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Totally topless sprint cars headline belated Placerville Speedway opener
Saturday by Bill Sullivan |
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PLACERVILLE (4-16-05) - After a near month delay due
to mother nature’s wrath and persistent natural springs in the track, the long
awaited opener for the 40th Anniversary El Dorado County New Car Dealer’s
Season at Placerville Speedway is here and four divisions of racing are on tap
for this Saturday night.
The fire breathing wingless sprint cars will headline the event which opens the 23 event racing season at the popular foothill speedway and will be joined by the action packed wingless midget lites along with the Pro Stocks and the Pure Stocks. Saturday’s event will mark the opening of Placerville Speedway’s 40th Anniversary Season. Built around a community football field in 1965, the quarter-mile clay oval is now known as one of Northern California’s best Saturday night racing programs. This Saturday night should be no exception as this special season opens much like it did decades ago before they had wings and natural springs. As one of California’s only facilities featuring the wingless sprint cars for the evening, a strong showing of the exciting division is expected Saturday. After two years of growth, more that 130 wingless cars exist in California and nearly thirty of them are expected here this weekend. To the true dirt track enthusiast, wingless sprint car racing remains at the heart of the sport. Without the large air foil on top of the caged open wheels drivers must use true skill to power their way through the corners and spectators can enjoy the site of that effort with a clear view into the cockpit of the car from the grandstands. Joining the wingless big cars Saturday will be the Midget Lites of the Bay Cities Racing Association which will also race wingless for this event. The popular open wheel division is also a true delight to fans when the wings are removed for a night of racing, putting drivers on a narrow line between winning and totally out of control lap after lap. As the two wingless divisions will delight the open wheel fans, both of Placerville Speedway’ traditional stock car divisions will begin their campaign for the 2005 El Dorado County New Car Dealer Association Championship Series. The Pro Stock division will return with both veteran drivers such as defending champion Shane Miller of Citrus Heights and new faces as well this season. In the Pure Stock division, many new faces will compete for the 2005 title. Defending champion Mark Treat is reportedly advancing to the Pro Stock ranks while his uncle, Bob Treat, a former two time Street Stock champion here, will take the wheel of the younger Treat’s championship Pure Stock for the season. The on the edge of your seat action is set begin on Saturday at 6:30 with qualifying for the sprint cars followed by racing at7 which will include heat races, semi main events and feature events for each division. The grandstands will open at Placerville at 5 p.m. and an early arrival to the speedway is suggested to insure seating availability on this long awaited season opener. Tickets will be available at the gate. Adult tickets are $11, juniors and seniors $9, children are $4 and under six will be admitted for free. For further information log on to www.placervillespeedway.com or call the track information line at (916) 969-7484. |
