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07/08/2011 |
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$6,000 AWAITS
THE WINNER OF THE LIGHTHOUSE MISSION 200
BY BALDWIN AUTOMOTIVE WMT RACE AT RIVERHEAD JULY 30TH
THANKS TO LI MOD MANIAC |
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excitement has been building for quite sometime and
now that the month of July has arrived it has hit a
fevered pitch in anticipation of the NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour's once a year visit to Barbara and Jim
Cromarty's Riverhead Raceway July 30th for the
Lighthouse Mission 200 by Baldwin Automotive. This
past week noted NASCAR Modified fan Jim Schaefer,
aka Long Island Mod Maniac, announced that he has
put together from various sources bonus money that
will find the winner of the event taking home a
handsome $6,000, while each starter among the 28
drivers will earn $300 in tow money. There will also
be an additional $500 split among the first three
positions, courtesy of Lighthouse Mission.
After putting together a great bonus package for the
2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame 100 won by "The Natural"
Timmy Solomito in May, Schaefer went right to work
on rounding up what basically amounts to individual
dyed in the wool NASCAR Modified fans to donate
towards the NASCAR WMT race at his home track. Jim
had set a higher goal for the winner's share of the
race just moments after Rowan Pennink of Huntington
Valley, Pa won the Riverhead 200 in 2010, but indeed
the $6,000 to win figure is a very healthy one. The
winners share finds $2,600 in purse money, $3,100 in
bonus money and of course $300 for just making the
race, a figure all 28 starters will take home.
The Lighthouse Mission is a mobile food outreach
program aimed at restoring lives and is
headquartered just east of Baldwin Automotive at
1543 Montauk Highway in Bellport. Tom Baldwin sports
the Lighthouse Mission as the official charity of
his TBR Racing Team that competes weekly in the
famed Sprint Cup Series and Baldwin Automotive twice
a month sponsors a breakfast for the local children.
For the race, fans are encouraged to bring
non-perishable food to donate to the Lighthouse
Mission which will be setting-up a donation bin by
the third turn gate and support Tom Baldwin Jr and
his effort for this great organization.
It is expected with the regulars from the NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour and those who call Riverhead
Raceway home for the NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series that some 30 to 35 drivers will attempt to
make the Lighthouse Mission 200 by Baldwin
Automotive, which again will be a "Flash" race
featuring both time trials and qualifying races as a
way into the 28-car field.
For further information on the Lighthouse Mission
please visit
www.LighthouseMission.net and for additional
information on Riverhead Raceway please log onto
www.riverheadraceway.com or call
631-842-RACE.. |
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Source: Bob Finan / Riverhead Raceway
Posted: July
8, 2011 |
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