Geving Completes Weekend with Chico Double Header and Advancement in Civil War Series

PENNGROVE, CA (5-25-08) - Sixteen year-old Alissa Geving returned to the likes of Silver Dollar Speedway for two consecutive nights of racing over the Memorial Day weekend. The double header event took place beneath the backdrop of the annual Silver Dollar Fair, an event Geving and the Chicko Motorsports team all look forward and concluded their weekend with a 13th place finish and advancement in the competitive Civil War Sprint Car Series.

After using Saturday’s non-points event to test and tune her new 2008 Pit Stop USA, Matt Cordeiro Enterprises Maxim Sprint Car, Geving’s highlight of the two day weekend was Sunday’s Hoosier Racing Tires Civil War Sprint Car Series event, the fourth segment of a 15-race series that competes at six different California Speedway’s throughout the season.

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Geving Improves in Third Trip to Placerville; Aims to Maintain Petaluma All Pro Point Lead This Week

PENNGROVE, CA (5-4-08) - Every time Alissa Geving returns to Placerville Speedway, things get a little bit better for the 16-year-old driver in her sophomore year of racing behind the wheel of the Chick-o-Motorsports, Pit Stop Usa #3x Maxim sprint car.

Saturday, May 3 was a busy day for Geving and her entire team as they departed Penngrove at 7 a.m. and headed for El Dorado County to participate in the first annual Tribute to Al Hinds Sprint Car Show and bbq at Family Chevrolet in Shingle Springs. The area auto dealership is the annual sponsor of the Tribute to Al Hinds race at Placerville Speedway and Geving was one of 16 different drivers they invited to the event that drew some 500 race fans and families who had the opportunity to meet a number of different drivers.

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Kathryne wins an ASCoT heat at Lucas

April 21, 2008 - It has been an incredible week with us at KMR. We traveled to Wheatland Mo to visit Lucas Oil Speedway which is better known as “The Diamond of Dirt Tracks.”

The night saw Kathryne starting 4th in our heat race with the 11x of Garry Lee Maier on the pole and the 29 of Travis Rilat on the outside of the front row. Kathryne moved up quickly to third and was hanging on the tail tank of the second place car lap after lap. With the track locked down I didn’t think she had a chance, at the checker flag the 11x and 29 tangled in turn four and Kathryne drove underneath both of them and raced to the finish line only to be showed the yellow instead of the checkered flag. [Read more]

Top Finisher Alissa Geving Petaluma Speedway All Pro Series

PETALUMA, CA (4-5-08) - Following her second consecutive top three finish last weekend, 16-year-old Alissa Geving of Penngrove, California has taken over the early season point lead at her home track of Petaluma Speedway. Geving currently sits in the lead position by a 9-point margin over Matt Sargent.

“Taking over the points lead is probably the best feeling I’ve ever had,” said Geving. “I have never led a points series before and I am ecstatic. Now I need to stop being proud and concentrate on keeping the lead”

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16-year old Alissa Geving rallies back to third place feature finish

PETALUMA, CA (3-29-08) - Penngrove’s Alissa Geving returned to her home track of Petaluma Speedway Saturday night for the opening round of the 2008 All Pro point series at Petaluma Speedway. Despite a number of adversities in preliminary competition, Geving used patience and skill to charge her way to another impressive top three finish at the conclusion of the night aboard the Chick-O-Motorsports - Pit Stop USA #3 sprint car…. [Read more]

Blonde and Beautiful, and Still Faster Than You!

CLAREMORE, Okla. — Since the day I first laid eyes on the blond racer from New York, I have been more than impressed with what she is able to do behind the wheel of a racecar. Jessica has to be one of if not the best female driver in the country today, with what I have been able to see her do with whatever kind of racecar she has climb in to drive. This 21 year old young woman has truly come into her own as a racer, as well as a sharp business woman as she continues to make a name for herself in the world of dirt track racing, as well as, so she will be able to further her career to the next level. In addition, she has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt in my mind that she belongs in the racing world and more importantly to her behind the wheel of a sprint car.
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15 Year-Old Jessica Brunelli Proving Herself In Midget Racing

In answer to the question posed, I haven’t a clue, but it’s a sure bet 15-year-old Jessica Brunelli is close.Very close.

Saturday evening she competed in the USAC California Ford Focus Pavement Midget Car Series event at the Havasu 95 Speedway in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Qualifying fourth, she was eligible for the Trophy Dash where she placed third. In the nights 30-lap Feature, won by 18-year-old Ian Miille, Brunelli finished eighth in the season opening event for the 20 race pavement series. [Read more]

Geving places with California’s best in 2008 Silver Cup season opener at Chico

CHICO, CA (3-22-08) – Sixteen year-old Alissa Geving of Penngrove, California began her sophomore season behind the wheel of her family owned Chick-O-Motorsports, Pit Stop USA, A1A Muffler, Auto Repairs Unlimited, Matt Cordiero Enterprises #3 sprint car last weekend in the annual Silver Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico.
With over 60 cars in competition, earning a starting spot in the preliminary A-feature on Friday night was a feat for even the veteran drivers in the field. With no time for qualifying, heat race line ups were determined by a pre race pill draw and a starting spot in the invitational A-feature was determined by passing points in the four preliminary heat races.Starting 11th in the last row of [Read more]

Penngrove’s Geving receives sprint car honor

 

Her ascendancy continues. Penngrove’s Alissa Geving was given the prestigious Paul Tyler Rising Star award Wednesday night by the Motor Sports Press Association (MSPA) for her achievements during the 2007 Sprint Car season.

Geving, 16 and a junior at Ursuline High School, won four main events on dirt tracks in 2007, her first full season in Sprint Cars. Winning two events in Antioch, Geving finished the season in second place there, just eight points away from winning it. She won two main events at the Petaluma dirt track. She also won five heats and a top five season-ending placement at Petaluma. She was named Rookie of the Year at both Antioch and Petaluma tracks.

The highlight of her 2007 season, however, was not finishing first but finishing ninth out of 45 drivers last July at the half-mile Calistoga track. Calistoga runs only two races a year there, as drivers reach 150 miles an hour down the straightaway. It is regarded as the fastest dirt track in California. It is an intimidating track that has attracted and challenged veteran racers for years. Geving managed to win the B-feature event and finished ninth in the A-feature.

In order to win the award, named after a legendary motor sports photographer who befriended countless young racers, the qualifications were simple. The nominee had to be 18 years of age or younger and, according to MSPA by-laws, had to achieve something “phenomenal” during a race season. Did she?

“Oh, my, yes,” said Beth Gribbin, MSPA president of the state-wide organization that honors dirt racers along with motorcycle and open-wheel drivers.

The awards ceremony — the MSPA’s 45th annual postseason Awards and Green Flag dinner — was held at an Oakland restaurant and featured nine other award winners. None, however, were women, just as Geving was the only female competing in Sprint Cars in 2007, as has been her usual experience.

Fifteen at the time Geving is the youngest female driver ever to win a Sprint Car feature event.

Geving, who maintains a 4.14 grade point average at Ursuline while taking all Advance Placement courses, will now step up to the ultra-competitive Civil War Series. The Civil War Series offers bigger, faster cars, 360 cubic sprints. More than $100,000 is available in combined winnings and championship funds at six different tracks for a total of 15 events.

The Civil War Series allows Geving to maintain her Petaluma Speedway weekly schedule, the Civil War Series’ 15 events run on different weekends. One of 40 drivers to compete in the Civil War Series, Geving would like to win Rookie of the Year honors, an award almost as significant as winning the series.

Geving’s first Civil War series race is March 15th at Placerville Speedway.