ANNUAL BANQUET INFO 
    by: Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway, Moberly, MOMOBERLY, MO (Dec 6) - Once 
    more, the 2007 season Awards Banquet for 24 Raceway's season is set for the 
    Saturday evening of the 12th of January, 2008 at the Moberly Municipal 
    Auditorium in downtown Moberly, Missouri at Rollins & Clark. A happy hour / 
    social gathering will kick off the night at 5pm with cash bar available. 
    Dinner is being catered by Kre'ative Katering of Moberly and served at 6pm. 
    Awards will follow at 7pm. After that, one of Dave Holder's team of 
    mechanics, Mr. 'Heavy Duty', will entertain the crowd with his band known as 
    "Hindsight" from 8 to 11pm. If you've wondered if that big man from the pit 
    area who's performed the National Anthem, does any professional singing, 
    come and check out the band of he sings with. And they play songs you'll all 
    recogize. Drawings for the many door prizes from various sponsors will also 
    take place during the early part of the evening. 
     
    Awards for top finishers in the five classes, racing regularly at 24 Raceway 
    consisting of: A-modified, B-modified, Sportsman, Hobby Stock, and the 4 cyl. 
    Hornets will take place following the dinner. Individual nominations have 
    been requested and will be voted on in the following four categories of: 1) 
    Most Improved Driver 2) Hard-luck Award 3) Sportsmanship Award and 4) Most 
    Valuable Pit Person. Please see the registration form. 
     
    Admission for the banquet and dance is $25 per person in advance, with a 
    form for mailing the payment available on line at www.24racewayinmoberly.com 
    . Payment and reservation form goes to 24 Raceway, PO Box 553, Moberly, MO 
    65270. Based on the past attendance figures, preparations for around 250 to 
    275 are being made. Memberships for the upcoming 2008 season, along with 
    reservations for the 60 concrete pad rentals, can be paid either by mail or 
    at the banquet. The website now has posted the new rules for the B-modified 
    class on the Forum section of the website, with the new 360 cubic inch 
    limit, along with the revised Hobby Stock rules. And the same site of 
    www.24racewayinmoberly.com will soon have the other rules revisions for the 
    remaining three classes on there too, also under the Forum.  
     
    This coming season, practice sessions are scheduled for the weekend 
    afternoons of March 29 and 30, weather permitting, and track conditions 
    being race ready. Several specials have already been booked for this year, 
    including three W.O.W. 360 Sprint races, along with the return of the Late 
    Models of the MLRA, likely in mid-summer, and the mid-Missouri ULMA group 
    early in the 2008 season. An initial draft of the upcoming 2008 schedule 
    will be available before the banquet, but there's still room available to 
    include several businesses in sponsoring of these events.  
     
    And as throughout this past 2007 season, 24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri, 
    would like to thank all of its sponsors, in particular: Isle of 
    Capri-Boonville, Moberly Motors, Best Western/Moberly Inn, L&J Development 
    of Moberly, Mid America Harley Davidson and MHC Kenworth, both of Columbia, 
    Commerce Bank of Moberly, Pepsi Americas and Miller Beer for their continued 
    support. We hope to see all of you, your families and friends, both at the 
    banquet and at the races in 2008! 
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