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03-29-2013, 12:13 AM
PROFESSIONAL AUTO RACING RETURNS TO TRENTON FEBRUARY, 2014 WITH TWO-DAY INDOOR EVENT AT SUN NATIONAL BANK CENTER
The roar of professional auto racing,
which has not been heard in New Jersey’s State Capital in over thirty
years, will be awakened anew in 2014.
Len Sammons Motorsports Productions has announced it will promote a
two-day, indoor racing event at the Sun National Bank Center in
Trenton in 2014. The event will feature top drivers from at least ten
different States and Canada competing in the Fatheadz TQ Midget
Racing Series.
A complete program including qualifying and feature events will be
held for the TQ Midgets on Friday and Saturday night, February 7 and
8, 2014. A different support division will join the TQ Midgets each
night making both programs unique.
Trenton Speedway, on the grounds of the former New Jersey State
Fairgrounds, hosted auto races on tracks of various configurations
from the 1930s. A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby and Al Unser, N.J.
native Wally Dallenbach Sr., Richard Petty and David Pearson enjoyed
some of their greatest career racing successes there.
The last race at Trenton Speedway was a NASCAR Modified Stock Car
event won by Geoff Bodine, who took the checkered flag on June 19,
1980. Wrecking balls and bulldozers later razed the grounds.
The Sun National Bank Center (www.SunNationalBankCenter.com) has been
used for Indoor ice racing events in the past, competing on a track
inside the hockey ice rink. The Indoor course for the Sun National
Bank Center races will be held on the concrete floor around the hockey
perimeter.
"We are thrilled to be working with Len Sammons Motorsports on
bringing this exciting new event into our venue,” said Claudio
Oliveira the Assistant General Manager of the Sun National Bank
Center. “We look forward to offering local racing fans the
opportunity to enjoy heart pounding action right here in Trenton next
February."
The first annual event in Trenton will take place two weeks after the
12th annual LSMP-promoted Gambler's Classic races are held inside
Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Those race dates are set for
January 24-25, 2014. Both meets will be extensively promoted at
Sammons’ 29th annual Motorsports Show, scheduled for the three-day
weekend of January 10-11-12, 2014 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo
Center in Oaks, Pa.
Indoor racing was reborn by Len H. Sammons and his staff in Atlantic
City in 2003 after a twenty-two year hiatus, and has become a staple
of the winter auto racing season. Five years ago, a second indoor
event was created in Providence, R.I., which, like the Atlantic City
race, became an instant success. The Providence races this year are
tentatively scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, December 14-15, 2013.
Sammons also promoted an event in Baltimore, Md., for the first time
in December of 2012.
The Trenton race will be a special one for Sammons who has been a life-
long resident of the area. His father, Leonard J. Sammons Jr., started
the Area Auto Racing News in nearby Hamilton, NJ in 1963 and the
office remains just miles from where the races will be held. The
Sammons family also sold the novelties and programs at the Trenton
Speedway for many years.
The Sun National Bank Center is a relatively new venue having opened
in October of 1999. The building offers first class seating and food
concessions for the fans as well as several Luxury Suites for larger
groups or sponsors. “Each arena has its own qualities and assets,"
said Sammons, "I think this one will be perfect for exciting racing
for many years.”
The central location of the City of Trenton makes it an attractive
venue for race fans. Each of New Jersey’s three weekly outdoor
speedways, New Egypt, Bridgeport and Wall Stadium are within 45
minutes of Trenton.
Pre-race Trenton favorites include 2013 Atlantic City ‘Gamblers’
Classic Indoor TQ Midget winner Anthony Sesely of Matawan, NJ.
Sesely, the 2011 and 2012 Modified champion at Wall Stadium also won
the overall 2012-2013 Fatheadz Indoor Race series point title. New
Egypt Speedway's all-time Modified event winner,
Billy "The Kid" Pauch is also a regular on the Indoor series and a
former Atlantic City winner. NASCAR Modified series champion Ted
Christopher of Plainville, CT, the winningest driver in LSMP promoted
events, was the Coffee Cup winner this year in Providence. Lou
Cicconi, Jr. of Lester, PA, always a fan favorite, won on Friday night
in Atlantic City this year. Canadian Mike Lichty won the event held
this year in Baltimore, MD.
Further details, including ticket on-sale date and support divisions,
will be announced when available.
Check www.aarn.com for details on all LSMP events. Sponsorship programs
are available by calling 609-888-3618.
Global Spectrum (www.global-spectrum.com) manages the Sun National Bank
Center, as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities
around the world. Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000
events in Global Spectrum venues last year.
Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-
Spectacor, one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment
companies.
Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National
Hockey League, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services
provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing
product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider
of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology
solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales
company, and Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks.
Ernie Saxton
The roar of professional auto racing,
which has not been heard in New Jersey’s State Capital in over thirty
years, will be awakened anew in 2014.
Len Sammons Motorsports Productions has announced it will promote a
two-day, indoor racing event at the Sun National Bank Center in
Trenton in 2014. The event will feature top drivers from at least ten
different States and Canada competing in the Fatheadz TQ Midget
Racing Series.
A complete program including qualifying and feature events will be
held for the TQ Midgets on Friday and Saturday night, February 7 and
8, 2014. A different support division will join the TQ Midgets each
night making both programs unique.
Trenton Speedway, on the grounds of the former New Jersey State
Fairgrounds, hosted auto races on tracks of various configurations
from the 1930s. A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby and Al Unser, N.J.
native Wally Dallenbach Sr., Richard Petty and David Pearson enjoyed
some of their greatest career racing successes there.
The last race at Trenton Speedway was a NASCAR Modified Stock Car
event won by Geoff Bodine, who took the checkered flag on June 19,
1980. Wrecking balls and bulldozers later razed the grounds.
The Sun National Bank Center (www.SunNationalBankCenter.com) has been
used for Indoor ice racing events in the past, competing on a track
inside the hockey ice rink. The Indoor course for the Sun National
Bank Center races will be held on the concrete floor around the hockey
perimeter.
"We are thrilled to be working with Len Sammons Motorsports on
bringing this exciting new event into our venue,” said Claudio
Oliveira the Assistant General Manager of the Sun National Bank
Center. “We look forward to offering local racing fans the
opportunity to enjoy heart pounding action right here in Trenton next
February."
The first annual event in Trenton will take place two weeks after the
12th annual LSMP-promoted Gambler's Classic races are held inside
Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Those race dates are set for
January 24-25, 2014. Both meets will be extensively promoted at
Sammons’ 29th annual Motorsports Show, scheduled for the three-day
weekend of January 10-11-12, 2014 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo
Center in Oaks, Pa.
Indoor racing was reborn by Len H. Sammons and his staff in Atlantic
City in 2003 after a twenty-two year hiatus, and has become a staple
of the winter auto racing season. Five years ago, a second indoor
event was created in Providence, R.I., which, like the Atlantic City
race, became an instant success. The Providence races this year are
tentatively scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, December 14-15, 2013.
Sammons also promoted an event in Baltimore, Md., for the first time
in December of 2012.
The Trenton race will be a special one for Sammons who has been a life-
long resident of the area. His father, Leonard J. Sammons Jr., started
the Area Auto Racing News in nearby Hamilton, NJ in 1963 and the
office remains just miles from where the races will be held. The
Sammons family also sold the novelties and programs at the Trenton
Speedway for many years.
The Sun National Bank Center is a relatively new venue having opened
in October of 1999. The building offers first class seating and food
concessions for the fans as well as several Luxury Suites for larger
groups or sponsors. “Each arena has its own qualities and assets,"
said Sammons, "I think this one will be perfect for exciting racing
for many years.”
The central location of the City of Trenton makes it an attractive
venue for race fans. Each of New Jersey’s three weekly outdoor
speedways, New Egypt, Bridgeport and Wall Stadium are within 45
minutes of Trenton.
Pre-race Trenton favorites include 2013 Atlantic City ‘Gamblers’
Classic Indoor TQ Midget winner Anthony Sesely of Matawan, NJ.
Sesely, the 2011 and 2012 Modified champion at Wall Stadium also won
the overall 2012-2013 Fatheadz Indoor Race series point title. New
Egypt Speedway's all-time Modified event winner,
Billy "The Kid" Pauch is also a regular on the Indoor series and a
former Atlantic City winner. NASCAR Modified series champion Ted
Christopher of Plainville, CT, the winningest driver in LSMP promoted
events, was the Coffee Cup winner this year in Providence. Lou
Cicconi, Jr. of Lester, PA, always a fan favorite, won on Friday night
in Atlantic City this year. Canadian Mike Lichty won the event held
this year in Baltimore, MD.
Further details, including ticket on-sale date and support divisions,
will be announced when available.
Check www.aarn.com for details on all LSMP events. Sponsorship programs
are available by calling 609-888-3618.
Global Spectrum (www.global-spectrum.com) manages the Sun National Bank
Center, as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities
around the world. Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000
events in Global Spectrum venues last year.
Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-
Spectacor, one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment
companies.
Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National
Hockey League, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services
provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing
product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider
of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology
solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales
company, and Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks.
Ernie Saxton