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LongIslandJam
10-15-2010, 01:54 PM
NELMA’s jam-packed day of festivities for its event on Sat. Oct. 23 at Sundance Vacations Speedway in St. Johns, Pa. includes a special pre-race show – the Second Annual Hazleton Fall Rat Rod Festival & Automotive Swap Meet. Spectators will receive FREE admission to the special show that includes some of the rattiest rat rods of NEPA and the best deals and bargains in the automotive world. For exhibitors, one car-sized space is only $15 and includes admission to the day’s races. Once again, NELMA continues to provide exceptional value for NEPA gear-heads wishing to get their fill of motorsports entertainment.

Rat rods are more than just flat-black, skulls-and-flames-adorned, bad-ass customized cars from the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. They represent a counter-culture to the typical high-priced traditional hot rods and customs. The vehicles aren’t meant to be mere showboats. Their owners aren’t mere yuppies, either; they’re true gear-heads with grease underneath their fingernails. A rat rod is the epitome of where form meets function. They are meant to be driven and pushed to their limit. All of which is pose many similarities to stock car racing.

“Rat rods and stock cars have many things in common,” said NELMA promoter J.A. Ackley. “The early days of stock car racing had guys picking up old cars, stripping them down to their bare essentials, and customizing them for performance rather than appearance. The bad-ass rat rod and the original stock car are really long-lost cousins, and I’m happy to bring them together for a family reunion.”

The Hazleton Fall Rat Rod Festival and Automotive Swap Meet will take place from 10 am-2 pm, preceding an action-packed day of racing and entertainment during NELMA’s premier stock car racing event held on Sat. Oct. 23 at Sundance Vacations Speedway in St. Johns, Pa. The day features three divisions with fierce competition from all corners of the Eastern Seaboard – the NELMA Late Model Challenge, NELMA Legends Car Fall Classic, and the NELMA Street Stock Fender Fury. For stock car racing competitors, pits open at 8 AM, with practice beginning at 10 AM. For NELMA fans, grandstands will open at 12 noon, with qualifying to begin at 12:30 PM, and the show to start at 2 PM. The rain date for the show is Sunday, October 24.

For more information on NELMA, visit www.nelmaracing.com .