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The 40th Annual RPM Promoters Workshops will take place November 29, 30, and December 1, 2012, at the Eldorado Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, and February 18-20, 2013 at the Plaza Resort & Spa, Daytona Beach, FL.  Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

The Speedweek Annual Workshop of the Thirty-Ninth Annual RPM Promoters Workshop Series concluded today with promoters expressing optimism for  the prospects for the 2012 season.  Highlights from the workshop included the revealing of Robert Sargent, the promoter of Macon (IL) Speedway, as 36th Auto Racing Promoter of the Year and the keynote remarks of NASCAR driver and SpeedTV personality Kenny Wallace.  Wallace urged promoters to use their passion for the sport to remake it by de-emphasizing racing and making events an all-around entertainment experience.

Honored as Regional Auto Racing Promoters of the Year were Andrew Harpell, Five-Mile Point (NY) Speedway; James “Redd” Griffin, Screven (GA) Motor Speedway; Bob Sargent, Macon (IL) and Paducah (KY) Speedways; Wayne Anderson, Don & Linus Mack, and Darren Evavold, River Cities (ND) Speedway; Roger Hadan, Eagle (NE) Raceway; Steve Beitler, Skagit (WA) Speedway.

National Speedway Directory, presented the National Speedway Directory Award for outstanding annual short track event to Super DIRT Week XL at the New York State Fairgrounds, and Speedway Illustrated Magazine presented the Speedway Illustrated Award for outstanding contribution to short track racing to NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart for his commitment to the sport as owner or partner in multiple short tracks and teams and his enthusiastic promotion of grassroots motorsports.

Matt Greci, Senior Manager of Events, for Charlotte Motor Speedway, presented Promoter of the Year Sargent with honorary membership to the Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway and announced that the speedway further extended its collaborative recognition of the Promoter of the Year through 2014.

“With mobile communication technologies set to surpass desktop computers as the preferred way to access the web, promoters must rethink how they promote events.” said Stewart Doty, Workshop organizer.  “To pull new young fans, short track racing must remake itself into a virtual as well as a real sport, and involve itself more effectively in their online world.”

The historic Fortieth Anniversary Series will kick off November 29, 2012 at the Eldorado Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, and return to Daytona Beach, February 18-20, 2013.

Promoters in Daytona Beach for racing looking for daytime activity, don’t overlook the RPM Promoters Workshops Monday-Wednesday, February 20-22.  Walkup registrations are welcome throughout the Workshop.  Start 2012 off with inspiration and ideas from fellow promoters, ideas that will help bolster car counts, sell sponsors, boost attendance and improve competition.  Network with colleagues.  Visit with exhibiting suppliers offering the products and services promoters need for the new season.  Workshops sessions start each day at 9 a.m. at the Plaza Resort and Spa, 600 North Atlantic Avenue.