Edward Hamel, 70, of Middlefield, husband of Suzanne (Galanto) Hamel, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, at his home.
He was born in Waterbury, the son of the late Raymond and Adella (McLonis) Hamel. Before his retirement, he was employed as a mechanic, work which he loved throughout his life. Ed was a member of Hank’s Blue Grass Society, and will also be remembered as an avid race car fan, having raced his car at the Plainville Stadium, and, of course, he loved his trips to Maine.
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Greenville, SC — Under a sky that was dark as can be and a moon that was nearly full, the Pro All Stars Series South Super Late Model Tour has begun a new tradition on Halloween weekend. The inaugural “Howler 150” was held Saturday at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina and in the end, it was Maine‘s Cassius Clark who tricked the competition and earned the treat of being the first to etch his name into the history books as the winner of this event.
It was a shootout right to the very end, as Clark took the lead from PASS North Series champion Ben Rowe with just 16-laps remaining to grab the $5,000 to prize in the next-to-last event on the 2007 PASS South season.
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Thompson, CT — Don Hoenig’s Original Automotive Swap meet and Flea Market will open for the 36th time this weekend, November 3rd & 4th, on the grounds of the Thompson International Speedway. Over 1,500 vendors and literally thousands of buyers will gather at the historic speedway for this annual, two-day, buy, swap and sell event.
Like so many things, Don Hoenig’s Original Automotive Swap Meet and Flea Market began with only a few vendors and a few hundred buyers. But, the success of that very first event proved that it had the potential to grow quickly. However, nobody envisioned the growth to be as rapid as it was or to become as famous as it has. The Thompson Automotive Swap Meet and Flea Market is now one of the largest events of its kind in the country.
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Westbrook, CT — The Fall season signifies the bittersweet ending to the annual racing season and the Racing Against Cancer™ Team would like to invite the entire racing community to celebrate the 2007 season in grand-style. For the irst time, the Racing Against Cancer™ charitable foundation proudly opens the doors to their annual awards banquet to the public. This inspirational ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 10, 2007 from Noon to 4PM in the Tahoe Room in the Grand Pequot Tower at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, CT.
Unlike traditional banquets the Racing Against Cancer™ Program honors the competitors, not for how many wins they have amassed during the season, but for how their contributions off the race track impacted the greater good. This always emotional event honors the accomplishments of racers for their variety of fundraising efforts on behalf of the Racing Against Cancer™ program and other cancer-related charities.
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