NELMA Gears Up For Second Annual Hazleton
Fall Rat Rod Festival & Automotive Swap Meet
NELMA’s jam-packed day of festivities for its event on Sat.
Oct. 23 at Sundance Vacations Speedway in St. Johns, Pa.
includes a special pre-race show – the Second Annual Hazleton
Fall Rat Rod Festival & Automotive Swap Meet. Spectators will
receive FREE admission to the special show that includes some of
the rattiest rat rods of NEPA and the best deals and bargains in
the automotive world. For exhibitors, one car-sized space is
only $15 and includes admission to the day’s races. Once again,
NELMA continues to provide exceptional value for NEPA gear-heads
wishing to get their fill of motorsports entertainment.
Rat rods are more than just flat-black,
skulls-and-flames-adorned, bad-ass customized cars from the
’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. They represent a counter-culture to the
typical high-priced traditional hot rods and customs. The
vehicles aren’t meant to be mere showboats. Their owners aren’t
mere yuppies, either; they’re true gear-heads with grease
underneath their fingernails. A rat rod is the epitome of where
form meets function. They are meant to be driven and pushed to
their limit. All of which is pose many similarities to stock car
racing.
“Rat rods and stock cars have many things in common,” said NELMA
promoter J.A. Ackley. “The early days of stock car racing had
guys picking up old cars, stripping them down to their bare
essentials, and customizing them for performance rather than
appearance. The bad-ass rat rod and the original stock car are
really long-lost cousins, and I’m happy to bring them together
for a family reunion.”
The Hazleton Fall Rat Rod Festival and Automotive Swap Meet will
take place from 10 am-2 pm, preceding an action-packed day of
racing and entertainment during NELMA’s premier stock car racing
event held on Sat. Oct. 23 at Sundance Vacations Speedway in St.
Johns, Pa. The day features three divisions with fierce
competition from all corners of the Eastern Seaboard – the NELMA
Late Model Challenge, NELMA Legends Car Fall Classic, and the
NELMA Street Stock Fender Fury. For stock car racing
competitors, pits open at 8 AM, with practice beginning at 10
AM. For NELMA fans, grandstands will open at 12 noon, with
qualifying to begin at 12:30 PM, and the show to start at 2 PM.
The rain date for the show is Sunday, October 24.
For more information on NELMA, visit
www.nelmaracing.com .
Source: NELMA PR
Posted: October
15, 2010
