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14th annual Trophy Cup up next for Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway
By Gary Thomas
Tulare, CA - October 16, 2007...Coming up on November 16-17 the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway will be hosting the 14th annual Trophy Cup and it will mark the third straight year that the event has been held at the 1/3 mile clay oval. Last year’s Trophy Cup was one of the most talked about events of the year and it should be no different in 2007.
The Trophy Cup is an event that started out at San Jose Speedway and has grown to be arguably the biggest and best for winged 360 sprint cars in the United States. The Trophy Cup packs a $90,000 purse and the overall winner of the weekend will be guaranteed to take home $15,000. Inverted fields and a point system force drivers to not be content with any position they have on the track all weekend long. To top it all off the Trophy Cup benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Trophy Cup committee will present the fabulous foundation with another check at this year’s event.
Sharing the announce booth for the event will be two of sprint car racing’s finest as longtime Trophy Cup announcer Bobby Gerould will be joined for the first time by Troy Hennig. Thunderbowl Raceway announcer George Hague will also be roaming the pits handling the infield announcing as he has done each of the last two years at the Trophy Cup.
Hennig has been the full time public address announcer at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway since 1999 and has grown into being one of the best announcers in West Coast sprint car racing. His knowledge of the sport and smooth delivery make him one of the most popular in California. Likewise, Gerould has been one of the top announcers in all of sprint car racing over the last 10-15 years. He started out in California and has done work for TNN in the past and has handled the play by play duties for SPEED & ESPN 2's broadcasts of the World of Outlaws Sprint Series this year. Gerould is also the man behind the popular website HammerdownUSA, which is a must stop for any true sprint car or midget fan. To visit the site log onto http://www.hammerdownusa.com
To finish off the announcing trio Hague has been part of some of the most memorable infield interviews in recent years at the Thunderbowl and has been around the sport for many years. Having a top notch announce team like this will make the weekend a pleasurable one for all fans and Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway is proud to have these gentleman handling the duties.
The 14th annual Trophy Cup will feature upwards of 65 -70 cars battling it out over two nights of action and several former Cup champions are expected in the field including defending champ Tim Kaeding and four-time champ Brent Kaeding, as well as Jac Haudenschild, Ronnie Day, Craig Stidham and Tommy Tarlton. Other top names expected to compete will be Joey Saldana, Jason Meyers, Shane Stewart, Jonathan Allard, Brandon Wimmer, Roger Crockett, Brad Sweet and many, many more.
The Trophy Cup will go green on Friday night November 16 with the front gate opening at 5 pm and tickets costing $22 for general admission bleachers & $24 for reserved grandstands. The event will conclude on Saturday Nov 17 and tickets are $24 for general admission bleachers and $26 for reserved grandstands. Visit http://www.thunderbowlraceway.com to view a seating chart and then call (559) 688-0909 to reserve your tickets. Tickets will also be available at the gate.
The Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway is located on the Tulare County Fairgrounds at the corner of Bardsley and K Streets in Tulare.
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San Jose's Tim Kaeding will be going for his third Trophy Cup title when the event kicks off on Friday November 16. Photo by Johns Racing Photos
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