TICKETS FOR JANUARY 23RD RIVERHEAD RACEWAY AWARDS CEREMONY AVAILABLE ONLINE
Riverhead Raceway owners Connie Partridge and Tom Gatz announced Friday tickets for their annual NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series awards ceremony Friday January 23rd are now available online. The 2025 gala will be the 10th hosted by Partridge and Gatz at Giorgio's Baiting Hollow featuring a full course, sit down dinner, five-hour open bar and awards presentations on the menu.
John Beatty Jr. of Merrick for the third year in a row will lead the annual parade of champions as NASCAR Modified champion with John joined by eleven 2025 championship drivers. Gerard Giordano of Freeport (Late Models), Eric Hersey of Commack (Crate Modifieds), Scott Pedersen of Shirley (TK Figure Eights), Joe Densieski of Riverhead (Blunderbusts), Jack Handley Jr. of Medford (Super Pro Trucks), Kyle Ellwood of Riverhead, (Legend Race Cars), Brian Brown of Calverton (Street Stocks), CJ Zukowski of Riverhead (Mini Stocks), Thomas Grattan of Southold (Bandolero Outlaws), Emmett Grattan of Southold (Bandolero Bandits) and Mason Dickerson of Southold (Bandolero Beginners) will all be officially crowned 2025 Riverhead Raceway champions.
Aside from the driving championship hardware and point fund check John Beatty Jr, will again be presented with the Eddie Partridge Drivers Cup, the perpetual award presented to the NASCAR Modified champion, a cup Beatty has possessed for the past three years.
Chase Grennan of Glen Cove, winner of three out of the five 2025 Crown Jewel Series events will be bestowed the Ted Christopher Cup for his series championship. Grennan was also announced as the 2025 NASCAR Modified Rookie of the Year, he will also accept those honors January 23rd.
Also named 2025 Rookie of the Year in divisions eligible are Joe Warren Jr. of Ridge (Crate Modifieds), Tyler Farrell of Mastic (TK Figure Eights), Anthony Capobianco of Islip Terrace (Bluhderbusts), Charles Sudano of Merrick (Super Pro Trucks), Ben Morabito of Miller Place (Legend Race Cars) and George Astacio of Shirley (Mini Stocks). Neither the Late Models nor Street Stocks had freshman drivers who met the criteria of racing a minimum of 50% of the races in their class as a rookie in 2025.
Aside from the championship and rookie awards, the top five from each of the twelve divisions will be recognized to begin the awards ceremony portion of the festivities at 8:00 PM. The management of Riverhead Raceway, as well the staff of Giorgio's Baiting Hollow request attendees be seated by 7:50 PM so servers can gather dinner choices, as well allowing the award presentation to start.
Tickets for the Riverhead Raceway award ceremony are $140 per person and can be obtained by visiting http://www.riverheadraceway.com, enter the store link on the home page to start the process of purchasing tickets. There are no in person ticket purchase options or ticket availability the evening of the event Friday January 23rd.