Silver Dollar Speedway
For Immediate Release, January 5, 2012
Media Contact: Troy Hennig ; thennig@sbcglobal.net
Race Track: www.silverdollarspeedway.com
Silver Dollar Speedway Unveils 2012 Racing Schedule
By Troy Hennig, SDS Media Relations
CHICO, CA (01-05-12)...It is time to start gearing up for the 2012 racing season at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. The upper management of the speedway has worked hard to give the racers, fans and community a comprehensive seven month schedule starting in March and concluding at the end of September. “It has been encouraging to work side by side with all the promoters this year and we have seemed to clear hurdles of scheduling races on top of each other, like in years past,” said promoter Dennis Gage. “Chico will continue to be a prominent dirt track and the schedule we have formed will be very satisfying to our fans and race teams.”
The season will consist of 36 individual nights of racing with a wide array of divisions. The first scheduled weekend of racing will feature the Silver Cup Race of Champions. Traditionally, this race is held later in the month of March. However, with the World of Outlaws moving their Mini Gold Cup date to March 23rd and 24th, it made scheduling sense to move the Silver Cup into an earlier date. The Silver Cup kicks things off on March 9th and 10th.
The World of Outlaws return to Silver Dollar Speedway for five nights in 2012. The 59th Annual Gold Cup Race of Champions will take place from September 5th to 8th. Currently four night grandstand reserved tickets are on sale by calling the track office at 530-350-7275. World of Outlaw 410 sprint cars will be racing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night of Gold Cup this year. The Mini Gold Cup is set to take place on March 23rd and 24th.
United States Auto Club (USAC) midgets will compete at our track with the World of Outlaws during the Mini Gold Cup weekend. The USAC Western Classic Racing Sprint Car Series will be headlining at the speedway on August 3rd and September 5th.
For the first time in the history of the speedway, the traveling National ASCS 360 Sprint Car Series will attack the famed quarter-mile clay oval speedway on July 27th. The nights racing action will be televised by NBC television owned VERUS channel.
The traveling King of the West 410 sprint car series has been scheduled for three nights. The California Sprint Car Civil War Series will also make three visits to the track in 2012. The Joe Hunt Magnetos wingless spec sprints and Dwarf Cars divisions will return for a handful of races this season.
The Friday Night point Championship season will begin on April 6th and run throughout the summer months and come to a conclusion on August 24th. A diverse and talented group of divisions will get the chance to showcase their driving skills. The 410 winged sprints will once again be the main stay of the speedway. The Street Stocks, Dirt Modifieds, Limited Late Models, Mini Stocks, Wingless Sprints and Hobby Stocks will rotate on a weekly basis according to the schedule. Also as an added bonus, some special winged 360 sprint car non-point shows will give teams the opportunities to race on Friday nights at Chico.
March 3rd and 31st will offer teams a chance to test and tune with Open Play Dates at the track. Monster Trucks return on April 13th. The Silver Dollar Fair will take place at the end of May. This year auto racing trumps the activities in the main grandstand. May 25th will feature the first ever Arena/Motocross race. The popular Enduro's are set to be the main attraction on May 26th. The Civil War Sprints are slated for May 27th. Finally, on May 28, the track will host a destruction derby. The Enduro's will get another shot at the track on August 4th.
The season will conclude with the annual Fall Nationals featuring 360 winged sprints and wingless sprints. More information can be obtained by calling the track office at (530) 350-7275.
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2012 Silver Dollar Speedway
Schedule-Subject to Change
Posted on January 5, 2012
March 3 Play Day
March 9 & 10 Silver Cup-360 Sprints, Hunt Wingless Sprints, Modifieds, Street Stocks
March 23 & 24 Mini Gold Cup-World of Outlaws 410 Sprints/USAC Midgets
March 31 Play Day
April 6 Pt. race #1 410 Winged Sprints, Street Stocks, Modifieds, Mini Stocks
April 13 Monster Trucks-No Races
April 20 Pt. race #2 410 Sprints, Mini Stock, Modifieds, Ltd. Late Model, Wingless (Bill Brownell Nt)
April 27 Pt. race #3 360 Sprints, Dwarf cars, Economy Sprints, Street Stocks
May 4 Pt. race #4 410 Sprints, Wingless, Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Economy Sprints (Fry’s Metals Nt)
May 5 Dave Bradway Jr./ King of the West Winged 410 Sprint Cars/Street Stocks
May 11 Pt. race #5 410 Sprints, Wingless, Modifieds, Ltd. Late Model, Economy Sprints
May 18 Pt. race #6 410 Winged Sprints, Street Stocks, Dwarf cars, Wingless
May 25 Arena/Super Cross
May 26 200 Lap Enduro-Out House Race
May 27 Civil War Sprints
May 28 Destruction Derby
June 1 NO Races
June 8 King of West Sprint 410 Winged Sprint Cars-Road to Dirt Cup/Dwarf Cars
June 15 Civil War Sprints/Mini Stocks
June 22 Pt race #7 410 Sprints, Street Stock, Modifieds, Ltd. Late Model, Eco. Sprints
June 29 Pt race #8 360, Joe Hunt Wingless, Street Stock, Modifieds, Hobby Stocks
July 4 Pt race #9 410 Sprints-non point $3,000 to win, Street Stock, Mini Stocks, Hobby Stocks
July 6 NO Races
July 13 Pt race #10 410 Sprints, Street Stock, Modifieds, Ltd. Late Models, Mini Stocks
July 20 Pt race #11 410 Sprints, Street Stock, Wingless, Hobby Stocks, Economy Sprints
July 27 ASCS Nationals-Televised/Street Stock points
Aug 3 USAC Western Racing Series, Ltd. Late Models, Economy Sprints, Mini Stocks
Aug 4 200 lap Enduro-0ut House Race/Hot August Deal $6 admission.
Aug 10 Pt race #13 Hot August Wings 410 Winged Sprints-Pts, 360 Winged Sprints
Aug 17 Pt race #14 410, Street Stock, Ltd. Late Model, Hobby Stocks, Economy Sprints-Kids Night
Aug 18 King of the West 410 Winged Sprint Cars/Street Stock Pts.
Aug 24 Pt race #15 410 Sprints, Street Stock, Modifieds, Wingless (Cherry St. Mini Storage/Pepsi)
Aug 31 No race
Sept 5 Gold Cup Civil War/USAC Sprints
Sept 6 Gold Cup WoO 410 Winged Sprints/Street Stocks
Sept 7 Gold Cup WoO 410 Winged Sprints/Mini Stocks
Sept 8 Gold Cup WoO 410 Winged Sprints
Sept 28 Fall Nationals 360/Wingless
Sept 29 Fall Nationals 360/Wingless
*Points awarded for divisions with 7 or more point races April thru August.
** Tentative Subject to Change.
- troy hennig on Jan 05, 2012
- Article Date: 1/5/2012