April 28 Finds NASCAR Grand National West Series at Altamont Motorsports Park.TRACY, Calif. -- This coming Saturday, April 28, the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Grand National Division, West Series, now in its 54th season, will be racing at Altamont Motorsports Park Altamont Motorsports Park is a motorsports race track located in Alameda County in Northern California between the towns of Tracy and Livermore. It first opened on July 22, 1966, and has variously operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, (AMP), located at 17001, Midway Road, between Tracy and Livermore, California Livermore is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 80,723 as of January 1, 2007.[2] Livermore is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Livermore is a "major suburb" of the Bay Area. . The NASCAR division that has launched driving careers for Kevin Harvick, Brendan Gaughan, Lance Hooper, Rick Carelli, David Gilliland and others, Saturday's Grand National event will see several Northern California drivers among the field of competitors in the 200-lap main event on the Altamont Motorsports Park "Fastest u-mile in the West." Modesto's Mike David, driving the No. 2 Bennett Lane Winery car, is second in points standings coming to Altamont Motorsports Park. Mike was mentioned in a March 26 NASCAR press release, along with Jim Inglebright of Fairfield, who drives the No. 1 Jelly Belly car, as one of "Five to Watch" for 2007. Bakersfield's Mike Duncan (No. 9) and Atascadero's David Mayhew (No. 26) are also in the top 10 standings. Other Northern California drivers racing in the NASCAR Grand National West Series include Jack Sellers of Sacramento (No. 15), Stan Silva, Jr. of Castroville (No. 65), and Thomas Martin of Auburn (No. 75). Jeff Macey, AMP President and General Manager, commented, "Altamont Motorsports Park is honored to host two NASCAR Grand National events this year. This Saturday's event promises to present some of the most exciting stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States and Great Britain held largely on oval rings of between approximately a quarter-mile and 2. action that Northern California has seen in years. Our September Grand National event will be the NASCAR 2007 season finale for this series, so our fans will see the new champion crowned in this premier NASCAR division." The NASCAR Whelen All-American Series The Whelen All-American Series (formerly the Dodge Weekly Series) is a semi-professional and amateur auto racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It is commonly seen as the lowest level of competitive racing sanctioned by NASCAR, and is thus the entry point for a number of aspiring Western Late Model and American Limited Stock Car competitors will also compete on April 28, and a motorcycle stunt exhibition will add to the entertainment. Grandstands open at Noon, opening ceremonies are scheduled for 4:30, and the Grand National 200 will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. The Grand National Event will be broadcast live on HDNet and SPEED. The full event schedule is posted on the Altamont Motorsports Park web site at www.altamontracing.com/events_042807.pdf. Tickets are $35 general admission; $30 seniors; $20 youth; $90 Family Paks,; and $50 Pit Pass. ABOUT ALTAMONT MOTORSPORTS PARK Located in Alameda County, between Tracy and Livermore, Calif., Altamont Motorsports Park (www.AltamontRacing.com) is a NASCAR-sanctioned motorsports facility featuring a 1/2-mile, high-banked paved oval that is the only 1/2-mile paved oval between Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. and Los Angeles. The facility also features a 1/4-mile paved oval, a 1.1-mile road course, Figure 8 track, Drifting course, and Kart course. An operating short-track in Northern California since 1963, the facility was acquired and refurbished in 2006, by Riverside Motorsports Park Riverside Motorsports Park [1] is a proposed 1200-acre, motorsports-themed family entertainment park approved in December 2006 for construction in Merced County, California. , LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (www.RMPracing.com) of Atwater, Calif. Altamont Motorsports Park features the NASCAR Whelen All-American Weekly Racing Series, USAC-CASA-BCRA sprint car competitions, and a variety of automobile and motorcycle motorsports events. In 2006, Altamont Motorsports Park was awarded the Race Organizer of the Year Award by the United States Automobile Club The United States Automobile Club (USAC) is an open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. From 1956 to 1979 the USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 it sanctioned the Indianapolis 500. (USAC USAC Universal Service Administrative Company USAC United States Auto Club USAC Universidad de San Carlos (University of San Carlos, Guatemala) USAC US Airways Center (Phoenix, Arizona) ) racing organization, and the Best Facility Improvement Award, as a Premier Short Track, by NASCAR. Riverside Motorsports Park, the Riverside Motorsports Park logo and the Altamont Motorsports Park logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Riverside Motorsports Park, LLC in the United States. |
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