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$500 to win EVERY Saturday for
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Marysville CA - April 17, 2007. Come one come all…it’s time to put on
the fenders and get to Driftin’ at 100 MPH. For the 39th consecutive year the
Slam Bang thunder of stock car racing will be staged at Paul And Kathy Hawes’
Marysville Raceway Park this Saturday. Some 23 years before the first Sprint Car
point race, the MRP Stock Cars waged war on the venerable ¼ mile. With a
39-year history of fendered racing at MRP it remains the oldest privately owned
racing facility in California in continuous operation presenting weekly Stock
Car Racing.
In addition promoter Paul Hawes has stepped up and announced the highest Street Stock and MiniStock weekly payoffs in northern California, and perhaps, the 5 western states. The MRP Street Stock purse will include a $500 first place payoff, $400 for 2nd $300 for 3rd $200 for 4th, $100 for 5th PLUS $75 to start the main event. This $500 to win purse structure will also be paid to the Wingless Sprint Car Division EVERY WEEK. The MiniStocks will pay $400 to win, $300 for 2nd, $200 for 3rd, $100 for 4th, $50 for 5th and $35 to start the Main event. This positive departure from traditional thinking will make MRP fendered divisions very attractive to teams all over California. This spike in the weekly point race purses says that it’s about time that the local Stock Car, MiniStocks and the local Wingless Sprint Car divisions are rewarded for their quality competitive events each Saturday night. Typically considered the “support” races for Winged Sprint Car racing Hawes has firmly put his best dollar forward to welcome the Wingless Sprint Cars and fendered divisions to MRP on an equal level with the mighty Pacific Sprint Cars. Hawes will continue to pay a strong, unaltered weekly purse to the winged Pacific Sprint Cars. It pays $1000 to win, $750 for 2nd, 3rd will pay $500, 4th pays $400, 5th $300, 6th pays $200, 7th pays $100 with $75 to start the feature. The combined weekly divisional purse payout at MRP is the highest available at any short track known by this observer in the 5 western states. Jeremy Burt of Grass Valley will return to MRP and try to duplicate his victory of two weeks ago in the Pacific Sprint Car wars. A competitive field of cars and stars will have the point leader in their collective sights. In the Street Stock class one of the most anticipated rivalries in recent memory is likely to start boiling. Yuba City’s Jerry Bartlett and Marysville’s Jeff Olschowka will be rubbing fenders for the MRP Street Stock championship. These two hotshoes are at the top of their games and fast as ever. The young Olschowka was Chico’s Stock Car Champ last year and Bartlett is a 3-time Champ at MRP. Waiting in the wings to smoke them both is last year’s MRP Street Stock Champ, Yuba City’s Phillip Shelby. Former Champion, “Bad” Billy Knoop has also let it be known that he’s a serious player and will jumble-up the mix. It will be a wild war on the newly configured ¼ mile and the anticipation is running high. Marysville’s Mike Merritt will have his eye on 2006 MRP Champion Joel Guisti for another run at the title. Merritt had his 2006 title hopes swiped from his grasp with a mechanical failure on the final night last year. Guisti went on to a well-deserved title and will be in the hunt this Saturday in his first title defense. Guisti is fast and smooth. He doesn’t crash or make mistakes. I f somebody is going to take the crown, they’ll have to work for it. The Wingless Warriors have the week off. Yuba City’s Mark Hill has the point lead and will re-enter the battle next week at MRP. A full field can be expected with the announcement of the generous point competition purse. “Ladies & gentlemen, start your engines”. On Friday night the remarkably entertaining winged Outlaw Karts will make their 3rd appearance of the new season. Friday will be the 2nd point competition for 2007. In last Friday night’s competition, Civil War Champion Mike Henry’s son Caleb Henry won the Beginner Box Stock class going away. James Edens won in Box Stock. Trevor Christiani prevailed in the 250’s. The 500 Open was all John Michael Burch’s for the second consecutive week. Make our website one of your “favorites” on you computer. marysvilleracewaypark.com is the address. Watch this site for press releases and updates. Pit gates open at 3PM Friday and Saturday. Spectator Gates Open at 5PM both
nights with racing getting underway at 7PM. Contact the promoters at
1.530.743.1327 or email as indicated on the home page at
marysvilleracewaypark.com.
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