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MOTORSPORTS TEAM PRESS RELEASE - ALISSA GEVING-CHICK-O-MOTORSPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 10, 2008
MEDIA CONTACT: Bill Sullivan: [email protected]
TEAM CONTACT: [email protected]
WEBSITE INFORMATION: www.chick-o-motorsports.com
Geving maintains Petaluma All Pro Points lead with hard charge to fifth place feature finish
By Bill Sullivan
PENNGROVE, CA (5-10-08) – Penngrove’s Alissa Geving returned to the likes of Petaluma Speedway Saturday night to resume her quest for the 2008 All Pro Point Series championship aboard the Chick-O-Motorsports, Pit Stop USA, Matt Cordeiro Enterprises Sprint car. Once again the 16 year old third generation talent overcame her share of adversity early in the night and rallied her way to an 5th place finish in the feature event.
Geving started the evening with qualifying when she turned a 12.8 second lap on the the challengins 3/8 mile oval. The qualifying time placed her second on the roster out of the 15 cars in competition. The bridesmaid qualifying time also positioned her in the third row of the 8-lap preliminary heat race.
In the heat race, Geving was attempting to work her way through slower traffic when she was racing on the high side of the surface and collided with another competitor before collecting David Lindt Jr. who unavoidably became involved in the incident. With minimal damage to the #3x Maxim Sprint car, Geving restarted the race from the rear of the field and rallied back to finish in the fifth position.
Missing the inversion for the feature event by just one position, Geving started the feature event in the sixth row and was forced to work her way through traffic to reach the front of the field. After passing Jeremy Burt on the start of the race, Geving dueled with Roberto Kirby for the seventh position. With an extremely rutted track surface, much of the race resembled that of a rodeo rather then a sprint car race and at one point Geving fell victim to the conditions when she struck one of the rutts, slowed and allowed Kirby to resume the 7th position.
With a number of delays throughout the night, Saturday’s feature event was shortened by five laps. During those final circuits Geving overtook Kirby for the second time in the event and then muscled her way past Brandon Davis and was closing in on veteran driver David Lindt Jr. when the checkered flag waved. Despite starting to the rear of the field, Geving rallied to the 5th position, her fifth top sixth finish in the season at the track she calls home.
“Tonight I had to come from the back and the track was super rough, I wish I had found my line on the top earlier in the night,” said Geving. “I’m running for the points championship and the can be so dangerous so I try not too push it too much, but tonight I knew I had to do something. I really wanted to win this for my Mom tonight for Mother’s Day but I think she’s happy when the car comes off the track in one piece. “
Following Saturday’s event, Geving undoubtedly will continue to maintain the point lead in the weekly All Pro Series championship campaign. David Lindt Jr., a five time champion here, is currently in the second position and gained two points on Geving with Saturday’s fourth place finish. The 2008 championship campaign will surely heat up in the weeks to come between Geving, the 16-year-old driver inher sophomore season and Lindt, one of Petaluma’s winningest drivers along with Alissa’s father, Gary Geving who also raced with Lindt prior to passing the driving duties to Alissa last year.
“I am so focused on the points right now so I feel very dedicated to my goal of winning a championship,” added Geving. “I want to finish every race and to do that I need to stay focused. I’m very proud to be leading the point series over past champion David Lindt Jr., it’s an honor.”
This Saturday, May 17, Alissa Geving and her Chick-O-Motorsports team will return to Petaluma Speedway to continue their campaign for the 2008 track championship. In two weeks the team looks forward to traveling to the north state where they will spend two days competing at Silver Dollar Speedway during the Silver Dollar Fair and the Hoosier Tires Civil War Race Series.
Alissa Gevings’ title sponsors include Matt Cordiero Enterprises, Pit Stop USA, Auto Repairs Unlimited and A1A Muffler. Additional sponsors include Parker Stores, Sequoia Logistics, Tillet Tool, KalembasTireCenter, Rossi Auto Body, Afex Graphics, ALC Machine Century 21st Healthy Club, Hose Doctor, Spin Tech Mufflers, Fast Lube Plus and Kaeding Performance. ALC Machine. To learn more about Alissa Geving, her sponsors or how to become involved with the team as a sponsor visit her official website at www.chick-o-motorsports.com.
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