TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2005 CAL-EXPO AMATEUR DRIVING SERIES ATTRACTS 17 DRIVER NOMINATIONS Contact: David Siegel (dsiegel@axcis.com) The California Amateur Driving Club (CADC) in concert with the California State Fair and Television Games Network (TVG) will kick off on Wednesday, August 17th with the first two legs of the scheduled 8-race amateur driving series to be contested at Cal-Expo. These races will represent the first amateur racing in California since 2001. Sixteen drivers have been nominated to the series. The series will raise several thousand dollars for Saddle Pals, an equine therapeutic riding center. Saddle Pals, a division of United Cerebral Palsy, is a Sacramento-area therapeutic horsemanship program that provides services to individuals with physical or developmental disabilities. The series winner will be eligible to represent California in the Tim Fouts Memorial Amateur Race held each fall during the Grand Circuit meet in Delaware, Ohio. CADC President David Siegel commented, “We are off to a great start in rebuilding the amateur program here in California. Such a program sets harness racing apart from nearly all other sports in that owners can actually participate in the game. We are thankful that the Fair and TVG are giving us this opportunity and even more thankful that we can help the Saddle Pals program.” He concluded, “the support of the organizations involved and our horsemen has been outstanding. I am confident of the series’ success and hopeful that we can continue amateur driving here in California well into the future.” |