Details Revealed About Upcoming Driver Appreciation Night
(Photo Courtesy of Nikki Gamell)
Many of you are asking, “What is this Drivers Appreciation Night everyone is talking about?". Well here is the scoop on the 1st Annual Drivers Appreciation Night that will be held on Saturday August 23rd. This year Sunset Speedway Park has come up with a wonderful way to thank their drivers for their continued support this over the years.
For each driver who has attended 80% of the races, Sunset Speedway will provide 20 General Grandstand tickets and drivers under 80% will receive 10 General Grandstand tickets. On the back of these tickets, there is a section that the driver must fill out in order to be eligible for the random draw giveaways. The drivers who have the most amount of guests who attend Driver’s Appreciation night will be entered into a drawing for some prizes. The first draw will be for a new driver’s suit. The secondary prizes include aluminum jacks, battery chargers/tenders, tire pressure gauges, and other miscellaneous items.
Following the races we will be having an “Appreciation Party” where we will have a fire pit, cornhole tournament and potluck. We have sign-up sheets at the office for the potluck items, or you can call/email Laurie or Nikki to sign up for the item you choose to bring. The categories have been split up as following : Late Models – Main Dish, IMCA Modifieds & B-Mods – Main Dish, Street Stocks – Dessert, Pure Stocks, Women & Dwarfs – Side Dishes/Salads, 4-Bees – Plates, Napkins, Silverware. Bring your own beverage. Please be sure to email or call to sign up so we do not have multiple items we have many drivers already signed up.
The format of this night will be similar to Fan Appreciation Night, we will have qualifying and mains ONLY. There will be NO HEATS. We will line up all the cars on the front stretch where all of their guests will be able to enter on to the front stretch to meet and greet all the other drivers.
“We wanted to come up with a way to show our drivers that we greatly appreciate their continued support throughout all the years. The tickets that we are providing to the drivers are for them to give to all their sponsors, fans, friends, families or maybe even strangers who have never come to the races. Hopefully we will gain new fans for years to come by putting this event on. We wanted to give back to the drivers and hope they enjoy this event. We would like to continue this for years to come.” stated Nikki Gamell, Regional Manager, “At the end of the day we want our drivers and crews to know that we are very thankful that they choose to race with us, as we all know they have the choice on where they race. We hope to see everyone at this event, as it is sure to be a success. Let’s pack the house!”
To obtain your tickets, you can call Nikki at 503-476-7206 or email her at nswatzell@gmail.com. Or stop by the track on Saturday August 9th before 3:30pm.