The late Armin Hostetter, a pro motorcycle racer and race car owner, started putting on Automotive Events in the 70s. Armin and his three sons have owned and operated Trail -Way Speedway (Hanover, Pa) for over 43 years and Motorama Events (Harrisburg, PA) for 37 years. Sons Brad, Barry and Perry are a 7th Generation family born and raised in Hanover, Pa. They have been producing Motorsports events
most of their lives and they continue to carry the family name and traditions into the next generation. Andy Goodman; Executive Producer of Motorama Events and now East Coast Indoor Nationals will be responsible for all sponsorship coordination, vendor sales and placement in the event. Andy was a car guy before he could crawl, he has traveled on an international level working shows from coast to coast and abroad having produced events in England, Venezuela, Indonesia and Canada and is well versed in all the modern technology in today’s vehicles. Andy has produced and judged more than 300 events in the past 20 years, is a published author in the automotive segment and has been published in more than a dozen various industry journals writing for some on a regular basis. Andy was also inducted into the Diecast Hall of Fame for his model car collections as he has one of the largest collections on record in the world. Dan Swisher “Swish” Rod and Custom show manager, of Motorama Events and now East Coast Indoor Nationals, will be responsible for all vehicle registrations, floor plans, setup and overseeing judging. Swish as most people call him has shown cars since the late 60’s, in the early 70’s he started to compete on a national level and since then he has won many national and international awards. His vehicles have been on TV, in magazines and newspapers around the country and Canada. Years ago Swish got into judging, he got tired of all the unfairness going on, his favorite saying is when someone pays to enter an event, all he’s asking for is to be treated fair. Swish was head Judge for Carlisle for 5 years, judged for Ohio Camero Club, Super Chevy Show, Cruise to the Show on Long Island, North East Rod & Custom Nationals and many smaller shows in the area. Now that you have met the new team producing the ECIN show moving forward, you are probably asking yourself “what’s going to change” “what are they going to do” and these are viable questions so let’s address a few topics. First off we are not looking to take anything away from an already great event our plan is simply to add to it. We are going to add more vehicle content by opening the “All American Classic” framework of the show and invite modern American modified show cars and trucks to participate; vehicles built by our next generation enthusiast. The next generation enthusiast is who will keep our culture alive and thriving. It is important that we welcome these young men and women and share with them our appreciation of the automotive culture. We also intend to open the opportunity to more vendors to bring in a larger variety of automotive and motorsports products as well as more non-endemics, we will be coordinating more live entertainment including but not limited to beauty contests, radio control concrete demo area, slot car racing, pin stripping challenge and more. We will also continue to work with Toy-for-Tots for which David Cohen will be a part of our team in a philanthropy position assisting in the gathering of toys to bring some holiday cheer to the less fortunate while also managing the charity auction which raises thousands as well. We will also be expanding the events marketing to include more social media advertising on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. We will be digitizing the registration system for both vehicle exhibitors and vendors to streamline and simply the task of securing your participation space, but don’t worry if you are not a fan of electronic registration we will still offer a paper option that you can mail into our office as well. We hope you will be joining us on this exciting new journey, as a vehicle exhibitor, vendor, sponsor or spectator. If you are an automotive enthusiast you will want to clear your schedule December 5th and 6th for an extended weekend of automotive history, culture and fun at the Timonium Fairground in Timonium, Maryland.
