Douglas B. Miles Agency, Inc, Seneca Lake Duck Hunter’s Association & Sutherland Builders Present Jeff Searles Memorial Race Night
DUNDEE, NY – For Immediate Release – June 18th, 2015 – Curtis Berleue photo -
Friday night at the Black Rock Speedway will be a very special night as the Douglas B Miles Agency, Inc, Seneca Lake Duck Hunter’s Association and Sutherland Builders team up to present Jeff Searles Memorial Race Night. This night being dedicated to the memory of Dundee’s biggest race fan ‘Jeffy’ Searles who we lost in the offseason to a fierce battle with leukemia.
Many race fans that have frequented the Black Rock Speedway, Woodhull Raceway or Little Valley Speedway have come to know Jeff at some point in time. Some have even met Jeff, not knowing his name or where he hailed from. But what everyone can tell you is this- the young man in the Turn 2 pit grandstands at Black Rock, the pit grandstands at Woodhull Raceway and Turn 3 at Little Valley loved being at the track.
Jeff’s trademark no matter what racetrack he attended was his rag that he proudly waved while there were cars on the track. Jeff would wave cars by under green to go faster and wave a car under yellow if they weren’t nose to nose for the restart. His passion and love of auto racing was infectious.
For Furman Kendall, putting on a memorial night for Jeff Searles was something that they felt necessary to honor the memory of one of auto racing’s biggest fans.
“Jeff was an avid race fan and everyone got to know him no matter what track you attended. This is a great way for us to remember our friend and a true race fan,” said Kendall on behalf of the Douglas B. Miles Agency.
In addition to the Miles Agency, the Seneca Lake Duck Hunter’s Association and Sutherland Builders have chipped in to provide 5 youth bicycles to be handed out during Friday night’s racing program. There will be a sign up for the bicycles located at the grandstand box office.
Along with this special night for ‘Jeffy’, there are also two makeup features on the schedule to accompany the full weekly program of Modifieds, Crate Sportsman, M&M Auto Sales & Service IMCA Modifieds, Morseman Racing Chassis Street Stocks, NAPA Know How 4 Cylinders and Creekside Entertainment Bandits. The Crate Sportsman and IMCA Modifieds will race their June 5th feature events prior to the start of Friday’s racing program.
The June 5th 50/50 sales will also be entered into this night’s 50/50 raffle so race fans are reminded to bring their 50/50 tickets from the rain-shortened event. A second prize will be drawn from the 50/50 Friday night for a pair of passes to an upcoming NASCAR event at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Black Rock Speedway is located at 82 Main St in Dundee, NY and holds dirt track racing weekly on Friday nights from late April through Labor Day Weekend in September. The speedway also hosts special events on the grounds with special races run during the fall months of September and October.
