ASA Press Release -Lonesome Pine Raceway Favors ASA Grass Roots Atmosphere
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE February 16, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LONESOME PINE RACEWAY PROMOTER FAVORS ASA'S GRASS ROOTS ATMOSPHERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American Speed Association PR DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Tuesday, February 16, 2010) - Harold Crook always has a smile on his face and his passion for short track racing is clearly noticeable. As the promoter of Lonesome Pine Raceway, an ASA Member Track in Coeburn, VA, Crook enjoys using his track as an example to other promoters why they should be part of the ASA Member Track program. Crook recently renewed Lonesome Pine as an ASA Member Track for the 2010 season. The decision was an easy one for him for a simple reason, "If I need to talk to the owner of ASA, I call him and I can talk to him. If I was to call most other sanctioning bodies and ask to speak to the vice-president or the president, who do you think I will get? Not the one I want to talk too," Crook exclaimed. "When you go hands on hand with the racers, the owners, everybody it's a whole lot better in my opinion. If a racer has problems with one of the officials, he doesn't go to the official he wants to go to the person that tells the official what to do. Well I think Dennis (Huth, ASA President) tells you how he runs things and when you go and talk to Dennis, he can answer the question. He doesn't have to ask anybody else." The one theme that Crook uses to describe Lonesome Pine's relationship with the American Speed Association is how they use more of a "grass roots" level of thinking versus a corporate level. " When they (ASA) come to our racetrack and they mingle with our drivers, its like they are part of the program instead of being...oh gosh, you have to be on your best behavior because here is ASA folks and its not like that," Crook said. "It's a family oriented deal and that is what racing is. This is a family oriented sport and it has to be. We don't have the big corporate sponsors that most of these places do, but we do have a lot of good sponsors. We depend on our local grass root folks to sponsor our races and I think that is what ASA does." He also states that his competitors appreciate the insurance program that comes with an ASA membership, "They are real responsive. The insurance plan they provide through WSIB Motorsports Insurance for not only to the competitors but for the track itself is second to none," Crook said. He also sees another value with being an ASA Member Track, "I think it's an asset to a racetrack to have the sanction because I think of the exposure for one thing and they can also call and talk to Dennis or his people about ASA's rules and regulations." Crook has set a goal to increase his car count for the 2010 season, which will include a busy but yet fan and racer friendly schedule, "We have a full schedule with about 22 to 23 events, a couple touring events," Crook said. "Our biggest deal are Kids Nights. We do a lot of Kids Nights at the Speedway. When we race on a normal month when its four Saturday nights, we race three of those Saturday nights and take off one to let the folks re-group. There is a lot of excitement with a lot of new cars being built. I hope we have a lot of new fans. Our goal is to have 100 race cars every Saturday night and we are about 28-30 away from that number. We need fans to visit our website and get a lot of information to see what Lonesome Pines is all about." He also encourages other racetracks around the country to become an ASA Member Track, "When a person talks about sanction, I think the first thing that comes to their mind is money especially at this day and time. But money is not the issue with ASA. Of course it does cost like anything else you do. But it's not astronomical like the other end of it is with some of the other sanctions," Crook explained. "I think anybody that is interested in doing a sanction, they need to call Dennis and the American Speed Association and get the true facts before they decide they are going to do their sanction." "Harold has been a long time friend and a strong advocate of what our goals are," Dennis Huth, ASA President said. "He puts on a great weekly race program that I would encourage all fans and competitors in his area to go and check out. You will find a person who is passionate about this sport and will do what it takes to make everyone involved successful. Lonesome Pine Raceway located at 10800 Norton-Coeburn Rd., Coeburn, VA 24230, is a 3/8 mile Asphalt racetrack. Regular classes that compete Saturday Nights are Late Model, Street Stock. Mod-4 and Pure-4 plus a new division the Lonesome Pine Raceway Charger Division. The track has been operating since 1972 and seats 6,500. It has a State-of-the-Art Public Address System and Television quality lighting plus Private Air-Conditioned VIP Suites. For more information on Lonesome Pine Raceway, please visit www.thepineraceway.com. The ASA Member Track program is comprised of more than 35 short tracks around the United States, as well as a variety of regional and national touring series. For more information, call (386) 258-2221 or send an e-mail to info@asa-racing.com. For news and information from all the racetracks and tours involved in the ASA, visit www.ASA-Racing.com. ASA members in good standing are eligible for a $500,000 Excess Medical Benefit as well as a $20,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit. Coverage for the member begins while traveling to a location promoting an ASA-sanctioned event and continues until arrival home again. The American Speed Association, in conjunction with WSIB Motorsports Insurance, is the only sanctioning body to offer insurance coverage which extends beyond the boundary of the racetrack itself (complete details are available online at www.ASA-Racing.com). ASA¨, ASA Racing¨, and American Speed Association¨ are registered trademarks of Racing Speed Associates, LLC. 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