NELMA Late Model Challenge Victor to Receive the
Coastal 181 Cup
There’s nothing more rewarding than a NELMA Late Model Challenge victory,
as it’s one of the hardest wins to chock up on a pavement late model
driver’s résumé. While the win itself is rewarding, it’s equally satisfying
that the victor gets a nice check, a beautiful girl in victory lane, and,
perhaps the most important, a trophy, which serves as an everlasting memento
of a driver’s triumph. This year, Coastal 181, which publishes and sells
books geared for racers, will reward the 2009 champion with the first-ever
Coastal 181 Cup.
“Coastal 181 and the Boyds are good friends of racing,” said NELMA promoter
J.A. Ackley. “Like what Reading Rainbow has done for the kids of the 1980s
and ‘90s, Coastal 181 has gotten us racers to read about the sport and its
history. The Boyds are the LeVar Burtons of motorsports. But, you don’t have
to take my word for it.”
Paved Track Dirt Track by Lew Boyd chronicles two tracks in the
backyard of NELMA’s host track, Sundance Vacations Speedway. Old Bridge
Stadium in New Jersey and Nazareth Raceway in Pennsylvania were gritty but
dramatic tracks that hosted the finest drivers from all over the Eastern
Seaboard. The book captures amazing tales of Frankie Schneider, Eddie Flemke,
Al Tasnady, the Reutimanns, Joe Kelly, Pete Frazee, Elton Hildreth and many
more, as well as hundreds of pictures from drivers' scrapbooks, most never
before published. For more information on Paved Track Dirt Track or
other fine racing literature from Coastal 181, visit
www.coastal181.com or call
1-877-907-8181.
While the late models will compete for the Coastal 181 Cup in the NELMA Late
Model Challenge, they will be joined by three other divisions with
hot-and-heavy competition – the NELMA Legends Car Fall Classic, NELMA Pro
Truck Rumble, and the NELMA Street Stock Fender Fury. Immediately preceding
the program will be the inaugural Hazleton Rat Rod Festival and Automotive
Swap Meet, which will run from 10AM-2PM. For competitors, pits open at 8 AM
on Saturday, October 24, with practice beginning at 10 AM. For NELMA fans,
grandstands will open at 12 noon, with qualifying to begin at 12:30 PM, and
the show to start at 2 PM. The rain date for the show is Sunday, October 25.
For more information about October’s can’t-miss event, visit
www.nelmaracing.com or call
570-855-0137.