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The CASA Chronicles (No. 13) |
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March 1, 2005…San Jose, CA. As the California Asphalt Sprintcar Association gears up for it third year of fast and furious oval track pavement racing, dubbed “Tire Burning Thunder” for the 2005 season, the growing club looks forward to it’s most ambitious campaign yet. Still with the same number of scheduled races as in 2004, seventeen, there is a distinct difference in this years schedule. Year one saw all 10 CASA events at Altamont Raceway Park and for year two, Champion Speedway added the 4-race Nevada State Sprint Car Championship Series as an integral part of the overall CASA championship. Altamont hosted eight races and one Shasta Raceway Park date comprised a 17-race series. CASA year three brings some welcomed new additions. The 2004 Champion Speedway format proved highly successful and provided the vision to formatting the 2005 season. “We were very pleased with CASA and our fans response to the great racing they provided,” said speedway general manager Les Kynett. “The goal we were both (CASA and track management) shooting for, that of building a local fan base for a traveling series is well underway.” CASA recognized that local tracks have difficulty in promoting a traveling series that visits only once or twice per year. The intent was to jointly build a sprint car fan base at any track where CASA participated. With fan bases being established at both Altamont and Champion, cultivation of new fans was a primary factor in forming new partnerships with Ukiah and Madera Speedways. As the 2005 schedule was drafted, and with the addition of
two new venues, the reduction in the number Altamont races was a by-product of
both early scheduling and Altamont's then pending sale. However, this situation
positioned CASA to act on a unique opportunity. With specific guidelines to keep
each of the four tracks within a 150-miles of CASA’s "hub" radius,
Sacramento, each track area contains specific racers that can participate in
CASA shows. CASA’s North Bay members, those who hail from Santa Rosa, Cotati,
and Petaluma will have five "home track" events at Ukiah. Bay
Area/Sacramento members can both call Altamont home, Central Valley/Fresno-based
racers get the home court advantage at Madera and our Carson City/Reno members
have home dates at Champion in which to defend their turf. The true opportunity becomes more clearly defined when CASA
racers realize that at least one-fourth of the schedule, regardless of their
location, is run at what could be considered their home track. One-fourth of the
membership has shorter travel distances at each event, and multiple
opportunities to race in front their local fans and for their local sponsors.
CASA expects to have full contingents at every track and as addend incentive
will offer each track as a CASA-internal track championship. The Nevada State
Sprint Car Champion will be crowned from the four Champion Speedway events, the
inaugural “Grape-stakes Sprint Car Champion” will be determined at
Madera’s four races, an Altamont Raceway and Arena Champion will be celebrated
at the super-fast Tracy half-mile, and Ukiah is issuing a special challenge to
our Nevada-based members with their “California-Nevada Wine Country Shootout
Series” In all, four individual track championships will be awarded within the
overall CASA Championship format. CASA is very excited to pursue the opportunities created as
off-season testing begins at Altamont March 5th, and can hardly wait
to fulfill the promise of the 2005 season. Keep in touch with all CASA activity through the CASA website: www.casaracing.com |
