PORT ROYAL, PENNSYLVANIA (July 18, 2020) – Each year the team at Port Royal Speedway continue to make impressive improvements to their facility, affectionately called The Speed Palace, which delights the drivers and teams as well as the fans. This weekend the speedway along with the Weikert family and the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) collaborated to present two nights of racing to honor a true sprint car legend inn Central Pennsylvania – the legendary Bob Weikert. On Saturday night the pit area was overflowing with talent as 37 teams registered to race in the Bob Weikert Fallen Heroes Championship that would pay $10,000-to-win. With an open weekend on the World of Outlaws (WoO) schedule due to the unfortunate cancellation of the Kings Royal weekend, David Gravel and the JJR crew had their Weikert’s Livestock/Winters Performance Products #41 Maxim at the track ready to compete.

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MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (July 17, 2020) – With this year’s Kings Royal weekend cancelled due to the Coronavirus, owner Bobbi Johnson and the JJR #41 team had an open weekend on the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series schedule. Evaluating all of their options they decided to bring the Weikert’s Livestock/Fuel Safe Racing Cells #41 Maxim to the Keystone State of Pennsylvania a week early to race for the weekend ahead of the WoOs return to the area next weekend. Williams Grove Speedway has a rich history dating back to May 21, 1939, when original owner Roy Richwine opened the gates for the first race at the now famous track. The winner that day was none other than Tommy Hinnershitz. Friday night’s headliner at Williams Grove was to honor the race winner and legend who first stood in victory lane in what is now branded the Tommy Hinnershitz Classic, simply referred to by many as the Tommy Classic, under Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC) banner. There were 39 410 sprint cars entered to race for ad opportunity to race against some of the best for a chance to win the $5,000 winner’s share of the purse.

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