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PRESS RELEASE, PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY
LOCATED ON THE ELDORADO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
100 PLACERVILLE DRIVE, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2007
Placerville Speedway hosts five divisions and BCRA Hall of Fame picnic this Saturday
Local car builder Art Boune among 2007 inductees to the BCRA Hall of Fame
PLACERVILLE – Five divisions of race cars will be in competition this Saturday at Placerville Speedway. Under the promotion and management of John Padjen Motorsports, the quarter-mile clay oval on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds will host the exciting BCRA wingless midgets and midget lites.
The wingless sprint cars of the JPM/Joe Hunt Magnetos Championship Series will also return. The three wingless divisions will be joined by the Pro Stocks and Pure Stocks, competing in their 12th event of the El Dorado County New Car Dealers, Hoosier Racing Tires Championship season.
Racing will begin on Saturday night with warm ups at 5:30 p.m. but much activity will be taking place throughout the day at the fairgrounds with the annual BCRA Hall of Fame Picnic. This annual event is presented by John Padjen Motorsports and the BCRA, who share the rental costs of the beer tree lawn and picnic area of the fairgrounds while the BCRA provides the food and beverages for the event. The event will feature a number of items beginning at noon, including tri-tip steak, hot dogs, salad, drinks, dessert and much more.
Following lunch, officials from the BCRA will announce the 2007 inductees to their Hall of Fame and present a number of special awards. The event is routinely a grand social affair which allows race fans of all ages to meet many of California's top open wheel drivers of both the past and the present.
Six gentlemen will be inducted into the BCRA Hall of Fame at 1:30 on Saturday. Being named into the BCRA Hall of Fame is a true honor to anyone associated with this legendary race series that has been in operation since 1939. Among those being awarded the honor will be well known car builder and racing component specialist Art Boune of Sacramento. Boune is known throughout many different divisions in the California racing community.
Boune has spent most of his life contributing to auto racing as a car builder and component supplier. He is best known for the operation of his race shop, ART Enterprises in Sacramento. His son, Glenn Boune is also a former championship driver with many sprint car victories to his name as well as a pair of Civil War championships. Boune will be honored Saturday afternoon along with longtime Midget Owner John Pestana, drivers Wheeler Gresham, Bob Cortner, Steve Mentch and Nelson Snow.
The gathering will begin at 10 a.m. and will continue until approximately 3 p.m. Those wishing to have lunch with the many drivers may purchase tickets in advance for a discount price of $15 for adults and $5 for children by calling (209) 836-2297. Tickets are also available at the event, Adult tickets on race day at $20 for adults and $5 for children. The costs associated with the picnic are merely to assist BCRA with presenting the event including the price of supplies, insurance and clean up.
Saturday's event will feature qualifying for the midgets followed by heat races for all division, preliminary feature events and feature events that will conclude with the firebreathing wingless midgets of the BCRA, a division that keeps spectators on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
Tickets for Saturday's racing event will be $11 for adults, $9 for juniors and seniors $4 for children and under six will be admitted for free. The gates of Placerville Speedway will open at 5 p.m. race fans attending Saturday's event are being asked to complete a demographic survey upon arrival to the speedway if they did not do so last week.
The survey process will continue for several weeks as John Padjen Motorsports collects and updates statistics for potential title sponsorship opportunities that could bring many forms of improvement to the 42 year old speedway and the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in 2008. Those who have already participated in the survey don't need to do so again. All of those who participate will once again be entered in a free drawing for several door prizes. For addition information log on to www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com.
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