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June 26, 2007 at
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PRESS RELEASE, Silver Dollar Speedway – Chico, CA
FROM THE OFFICE OF JOHN PADJEN MOTORSPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, June 25, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Troy Hennig [email protected]
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INTERNET INFORMATION: www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
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_Riebe's Auto Part Night at the Races this Friday Night_
(Chico, CA 6-25-07)...One of the best fan oriented nights will happen
this Friday, June 29, at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. For the third
year in a row Riebe's Auto Parts will host a night at the races. The
speedway will have four divisions racing around the quarter-mile clay
oval speedway. Lots of great stuff will be offered to the fans courtesy
of David Larabee and the entire Riebe's family of employees. The first
250 fans through the front grandstand gate will receive a free NASCAR
hat. Prizes that the store will raffle off throughout the night include
Maui Jim sun glasses, a tailgate barbecue and miscellaneous Dale
Earnhardt Sr. and Jr. merchandise. One of the bigger prizes will
include
a four pack of tickets for the upcoming July 4^th race at the Speedway.
The Riebe's staff that will be on hand will through packs of Jelly
Belly's into the grandstands for the crowd to catch. This night is
usually one of the funnest nights for the racing crowd. David Larabee,
a
racer at heart, who has been driving at the Silver Dollar Speedway for
over 14 years sums up the event. “We wanted people to have fun and
win
some cool stuff while enjoying the races,” said Larabee.
Front grandstand gate will open at 6 pm. Adult general admission is
$10.00. Juniors and Seniors are $8.00 and children's price is $4.00.
The
winged 410-sprint cars will qualify at 7:00 pm with racing to follow.
Accompany in the sprint cars will be the wingless spec sprints, dirt
modifieds and pure stocks. There is a $100 bonus money for the winners
of the wingless and dirt modified main event. The 410-winged sprint car
main event winner will pocket $2,000.
The Allard brothers sit atop the 410- sprint point standings. Jonathan
leads his brother by 15-points. Stephen is currently second, however,
it
is common knowledge in the sprint car community that Jonathan's team
will be leaving in July to go back to the mid west and race against the
World of Outlaws. This in turn means, whoever is behind Jonathan will
inherit the point lead. Chasing Stephen in Auburn's Andy Forsberg. The
defending track champion is looking to rebound after two recent
disappointing finishes in the main event. Forsberg is just nine points
behind Stephen Allard. Oroville's Sean Becker jumped two spots in the
point standings after last Friday night. Becker now sits fourth. Jason
Statler, even though he missed last Friday night, still sits in the
fifth spot of points.
The wingless sprint car point battle is very intense. Only five points
separate the top three. Rookie driver Brandon Davis leads Jay Youngman
by one point. Sitting right behind them is Matt Streeter five points
behind Davis. Streeter has two main event wins while Davis has one.
Youngman is still searching for that first win. Taylor Simas won a
popular 20-lap main event last Friday night. The win jumped him up one
spot into the 12^th position in points. Billy Wallace leads Cody Myers
by just one point for the fourth position. Both of these drivers are
nearly 50 points out of the lead.
Chico's Mark Abouzeid has won three of the last four main events this
year at Chico. Last Friday night he won Mike Sohnrey to the finish
line.
Sohnrey is the only driver to break into victory lane in between
Abouzeid's three wins. Richard Papenhausen still has a stranglehold
over
the rest of the division. He leads Darin Ruley by over 80 points.
Jeff Olschowka leads the pure stock division by twelve points over Mike
Slightom. Both Olschowka and Slightom are six for six when it comes to
finishing in the top ten of main events this season at Chico. Heather
Bartlett sits in the third spot. Jeremy Stone and Jay Galvin round out
the top five.
Riebe's Auto Parts features good parts, good people and great prices.
Local Riebe's Auto Parts stores are located in Chico at 175 East 20^th
St. and 982 East Ave. In Paradise the store is located at 5990 Clark Rd
and in Oroville at 2950 Myers Street.
www.sprintcarchallengetour.com
www.placervillespeedway.com
www.stocktondirttrack.com
www.thunderbowlraceway.com
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