{"id":25676,"date":"2019-08-08T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T14:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=25676"},"modified":"2019-08-08T06:58:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T10:58:03","slug":"museum-to-host-third-annual-legends-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2019\/08\/museum-to-host-third-annual-legends-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum to Host Third Annual Legends Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOUDON, NH:\u00a0<\/strong>The North East Motor Sports Museum (922 Rt 106, Loudon, NH 03307) will host the third annual Legends Day celebration and banner raising, this time to honor three outstanding supermodified race car drivers on October 27th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/5GJBmti9W5JtYTVanmDHQ3udaTa5na9x4VSQRyynefO1Ou_7sElkhs9PjEQydcOCz6dnhCp3IwUYtUMa9WZg19ZJyEDWdboc0HnH7rv-YzWHsz-YXrJMXQnNyUJNxlHk1VqH-uQ5qOrJ_eah3onHQRQwFuXqHjhaa8qf3cH05Aok5AnyOZpk7w46fyGTkVNcIgSusgAt_j0wn0yf-Mt-Q0BYKeJ0jqOci6r5RZPmnN5_rm6Vw49wRBfrIAt3drKYOPGtdmHkpq1VhuS3ISEuuwpWkUzUMnbXKJzlfmuF6yGrfK-OmmBH-Iq0pCTNwzRiW-syMcmLNx_6e1yV-FmEMQ7inNobHqD0OQXK49EM4ceLFcKJ-gLp6WwiLbrhUTzalPqV_jyrpYV_4oRU9HAwg8F8dCZKob5go_tGtQmTguLl9-HoMWlt-OHMPa06To3j5juE3zSkfNs3QlJDBaQlSTkKa6zyGV_y9v1ft-qlXoYqoZ6kf6vf8LFYAVduMUAXeqk1H8-1HAv-AeZe7mFe91nIgN-KCAO6SPGZNE28Z05jsYIdvLVGTtYo66g0ZuyCD-xOU2GTNp-8EV0FDMd2RUfAnBB6D7FZHD8eZ-ZZT6qeOAgPXf7CGHlE5wc1nO09-wr28iyBigFzkoR1sTp6BQqOGw5FlQk=w1078-h1536-no?pageId=117885742654144314464\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"388\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This year\u2019s museum feature exhibit is supermodified racing. The museum floor features supers that go back to the early 1960s and includes those driven by this year\u2019s Legends Day honorees.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nemsmuseum.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8c70d23b1c8d8e5637bed6598&amp;id=b2321ce995&amp;e=630a37fdd1\" target=\"_blank\">Shea Concrete Products<\/a>sponsors the event and the exhibit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ollie Silva, a four-time winner of New England\u2019s most important race for supers, the Star Classic, is an honoree. He won the Classic race four times and was a four-time New England Super Modified Racing Association (NESMRA) Champion. Silva won feature races from California to Florida, from Ohio to Canada. His style was hard on the gas with his elbows up. He is the all-time top NESMRA feature winner with 179 victories. Silva is deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bentley Warren is now known as the proprietor of the most successful biker bar in New England, Bentley\u2019s Saloon. Or his huge sand-and-gravel trucking company in Ipswich, MA. But from his teen years through his mid-70s, Bentley was a top-shelf racer who piloted stock cars, sprint cars, and supermodifieds to checkered flags. His racing resume is unmatched:\u00a0 Six-time Oswego Classic winner, six-time Star Speedway Classic winner, twice winner of the Little 500, six-time Oswego champion, four-time ISMA point champion, two-time Indy 500 starter\u2026and so much more. Bentley is a unique personality, a guy who has lived life on the very edge and laughed at danger all the way.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ed West is a six-time NESMRA champion, winner of 107 NESMRA feature races, second all-time. He was a quiet racer who often started in the back because that\u2019s where the great ones lined up in Eddie\u2019s day and nights behind the wheel. He wasn\u2019t spectacular so when the race neared its end, fans looked around as Westy took the lead and asked each other \u201cWhere did he come from?\u201d The two-time URDC season champion won the NESMRA Classic three times.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ceremony honoring the drivers will be held at the museum on Sunday, October 27th with doors opening at 11am. The event will begin at noon. Tickets are priced at $25 for museum members, $30 for non-members and include a light lunch and access to the museum all day. The museum\u2019s annual meeting will follow the Legends Day ceremonies and is open to all paid museum members.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be there to see three of New England\u2019s finest race car drivers honored. Watch as banners that will hang permanently from the ceiling are unveiled. Only 200 tickets are available.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nemsmuseum.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8c70d23b1c8d8e5637bed6598&amp;id=78bfb1bc33&amp;e=630a37fdd1\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Buy yours online now<\/a><span>, call\u00a0<span id=\"gc-number-0\" class=\"gc-cs-link\" title=\"Call with Google Voice\">603-783-0183<\/span>\u00a0or send payment to North East Motor Sports Museum, 922 Rt 106, Loudon, NH 03307.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOUDON, NH:\u00a0The North East Motor Sports Museum (922 Rt 106, Loudon, NH 03307) will host the third annual Legends Day celebration and banner raising, this time to honor three outstanding supermodified race car drivers on October 27th. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This year\u2019s museum feature exhibit is supermodified racing. The museum floor features supers that go back to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-england","category-new-hampshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25677,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25676\/revisions\/25677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}