S&S CARS DOMINATE FLORIDA TOUR

 

Myerstown PA, February 24th, 2010:  For S&S Speedway owner Randy Smith, Slingerweeks II was a trip south to help sell parts, give  race teams some advice and get his rentals out on the speedways for some early season testing. Little did he know when the checkered fell at Sumter County Motorsports Park on February 21st that he would be heading north with 3 wins and the current lead in the 2010 Slingshot by Tobias National Championship points lead.

 

First stop for the tour racers was East Bay Speedway with 18 Slingshots taking to the tacky surface for a complete show with the All-Star Sprint Series. Coming out on top was the S&S rental with Adam Schradin taking the win. Adam used one of Smith's rentals for last year's Slingerweeks and was very competitive, so he secured the ride for some of the scheduled events in 2010.

 

Weather and related issues hampered the remaining 2 nights at East Bay so it was off to the newly refurbished Sumter County Motorsports Park oval. The race teams were treated to great weather and a fantastic racing surface. Bill Cleary and staff have made huge strides in making this venture work. Increased car counts in the Slingshots and the micros for this year's mini-tour will hopefully set the table for future events.

 

Friday night found the 55 sitting idle by the trailer so Randy Smith figured to get some quick seat time in and promptly proceeded to set the pace for the 25 lap A Main which was a prelim for the Super National on Saturday night. The NJMP "Taming the Avenger "  road course winner was back on a dirt oval and didn't miss a beat giving Randy 2 wins for his stable in the central Florida series. A Super National designation was just what many teams had on their minds as the action at Sumter Co. was intense with time trials setting the way for qualifying and the run for the biggest race of the early season for many race teams.

 

Some rubbing is racing was part of the action seen by the fans in attendance as Randy and Mike Smith even had a slight incident with both cars correcting and proceeding on with Randy taking his second win in a row and becoming the early season point leader. Mike Smith chased Randy to the finish with Rich Tobias getting a great seat for the action by taking the 3rd spot. Rounding out the top 5 were Earl Roberts in the newly purchased Slingshot Show car getting 4th and Earl Maxham claiming 5th.

 

Saturday nights action claimed a few casualties as the Sunday events were being planned out. With many teams having at least a 3 hour driver, the program was moved along promptly and a new face appears in the Sunshine Region record books as Earl Maxham got his # 42 to the finish line just a few feet ahead of Charlie LaManna who was piloting the S&S Rental 5S to his first ever top 5.Another strong run for Roberts put his brand new car in for a 3rd place run. Rich Tobias could challenge Roberts, but didn't have enough to make the pass and slotted in for a 4th with Randy Smith getting his worst finish of the tour with his 5th place tour ending run.

 

A total of 26 different competitors graced the Florida entry lists and plans are in place for a repeat run in 2011.

 

Special thanks to East Bay and Sumter County for their early season scheduling of the Slingshot Slingerweeks II mini-tour.

 

Current point standings: (After 2 / 21 / 10 Sumter Co.) Sunshine Region
1.215 Randy Smith  1.215 Earl Maxham  3.205 Rich Tobias  3.205 Earl Roberts  5.175 Jason Ford  6.150 Justin Thompson  7.141 Matt Langbein  8.137 CR Hill  9.110 Mike Smith  9.110 Charlie LaManna

 

National Championship Elite 11
1.128 Randy Smith  2.118 Mike Smith  3.113 Rich Tobias  4.108 Earl Roberts  5.103 Earl Maxham  6.98 Shane Melnick  7.93 Jason Ford  8.88 Leroy Meade  9.83 Brian Smith  10.78 Justin Thompson  11.76 Paul Britten

 

 

 

KYLE HIEBER HAS A HERR'S SNACK BREAK IN ATLANTIC CITY

 

Kyle Hieber shown above holding the Herr's Snack Bowl Trophy,

is all smiles in Victory Lane with his Crew, and Family joining in

for the post race celebration at Atlantic City NJ Boardwalk Hall.

 

ARTICLE BY MIKE FELTENBERGER

 

Myerstown PA, February 1st, 2010:  Langhorne, PA teenager Kyle Hieber has had his share of misfortune during his relatively short indoor racing career, but in Saturday nights Herr's Snack Bowl 25 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, driving ability overshadowed luck. The Bucks County International # 66 set the pace from the initial green for the Herr's Snack Bowl 25 and after withstanding a few early challenges from Shannon Smith and Anthony Perrego, Kyle just had to concentrate on holding his lines into the turns and making sure the Hieber Family wrenched Slingshot ran to perfection.

 

After 10 laps Kyle had a new driver to deal with as brother Gary was now his on his right flank and with every passing lap, the 2 were inseparable giving the fans that braved the elements something to get warmed up about. The outside line on restarts proved to be Gary's downfall and he drifted back a few spots but still within challenging distance. With all 25 entries locked into the Herr's Snack Bowl 25 the run from the back to the front looked highly improbable but an early race tangle found that some of the quicker cars that headed to the rear knew the secrets in getting around the tacky 1/10th mile and were serious challengers during the late stages of the race.

 

A caution near halfway saw Mike Glass, Shannon Smith, Todd Dippel and Gary Hieber heading to the rear of the field, but all of these drivers would make an impact in the remaining 12 laps. Tiffany Wambold used some low side racing to put herself into the top 3 and become a contender to watch out for but a midrace yellow forced the Wambold Doors # 81 pit side and left the door open for a high flying Ben Whitaker in the black 13X. Whitaker was surgeon like in picking apart upcoming traffic and after starting 25th he was now on the rear bumper of Hieber with 5 to go and the Bob Gibb 31 with Jim Housworth at the wheel also was entering the picture.

 

The freight train led by Gary Hieber again remerged onto the scene as the talented Brandon Azzalina tried to ward off all advances, but it was to no avail as yellow would be thrown one more time for Molly Chambers' wild ride into the turn 1 barriers. Molly climbed out of her # 51B uninjured and the last restart was run single file with Whitaker and Housworth running out of time in their quest for the Herr's Snack Bowl 25 trophy.

 

Kyle's Friday night heat win spilled over into the 25 lap A Main and his success at running up front continued to the checkers with his first ever Herr's Snack Bowl 25 win and a chance to savor some of the Herr's goodies that was placed inside his trophy. Kyle thanked his crew, the fans who braved 7.5 inches of snow and Herr's for their sponsorship of the Atlantic City Indoor Classic. Kyle's use of the Gambler's Classic Bonus which is an added entry, not mandatory, added to the winner's purse netting him an extra $1000 and a final payoff of $1500.

 

The finish was only tentative as the post race inspection found second place finisher Ben Whitaker's 13X not conforming to the Slingshot Rule Book and was placed at the rear of the field.

 

Herr's Snack Bowl 25 Finish:

1. Kyle Hieber # 66  2. Jim Housworth # 31  3. Gary Hieber # 56  4. Todd Dippel # 37  5. Shannon Smith # 23  6. Michael Glass # 2  7. Brandon Azzalina # 43  8. Chris Grbac # 22  9. Matt Hearn # 551 10. Stan Friedman # 7J  11. Matt Carman # $  12. Anthony Perrego # 1X  13. Molly Chambers # 51B 14. Kurt Bettler # 7L  15. Jesse Hartman # 5S  16. Tim Manieri # CC5  17. Tiffany Wambold # 81  18. Paul Lotier,Jr # 7  19. Clay Butler # 4  20. Ricky Yetter # 20  21. Bobby Dmuchowski # 30  22. Marc Daniels # 1  23. Brandon Mullins # 22X  24. Joel Smith # 142  25. Ben Whitaker # 13X

 

The Herr's Snack items were a popular treat for the garage area personnel as well as the incoming fans who got a chance to experience the great products Herr's has to offer during Fan Fest. Speedway Entertainment founder Rich Tobias used real Slingshots to hurl the snack bags into an audience that was awaiting the tasty treats with track officials all having the luxury of a good snack to enjoy while performing their racing duties. Special thank you go to Ray Nemeth, Jr., Ray Nemeth, Sr., Joe Nemeth, Bill Weaver and Herr's for their sponsorship and help in distributing the goodies to everyone involved with the Atlantic City Boardwalk Classic.

 

 

 

 SPEEDSTR SERIES KICKS OFF 2010 AT MOTORSPORTS 2010

PRESS RELEASE BY BRETT DEYO

 

Speedway Entertainment provided everyone who

attended the 2010 Motorsports Show with an

impressive display of their race equipment,

 like the upright SpeedSTR frame above.

 

Myerstown PA, February 1st, 2010:  Rich Tobias Jr. has been known to think outside the box. Case in point: the Speedway Entertainment display during Motorsports 2010 presented by VP's Street Blaze 100 at the Oaks, Pa., Greater Philadelphia Convention Center Jan. 22-24.

 

Tobias stood a SpeedSTR Midget vertically in the air to represent the growth of the SpeedSTR Series. "It was a great show for us," said Tobias. "The Sammons family and their staff did a great job. We had so much traffic at our booth with race teams from all forms of racing inquiring about the series." The display included the flat-black SpeedSTR to be driven by Curt Weller, the Radical Design Group-lettered Steven Hicks SpeedSTR and a familiar No. 51 with a well-known last name. Young Freddie Rahmer Jr., son of the 410 Sprint Car icon Fred Rahmer, will move into the SpeedSTR ranks this summer.

 

Tobias feels the SpeedSTR concept is beginning to catch on throughout the region. "We had youngsters looking to move up and veterans from other divisions such as Legends, Modifieds, ARDC, Micros, etc.  just looking for somewhere that is affordable to race," Tobias said. "We were so glad that racers actually get what I am trying to achieve here. I am not here to just start another division. I am here to provide a product where the racer can afford to race, have what every other team has, and still get paid a fair purse."


The SpeedSTR 2010 schedule was distributed at Motorsports and includes well-known tracks such as Grandview (Pa.) Speedway, New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway, Lincoln (Pa.) Speedway, Shangri-La II (N.Y.) Speedway, Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway and Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway. A new 'Home Track Series' allows racers to challenge for a point championship without extensive travel. The 2010 SpeedSTR season is scheduled to kick off on Sunday afternoon, April 11 at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa.

 

Speedway Entertainment will have a presence at the upcoming 25th annual Racing Legends Reunion & Car Show presented by Reading Eagle & WEEU 830 AM at the Fairgrounds Square Mall (Reading, Pa.) Feb. 21-27. Tobias will speak to the crowd Monday night, Feb. 22 during the show's 'Open Wheel Night' at 7 p.m.  

 

 

 

 

FLORIDA SPEEDWEEKS FEB. 11,12,13,19,20,21

 

 

 

 

Slingshot photo by Sherry Kenderdine © 2009. SpeedSTR photo by Lap1Photo.com © 2009

 

Myerstown, PA - February, 2010:   Attention all Slingshot teams that are looking to move up to the next level in 2010. Speedway Entertainment is offering a "Cash for Slingers" stimulus program to help you make the move to the SpeedSTR division in 2010. We will be offering a $5000.00 cash credit towards the purchase of a SpeedSTR, yes $5000.00 for your Slinger.

 

Come join a series that has your best interests in mind. Rich started this series to give his Slinger teams the opportunity to advance to the next level in Motorsports. Most other series costs to compete are enormous or their purse structure is miniscule for what you spend. The STR's offer you a platform to get the recognition you deserve, don't get caught up in a division that doesn't care. Our public relations team for the STR's works diligently to get every ounce of exposure for the teams that compete with us. Join the STR's, this series has been very successful in just a short 1 1/2 years with over 30 STR's in competition. As you all know since 1999 (just 10 years) Speedway Entertainment has produced over 600 of its beloved Slingers and the STR's are sure to follow. You are all familiar with the Speedway Entertainment program, you understand that it is geared to offer you affordable racing with a purse structure that is expectable for what you spend. So, stick with the program that has proven to work.

 

This is an exciting opportunity that Rich is offering, but will be limited. So get your order in soon as possible. Most of you are still racing and that is fine, we don't need your Slinger today. Get your deposit in on your new STR and start getting geared up to compete in one of the Nation's most exciting series in 2010.

 

Call Rich at Speedway Entertainment for further details. Remember this $5000.00 "Cash for Slingers" stimulus program is limited, so call today and get your 2010 season started. Rich, 717-866-7450.

 

 

 SpeedSTR House Cars For Sale

 

Myerstown, PA - February, 2010:  SpeedSTR house cars are for sale from $11,000.00 to $14,000.00. Here is an excellent opportunity to join this exciting series in 2010 for as low as $11,000.00. Call Rich or Doug today for details on these STR's. Rich 717-866-7950, Doug 610-780-2290 (email Amrosecorp@aol.com).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speedway Entertainment 
 11 West Washington Avenue 
 Myerstown, PA  17067
 
Rich Tobias (717) 866-7450    FAX:717-866-7402   Doug Rose (610) 780-2290 or Amrosecorp@aol.com