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For Immediate
Release June 24, 2009. >From Jim Irvine
Merrittville
Public Relations 905-892-8266
Thorold, Ontario (June 24) If you have
attended a Lucas Oil Weekly Racing Series Event any Saturday Night
at Merrittville Speedway, you may have heard talk of kart racing and
the part it has played in the Thorold track’s rich 58 year history.
Current Divisional Point Leaders
Larry Lampman and Chad Chevalier and have something in common with
drivers like Leslie, Lampman, Miller, Wood, Wutzke, Bicknell,
D’Ilario, Chevalier, Friesen, Williamson, Klager, Tallman,
Mastroianni, Bleich, McPherson, Willard, Bowman, Braun, Small and
Robbins.
Prior to Merrittville’s Tuesday
Night infield track coming in to existence or since its exception …
all of the above Saturday Night stars have a kart racing
background.
Sunday July 5th’s Performance
Manufacturing Slack Karts Burris Tire 50 Twenty-Five will feature
the Tuesday Night Lucas Oil Kart Weekly Racing Series Drivers in
addition to race teams from eastern Ontario and Central New York and
beyond.
All seven Original Pizza Logs
divisions will be in action – the Drummond Home Hardware Garden City
Auto Complex Novice 1, KC Auto Parts Novice 2, RCM Racing Equipment
Junior 1, Ed MacPherson Construction Junior 2, Superior PetroFuels
Junior Restricted Heavy, Philbrick Farm & Garden Equipment Wilder
Racing Engines Senior Animal and the Cassell Manufacturing Senior
Flathead Divisions.
In 2009, the Merrittville Speedway
Kart Club welcomes the following companies as presenters of the
features – Lucas Oil, Cosco Haulage, Action Appraisal, Priestley Cut
Tires and RCM Racing Equipment.
When the gates open at 3:00 –
Grandstand Admission is free. A mandatory Driver Meeting will take
place at 5:30 with heats beginning at 6:00.
Pete Cosco Haulage Ltd. provides
Tri-Axle and Tandem Trucks hourly or contract and can be reached at
905-935-2886.
Priestley Cut Tires provide a
service to the local karting community that not only increases the
life of kart racing tires – their custom tire programs can also
rejuvenate older tires.
For further information – contact
Blake Priestley via e mail pctires@gmail.com or see Blake at the
track.
Since 1986, Action Appraisal &
Consultants have been completing value and damage evaluations for
the public, as well as the insurance industry for policy startup,
renewal and dispute purposes.
Action Appraisal & Consultants are
located at 2235 HWY 20 in Fonthill, Ontario and can be reached at
905-892-5753 or on line at actionappraisal.ca.
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RCM Racing Equipment –
proud sponsors of the Junior 1 Division all season long was
established in 1995 as a family karting business. We have
expanded quite rapidly over the past few years into different
areas from Karting including Stock Cars, Drag Racing, and our
latest venture Mod Lites & Dwarf Cars. |
Celebrating their 14th anniversary, RCM is determined to provide
the best customer service, quality products and technical
support. Give them a call at (905) 383-1480 – visit them on
line at rcmracing1.com or at the track.
Burris Racing provides
the industry’s leading products for both sprint and oval dirt
kart racing. A pioneer in tire starter and clutch and starter
development – Burris has provided the highest quality components
for more than 30 years.
Look for Burris Tires
at local dealers – Performance Manufacturing and RCM Racing
Equipment or on line at burrisracing.com. |
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Performance Manufacturing is a
manufacturer of high performance Go Kart parts at competitive
prices.
Performance Manufacturing Inc.
operates as a precision machine shop specializing in design and CNC
milling and turning, catering to a wide variety of industries from
medical research to farm machinery to go karts.
Performance Manufacturing also owns
Slack Performance Karts and service customers from their Telegraph
Road location in Middleport New York.
For further information call
905-688-9555 or 716-735-3500 or visit pmikartparts.com.
Join us this season on a Tuesday
Night for A KART WEEKLY RACING SERIES EVENT featuring FIVE Kart
Weekly Racing Divisions and the stars of tomorrow today!
Many of Merrittville’s Saturday
Night Stock Car Stars got their starts in Kart Racing including
Lampman, Wood, Wutzke, Bicknell, D’Ilario, Chevalier, Friesen,
Williamson, Leslie, Klager, Tallman, Mastroianni, Bleich, McPherson,
Willard, Bowman, Braun, Small and Robbins.
Your Local DIRT track is where it's
at!! Merrittville Speedway "The Best Family Entertainment in
Niagara" |
