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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CIVIL WAR TO CHALLENGE OCEAN SPRINTS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN WATSONVILLE
WATSONVILLE,
CALIFORNIA (July 6, 2011) – Two of the premier winged 360 sprint car series in the country will
go head-to-head on Friday night as the California Sprint Car Civil War will
head to Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway to challenge the Ocean Sprints in a
co-sanctioned event.
The Ocean
Sprints presented by Taco Bravo are led in the points by Salinas’ Ronnie Day.Day has finished no worse than fourth throughout
the season with one win feature win.He
leads Tommy Tarlton in the standings by just 14 markers.Tarlton is winless at Ocean Speedway this
year in the Ocean Sprints but won last Friday night’s Golden State King of the
West feature before finishing second on Saturday night.
Justin
Sanders, Rico Abreu, and Tommy Laliberte round out the top-five in the points
standings.All three youngsters have had
flashes of brilliance throughout the season but have yet to visit victory
lane.The balance of the Ocean Sprints
top-ten includes “Cowboy” Craig Smith, Nick Green, Kevin Pylant, Kurt Nelson,
and Shane Golobic.Nelson will be
looking to recover from a massive flip in the “Howard Kaeding Classic” last
weekend at Watsonville.
On the
Civil War side of the show, the series is in the midst of a very busy touring
schedule after running Placerville Speedway last Saturday night.Steven Tiner has put himself in the
championship equation following a crucial victory at Placerville with points leader Andy Forsberg
finishing eighth.
The Civil
War Series has seen three wins from Forsberg thus far with single wins for
Tiner, Sean Becker, and Kyle Hirst.Herman
Klein rounds out the top-five in the standings and is winless on the year.Sebastopol’s Geoff Ensign ran strong in the series early on
before missing an event to continue his USAC championship effort.Despite missing a race he still ranks 10th
in the hotly contested points.
Other Civil
War contenders expected on Friday night include Mike Henry, Alissa Geving, and Jeremy
Burt.Henry is fresh off a 410 victory
at Silver Dollar Speedway over the weekend.
Friday’s
Civil War vs. Ocean Sprints contest will also be the second Johnny Key Classic
qualifying race.Friday’s feature winner
will be locked in to the 51st running of the event to be held on
Saturday August 27.Tim Kaeding is the
first locked in car after winning the feature on June 24.The 2011 edition of the Johnny Key Classic is
50 laps and pays $5000 to win.
Laps are
currently for sale for the Johnny Key Classic with interested parties urged to
contact [email protected]
Laps are $50 each to be paid out to the
top-three cars each lap.
The Ocean
Sprints presented by Taco Bravo show this Friday night includes Wingless
Sprints, and Micros also scheduled.Adult tickets are just $17 with seniors 65+ $15 and kids ages 6-12 are
$12.The family pass for two adults and
two children is value priced at just $50.Qualifying will get underway at 6 p.m. with fan gates opening at 4:30
p.m.
For more
information on the Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo log onto http://www.oceansprints.com
and for more on the Ocean Speedway visit http://www.oceanspeedway.com
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