009 Legends
championship, was the Semi-Pro winner at LegendStock 2008, but
suffered misfortune during LegendStock 2009, competing in the
Pro division. Alcaro is also seeking his first overall win at
the event. He posted nine regular-season feature wins at Bethel
in 2009, and has already pocketed two wins during the speedway’s
2010 season.
Another early entrant was Pennsylvania's Mike Carroll Jr. Caroll
has raced quarter midgets, D/A and asphalt Modifieds, and is
presently in his second year of Legends competition. He could be
among the favorites for a win at LegendStock 2010, as he
currently leads the point standings at Bethel. New Jersey’s
Richie Coy, a 2010 Legends rookie who has made Bethel his home
track, has also filed an entry for the LegendStock 2010 race.
Coy, a Pro division competitor, has been racking up laps at the
¼-mile asphalt speedway, and currently sits second in the
track’s Legends point standings. Another Bethel regular, Joe
Graf, is among the early entrants as well. Graf competes in the
Masters division, and will have to contest with Brockhouse for
the division win. Rookie Robert Kelshaw, another Pannsylvania
native, was quick to send his entry in as well. Kelshaw made his
Legends racing debut at Bethel during the opening day event back
in May. The first Long Island driver to file an entry was John
Visconti, who was on hand for the LegendStock 2009 event.
Visconti did not qualify for last year's A-main, and he will be
looking to make a start in the feature this year.
In addition to the prestige normally carried by the LegendStock
race, the drivers who take home the three-foot-tall
guitar-shaped trophies will also be recording wins at an INEX
qualfier, as it was announced earlier this year that LegendStock
2010 would serve as a qualifier race.
Online registration is available by visiting
www.legendstockshootout.com. The registration fee is $70 per
car and driver, and includes a commemorative LegendStock 2010
t-shirt, plus the opportunity to attempt to qualify for the
highest-paying single Legends event in the Northeast. PayPal is
accepted for registration.
Bandoleros will also be run as part of the LegendStock 2010
event. Both former Bandolero winners from LegendStock – Matt
Evans and Andrew Bickford – have moved into Legends cars and
compete at Bethel. This leaves the door wide open for a
first-time Bandolero winner at LegendStock, and the entries have
already started coming in.
Among the first to register was Joseph Graf Jr., who was the
highest-finishing Bandolero competitor at Bethel in 2009. So far
in the 2010 season, Graf Jr. has collected two wins and he
currently sits atop the Bandolero point standings. Both Mikey
Policastro and his sister Christina have also filed entries. M.
Policastro won two events at Bethel in 2009 in eight starts, and
he is presently second in the 2010 point standings for the
class. C. Policastro is a rookie competitor who is gaining
valuable seat time at the speedway. Others who have filed
entries include Taylor Hurban and Jared Palmer. Hurban is a
rookie who has been impressive in her first four starts in the
class. Palmer, who began racing during the 2009 season, is the
youngest driver ever to race at Bethel.
The entry fee for Bandolero drivers will be waived for the
LegendStock 2010 event, as it is for all 2010 events at Bethel.
Bandolero drivers are encouraged to fill out the same
registration form as the Legends drivers.
For more information about LegendStock 2010, visit
www.legendstockshootout.com, or email
legendstockny@yahoo.com.
Source: Tracy Chirico/Bethel
Motor Speedway PR
Posted: June
25, 2010
