FOOD BANK CHALLENGE A SUCCESS THANKS TO FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY RACE FANS.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RE: Food Bank Challenge Results

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AREA RACE FANS SHOW GENEROSITY IN FOOD BANK CHALLENGE AT FIVE MILE POINT SPEEDWAY ON SATURDAY.

KIRKWOOD, NY…Five Mile Point Speedway race fans showed their generosity on Saturday night with their donations in the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Challenge. On Saturday evening over 1,300 lbs. of non-perishable food items were collected along with $3,500 in cash donations.

The big evening of racing brought out another big crowd to the historic quarter mile oval on Saturday night. Upon entering the speedway area race fans showed once again why they are some of the most charitable people in sports. Food donation barrels were set up near the speedway entrance’s on Saturday night along with scales to weigh the non-perishable food items that were collected.

A number of area business’s committed pledges of cash donations per pound of food collected (up to 1,000 lbs.). When the final tally was in over 1,300 lbs of non-perishable food items had been donated by the great fans at Five Mile Point Speedway.

Five Mile Point Speedway committed $1 per every pound raised up to 1,000 lbs. The speedway will donate $1,000 to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier. M.A. Bordeau, Inc. will donate $500 and both Don’s Automotive Mall and Schneider’s Market will match that $500 donation. French’s Auto Parts will donate $300 and Bimbo Bakeries (Friehoffer foods) will donate $250. Papa John’s Pizza and A.L. George, Inc. will each donate $200 based on their 20 cent per pound commitment. A grand total of $3,500 was raised to benefit the Food Bank of the Southern Tier. This total includes a $50 donation check that was provided by one of the Five Mile Point Speedway spectators.

Five Mile Point Speedway owner Andrew Harpell commented, “We are extremely pleased to have exceeded our goal of 1,000 lbs. of non-perishable food items.” “Once again the great fans of our speedway stepped up to help out a great cause and along with the tremendous cash support of the business’s involved we certainly did what we had set out to accomplish.”

The speedway is in the midst of its 60^th consecutive year of racing and over the year’s the local community has benefited tremendously from the number of charitable events held at the facility. Each summer hundreds of free tickets and merchandise are provided to area benefits and fund raisers. In December the speedway will be working on a fund raiser to help benefit “Toys for Tots”. More information will be coming in the near future.

Racing continues this Saturday, August 21^st with the World Figure 8 Championship event. The CRSA Sprint Cars will make their final appearance of the 2010 season at the speedway. For more information please phone 607-775-5555 or log on to www.fivemilepointspeedway.net. You can also now find us on Facebook.