MZone and THR join SA Daytona watch party

[NickHolt]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Feb. 1, 2004

Contact: Chuck Licata, 903.576.4144 -- Deb Williams, 210.685.0400

 

Motorsports Zone and Thunder Hill Raceway join SA Daytona watch party

 

Officials, drivers, team owners and fans from Thunder Hill Raceway (THR) will join officials from San Antonio Speedway (SAS), Fans Associated with Stock Car Auto Racing (FASCAR) and the United States Racing Association (USRA) for a Daytona 500 Watch Party on Sunday, February 20, at the Firehouse Pub & Grill located at 5380 Walzem Road in San Antonio.

 

The event will kick off with a live, two-hour broadcast of The Motorsports Zone radio show at the Firehouse Pub & Grill starting at 10 a.m. The Motorsports Zone is a weekly one-hour show broadcast on KVET-AM 1300 (Austin) and can be heard online at www.sportsradio1300.com. KVET’s Chuck Licata is joined by Ric Clark of San Antonio as co-hosts of the show.

 

The Daytona 500 takes the green flag at 1 p.m. Central Time.

 

There are plenty of plans pending for the event, and they will be announced as they are confirmed. Event plans currently call for a Car Show with Drivers’ Appearances, including cars and drivers from SAS, along with cars and trucks and drivers from USRA. A few of the Thunder Hill Raceway cars will be on display and will be joined by the NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Road Runner and Women on Wheels classes from SAS, as well as the Super Late Models and USRA/ARTS Lone Star Region trucks series. There will also be door prizes given away during the event.

 

Thunder Hill Raceway is a 3/8-mile paved oval track located right off IH-35 North at Exit 210 (Yarrington Road exit) in Kyle. San Antonio Speedway is a NASCAR-sanctioned half-mile asphalt oval located at 14901 State Hwy. 16 South, about 3.5 miles outside of Loop 410.

 

USRA was started by Terry Dickerson, who bought the then-ROMCO Super Late Model (SLM) series on Nov. 5, 2004 and then purchased the Lone Star Region of the ARTS (AllStar Race Truck Series) on Dec. 19, 2004 to add to the SLM series.

 

Anyone interested in finding out more can call Debbie Williams of SAS at (210) 685-0400 or e-mailing her at debwill@swbell.net; or Chuck Licata of USRA/The Motorsports Zone at (903) 576-4144 and chucklicata@usraspeed.com.