NASCAR Haulers On Route 66 - July 2!

FOURTH OF JULY “ROUTE 66” NASCAR HAULER PARADE
JULY 2 - ARCADIA to IRWINDALE ROUTE ANNOUNCED
King Taco 200 & Fireworks At Toyota Speedway – July 3

Irwindale, Calif. - - More than twenty huge NASCAR haulers will parade down Route 66 some 12 miles from Arcadia to Irwindale early on Friday evening July 2nd to help celebrate America’s birthday and to announce the fact that the NASCAR K&N touring pros are in town and ready to race in the King Taco 200 on Saturday night July 3rd.

Decked out in not only in team colors, but also the red, white, and blue of the annual Independence Day celebration, the giant eighteen-wheelers will gather in the parking lot at Santa Anita at 5:30PM, form up and then head out at 6:15 for the estimated 45-minute drive* that will take the top teams through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Azusa, and Irwindale en route to the Speedway.

“A parade like this has become a real tradition at a number of major NASCAR races around the country, and we felt that we should celebrate one of our biggest NASCAR races of the year with our own hauler parade,”  said track GM Bob DeFazio.  “I hope that all of our local fans will turn out to give these teams a wave and a cheer as they come down Route 66 on Friday night.” 

And … Once they get to the track they begin the work of unloading and setting up for Saturday night, July third’s colossal show:

The track’s annual Independence Day Celebration has become one of the most-anticipated events of the year, a supercharged fireworks show that’s always the most spectacular in the Valley, and some “smokin’ hot” racing to match the skyshow.  This year the King Taco 200 for the K&N Pro Series takes center stage, that’s a full 100 miles of door-to-door, two-and-three (and every few laps four!) wide racing by the top NASCAR pros in the Western United States.  

David Mayhew, Paulie Harraka, Greg Pursley, Luis Martinez, Jr., Eric Holmes and about 25 of their NASCAR driver “friends” will all be here and all looking for points and prize money in the sixth event of the 12-race series that visits seven Western states in the run for its 2010 championship.  

Also on the card that evening are the always entertaining Auto Club Late Models.  And then, there’s the opportunity to celebrate July the 4th a day early (not to mention giving fans a great chance to double up on observing America’s birthday).  

We might as well all start practicing now: “Ooow … Ahhh… Wow!”

THERE ARE STILL A FEW GOOD SEATS LEFT FOR THIS ONE:  www.toyotaspeedwayatirwindale.com
626-358-1100

*full route of the parade:  Santa Anita parking lot onto Huntington Drive – Foothill Boulevard, east to Irwindale Avenue, south to Arrow Highway, left on Live Oak Avenue to the Toyota Speedway.

PHOTO EDITOR OP:  This event will be a great one for a wide shot.  For exact timing of the parade contact Kris Boesen at the Speedway (626) 358-1100. THANKS!