2/1/2008
HOMECOMING FOR THE TRUE VALUE MODIFIED RACING
SERIES
AS TWIN STATE SPEEDWAY IS ADDED TO 2008 SCHEDULE
In a joint announcement Dennis Fleury Owner/Promoter of Twin State
Speedway and Jack Bateman president of the True Value Modified
Racing series announced that on Sunday Sept. 28th the True Value
Modified Racing Series will make their 1st appearance at the
Claremont , N.H. 1/3 mile oval. Twin State becomes the third new
venue on the 2008 True Value Modified Racing Schedule, increasing
the number of races for the upcoming season to 19. The 100 lap race
will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28 and will be a one day event. It
will be part of an exciting two day weekend racing festival to close
out the season at Twin State.
“We are pleased to add Twin State Speedway to our schedule,”
said True Value Modified Racing Series President Jack Bateman.
“After a long period of time and planning, and looking at race
dates, we were finally able to put it together. Hopefully this is
the 1st step in a long working relationship between Twin State and
TVMRS. The track has a rich history for modified racing and the
drivers on our series will certainly look forward to this event.”
“The True Value Modified Racing Series is a perfect fit for
Twin State , “said track President Dennis Fleury .“Many of the
competitors currently on the series have raced at Twin State in
their careers. It will be a homecoming for some them. Our fans will
be looking forward to the return of multi-time track champion Dwight
Jarvis. It will be fun to watch Dwight come back to Twin State where
he cut his teeth in modified racing. As well as Kirk Alexander, Les
Hinckley, Sean Bodreau, Peter Jarvis, Rob Goodenough, Todd Patnode,
all these guys have many years of experience at the Thrasher road
oval.”
This will be the first visit to the 1/3 mile track for the
series and will be the fourth speedway in New Hampshire scheduled to
host an event in 2008. The True Value Modified Racing series will
compete in five of the six New England states, the only touring
modified series which encompasses all of New England .
“With the addition of Twin State Speedway our series is
scheduled to race at 11 different speedways in New England ,” said
Bateman. “We are excited about bringing our series to the great
venues in this part of the country which has so many modified fans.”
The event will be a part of Twin State ’s 2nd Annual Fall
Classic. There will be racing all weekend long and as of press time
the weekend will be divided up into to separate shows. Saturday’s
portion will host all the full fendered divisions including Late
Models, Super Streets, All Star Race Trucks, Legacy Cars, Strictly
Stocks, Youth Sportsman and our Wildcat (4cyl Enduro) Division. Then
on Sunday it will turn into Open Wheel Madness as just open wheel
divisions will take to the speedway. The True Value Modifieds will
be headline of day, but also on tap will be the ultra fast NEMA
Midgets, the NEMA Lite’s, and Twin State Speedway’s own Pepsi
Modifieds. The Speedway is still in talks with additional open wheel
series to complete the day. More info will be announced over the
coming months about this event.
The first “official” event for the True Value Modified Racing
Series is scheduled for Feb. 8, 9 and 10 at the annual Frank Maratta
Show of Dreams. The series will have a display, featuring the cars
of Jeff Pearl and Jack Bateman, at the 49th annual show currently
held at the Connecticut Expo Center
The 2008 True Value Modified Racing Series will open at
Monadnock Speedway in Winchester , N.H. on April 12. For More
Information Contact: True Value Modified Racing Series Office
800-254-9524.
THE END
Source:
John H Spence Sr / TVMRS PR
Posted:
February 1, 2008 |