However, after the Mayflower Mile there will still be one
other leg in the Heritage Drivers Series to be presented. Slated for October
is the Maple Leaf Pace for drivers of Canadian descent..
The winners of these contests will join the winners of each
of the previous Heritage Drivers Series preliminary legs in a finale which will
be called ‘the All-America Cup’ to be raced during November.
Those drivers who already have earned a berth in the
All-America Cup via their triumphs in a previous series leg include:
Bobby Williams, Jr. (Dr. Martin Luther King Pace); Lisa Krom (Lady Godiva
Pace); Jimmy Taggart, Jr. ( St. Paddy Pace); Alan Charles (Passover
Pace); Mike Merton (Munich Mile) and Mike Forte (Godfather Pace).
The drivers who will participate in the Mayflower Mile
are all seasoned veterans and Director of Racing Eric Warner is expecting
a great competition.
“Many of our leading drivers can trace their roots back to
the UK, and perhaps drivers whom you may never think of as being part British,”
Warner said.
Warner was undoubtedly referring to both Bruce Aldrich, Jr.
and Kyle DiBenedetto, whose mothers were of English extraction.
However, headlining the drivers in the Mayflower Mile is
Billy “Zeke” Parker, Jr. who has in his illustrious career thus far reined
10,785 winners which ranks him seventh all-time in races won in North America.
Others who have some English blood in the veins and who will
be joining Parker, Aldrich and DiBenedetto in the Mayflower Mile include Greg
Merton, Gary Messenger, Chuck Poynton, Gerry Fielding and Gareth Dowse, who, by
the way, has become part of the American fabric since he emigrated
here from Wales a few years ago.
Post time for the Monday, September 24th
race card will be at the usual 12:50pm.
