Entry Forms Now Available for Jan. 18-19 ‘Gamblers Classic’ Indoor Auto Racing Events
Atlantic City, NJ — Entry forms are now available for the Sixth Annual “Gambler’s Classic” Indoor Auto Race presented by Pepsi.
The popular, mid-winter indoor racing extravaganza is set for Jan. 18 & 19, 2008 on the concrete floor inside Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
Again, the combined M&R Products Three Quarter Midgets/600cc Micro-Sprints will headline the racing activity, with the Slingshots and Champ Karts filling out the three-division card.
The 2008 running of the Len Sammons Motorsports Productions “Gambler’s Classic’ is already building momentum after a successful 2007 edition – the first time the indoor racing activity was held in conjunction with the Motorsports Show presented by VP Racing Fuels at the neighboring Atlantic City Convention Center.
The show and the race will be held on the same weekend again this year. “We’ve had tremendous early interest in the Indoor Race,“ said Len Sammons, who brought racing back to Boardwalk Hall in 2003 after a two-decade absence. “With growing support for the race and the show, the 2008 weekend looks to be the best to date.”
Entry forms for each of the three divisions are available online at: www.aarn.com.
Competitors who raced at Boardwalk Hall last January will receive entry forms and race info in the mail.
Due to time and pit-area space limitations, only 100 entries will be taken in the TQ/600cc division, while the first 50 entries in the Slingshot and Champ Kart divisions will be accepted.
In 2007, all three divisions were filled before race weekend.
“It’s important for racers to get their entries in early,” Sammons stressed. Early entries for the 2008 running include dirt-track Modified standouts Billy Pauch and Jeff Heotzler (the race’s 2005 winner).
Last year, Joey Payne edged Lou Cicconi Jr. in a down-to-the-wire photo finish. Both Payne and Cicconi are expected back to resume their battle at Boardwalk Hall.
Again this season, lucrative special awards will be presented to the M&R Midget competitors, thanks to longtime event supporters Ray McCabe and Dr. William Lowe.
Among the highlighted awards are the $393.39 Larry Michaels Fast Time, $555.55 Doug Craig Hard Charger, the “Gambler¹s Consolation” Award and Nick Fornoro Green Flag Award.
For more information on the “Gambler¹s Classic” Indoor Auto Race presented by Pepsi or to sponsor an award or lap, contact Danny Sammons by phone during business hours at: (609) 888-3618 or via e-mail at: danny@aarn.com.
Sources: Len Sammons/Gambler’s Classic PR