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For the first time in a long time Greg Decaires won a 410 point race in Chico last night. Matt Shelton had possibly his best career run to finish second and Mason Moore got third, Brett Miller fourth and Robby Whitchurch rounded out the top five.

Greg will be very tough next year with Golden State, especially when the series is in Chico and Placerville. That team has some very good stuff and Greg seems to be as sharp as ever this season.

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Silver Dollar Speedway Point leader Stephen Allard had mechanical problems in the feature and suffered a dnf, but Sean Becker, who sits second in points, struggled through a tough night and finished 10th in the main event. I believe Stephen will go into next Friday with a 39 point lead over Sean.

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Story from Troy Hennig

Greg DeCaires Wins 410 Sprint Main at Chico

(Chico, CA 8-3-04)...It had been a while since Elk Grove driver Greg
DeCaires had visited victory lane at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico.
“I
can't remember the last time I was standing here,” said DeCaires. The

veteran driver who won a track championship at Chico in 1990 was very
complementary of his team and the fans that show up every Friday night.

“I want to say thanks to the the whole #24 NMI team and the fans that

make the long commute up here to watch us race,” said DeCaires.
“This is
going to be a fun week of work because my car owner is also my boss.”

Also winning on the night was Tyler Wolf of Redding. Wolf led every lap

to win the wingless sprint main event. “I knew Sparky was coming,”
said
Wolf referring to veteran driver Sparky Howard. “But I just kept my
line
and it all worked out in the end.” It was his first career win at
Chico.
Durham driver Mike Sohnrey captured the 15-lap dirt modified main
event.
“The track was bad fast tonight, that was the hardest and fastest I
ever
drove around Chico,” said Sohnrey. A total of 64 cars competed during

the Feather Falls Casino Friday night championship series race. The
night was sponsored by Miller Glass of Chico. Also, Pullins Cyclery
supplied a free BMX bicycle to one lucky fan. The winner was in town
visiting relatives. The child lives in New York and was already
wondering how to get the bike back to his hometown.

After two failed attempts to start the 410 sprint main event things
finally got up and running with Matt Shelton as the leader. Shelton, a
local product, took the lead over Princeton driver Mason Moore. Moore
is
in his rookie season and already has shown the ability to run with the
top cars at Chico. A series of cautions slowed the racing on lap four
when Sean Becker spun in turn two and on lap five and six when Chris
Masters was involved with two separate accidents. On the seventh lap it

was DeCaires who passed Moore and was closing in on Shelton. It was
only
a matter of time before DeCaires grabbed the lead. He pass Shelton on
lap 11 and never looked back. Shelton, to his credit, hung in with
DeCaires and proved to be a worthy challenger for the lead. On lap 13
championship point leader Stephen Allard came to a stop in turn two.
The
problem was terminal and he exited to the trailer. Racing continued
until lap 23 when Evan Suggs brought out the yellow. Suggs had raced
his
way into third and was battling Shelton for second when he entered turn

one too high and slid off the track. It was a tough break for Suggs who

made the long tow from Scotts Valley to race with the Friday night
crowd
in Chico. The final two laps were no contest for DeCaires as he raced
to
his first 410 winged sprint car win of 2007. Shelton had a career best
second place finish. Mason Moore tied his career best finish of third.
Moore and his Mike Clarke prepared #22 looks to finish the season on a
high note. It was nice to see Chico's Brett Miller finish in the fourth

spot. Miller's luck of late has not been good. He even raced for almost

one month on a 360 motor just to keep competing. Miller and team had to

feel good about the top five finish. Rounding out the top five was
Chico's Robbie Whitchurch. Another solid run for Whitchurch and
company.

Tyler Wolf utilized his pole position start by taking the early lead of

the 20-lap wingless sprint main event. Wolf led Scott Hall and Charlie
Mars into the first lap. Lap six brought out the first caution when
Billy Wallace spun and collected Brett Youngman and Tony Boscacci. On
the restart it was Marrs moving around Hall for second. Also following
Marrs was Sparky Howard. Howard was now in third and Hall fell to
fourth. On lap nine it was Howard's turn to grab the second spot away
from Marrs. Drivers moving through the field included Matt Streeter and

Jimmy Pettit. Streeter wound up finishing third while Pettit had
another
top five run and finished fifth. Brandon Davis, championship point
leader, made contact with another driver late in the race and retired
to
the infield. On the race track he left behind what looked to be the
inside of the rear end that fell out of the car. The caution was needed

to remove the debris. The final five laps were fast and furious as Wolf

and Howard went at it for the lead. Howard closed but was never able to

make the pass happen. Wolf crossed the line with a car length advantage

to get the win.

The best race of the night involved two dirt modified aces. Mike
Sohnrey
and Richard Papenhausen swapped the lead a few times and thrilled the
crowd with their close racing. Sohnrey started the race as the leader
but it was Papenhausen who took the lead away on lap five. On lap seven

Chris Compton stopped off of turn two to bring out the caution. The
restart proved to be the moment of truth for Papenhausen. On lap nine
the two were side by side racing for the lead. For the next three
circuits both cars swapped the lead. In lap 12, Sohnrey used the low
line to pass Papenhausen for the lead. Sohnrey led the final three laps

to get the win. Papenhausen limped across the line in second and looked

to have a flat tire. Darin Ruley finished in the third spot. Joe Flower

came home in the fourth spot. Janet King made a rare appearance and
finished fifth.

Cody Myers won the 10-lap wingless B main. Taylor Simas, Justin
Funkhouser and Cody Smith all transferred. Not transferring was Jay
Youngman who finished fifth. Youngman came into the night second in
points.

Trevor Green dominated the 12-lap B main. Sean Becker finished in the
second spot.

Fast Eddy Lewis won the first heat race for the 410 sprints. Colby
Weisz
debuted a new paint job and won heat two. Orland driver Zack Mason won
the third heat race. The win was number five for the season during heat

race action for Mason.

Papenhausen won the lone heat race for the modifieds.

Stephen Allard turned the quickest lap in qualifying. His lap time was
13.042.

Full results are posted at www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com

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I forgot to mention how great of a job Evan Suggs did. He was really working the wheel trying to move forward in the feature. Had just taken second when he slid of turn one. He's done a really good job the last couple weekend's in Chico. It's hard to believe he's only been there a handful of times. It was great having them last night and hopefully they'll be in Chico the rest of the month.

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Way to go Greg!! I knew it was only a matter of time before he would have that #24 in victory lane! I can't wait for next year to see him running that car full time. BRING ON THE GOLD CUP!!!!!