Post by PetalumaPits on 01/10/13 at 10:06pm
For immediate release: Petaluma Speedway 2013 Racing Schedule
1/10/13
The 2013 Petaluma Speedway Schedule is out, and what a schedule it is. Featured heavily is sprint car action, with every single night of racing having at least one of the two PitStopUSA Sprint Car series divisions racing. Looking down the docket, you can't help but notice the May 11th date, which marks the return to Petaluma Speedway of the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series for the first time in nearly 4 years. The top 410 sprint car drivers on the west coast will invade Petaluma Speedway for what is being billed as the Tribute to Baylands Raceway Park, where legends from the past will come back and re-live memories from their race wars in Fremont in the late 80's. We are hopeful to bring in many names from yesteryear for this special occasion of great racing from the King of the West 410 Sprint Cars and enjoy memories of the past. Three times this year, the Hoosier Tire California 360 Civil War Sprint Car Series will be on hand, the dates being April 27th, July 6th, and September 14th. The Civil War 360s will bring the best 360 sprint car drivers to the Petaluma 3/8ths for three can't miss shows. The Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets return three times in 2013 on June 15th, August 10th, and the 2nd Annual 101 lap Johnny Soares Calssic on October 5th. Petaluma Speedway has taken on IMCA sanctioning for 2013 for the Dirt Modified division in hopes of reviving a struggling class, where the IMCA rules insure a balanced and competitive field week after week. This year, GM and Director of Marketing Rick Faeth has laid the foundation for Petaluma to be the home track of a traveling IMCA Dirt Modified series called the NorCal Modified Tour. Tentatively, 2 races will be held at each of three different tracks, Petaluma, Antioch and Chico's Silver Dollar Speedway. Certain divisions enjoying healthy car counts will remain as well, including the popular PitStopUSA Wingless Sprint Car Series, and the PitStopUSA 360 Sprint Car Series. Both divisions will have 12 point nights which include the three Civil War nights for points for the Winged 360s and four Joe Hunt Magneto Shootout Spec Sprint Series races on May 4th, June 1st, August 10th and September 21st for the Wingless Sprint Cars. The Dwarf Car division will be back with a full slate of racing and twice the Bay Area Dwarf Car Association has agreed to co-sanction a point race for the Dwarf Cars. Expect a huge turnout of Dwarf Cars on those two nights in April (27) and May (18). Our Super Stock division will remain unchanged with 12 point races as well as the Mini Stock/Hornet division where both will have a full slate of racing. The Late Model division will have five races for the year, making each and every one important along the way. Four days throughout the season, we will be dark. Those dates are May 25th (Memorial Day Weekend), August 3rd in support of the Petaluma Music Festival, August 31st (Labor Day Weekend), and September 28th. During the Sonoma-Marin Fair, we will race for the first time in recent memory with a 150 lap Enduro and Compact Car Demolition Derby scheduled for June 23rd. Coming back for a third consecutive year is the Gene Romero West Coast Flat Track Motorcycle Racing Series on August 17th. All in all, 24 events are scheduled, covering April through October and with the above mentioned special events added, indeed 2013 at Petaluma Speedway promises to be the biggest, baddest, fastest and most exciting year yet! Join us for year 54!
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW SPEC SPRINTS ON JUNE 15TH INSTEAD OF 360 SPRINT CARS