NEWS RELEASE - 1ST CENTENNIAL BANK NIGHT AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY FEATURES RACING, MONSTER TRUCKS AND AN AUTO RACING MEMROBILIA AUCTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     
CONTACT:    Kevin 
O’Brien                                                            
                                                                        
             
(626) 358-1100

                                                                                                
(714) 448-0346 cell

 

1st CENTENNIAL BANK NIGHT AT IRWINDALE 
SPEEDWAY 
FEATURES RACING, MONSTER TRUCKS AND AN AUTO RACING MEMROBILIA AUCTION  

 

IRWINDALE, Calif. (August 30, 2006) 
–  1st Centennial Bank 
Night at Irwindale Speedway this Saturday (September 2) will feature the weekly 
oval track racing program, a Monster truck exhibition and a motor sports 
memorabilia silent auction. 

 

The silent auction will be 
hosted by Irwindale Speedway and the Pomona Valley Corvette Association and 
features motor racing memorabilia including items donated by NASCAR Nextel 
drivers and teams, event ticket packages for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 
Champ Car race and the Auto Club 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup event as well as an 
honorary pit crew member package with Champ Car’s PKV Racing Team. Proceeds from 
the auction will benefit The Painted Turtle which is located in Lake Hughes, Calif. and is the sixth addition to Paul 
Newman’s family of Hole In the Wall Camps for seriously ill children. 


 

While Travis Thirkettle of 
Newhall, Calif. 
is atop the Auto Club late Model Division with a 25 point lead over reigning 
division champion Tim Huddleston of Agoura Hills, 
Calif., it has been Huddleston and Mike Johnson 
of Covina, Calif. who have had impressive performances in 
recent races. Huddleston has two wins and two second place finishes in his last 
four starts while Johnson has captured victories in last two races. 


 

Ron Peterson of Riverside, Calif. comes off of a strong second place 
finish performance in his last race on August 19 and leads the points chase in 
the King Taco Super Truck division. In that race, Bill Sedgwick of Acton, Calif. edged Peterson at the finish line for 
the victory by 0.009 seconds in what was the closet margin of victory in a race 
at Irwindale Speedway. 

 

Tom Landreth of Alta Loma, 
Calif. has a 
36-point lead over Lindsey King of Cherry Valley, Calif. in the Legend Cars 
division. Landreth has six wins this season while King has five top-three 
finishes.

 

Monster Trucks will round 
out the night’s activities. Big Foot, The Bounty Hunter, Iron Outlaw, Shocker, 
Sudden Impact, Pit Bull and T-Maxx are scheduled to compete on a special course 
set up in the infield of the oval track.  


 

Tickets for all Irwindale 
Speedway events are available for purchase at the Speedway ticket office, by calling (626) 
358-1100 and online at www.irwindalespeedway.com. Irwindale Speedway is located on 500 Speedway Drive 
off of Live Oak 
Ave. and I-605, between the 10 and 210 freeways in 
Irwindale, Calif.



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