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MOTORSPORTS TEAM PRESS RELEASE - ALISSA GEVING-CHICKO-MOTORSPORTS 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, SEPTEMBER 27 , 2008  

MEDIA CONTACT: Bill Sullivan: [email protected] 

TEAM CONTACT: [email protected] 

WEBSITE INFORMATION: www.chick-o-motorsports.com 

Chicko and the Buttercup are Chico bound; Santa Rosa’s Lathrop to drive team car for Fall Nationals 

By Bill Sullivan 

PENNGROVE, CA (9-28-08) – When spectators attend the 2008 Fall Nationals in Chico this weekend they won’t be seeing double, Alissa Geving and her championship Chicko Motorsports team have announced they will field a second car for this week’s annual fall classic at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds. After much consideration, veteran driver Randy Lathrop of Santa Rosa has been selected as the teammate for Geving, the 2008 Petaluma Speedway track champion that will make her first Fall Nationals appearance later in the week. 

“I appreciate everything that the Geving’s are doing for me in this venture,” said Lathrop. “It is truly an honor to be driving for Gary and Melissa and I look forward to racing with Alissa after watching her come so far this year. I’m really looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of a winged sprint car.” 

Lathrop is a longtime friend of the Geving family. The Santa Rosa resident known to many of his friends and colleagues as “Buttercup” has been a positive influence on Alissa throughout her young racing career. As the crew chief of for Pope Valley sprint car driver Jeff Parady, Lathrop has assisted the Geving’s Chicko Motorsports team on numerous occasions during the weekly Petaluma Speedway All Pro Series and the throughout the Civil War Sprint car campaign. This weekend Lathrop and Geving will collaborate, putting his motor in the #3 secondary Maxim sprint car. 

“Randy has helped us a lotand he is known for his positive reflection on Alissa these past two years. He was looking for a ride for the nationals and we felt it was just appropriate to put him in the car for the weekend,” said Gary Geving, Chicko Motorsports team owner. “Randy is a talented driver, he uses his head on the track and he knows how to set up a car well too and that’s a big help.” 

While Lathrop is best known for his recent work with Parady and his often controversial yet sensible dialogue on various racing internet sites he has had his share of success behind the wheel. During his career Lathrop has garnered 12 feature event victories, reaching the podium in Marysville, Petaluma, Watsonville and Antioch. Eleven of those victories have been in a winged sprint car, the other behind the wheel of a wingless sprint car.  

Lathrop began his racing career in 1999. His career best season was in 2005 when he posted four feature victories in a single season and three different tracks driving both winged and wingless sprint cars. In 2001 Lathrop made a bid for the Petaluma Speedway track championship, finishing second in the point standings and earning the most improved driver and best looking car award. 

During his stint with Parady, Lathrop has wrenched his good friend to several top finishes. In 2007 they led the Petaluma Speedway All Pro Point series down to the final race, finishing in second by just five points. This season they finished a career high 8th place in the Civil War series together.  

“Last year was a heartbreaker for us, to lose that on the last night was tough,” said Lathrop. “But this year has been great. We are higher then ever before in the Civil War, this is the best year Jeff has ever had.” Parady will not be competing this weekend in Chico as Lathrop returns to the drivers seat. 

With a dozen victories to his name and numerous top finishes, Lathrop is often questioned by local race fans or fellow drivers. However, the questions are often not even related to his talent behind the wheel, they want to know how he got the nickname of “Buttercup.” 

“The whole Buttercup name came from my fiancée,” mused Lathrop. “Her favorite treat of all time is a Buttercup. When she and I first started dating she fell in love with me so much that she said I was her Buttercup. That’s how it all got started a few years ago.” 

Lathrop will join Geving as she makes her first Fall Nationals appearance. Much like Lathrop, Geving too is known by a nickname, that of “Chicko” when he her dad use to called her “Slicko Chicko” in her kart racing days for spinning her tires in the slick of the track. From that day on the name has become synomonous with the teenager from Penngrove that a fan favorite nearly every track where she competes. 

Geving recently became the youngest female sprint car champion in the nation with her Petaluma Speedway title at the age of 16. Last week she finished fifth place in the season ending point standings in the Hoosier Tires Civil War Series to become the highest finishing rookie to the series. Much like Lathrop, Geving is excited about the fall nationals and her teammate for the event.” 

“I can’t wait for the fall nationals, Chico is one of my favorite tracks,” said Geving. “I’m excited that Randy will be driving our second car for the weekend. Randy has always taken the time to talk to me and help me out a lot. This race will a be a lot of fun for all of us and is a great way to close our season.” 

Both Geving and Lathrop are slated to qualify on Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway. The Fall Nationals are worth some $44,000 in winnings with $6000 going to first place on Saturday night. Chicko and the Buttercup…let the adventure begin. 

Alissa Geving and her Chicko Motorsports team are sponsored by Pit Stop USA, Matt Cordeiro Enterprises, Tillett Tool and Auto Repairs Unlimited. Additional sponsors include Flowmaster, A1A Performance Muffler, Parker Stores, Kalembas Tire Center, Rossi Auto Body, Afex Graphics, ALC Machine ,21st Century Health Club, Butler Specialties, JW Web Design, Vanlare Steering Repair, Jeremy’s Chair Repair, Hose Doctor, Fast Lube Plus ALC Machine and Butler Built Safety Seats. Public Relations Services for Chicko Motorsports are furnished by Sullivan Images in collaboration with Steve’s Racing Photos 

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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