Jennerstown cancels night of destruction

JENNERSTOWN, PA (Sept.1, 2005) … Jennerstown Speedway has cancelled its ‘Night of Destruction’ promotion, scheduled for Saturday, Sept 10. 

“We ran into a myriad of problems attempting to put the program together,” said speedway general manager Larry Mattingly. “In retrospect scheduling the program this late in the season was the biggest hurdle. If we carried through with the show next Sat. in its present format, it was going to end up being a ‘second class’ performance. That’s not how we do things at Jennerstown. We would rather cancel, than give our fans a second rate show.”

Jennerstown has not given up on the concept of the show, or presenting other thrill show acts at the half mile asphalt Somerset County oval.

“On the contrary,” Mattingly said, “we plan to sit down with the thrill show agencies at the end of the season and schedule an earlier summer date. We feel a ‘Night of Destruction’ spectacular has great entertainment potential, but we need to do a better job doing our homework.

“We know that thrill-show type acts are popular,” he added. “The high flying free style motocross performers we brought in during late June produced one of our better crowds and left our fans wanting more.”

Jennerstown will now be dark on Sept. 10, but will return to action on Sept 17 with a ‘Halloween … a month early’ special. In the spotlight will be twin 30-lap features for the Wheeler Bros. super late models and a 50-lap National Allison legacy race. In addition, any fan dressed in full costume will be admitted free. There will also be special Halloween activities for children in the Kids’ Fun Zone.

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