The ANNOTICO Report
Monticello (in the Catskills area of New York) Raceway’s Heritage Drivers Series dedicates a Race for various Heritages.
The Blacks get a dedication to "Stepin Fetchit"; The Irish- "St.Jim Beam"-'Patron Saint of Alcoholics'; Women; Linda Lovelace of "Deep Throat" Fame long before Mark Felt; Jewish. 'Shylock' with entrance tickets at 'bargained down' price; Germans. SauerKraut, and Italians. DeMedici.
No Not Really.
The Blacks get a dedication to Martin Luther King. The
Irish, St.Paddy; German. Pope Benedict; Jewish. Passover; and the Italians
get.......wait for the drum roll........ can't stand the suspense??...........Of
course, it is the Godfather. !#%&@*+?
Harness Link.com
Posted by Jeremy Rangiawha
Jun-2005 NZST
Monticello Raceway’s Heritage Drivers Series will continue
on Monday, June
20 with a race for drivers of Italian descent which will
be dubbed the
Godfather Pace.
It will be the sixth leg of the year-long series which
began on January 17
with the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Pace for African-American
drivers
which was won by General “Bubba” Washington.
Monticello Raceway’s Director of Racing, Eric Warner,
is now in the process
of seeking Italian-American drivers for the Godfather
Pace.
“We have quite a few Italian-American drivers who race
with us on a regular
basis but we still need eight to fill the event,” Warner
said.
“Anyone interested in competing, or for further information
please call me
in the racing office at 845-794-4100 ext. 557.”
The second Heritage Drivers Series event was the Lady
Godiva Pace for women
drivers on Valentines Day, February 14, which was won
by Sherry Urquidez.
In March, on St. Patrick’s Day, the St. Paddy Pace for
Irish-Americans saw
John McDermott drive the winner and in late April, Mark
Liebowitz scored a
victory in the Passover Pace for drivers of Jewish heritage
during the
Passover Holiday season.
The most recent event, on May 23, was the Pope Benedict
Pace for drivers of
German Heritage, which won by Bruce Aldrich Junior.
That race was named in honour of the new Pope who was
the former Cardinal
of Munich.
After the Godfather Pace is presented on June 20, two
other heritage
drivers events are planned; one in July for drivers of
English ancestry;
and one in August for drivers of Canadian extraction.
In late September the winners of each Heritage Drivers
Series event will be
invited to compete in the series finale--the United Nations
Pace.
Courtesy Of John Manzi, Public Relations Manager, Monticello Raceway