7/2/2020
Placerville Speedway
Updated guidelines for Placerville Speedway
Updated guidelines ahead of July 4th event this Saturday
Placerville, CA…Racing returns to Placerville Speedway on Independence Day with four divisions tackling the familiar red clay this Saturday including Winged 360 Sprint Cars, Ltd. Late Models, Pure Stocks and Mini Trucks. The Fourth of July show will unfortunately have no fireworks this year and the grandstands will be closed.
An important change to the guidelines is the fact that the parking tiers WILL NOW BE CLOSED to all personal vehicles. To assist with needed room in the pit area, no personal vehicles will be allowed to park in the pits. Also, per the state of California mandate, face masks/coverings are mandatory for those attending the event. All other procedures remain in place and are listed at the bottom of this release.
All four divisions will be competing for full weekly purses thanks to the generosity of several sponsors including High Sierra Industries, Thompson’s Family of Dealerships, Weldon Offill of Country Builders Construction, Murphy’s Concrete and All About Fire Protection. The fastest qualifier with the Winged 360 Sprint Cars will go home with $100 courtesy of Ken Short with ADCO Driveline and Custom Exhaust.
All the action this Saturday can be seen from the comfort of your home, while camping, or even at the lake via pay-per-view on either Flo Racing or your existing Speed Shift TV account. Flo Racing also offers an exceptional smart phone app that can be downloaded so you can watch everything from one click away. https://www.floracing.com/events/6753085-2020-weekly-racing-at-placerville-speedway
Those entering the pit area this weekend will be required to sign the standard waiver/release as well as download/print and fill out the COVID-19 waiver/release. Do NOT exit your vehicle to walk up to the Pit Booth, until you reach the gate. This form needs to be downloaded, filled out, signed & dated and presented at the Temperature Screening Station by each person attending our event(s) during the pandemic. By doing it this way, we hope to expedite the process of getting through pit gate protocol. The form is available at www.placervillespeedway.com/forms
Even if you attended the previous events held, everyone is required to print out the COVID form once again.
The pit area snack bar will also be open again with delicious racetrack cuisine available for teams.
The pit gate will open at noon, with the pit meeting scheduled for 4:30pm and cars on track shortly after. To promote social distancing, we will be using the MyRacePass app, where teams can find the order of events, lineups and results. Please visit www.myracepass.com to claim or create your driver profile, which will also help with scoring and administration procedures.
The following guidelines/ requirements have been approved by the county for this weekend’s event.
Preparation:
• In order to continue keeping our county safe, please clean and disinfect all equipment prior to arrival at the facility.
• It is highly recommended that all trucks, trailers, motorhomes, personal vehicles be actively disinfected through a wipe-down process by individual attendees prior to arrival to Placerville Speedway.
Travel to:
• All team members (referred to as Participants) should travel and attend with household contacts only if possible.
Pre-Event:
• If a participant or team member is sick or displays symptoms of COVID19- STAY HOME! Symptoms include fever, muscle pain, cough, headache, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, chills or repeated shaking with chills.
• Participants should wash hands with soap and water after being in a public place, after blowing nose, coughing, or sneezing, preparing and/or consuming food.
• Participants should avoid touching their faces.
Upon arrival at Placerville Speedway:
• Participants will be required to sign the standard waiver/release as well as download/print and fill out the COVID19 waiver/release. Do NOT exit your vehicle to walk up to the Pit Booth, until you reach the gate. This form needs to be downloaded, filled out, signed & dated and presented at the Temperature Screening Station by each person attending our event(s) during the pandemic. By doing it this way, we hope to help expedite the process of getting through the pit gate protocol
• Participants will have their temperature taken at time of check in.
• All teams will pit 10’ apart
• Participants will remain in their designated pit area and will adhere to the 6’ Social Distancing requirement from other participants.
• Participants will be allowed in the spectator area to watch their respective team car when it is on the track, but will need to vacate the area when their car exits the track
Event:
• Officials will communicate with Participants over the PA system.
• Line-ups and order of events can be found at the pit board or on the My Race Pass app.
Parking tiers are closed to all personal vehicles and there will be no personal vehicles in the pit area.
Special Considerations:
• If YOU are or live with someone over the age of 65 or WITH underlying medical conditions, please consider staying home or be prepared to self quarantine upon your return.
The Placerville Speedway is located on the beautiful El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville, California. Take Hwy US-50 to Forni Road/Placerville Drive exit. Then go north on Placerville Drive to the Fairgrounds. The physical address is 100 Placerville Dr., Placerville, CA 95667. For more information on the Placerville Speedway log onto http://www.placervillespeedway.com
Images courtesy of Tim Holland Photography
Article Credit: Gary Thomas
Submitted By: Gary Thomas
