WelcOme Letter

Welcome to the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex and host of the 47th Annual Motorama Races and Shows, the nation’s largest all indoor motorsports racing event. What started as a racing program in the large arena in 1978, has turned into an all-out motorsports winter festival for gearheads throughout the nation. 11 different halls host over 1 million sq. feet of racing and exhibits that are truly out of this world.

The focal point of Motorama continues to be the nearly 9,000 seat arena that hosts the weekends arenacross competitions. Racers from around the nation, novice to professional, come out to compete for top honors in their respective classes. The racing action is nonstop all weekend long with two separate racing programs both Saturday and Sunday. Besides all the great arenacross racing action, the event also includes a separate Go-Kart track where a few hundred racers compete for top honors in their sport (Northeast Hall) and a Quarter Midget Racing program (Northwest Hall) where the next generation racer (16 and under) gets to test and fine tune their skills in front of thousands of motorsports fans. 

Scaled racing fans also have their places to race, as Motorama is host to the nation’s largest all indoor electric radio control program with not one, but rather two monster tracks (Equine area and Equine Barn). Racers from around the world gather to fill seven-hundred starting positions on the 1/8th Off Road Track and/or 1/10th Oval Track and a  1/10th scale demolition derby program takes place as well (Equine Area)  If all that radio control racing is not enough for all you technophiles, Robot Conflict (Sale Arena) offers one-on-one battles to the death and are just out of this world entertaining.   Also, don't forget to check out the scaled Drag Racing program (Main Hall) where the Speed Show takes place. 

Motorama is also home to one of the Northeast’s largest and most diverse custom car shows (Expo Hall), you will see some of the country’s most competitive custom cars, trucks and bikes on display. From vintage early 1900’s Model T’s to today’s most technologically advanced machines there is a little bit of everything for every type of automotive connoisseur. If you’re a core racer or trail riding fanatic, the Speed Show (Main Hall) is for you - you will find vehicles from several sprint car and stock car divisions represented. The event also features a large off-road truck display and Off-Road specific exposition (West Hall).  If it has been altered with a high-performance engine or articulating suspension it will be found around the South end of the complex along with more than eighty vendors selling the latest in automotive equipment and accessories.  

With all this entertainment and nonstop action – Motorama is also about giving back to the local community. Motorama is proud to partner this year with the Rothrock Foundation. We will be supporting the "Eagle Foundation" and the "Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania" both local 501c3 charity organizations  in the local community right here in central Pa.  New for this year is our partnership with "All You Can Inc."  also a local 501c3 that specializes in providing  basic needs and educational resources to at-risk families in the greater Harrisburg area.

The entire racing program and access to all events are included in one admission price; including available seating, so you may visit all 5 racing arenas at your leisure. There are over one-thousand riders, drivers, and competitors along with over seven hundred racing and show vehicles on display. As you walk through the shows and open pit areas, feel free to stop and talk to the racers and exhibitors and don’t forget to support the many vendors, sponsors, and program advertisers that help make Motorama possible. 

We want to take a moment to say thank you for coming out this weekend and joining us.

We hope you have a great time.

Respectfully, 

The Hostetter Family