Dates Announced for Second Annual NEPA Race Car Show at Laurel Mall

Dates Announced for Second Annual NEPA Race Car Show at Laurel Mall….Week-long Motorsports Show Takes Place February 9-15, 2014

(WEST HAZLETON, PA 12-3-14) The second Annual NEPA Race Car Show at the Laurel Mall in West Hazleton is slated for the week of February 9-15, 2014. Mall officials and event organizer Dino Oberto recently confirmed the dates.

The NEPA Race Car Show will be a week long affair and include all types of race vehicles that compete in and around northeastern Pennsylvania.

In the midst of one of the worst winters in years, the inaugural event was a huge hit despite three snow storms in a week’s time. Mall management, however, is excited to bring back the mid-winter show which was deemed an unqualified success as racers and race fans flocked to the Hazleton area shopping center and where treated to an excellent array of racing machines that filled the spacious Laurel Mall aisle ways.

“We’re very excited about bringing the NEPA Race Car Show back to the Laurel Mall,” said Oberto, who is a motorsports journalist for the Hazleton Standard-Speaker and Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise and is PR Director for Lehighton’s Mahoning Valley Speedway as well as member of the media staff at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond.

“We beat some very crazy odds last year with all the snow and even got to stay inside the mall an extra week due to the weather. The mall was very understanding with all that and are graciously welcoming us back for another go,” said Oberto.

“The Laurel Mall is a prime location to showcase so many different types of race vehicles that compete within an hour drive time from there. Last year we covered just about every one of them and we’re confident that we can make this year’s show twice as big.”

The Mall is located on PA route 93 just off of I-81 and not far from I-80 making it easily accessible.

Plans call for cars to enter on Sunday, February 8 after the mall closes at 5:00 p.m. The show open on Monday, February 9 and will then run through Sunday, February 15. Cars will be removed at the end of that day which is 5:00 p.m.

On Saturday afternoon of the show, driver interviews will take place and the “Best of Show” award will be presented. Other activities are currently in the works and will be announced soon.

Cars entered in the show will take up the common area of the mall and space is expected to fill up quickly. Registration will be on a first come first serve basis. Race tracks and vendors are also welcome this year.

Anyone interested in displaying their race cars can all 570-401-8168 or email dlmo@ptd.net for additional information.