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PROMOTERS VOTE CURLEY
29TH AUTO RACING PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
LAKE MARY, FL, February 10, 2005 In the Grand Ballroom at the
Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, February 10, Tom Curley, promoter of Thunder Road
(VT)International Speedbowl, was revealed as the 29th Auto Racing Promoter
of the Year by Racing Promotion Monthly, the idea newsletter for auto racing
promoters.
Curley received
the industry's most prestigious award on
his third nomination. The ceremony was part of the 32nd Annual RPM
Promoters Workshops, a forum and trade show for over 600 promoters, which
concluded Saturday, February 12, at the hotel.
The Auto Racing
Promoter of the Year is selected annually in balloting by promoters
nationwide.
Honored as Regional Auto Racing Promoters of the Year were
Frank Plessinger,
Hagerstown (MD) Speedway;
The Stone Family and Ted
Austad, Oglethorpe (GA) Speedway;
Dick Chrysler, Kil-Kare
(OH) Speedway;
Bob Allen, Arlington &
Redwood (MN) Speedways;
Robert Lawton, Boone
(IA) Speedway;
Lanny Edwards, Devil's Bowl, Lawton & State Fair Speedways (TX, OK);
John Padjen, Silver Dollar & Placerville (CA) Speedways
Two other awards were presented during the ceremonies. Rex Robbins,
founder of the American Speed Association, received the sixth annual
Stew Reamer Service Award, recognizing lifetime service to the weekly auto
racing industry.
National Speed Sport
News, presented the sixteenth
annual National Speed Sport News Award for outstanding annual short track
event to the Winternationals, held annually at East Bay (FL) Raceway.
The Lake Mary Workshop is the second event of the 32nd RPM Promoters
Workshops Series and the 89th produced by RPM during its 32-year run.
The RPM Promoters Workshops and Racing Promotion Monthly, the idea
news letter of auto racing promoters, are produced with the support of K&K
Insurance Group, Inc. and Hoosier Racing Tire. More information is
available from RPM at 920-294-0830, or on the World Wide Web at
www.racingpromotionmonthly.net.
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