ANNUAL BANQUET INFO
by: Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway, Moberly, MOMOBERLY, MO (Dec 6) - Once
more, the 2007 season Awards Banquet for 24 Raceway's season is set for the
Saturday evening of the 12th of January, 2008 at the Moberly Municipal
Auditorium in downtown Moberly, Missouri at Rollins & Clark. A happy hour /
social gathering will kick off the night at 5pm with cash bar available.
Dinner is being catered by Kre'ative Katering of Moberly and served at 6pm.
Awards will follow at 7pm. After that, one of Dave Holder's team of
mechanics, Mr. 'Heavy Duty', will entertain the crowd with his band known as
"Hindsight" from 8 to 11pm. If you've wondered if that big man from the pit
area who's performed the National Anthem, does any professional singing,
come and check out the band of he sings with. And they play songs you'll all
recogize. Drawings for the many door prizes from various sponsors will also
take place during the early part of the evening.
Awards for top finishers in the five classes, racing regularly at 24 Raceway
consisting of: A-modified, B-modified, Sportsman, Hobby Stock, and the 4 cyl.
Hornets will take place following the dinner. Individual nominations have
been requested and will be voted on in the following four categories of: 1)
Most Improved Driver 2) Hard-luck Award 3) Sportsmanship Award and 4) Most
Valuable Pit Person. Please see the registration form.
Admission for the banquet and dance is $25 per person in advance, with a
form for mailing the payment available on line at www.24racewayinmoberly.com
. Payment and reservation form goes to 24 Raceway, PO Box 553, Moberly, MO
65270. Based on the past attendance figures, preparations for around 250 to
275 are being made. Memberships for the upcoming 2008 season, along with
reservations for the 60 concrete pad rentals, can be paid either by mail or
at the banquet. The website now has posted the new rules for the B-modified
class on the Forum section of the website, with the new 360 cubic inch
limit, along with the revised Hobby Stock rules. And the same site of
www.24racewayinmoberly.com will soon have the other rules revisions for the
remaining three classes on there too, also under the Forum.
This coming season, practice sessions are scheduled for the weekend
afternoons of March 29 and 30, weather permitting, and track conditions
being race ready. Several specials have already been booked for this year,
including three W.O.W. 360 Sprint races, along with the return of the Late
Models of the MLRA, likely in mid-summer, and the mid-Missouri ULMA group
early in the 2008 season. An initial draft of the upcoming 2008 schedule
will be available before the banquet, but there's still room available to
include several businesses in sponsoring of these events.
And as throughout this past 2007 season, 24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri,
would like to thank all of its sponsors, in particular: Isle of
Capri-Boonville, Moberly Motors, Best Western/Moberly Inn, L&J Development
of Moberly, Mid America Harley Davidson and MHC Kenworth, both of Columbia,
Commerce Bank of Moberly, Pepsi Americas and Miller Beer for their continued
support. We hope to see all of you, your families and friends, both at the
banquet and at the races in 2008!
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