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JACK HEWITT NAMED GRAND MARSHALL FOR
LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC
ROSEVILLE,
CALIFORNIA (July 9, 2012) – Two-time USAC Silver Crown Series champion Jack Hewitt has been named
"Grand Marshall" for the 2012 edition of the "Louie Vermeil
Classic" at Calistoga Speedway this Labor Day weekend. The USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and USAC Western
Midgets will be action for two days of competition over September 1-2 on the
historic half-mile.
Calistoga
Speedway is one of the oldest operating dirt tracks in the nation and will
welcome one of the most storied USAC pilots of all time. In addition to his USAC Silver Crown
championships, Hewitt is also the winningest driver in Silver Crown series
history.
But perhaps
above all of Hewitt's accomplishments is his 1998 sweep of the "Four
Crown" at Eldora Speedway when he won features for Modifieds, USAC
Sprints, USAC Midgets, and USAC Silver Crown cars in a single evening. The achievement will likely never be
duplicated again.Hewitt also completed
his quest towards a run in the Indianapolis 500 by scoring a 12th place finish
in his lone Indy start in 1998.
For the
2012 "Louie Vermeil Classic" race fans will have the opportunity to
witness their own brand of history in the making, as Temecula's Mike Spencer is
on a run towards his fifth consecutive USAC/CRA championship. Spencer won the 2011 edition of the Vermeil
and looks poised for the same success this season to propel himself towards the
title.
Drivers in
the Vermeil race for a prestigious purse of $3000 to win on Saturday night and
a whopping $5000 for the Sunday feature. Midget competition is also lucrative with $1500 to win Saturday's show
while the Sunday big money feature is a healthy $3000 to the winner. The purse is augmented by money raised
through Saturday's wine tasting event, Sunday's beer tasting, and a
weekend-long silent auction of racing memorabilia.
The race
event represents the only opportunity to see non-wing traditional Sprints and
Midgets on a half-mile speedway in Northern California each season and the fifth annual
edition promises to be one of the most hotly contested yet. Following Calistoga, the USAC/CRA will take their show on the road to
Silver Dollar Speedway for a Wednesday night event before the prestigious Gold
Cup Race of Champions continues that weekend.
Tickets are
available now by calling Hunt's Race World in Roseville, CA at (916) 773-7223. More information on Calistoga Speedway
available at www.calistogaspeedway.org and more information the Louie Vermeil
Classic is available at www.louievermeilclassic.net
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