EASTERN MUSEUM OF MOTOR RACING TO AGAIN HOST
NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME ‘REUNION EAST’
by: Thomas J Schmeh

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (February 27, 2006) - The second annual ‘Eastern Reunion’ for National Sprint Car Hall of Famers will take place on Saturday afternoon, April 1, at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing (EMMR) in York Springs, Pennsylvania. The free meet-and-greet session with the fans will be hosted by veteran historian Pat Sullivan of Indianapolis, and will take place from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Eastern Museum on the Latimore Valley Fairgrounds. All East-Coast-based inductees into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame are invited to participate in the forum, including 2006 inductee Granville “Buster” Warke of Center Valley, Pennsylvania.

It is expected that last year’s participants, including famed car owner Al Hamilton and championship drivers Keith Kauffman, Lynn Paxton, Larry “Smokey” Snellbaker and Ray Tilley, will all be back to join in the festivities at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing. It is hoped that other legendary Hall of Famers like Bobby Allen, Davey Brown (Sr.), Chris Economaki, and Steve Smith might also be able to be present. In a surprise announcement, ’06 inductee and racer-turned-author Newton “Buzz” Rose of Arizona said that he is also planning on being on-hand for the affair. And it is possible that another Midwest-based inductee will make the effort to go east this year, much like sprint car owner/mechanic/builder Bob Trostle did in 2005.

Joe Heisler III is helping coordinate the activities, as he does each October with the annual EMMR/NSCHoF Benefit Auction at the Williams Grove National Open. Those seeking more information on the EMMR, which will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on that opening day, are encouraged to visit their web site at www.emmr.org. Jim Cadwell, a former racer at the Knoxville Raceway in the Fifties, will be part of the Knoxville-based museum’s delegation. Those seeking more info on the NSCHoF are asked to visit the national museum’s web site at www.sprintcarhof.com.