By Pete Walton
January 6, 2011 – Atlanta, GA – The final arrangements have been made for the fourteenth anniversary United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear Champion’s Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 29, 2011. The banquet to honor the drivers and teams who finished at or near the top of the 2010 point standings in four USCS divisions will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Andretti Indoor Karting located at 11000 Alpharetta Highway, Roswell, Georgia 30076 just north of Atlanta. The facility is owned by famed race car drivers Mario and John Andretti and is adorned with racing memorabilia throughout.
The USCS presented by Goodyear will award approximately $60,000 in cash and merchandise awards for the 2010 season to the top ten drivers in three USCS National and Regional series. Those include the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour presented by Goodyear national championship division which competed 35 times for points on both dirt and paved ovals. The others are the USCS Mid-South Thunder Tour and the USCS Southern Thunder Tour. Awards will also be presented for the five-race Asphalt Thunder Tour mini-series.
In addition to the awards ceremony a day of food, fun and friendly competition is planned. Attendees will be able to compete for honors of the day on several of the venue’s attractions including the weather-proof challenging indoor kart circuit. The facility also offers a state of the art arcade with approximately 125 high tech games.
USCS Founder and President, Pete Walton said” We’ve had about five or six years in a row of evening time sit-down dinner banquets at elegant locations. That’s just fine but, we just thought it was time to get together and put a little emphasis on the reason we are all involved in this sport. The primary reason we do this is “for the fun of it”.
Advance banquet tickets are $30 per person and are available by mailing your payment to 175 Antebellum Way, Fayetteville, GA 30215. Advance banquet tickets orders must be received by January 22, 2010. All parties must R.S.V.P. (Call if you have questions on delivery time).
The USCS banquet is open to USCS sprint car fans as well as the series race team owners, team members, drivers, sponsors and the media. The USCS Modified Touring Series Awards ceremony will be held in Memphis, Tennessee in early February at a location to be announced next week. The USCS office is open from 9am until 5pm each day Monday through Friday. The phone numbers are 770-460-7223 and 770-865-6097. The Andretti Indoor Karting facility phone number is 770-992-5688. The website is www.andrettikarting.com.
For a complete list of the 2010 USCS final point standings and statistics please visit the series official website at www.uscsracing.com