8/6/2009
Silver Dollar Speedway
Get on Your Bikes and Ride
CHICO, CA (8-6-09) -Â The annual Kids Bike Night at Silver Dollar Speedway takes place this Friday night, August 7. Kids 11 years old and younger will be admitted free into the main grandstand. Don't forget to bring along the bikes because during intermission the kids will hit the famed clay oval speedway for a chance to race against other kids their own age. All kids will receive ribbons and top three will receive trophy's. Pullins Cyclery is once again donating a BMX bike to one lucky fan. Kids 11 and under will receive a raffle ticket when they enter the grandstand side of the speedway. Pullins Cyclery is located 801 Main St. in Chico. ManCamp Motorsports will also give some prizes away during the raffle including a Fathead NASCAR Wall Sticker.
The Friday night Feather Falls Casino point championship series will feature the 410-sprints, wingless sprints and street stocks. Point race number 18 will also be sponsored by Miller Glass in Chico. Miller Glass is located 745 Cherry St in Chico. Owner Bruce Miller and his son, Mitch, have been involved with the speedway for many years. Mitch is a competitor in the wingless divisions. This year Mitch has only ran a limited amount of times at Chico but does have main event wins at Orland Speedway.
Front grandstand gate will open at 6 pm. Racing is scheduled to begin with sprint car qualifying at 7pm. Adult general admission is $12.00. Juniors and seniors are $10.00 and kids 11 and under are FREE.
Mark Hall is trying to close in on Bobby McMahan for the track title. Hall earned his first career main event win at Chico in a 410 sprint last Friday night. He will look to build on that momentum this weekend. McMahan leads Hall by 20-points.
Chico's Jimmy Pettit will continue his march towards his first ever track championship in the wingless division. Pettit holds a 23-point cushion over Jay Youngman of Grass Valley.
The biggest point leader is currently Heather Bartlett in the street stock division. Bartlett holds a 32-point advantage over Richard Workman. Bartlett also picked up her third win of the year the last time the division hit the speedway. Phil Marino tops the charts with five wins in 2009.
As part of Kids Bike Night many of the drivers come to the front straight away to help hand out the awards to the kids. This annual tradition has long been a family fun event.
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