The Pit Stop
Lehigh Valley Grand Prix races to support the Autism Society’s LV Chapter
April 8th, 2009
By Lori McFerran | Special to Metromix MetroMix Cover – April 2009 The fast and the furious, Allentown-style! Sunday, April 5 was a day at the races but a day unlike any other. It was the first time the 6.5 hp Honda engines inside the GT3 Proline karts at the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix race Read More
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The Next Wave: Who Are the Valley’s Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs?
March 1st, 2009
By Jana K. Hoffman Photo by Kenneth P. Volpe | transposure.com It was an intense game of Beirut at Lehigh University that brought Cooper and McCreary together. That’s what they say, anyway. All jokes aside, the success that these two have experienced over the last year has certainly sped by at more than 45 mph. While Read More
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Kart racing: Have a blast driving fast!
May 15th, 2008
By: Diana Morse | Special to the Morning CallAs racing champion Mario Andretti says: “If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.”Andretti learned that lesson on the NASCAR and Formula One speedways of the world. But the principle holds true on more modest racing tracks, even the new Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Read More
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Mountain Laurel gala, raceway opening
August 26th, 2007
By Diana Morse | Special to The Morning CallAugust 26, 2007LET THE KART RACING BEGIN!The remarks were corny, but the sentiments were sincere.“I’ll steal the line I used from the Velodrome re-naming ceremony held last week [Friday, Aug. 10],” stated Ellen Kern of State Rep. Pat Browne’s office during remarks Saturday morning, Aug. 18, welcoming Read More
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Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Developing Indoor Race Track
May 28th, 2007
By Amy Leap | Business Journal StaffMike McCreary is a young man with a plan for a quarter-mile road course for indoor kart racing, and he intends to see it through.“The city of Allentown had a big empty space that needed to be filled, and I came to them with a unique opportunity to fill Read More
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Lehigh Student Zooms Into Business
February 18th, 2007
By Beth Orenstein | Business Journal CorrespondentMike McCreary isn’t waiting until he graduates from Lehigh University, where he is majoring in marketing and entrepreneurship, to start his first business.With one course to go, he’s starting construction on the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, an indoor karting facility, on S. 10th St., Allentown. The 48,000-square-foot facility should Read More
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