Informative Seminars Set at SpeedwayEXPO
Salisbury, MA — With the help of experts in sponsorship, media relations and racing technology, SpeedwayEXPO presented by Sunoco will offer a full line-up of educational seminars for local and regional racers over the weekend of February 29-March 2. Seminars will begin on Saturday morning and run throughout Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2. A conference center has been set up in the Mallary Building at the Eastern States Exposition grounds and will be clearly marked. Seminars are free to all SpeedwayEXPO attendees.
Racing journalists Shawn Courchesne of the Hartford Courant and Travis Barrett of the Kennebec Journal & Central Maine Morning Sentinel will join writer and publisher Lenny Sammons of Area Auto Racing News and Speedway Illustrated Editor Karl Frederickson on Saturday from 11:00 to noon for “Media Relations: Grabbing Headlines.”
Newburgh, NY — The ALNRS held it’s annual Pre-Season meeting this past weekend. Several veteran teams along with some new rookie teams attended the meeting to hear Series Director Michael A. Vasquez, Sr. discuss the upcoming 2008 ALNRS Season. The director discussed the 2008 Race Procedures and also discussed some improvements that will be made heading into the 2008 Season. Following a quick lunch break the teams were given some basic set up techniques from ALNRS Team owner Scott Tuthill. John Berardi who is the official chassis repair specialist for the ALNRS was on hand to go over some of the new tech tools that will be introduced for the 2008 season. These tools and the new scaling system will help the series provide a more thorough and efficient tech inspection off all the ALNRS cars. The ALNRS would like to give a special thanks to John Berardi and his family for their hospitality in hosting the meeting.