UPDATE 3 (3/21): Over the weekend several projects continues around the Attica Fairgrounds in preperations for the 2010 season opener at Attica Raceway Park. Crews moved the new jumbo message board in place before the wiring began. Also several thousand pounds of stone were brought in to cover the pit area and track prep continues on the 1/3-mile clay oval.

UPDATE 2 (3/19): Crews today made the final adjustments to the new board before turning their attention to taking down the old message center. Crews successful completed the task during the afternoon and the new 9×16 foot board will be hoisted to the sky tomorrow.

UPDATE 1 (3/17): The new message board has arrived at Attica Raceway Park thanks to Microtech Electronics in Toledo, Ohio! The new board will soon be lifted into place in the infield, but construction of the massive 9×16 foot board went on in the barn this week. The finished board holds 138,000 light bulbs and will light up the night at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant this summer! More photos will be posted once the sign goes up in the infield.

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.

By Brian Liskai: (Attica, OH) When it comes to dirt track racing, all fans are kids at heart. But when it comes to the 2010 season at Attica Raceway Park, a lot of fun is planned for the true youngsters.

New for 2010 will be the Junior Fan Club for kids ages 6-12. Membership is free and one lucky child will have their name drawn each week and be the honorary Junior Fan. The drawing will take place in victory lane with the night’s Junior Fan Club winner drawing the lucky recipient for the following week.

The Junior Fan Club winner for opening night – March 26 – will be drawn at the Northern Ohio Sprint Care Show at the Tiffin Mall March 19-21.

The lucky Junior Fan will get in free to that night’s race and be presented with a trophy from Fremont Athletic Supply, a t-shirt from Carol’s Ultra Stitch and a picture taken with their favorite driver from Action Photos. The presentation each week will take place in victory lane after hot laps with the Junior Fan Club winner and their favorite driver. Also, the Junior Fan Club member of the week will get a ride in the Baumann Auto Group Pace Truck during the night, an Attica Raceway Park decal and their name on the new jumbo message center.

The Junior Fan Club winner is only allowed to win one time during the racing season.

Other Junior Fan Club events planned for 2010 include at least one lucky child being chosen to give the “Let’s Go Racing” command before the start of the first race of the night. And, all kids 10 and under will receive a ticket for a drawing for a free bike!

Junior Fan Club memberships can be printed off at www.atticaracewaypark.com and then faxed to 419-679-4242. Membership cards will be available at the Bowling Green Mall Show, March 12-14 and the Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show at the Tiffin Mall March 19-21.

During the race season membership cards will be available at the track at the Action Photo booth in the souvenir barn.

For more information call 419-680-5606 or visit www.atticaracewaypark.com

(Attica, OH) Attica Raceway Park will be taking the excitement of dirt track racing at “Ohio’s Finest Racing” speedplant on the road over the next few weekes as the 2010 mall show season is upon us.

Look for the Attica Raceway Park display to be at the Bowling Green Mall Show at the Woodland Mall over the weekend of March 12th-14th. The following weekend begins the 8th Annual Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show at the Tiffin Mall set for March 19th-21st. The Hoserville Ohio Auction to benefit their injured driver’s benevolent fund will be held Saturday, March 20th at 2 pm inside the Tiffin Mall as well. Be sure to stop by the Attica display to pick up a copy of the 2010 schedule, check out the pace truck and do a little bench racing.

Sprint car, late model and dirt truck teams can still enter their race cars into the Tiffin show by calling Steve Hartzell at 419-934-9350. Registration is FREE of charge and it’s a great way to show off your sponsors to the Tiffin community.

Attica Raceway Park finally unlocks it’s gates on Friday, March 26th to kickoff the dirt track racing season in the Buckeye State. In action will be the 410 Sprints, Fultz Fabrication & Speed Shop UMP DIRTcar Late Models and the Fremont Fence 305 Sprints.

Bowling Green Mall Show
Dates: March 12th-14th
Woodland Mall • Bowling Green, Ohio

8th Annual Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show
Dates: March 19th-21st
Tiffin Mall • Tiffin, Ohio

On behalf of Attica Raceway Park and our fans, teams and employees our thoughts & prayers are with John’s wife, Sue, and son, Shane. John Wisbon was a true racer’s racer. All he wanted to do was race and he did just that. He often went to the track with barely enough money to pay for his pit pass, but he put his heart and sole into this sport.

Visitation for John Wisbon will be Friday, February 19, from 2-4 and 6-8 pm at the Wonderly Horvath Hanes Funeral Home (425 E. State St, Fremont). Funeral service is Saturday, February 20, at 10:30 am at the funeral home.