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MOTORSPORTS 2012
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Myerstown, PA.
January 25th, 2012:
The
multitude of racing fans that attended Motorsports 2012
in Oaks, PA made sure they stopped at the Speedway
Entertainment display for questions regarding the
SpeedSTR and Slingshot classes, as well as pocketing one
of the 2012 racing schedules.
Big Kahuna
video action as well as a slideshow of the Slingshots
and SpeedSTR's kept the fans close by watching on the
new display created by Rich Tobias. A Wide World of
Sports video of Dick Tobias' popular win at Terre Haute
in 1978 was responsible in bringing some of the older
racing fans to the display.
Rich
answered questions from race fans and team owners
regarding SpeedSTR rentals and purchasing to the people
wanting to know more about the Briggs & Stratton power
plants for the Slingshots and inquiring about a proposed
upcoming test at Borgers Speedway for all asphalt racers
looking at making Borgers their Saturday night stop.
Teams using
Motorsports as a parts pickup also got to take their
items back home with them. The 3 day event saw many race
fans new to the SpeedSTR and Slingshot classes asking
some pretty intense questions about race tours, tracks
raced at and costs for both class of cars.
Over 300
schedules were handed out as well as some 2012
registration forms and car order forms.
The stand
was visited by such racing personalities as drivers
Billy Pauch, Wade Hendrickson, Anthony Perrego, Kyle
Rohner, Kevin Albert,Jr., Rick Eckert, Bobby Braxton,
Mike Mahaney, Accord promoter Gary Palmer, Thunder on
the Hill promoter Bob Miller, SpeedSTR driver Brandon
Rahmer, the "Voice of Choice" Barry Angstadt, as well as
many of the talented Slingshot racers, Steve Heckman,
Matt Dealaman, Henry Anderson,Jr., Justin Thompson,
Dillon Emmons, Matt Massone and many more.
Special
thanks goes out to Kyle Brightbill at KB Graphix in
Lebanon, PA for his outstanding design of the new logos
and printing of the banners and 2012 champions checks.
OVER $23,000.00 TO
SPEEDWAY ENTERTAINMENT DRIVERS
Myerstown, PA. January 9th, 2012:
The AACA Museum in Hershey, PA was the site of the 2011 Speedway
Entertainment Awards Banquet. The special affair was to
celebrate national champions in the All Star Slingshot, Junior
Slingshot and SpeedSTR divisions as well as regional and track
champions for all classes of Slingshots. A stellar affair with
200 in attendance was treated to a BBQ buffet and the
entertainment provided by "Jammin" Jimmy Payne. John McGill and
"The Voice of Choice" Barry Angstadt were in charge of keeping
the award ceremonies as informative and honorable as only these
2 men can possibly do.
2011 All Star
Elite 11 Drivers accept their awards at the Annual Awards
Banquet.
Heading the list of award winners was Oley's Brett Bieber who
took top honors in a season long battle with the driver of the
S&S Speedways 5S,Simon Egan. Bieber took the Marlin Bieber # 32
to a track championship at Shellhammers along with his Mid
Atlantic Silver title and a second place run in the Speedweeks
mini-series. Egan had wins at West End and Penn Can. Matt Carman
in the Slinger Warehouse # 7,Gary Hieber aboard the Scrappy Auto
Parts # 56 and Bangor, PA's Cody Kline all were within striking
distance of Bieber making this year's point chase one of the
closest in history as far as the top 5 in points are involved.
Cody Kline was part of the virtual tie with 2010 All Star
champion Shannon Smith, who took her S&S Speedways # 23 to a
sixth place season ending finish. Brett will be receiving a nice
slice of the point fund in the amount of $1625 and also a new
Slingshot chassis and body. Egan's runner-up spot and his 2011
Mid Atlantic Gold Region championship will have a total of $1100
heading his way.
In a run to the last lap of the Junior National championship at
Accord Speedway, Nepanoch, NY's Tyler Johnston, just crossed
under the checkered before a chain break. This was enough to
give Tyler the Junior National honors just over Chris 'The
Midget" Kurtz ,who won the Accord event. Kurtz, added three
runner-up tallies to his total enroot to his Great 8
accomplishments. Dylan Martin, used a Borgers win and some top
five finishes to lay claim to third as the 2011 Hamlin Junior
champion piloted the Mark Gray 33 again in 2011.Jonestown,PA's
Kyle Gruber, was held out of the Junior National win circle ,but
his four top five runs along with his bonus points from Hamlin
slotted him for a season ending fourth. Rounding out the top
five was the 2011 WVMP Junior champion Alex Shaffer, who ran the
Trevor Bayne # 21 copy to top 6 runs at Borgers and Kutztown.
Tyler's point awards will result in a total of $400+ a new body
as the top 3 in the Junior National will have new sheet metal
for the 2012 season.
2011 Junior
National Great 8 in points receive their awards.
An international tour was set in place for the SpeedSTR teams
and when the final lap was run at New Egypt Speedway in
November, Yannick Poirier, became the first Canadian National
Champion in the 4 year run of the SpeedSTR's. Yannick was also
the 2011 RevStar champion, thus giving him the needed bonus
points for the $1000 point fund award over Rich Tobias as Paul
Lotier,Jr. with 3 second place national runs just missed the 2nd
spot by 5 points.2011 American Region champion Kyle Hieber in
the Bucks County International 6 was 4th in the final tally as
Autodrome Drummond winner Brittany Wixon gave the Lee Wixon
prepared # 15 4 top 6 runs to earn her 5th place final totals.
Slingshot &
SpeedSTR Creator Rich Tobias (middle) plants a kiss on the cheek
of
Randy Smith
(right), and Denise Smith (left), who took home Promoters of the
Year.
The top 11 in the SpeedSTR National Series will all be honored.
The Elite 11 in the All Star Slingshots, the Great 8 in the
Junior Slingshots, the International 11 in the SpeedSTR's. the
top 3 in each Slingshot region, track champions ,the top 10 in
the SpeedSTR American Region were all honored with point fund
checks, parts credit, new bodies and chassis and achievement
plaques and trophies. Door prizes and items for the champions
charities also were part of the evening's schedule as the St.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital will receive money in the
name of the Junior National Champion Tyler Johnston with the All
Star Champion, Brett Bieber seeing his name on the donation form
to the Shriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.
Special awards were given to drivers, mechanics, media members
and race tracks for their support of Speedway Entertainment
class events.
2011 Special
Award Winners.
Slingshot Special Awards: Best Appearing Car: Herb Finger Most
Improved Driver: Ryan Raidline Rising Star: Danny Buccafusca
Mechanic of the Year: Marlin Bieber Hard Luck Award: Shannon
Smith Sportsmanship Award: Bill Weaver Jr. Rookie of the
Year: Abbey Price Jr. Hard Luck Award: Brandon McGill Jr.
Mechanic of the Year: Shawn Mobley Best Promotion: Penn Can
Battle by the Border Promoter of the Year: Randy & Denise
Smith Dealer of the Year: RevStar John LeVan Writer of the
Year: Bill Nelson Bill Hess Photographer of the Year: Dennis
Takacs Mass Media Award: BCTV Jr. Driver of the Year: Tyler
Johnston All Star Driver of the Year: Brett Bieber Dedication
Award: Jim Glass SpeedSTR Special Awards: Best Appearing Car:
Don Zrinski Rookie of the Year: Maxime Plante Mechanic of the
Year: Scott Munroe Hard Luck Award: Freddie Rahmer
Sportsmanship Award: Mike Vermeullen Most Improved: Brittany
Wixon
SPEEDWAY INCENTIVE
BUYER PROGRAM
Myerstown, PA. December 30th, 2011:
With the advent of 3
tracks taking on the scheduling of Slingshot by Tobias
racing for the 2012 season, Slingshot founder and company
owner ,Rich Tobias is offering a deal to race teams that
will participate at one of these tracks for at least 12
events.
The Speedway
Incentive Program will see anyone purchasing a new 2012
Slingshot and entering at least 12 races at Little Diamond
(Big Diamond's new small car track), Greenwood Valley Action
Track or DunnHill 2 as a regular entrant will receive a
$1000 shop credit at the conclusion of the track's
respective season.
If the proposed
track at Orange County Fair Speedway becomes a reality, we
could include this track as part of the offering, but at
least 12 races must be run to make this offer valid.
Slingshot
order forms or more info is available by contacting Speedway
Entertainment at 717-866-7450 or email at
speede61@aol.com.
Offer will expire on February 17,2012.
SLINGSHOTS &
SPEEDSTR'S DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SPEEDWAY ENTERTAINMENT
Speedway Entertainment is currently very busy with new chassis orders for The
Slingshot, and
The Next Generation SpeedSTR.
The growth of the
Slingshot by Tobias and SpeedSTR classes have led Speedway
Entertainment owner / founder Rich Tobias to rethink his
Affordable Racing Technology slogan. With the costs of racing
increasing daily, the Slingshots and SpeedSTR’s still are the
most affordable and can offer race teams a chance to show a
profit at season’s end instead of mortgaging the family home and
car.
Tobias will be using
the Advanced Racing Technology slogan in 2012. After extensive
research and suggestions from his customers, the “Next
Generation” SpeedSTR was launched and an even safer Slingshot
with the future looking positive for both classes.
Here is what can be
found on the 2012 SpeedSTR that Advanced Racing Technology has
helped to create. A new, sleeker body with more frontal down
force and a wider adjustable multi-directional top air foil to
give added stability for rear traction. The narrower, removable
front clip will give more shock mount clearance and the tall men
of racing will feel more at ease as the SpeedSTR now has a 1”
increase in cage height. This also gives the larger drivers more
room to manhandle the SpeedSTR as the full containment seat has
become the way to go for driver safety.
The teams will have
a choice of the Tilton or internal clutch transmission and more
driveline clearance as a cleaner driveline tube has been
created. A stronger rear pan hard hoop has been created along
with an optional right rear brake assembly.
Plans call for an
aggressive SpeedSTR schedule with a planned 13 race Saturday
night Shootout at Big Diamond Speedway and over 30 tour events
scheduled with a return to Oswego Speedway in 2012.The SpeedSTR
teams will be vying for a national championship that will pay
$5000 to the champion. All of this for the race ready price of $
17,931.14.
Briggs & Stratton's new and improved Slingshot power plant.
Since their 1999
creation, the Slingshot by Tobias Series has seen a few copies,
but nothing can compare to the affordability and return for your
racing dollar in excitement and an opportunity to actually do
something many racing classes can not claim….make a profit with
a Slingshot by Tobias race car. These self starting race cars
showcase driver talent, far more than the wallet.
The 2012 Slingshot
teams will see over 200 weekly and tour races on the schedule
beginning with the Herr’s Snack Bowl at Atlantic City on
February 3 & 4th.
A new tire will be
forthcoming for use on the front and left rear. The Slingshot
full containment seat has been perfected by Kirkey and the new
Briggs & Stratton engines will be on the shelves shortly. Briggs
& Stratton have promised more durability as well as a much
improved oil pump design.
Authorized dealers
are glad to help race teams with engine and chassis questions as
well as supplying parts to keep them on their race schedules.
Owning a new $7281.32 Slingshot is only a phone call away. With
the Canadian dealership RevStar already having to service 16
Slingshots, a future International Series is only a matter of
time in getting started.
Road course racing
at Pocono, high paying events continuing in 2012,small car
tracks being built at Big Diamond and Middletown, return of the
Pit Stop Challenge races and one of the best point funds in
small car racing give the Slingshot teams a great future to plan
on.
Speedway
Entertainment will be taking it’s first step in the completion
of it’s own Motorsports Complex for 2013 which will bring early
evening Sunday racing back to life. Slingshots and SpeedSTR’s
continue to improve and impress.
Speedway Entertainment
11 West
Washington Avenue
Myerstown, PA 17067
Rich Tobias
(717) 866-7450
FAX:717-866-7402
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