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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
ASCOT FLAT TRACK MOTORCYCLE REUNION
Ascot Flat Track Reunion – Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Pomona, California
Ascot Tribute Short Track Race – Sunday May 13, 2012 in Perris, California
SATURDAY REUNION
While Ascot Park Raceway has been gone for many years, the remarkable memories and
allure connected with this hallowed ground of speed remain.
To celebrate all that was Ascot, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California is offering its spacious facility so everyone can enjoy race bikes on display and meet Ascot Half-Mile, TT, and short track riders from the 1950s-1990.
Bring your own Class C race bike or memorabilia, especially from the Ascot era (1959-1990), to display in the Museum's expo area. There will be no judging or awards, just a lot of Ascot bench racing and a chance to meet the men and machines that made history.
The Grand Marshal is Sammy Tanner. He won 405 AMA events and Ascot's first National Championship half mile in 1959.
LOCATION:
Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
1101 W. McKinley Ave., Bldg 3A
Pomona, California 91768
9 AM to 3 PM General Admission
(Set-up is from 7 AM to 9 AM)
Cost of $10.00 for all persons, including those displaying. Profits benefit Aid to Injured Riders.
. Famous Ascot bikes and riders.
. Huge gathering of Ascot & other Pro Flat track bikes.
. Free “End of an Era” posters by Mahoney to first 100 attendees.
. “Ascot Reunion” commemorative programs.
. Live interviews of Ascot legends/National Champions.
. Commemorative posters/autograph sessions.
. Forgotten Ascot memorabilia & Flat Track bikes.
. Multimedia Ascot racing shots & videos by Mahoney.
. Ascot memorabilia raffle.
. Shirts, hats, decals.
Museum: museum.nhra.com 909-622-2133
Reunion: Ascot Flat Track Reunion facebook page
[email protected]
Jerry Greer 805-927-5697
Aid to Injured Riders: air-fund.org/
Nicalee Sowders 405-664-7821
SUNDAY “TRIBUTE” SHORT TRACK RACE: (not affiliated with Ascot reunion)
Presented by Southern California Flat Track Association in Perris, CA (you don't have to be an Ascot rider) to celebrate Ascot.
. All classes including Pros
. Special vintage and parade lap classes for Ascot Reunioneers
. Gates open 8 AM. Practice 10 AM. Races 11 AM – 3 PM.
Southern California Flat Track Association
Perrisflattrack.com
[email protected]
Vince Graves 951-443-7622
Mere mention of the name Ascot Park still evokes a time when hotly contested Friday night flat track racing was a way of life for thousands of riders, tuners and fans. The physical track is gone, but the legend that was Ascot lives on.
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