STOCK CAR REUNION
ON Saturday, March 3, 2018, starting at around 8pm, the Veteran’s Stock Car Association is staging the 25th Annual Northern Stock Car Reunion.
This event has long been an established part of the national stock car racing social calendar.
We are always trying to contact as many drivers (past and present), families, friends, mechanics, helpers, supporters and track officials as we can, in order to make each annual reunion even better than the previous one.
All our previous reunions have been very well supported and the event is now advertised from Workington down to Stoke-on-Trent and from Blackpool across to South Yorkshire.
However, there must still be many more out there who haven’t yet been to, or heard about our reunions.
Most of the sport’s top northern stars have attended at some time or other, it’s a chance to renew old acquaintances in the friendliest of atmospheres, watch some of professional cameraman Ray Liddy’s archive film which goes back to the 1970s and generally have a good night out. And it’s free!! There’s a quiz with prizes for the winning team and the team scoring least (the winners set the questions for the following year), a free draw for a bottle of whisky, a raffle, a fundraising card and memorabilia displays.
The event, as always, will be held at the Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, near Oldham, OL3 7EU. (Note that the entrance is at the rear of the club).
Further information can be obtained from Steve Hayward, Tel. mobile 07816 437 780 or email Steve on stevehaywardracing@hotmail. com ●
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