Advance Auto Parts Home Track Hero: Dawn Roemer of Bethel Motor Speedway
Throughout the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, Advance Auto Parts is spotlighting a series of Home Track Heroes from NASCAR-sanctioned short tracks around the country. Each Home Track Hero, nominated by his or her peers as a result of contributions made to the race track, will have his or her name appear on the C-Post of Ryan Blaney‘s No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang in a Cup Series Playoff race. Dawn Roemer, the director of promotions and marketing at Bethel Motor Speedway in Swan Lake, New York, is the Home Track Hero whose name will appear on Blaney‘s car during the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead—Miami Speedway.
Dawn Roemer, whose tenure at New York’s Bethel Motor Speedway began as a photographer 13 years ago, goes above and beyond with her involvement in the community and at the race track.
She works in childcare for underprivileged children in the community. She’s also hands-on with benefit drives, including the Adopt-a-Child drive for children during the holiday season and back-to-school supplies drives.
Roemer makes dinner for underprivileged families around the holidays, personally delivering meals before sitting down to eat with her own family.
From helping others in need to providing advice to somebody who may need it, she will do what she can to help with her knowledge, kindness and big heart.
At Bethel Motor Speedway, Roemer has organized events like big wheel races, power wheel races, the St. Jude’s Cancer Awareness Night, and Foster Care and Children’s Home benefit nights, to name a few.
On Saturday nights, she takes charge and moves the show along while lending a hand wherever needed; she does this while still performing her own nightly duties.
From taking food orders when the kitchen is busy to helping with track cleanup — or jumping in a position that may be vacant for the evening — she does it all.
Roemer prepares Bethel’s kitchen specials personally. She’s also not afraid to take on the less-than-desirable jobs when needed. On occasion, she’s even been seen operating the track debris blower.
She’s most often the first to arrive and the last to leave, and those at the track can’t imagine a race night without her.
