$3,000 on Line at 16th Annual Mel Hall Memorial

Marysville, CA (May 20, 2015) – This Saturday night, May 23rd, Marysville Raceway is proud to host the 16th Annual Mel Hall Memorial. This year’s sprint car spectacular will coincide with the traveling California Civil War Sprint Car Series and the Dwarf cars. Over 30 winged 360 sprint car are expected to vie for the $3,000 main event win. 

The pit gate will open at 3 P.M. while the front grandstand gate will open at 5 P.M. Qualifying for the winged sprint cars will begin at 6 P.M. with racing to follow. General grandstand admission to this event is $17.00 for adults, $13.00 for juniors and seniors, military or disabled. Children, ages 6 to 11, are $6.00. Five and under are free. Family pass is $40.00 and includes 2 adult tickets and or 2 junior or 3 children tickets. For more information on times and prices please visit www.marysvilleraceway.com/tickets.html

Grass Valley’s Mel Hall was instrumental in the revitalization of Marysville Raceway. With the closure of Ernie Purcell Speedway in Grass Valley after 1994 it put a void into the racers and fans weekly grass roots auto racing. Hall had the vision to move on to Marysville Raceway and revamp the existing facility. To his credit the facility has flourished since his arrival and to this day continues to be a vibrant part of the Northern California dirt track racing scene. 

This Saturday night numerous drivers and fans will get to pay their respect to Hall with the 16th Annual rendering of the race named in his honor. While he is no longer with us, his memory is kept alive by his family and friends. With great support from them, the 30-lap main event will pay a staggering $3,000 to win. There will also be added purse money to the fast time qualifier, heat race winners and the dash. The total sum of money will be announced at the event. We would like to recognize those people who have contributed money at the time of this press release; Mel’s Transmission, A.R.T Enterprises, Silver Dollar Speedway, Riebes Auto Parts, JB Racing Components, Sellers Race Wings, Performance Auto Supply, Chris and Ted Shelton, Randy and Christine Zaveson, Bud and Rose Boyer, Jim and Sandra Seaman, Bella, Carson and Marlena Hall.
 
Sebastopol’s Bradley Terrell holds a 14-point lead over Watsonville’s Justin Sanders entering this Saturday night’s Civil War point race #4. Terrell won the second event at his home track of Petaluma Speedway. Roseville’s Sean Becker won the most recent race for the series at Calistoga Speedway. Fremont’s Shane Golobic won the opening round race at Marysville back on March 20. Sitting third in points is Cobble Hill, British Columbia driver Robbie Price. The 17-year old sensation is also the top rated rookie this season. Rounding out the top five in points are brothers Koen and Kyler Shaw of Fresno. Defending series champion Golobic is sixth and Auburn’s Andy Forsberg sits seventh. 

Other star power expected to enter this event include Chico’s Kyle Hirst, Colfax’s Colby Wiesz and Sedalia, MO Jonathan Cornell. 

For more information about the track please visit www.marysvilleraceway.com