MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — The lengthy and profitable automotive possession profession of John and Pee Wee Zemaitis and their well-known Zemco No. 1 race automobiles will probably be celebrated on Friday evening at Williams Grove Speedway.
The half-mile monitor will host Zemaitis Tribute Night time for the 410 sprints. The 25-lap dash automotive primary can pay the winner a cool $8,000.
However earlier than the on-track motion will get going the Zamaitises will probably be feted within the infield starting at 5:45.
Their iconic Zemco No. 1 dash automotive recorded some 38 dash automotive wins at Williams Grove alone with drivers like Bobby Weaver, Billy Pauch, Mark Smith, Stevie Smith, Jeff Shepard and others on the wheel.
A number of former drivers will be part of the husband/spouse duo within the infield earlier than the particular race to satisfy followers and participate in pre-race interviews.
Drivers slated to look is Pauch, Weaver, Sean Michael, Mark Smith, Brian Leppo, Lucas Wolfe, Logan Wagner and Dave Calaman with the potential of others becoming a member of the checklist.
The acquainted No. 1z dash automotive raced to 167 victories to go together with a minimum of 21 extra in modified competitors relationship again to the Seventies when John Zemaitis himself was behind the wheel.
At Williams Grove Speedway the highly effective dash workforce beat the World of Outlaws thrice, with drivers Kevin Gobrecht, Mark Smith and Lucas Wolfe within the seat.
All Stars wins on the Grove got here with Stevie Smith and Brian Leppo on the helm and Billy Pauch upended USAC at Williams Grove in 1996.
Through the years the Zemco automotive claimed the celebrated Nationwide Open and the Open Preliminary on the monitor to enrich wins within the season opener, Early Hen Championship and the Jack Gunn Memorial.
Zemco received Williams Grove Diamond Sequence titles in 2004 with Mark Smith and once more in 2010 with Stevie Smith wheeling.
The workforce took their maiden Williams Grove dash automotive win on August 31, 1990 with their former modified star Bobby Weaver within the cockpit whereas their last oval victory got here on August 15, 2016 because of the abilities of Lucas Wolfe.
Previous to launching into the dash automotive ranks the Zemaitis fielded modified inventory automobiles within the area to success with drivers like Elvin Felty, Tom Mayberry and Bobby Weaver.
With an possession profession spanning parts if not all of six many years, there’s a lot to have a good time with this Friday’s Williams Grove occasion.
