Little race winner Tim Whalen (left) and runner up Joe Fox Jr (right)
Beat the winter blahs! Come out and enjoy a day filled with fierce competition on the tree. Don’t miss the event everyone is talking about until the first day of on track competition. The event will be at the New Alexandria Firemen's club, good space, easy to get to.
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010
Time: Gates open at 11:30am, sign up, eat, racing starts at 12:30PM
Place: New Alexandria Fire Hall, 8370 State Route 22, New Alexandria PA 15670. (From the west, on the left side of 22 shortly after you pass Sheetz (you will pass it and make a left to circle back to it); from the east, on the right side of 22, shortly after you pass PRP)
Entry: Adults $5
Children 12 and under $3
Children 6 and under free
You don't have to race, but everyone coming through the door will have to pay the entry/cover charge. Our menu:
Fried chicken from Wal Mart
Rigatoni, courtesy of Amy Romeo
Cheesy potatoes, courtesy of Vanessa Noon
"Polish hamburgers", courtesy of Joe Fox Jr and Sr
Chili pasta, courtesy of Jeff Hann
Texas lasagna, courtesy of Linda Pollock
Buffalo chicken dip/reuben dip, courtesy of Carrie Penn
Cookies, courtesy of Beth Boyd
Iced tea, lemonade, punch, water. We will not be offering soda, but you are welcome to bring your own lunch, snacks, and/or beverages (cover charge WILL still apply), but no alcohol please. This is a family oriented event, and there will be kids present.
Email Chuck at brotherhoodracing@yahoo.com if you are going to attend. We need to keep a head count to know how much food to get.
Thanks to PRP owner Michael Tedesco lending us his own practice tree, there will be scoreboards for all to see how tight the racing action is!
Race 1 is $5 entry, race 2 is $20 entry.
All races will pay 50% to the winner, 25% to the runner up, 15% to the semis (split between the 2 racers), 10% to the quarters (split between the 4 racers).
Only race 2 will have buybacks, for $5. We are not looking to make a dime on this. All money will be paid back 100%. If there's anything left after expenses, it will be put into the racing.
Rules:
* Round 1 in races 1 & 2 will consist of both racers hitting the tree twice as "time trials." Round 2 and on will have no time trials.
* All rounds with the exception of the final will be best of 3. Final round is best of 5.
* How to enter: "Tech cards" will be sold at the door. Buy your "tech card" for each race you want to enter. Write your name CLEARLY on the ticket you hand in. If you are double entering, write #1 after your name on the first entry, #2 on the second.
* Pairings will be randomly drawn.
* Bye runs will be randomly drawn at the beginning of each round.
* After the bye is pulled, we'll pull the Dean's Racing Engines Bounty. This is in rounds 1-5 of each race. Whoever wins that round, between the person who gets pulled for the bounty or his/her opponent, wins $10!
* Racing is off of the handheld button only.
* Racing is off of the bottom bulb only.
* The tree is full sized, with LED bulbs.
* Tree will be in time trial mode, or, as if both racers have the exact same dial in.
* Rollout will be able to be set for each racer by adjusting the delay.
* The christmas tree decides all winners, ie, if 2 racers in competition have identical reaction times, the winner is the one whose lane is flashing on the
tree.
* Double entries WILL be allowed in BOTH races!
Thanks to our sponsors for their most generous donations. Prizes will be awarded as both part of the Chinese auction and in the races (TBD). Please support those who support us:
* All Around Transportation Services/Limo Services LLC - 724-697-5466, donating $100 cash to the big race purse
* Bob George Racing
* Bob Jones Race Trailers/www.jonesrv.com
* Bottom Bulb Promotions, Rick Baehr & Jeff Stewart, www.bbextravaganza.com - donating a weekend entry to their race for the 16 entry shootout
* Bowman Performance, 724-325-4352, donating 2 $50 gift cards for Advance Auto Parts.
* Dean Racing Engines, donating $100 cash for the bounty program.
* Jason Weaver, JW-Kustomz Signs and Graphix/www.jwkustomz.com, and Brian Weaver/ Weaver's Race Cars, donating $100 cash to the big race purse.
* John Cadamore, donating $100 cash to the big race purse.
* Luke Bogacki, and www.thisisbracketracing.com, providing 2 full memberships and 2 trial memberships to the website.
* Millerstown Pic-A-Part, www.picapartyard.com, donating $100 worth of gift certificates of race fuel at PRP
* NAPA Auto Parts of South Greensburg
* Pittsburgh Raceway Park/www.pittsburghracewaypark.com
* Sarah Baehr, www.sbgraphix.com, donating gift certificates for vinyl lettering/number set for a race car
We will be having a 50/50 drawing as well. 3 tickets for $1, an arm's length for $5, and a wingspan for $10. All money will be paid out, 60% to the winner, 40% to a second ticket.
We will be doing a Chinese raffle for most of the generous donations from our sponsors, as follows:
Each adult will be given 3 tickets. There will be a cup by each prize. You can choose which prize(s) you'd like to drop your ticket(s) in... you can drop all 3 in one, or spread them out.
Attendance list so far:
AJ Casini
Amy Romeo
Art Armstrong
Barry Barnett
Beth Romeo
Bill Keller
Bill Truby
Bill Turk
Bob George Racing crew
Boyd Family
Boyd Family
Boyd Family
Boyd Family
Boyd Family
Boyd Family
Brian Cireddu
Brianna Casini
Chris Wallin
Christine Brewer
Chuck Turocy
Craig Koskie
Dean Pollock
Dylan Hann
Eric Macchiaroli/dude with the Arrow
Eric OH buddy
Eric's NY buddy #1
Eric's NY buddy #2
Fat Head's buddy #1
Fat Head's buddy #2
Frank Romeo
Greg Miller
Jason Weaver
Jeff Hann
Jen Whalen
Joe Fox Jr
Joe Fox Sr
Joey Pinskey
John Cadamore
Jordan Haase
Justine Illar
Keith Bronson Jr & crew of 5
Ken Shieff
Kevin Romeo
Kimmy Whalen-Murdock
Linda Pollock
Mark Romeo
Mark Vasbinder
Markie Brewer
Matt Cadamore
Matt Obertanec & Amanda
Matt Wyribal
Mike Balaska
Mike Egan
Noons ' all 3?
Rachel Kuskie
Randy Biddle
Rich Penn
Ricky Baehr
Robbie guest
Robbie guest
Robbie guest
Robbie guest
Robbie guest
Robbie Seszko
Ryan Hann
Scotty Campbell
Sean Mazurek
Shelly Casini
Steve Vasbinder
Thomas Vasbinder
Tim Whalen
See pics from last year's race here: http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/steelcitydragrace/2009%20Steel%20City%20Practice%20Tree%20Shootout/
Left to right, Markie Brewer (semis), Nick Bowman (winner), Kyle Reasbeck (runner up), Kevin Romeo (semis)
Keith Bowman (left lane) taking on Steve Erb (right lane)
Jordan Haase (red cap) taking on Joe Fox Jr
