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_PRESS RELEASE, Silver Dollar Speedway – Chico, CA
FROM THE OFFICE OF JOHN PADJEN MOTORSPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Tuesday, August 14, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Troy Hennig [email protected]
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_INTERNET INFORMATION: _www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
_Vintage Hot Rod and Pro Machine Racing Engines Night at Silver Dollar
Speedway_
Four divisions of race cars will compete at the next to last Feather
Falls Casino point championship series night this Friday, August 17.
Action is coming to a close with just one more night of racing to
follow. September is gearing up to be the best Gold Cup in years with
the World of Outlaws returning to Silver Dollar Speedway in full force.
However, on the home front the local drivers know that there is just
two
more nights of racing to move up the championship final point ladder.
Dave Davidson and John Beck have strong ties with the Silver Dollar
Speedway this season. Davidson owns Vintage Hot Rod Design and
Fabrication and shares the building with John Beck of Pro Machine
Racing Engines. The building is located at 631 Country Drive in Chico and the
sign is visible from HWY 99 as you are entering Chico. There will be
t-shirts tossed into the stands and other activities that you will not
want to miss. The pair have moved up from Southern California and fell
in love with the Chico community. They offer a fabrication shop, paint
shop and DYNO room not only for hot rods but every day vehicles also.
“Racing in America is about people having fun,” said John Beck.
“We will just be getting back from the Salt Flats on Thursday trying to break
land speed records and then on Friday we will be at the dirt oval track helping Zack Mason with his sprint car. Racing is racing and I love it
all.”
Four divisions will highlight the racing night. The 410 sprints, dirt
modifieds, pure stocks and wingless sprints will all compete. The 410
sprints will once again pay $2,000 to win.
The front grandstand gate will open at 6 pm. Racing is slated to start
at 7:30. Adult price is $10.00. Junior and Senior prices are $8.00.
Children are $4.00.
Beck has stepped in and become sprint car driver Zack Mason's motor man this season. With the DYNO at his shop Beck is able to get just the
right amount of horsepower for Mason to compete with at Silver Dollar
Speedway. “Zack is a heck of a driver without a big budget,” said
Beck. “He only has one motor to last all year so with our help we can give
Zack's motor the right type of output but also not pushing the limits
too far so it blows up. If it blows up then he won't be racing because
these motors are a lot of money to fix. I think that is where the
balance him and I are at and so far this year it has worked.”
Vintage Hot Rod Design and Fabrication opened early spring 2003. The
shop is the brainchild of Dave Davidson. Dave has been involved in the
building of cars for many years. Dave had visions of his shop being
both appealing to the serious hot rod enthusiast as well as the general
public. The 13,000 square foot shop and show room take you back to the
50's with the look of nostalgia. Inside the show room you will find
classic autos, antiques, memorabilia and various hot rod related
merchandise. Come in and check out the shop and friendly staff! Visit
them on the Internet at www.vintagehotrodanddesign.com/
It's getting down to crunch time for individual point battles. Chico's
Stephen Allard is a lock right now to win his second track championship
unless something collapses with his team or car. He holds a 45-point
lead over Sean Becker. Chico's Richard Papenhausen holds a 45-point
lead over Darin Ruley in the battle of the dirt modifieds. Rookie driver
Brandon Davis is leading Matt Streeter by 31-points in the wingless
division. The closest battle is in the pure stock division where Jeff
Olschowka leads Heather Bartlett by 22-points.
For complete points and rosters and schedules please visit
www.johnpadjenmotorsports.com
www.sprintcarchallengetour.com
www.placervillespeedway.com
www.stocktondirttrack.com
www.thunderbowlraceway.com
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Who will be there in a 410 this weekend?
Decaires? Statler? What happend to Trevor Green? Is Kyle Hirst going to be back? How about Colby Wiesz, and one of my favorite young talents Even Suggs. That young kid put on a heck of a show during the first night of the Dirt Cup. Johnny Gray was a no show last week, what about this week. And the 67 of Shane Mathews, anyone know when he might return? And the young talent of 15 year old Kyle Larson will he be back this week? Looking forward to a few of these answered anyways. See ya at the races!
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Statler will be in Watsonville Friday.
Trevor Green is done in Cali for this year I believe.
Evan Suggs should be there. I think they were planning on running the whole month. He's done a great job the first couple point races in August, just has had no luck what so ever.
Johnny Gray was back last Friday after missing the previous week.
Should be a good show no matter who shows up.
www.sprintcarchallengetour.com
www.placervillespeedway.com
www.stocktondirttrack.com
www.thunderbowlraceway.com
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