Gold Star
Buick GMC presents the Central Coast Motorsports Spectacular this Sunday October
11th. Tickets are on sale from 10am-6pm daily at the Salinas Sports
Complex Box Office at 1034 N. Main Street in Salinas. Ticket prices are $10 for children ages 2-12,
$20 for adults and $25 for box seats for all ages. To order by phone call
800-549-4989 or online at tickets.com. The Salinas Sports Complex will host
this family-friendly event with non-stop motorsports action as Monster Trucks
and Motocross Jumpers join the Truck and Tractor Pulls to entertain the crowd.
The gates open at noon with motorsports action starting at 2pm that day.
Coors is
sponsoring the Monster Truck event with eight Monster Trucks competing in the
arena full of crushed cars and dirt ramps. Seven of the eight trucks have been
announced: Bounty Hunter, Scarlet Bandit, Iron Outlaw, Knucklehead, Nitro
Menace, Freedom Keeper and The Patriot. The eighth truck will be a surprise
announced on Sunday October 11th at the show. The Motocross Jumpers will take
jumps off of ramps that are over ten feet tall and fly at least 90 feet through
the air hitting tricks before they land their jumps. There will be four
motorcycle jumpers joining the show again this year. Truck and Tractor Pulls
will feature different classes of trucks and tractors showcasing their
horsepower as they pull a two-ton sled across the dirt floor; the pulls are sponsored
by The Laurel Inn Motel & Conference Center. Other event sponsors include:
Sponsor:
Always
Towing & Recovery Inc.
A
& S Metals
Holiday
Inn Express
Don
Chapin Co.
Jenkinson
Construction
Neponset
Ag
Pacific
Ag Rentals
Quinn
Rentals
RDO
Equipment
S
& M Motorsports
Star
Sanitation
Waste
Management
Media
Partners:
Comcast
Spotlight
KCBA
Fox 35
KDON
102.5 FM & KPRC La Preciosa
News
Channel 5 KION CBS 46
Univision
KSMS 67 & KLOK 99.5FM
There will
be a pit party on Saturday October 10th from 12 to 5pm. Fans can check out
monster trucks up close and get driver autographs between 2 and 4pm. There will
also be a ride truck, Wheels of Freedom, available; rides are $5 each.
Come hungry
on Sunday to enjoy the food vendors on the mid-way before you take your seats
to take in the show. A Rat Rod show will be open when gates open and is
included in your ticket price. There will be an autograph party immediately
following the event near the cowboy statue at the south end of the complex on
the grassy area.
About
California Rodeo Salinas
The 106th California Rodeo Salinas
will take place July 21st-24th, 2016. The California
Rodeo Association is a non-profit organization that strives to preserve and
promote the traditions of the California Rodeo Salinas and the West. We support
the community and other non-profit organizations through the staging of the
annual California Rodeo Salinas and other year round operations of the Salinas
Sports Complex. Through donation of our facility, vending and fundraising
opportunities during Rodeo and other events, the California Rodeo Association
returns over $300,000 annually to local non-profits. For more information about
the California Rodeo Salinas, log on to www.CARodeo.com or call the California Rodeo Office at
831-775.3100. ‘Like’ the California Rodeo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CARodeoSalinas or follow us on twitter @CaliforniaRodeo for
updates, photos and more.