January 4, 2004...The 2004 racing season is going to be a busy one
for the NCMA sprints, beginning with several of the cars from the
club entering into the Sacramento Autorama car show in February. The
show will be held at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in Sacramento on
Friday, Feb.6, noon to 10PM, Saturday Feb.7,10AM-10PM, and
Sun.Feb.8, 10AM-8PM.
The tentative 2004 race schedule has been released, and the
traveling club is excited about the inclusion of the new West Coast
Select Series in their dirt racing schedule. This series will
consist of 6 races at 4 tracks in CA and Nevada.The first NCMA point
race and 1st series race as well, will be at Bakersfield Speedway's
1/3 mile track on Saturday, March 13. The next series race will be
at Chowchilla Speedway's 1/3 mile track on Saturday, April 24. On
Friday May 7 the series will run at Watsonville's 1/4 mile track,
and Saturday, July 10 at Reno-Fernley's 3/8 mile track in Nevada.
Friday, August 13 will be the 5th series race in Watsonville, and
the final one will be held at Chowchilla on Saturday, September 11.
The winner of this series will be awarded $1000 from a special point
fund, and the club hopes to obtain additional sponsorship to
increase the fund. The West Coast Select Series will give teams a
chance to experience a wide variety of tracks, and still have fun
racing for a championship title.
The traveling NCMA sprints will also still be
racing both pavement and dirt, with the new 2004 schedule as
follows:
Tentative 2004 NCMA Race Schedule
Date
Day
Track
Race Sponsor
March 13
Saturday
Bakersfield
(Dirt)
*
March 20 Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
March 27 Saturday
Chowchilla (Dirt)
April 10
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
April 17
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
April 24
Saturday
Chowchilla (Dirt)
*
May 1
Saturday
Reno-Fernley (Dirt)
May 7
Friday
Watsonville
(Dirt)
*
May 15
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
May 22
Saturday
Lakeport (Pavement)
June 12
Saturday
Chowchilla (Dirt)
June 19
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
June 26
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
July 10
Saturday Reno-Fernley
(Dirt) *
July 17
Saturday
Chowchilla (Dirt)
July 24
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
July 31
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
Aug. 13
Friday
Watsonville
(Dirt)
*
Aug. 21
Saturday
Chowchilla (Dirt)
Aug. 28
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
Sept. 11
Saturday
Chowchilla (Dirt)
*
Sept. 18
Saturday
Reno-Fernley (Dirt)
Sept. 25
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
Oct. 16
Saturday
Altamont
(Pavement)
* Denotes
West Coast Select Series Races
West Coast Select Series to be incorporated
into dirt race schedule. This series will consist of 6 races. The
winner of the series will receive $1000.00 2nd $500.00 3rd
$250.00. This point fund will increase as more sponsorship is
attained. The purse for these races will be the same as any N.C.M.A.
dirt race. All races are N.C.M.A. rules!
All non N.C.M.A.
Members will be assessed $15.00 from the nights winnings.
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