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PRESS RELEASE – Silver Dollar Speedway, CHICO, CA
PRESS
RELEASE – Silver Dollar Speedway, CHICO, CA.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUGUST 24, 2009
MEDIA
CONTACT: Troy Hennig, [email protected]
Website:
www.silverdollarspeedway.com
Fan Appreciation Night
at Silver Dollar Speedway
By Troy Hennig, Silver Dollar
Speedway Media Relations
CHICO,
CA – The final
Friday night Feather Falls Casino point race of the year will take
place August 28 at the Silver Dollar Speedway. Championship night
will include all four regular racing divisions. The 410 sprints,
dirt modifieds, street stocks and the wingless sprints will all be on
hand to finish out the year. All four divisions will crown a 2009
champion on this night.
It is
Fan Appreciation night at the speedway. Admission is only $5.00.
Kids under the age of 11 will be admitted free. The pit gate will
open at 3 pm. The front grandstand gate will open an hour earlier at
5 pm. Sprint car qualifying is slated to start at 7 pm.
Napa
Auto Parts of Orland, Cherry St. Mini Storage and Coca-Cola products
are the night's sponsors. Fans will have the chance to receive great
prizes on this night courtesy of Napa Auto Parts.
Bobby
McMahan is the front runner to win the 410 sprint car championship.
He holds a 27-point lead over Mark Hall. It's been chronicled
throughout the season that while sprint car racing may be a young
man's sport both McMahan and Hall have turned back the hands of time
this season. The two drivers have more on track racing experience
combined, 52 years, than the combined age of the next three drivers
in the point standings. For McMahan it really has been a dream
season. He has one main event victory while finishing every main
event inside the top 10. It would also mark his first point
championship of his career. He finished second three times while
racing with the Northern Auto Racing Club. The championship would
also provide Steve Harris Racing with the goal they set out to
achieve. Give rookie driver Kyle Harris a mentor in Bobby McMahan
and allow McMahan to go after the championship. As of now and to
quote a military term for the www.racingforthetroops.com
team, Mission Accomplished.
It has
been the year of the rocket man. Chico's Mark Abouzeid will conclude
his dream year with a chance to capture his first dirt modified
championship. In seven starts this year, Abouzeid has not finished
outside the top five in main event action. He won five main events
in a row only to be derailed by two former track champions Ryan and
Randy McDaniel. With all of his accolades the championship is not
his just yet. Darin Ruley has battled him all season and sits
23-points behind Abouzeid. Is Abouzeid does not start the main event
there is still a slim chance Ruley could sneak by. However, if
Abouzeid takes the green flag the championship will be his.
Wingless
driver Jimmy Pettit won his second main event of the season last
week. While car counts have been down this year Pettit is still the
cream of the crop. Jay Youngman sits 21-points out of the lead.
Youngman has been a great challenger to Pettit all season. Youngman
has won main event win. Pettit can control his own destiny on Friday
night by also just taking the green flag in the main event and the
championship is his.
Heather
Bartlett started off this season with one thing on her agenda, a
Silver Dollar Speedway championship. Along the way she has won four
main events and took control of the standings after Phil Marino's
mechanical problems sidelined his hopes. For the past three seasons
Bartlett has become Silver Dollar Speedway's most popular driver.
The past two seasons she has watched other drivers win the street
stock title. In 2009, the #99 will finally be on the front straight
celebrating with her family as the new champion of the track. As
with the other division leaders once Bartlett takes the green flag in
the main event the championship will belong to her.
Inquires
can be handled by calling the track office at 916-969-7484.
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