For Immediate Release Please

By AIS Public Relations

April 15, 2008

Familiar Meyer Family Returns to Late Model Racing at the Adirondack International Speedway in 2008

New Bremen, N.Y. – In the short history of the Adirondack International Speedway several teams, made up of drivers and owners have proved their worth. If the history book was written now, one particular family would emblaze the pages in respective fashion. Publicly known as merely a three man team, the Meyer family of the nearby Township of Naumburg has been a part of the Adirondack Speedway since day one.

            Having fielded racecars since the groundbreaking at the Lewis County facility, the Meyer family has been consistent front runners whenever they made the Saturday night trip to the Artz Rd. oval. However, during the 2007 season, that all changed. From the start, the man at the helm, Dick Meyer, was the one that made it happen, while his son Matt, and nephew Chuck were the cool-hands at the wheel. Matt piloted a Late Model, while Chuck wheeled the True Stock. Each car was owned by Dick. After several years of success, Dick sold out prior to the 2007 season. With no cars of their own to maintain, the three did their own thing. Dick shuffeled his focus onto another team, owned by good friend Lee Gill, and worked with Gill to become a winner at Adirondack. Meanwhile Chuck, an employee of Gills worked with the team, and also helped out good friend Mike Ramos (Lyons Falls) be a strong contender in the True Stock division. Matt, the many time daunting Late Model driver, commonly known as the first and only Lewis County native to win a Late Model event at AIS, went to work on the family farm and looked to get out of the sport as a whole.

            During the 2007 season Dick and his nephew Chuck remained a fixture in the pit area. Although technically “away from the sport” the two remained very much involved from one end of the pit area to the other. The pair upheld interest in many different race cars and trucks and their expertise on race car setup played in the hand of several teams looking to make their racer go faster. Meanwhile, there was a burning desire to be back at the track with their own team, and maintain the never forgotten Meyer assault within the guardrails of the Paul Lyndaker owned show place.

            After finishing second in ASA Challenger Late Model points with Lee Gill and team, the two began to set plans to once again field their own car for 2008. Under one stipulation, was that it would become a family affair once again, meaning it was time to find time to pull Matt away from the family farm and get back to familiar business. While surely missed by many, the team began to seriously inquire in the racing classifieds. “There were a lot of people who were bummed when we departed, we were just as excited to come back and race, as we were to come back and put a show on for the fans. That right there made a lot of the difference.”

            In proving that the task in front of them was not all that hard, the family is back in racing business and will field an ASA Challenger Late Model for the 2008 season. “It had to be a family ordeal for it to work, Matt and Chuck each work great together and it wouldn’t work any other way. My wife, my youngest son, my brother… the whole family is all involved in this one,” said Dick after purchasing the car. While the Matt and Chuck work hand in hand in the shop, they will be forced to work mutually as the official race drivers of their newly numbered No. 15 Ford Fusion, a 2006 Port City chassis bought in Florida. “We’ve decided to have them split time in the drivers seat,” added Meyer. “It’s going to keep it a lot more fun for us. We won’t be in it for the overall point championship but we’re shooting to have a championship caliber team. I believe we can accomplish that. Each one will have a large responsibility during the year as one will maintain the car and serve as crew chief, while the other is in the drivers seat.” The team will be supplied with top notch equipment and superior Ford power owned and built by Dick, a crafted hand in the Ford motor department.

            While last season the competition ran fierce among the top-five, Meyer feels adding another car to that threshold is within reach. While the 2008 season nears with the Season Opener on May 17^th the family will make their debut as one big, one car team. First man at the wheel will be Chuck, the three-time True Stock track champion, who also leads the All-Time Win Lists in the division with 16 total triumphs. For Matt, who won the 2006 version of the ASA Challenger Late Model Shootout during NASCAR Weekend, his debut will start on the following weekend, May 24^th. In the end, Matt will compete for the laurels in the largest Late Model event to hit New York State, “The Renegade Late Model Nationals”. The TJ Toyota/Waite Toyota sponsored event will take place in October at Adirondack and is expected to draw upwards of 40 Late Model teams from across the region.