AFFORDABLE RACING TECHNOLOGY

OVER $23,000.00 TO SPEEDWAY ENTERTAINMENT DRIVERS

Myerstown, PA. January 9th, 2012:  The AACA Museum in Hershey, PA was the site of the 2011 Speedway Entertainment Awards Banquet. The special affair was to celebrate national champions in the All Star Slingshot, Junior Slingshot and SpeedSTR divisions as well as regional and track champions for all classes of Slingshots. A stellar affair with 200 in attendance was treated to a BBQ buffet and the entertainment provided by "Jammin" Jimmy Payne. John McGill and "The Voice of Choice" Barry Angstadt were in charge of keeping the award ceremonies as informative and honorable as only these 2 men can possibly do.

2011 All Star Elite 11 Drivers accept their awards at the Annual Awards Banquet.

Heading the list of award winners was Oley's Brett Bieber who took top honors in a season long battle with the driver of the S&S Speedways 5S,Simon Egan. Bieber took the Marlin Bieber # 32 to a track championship at Shellhammers along with his Mid Atlantic Silver title and a second place run in the Speedweeks mini-series. Egan had wins at West End and Penn Can. Matt Carman in the Slinger Warehouse # 7,Gary Hieber aboard the Scrappy Auto Parts # 56 and Bangor, PA's Cody Kline all were within striking distance of Bieber making this year's point chase one of the closest in history as far as the top 5 in points are involved. Cody Kline was part of the virtual tie with 2010 All Star champion Shannon Smith, who took her S&S Speedways # 23 to a sixth place season ending finish. Brett will be receiving a nice slice of the point fund in the amount of $1625 and also a new Slingshot chassis and body. Egan's runner-up spot and his 2011 Mid Atlantic Gold Region championship will have a total of $1100 heading his way.

In a run to the last lap of the Junior National championship at Accord Speedway, Nepanoch, NY's Tyler Johnston, just crossed under the checkered before a chain break. This was enough to give Tyler the Junior National honors just over Chris 'The Midget" Kurtz ,who won the Accord event. Kurtz, added three runner-up tallies to his total enroot to his Great 8 accomplishments. Dylan Martin, used a Borgers win and some top five finishes to lay claim to third as the 2011 Hamlin Junior champion piloted the Mark Gray 33 again in 2011.Jonestown,PA's Kyle Gruber, was held out of the Junior National win circle ,but his four top five runs along with his bonus points from Hamlin slotted him for a season ending fourth. Rounding out the top five was the 2011 WVMP Junior champion Alex Shaffer, who ran the Trevor Bayne # 21 copy to top 6 runs at Borgers and Kutztown. Tyler's point awards will result in a total of $400+ a new body as the top 3 in the Junior National will have new sheet metal for the 2012 season.

2011 Junior National Great 8 in points receive their awards.

An international tour was set in place for the SpeedSTR teams and when the final lap was run at New Egypt Speedway in November, Yannick Poirier, became the first Canadian National Champion in the 4 year run of the SpeedSTR's. Yannick was also the 2011 RevStar champion, thus giving him the needed bonus points for the $1000 point fund award over Rich Tobias as Paul Lotier,Jr. with 3 second place national runs just missed the 2nd spot by 5 points.2011 American Region champion Kyle Hieber in the Bucks County International 6 was 4th in the final tally as Autodrome Drummond winner Brittany Wixon gave the Lee Wixon prepared # 15 4 top 6 runs to earn her 5th place final totals.

Slingshot & SpeedSTR Creator Rich Tobias (middle) plants a kiss on the cheek of

Randy Smith (right), and Denise Smith (left), who took home Promoters of the Year.

The top 11 in the SpeedSTR National Series will all be honored. The Elite 11 in the All Star Slingshots, the Great 8 in the Junior Slingshots, the International 11 in the SpeedSTR's. the top 3 in each Slingshot region, track champions ,the top 10 in the SpeedSTR American Region were all honored with point fund checks, parts credit, new bodies and chassis and achievement plaques and trophies. Door prizes and items for the champions charities also were part of the evening's schedule as the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital will receive money in the name of the Junior National Champion Tyler Johnston with the All Star Champion, Brett Bieber seeing his name on the donation form to the Shriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.

Special awards were given to drivers, mechanics, media members and race tracks for their support of Speedway Entertainment class events.

2011 Special Award Winners.

Slingshot Special Awards: Best Appearing Car: Herb Finger  Most Improved Driver: Ryan Raidline  Rising Star: Danny Buccafusca  Mechanic of the Year: Marlin Bieber  Hard Luck Award: Shannon Smith  Sportsmanship Award: Bill Weaver  Jr. Rookie of the   Year: Abbey Price  Jr. Hard Luck Award: Brandon McGill  Jr. Mechanic of the Year: Shawn Mobley  Best Promotion: Penn Can Battle by the Border  Promoter of the Year: Randy & Denise Smith  Dealer of the Year: RevStar  John LeVan Writer of the Year: Bill Nelson  Bill Hess Photographer of the Year: Dennis Takacs  Mass Media Award: BCTV  Jr. Driver of the Year: Tyler Johnston  All Star Driver of the Year: Brett Bieber  Dedication Award: Jim Glass  SpeedSTR Special Awards:  Best Appearing Car: Don Zrinski  Rookie of the Year: Maxime Plante  Mechanic of the Year: Scott Munroe  Hard Luck Award: Freddie Rahmer  Sportsmanship Award: Mike Vermeullen  Most Improved: Brittany Wixon