{"id":2084,"date":"2007-12-26T22:27:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T22:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2007-12-26T22:27:12","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T22:27:12","slug":"bob-walker-to-autograph-new-book-at-northeast-motorsports-expo-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2007\/12\/bob-walker-to-autograph-new-book-at-northeast-motorsports-expo-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Walker to autograph New Book at Northeast Motorsports Expo in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>Augusta, Maine &#8211;<\/strong> Robert &quot;Bobby&quot;  Walker has always had the pleasure of presenting race drivers and other  personalities to the race fans during his storied thirty-plus years as &quot;the  voice of Oxford Plains Speedway.&quot;<\/font><br \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">In January, the tables will be turned on the  longtime track announcer as the Northeast Motorsports Expo &amp; Trade Show will  present Walker to the race fans, not as an announcer but as an author. Bobby  Walker will greet the race fans and autograph his new book &#8211; &quot;I couldn&#39;t Drive &#8211;  but I could Talk&quot;, the history of Oxford Plains Speedway as seen through the  eyes and heard through the voice of the longtime announcer.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Scheduled for January 4-6, 2008 at the Augusta  (Maine) Civic Center, the 20th Anniversary Northeast Motorsports Expo &amp;  Trade Show showcases a variety of motorsports entertainment found year round in  northern New England, such as stock car and drag racing, ice racing, motocross,  truck &amp; tractor pulling, mud runs and road racing, go-kart racing and  vintage race cars.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Walker began working on the book over a year ago  but it was this past spring when Judith Hayes joined the effort as collaborator  that the work intensified. The 400-plus page book is filled with photos of the  speedway&#39;s past and stories of many of racing&#39;s personalities as told by  Walker.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Bob will be autographing his book all weekend long,  so, stop by, say &quot;Hi&quot; and by the historic book from one of Maine&#39;s  own.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Sponsors of this year&#39;s show are: the D.N.K. Select  Used Cars in Farmingdale, Maine; E. J. Prescott, Inc. and Team EJP,  headquartered in Gardiner, Maine; New England Racing Fuel located in Burlington,  Connecticut; NAPA Auto Parts of Maine; <a href=\"http:\/\/2ndliferacing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2ndliferacing.com<\/a> and the RACIN&#39; PAPER,  based in Conway, New Hampshire.<\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">For the latest news, drivers appearance schedule,  the list of exhibitors and vendors, directions and more regarding the 20th  Anniversary Northeast Motorsports Expo &amp; Trade Show, visit online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastmotorsports.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.northeastmotorsports.net<\/a>.<\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augusta, Maine &#8211; Robert &quot;Bobby&quot; Walker has always had the pleasure of presenting race drivers and other personalities to the race fans during his storied thirty-plus years as &quot;the voice of Oxford Plains Speedway.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-racing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}