JEnnerstown drops pa legacy series for 2006

JENNERSTOWN, PA (Oct. 5, 2005) … Jennerstown Speedway announced that it is dropping the PA legacy series from its weekly race card in 2006.

The cars are powered by sealed Mazda four cylinder engines, and are smaller five eighths scale versions of the speedway’s headline super late model division. The class has been a staple at the Somerset County half-mile asphalt oval since 1996.

“It was a tough decision to make,” said speedway General Manager Larry Mattingly. “The legacy cars have been a part of our program for the past nine seasons. The class has produced drivers such as Brian Vickers, Ryan Hemphill, Jayme Beck and Kyle Martel. But, from a business perspective we needed to make a change.

“It has been our goal to reduce the number of weekly divisions to four,” he stated. “We haven’t seen much growth in the legacy class over the past three years, and that is what prompted the move.”

Jennerstown will now feature super late models, late models, street stocks and hobby stocks on its weekly Saturday evening race program.

“Scaling back to four classes also permits us to increase our added value entertainment programs, and still maintain a three hour race program,” Mattingly said. “With the demise of the legacy division there will be a greater emphasis placed on our entry level hobby stock program. We saw the hobby fields double in size this year, and we are projecting even bigger fields in 2006.”

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