By Stephen J. Hartzell – NOSCS Event Organizer
(Tiffin, OH) This weekend, March 19-21, will provide a sure sign of spring when the 8th Annual Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show opens at the Tiffin Mall in Tiffin, Ohio.
As of this press release, there are 36-full sized cars and numerous karts scheduled to appear. There will also be 6 vendor displays on hand for the fans to shop.
The Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show is once again being sponsored by Fremont Speedway and Attica Raceway Park. Both tracks, along with the Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series, will have displays on hand where fans may pick up a schedule or discuss the 2010 season with officials.
Headlining the show will be the popular winged sprint cars. In addition, fans will get a strong sense of racing history as 10 vintage cars will be on display. As is always the case, the racing karts will be strongly represented. Other entries include UMP late models, trucks, Attica & Fremont pace vehicles and a pair of drag strip cars.
The strong history theme will be taken one step farther as one mall unit will be reserved for use as a “Hall of Fame”. This display will contain a large collection of racing memorabilia, photos, videos and slide shows. Aditionally, the Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame display will make a rare guest appearance at the show on Friday night only.
A couple of units east of the Hall of Fame room, the Hoserville, Ohio room will be a flurry of activity all weekend. Tim Nickles Sprint Car Simulators will run in the room all weekend. On Friday night from 6-8:00 pm, WFIN, 1330AM will tape a series of interviews for later broadcast on Dwight Allens Racing World, with interviews conducted by Lisa Hammer and John Wells. On Saturday at approximately 1:00 pm, John Wells will conduct a Racing Trivia Competition featuring track announcer Brian Liskai, ARP Director Rex LeJeune, NBC 24 Meteorologist Norm Van Ness, Duane Hancock from Hoserville Ohio, and photographer Rick Sherer.
At 2:00 pm the Hoserville Ohio Injured Driver Benefit Auction gets underway, featuring a huge collection of memorabilia and collectables going up for bids. Following the auction, a simulator competition will get underway along with a cornhole board tournament.
Several charitable efforts will be present as well. Community Hospice Care will be selling tickets for the annual Baumann Auto Group sponsored car raffle. The Clyde Cancer Cluster will also be making their appeal, and will be displaying a vintage 1965 Fremont pacecar.
The weekend will conclude with the awards ceremony on Sunday at 4:30 at center court. Awards will be announced for the Racers Choice, Peoples Choice, Merchants Choice, Late Model of the Year, Truck of the Year and Kart of the Year. Once a car has won an award, they are not eligible for any further awards.
Cars and vendors will exit the mall at 5:00 pm on Sunday.
For more information about the Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show, please call NOSCS Event Organizer Steve “Scoop” Hartzell at 419-934-9350.