QUAKER STEAK & LUBE DIRT TRACK HEROES CAR SHOW EVENT WILL RUN MARCH 6-12, 2016 AT PHILLIPSBURG MALL
Story By:Steve Pados/DTH Show Media Photos By:Bob Yurko/Racersguide.com
Phillipsburg Pa.- The tentative schedule for the popular ninth edition of the week long Quaker Steak & Lube Dirt Track Heroes Show is now confirmed for 2016. The successful event will once again begin its week long run at the Phillipsburg Mall located off Route 22 East in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Opening day is set for Sunday, March 6th with a salute to all of the racetracks and a special emphasis on the great racing that took place at the speedways located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, including the half mile, and both the paved and dirt versions of the larger National speedway which closed after the 2004 racing season. A special tribute to the legendary Hall of Fame race driver Carl “Fuzzy” Van Horn is on tap for the opening day of the event.
The upcoming show encompasses the majority of the local short track scene and will continue through Saturday night, March 12th. In announcing the tentative schedule organizer Bob Miller stated, “We have enjoyed a great run with this show and the schedule will pretty much be in sync with what we have done in the past but with special emphasis on certain drivers who built the foundation of the sport as we know it today. We have worked out an exciting and diverse schedule aimed at being fan, driver, sponsor and organization friendly and once again look forward to a great show in Phillipsburg.” Miller further added, “The solid support from the fans and all of the historical racing groups and current day speedways has made the event a special occasion for all of us involved with the production of this great show and through the efforts of our staff have been able to include one night of Drag Racing Memories for the guys who helped build straight line fever.”
Quaker Steak & Lube, or The Lube(r) to loyalists, the award-winning casual dining concept known for its Best Wings USA and over 25 signature sauces, is fully prepped and geared as the lead sponsor for the annual event. The original restaurant was built in 1974 in an abandoned gas station, decorated with license plates and old muscle cars. Originally a “cook-your-own-steak” establishment, The Lube’s signature dish is now its fabulous chicken wings and the wide variety of sauces used to season the wings. The name is a play on that of the motor oil company Quaker State. There are over 55 restaurant locations, operating in eastern Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Louisiana and Florida as well as western and central Pennsylvania. The Pohatcong Township (Phillipsburg, NJ) Quaker Steak & Lube is located at 1304 US Route 22, Phillipsburg, NJ, and welcomes all race fans and families to stop by their location when visiting the New Jersey area to be re-charged and re-fueled.
The excitement for the upcoming show is at a fever pitch as Nelson Gonzalez, Marketing Manager of Quaker Steak & Lube stated, “We are once again excited to sponsor and be part of the Dirt Track Heroes Car Show. The event is extremely popular and even though the event is still six weeks from now we feel the excitement building from within as there is a constant buzz about the event at Quaker Steak & Lube.” Gonzalez further added, “Our involvement with a show of this magnitude is a natural fit for us as our restaurants recognize and salute the racing heroes of the past, present and future. We look forward to showcasing our Quaker Steak & Lube Restaurant at the 2016 event and becoming more involved with the show and local racing action in the future.”
The Phillipsburg Mall has proven to be a popular setting for this special event and will once again offer many varieties of new and vintage race cars, racing memorabilia, collectibles and photos on display throughout the Mall for the duration of the show’s run. The eight previous shows have brought race cars from all divisions of motorsports filling the Mall space and highlighted in a week long show celebrating the love each of us has found in attending races and meeting so many wonderful people associated with the sport. With an exciting and diverse schedule of events to whet the appetite of any true race fan, large crowds are expected to flock to the show to fill the wide walkways of the Phillipsburg Mall for the upcoming ninth edition of the show. All historical racing groups including Reading, Flemington, Nazareth, Tri State and Harmony will have their memorabilia on display and their many scrapbooks open for the fans to take another long look at the glory years of racing and possibly find a picture or two they want to purchase as a keepsake from past glory or racing exploits. The show remains free to the public as it has been since first landing at the Phillipsburg Mall eight years ago. Cars on display will include big block and small block Modifieds, Sportsman, all divisions of Micro-Sprints, ARDC Midgets, all divisions of Sprint Cars, Slingshots, Stage One Modifieds, X-Cel Modifieds, Late Models,
SpeedSTRS, Go-Karts and a broad variety of vintage and restored race cars. New Egypt, Bridgeport, Hamlin, Accord, Action Track USA, and Snydersville will again be among the many speedways involved with the 2016 edition of the show. The week-long event will set aside one evening to salute the “Stars of Tomorrow” with a special night for the budding young racing talents competing with the many quarter midget clubs in the area and this night has proven to be one of the highlights of the week as many of the youngsters will be giving their first ever interviews to a large crowd.
The Quaker Steak & Lube 9th Annual Dirt Track Heroes Car Show will again offer a great keepsake event souvenir program book and shirt. The
Phillipsburg Mall is open Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM; Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 9 PM. For Dirt Track Heroes information, contact the show organizers at TOTHILL98@aol.com or visit their website: www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com for show entry forms.
Ninth Annual Quaker Steak & Lube Dirt Track Heroes Car Show
2016 Schedule of Events
Sunday- March 6- 11:30 to 12:30- Seminar Richie and Joel Smith of Smith
Fabrications and the Stage One Modifieds
Sunday- March 6 – (Starting at 1:00) – Dirt Track Heroes Car Show Opening
Ceremony with Driver Interviews and Autograph Session: Special Tribute to
Carl ” Fuzzy” Van Horn and highlighting Nazareth and Nazareth National
Speedways and Dorney Park Speedways
Second Show- (Immediately following Interviews)- VRP Shock Seminar and
Demonstration with Vince Valeriano.
Monday- March 7 – (6:30 PM) – Straight Line Fever Drag Racing Night
featuring Island Dragway, Harmony Dragway and Mountain View Dragway
Tuesday- March 8 – (6:30 PM)- Saluting the “Stars of Tomorrow” featuring all
Quarter Midget Clubs: Blue Mountain, Lehigh Valley, West End Raceway,
Keystone, Oaklane, Phoenixville, South Jersey and Garden State Quarter
Midget Clubs
Wednesday- March 9 – (6:30 PM) – Saluting Hamlin Speedway all divisions,
Snydersville Raceway, Mahoning Speedway, Accord Speedway, Orange County Fair
Speedway
Thursday- March 10- (6:30) Saluting New Egypt, Bridgeport Speedway,
Grandview Speedway, Big Diamond Raceway and X-Cel Modifieds
Friday – March 11 – (1st Show (4 p.m.) – Presents Special Edition “The
Legends of Racing” with many legendary stars from Reading, Nazareth, Harmony
and Flemington expected to participate with Special Tribute to “The Old
Master” Frankie Schneider
Second Show- (6:30 PM) Presents Salute to Open Wheel Racing
Divisions-Thunder on the Hill Racing Series, ATQMRA, ARDC Midgets, Action
Track USA, TSRS and Sprint Cars, 358 and 360 Sprint Car Divisions
Saturday – March 12 – (1:00) –Presents Special Tribute to Stan “The Man”
Ploski, Flemington Speedway & Flemington Speedway Historical Society,
Harmony Speedway and Nazareth Speedways
Mall Hours: Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. –
*Schedule subject to change
