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It is not unusual these days to find a plethora of aspiring
youngdrivers frequenting the short tracks of America every weekend
with thedream of making it to the big leagues of motorsport. What is
still unusual and exciting is to witness an incredibly gifted young
driverthat is truly something special behind the wheel....READ
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Even flames can’t thwart Geving; 16-year old rallies back to third
place feature finish
By Bill Sullivan
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.
Upon arrival at Petaluma Speedway Saturday afternoon, Geving learned
that the evening would exclude the routine timed qualifying due to the
inclement weather and a delayed start time. The program utilized a
pill draw for heat race position and the disappointment of no
qualifying turned far more positive when she earned the pole position
of her heat race.
Leading the event with only two laps remaining, Geving suffered a
cracked valve cover which resulted in an intense oil fire, drawing a
red flag and ultimately ending the race with the checkered flag being
waved thereafter. Uninjured and undaunted from the incident, the
Ursline High School Junior avoided racing in a grueling semi-feature
as the field consisted of just 15 cars, down partially due to the
questionable weather and the fact that several teams are still
preparing for the upcoming year.
Starting the A-feature in the rear of the field, Geving began her
season at Petaluma much like she left off at the conclusion of last
year, charging towards the front like each lap is the last. Saturday’s
track was extremely racy due to the damp conditions, but with the lack
of a cushion near the top of the racing surface, it was difficult to
race a high line while the low line of the track was very greasy,
requiring great finesse and determination to negotiate a successful
pass.
Late in the event a red flag paused the race and on the ensuing
restart Geving was on fire once again, only this time it was a
different kind of fire as she made a late race charge from seventh to
third place and even battled with veteran Petaluma driver Art McCarthy
for a number of laps. Geving overtook McCarthy for third on the final
time around the 3/8 mile. She then set her sights on second place Rick
Williams and eventual winner Tyler Franklin. However, time ran out for
Geving to further advance when the 25 lap mark was reached and she
ended the night with an impressive third place finish, advancing eight
positions and undoubtedly being the hard-charger of the night.
“I was bummed at first when they said they weren’t qualifying the
sprints tonight,” said Geving. “Until I found out I started on the
pole and was leading it, up until the car caught on fire. In the main
event nobody was really passing anyone as far as I could see. After
the restart I just found a good line and got up to third. It was
awesome, I loved it and now I’m really excited for the Petaluma races
coming up.”
Geving will return to Petaluma Speedway this Saturday, April 5th for
the second championship event of the season before she heads east to
Placerville Speedway on Wednesday, April 9th for the rescheduled
season opener of the traveling Hoosier Tires Civil War Series. On
Saturday, April 12th the series will compete in its second round of
the 15 race campaign at Geving’s home track, Petaluma Speedway.
Alissa Gevings’ title sponsors include Pit Stop USA, Auto Repairs
Unlimited, Matt Cordiero Enterprises and A1A Muffler. Additional
sponsors include Sequoia Logistics, Kalembas Tire Center, Rossi Auto
Body, Afex Graphics, ALC Machine Century 21st Healthy Club, Spin Tech
Mufflers, Fast Lube Plus and Kaeding Performanc. ALC Machine.
To learn more about Alissa Geving, her sponsors or how to become
involved with the team as a sponsor visit her official website at
www.chick-o-motorsports.com.
Bill Sullivan
Public Relations for:
John Padjen Motorsports
Placerville Speedway
Hoosier Tires Civil War Sprint Car Series
Alissa Geving & Chick-0-Motosports
John Taylor Motorsports
MARCH 06, 2008
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20080306/SPORTS/803060329/1010/SPORT01
Penngrove's Geving receives sprint car honor
By BOB PADECKY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
BOB PADECKY, PRESS DEMOCRAT COLUMNIST
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.
You can reach Staff Columnist Bob Padecky at 521-5490 or bob.padecky@pressdemocrat.com.
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Teen female prodigy enjoys speed
Louis Brewster, Staff Writer
Article Launched:06/30/2006 01:16:00 AM PDT
Photo Gallery: Alissa Geving behind the wheel
SAN BERNARDINO - On a day when most girls her age are in the malls
trying to escape the 105-degree heat, Alissa Geving was experiencing
another frontier that might bring her closer to her dream.
Geving, a 14-year-old from Penngrove, spent the afternoon racing
around the quarter-mile Orange Show Speedway in a Ford Focus midget
under the watchful eye of veteran driver and instructor Wally
Pankratz. Despite the fact it was only her second time on asphalt, she
came within a quarter-second of the track record.
"We had to slow her down," said Pankratz, who once finished seventh in
the Copper Classic in the same car Geving was driving Thursday. "She
is very aggressive, and we had to slow her down so that she could go
faster. She was attacking the track too hard, it's all about balance."
At the end of her fifth 20-lap session, the incoming sophomore at
Ursuline High School was consistenly running laps around 13.7 seconds.
Such a time, according to Pankratz, would make her competitive.
However, it's all still new to the third-generation driver who is
still too young for a driver license. Her first experience on asphalt
was in a shifter kart Wednesday on the parking lot course at
California Speedway. On Thursday, it was her first time on asphalt
with walls.
"I want to try everything I can," said Geving, whose late grandfather
LeRoy was inducted into the BCRA Car Hall of Fame. "I want a lot of
experience in different cars, I want to be ready for anything."
For the moment, Alissa is running the Outlaw Kart Series at Cycleland
Speedway in Chico. In August, she will travel to compete in her class
at the prestigous Knoxville Nationals in Iowa.
Despite her age, she's under contract to Melo Gordon Motorsports and
draws a monthly stipend. It's the goal of CEO Marty Melo to gain the
experience necessary to compete in the ASA Speed Truck Challenge in
2007, which could serve as a stepping stone into NASCAR.
"She has the potential," said Melo, who set up the session with
Pankratz. "She grew up in racing but it wasn't until she was 12 that
she decided she wanted to race. At that point, her father Gary ended
his racing career so he could help her start racing."
According to Melo's plan, Alissa culd be in Late Model stock cars in
two years and in the Craftsman Truck Series before she's 20. There is
a diversity push within NASCAR, but Melo doesn't want his driver to be
pushed too far and too fast.
Nonetheless, there are "three to four" series who have approved the
soon-to-be, 15-year-old from competing within the next few years. And
more than likely, she'll bring along her own sponsors.
"She has the talent," Melo said. "I think she's very capable."
Girl in a hurry
Geving, 14, has a NASCAR goal, and she can't wait to get there.
By DAMIAN DOTTORE
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Alissa Geving, 14, seeks the outlaw karting championship at Cycleland
Speedway near Chico. She has driven a Midget and would like to move up
to NASCAR's Late Model division by the time she is 16.
SPECIAL TO THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
SAN BERNARDINO – He pushed the button on his black walkie-talkie,
shook it and gave it a desperate whack as a look of panic filled his
eyes.
What a terrible time for Wally Pankratz's radio to give out. Alissa
Geving, 14, was strapped into his Ford Focus Midget on a steamy
afternoon at Orange Show Speedway, and this was only the second time
the dirt-track standout was driving on asphalt.
Pankratz, a longtime Orange resident, told Geving to take it easy
during the first few laps of her practice session as he gave her a
tour of the tricky quarter-mile bullring in her father's rental car
before this practice session began.
But from the looks of it, she didn't remember a thing he told her. The
car flew around the track, skidded through the corners and kicked up a
cloud of dust.
Using the radio built into his racecar, Pankratz was trying to remind
Geving, who hopes to become a NASCAR star, that they weren't trying to
qualify for the Indy 500.
"She is a brave one," said Pankratz, the 2000 USAC Western States
Midget champion.
Then he ran out onto the track in Turn 4, frantically waving his arms,
begging Geving to stop.
Finally she hit the brakes.
"When I get in a car for the first time, I like to get going right
away," said Geving, an honors student at Ursuline High in Santa Rosa.
"I like to feel the speed."
After running a little more than 100 laps, she was flirting with the
track record, zipping around this oval in 13.72 seconds. Pankratz's
best laps that day were in the 13.40s.
"I had to tell her to slow down and not speed up. That is a trait that
you want in a driver," Pankratz said. "Once I got her to calm down,
she did very good. I would give her an A."
Geving came here from Penngrove, which is 15 miles west of Sonoma, to
see if Midgets would be a good place to take her career as she works
her way toward achieving her ultimate goal - racing in the Nextel Cup
Series.
After she was done with the test session, she filmed a video that will
be sent to NASCAR officials in Daytona Beach, Fla., entering her in
the motor sports lottery that will determine the drivers chosen to be
a part of the sanctioning body's diversity program.
"Some people at the track that she drives at think this is too much
too soon putting her in a Midget like Wally's," said Marty Melo, who
owns the outlaw kart that she races in Northern California. "But she
has responded to every challenge that I have given her. Driving is in
her genes."
Her father, Gary Geving, a former student at Rancho Alamitos High,
drove sprint cars in the Bay Area from 1986-2001, winning four track
championships. Her grandfather, Leroy Geving, is a member of the Bay
Cities Racing Association Hall of Fame.
Melo said there is a chance that next season she could be driving a
pickup in the ASA Speed Truck Challenge, a traveling series, which
stops at Irwindale Speedway and Orange Show. He said series officials
have signed off on her resume.
By the time Geving is 16, Melo said he wants to see her in NASCAR,
competing in the Late Model division at a local short track.
For now, though, she is concentrating on winning the outlaw karting
championship at Cycleland Speedway near Chico.
What is an outlaw kart? With its 40-inch-wide wing bolted on top of
the roll cage, it looks like a scaled-down World of Outlaws Sprint
Car. These karts, which run exclusively on dirt ovals, have a high
horsepower-to-weight ratio. The 500cc engine bolted into Geving's
265-pound kart puts out 100 horsepower. Her average qualifying speed
this year is 84.2 mph.
The Saturday before she headed to Southern California, Geving finished
second in the main event at Cycleland Speedway, after winning her
fourth consecutive heat race in the Open Intermediate class, which is
designed for ages 12-18.
"Most of the guys don't like me. Well ... they like me until I beat
them," said Geving, who is in sixth place in the driver standings at
Cycleland Speedway. "Then they won't talk to me again."
She didn't keep a penny of her prize money Saturday. She's donating
everything she wins this year to the American Cancer Society in honor
of Roy Moss, a friend of her parents. Moss has Stage 4 colon cancer
with metastases to the liver.
"Before I started doing that, I never thought about money. But now I
get all excited to find out how much I won," said Geving, who won the
QRC touring series' driver of the year award in 2005. "It gives me one
more reason to win."
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