PRESS RELEASE, JOHN PADJEN MOTORSPORTS, ROSEVILLE CALIFORNIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2006 MEDIA CONTACT: BILL SULLIVAN Action packed 25 event schedule released for Placerville Speedway in 2007 By Bill Sullivan PLACERVILLE, CA – Following the racing promoters workshop in Reno, the office of John Padjen Motorsports has released the official schedule for the 2007 racing season at Placerville Speedway, located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville. Under the title sponsorship of the El Dorado County New Car Dealer Association, Hoosier Racing Tires and Coors Light Placerville Speedway’s 42nd year of operation will host a total of 25 events and a variety o racing venues between March and October.
The 2007 racing season will begin one week earlier then previous seasons with the Hoosier Tires California Sprint Car Civil War Series. This traveling campaign for 360 cubic inch sprint cars will compete in a record 15 events in the season to come. This season will mark the first time Placerville Speedway is slated to host the official series opener after officials of the new Marysville Raceway Park agreed to hold only two Civil War events in the year to come.
The Civil War series will return to Placerville Speedway for a total of four additional events this year, returning on May 5 for the fourth annual Family Cadillac Tribute to Al Hinds. This special event, sponsored by Family Cadillac of Shingle Springs, will pay tribute to one of the speedway’s early promoters, the late Al Hinds of Placerville. The feature winner on this special night of racing will take home $3000 courtesy of the local auto dealership who has sponsored this event since Hinds’ passing in 2004.
Additional Civil War dates at Placerville Speedway include Saturday night June 23rd with the competitive series will be joined for the very first time by the fire breathing wingless midgets of the Bay Cities Racing Association. The series returns on August fourth and will crown the Civil War champion here at the season ending event on Saturday September 29.
The 410 cubic inch sprint cars of the Golden State Challenge Series will make two appearances here in the year to come. The first appearance of the season will be one week following the Civil War opener on March 24. The GSC returns for the second date on June 2.
The weekly championship campaign will at Placerville Speedway will begin on March 31 with 360 sprint cars headlining the program and being joined by the late model stock car division known as the Pro Stocks and the always populated Pure Stock division. During each weekly point race, the three track regulars will be joined by a visiting division which will rotate throughout the season among the Wingless Sprint Cars of the John Padjen Motorsports twin track championship, the Midget Lites of the Bay Cities Racing Association and the Nor Cal Dwarf Car Association.
The wingless sprint cars will compete in a twin track championship for the third straight year. Each driver will earn championship points at both Placerville and Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. The accumulative points will determine the season champion and will also name the starting grid for the second annual Wingless Sprint Invitational that opens the prestigious Gold Cup in Chico in September. Placerville Speedway host six wingless dates in 2007 while Silver Dollar Speedway will see the division a total of 20 times for a combined total of 26 races in the co-track campaign.
The Nor Cal Dwarf Cars will compete at Placerville on six different nights this coming year. The wingless Midget Division of the Bay Cities Racing Association will appeare twice while the Midget Lites will compete eight different times.
On Sunday, the Placerville Police Officers Association will present the annual “Hangtown Destruction Derby.” This special event will take place in conjunction with Mountain Democrat Kids Night at Placerville Speedway taking place the evening prior to the derby, Saturday August 18.
On Kids Night all youngsters 11 and under will be admitted for free and receive free soda, popcorn and a complimentary ticket to the destruction derby. The evening will feature the kids bike races during intersmission and a raffle for a new BMX Bicycle sponsored by the Mountain Democrat Newspaper.
For further information on the 2007 racing season at Placerville Speedway, please visit the official track website located at www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com. Additional information may also be obtaind through the track business office at (916) 969-7484. Season ticket packages will go on sale through the track business office in February of 2007. PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY, 2007 SEASON SCHEDULE MAR 17 SAT CALIFORNIA SPRINT CAR CIVIL WAR SERIES - 360 SPRINTS, DWARF CARS MAR 24 SAT GOLDEN STATE CHALLENGE SERIES - 410 SPRINTS MAR 31 SAT POINT RACE #1 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, DWARF CARS APR 7 SAT POINT RACE #2 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, MIDGET LITES APR 14 SAT TOTALLY WINGLESS - POINT RACE #3 BCRA MIDGETS, MIDGET LITES, WINGLESS SPRINTS, PURE STOCKS, PRO STOCKS APR 21 SAT POINT RACE #4 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, WINGLESS SPRINTS APR 28 SAT POINT RACE #5 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, DWARF CARS MAY 5 SAT CALIFORNIA SPRINT CAR CIVIL WAR SERIES - 360 SPRINTS "FAMILY CHEVROLET/TRIBUTE TO AL HINDS" MAY 12 SAT POINT RACE #6 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, MIDGET LITES MAY 19 SAT POINT RACE #7 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, WINGLESS SPRINTS MAY 26 SAT NO RACES JUN 2 SAT GOLDEN STATE CHALLENGE SERIES - 410 SPRINTS, DWARF CARS JUN 9 SAT POINT RACE #8 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, MIDGET LITES JUN 16 SAT NO RACES - EL DORADO COUNTY FAIR JUN 23 SAT CALIFORNIA SPRINT CAR CIVIL WAR SERIES - 360 SPRINTS, BCRA MIDGETS JUN 30 SAT POINT RACE #9 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, WINGLESS SPRINTS JUL 4 WED POINT RACE #10 - "FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR" 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS JUL 7 SAT POINT RACE #11 - WINGLESS SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, MIDGET LITES JUL 14 SAT POINT RACE #12 - "MARK FORNI MEMORIAL" 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, MIDGET LITES JUL 21 SAT NO RACES JUL 28 SAT POINT RACE #13 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, DWARF CARS AUG 4 SAT CALIFORNIA SPRINT CAR CIVIL WAR SERIES - 360 SPRINTS AUG 11 SAT TOTALLY WINGLESS - POINT RACE #14 BCRA MIDGETS, MIDGET LITES, WINGLESS SPRINT, PRO STOCK, PURE STOCKS AUG 18 SAT POINT RACE #15 - KIDS NIGHT (KIDS BIKE RACES) 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS AUG 19 SUN DESTRUCTION DERBY (PLACERVILLE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION) AUG 25 SAT POINT RACE #16 - 360 SPRINTS, PRO STOCKS, PURE STOCKS, DWARF CARS SEP 1 SAT POINT RACE #17 - 360 SPRINTS, PURE STOCKS, PRO STOCKS, MIDGET LITES SEP 5-9 WED-SAT CHICO - "GOLD CUP - RACE OF CHAMPIONS" SEP 29 SAT CALIFORNIA SPRINT CAR CIVIL WAR SERIES "SEASON FINALE" - 360 SPRINTS
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