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PRESS RELEASE, Silver Dollar Speedway – Chico, CA
FROM THE OFFICE OF JOHN PADJEN MOTORSPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, April 23, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Troy Hennig [email protected]
INTERNET INFORMATION: www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
Withrow's Motorsports and JP's Paint and Body Works Night at Silver Dollar Speedway
Three racing divisions highlight point race number five during the 2007 Feather Falls Casino / Hoosier Race Tire / Coors point championship season. The 410 sprint cars, pure stocks and the wingless spec sprints will race this Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. The night will feature a $2,000 payday for the winged sprint car main event winner sponsored by Withrow's Motorsports and JP's Paint and Body Works. Both company's are located in and are heavily involved with local racing. Prizes will be thrown out to the fans in the grandstands.
Front grandstand gate will open at 6 pm. Sprint car qualifying is slated to start at 7 pm with racing to follow. Adult general grandstand admission is $10.00. Juniors and senior's are $8.00 while children are $4.00. Pit gate will open at 4 pm.
Chico's Jonathan Allard leads the sprint car point standings for the first time this year. Currently a tight three-way battle is unfolding for the championship. Allard holds a slim lead over San Jose driver Jason Statler. Auburn's Andy Forsberg sits in third and is two points behind Statler and three behind Allard. Allard is the only driver with a main event win in the top three, however, Statler has finished in the top five all four nights of racing and is the only driver to accomplish that this season. Behind the top three there is a cluster tied for fourth. Grass Valley's Brad Sweet, Chico's Robbie Whitchurch and Oroville's Sean Becker each are tied with 172 points. Becker is the driver on a role. He has won the last two main events at Chico and looks to continue his streak this weekend.
Grass Valley drivers continue to show the way in the wingless spec sprint division. Billy Wallace holds an eleven-point lead over Jay Youngman. Brandon Davis holds down the third spot. Tracey driver Matt Streeter is in the fourth spot. Browns Valley driver Cody Myers rounds out the top five. Marysville driver Charlie Marrs holds the 14th spot in the points but earned the main event win last Friday night. He drives the Joe Hunt Magneto #7. Joe Hunt Magneto is the title sponsor of wingless spec sprint series at Chico. So far, 33 different drivers have earned championship points this season.
Chico's Heather Bartlett won her first main event in the pure stock division last Friday night. With the win she is now the point leader of the class. She holds an eight-point lead over last years champion Jeff Olschowka of Marysville. Mike Slightom sits in the third spot and is holding his own against the two top cars. A total of 19 drivers have earned championship points. Other main event winners include Jeremy Blackshere and Phillip Shelby.
Withrow's Motorsports is located at 2501 S Whitman Place in Chico. You can call them at 892-8905. They specialize in personal watercraft vehicles, Artic Cats, ATV's and snowmobiles. They also sell a new clothing line called FAST, which stands for From A Small Town. JP's Paint and Body Works is located at 1840 Park Avenue in Chico. Owner John Perry handles the Knoxville Bound Benefit Fundraiser and has his name and logo plastered on many of the sprint cats at Silver Dollar Speedway.
Full results and points are available through the tracks website at www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
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