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PRESS RELEASE, Silver Dollar Speedway – Chico, CA
FROM THE OFFICE OF JOHN PADJEN MOTORSPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, April 30, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Troy Hennig [email protected]
INTERNET INFORMATION: www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
Driver Autograph Night at Silver Dollar Speedway This Friday Night
This Friday night, May 4, the first Ashley Furniture driver Autograph night will start at 5 pm in front of the main grandstands at the Silver Dollar Speedway. Many of the top drivers racing at Silver Dollar Speedway will be on hand for this unique chance to meet them before the races. Drivers scheduled to appear will be San Jose driver Jason Statler, Auburn's Andy Forsberg and current point leader Jonathan Allard of Chico. Statler, Allard and Forsberg are the top three drivers currently in the point standings. Others scheduled to appear include dirt-modified driver Mark Abouzeid, wingless spec driver's Taylor Simas and Justin Funkhouser.
Other top ranked sprint car drivers include Grass Valley's Brad Sweet, Chico's Brett Miller, Stephen Allard and Kevin Sharrah. Most drivers will have free autograph cards to hand out to the fans that arrive early and brand new t-shirts for sale. The autograph session will last from 5 pm until 6 pm. At 6 pm the drivers need to leave and get back to the pit area to suit up for hot laps.
Front grandstand gate will open an hour early at 5 pm. Sprint car qualifying is slated to start at 7 pm with racing to follow. Adult general grandstand admission is $10.00. Juniors and senior's are $8.00 while children are $4.00. Pit gate will open at 4 pm.
This whole autograph session is the brainchild of Robert Myers, the President and CEO of Ashley Furniture Home Stores. "I wanted a way to get the fans a chance to see these drivers before the races and maybe connect more with them," said Myers. "Plus this sport has the best fans and we thought this was a good way to let the drivers give something back to them." The first driver autograph session took place last August and had good success. Myers driver will be the spotlight of the afternoon. Chico's Fast Eddy Lewis has been Ashley Furniture's sprint car driver for three seasons. Lewis will be there with most of his crew. Also attending will be the Blaze 103.5 fm truck with popular on-air talent J.T. handling the interviews of drivers and getting the fans riled up.
Also, once racing starts, the good folks at Ashley Furniture will be giving away another free drawing for a mattress. The fans will receive a coupon once they enter the grandstands. The drawing will take place later in the night.
Three racing divisions will be on hand for point race number six during the Feather Falls Casino championship series. The 410-winged sprint cars, dirt modifieds and wingless spec sprints will race on the quarter-mile clay oval.
May 4th will be the first of three scheduled autograph sessions. The next Ashley Furniture night will take place June 8th and will feature an hour autograph chance. Drivers that will attend the next autograph night include Johnny Gray, Andy Gregg, Sean Becker, Willie Croft and Zack Mason. A different rotation of drivers will be at each session.
For updated points and results please visit www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
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