Beech Ridge racers look forward to Racin’ Preview 2010 at the Portland Expo

Portland, Maine – Beech Ridge Motor Speedway will be well-represented by a wide variety of oval track racers at Racin’ Preview 2010, set for Friday and Saturday, February 19-20 at the Portland Expo.

Scarborough’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway is in its’ seventh decade of providing outstanding family entertainment, these days both with the traditional Saturday night racing program – dubbed NASCAR Nites – and their groundbreaking Thursday Thunder program, successfully imitated by many other Northeastern tracks after being pioneered by track operator Andy Cusack well over a decade ago.

Not only is Beech Ridge Motor Speedway the lone NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racetrack in Maine, it’s also the Pine Tree State’s only oval hosting weekly competition at the Super Late Model division level. Future Maine Hall of Famer Mike Rowe is the reigning champion of that top-tier division, the NASCAR Pro Series.

At least a half-dozen of the sleek powerful NASCAR Pro Series cars will anchor the Beech Ridge Motor Speedway display at Racin’ Preview 2010. Several other divisions from the entry-level Whiz Kidz class up through the ultra-competitive NASCAR Sport Series will be well-represented at the Expo show.

A dozen or more other racetracks and touring series will join Beech Ridge Motor Speedway at Racin’ Preview 2010, including the touring Pro All Stars Series Super Late Models and the open-wheel Modified Racing Series, which will both be in action at Beech Ridge during the 2010 season.

Unity Raceway, Wiscasset Raceway, Speedway 95, Lee USA Speedway, Big Daddy’s Speedbowl, Canaan Fair Speedway and Bear Ridge Speedway displays showcase both dirt and asphalt weekly racing competitors and their racecars, scheduled to test the local tracks just a couple of months following Racin’ Preview 2010.

If stock cars from the oval track wars aren’t enough, Racin’ Preview 2010 will also feature Karting stars and cars from Richmond Raceway and racing lawnmowers from two Maine-based facilities: Redneck Raceway and Saco Pathfinders.

Along with today’s racers and their machines, an excellent display of Maine’s racing past will be presented by the Maine Vintage Race Car Association, with a salute to late NEAR and MVRCA Hall of Famer Homer Drew featured.

Doors at the Portland Expo open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19, with several autograph opportunities and other activities ongoing through 10:00 p.m. Saturday show hours are 9:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A limited amount of commercial display space remains available.

For further information please call (603) 447-4251 or email racinpaper@racinpaper.com

Current associate sponsors of Racin’ Preview 2010 include Racin’ Paper, Pave Tek Motorsports of Kennebunk, Redneck Raceway of Acton, Saco Pathfinders, R & D Racing and Fabrication of Limerick, and Wayne Elston’s Speed Shop of Carmel.