Jimmy Sills to turn laps during Legends Weekend in May

As we approach the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout/ Legends Weekend, Placerville Speedway is excited to announce that Jimmy Sills will turn some exhibition laps during the Saturday portion of the show.

The legendary driver is set to get behind the wheel of the Forni/ Humphreys No. 85 J&J Flame Car on May 3rd. As is tradition, several vintage race cars will be on display to help celebrate the 60th anniversary season of Placerville Speedway.

“We are looking forward to the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout/ Legends Weekend presented by Berco on May 2nd and 3rd and hope all the fans are as well,” commented track Promoter Scott Russell. “It will be great to have Jimmy Sills at the event, along with some other names from the days gone by. Rick Hirst always does an amazing job gathering racers and getting these vintage race cars restored, so we can’t thank him enough.”

Jimmy Sills tallied several major accomplishments during his storied career including six wins at the Skagit Speedway Dirt Cup, which ranks number one all time at the prestigious event. One of his more revered wins at the race came in 1980 when he ran the alphabet soup from the D-main to beat out the late great Gary Patterson for the victory.

In addition to that and his three USAC Silver Crown titles, the “Professor” also scored wins at the Mini Gold Cup, the Oval Nationals, the Grand Annual Sprint Car Classic, the Jayhawk Nationals, Ohio Speedweek, the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial, the Tribute to Gary Patterson and countless other major events. In 1983 he captured a preliminary night at the Knoxville Nationals and went on to finish fifth in the Saturday finale.

Sills was also the all-time leader in victories at the now defunct Baylands Raceway Park and throughout the years has claimed wins in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. All in all, the Elverta, California resident has been one of the most respected short track racers to ever come out of the Golden State. Sills was bestowed one of the highest honors a driver can receive when he was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2006.

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The 7th annual Nor*Cal Posse Shootout/ Legends Weekend presented by @Berco Redwood features Winged 360 Sprint Cars and the USCS Non-Winged Sprinters both nights on Friday and Saturday May 2nd and 3rd.

Fans and teams looking for lodging in the area for the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout can receive a special Placerville Speedway rate at the Hampton Inn & Suites Folsom by visiting https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/sacfohx-ps2-dac7e196-796e-4ff0-a533-ae17f16d004b/