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John Padjen Motorsports
Silver Dollar Speedway – Chico, CA
Contact: Troy Hennig
For Immediate Release: Four Divisions Heat up the Action at Chico
Miller Glass Night at Chico
(Chico, CA 5-6-08)...With four divisions racing this Friday night, May 9, things are starting to heat up around Silver Dollar Speedway. The 410 sprints, wingless, dirt modified's and dwarf cars are all slated to compete at the famous quarter-mile clay oval speedway. With the help of Miller's Glass, 744 Cherry St., of Chico the winged sprint cars will once again compete for the $2, 000 winners prize. All four divisions will compete in heat races and main events. A large number of race cars are expected.
Front grandstand gate will open at 6 pm. Racing is scheduled to start at 7 pm. Adult general admission is $11.00. Seniors and Juniors are $9.00 and children are $5.00. The sprint cars will qualify followed by all three divisions racing heats and main events.
Auburn's Andy Forsberg continues to lead the way for the 410 sprint car series. Even though he has been held without a win, Forsberg by virtue of solid finishes is now 17-points ahead of Oroville's Sean Becker. Both are former champions of the series. Princeton's Mason Moore is steadily moving to the top. Moore is currently third in driver standings. The second year driver is five for five when it comes to top ten finishes this year in main events. Chico's Jonathan Allard is trying to break a streak of accidents. The last two weeks he has flipped in the main event going into or through turns one and two. Allard won this past Saturday at American Valley Speedway in Quincy to hopefully get him on the right track. Sacramento's Willie Croft is currently fifth. Croft has two fast time awards this year at Chico.
The top five in the Feather Falls Casino wingless sprint standings are all young guns. The oldest, Justin Funkhouser, barely out of his teens, is currently fourth in the driver standings. Leading the charge is still rookie driver Keith Bloom Jr. This kid has proved to be no one hit wonder. He has lead the points for the past five weeks. His nearest competitor is Orland's Taylor Simas. Simas is 13-points back. Mason Myers is in third spot. He is currently 40-points behind Simas. His brother Cody is currently fifth in points and both of the brothers are teenagers. Another strong rookie is Mitch Miller of Chico. Miller, in only three starts, is already moved into the top fifteen of points.
Defending track championship Richard Papenhausen of Chico leads the dirt modified point standings. After struggling to start the year Papenhausen has caught fire by winning the most recent main event at Chico. He currently leads Eddy Lewis and Darin Ruley, both of Chico, by seven points.
The popular Dwarf Cars will make their second appearance of the year at Chico. With the nostalgic look of early stock cars, Dwarf Cars are scaled copies of 1928 to 1948 vintage American coupes and sedans. They are powered by a motorcycle engine. The bodies are scaled down versions of full size cars. More information can be found at their website www.dwarfworld.com.
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