NAPA Signs On As Event Sponsor for AC Boardwalk Hall Indoor Auto Racing Weekend; Entry Forms for Atlantic City & Trenton Indoor Events Now Available Online
TRENTON, NJ — NAPA Auto Stores, the nation’s leader in automotive supplies, has signed on for the second consecutive year as the title sponsor for the Atlantic City Indoor Auto Races, it has been announced by Len Sammons Motorsports Productions, event promoter.
The two-day race meet will be known as the NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race.
The indoor racing inside Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall is now in its 12th consecutive year of competition. Dates are Friday and Saturday January 24 and 25. 2014. The races will be preceded by a closed to the public, practice session on Thursday, January 23.
The TQ Midgets will once again headline the NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race with feature events on Friday and Saturday night with Saturday’s event being the prestigious Gambler’s Classic. Joining the TQ Midgets during the three day event will be the Herr’s Slingshots and Sr. Champ Karts. The Slingshots and Sr. Champ Karts will run qualifying events on Friday night and their feature events on Saturday night.
The NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race Weekend will be followed by the first ever Battle of Trenton two-day, indoor racing event at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, N.J.. Both races will feature top drivers from at least ten different States and Canada competing in the Fatheadz TQ Midget Racing Series.
The two race meets will be extensively promoted at Sammons’ 29th annual Motorsports Show, scheduled for the three-day weekend of January 10-11-12, 2014 at the Greater Philadelphia xpo Center in Oaks, Pa.
A complete program including qualifying and feature events will be held at the Sun National Bank Center TQ Midgets on Friday and Saturday night, February 7 and 8, 2014. A different support division will join the TQ Midgets each night making both programs unique.
The Sun National Bank Center schedule calls for Twin 20 lap features for the TQ Midgets and compete program of Slingshots on Friday and a compete program TQs and Champ Karts Saturday.
Entry forms for NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race Weekend and for the Battle of Trenton indoor races are available online at aarn.com.
Promoter Sammons advises entrants to register quickly. “We can only take so many cars for the TQ Midgets, Slingshots and Champ Karts in Atlantic City and space is at a greater premium in Trenton,” Sammons said. “It is important to register as soon as possible to avoid being shut out.”
NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Indoor Race Weekend and Battle of Trenton TQ Midget pre-race favorites include 2013 Atlantic City ‘Gamblers’ Classic Indoor TQ Midget winner Anthony Sesely of Matawan, NJ. Sesely, the 2011 and 2012 Modified champion at Wall Stadium also won the overall 2012-2013 Fatheadz Indoor Race series point title.
New Egypt Speedway’s all-time Modified event winner Billy “The Kid” Pauch is also a regular on the Indoor series and a former Atlantic City winner.
NASCAR Modified series champion Ted Christopher of Plainville, CT, is the winningest driver in LSMP promoted events.
Lou Cicconi, Jr. of Lester, PA, always a fan favorite, won on Friday night in Atlantic City this past year.
Indoor racing was reborn by Len H. Sammons and his staff in Atlantic City in 2003 after a twenty-two year hiatus, and has become a staple of the winter auto racing season.
Check aarn.com for details on all LSMP events.
Sponsorship programs are available by calling 609-888-3618.
Sources: Steve Barrick/ Ernie Saxton Communications, Inc.