{"id":619,"date":"2009-02-13T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T11:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maineracer.com\/wp\/?p=619"},"modified":"2009-02-13T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T11:13:32","slug":"racin-preview-show-in-portland-a-mix-of-new-and-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2009\/02\/racin-preview-show-in-portland-a-mix-of-new-and-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Racin Preview show in Portland a mix of new and old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Portland, Maine &ndash; Local stock car racers get anxious for their upcoming short track seasons as the NASCAR season gets underway each February in Daytona.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Short track fans get their first opportunity to see what&rsquo;s in store for the 2009 season on the local bullrings at the 15<sup>th<\/sup> annual Racin&rsquo; Preview 2009 show at the Portland Expo on the weekend following the Daytona 500, Friday and Saturday, February 20-21.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Several stock car racing facilities will be officially represented, and there will be a number of unofficial representatives from various tracks and tours competing throughout Northern New England.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Joining the various local speedways from the tri-state region will be regional touring series like the Pro All Stars Series (PASS), the American-Canadian Tour (ACT), the True Value Modified Racing Series (TVMRS), Sprint Cars of New England (SCONE) and NELCAR Legends, along with representatives from two or three other traveling series.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Racin&rsquo; Preview 2009 annually salutes the past in local and regional motorsports and this year the Maine Vintage Race Car Association promises what should be their best-ever display.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>More vintage racecars and historic displays than ever are on the agenda, says MVRCA show coordinator Dodo Brockman.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Autograph opportunities abound at Racin&rsquo; Preview 2009, and hundreds of door prizes will be handed out, chiefly by show floor host and emcee Bill DaButler.<span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Doors open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, with the show open until 10:00 p.m.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Saturday Racin&rsquo; Preview 2009 hours run from 9:00 a.m. &ndash; 9:00 p.m.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>The Portland Expo is located at 239 Park Avenue (U.S. Route 1) in Portland, Maine.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>For more information please call 603-447-4251.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland, Maine &ndash; Local stock car racers get anxious for their upcoming short track seasons as the NASCAR season gets underway each February in Daytona. &nbsp; &nbsp; Short track fans get their first opportunity to see what&rsquo;s in store for the 2009 season on the local bullrings at the 15th annual Racin&rsquo; Preview 2009 show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-touring-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}