RIVERSIDE RACERS SHINE

AT UPPER VALLEY CAR SHOW

            The weatherman gave the promoters of the 8^th Annual Upper Valley Car Show in West Lebanon, New Hampshire dismal forecasts for the entire weekend, but sweet little Mother Nature supplied us with a chilly, partly sunny, Sunday afternoon, allowing a huge crowd to wander through the Wal-Mart parking lot, and view some beautiful racecars donned in their Sunday best!

            The show was put on by Bear Ridge Speedway and US Cellular, and featured cars from Bear Ridge, Riverside Speedway, Canaan Fair Speedway, Legion Speedway, The North Eastern Kart Co., and the Granite State Mini-Sprint organization. In all, over twenty racecars were on display, all shined up for the 2008 racing season.

            Riverside Speedway was well represented as four beautiful cars made the long trek south to participate in the show. Those participants included the Late Models of Russell Clark of Littleton, New Hampshire, Paul Schartner III and Jeremy Lacoss of Lyndonville, Vermont, and Angels competitor, Mary Eastman, also of Lyndonville.

            “The craftsmanship and paint schemes of these cars were incredible, stated Riverside Speedway general manager, Dick Therrien. The economy may be a little slow, but you certainly wouldn’t know it by the immaculate paint jobs, and the number of sponsors painted on these cars. They have gone all out to showcase their fine machines and our product to the fans. Even though we were out of our immediate drawing area, I had the chance to pass out a ton of schedules and pass along a lot of information about our Speedway to a lot of racing fans. Many stated that they were going to try and make it up to Riverside this summer, and hopefully we can entice them to come back. A big thanks to these generous teams that traveled all the way down here to display their racecars, as they certainly impressed race fans from the Upper Valley enough to want to visit our facility. I also want to thank CV Elms and April, as well as US Cellular for putting on this fine show. It is well worth the long trip for us, and also a great way to kick off the 2008 racing season for all.”