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Kids Invited To Meet Drivers At ABC Saturday
by Nick Gima
Ashland, WI, June 4 -- In an age where more young people sit in front of
computers and video games than tinker under the hoods of old cars, itıs
important for race tracks and drivers to reach their younger fans and capture
their imaginations.
That's the message behind Saturday nightıs race program at the ABC Raceway.
Fans of all ages will be welcomed onto the race surface after hot laps to meet
their favorite drivers, get a close-up look at the race cars, and even get
autographs and photos during the Kids Meet the Drivers Night activities at
the 3/8th-mile red clay oval south of Ashland.
The program, sponsored by Little Caesarıs Pizza, provides a great opportunity
for youngsters to catch the "racing bug" and perhaps one day become a racer
or crew person themselves. Many of todayıs racers at the ABC got the "bug"
from activities just like this.
On-track action has just started at Ashland this summer, but already certain
trends are developing.
The most significant trends are the parity in four of the divisions and the
emerging dominance in the other. Of the ten feature races run in 2005, there
have been nine different winners - only Marengoıs Larry Haderly has repeated,
in the street stock division.
Haderlyıs dominance stems from a continuance of last yearıs championship
form. He has yet to finish out of the top two in a heat and, of course, is the
divisionıs only feature winner.
However, in the other classes drivers have seemed more inclined to share the
wealth. There have been 25 different event winners in 29 modified, street
stock, six-cylinder and pure stock events run to date, and only mod driver
Bill Byholm will come into Saturdayıs action holding his points lead for a
second straight week, other than Haderly.
Other feature winners from last Saturday include Dean Yrjananen (mods), who
collected his career 60th win - the second-highest total all-time at Ashland.
Also, Ken Truscott (supers), Steve Stuart (sixes) and Kevin Truchon (pures)
took home A-main wins.
Hot laps will begin shortly before 6:30 pm, followed by the meet-and-greet
session and then green-flag racing. "Racenight Live" will air from
5-6:30 pm Saturday on WJJH, 96.7 & 102.3 FM, with raceday news and weather
updates. The ABC Raceway is located three miles south of Ashland on Highway
13, then one mile west on Butterworth Road. For more information, visit the
track website at www.abcraceway.com
or call (715) 682-4990 for raceday
information.
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