$6,000 Awaits the Winner of the Lighthouse Mission 200 by
Baldwin Automotive on July 30 Thanks to LI Mod Maniac
The excitement has been building for
quite sometime and now that the month
of July has arrived it has hit a fevered pitch in anticipation
of the NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour's once a year visit to Barbara and Jim
Cromarty's
Riverhead Raceway July 30th for the Lighthouse Mission 200 by
Baldwin
Automotive. This past week noted NASCAR Modified fan Jim
Schaefer, aka Long Island Mod Maniac, announced that he has put
together from various sources bonus money that will find the
winner of the event taking home a handsome $6,000, while each
starter among the 28 drivers will earn $300 in tow money. There
will also be an additional $500 split among the first three
positions,
courtesy of Lighthouse Mission.
After putting together a great bonus
package for the 2011 NASCAR Hall of
Fame 100 won by "The Natural" Timmy Solomito in May, Schaefer
went right to
work on rounding up what basically amounts to individual dyed in
the wool
NASCAR Modified fans to donate towards the NASCAR WMT race at
his home
track. Jim had set a higher goal for the winner's share of the
race just
moments after Rowan Pennink of Huntington Valley, Pa won the
Riverhead 200
in 2010, but indeed the $6,000 to win figure is a very healthy
one. The
winners share finds $2,600 in purse money, $3,100 in bonus money
and of
course $300 for just making the race, a figure all 28 starters
will take
home.
The Lighthouse Mission is a mobile food
outreach program aimed at restoring
lives and is headquartered just east of Baldwin Automotive at
1543 Montauk
Highway in Bellport. Tom Baldwin sports the Lighthouse Mission
as the
official charity of his TBR Racing Team that competes weekly in
the famed
Sprint Cup Series and Baldwin Automotive twice a month sponsors
a breakfast
for the local children. For the race, fans are encouraged to
bring
non-perishable food to donate to the Lighthouse Mission which
will be
setting-up a donation bin by the third turn gate and support Tom
Baldwin Jr
and his effort for this great organization.
It is expected with the regulars from
the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and
those who call Riverhead Raceway home for the NASCAR Whelen
All-American
Series that some 30 to 35 drivers will attempt to make the
Lighthouse
Mission 200 by Baldwin Automotive, which again will be a "Flash"
race
featuring both time trials and qualifying races as a way into
the 28-car
field.
For further information on the
Lighthouse Mission please visit
www.LighthouseMission.net and for additional information on
Riverhead
Raceway please log onto
www.riverheadraceway.com or call 631-842-RACE.
Source:
Bob Finan/Riverhead Raceway PR
Posted: July 12, 2011
