RAIN CANCELS JENNERSTOWN

JENNERSTOWN, PA (July 16, 2005) … Violent afternoon thunderstorms forced the cancellation of Saturday evening’s five-division NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series racing program at Jennerstown Speedway.

The rain also postponed the inaugural appearance of Megasaurus, a thirty-one foot tall, car eating, fire breathing mechanical dinosaur, that has been touted as the ‘metal marvel of the millennium’.

“A lot of  kids and families were disappointed by the cancellation of Megasaurus,” said speedway general manager Larry Mattingly, “but we have been able reschedule the show to be part of our big ‘Night of Destruction’ on September 10^th. Megasaurus will be joining monster trucks, a jet car burn, a giant demolition derby and other specialty acts.”

Next Saturday evening the half-mile paved Somerset County oval will play host to the Tom Clark Auto Family ‘Race of Champions’ featuring NASCAR Nextel Cup stars Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader. The quartet will be racing in a pair of exhibition contests, as well as participating in a pre-race autograph session.

Spectator gates next week will open at 12:00 PM. Parking lot gates will open at 9:00 AM

The autograph session is tentatively slated for 5:30, with racing set for 6:30 PM. 

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