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Brace Wins Tri State Challenge Race

Sanders, Winter, Shaw Other Petaluma Winners

Richard Brace Jr #410k won both Antioch and Petaluma's Pro Stock races.  Photo by Paul Gould

Petaluma, CA...August 30...Richard Brace Jr won the 25 lap Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series race Sunday night at Petaluma Speedway. The win paid him $1,000 thanks sponsorship from Joe Carr Racing, and it capped a perfect weekend as he also won at Antioch Speedway on Saturday. Rick Workman Communications sponsored a weekend championship point fund, and Brace collected the $300 for finishing first in that as well.

Jesse Gonzalez had a front-row start and charged into the early lead ahead of Brace and Wayne Coffman. The yellow flag waved on lap 3 for Bill Pearson, Trevor Brady and Sid Hess on the back straightaway. Gonzalez continued to lead Brace as West Coast Pro Stock champion Justin Crockett settled into third. Brace appeared to make a low pass in Turn 4 to take the lead as they were working the fifth lap, but a yellow flag waved when Pearson spun in Turn 1. Gonzalez continued to lead Brace on the restart is Coffman regained the third position. Gonzalez and Brace started to pull away from the pack, but a yellow flag waved when Crockett and track point leader Steve Studebaker hooked bumpers in Turn 2 with Matt While, Kimo Oreta, Ryan Cherezian and Jay Bryant crashing behind them. After a lengthy yellow flag, the race was unable to get a lap in before debris forced another yellow flag. Gonzalez continued to lead Brace and Bryant on the restart, but Gonzalez's motor was misfiring just a little bit. 

On lap 17, Gonzalez slowed in Turn 4 as Brace gained the lead over Bryant and While. Brace had a straightaway advantage over Bryant, but a yellow flag waved on Lap 19 for Coffman in Turn 3. Brace continued to lead the restart as While moved past Bryant for second. Reigning Antioch champion Kimo Oreta settled into fourth and went by Bryant on the back stretch on Lap 21 for the third position. A low pass in Turn 2 on Lap 23 gained Oreta second. Oreta tried to close in on the flying Brace, but he fell just short at the end. Bryant settled for third, followed by While, reigning Petaluma champion Mitch Machado, Crockett, Shawn McCoy, Chad Hammer, Matt Kile and Studebaker.

There were 25 competitors for this show, and Susanville Promoter Jeff Olschowka won the first heat ahead of Brace despite having the front wheel come off of his car on the last lap. Gonzalez won the next eight lap race ahead of Crockett and the final heat race win went to Ryan Smith ahead of Coffman. Because of attrition in the heat races, the B Main was canceled.

Justin Sanders won the 25 lap PitStopUSA.com Winged 360 Sprint Car Main Event. The 2015 Watsonville champion becomes the fourth different winner in as many races, and this is also his first ever win at Petaluma. Young Ryan Robinson set the early pace ahead of Marysville champion Andy Forsberg and Kaleb Montgomery. A low pass in Turn 1 on Lap 8 put Sanders into third, and he quickly closed in on the lead duo. Sanders went low in Turn 1 on Lap 12 to take the second position from Forsberg. Sanders battled Robinson fiercely for the lead as they hit traffic, and Robinson's rear brakes were glowing. A low pass in Turn 4 on Lap 17 as Robinson was having trouble with a slower car enabled Sanders to take the lead. Robinson spun in Turn 4 for the final yellow flag on Lap 17. When the green flag waved, Sanders continued to lead Forsberg and Kaleb Montgomery. Sanders went on to score the impressive victory with Forsberg settling for second ahead of Montgomery, Chase Johnson, Travis Henry, Chase Majdic, Michael Ing, Jake Haulot, John Clark and Brad Bumgarner. 

Forsberg was the quickest of 21 qualifiers with a lap of 12.858 on a 3/8 mile adobe oval.  Sanders also won his 10 lap heat race ahead of Majdic. Robinson outran Sean Becker to win their heat, which saw Justin Bradway do a cartwheel in Turns 3 and 4. Haulot outran Forsberg to win their heat race.

Ryan Winter won the time limit shortened 15 lap General Hydroponics Redwood Dwarf Car Main Event. The race was marred by seven yellow flags, the last of which ended the race. This was Winter's first win of the season, and he charged into the early lead ahead of Shawn Whitney and reigning champion Chad Matthias. A yellow flag flew when Matthias spun exiting Turn 2 for a Lap 2 yellow flag. Winter led Whitney and reigning South Bay champion Mark Biscardi on the restart, but Todd Damron spun in Turn 2 for a yellow flag on Lap 3. Biscardi charged into second place as they took the green flag and made a low pass in Turn 4 on Winter to grab the lead before the lap was completed. However, Winter made a low pass in Turn 4 a lap later to regain the lead. Biscardi washed up in Turn 4 as he tried to get the lead back on Lap 6, allowing Winter, Whitney and the reigning NorCal champion Michael "Spanky" Grenert to grab the Top 3 spots. Whitney made an inside pass in Turn 4 on Lap 7 to take the lead from Winter, and a yellow flag waved for John Peters, Joey Lingron and Chance Russell in Turn 2 on Lap 9. Whitney pitted prior to the restart, and Winter led Grenert and Biscardi. They went one lap before Russell spun in Turn 2 for another yellow flag. Winter led Grenert and Zach Albers on the restart. Biscardi had front end damage but continued to run in fourth when a yellow flag waved on Lap 14 for a Gage Myers spin in Turn 4. Winter led Grenert and Albers for one more lap before Whitney and Matt Hagemann tangled in Turn 4 for a yellow flag. The race was called complete at that point. Ryan Winter got the win ahead of Grenert, Albers, Sean Catucci, Shiloh Borland, Matthias, Matthew Hagemann, Garrett Brady, Lingron and Carroll Mendenhall.

There were 37 cars for this show, and the eight lap heat race wins were earned by Matthias, Dennis Gilcrease, Ryan Winter and Whitney. Justin Winter won the 10 lap C Main ahead of Sam Borland and Vernon Hubbard. Garrett Brady led all the way to win the 12 lap B Main as Cory Eaton made a pass on Chance Russell midway through the race to finish second. Russell settled for third ahead of Carroll Mendenhall and Jimmy Damron.

Koen Shaw won the 20 lap Santa Rosa Auto Body 600 Micro Main Event. This was the third win in four visits for the second-ranked Watsonville Sprint Car competitor. Hoping to grab his second victory, George Nielson led early ahead of reigning champion Justin Adiego. An outside pass on the backstretch on Lap 2 put Shaw into second. A yellow flag waved when point leader Jim Beck stalled on the frontstretch on Lap 3. Nielson continued to lead Shaw and Adiego on the restart, and Shaw was giving Nielson plenty of pressure. Nielson saw his run come to an end in Turn 2 with mechanical failure on Lap 6. This put Shaw into the lead, and he continued to lead Adiego and Kyle Grissom on the restart. The final 14 laps went without incident, and Shaw pulled away by a huge margin. Adiego and Grissom battled fiercely for second with Grissom making a low pass in Turn 2 on Lap 14 to take the spot. Adiego went by Grissom in Turn 4 on Lap 18 and he would finish about 12 seconds behind the flying Shaw at the checkered flag. Grissom settled for third ahead of Carroll Mendenhall and Rob Brown. Sixth place Savannah Brown was lapped at the line as Brian Slubik, Amber Fields, Nielson and Beck completed the Top 10. Eight lap heat wins went to Beck and Grissom.

Racing resumes next Sunday night as the USAC and BCRA Midgets come together for a showdown. Joining them will be the General Hydroponics Redwood Dwarf Cars, Santa Rosa Auto Body 600 Micros and Jake's Performance Hobbies Mini Stocks. For further information, go to www.petaluma-speedway.com or go check out the Petaluma Speedway Facebook page.

Brace Wins Tri State Pro Stock Race 
At Antioch Speedway

DJ Johnson #33 won his second Wingless Spec Sprint Main Event of the season at Antioch Speedway.  Photo by Paul Gould.

Antioch, CA...August 29...Richard Brace Jr won the 25 lap Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series race Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. The win paid Brace $1,000 thanks to sponsorship from Jay's  Mobile Welding Service. Brace has been competing in Sprint Cars in recent years, but he just started racing a Pro Stock in the last couple of years.

The race had to be restarted after a Turn 1 crash involving Terry DeCarlo, Matt Kile and recent Susanville Tri State winner Jeff Olschowka. Two-time Tri State Series feature winner Jesse Gonzalez raced into the early lead ahead of Mike Walko, but a low pass in Turn 2 of the second lap gained two-time Tri State Series Antioch winner Mitch Machado second. A yellow flag waved for a tangle between Mike Learn and Jay Bryant. Gonzalez continued to lead Machado on the restart, and a low pass in Turn 4 of the fourth lap put Brace into third. Machado began challenging Gonzalez for the lead, and contact between the two in Turns 3 and 4 on lap 13 gained Machado the first position. Brace moved up to challenge Gonzalez for second, making a low pass in Turn 4 on Lap 16 to grab the position. A yellow flag flew for a spin in Turn 2, and track officials dropped Machado back one position on a rough driving call. 

Gonzalez made a pit stop, and Brace had the lead for the restart. Brace led Machado and reigning Antioch champion Kimo Oreta on the restart. A low pass in Turn 2 of the 19th lap gained Machado the lead, but a tangle in Turn 2 brought out a yellow flag and negated the pass. Brace led the next restart with Oreta moving past Machado for second. Contact sent Justin Crockett spinning in Turn 4 for a Lap 20 yellow flag. Brace led the final restart with Machado moving back into second. Machado began trying to challenge Brace for the lead, but he got sideways in Turn 4 as both he and Oreta lost some ground on Brace. Machado tried to close in again, but he couldn't make a move on Brace, who scored the impressive win. Oreta settled for third, followed by 10th starter Jim Freethy, Ryan Cherezian, Gonzalez, Bryant, Crockett, Chad Hammer and Kile. 

There were 24 cars, and the eight lap heat race wins went to Oreta, Randy Miller, Walko and Machado. Bill Hall III led all the way to win the 14 lap B Main. Toby Randolph held second for three laps before Kile grabbed the position. Brent Lawrence gained third on Lap 6, and Randolph got into the wall in Turns 3 and 4 for a Lap 13 yellow flag. Hall led the restart and scored the victory with Lawrence making a late move for the second place finish, followed by Kile, Crockett and Learn

DJ Johnson won the 25 lap Wingless Spec Sprint Main Event. The past Antioch champion is the first two-time winner of the season. He started back in the fifth row. Looking for his second-straight win, Dylan Bloomfield shared the front row with reigning champion Bob Newberry, but both drivers finished out of the running, ending the Top 5 streak that Bloomfield had going in Antioch. Johnson steadily worked his way to the front of the pack as did sixth row starter Jimmy Christian. Johnson was able to hold off the Ted Finkenbinder owned car, driven by David Lindt II. Lindt settled for the second place finish, followed by Christian, past Petaluma champion Shayna Ensign, reigning Petaluma champion Angelique Bell, Ryan Siverling, Roy Fisher, Alan Miranda, Tony Bernard and Jeff Scotto. The eight lap heat race wins went to Johnson ahead of Lindt and Miranda over Dennis Furia Jr. There were 15 competitors for this show.

 Reigning NorCal Dwarf Car champion Michael "Spanky" Grenert #12n got the win. Photo by Paul Gould

Michael "Spanky" Grenart won the 25 lap Delta Dwarf Car Main Event. Grenert is the reigning NorCal Dwarf Car champion and is currently the top runner out at Petaluma Speedway. He lined up in the sixth row and worked his way up to the front to battle two-time Antioch champion Mike Corsaro for the lead. Grenert got the lead and went on to victory. Corsaro held off hard-charger Devan Kammermann for the second place finish. Previous feature winner Sean Catucci ended up fourth, followed by improving rookie Chance Russell, Travis Day, Santa Maria visitors Scotty Preast and Joe Bohard, Dennis Gilcrease and Joe Leduc. The 14 cars ran two eight lap heat races, and Grenert won the first one ahead of Kammermann. David Michael Rosa outran his father David Rosa to win the second heat.

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 Jess Palladino won the Four Banger race. Photo by Paul Gould.

Jess Palladino won both the 12 lap Four Banger Main Event and six lap heat race ahead of announcer Wylie Wade.

Next Saturday night will be the third and final round of the George Steitz Memorial Big Kahuna Freedom Series, featuring the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. The event will be streamed on internet pay-per-view at www.antiochspeedway.tv. For further information, go to www.antiochspeedway.com.

Stanford Scores $2,000 Win In Olga's 100 
Pro Mini Stock Race At Madera Speedway

Madera, CA...August 28... Thomas Stanford won the 100 lap Pro Mini Stock race Saturday night at Madera Speedway. This was the first running of the 100 lap Olga's 100, and the win paid Stanford $2,000 from the $16,000 purse. Once again, sponsorship from nutupindustries.com allowed Madera Speedway to show the race to the fans for free on their YouTube page, and it was also a taping for a future episode on MavTV.

16 drivers took the green flag for the Olga's 100, and it would go 50 laps before a 10 minute break. Drew Krenshaw raced into the early lead ahead of John Soares and Brett Murrell. Terry Armstrong Jr settled into fourth on Lap 4 and slipped past Murrell for third on Lap 5. Anderson made a couple of big moves on Lap 10, the second of which saw him go low in Turn 4 to take the lead from Krenshaw. Justin Carson gained third on Lap 14, but an inside pass on the backstretch on lap 18 gained Rick Ackerman Jr the third position. Ackerman made an inside pass on the backstretch on Lap 19 to gain second as Brad Rhoads followed him closely into third. Ackerman made another inside pass on the frontstretch on Lap 21 to take the lead from Armstrong with Rhoads following into second. Thomas Stanford made this a close three-car battle at the front of the pack on Lap 25 as they masterfully worked their way through traffic. Stanford made an inside pass in Turn 2 on Lap 34 to take second from Rhoads. Stanford went high in Turn 1 on Lap 42 to take the lead from Ackermen. The leaders lapped sixth place  Krenshaw at the white flag, and Stanford had the lead at the break with Ackerman, Rhoads, Andy Brown and Carson the Top 5  at that point. The first half of the race had no yellow flags, and the leaders received bonus money from race organizer Robert Copley.

After the 10 minute break, the drivers eagerly strapped back into their race cars for the second half of the race. The only yellow flag blemish occurred just one lap into the second half when Gary Kleinetobe spun on the front straightaway, costing him the 10th position. Stanford continued to lead Ackerman, Rhoads, Brown and Carson. For much of the second half of the race, Stanford led by a second, leaving an intense battle for the second position. Carson was keeping pace with the three drivers in front of him, but he started to fade during the final 20 laps. On Lap 70, Brown got a run on the outside in his Ford Pinto and pulled even with Rhoads. Unfortunately, there was a slower car in his path as they came down the front straightaway, forcing Brown to hit the brakes and fall back in line. Brown was able to pull up behind Rhoads again as Rhoads ran behind Ackerman, but nobody was able to make any sort of move. Stanford drove a flawless race during the second half and earned his big paycheck. Ackerman picked up a $1,000 payout for second, with Rhoads a $750 third and Brown grabbing $500 for fourth. Carson settled for fifth as the only front-wheel drive vehicle on the lead lap. Fred Vigil, Krenshaw, Jarrett Mayo, Armstrong and Vincent Giesegh rounding out the Top 10.

Stanford was the fastest of 17 qualifiers with a lap of 15.646, beating the 16.116 of Ackerman. Krenshaw won the first eight lap heat race ahead of Brent Murrell. Klinetobe outran Mayo to win the second heat, and Stanford won the third heat ahead of Rhodes. Brown picked up the four lap Trophy Dash win ahead of Armstrong.

Kabe McClenny won the 40 lap Madera Late Model Main Event. McClenny is one of the Junior Late Model competitors, and this was his first win in the division. McClenny raced into the early lead with NASCAR West veteran Thomas Martin and Hans Beeler running closely behind him in second and third. Previous Madera Late Model winner Sheldon Cooper was running a close fourth, but he lost the draft of the lead trio by the halfway point of the race. This race had no yellow flags, and McClenny had non-stop pressure from Martin and Beeler. Championship contender Trevor Schlundt went down a lap during the second half of the race as point leader Lily Mead ran in the seventh position. McClenny drove a smooth and flawless race and earned his victory ahead of Martin, Hans Beeler, Cooper, Mike Beeler, Del McIntosh and Mead.

There were 12 competitors for the show, and McClenny set the fast time of 15.184, beating the 15.323 of Hans Beeler. McClenny also outran Mead to win their eight lap heat race. Martin won the second heat in front of Cooper.

Joe Flowers won the 35 lap House of JuJu Central Valley Mini Stock Main Event. Flowers has won just about every race at Stockton 99 Speedway this year as he leads the points there. Ryan Doglione jumped into the early lead ahead of Steve Brown and previous Madera CVMS winner Rod Baronian. Flowers made a low pass in Turn 2 on Lap 5 to gain third from Rod Baronian, and a Turn 2 pass on Lap 14 gained Flowers second from Brown. Flowers quickly reeled in Doglione and made a low pass in Turn 2 on Lap 19 to gain the lead. The leaders caught heavy traffic, and Flowers got a bit sideways in Turn 2 on lap 25. Doglione made a move to the outside, and he nosed ahead down the back straightaway. However, Doglione went too high in Turns 3 and 4 as Flowers regained the lead. Flowers maintained a slight advantage over Doglione in the waning laps to pick up the impressive victory. Brown was a solid third, and Ron Baronian won a spirited duel with brother Greg Baronian to finish fourth. Reigning series champion Dan Myrick was a lap down in sixth, followed by recent Hanford CVMS winner Clinton Massey, point leader Jeff Durant, Shawn DePriest and Matt Herod.

Flowers was the quickest of 12 qualifiers with a lap of 18.082, beating the 18.126 of Doglione. Doglione outran Greg Baronian to win the first eight lap heat race with Flowers picking up the second heat win ahead of Brown.

Kyle Keller won the 50 lap Challenge Cup Main Event. The Challenge Cup is a new division put together for Madera Speedway that runs the ARCA West Series rules. Thomas Martin raced into the lead at the start with Keller running closely behind him in second and Jesse Burks in third. Martin was driving his tight handling car hard and using the brakes to compensate as Keller kept looking to the inside to get by. Martin left the door open enough exiting Turn 4 as they completed the 15th lap and Keller got a run on him. Keller pulled even with Martin as they exited Turn 2 on the 16th lap and nudged ahead in Turn 3 to take the lead. Keller began to pull away from Martin, but Chuck Becker Jr spun in Turn 2 for a Lap 26 yellow flag. Keller continued to lead Martin and Burks on the restart as Becker briefly took the fourth position from Vince Little. However, Little went low in Turn 2 on Lap 30 to regain fourth. Keller pulled away to about a straightaway advantage for the victory. Martin was a solid second, followed by Burks, Little, Becker and Thomas Suarez. Keller turned the 1/3 mile paved oval with the quickest lap of 14.791, while Martin had a 14.986

Richard Herzog won the 15 lap Hobby Stock Main Event. This was the second win of the year for the longtime competitor of Madera Speedway. Point leader Manny Gonzales Jr stuck closely behind him in second. The lead duo pulled away and lapped Nick Rowe by Lap 11. Gonzales couldn't quite make a move on Herzog, who brought it home to victory. Rowe still took a checkered flag in third. Drew Ries was a Main Event scratch.

Next week is another big MavTV taped event. It's the second round of the Race 2B Drug Free Big3 Series for the Nut Up Pro Late Models, and their 100 lap race will pay $5,000 to win. Even the Semi Main will pay $3,000 to the winner. The 51fifty Energy drink Junior Late Models will be back for their 70 lap race along with a Bandolero vs Mini Cup Series race. This will also be broadcast for free on the internet at the track's YouTube page thanks to nutupindustries.com. For further information, go to www.racemadera.com or check out the Madera Speedway Facebook page.

Stone, Sanders, Wood, Fernandez Winners 
At Dixon Speedway

Dixon, CA...August 29...Austin Stone won the 25 lap Wingless 600 Micro Main Event Saturday night at Dixon Speedway. This was the second-straight win for Stone and his third of the season. Cody Gray set the early pace ahead of Stone and Blake Bower. Following a Lap 2 yellow flag, Stone took the lead from Gray on the restart. Travis Sullivan briefly took third from Bower on Lap 5, but Bower was back in third a lap later. However, a Lap 7 yellow flag slowed the pace once again. Stone continued to lead Gray and Brandon Shaw on the restart. They ran in that order through a pair of yellow flags. Shaw was pressuring Gray for the second position on Lap 16 as they went side by side, but Gray kept holding him off before the final yellow flag of the race waived on Lap 18. On the restart, B Main winner Chris Parmley settled into third behind Shaw and Gray. Shaw ran a smooth race down the stretch to score the impressive victory. Chris Parmley slipped past Gray for the second position on lap 23 and would finish there as Gray settled for third. Brandon Shaw was fourth, followed by Blake Parmley, Joe Silva, Travis Sullivan, Ryan Holden, point leader Kelvin Lewis and Kyle Mentch.

There were 33 Wingless Micros for the show. Bower turned the 1/5 mile dirt oval with a lap of 11.042 to set the quick time. Lewis was second quick at 11.232. The 10 lap heat race wins went to Silva, Lewis, Don McLeister and Gray. Bower outran Gray to win the 10 lap Trophy Dash. The first 12 lap B Main was won by Chris Parmley ahead of Brandon Carey and Justin Stretch. Matt Santana won the second B Main in front of Derrick Patterson and Taylor DeCarlo.

Ricky Sanders won a thrilling 25 lap Super 600 Main Event. This was the third win for Sanders in the last four races. Point leader Brad Hannum and was looking for his fourth win of the season and set the early pace ahead of Devon Courtnier. Following yellow flags on Lap 1 and Lap 2, Hannum led the next restart ahead of Courtnier and Sanders. The lead trio quickly pulled away from the pack in their own battle. Sanders slipped past Courtnier for second on Lap 14 and quickly closed in on Hannum. This was a battle that went for the rest of the race, and Sanders put the moves on Hannum to take the lead on Lap 23. Sanders went on to victory with Hannum settling for his fourth runner-up finish of the year. Courtnier finished third, followed by Jeffrey Pahule, Hailey Wood, Brett McCulloch, Hayden Saich, Pete Piatanida, Blaine Baxter and Izaak Sharp.

Hannum was the quickest of 19 qualifiers with a lap of 10.338, beating the 10.361 of Courtnier. The 10 lap heat race wins went to Sanders and Pahule, and Hannum outran Courtnier to win the six lap Trophy Dash.

Austin Wood won the 20 lap Restricted Main Event. This was his second-straight win and fourth of the season. Brandon Riveira jumped into the early lead ahead of Wood and Matthew Tatoole, but a Lap 4 yellow flag slowed the pace. Wood slipped past Riveira for the lead on the restart with Tatoole maintaining third. A final yellow flag waved on Lap 13, but that didn't slow Wood down. Wood continued to set the pace on the restart and led the final eight laps for the victory. Riveira settled for second, followed by Tatoole, Colin Kirby, Izaak Sharp, JJ Loss, Rylee Whitehouse, point leader Bryant Bell, AJ Neilson and Otto Perreira. Riveira was the quickest of 13 qualifiers with a lap of 11.016, beating the 11.073 of Tatoole. Eight lap heat race wins went to Sharp and Tatoole, and Riveira outran Wood to win the six lap Trophy Dash.

Kyle Fernandez won the 20 lap Junior Sprint Main Event. This was his second-straight win and fourth of the season as he continues to work on reeling in point leader and reigning champion Makayla Tatoole. Fernandez raced into the lead at the start ahead of Lucas Mauldin and Briggs Davis. Tatoole settled into an early fourth. The red flag flew on Lap 8 for an incident involving Mauldin. Mauldin was able to restart at the back of the pack, and Fernandez led Davis and Tatoole on the restart. Tatoole grabbed second on the 13th lap, but she found herself trailing Fernandez by a straightaway at that point. Mauldin moved back into the fifth position on Lap 18, and he raced past both Davis and Hayden Stepps for third on Lap 19. Fernandez won comfortably with Tatoole earning her sixth runner-up finish. Mauldin made a nice recovery in third followed by Stepps, Brody Rubio, Davis, Payton Whitehouse, Ryder Johnson, Jacob Battle and Reid Baxter. Rubio set the fast time of 12.889, beating the 12.924 of Fernandez. Fernandez and Stepps won their respective 10 lap heat races, and Fernandez capped a clean sweep by outrunning Mauldin to win the eight lap Trophy Dash.

Racing continues with another Saturday night show on September 12th, featuring all of the regular Micro Sprint divisions. For further information, go to www.dixonspeedway.net or check out the Dixon Speedway Facebook page.

Siewell Wins Battle At The Beach,

Luckman, Fuller, Beaudoin, Coos Bay Winners

Coos Bay, Oregon...August 29...Dyllan Siewell won the 40 lap NASCAR Street Stock Main Event Saturday night at Coos Bay Speedway. This was the Fourth Annual Battle At The Beach event, and the win paid $500 to the 2018 Sportsman Late Model champion. 

Siewell shared the front row with Charlie Withers and bolted into the lead. He received some competition from point leader Ken Fox while four-time winner Graig Osborne came from the fifth row. Osborne ended up moving into second, but nobody was stopping Siewell from picking up the big win. Fox settled for third, followed by Andrew Mathers, reigning champion Steve Dubisar, Michael Hollingsworth, Brad Karpella, Dustin Hitner, Hunter Berrier and Withers. Mathers and Osborne won the eight lap heat races.

Preston Luckman won the 30 lap America's Mattress Super Late Model Main Event. This was the fourth win of the season for the reigning division champion. Luckman had the pole position and led from the start as point leader Brody Montgomery moved into second. Montgomery gave it a good effort, but nobody was stopping Luckman from getting the win. Braden Fugate was a solid third, followed by Jason Johnson, Wayne Butler, Mike Taylor, Hannah Robison and Dustin Knight. Fugate was the eight lap heat race winner.

Brionna Fuller won the 20 lap Sportsman Late Model Main Event. Fuller is an Outlaw Kart champion in Yreka, and she's a rookie in Sport Modified competition this year. She put the fenders on her car and took on the Coos Bay stars, finishing second to incoming point leader Trace Fugate in the eight lap heat race. Fuller got the win in the Main Event with Jared Simmons a season-best second, followed by Fugate and Jim Crabtree. Jim Van Loon was a Main Event scratch.

Scott Beaudoin won the 20 lap Mini Outlaw Main Event. This was his fourth win of the season. Beaudoin had a perfect evening after winning the eight lap heat race ahead of Jason Kellam. The Main Event was a mirror image of the heat as Beaudoin outran Kellam for the win. Raelyn Kelly finished third, followed by Tahlan Rogers and point leader Brad Hicks.

Seth Christian won the 20 lap Hornet Main Event. This was his third win of the season. Christian had the outside front row starting position next to Mike Bales and would take the lead early on. Christian held off Bales for the win. Heat race winner William Hitner finished third, followed by John Henry, Kris Parker, Zach Hickman, point leader Isaac Stere, John Muir, Dusty Shingleton and Jamie Daniels. Christian was the other eight lap heat race winner.

Griff Smith won the 15 lap Junior Stinger Main Event. He continued his dominance with his ninth-straight victory as he appears to be a lock to win his third-straight division championship. Smith also won his eight lap heat race, and Lily Metzgus was a heat race winner as well. Metzgus and Smith shared the front row, but she was unable to keep pace with Smith. However, Lily Metzgus matched her season-best effort in second, followed by brother Cameron Metzgus, Hunter Burton, Eli Luckman and Max Haga.

NASCAR Whelen All American Racing Series action continues next week with the America's Mattress Super Late Models, Sportsman Late Models, Street Stocks, Mini Outlaws, Hornets and Junior Stingers. The Winged Sprint Cars will also be in action. For further information, go to www.coosbayspeedway.us or go to the Coos Bay Speedway Facebook page.

King, Peery, Steele, Smith Win 
At Siskiyou Golden Speedway

Yreka, CA...August 29...Josh King won the 25 lap Southern Oregon Dwarf Car Main Event Saturday night at Siskiyou Golden Speedway. The group was making their first visit to the speedway after their July 4th visit was canceled. They've run a few races at Coos Bay, and King is one of the feature winners there. King is also the four-time reigning champion of the group.

There were 15 Dwarf Cars for this show, and the track gave the group an opportunity to run two sets of eight lap heat races and use points to determine the Main Event lineup. The first set of heat races saw wins going to King, Camden Robustelli and Ryan Smith. Chad Cardoza won a heat race in the second round, while two-time champion Brock Peters outran King to win their heat race. Young charger Trevor Davis prevented Robustelli from winning their heat race with an impressive win of his own

Robustelli figured to have a shot at the victory as he lined up on the front row next to King. Unfortunately for Camden, he had problems derail his effort. King parlayed his front row start to a Main Event victory, while Kalvin Morton made a charge from the fifth row to finish second. Brock Peters, who had a win at Coos Bay earlier this year, finished third, followed by Ryan Smith, Cardoza, Brett James, Fred Hay, Jason Robustelli, Randy Slater and Camden Robustelli.

Ryan Peery won the 20 lap IMCA Sport Modified Main Event. This was not a point event as it was hastily put together during the week, but the win was still worth $400 to the rookie. Peery is one of the Top 5 drivers in the standings. Peery shared the front row with reigning champion Ethan Killingsworth, who was hoping to get his first win at the track this year. However, Peery proved just a little bit too fast on this occasion as he scored the impressive win. Randy Wright held off Jace Wright to grab the final podium position. Ryder Boswell substituted for his brother Colt Boswell and finished fifth, followed by Branden Wilson, Wyatt Westfall, Outlaw Kart champion Cale Cunial and Chad Wormington. Wilson and Peery won their respective eight lap heat races.

David Steele won his fourth Mini Stock Main Event of the season. Only a second to Ashtin Hedges earlier this year prevents the 2015 champion and two-time reigning Medford champion from having wins in all five of his starts. Steele had the pole next to three-time champion Marilyn Yawnick. However, 2017 Medford champion Kristopher Mix and Hedges both got past Yawnick. As Steele led the way, Mix battled Hedges for a hard-fought second-place finish. Yawnick settled for fourth, followed by rookie Paige Boswell. Steele won the eight lap heat race.

JJ Smith won the 10 lap Jefferson State Jalopies Main Event. This was the second-straight win for Smith, who also picked up the eight lap heat race victory. Smith led all the way with Ron Morris running a close second. Reigning champion Marilyn Yawnick and Karl Bernstein completed the finishing order.

Racing resumes with doubleheader action next Friday and Saturday night. The track will host the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, Outlaw Pro Stocks and Mini Stocks on both days. There will be internet pay-per-view services available. For those details and other information, check out the Siskiyou Golden Speedway Facebook page.

Holmes, Alberding, Crum Win 
At Cottage Grove Speedway

Cottage Grove, Oregon...August 29...Tanner Holmes won the 25 lap Limited Sprint Main Event Saturday night at Cottage Grove Speedway. Holmes is the reigning ISCS champion. He had a win earlier this year at Coos Bay Speedway, but he becomes the fourth different winner in five races at Cottage Grove. The evening took on an open wheel flavor with the Northwest Focus Midgets and Wingless Sprint Series also there along with the three regular IMCA sanctioned classes.

Justin Lemon set the pace for three laps before Scott Fox took the point. Fox held the lead until third row starter Jared Hood went motoring by on the ninth lap. By the 13th lap, Holmes settled into second, and he gained the lead when Hood had problems on the 16th lap. Homes led the rest of the way with Kyle Alberding finishing second, followed by Fox, two-time winner Kinzer Cox, Brian Boswell, Steven Snawder, Lemon, Hood, Anissa Curtice and Enrique Jaime. Holmes was the quickest of 14 competitors in hot laps/qualifying at 11.545, beating the 11.743 of Jake Wheeler. The two eight lap heat race wins went to Tyler Thompson and Wheeler.

The Wingless Sprint Series paid their first visit of the year to the speedway, and Tim Alberding won the 30 lap Main Event. This race was made possible thanks to sponsorship from Herz Precision Parts. Alberding moved into the lead and set the pace for 25 laps. Winged competitor Kinzer Cox removed his wing to compete in this race and held second from the ninth lap until problems struck on Lap 26. At that point, Matt Hein made a move into the lead on lap 27, but Alberding and Lance Hallmark both got by Hein a lap later to finish in the first two positions. Hein settled for third, followed by multi-time champion Rob Lindsey, Chad Lindsey, Justin Lemon, Brad Rhodes, Gene Cannon, Don Trent and Cooper Desbians. Cox was the quickest of 17 competitors in hot laps/qualifying with a 12.831 effort, beating the 12.908 of Rob Lindsey. The eight lap race wins went to Jake Wheeler and Rob Lindsey.

The Northwest Focus Midgets made their first appearance of the year in this open-wheel themed event, and Chance Crum won their 35 lap Main Event. JD Dryden led a lap before surrendering the point to Jared Peterson. Crum settled into second and kept pace with Peterson until maneuvering into the lead on Lap 28. Crum led the rest of the way to win with Peterson settling for second, followed by Guy Tow, Dryden, Elijah Gibbs, Jesse Munn, Jake Austin, Stuart Milner, Brian Kolmkvist and Levi Harless. The Focus Midgets had 12 competitors time in during qualifying/hot laps, and Peterson was the quickest at 14.193, beating the 14.254 of Dryden. Crum and Tow were the eight lap heat race winners.

Point leader John Campos won the 25 lap IMCA Modified Main Event that had a thrilling finish to it. During the first eight laps, there were several lead changes as Paul Rea, Curtis Towns and Aaron Sheeler took their turns at the front of pack. Towns and Sheeler had a nip-and-tuck battle, but Towns gained the advantage on the eighth lap. Campos moved into second on Lap 10 and set his sights on Towns. The duo dueled fiercely for the lead during the final five laps. Campos gained first on Lap 21, but Towns moved back ahead for the next two laps. The determined Campos regained the lead on lap 24, but Towns remained persistent. Campos beat Towns back to the line in a near photo finish for the thrilling victory. Reigning champion Jake Mayden finished a solid third, followed by Sheeler, multi-time Medford and Yreka champion Albert Gill, championship contender Steve Sturdevant, Derick Young, Wayne Sturdevant, Eric Ashley and Rea.  Sheeler was the quickest of 10 competitors in the hot laps/qualifying session at 15.303, beating 15.394 of Gill. Towns and Mayden won their respective eight lap heat races.

Hunter Bloom won the 25 lap IMCA Sport Modified Main Event. In the process, he should move around Doug Coffman by one point to take over the lead in the standings. Medford competitor Austin Petray led the first six laps before Hunter Bloom moved into the lead. Petray held second until Lap 11 when Jordan Henry grabbed the position. Henry surrendered second to  Coffman on the 15th lap, but Petray regained second on lap 18. Petray held second until misfortune struck with one lap to go. Hunter Bloom went on to win ahead of Henry, Coffman, reigning champion David Schmidt, Dustin Comer, Justin Ryker, KC Scott, Isaac Sanders, Jim Smith and Petray. Coffman was the quickest of 21 competitors in hot lap/qualifying with a lap of 16.619, beating the 16.699 of Theron Trissell. The eight lap heat race wins were earned by Hunter Bloom, Travis Pruitt and Schmidt.

Michael Kennerly won the 20 lap IMCA Sport Compact Main Event in what turned out to be another close finish. Polesitter Jeremy DeGrout led five laps. Willie Sutton was second until being passed by Kennerly on Lap 5. A lap later, Kennerly slipped past DeGrout to take the lead. DeGrout would eventually surrender second to Ricky Ashley, who tried to challenge Kennerly late. However, Kennerly prevailed at the checkered flag, followed by Ashley, DeGrout, Kerry Cooper, Brad Moffett, Mark Milligan, Sutton, Jason Loucks, Bradley Martin and Tim Maltabarger. The 16 IMCA Sport Compacts ran hot laps/qualifying with Ashley the quickest at 19.650, beating the 19.994 of Kennerly. The eight lap heat race wins went to Maltabarger and Ashley. Incoming point leader Barry Cannon finished last in the 15 car field, but Cole Trissell gained very little ground as he fell out early in the race and ended up 12th.

The track will be having a doubleheader weekend this Friday and Saturday night, featuring The Limited Sprints, Late Models, Street Stocks and the IMCA sanctioned Modifieds, Sport Modifieds and Sport Compacts. The race will be broadcast on internet pay-per-view at dirtovaltv.com. For further information, go to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com or check out the Cottage Grove Speedway Facebook page.

Copeland, Powers Win At Redwood Acres Raceway

Eureka, CA...August 29...Derek Copeland won the 35 lap Legend Car Main Event Saturday afternoon at Redwood Acres Raceway. There were 10 competitors to take the green flag in at what would end up being a non-stop event. James Nichols jumped into the early lead ahead of Scott Taylor and Steve Davis. Copeland moved into third on Lap 2 and took the second position from Taylor a lap later. On the fourth lap, Copeland put the moves on Nichols to take the lead. As Copeland began to pull away, Nichols and Taylor had a close battle going for second. David Dunlap made that a three-car battle and took the third position from Taylor on Lap 11. Dunlap gained second from Nichols on Lap 15, but Copeland held a straightaway advantage by then. Copeland ran fast, smooth and consistent laps throughout the second half of the race to bring it home to victory. Dunlap was a strong second, followed by Nichols, Landon Green, James Krupa, Taylor, Davis, Maleesa Miles, Andy Thornton and Nick Reading. Copeland had the fastest time of 17.932, beating the 18.279 of Green. The eight lap heat races were won by Taylor and Copeland.

Ukiah Speedway star Loren Powers Jr won the 25 Bomber Main Event. Sam Brown raced into the lead at the start ahead of Ryan Walters. The lead duo ran closely with Powers taking third from Donnie Brown on Lap 7. Powers slipped past Walters for the second position on Lap 9 before a yellow flag waved. On the restart, Powers took the lead from Sam Brown. A lap later, Donnie Brown got past Sam Brown for second, only to surrender the second position to Walters on Lap 12. By that point, Powers held about a straightaway advantage. Powers would go on to win comfortably ahead of Walters. Donnie Brown settled for a solid third place finish. Jordan Krupa closed in on Sam Brown in the race for fourth, but Brown held on for the finish. Raquel Krupa finished sixth ahead of Rick Jelton, the #41 car and Bridget Steeves. Powers had the fastest lap of 18.105, beating the 18.186 of Walters. The 10 lap heat race win went to Walters ahead of Sam Brown.

Dustin Walters won the 25 lap Late Model Main Event. Only three competitors showed up for this race, and Walters charged into the lead at the waving of the green flag. Ed Rasmussen ran second from the start with Eugene Palmer not far behind in third. By the fifth lap, Walters already held a straightaway advantage as the closer battle was for second. Palmer slipped past Rasmussen for second on Lap 12, but Walters held a half-lap lead by that point. Palmer was able to pull away from Rasmussen during the second half of the race as Walters won ahead of Palmer and Rasmussen. Walters had the fastest lap of 16.625 and also won the 10 lap heat race.

Leroy Marsh Jr won the 20 lap Road Runner Main Event. Marsh sprinted out to the lead early on with JR Brandt running a close second and Jeremiah Martin not too far back in third. By the 12th lap, these three drivers were the only ones on the lead lap. Brandt kept it close with Marsh until stumbling a bit on Lap 18 and surrendering second to Martin. However, Leroy Marsh went on to victory ahead of Martin, Brandt, Wayne Marsh, Lexi Coleman, Brian Hopkins, Ty Rose, Bryan Brandt and Joseph Brown.  Bryan Brandt was the fastest qualifier at 20.294, beating the 20.407 of Martin. JR Brandt won the 10 lap heat race comfortably ahead of Joseph Brown.

Eric O'Farrell won the 20 lap Mini Stock Main Event. Several of the top drivers were out of town running in a bigger race, and the three Mini Stocks competed against a Bandolero. Nick Ford led the first three laps in his Bandolero before O'Farrell went motoring by. CJ Dalton held third until Gannon Cyphers passed him for position on lap 11. By then, O'Farrell built nearly a straightaway advantage on Ford.  However, a yellow flag for Dalton bunched the field. O'Farrell resumed command on the restart as Cyphers moved past Ford for the second position. At the checkered flag, O'Farrell won ahead of Cyphers, Ford and Dalton. O'Farrell had the fastest lap of 19.182, but Dalton picked up the 10 lap heat race win.

Boardman, Perrin, Grubb Win 
Yreka Outlaw Races Friday Night

Yreka, CA...August 28...Kenny Boardman won the 15 lap 500 Open Kart Main Event Friday night at the Yreka Outlaws track at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds. Boardman, who is the 2018 Medford champion, was making his first start of the season. Nobody could touch Boardman as he won both the eight lap heat races and earned the pole position for the Main Event. Point leader Merissa Henson started alongside Boardman in the 15 lap race, but the best she could do was chase him across the finish line in second. Rookie Cadyn Smith finished third ahead of Taylor Fuller, Randy Simmons and Brant Phillipe.

Point leader Nicolas Perrin picked up his second 20 lap 250 Kart Main Event win ahead of championship rival Dryver Dothage. This snapped the two-race win streak of Jacob James, who ended up disqualified. Perrin and Dothage had the front row for the Main Event after heat race points were added up. Perrin actually held off Dothage to win their first heat race, but Dothage finished second in front of Perrin in the next heat as reigning champion Cale Cunial won that event. Emma Rodgers and Cole Cunial were the other eight lap heat race winners.

Heat race points put Perrin and Dothage on the front row for the Main Event, and they battled for position. Perrin picked up the win ahead of Dothage. The battle of the Cunial brothers saw Cale outrun Cole to get the third place finish. Austin Bartholomew finished fifth, followed by Blake Peery, Dallin Dagata, Logan McKnight, MKinzy Uselton and Faith McCullough.

Ed Grubb won the 12 lap UAS Speedway Kart Main Event. Grubb is the 2016 champion, and he used his first win of the season to move into the point lead. Grubb and championship rival Brionna Fuller won the eight lap heat races. Past division champion Brionna Fuller and brother Taylor Fuller shared the front row of the Main Event, but Grubb would get by both of them to get the lead and victory. Taylor Fuller had his best finish in this division with a second, followed by Brionna Fuller and their mother, Lori Fuller. Grandfather Larry Fuller was a Main Event scratch.

Carson Hanson broke the Box Stock championship wide open with his third 15 lap Main Event win of the season. Henson was assisted by the fact that championship rival Bentleigh Chapman was a no-show. The win for Henson gives him an 80 point advantage over Chapman. Henson had a clean sweep of both eight lap heat races and the 15 lap Main Event. Hunter Granger finished second in the feature race, followed by Albert Gill Jr.

Elijah Humphrey when the 15 lap Beginners Box Stock Main Event. This was the fourth win of the season for Humphrey, who trails Talia Colley by 31 points in the championship race. Humphrey also won an eight lap heat race with Colley winning the other heat. In the Main Event, Aiden Bartholomew had the pole, but he would surrender the point to Humphrey and settle for a second place finish. Colley finished third.

The next race on the Yreka Outlaws schedule will be on Friday, September 25th. For further information, go to the Yreka Outlaws Facebook.


Siskiyou Golden Speedway Unoffocial Race Results August 29, 2020
IMCA Sport Modifieds
Ryan Peery
Ethan Killingsworth
Randy Wright
Jace Wright
Ryder Boswell
Branden Wilson
Wyatt Westfall
Cale Cunial
Chad Wormington

SODCA Dwarf Cars
Josh King
Kalvin Morton
Brock Peters
Ryan Smith
Chad Cardoza
Brett James
Fred Hay
Jason Robustelli
randy slater
Camden Robustelli
Tristan Morton
Trevor Davis
Cody Peters
Andrew Hall
Jamie Faulkner

Mini Stocks
David Steele
kristopher mix
Ashtin Hedges
Marilyn Yawnick
Paige Boswell

Jefferson State Jalopies
JJ Smith
Ron Morris
Marilyn Yawnick
Karl Bernstein


Petaluma Speedway Unofficial Race Results August 29, 2020
PitStopUSA.com Winged 360 Sprint Cars
Justin Sanders
Andy Forsberg
Kaleb Montgomery
Chase Johnson
Travis Henry
Chase Majdic
Michael Ing
Jake Haulot
John Clark
Brad Bumgarner
Sean Becker
Willie Croft
Ryan Robinson
Bret Barney
Nicholas Ringo
Dennis Furia Jr
Shawn Arriaga
Art McCarthy
Max Mittry
Justin Bradway

General Hydroponics Redwood Dwarf Cars
Main Event
Ryan Winter
Michael Grenert
Zack Albers
Sean Catucci
Shiloh Borland
Chad Matthias
Matthew Hagemann
Garrett Brady
Joey Lingron
Carroll Mendenhall
Eric Weisler
Kylee Johnson
Robert Johnson
John Peters
Mark Biscardi
Matt Hagemann
Shawn Whitney
Gage Meyers
Chance Russell
Dennis Gilcrease
Justin Winter
Travis Day
Jimmy Damron
Corey Eaton DQ

B Main
Garrett Brady
Corey Eaton
Chance Russell
Carroll Mendenhall
Jimmy Damron
Justin Winter
Kylee Johnson
Robert Johnson
Sam Borland
Dylan Shrum
Mike Affonso
Joe Bohard
Scotty Preast
Vern Hubbard

C Main
Justin Winter
Robert Johnson
Sam Borland
Vern Hubbard
Dylan Shrum
Mike Affonso
Randy Miramontez
Danny Marsh
Shawn McCoy
Zach Whitacre
Jordan Souza
Antonio Miramontez
Eddy Claessen

Santa Rosa Auto Body 600 Micro Sprint
Koen Shaw
Justin Adiego
Kyle Grissom
Carroll Mendenhall
Rob Brown
Savannah Brown
Brian Slubik
Amber Fields
George Nielson
Jim Beck
Sam Borland
Rick Alonso

Tri State Pro Stocks
Richard Brace Jr
Kimo Oreta
Jay Bryant
Matt While
Mitch Machado
Justin Crockett
Shawn McCoy
Chad Hammer
Matt Kile
Steve Studebaker
Wayne Coffman
Jesse Gonzalez
Randy Miramontez
Sid Hess
Manny Avila
Ryan Cherezian
Mike Learn
Jay Learn
Ryan Smith
Bill Pearson
Trevor Brady
Justin Zwicker


Antioch Speedway Official Race Results August 29, 2020
Tri State Pro Stock Challenge/Super Stocks
Main Event
Richard Brace Jr
Mitch Machado
Kimo Oreta
Jim Freethy
Ryan Cherezian
Jesse Gonzalez
Jay Bryant
Justin Crockett
Chad Hammer
Matt Kile
John Evans
Randy Miller
Bill Pearson
Brent Lawrence
Chris Smith
Peter Coberley
Mike Walko
Mike Learn
Bill Hall III
Jeff Olschowka
Wayne Coffman DNS

B Main
Bill Hall III
Brent Lawrence
Matt Kile
Justin Crockett
Mike Learn
Jim Freethy
Chad Hammer
Peter Coberley
John Evans
Toby Randolph
Jay Learn
Ryan Smith

Wingless Spec Sprints
D.J. Johnson
Dave Lindt II
Jimmy Christian
Shayna Ensign
Angelique Bell
Ryon Siverling
Roy Fisher
Alan Miranda
Tony Bernard
Jeff Scotto
Dylan Bloomfield
Bob Newberry
Keith Calvino
Daniel Whitley
Dennis Furia Jr

Delta Dwarf Car
Mike Grenert
Mike Corsaro
Devan Kammermann
Sean Catucci
Chance Russell
Travis Day
Scotty Preast
Joe Bohard
Dennis Gilcrease
Joe Leduc
David Michael Rosa
David Rosa
Roberto Monroy
Timmy Ryan

Four Bangers
Jess Paladino
Wylie Wade


Cottage Grove Speedway Unofficial Race Results August 29, 2020
Limited Sprints
Tanner Holmes
Kyle Alberding
Scott Fox
Kinzer Cox
Brian Boswell
Steven Snawder
Justin Lemon
Jared Hood
Anissa Curtice
Enrique Jaime
Tim Minter
Jake Wheeler
Kyle Adams
Tyler Thompson
Trent Estes

Wingless Sprint Series
Tim Alberding
Lance Hallmark
Matt Hein
Rob Lindsey
Chad Lindsey
Justin Lemon
Brad Rhodes
Gene Cannon
Don Trent
Cooper Desbiens
Tim Kennedy
Stephen Veltman
Kinzer Cox
Steven Snawder
Jake Wheeler

NW Focus Midgets
Chance Crum
Jared Peterson
Guy Tow
JD Dryden
Elijah Gibbs
Jesse Munn
Jake Austin
Stuart Milner
Brian Holmkvist
Levi Harless
Ray Stebbins
Seth Hespe

IMCA Modifieds
John Campos
Curtis Towns
Jake Mayden
Aaron Sheeler
Albert Gill
Steven Sturdevant
Derick Young
Wayne Sturdevant
Eric Ashley
Paul Rea

IMCA Sport Modifieds
Hunter Bloom
Jordan Henry
Doug Coffman
David Schmidt
Dustin Comer
Justin Ryker
KC Scott
Merissa Henson
Isaac Sanders
Jim Smith
Austin Petray
Shawn Hand
Travis Pruitt
Steve Hopkins
Daniel Ray
John Player
Dalton Bloom
Jeff Cluff
Matt Sanders
Ray Bloom

IMCA Sport Compacts
Michael Kennerly
Ricky Ashley
Jeremy DeGrout
Kerry Cooper
Brad Moffett
Mark Milligan
Willie Sutton
Jason Loucks
Bradley Martin
Tim Maltabarger
Ron Davis
Cole Trissell
Kimberly Cannon
Scarlett Drake
Barry Cannon


All American Speedway Unofficial Race Results August 29, 2020
NASCAR Whelen All American Series
Late Model
Main Event #1
Cole Moore
Randy Hedrick
Dylan Garner
Holley Hollan
Matthew Wendt
Ty Carlson
Kylie Daniels
Michael Mitchell
John Moore

Main Event #2
Matthew Wendt
Randy Hedrick
Michael Mitchell
Cole Moore
Holley Hollan
John Moore
Aidan Daniels
Dylan Garner
Ty Carlson
Kylie Daniels

Jaws Gear Limited Modified
Jason Philpot
Josh Blackwood
Luke Caper
Mike Gorham
Jon Yourd

Super Stock
Main Event #1
Andrew Peeler
Jill Schmidt
Phil Wilkins
Blake Disomma
Chris Paulson
Andrew Kemp
Jeremy Fritts
James Shelton
Brian Skidmore
Harry Lambert
Brandon Diede
Tim Walters  DQ

Main Event #2
Andrew Peeler
Blake Disomma
Tim Walters
Phil Wilkins
Andrew Kemp
Jill Schmidt
Harry Lambert
Chris Paulson
James Shelton
Jeremy Fritts

F4
Ray Molina
Richard Innis
Jerry Nunes
Matthew Fuhs
Steven Crook
Vic Theberge
John Sproule
Dan Cherry
Dennis Crook DNS

Jr Late Model
Aidan Daniels
Kenna Mitchell
Lane Anderson
Trey Daniels


Madera Speedway Unofficial Race Results August 29, 2020
Olga's California Dream 100
Pro Mini Stocks
Thomas Stanford
Rick Ackerman Jr
Brad Rhoads
Andy Brown
Justin Carson
Fred Vigil
Drew Krenshaw
Jarrett Mayo
Terry Armstrong Jr
Vincent Giesegh
Jordan Murrell Sr
Brian Murrell Jr
John Soares
Gary Klinetobe
Brett Murrell
Josh Cross
Trampus Deutsch DNS

Madera Late Models
Kabe McClenny
Thomas Martin
Hans Beeler
Shelden Cooper
Mike Beeler
Del McIntosh
Lilly Mead
Aaron Mullins
Henk Gaalswyk Jr
Trevor Schlundt
John Manke
Mike Shapiro DNS

House of JuJu CVMS Invasion
Joe Flowers
Ryan Doglione
Steven Brown
Rod Baronian
Greg Baronian
Dan Myrick
Clinton Massey
Jeff Durant
Shawn DePriest
Matt Jared
Gene Glover
Johnny Williams

Challenge Cup
Kyle Keller
Thomas Martin
Jesse Burks
Vince Little
Chuck Becker Jr
Thomas Suarez

Madera Hobby Stocks
Richard Herzog
Manny Gonzales Jr
Nick Rowe
Drew Ries


Dixon Speedway Unofficial Race Results Augut 29, 2020
Wingless Micros
Main Event
Austin Stone
Chris Parmley
Cody Gray
Brandon Shaw
Blake Parmley
Joe Silva
Travis Sullivan
Ryan Holden
Kelvin Lewis
Kyle Mentch
Derrick Patterson
Isak Johnson
Nick VanAtta
Matt Santana
Don McLeister
Drew Laeber
Steve Bettanini
Brandon Carey
Jeremy Chapman
Blake Bower
Austin Taborski
Brandon Alvarado

Semi Main 1
Chris Parmley
Brandon Carey
Justin Stretch
Dave Mosier
Jacob Williams
Chuck Patterson
Tony Alosi
Tyson Davis DNS

Semi Main 2
Matt Santana
Derrick Patterson
Taylor DeCarlo
Allen Sheridan
Savannah Brown
Devin Osanna
Travis Henry

Super 600
Ricky Sanders
Brad Hannum
Devon Courtnier
Jeffrey Pahule
Hailey Wood
Brett McColloch
Hayden Saich
Pete Piantanida
Blaine Baxter
Izaak Sharp
Colby Greig
Jason Chapman
Tony Alosi
Todd Job
Anthony Lewis
Christian Harris
Jarrett Heimlich
Lee Brewer DNS

Restricted
Austin Wood
Brandon Riveira
Matthew Tatoole
Colin Kirby
Izaak Sharp
JJ Loss
Rylee Whitehouse
Bryant Bell
AJ Neilson
Otto Perreira
Kyle Cravotta
Cierra Wullenwaber
Jackson Kohler DNS

Jr Sprints
Kyle Fernandez
Makayla Tatoole
Lucas Mauldin
Hayden Stepps
Brody Rubio
Briggs Davis
Peyton Whitehouse
Ryder Johnson
Jacob Battle
Reid Baxter
Aubry Patterson DNS


Coos Bay Speedway Unofficial Race Results August 9, 2020
Street Stock Battle At The Beach
America's Mattress Super Late Models
Preston Luckman
Brody Montgomery
Braden Fugate
Jason Johnson
Wayne Butler
Mike Taylor
Hannah Robinson
Dustin Knight

Sportsman Late Models
Brionna Fuller
Jared Simmons
Trace Fugate
jim CRABTREE
Jim Van Loon DNS

Street Stocks
Dyllan Siewell
Graig Osborne
Ken Fox
Andrew Mathers
Steve Dubisar
Michael Hollingsworth
Brad Karpella
Dustin Hitner
Hunter Berrier
Charlie Withers
Peyton Reigard

Mini Outlaws
Scott Beaudoin
Jason Kellam
Raelyn Kelly
Tahlan Rogers
Brad Hicks

Hornets
Seth Christian
Mike Bales
William Hitner
John Henry
Kris Parker
Zach Hickman
Isaac Stere
josh muir
Dusty Shingleton
Jamie Daniels

JR Stingers
Griff Smith
Lily Metzgus
Cameron Metzgus
Heather Burton
Eli Luckman
Max Haga


Redwood Acres Raceway Unofficial Race Results August 29, 2020
Bombers
Lauren Powers Jr
Ryan Walters
Donnie Brown
Sam Brown
Jordan Krupa
Raquel Krupa
Rick Jelton
41
Bridget Steeves

Legends
Derek Copeland
David Dunlap
Landon Green
James Nicoles
Tyler Krupa
Scott Taylor
Steve Davis
Maleesa Miles
Andy Thornton
Nick Reading

Road Runners
Leroy Marsh Jr
Jeremiah Martin
JR Brandt
Wayne Marsh
Lexi Coleman
Brian Hopkins
Ty Rose
Bryan Brandt
Joseph Brown

Late Models
Dustin Walters
Eugene Palmer
Ed Rasmussen

Mini Stock
Eric O'Ferrall
Gannon Cyphers
Nick Ford
CJ Dalton


Willamette Speedway Unofficial Race Results August 29, 2020
Late Models
Joey Tanner
James Slover
Jordan Wright
Kye Frick
Britton Donahoo
Randy Barley
Doug Elkins
Mark Wauge
Rob Campos
Darryl Banchard
Greg Heinrichs
Glenn Hackney
Trent Elliott

Street Stocks
A Main
Kyle Yeack
David Cronk
Dakota Godard
Chris West
Sean Gentry
Rod McCombs
Matt Jenner
Phil Lovvorn
Donald Schott
McKenzie Lockhart
JJ Irvine
Adam Applebee
Jody Tanner
Justin Evans
Cody Humphrey
Brody Humphrey
Sean Cronk
Kevin Roberts

B Main
Donald Schott
Mckenzie Lockhart
Adam Applebee
JJ Irvine
Cody Humphrey
Brody Humprey
Dom Conti
Loren Grahm
Blake Gower
Darron Clark
Kyndall Irvine
PJ Humphrey

IMCA Modifieds
Bricen James
Grey Fernando
Jeff Lovell
Paul Culp
Doug Lockwood
Greg Walters
Craig Cassell
Steve Moore
Justin Cady
Nick Bessette
Sam Potter
Mike Sweere
Ted Reese
Micah Burkley
Clark Lukens

Sportsman
James Slover
Ryan Emry
Chad Slover
Jeff Rash
Steve Pieffier
Jeff Davis
Roger Bell
Jody Tanner
Darron Clark

Hornets
rad Gentry
Drew Wright
Chloe VanSant
CJ Davidson


Marysville Raceway Unofficial Race Results August 26, 2020
Winged 360 Sprints
A Main
Ryan Robinson
Shane Golobic
Tanner Carrick
Andy Forsberg
Michael Ing
Alec Justeson
Colby Copeland
Billy Wallace
Michael Sellers
Caden Sarale
Stephen Ingraham
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Josh Wiesz
Kevin Lovell
Blake Carrick
Nick Larsen
Brad Bumgarner
Colby Wiesz
Sean Becker
Willie Croft

B Main
Willie Croft
Billy Wallace
Josh Wiesz
Kevin Lovell
Michael Wasina
Mike Monahan
Jimmy Steward
Billy Butler
Justin Henry
Darren Johnson
Pat Harvey Jr
Jayce Steinberg

Pepsi IMCA Sport Modifieds
Phillip Shelby
Brian Cooper
Hunter Merritt
Mike Merritt
Jimmy Ford
Timothy Allerdings
Shaun Merritt
Bryce Campbell
Lisa Shelby
Donnie Fortney
Willlie Horn Jr
Justin Funkhouser
Scott Savell

NCDCA Dwarf Cars
Ben Wiesz
Carl Droivold
Dylan Shrum
Wade Ehrlich
Travis Day
John Williams
Isaak Geil
Bob Dickey
Hailey Wiesz
Sean Catucci
Corey Eaton
Gage Meyers
Shawn Whitney
Trinity Shores
Fred Dickey
Gene Herndon
Wyatt Monks DNS
Dan Geil DNS

California Hardtops
Gary Hilderbrand
Ron Ruiz
Mike Friesen
Roger MacShain
Ken Cillford
Jeff West

 The Editor's Viewpoint

I don't have too much to say as we end the month of August in what has been a lousy year for racing. I'm trying to make it an easier weekend for myself. Trying not to go on too long with this column will help that effort. We are looking for the finish line for the Gary Jacob style media effort that we've been engaging in, and there will be changes in what we do on the blog after that. We're not going away completely after that, but there will be a difference in how things are presented here. I'll have time to talk about that later.

I don't mean to belittle the racing that goes on out there on the track every time the drivers perform in front of empty grandstands. They still race hard for position. You're still getting winners out there, and in some cases drivers are going for championship points. Susanville has already crowned four champions, and Marysville has crowned three as well. Some tracks won't go that far and have already announced that's the case. Other tracks have left it ambiguous, and we're wondering whether they're going to keep track of points or not. They are all trying to get whatever semblance of normalcy they can get in this situation.

What isn't happening at most venues is fans spectating. We've gotten used to this "new normal" of telling fans to buy the streaming service. You can get a subscription that will be cheaper in the long run. Either because they are trying to get more money out of the pay-per-view buys they get or because they can't get bigger streaming companies to come their way, some tracks are doing things in house as well. Either way, you're paying to watch it at home rather than sitting up in the grandstands. While drivers might be grumpy about the things they have to do to go racing, fans don't even get that opportunity.

I've lamented this fact from the start, so repeating myself too much is not necessary. There has been no real path on the West Coast for tracks to safely open their grandstands to any fans at all. A few tracks have done something, but most aren't using their grandstands unless it's a way for pit crews to watch and keep social distancing. I don't really believe this is a fair situation. There ought to be a way for fans to come watch while engaging in social distancing. I'm not the safety or health expert on that, but empty grandstands is really unacceptable to me.

To my knowledge, nobody has gone to any of these West Coast state officials and asked for a plan to get fans in the stands. Not on the state level. Nobody has worked towards a plan where two or three hundred people could buy tickets at first and then go from there. This was really something that should have happened a couple of months ago, and it never did. Therefore, we are allowing whatever we can gather in the pits, but other than a few instances, there are no fans allowed. You can't buy tickets, wear a mask, do social distancing or any of that. You are simply not allowed. That's the way we ended August.

Every promoter who has attempted to do something deserves a little bit of credit for their effort. The bottom line is you've lost a huge chunk of your revenue. Ticket sales in the grandstands as well as concessions and beer sales are lost. That's some of the most important money needed to run a race track, and promoters are not getting a dime of that. They are working with whatever money they get in the pits, pit concessions, some streaming revenue and the generous donations of sponsorship money that they've gotten to whatever degree. Let me stop and talk about that for a moment. 

Understand that most of these businesses aren't bringing in the money they would under normal circumstances. They are struggling, and yet they give race tracks money so that they can pay purses. Tracks that already know that they can't pay a full purse based on what they get in the pits are able to do so because sponsors are chipping in. Whether that's $500 here, $250 there or $1,000 over there, it all makes a difference. When you hear of a sponsor at your race track giving money during this difficult time, please support them by doing business with them if you can.

One of the things promoters hope they get out of opening tracks right now is a little appreciation and respect for making the effort. There are racers who want to go racing, and some promoters just can't crunch the numbers the way they would like. This has led to them not opening the gates at all or only opening sparingly. Don't point a finger of blame at any of them, because at the end of the day, you're talking about your own money. You have to look out for yourself, which is part of how you do business. If you can't add up the numbers in a way that makes opening those gates possible, you keep them closed.

Bakersfield Speedway has only run sparingly since the pandemic shut down, and Scott Schweitzer had a rather important event coming up for last weekend. This was to be the Mike Mosier race, remembering the long-time announcer. The race had special meaning to many people down in Bakersfield. I know it wasn't easy for Scott to let this race go. I'm sure there was an effort made to bring in sponsorship to save this race, but enough money didn't come in on time. There was an intent to run the race, but quietly it went away. There was no announcement or acknowledgement until Saturday morning when Scott voiced his regrets that they couldn't make it happen. 

I'm not sure if there was a September race that also got canceled, but there was another night when they were hoping to race that did get removed. The next race on deck is the Bud Nationals, which is a 40 year tradition. You might call this race the granddaddy of the Stock Car open shows in California, and one of the reasons the Mike Mosier race was dropped could be sponsorship money. This is only speculation, but the Bud Nationals carries an even higher price tag with it, and this might have been the primary focus for the track. Bring in money for that, and if you can save the other race as well, you do it.

Scott was the most vocal promoter on the West Coast when discussing the fact that it didn't make a lot of sense to open a race track without fans. He did interviews on the subject. I would say he was talking reasonable. At the end of the day, it's about dollars and cents. The promoter risks the money to run these tracks, and if they lose money on too many occasions, they aren't promoters anymore. Unless they have deep, deep pockets, they go out of business. I don't fault Scott for doing what he felt was right. As for what might happen with the Bud Nationals or anything else, it's best to keep an eye on the Bakersfield Speedway Facebook page. 

Another special memorial race that may be lost in the shuffle is the Ed Parker Memorial at Merced Speedway. While I know Doug Lockwood had voiced his hope that he could save that race, it's still a tall order. As we end August, we've heard no word of that race coming back, and September is a difficult month. There's already some Big show's for the IMCA classes happening on Labor Day weekend, and the next weekend you can't run because of the IMCA Nationals in Boone, Iowa. The final week of September belongs to Watsonville, so the likelihood of this race happening in September at Merced isn't very good. There's always October, but I won't speculate. I'd say go to the Merced Speedway Facebook page and keep an eye on things. If Doug can make sense of the numbers, he'll attempt to do something.

As for every one of these other promoters, they're not always making money when they open the gates. When you see the big car counts come to town, that's different. There have been numerous instances of race tracks having 100 or more cars in the pits, and I would wager that most of those events have made some money for the promoter. You know what? They deserve that. I can also assure you that there are nights when the numbers are less than desired. You know who pays the bills when they are due? The promoter. They're losing money then.

A few more tracks are trying to run as often as they can. All along, Antioch Speedway and Madera Speedway have been running pretty much every week, while Petaluma is running as often as they can. In Oregon, Cottage Grove has started running pretty much weekly, which is also the case at Coos Bay Speedway and now Willamette Speedway. Other tracks are only running when it makes sense to do so. Racers will support wherever they want to race, but consider how the fans sitting at home feel. If you live near that track, you're hearing the sound of the motors and you can't go watch. It's very frustrating.

I don't think promoters are opening the gates right now because they think there's more money for them. Granted, there's a few instances when they've booked something and they expect they will be making money. However, the reason they do it is not hard to understand. There are racers who want to go racing, and the track is sitting there waiting for them. It's a way to give the racers some sort of normalcy. It's not normal, but at least you're out there racing and having fun. You're doing what's supposed to be done on a Saturday night. 

One of the pathways to opening these tracks was the idea of having streaming revenue, and that does help. However, if you think that money makes up for the loss of spectators in the grandstands and food and beer sales, think again. It's a drop in the bucket compared to that. When tracks were first starting to open, it was almost a bonanza, but with everybody running now, it's not much. That's not what drives the promoters to open the gate, but they still want the all money they can get from streaming revenue. Every dollar still counts when you're trying not to lose money.

That's what makes it remarkable to me that there are promoters who are willing to give the race away to the fans for free. To me, they are a special level of of awesomeness reserved only for them. Kenny Shepherd is the absolute leader in what he's doing at Madera Speedway, and that's why I always join him in thanking nutupindustries.com for paying for that. David Furia at Ukiah Speedway has done tremendously with the Ukiah Speedway broadcast when they open, and NCRA Lakeport Speedway as well. 

I don't knock anybody who has their streaming service behind a pay window, because it's about money. When spectators are allowed, they're going to have to pay for tickets, right? But what guys like Shepherd and Furia are saying when they turn on the cameras and give the show away for free is pretty simple. "We want you to know what's going on out here. We aren't allowed to have you in the stands, but we have to race. It's what we do. However, you can watch it all for free, because we want you engaged. We want you to know what's happening so you'll be excited when we can finally let you back in again." Brilliant.

It is about keeping people engaged and behind what you're doing when you give away the stream for free. I should say the same when you're opening for your racers to compete. Any racer who thinks logically knows that the promoters are risking their ass to let them race. The promoters are doing this in the hopes that racers will remember that they've been fighting for them. I'm still not going to knock the promoters who haven't done anything, but these promoters deserve a salute and the support of the racers whenever possible. Fans who don't want to be grumpy about a grandstand situation the promoters don't control should support the streaming service whenever possible.

Promoters who are doing this are risking their asses. It's not just financial, but they are being watched by health officials. If they're not following the guidelines that are dictated to them, they could get into a lot of trouble. Therefore, they are taking a risk, potentially losing money and always facing the possibility that they could have trouble come their way. I feel it's important to acknowledge all of this and salute the promoters for what they are doing. I hope I've adequately summed it up here as we end August.

There's probably more I can say on the subject, and if I do an article looking back on the year in a couple of months, I'll certainly get into more things. The motivating factor for me re-engaging in my Gary Jacobs style media effort was curiosity. I wanted to see how this was going to work out and document as much of it as I can. I tried to be as accurate as possible, and if I missed the mark on a few things, bear in mind that information changes daily. A lot of people wouldn't attempt to do what we're doing, and the only other person I see who's giving it any kind of a shot is Steven Blakesley. By the way, Steven has done an exceptional job as usual.

Saturday night, Madera Speedway was on our radar once again for another Club Race. Promoter Kenny Shepherd is mixing things up a little bit. There was the Olga's California Dream 100 Pro Mini Stock race, and they also had the House of JuJu Central Valley Mini Stocks for a 35 lap race. It was a night that showcased the four cylinder cars, but there was still that Late Model flavor to it. Absent from the night were the MST and Toyota divisions, which I think was probably a good call. The drivers can use a little bit more time to repair equipment and come back stronger for the next race. Plus, the MST community is still in mourning over the passing of Bert Stephens' wife.

Promoter Kenny Shepherd set the tone for the show as he opened the free broadcast on YouTube, thanking nutupindustries.com for their sponsorship making it all possible. It's not an easy thing to open a track with no grandstands, and then you're doing a pay-per-view quality broadcast for free for the fans. I certainly hope Nut Up has been getting some fan support for their support of the race track. One of the things Kenny is doing this year is the Challenge Cup Series, which I find to be very interesting. 

These cars are running the ARCA/NASCAR West Series rules. The half-dozen competitors that showed up on Saturday could easily support one of the races for the ARCA West Series, but this division is also an opportunity to give drivers in the area a regular track to run. It's also a starting point for the young drivers to get into Late Models. Another one? Yeah, Madera Speedway is all about bringing in new drivers, and two of the young guns on Saturday were Kyle Keller and Jesse Burks. Keller won this race after battling veteran Thomas Martin during the first half of the race. This is an interesting idea, and according to Outback Andy we will see a bigger Challenge Cup race at Madera in October. I wonder, since the track is doing this series, could they book an ARCA West Race in 2021?

The Madera Late Models continue to offer an opportunity for drivers to get some good laps without going up against the more competitive Nut Up Pro Late Model group. A few of those drivers do show up occasionally, but we're seeing some of the Junior Late Model drivers move into this class or at least get some laps against drivers who are more experienced. Kabe McClenny is currently on the Junior Late Model roster, but the kid drove a brilliant race in holding off Thomas Martin to get his first career Late Model win on this occasion. 

Much like Kercie Jung, Kabe has come up through the Mini Dwarf and Bandolero ranks on his way to Late Models. As the guys were saying on the broadcast, this should make Kabe a little bit better when he returns to Junior Late Model racing next week. Every lap counts for these young drivers as they learn to be consistent and what line works best. 

Lily Mead brought it home with a seventh place finish, which should keep her in the Madera Late Model point lead. She's another Junior Late Model driver who is a rookie in this group. They say there's a throwaway rule in effect, so Lily needed to add a few more points to her lead over Trevor Schlundt, who is using his absence from one race as his throw away. I'm not sure where the points are going to line up when that's all factored in.

I'm not really a big fan of throwaway rules as they complicate the point race for fans trying to keep track. The Dwarf Cars have a throwaway rule, but then again, you rarely even see the point lists with most of these groups on the West Coast. We used to have that rule with the NASCAR Pacific Coast Regional point race as drivers only took their best 20 finishes. Gary Jacob had a clever way of keeping track throughout the season with his realistic point standings. They generally lined up with how things would look at the end of the season. I just say let the points add up and fall where they will. It's easier to follow that way.

The Late Model divisions were enjoyable enough, but the show was all about the Mini Stocks. The warm-up act was the CVMS group, and this was only their third race at the track. It's interesting to see the chatter among the group as these drivers seem to be getting more comfortable with the pavement and learning things about their cars. A lot of the drivers are based in the area, so I think Madera is a natural fit for them. 

Ryan Doglione has certainly been very fast this year, but he still has yet to win a CVMS race. He had a non-sanctioned win at Hanford, and looked like he could get the win this time. Traffic made things difficult for him, and Stockton point leader Joe Flowers was there to capitalize with an impressive drive to victory. There were a dozen competitors, and they were certainly enjoyable to watch. I believe that what Dan Myrick has put together with the CVMS is the best Four Banger effort going on the West Coast.

This show ran rapidly as the races didn't have too many yellow flags. The bigger question was how the Pro Mini Stocks were going to handle things. We had drivers coming from all over the Western States, including Oregon, Utah and Colorado. There were probably a couple more I'm missing. There is a tour in Washington and Oregon called the Northwest Mini Stock Tour. It's a simple series that runs about six or eight times, but that got thrown to the wind thanks to the virus stuff we're dealing with now. Several of those drivers decided to come to Madera. The light bulb is going off in my head. I wonder if this group would make a visit to Madera in 2021? They bring enough cars to the shows they have, but maybe some of the racers would balk at coming all the way down to Madera? I don't know.

What I do know is tire wear is a factor. Dirt racers don't quite understand that fully when they get on the pavement, but they learn it quickly. That's what makes the CVMS group entertaining, but the Pro Mini Stocks were even more wide open at the front of the pack. The lead changed hands a few times, and the Top 5 changed repeatedly during the first 50 laps. Some drivers who were contending for the lead even got lapped before the first half was completed. That's how competitive this field was.

I wish I knew all of the sponsors that Robert Copley brought into this deal. He and Kenny Shepherd agreed to make this race happen, and they never gave up on it despite what the virus did to racing. Copley brought in $16,000 in sponsorships, making this the biggest paying Mini Stock show on the West Coast. There was even bonus money to the Top 5 competitors after the first half of the race was completed. 

By the time we got to the halfway point, Thomas Stanford had established himself as the man. Unless any sort of mechanical issue developed during the second half, Stanford wasn't going to lose this race. He had no problems and kept his closest challengers about a second behind him for the $2,000 victory.

The cameras focused on the battle for second between Rick Ackerman Jr, Brad Rhoads and Andy Brown. Most of the front-runners were running Mustangs, which isn't too surprising. At Medford on the dirt, I've noticed that most of our drivers run those cars. However, Andy Brown had a Ford Pinto that was hanging with those Mustangs. If not for slower traffic getting in his way as he ran on the outside during the final 50 laps, he may have had enough of a car to move into second. 

Brown had to hit the brakes to avoid something bad happening, and he ended up picking up $500 for fourth. Ackerman was a $1,000 second and Rhoads picked up $750 for third. More importantly, the 16 Mini Stocks that took the green flag put on a very entertaining race, and the cars all held up well. There was even a front-wheel drive Mini Stock in the Top 5, driven by fifh place finisher Justin Carson, who was on the lead lap.

While Kenny tries to dress up these Madera Club races, there are the big MavTV shows that really help pay the bills at the track. The Pro Late Models will be running for $5,000 to win on Saturday night. It's the second round of the Race 2B Drug Free Big3 Series. In addition to the increased Main Event purse, Kenny has boldly offered $3,000 to win the Semi Main. It's going to be interesting to watch this on Saturday night. I don't know if there's ever been a Semi Main that paid this kind of purse. If there has, it's a rare occasion. The young guns of the 51fifty Energy Drink Junior Late Models and the Bandoleros vs Mini Cups will make next Saturday's show entertaining. Plus, it will be streaming online for free. Details can be found at the Madera Speedway Facebook page.

I admit to not being thrilled when Loren Kreusi made the Willamette Street Stock show $1,000 to win last Saturday and even matched Coos Bay with a 40 lap race. I don't want to say it was low class move, but it certainly wasn't cool. I know people are giving the track money, which is enabling them to pay the purses they are paying, but what about Labor Day weekend? Couldn't the $1,000 to win Street Stock race at Willamette have waited a week with a little bit of respect being shown to Coos Bay and what they were doing? They had a big Street Stock race scheduled all along. Ultimately, every track is going to do what they feel is right, and tracks are doing things on the fly given the situation we're going through now. It will be that way through the end of the season, but I sure hope things change for the better in 2021. 

I don't think Drake Nelson was figuring that he'd get the 30 car field he had last year. Back in March, James Whitehouse announced that the Iron Giant Street Stock Series was suspending their season due to difficulty landing sponsorship. This Battle At The Beach race was always going to feature the Iron Giant Series. Nelson just decided to keep the race anyway. It's disappointing that the Iron Giant Series didn't at least endorse this race on their Facebook page, but they are getting behind the race this weekend at River City Speedway in St Helens. Privately on his own page, James encouraged drivers to support Coos Bay. However, there was more support for Willamette, which pulled a few cars out of Coos Bay for sure.

Nelson went ahead and paid $500 to win and made it 40 laps, though I'm not sure what the purse paid on back. I know at Willamette there was a severe drop from $1,000 to win to maybe $200 for second. Nelson's been getting his biggest Street Stock numbers since taking over the track, so I don't think he was unhappy that he got 15 cars. There were 11 that started the Main Event, and it was a local driver taking home the big prize, despite the best efforts of Creswell's Graig Osborne. Osborne, a four-time winner, settled for his second-straight runnerup finish, while 2018 Sportsman Late Model champion Dyllan Siewell got the win.

It's interesting to note that Siewell hasn't taken the path of several of the other Sportsman Late Model racers who are now in the Super Late Models. Instead, he's been running some Street Stock races. The Sportsman Late Model effort is floundering now that Willamette Speedway is open. Drivers aren't coming down to Coos Bay since they can get a race closer to home, leaving five competitors this time. Trace Fugate should be a lock to win the $1,000 championship, but there was an interesting winner this time.

Teen racer Brionna Fuller has been racing several different types of Outlaw Karts and has even dabbled in the 600 Micros. Her parents have put her in an IMCA Sport Modified, but she's taken a couple of occasions to put fenders on the car and race at Coos Bay. In her previous start, she ended up finishing second to Fugate. This time around, the young lady earned her first win ever. The family also has a Late Model, which was piloted early in the evening by Larry Fuller. Unfortunately, they loaded up before the Main Event.

Preston Luckman probably would have been a lock to win the America's Mattress Super Late Model championship had he chosen to go for it. Instead, he's dabbled in IMCA Modifieds and also brought his Late Model to Cottage Grove for a win there. However, he hasn't abandoned his home track. On this occasion, he picked up his fourth win of the season to maintain his fifth place point status. 

The lead in the point race changed hands at the previous race as Justin Johnson had mechanical problems. 2018 champion Brody Montgomery gained the lead at that point, and he did nothing to hurt his efforts by finishing second to Luckman. With the NASCAR money being offered, the championship at Coos Bay is worth $3,500, and there's also a $2,000 State championship on the line. Montgomery is peaking at the right time.

The track continues to do reasonable numbers with the Hornet and Junior Stinger divisions, which will help as other divisions taper off a little bit in the car count department. There are two NASCAR Whelen All American Series races happening this weekend and the championship night on September 12th. This will be the final look at the track's regular Limited Sprint division on Saturday as they wrap up their championship. There is still a Limited Sprint race on the schedule at the end of September, but I'm not sure what the status is of that race or the Prather family Lucas Oil Open Late Model show on October 3rd. The best place to get updates on those dates or any adjustments to the schedule is the Coos Bay Speedway Facebook page.

Siskiyou Golden Speedway had a four division show that didn't equal the previous week's 35 car count. I didn't know whether that would happen anyway, but the Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars had an opportunity to host a race close to home. Last year, the group would deliver 24 or 25 cars on a regular basis in Medford, and I thought they might pull that off on Saturday. Though most of the big stars of the group showed up, they ended up with 15 total cars. It was still the high count of the evening, so I don't think management was too disappointed. I think their opportunity for the really big car count was the July 4th race that ended up being canceled that morning after the debacle that occurred the night before.

To help fill in the program a little bit, the Dwarf Cars were given two sets of eight lap heat races to determine points and line up their Main Event. It made for a fuller show as they ran six total heat races with no repeat winners. When all was said and done, four-time reigning champion Josh King and Camden Robustelli shared the front row. It might have been a classic duel between the two, but Robustelli had problems and King got the victory. The other driver turning heads was Kalvin Morton, who seems to have a knack for charging from the back of the pack. He ended up coming from the fifth row to finish second after passing two-time champion Brock Peters. The Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars are definitely an entertaining group of racers.

When you're booking things on the fly, you never know what you're going to get in car count. The previous IMCA Sport Modified race was for points, and they drew just eight cars. Though I know there are Medford area racers who are starved to go racing, it doesn't seem like that many of them are willing to tow across the border to support Yreka. I guess they figured they needed a little something extra for this show, so they asked the drivers if they could get 10 commitments for this race for $400 to win and no points. There were a few people that were not happy with the idea that a race could be held for points, but the track sympathized with them. They just wanted a race for money only, and the people who are in the points that didn't want to race were under no obligation to do so.

The nine drivers who did show up did a good job, and rookie Ryan Peery got the win. This driver has improved with each start and was coming off of a solid third place finish at the previous race. On this occasion, he had to hold off Ethan Killingsworth to get the win. Killingsworth is the most vocal supporter of this group and has expressed his opinion that if the track is running, this division should be on the schedule every time. I thought this might be his opportunity to get the win, so it was interesting to see Ethan settle for second.

The Mini Stock division dropped in numbers a little bit, but the one thing that didn't change was the impressive performance of two-time reigning Medford champion David Steele. Once Steele got the lead at the start, you weren't going to take it from him. There was a rough-and-tumble battle going on for second between Ashtin Hedges and Kristopher Mix. I think there might have been some hard feelings after that one, but Mix ended up finishing second over Hedges. Originally, this weekend's double-header wasn't supposed to have the Mini Stocks on the schedule both nights, but it looks like they will be there along with the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Outlaw Pro Stocks.

I don't know if the Jefferson State Jalopies will get a piece of the action. They brought all four of their cars for Saturday's race, and JJ Smith had a little bit more competition in the form of Ron Morris before ultimately winning. Smith and Karl Bernstein have built the four cars that are out there, but production on the fifth car has slowed down as they've worked on other projects. After the race last week, Smith commented that it was time for the two of them to get busy working on that fifth car. What really needs to happen is they need to get other people building cars if they want to build this division, which is unique to Yreka.

This coming weekend was to be the Fourth Annual R Charles Snyder Salute at Southern Oregon Speedway, but the track has stayed dark this season. Yreka seized on the opportunity to try to run something special, and they reportedly landed some sponsorship. Those details are not available at the moment, but I'm sure they'll be announced at the Siskiyou Golden Speedway Facebook page soon. The better news is it looks like they will have streaming pay-per-view on Facebook thanks to Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series Director Roy Bain. He tested that out at Antioch Speedway, and the stream seemed to be working pretty well. I don't know what the numbers will be in Yreka this weekend, but I certainly hope it works out for the best.

I think it's a shame that Dixon Speedway doesn't have any streaming services for their Micro Sprint program as it's obvious they've got some good racing happening there, particularly in the Wingless Micro class. They were just a few cars shy of 80 total cars on Saturday. 18 of the racers competed in the Super 600 class, and point leader Brad Hannum's plans to get a fourth win were thwarted by Ricky Sanders in the closing laps. This was Sanders' third win in the last four races as he's the hottest driver out there at the moment. You might have thought the numbers would have ended up in favor of Hannum as Austin Wood won his fourth Restricted feature and Kyle Fernandez did the same in the Junior Sprints.

For the Wingless Micro class, I don't know if any of the other tracks can top what Dixon does with their car count. There are frequently over 30 racers in action. It can be a bit challenging to make your move when you're at the back of the pack on that 1/5 mile dirt oval, but Chris Parmley managed to get all the way to second after winning one of the B Mains. Austin Stone collected the victory. 

As I said, there are no streaming services that I know of being offered there. It's kind of a shame to me that nobody at least goes up in the grandstands and offers a free stream for the fans on Facebook. One of the reasons why I do cover Dixon on this blog is to highlight that they've got a nice program there, but I wish the track would do more in that area. What they do can be followed by checking out their Facebook page.

I wasn't expecting to do anything on Saturday afternoon, but Redwood Acres Raceway had their scoring app going. I didn't see much of a car count there, so they probably opened the gates of the Eureka track to make the locals happy. Loren Powers Jr backed up his win in the Upstate Bomber Series earlier this month by making a couple of really good moves and picking up another victory. Powers is one of the faster competitors out at Ukiah Speedway. I'm a bit surprised that other Ukiah or Lakeport racers didn't make the trip. They could be saving their equipment for the Ukiah show that takes place this Saturday night with all the money on the line. 

There seems to be a good Legend Car effort happening in the northern half of California as they had a double-digit turnout in that class. Watching Derrick Copeland make the move from the back of the pack was an impressive sight, if I had realized that I could watch it. The numbers on the screen certainly looked good. By the time David Dunlap got up to second, Copeland was gone. The Road Runners brought about 10 cars, but it's disappointing to see only three Late Models show up. You can blame it on the virus, but they've been having a difficult time getting the numbers there as it is for the past year or so.

I thought I had been following the track on Facebook, but with the management changes, I must not have had the right page. As it turns out, they broadcasted their show on their Facebook page for free, which is another nice gesture. This track has a proud history with some really big events through the years, although recent years have been a little bit more challenging. They've only had the three races this year, and I'm not sure what may be next on the agenda. You can probably find that out by checking out the Redwood Acres Raceway Facebook page.

Considering some of my text just disappeared, I'm a little bit nervous. It's not the disaster I had last week, but a warning sign. I'm off to a better start this week. I'm hoping to get something done quickly so I can enjoy a day or two of not stressing too much on the racing stuff. It figures that the text that disappeared was all Antioch Speedway stuff. I can't help but feel very disconnected with Antioch Speedway lately, and I hate that. I've been fortunate enough to have somebody come in and sponsor me a Flo Racing subscription, but I have to pay for a subscription to watch the show at antiochspeedway.tv. Sadly, it's out of my budget right now. Go figure.

Getting information from Antioch Speedway became a little bit easier as they joined the evil empire. Just kidding, although I'm not a big fan of My Race Pass as I'm kind of concerned with this company. This column isn't about that. I'll probably speak to this idea in the future or even in the book I hope to release next year, but almost every track uses the service of My Race Pass. They're building up quite a database of information that promoters used to want to keep to themselves, and they're becoming the curator of racing statistics these days as well.

From management's standpoint, this is a no-brainer. With the whole covid-19 thing happening, you're encouraged to do no contact sign-ins, which this company can help you handle. Secondly, race results and that sort of information have been very slow coming from Antioch Speedway this year. Why not pay the money and use this service? Everybody else is doing that. My Race Rass can also keep statistics in real time once you're using electronic scoring. People pay to watch that on their phones. Race Monitor does the same sort of thing, but you can also watch all of the scoring for free on a laptop. As a few tracks have gotten away from Race Monitor to go with the other guys, a couple of windows I was using on race night closed on me.

Many of the tracks still use Race Monitor, and it's my hope that when Antioch Speedway goes to electronic scoring, they'll have that app running in the background on the computer. Race Monitor simply takes the statistics that the track is already paying for and puts them out there for the fans to see in real time. They're not necessarily trying to make a buck off of you. Antioch Speedway has been lagging behind the times on the scoring deal. I kind of sympathized with John Soares as he fought for the old school way, but it's 2020 now and people are doing this. There are a few reasons you go to electronic scoring.

A big one is it helps you keep track of the races. You still want somebody to do line scoring as a backup in case the electronics malfunction. That does happen. However, you get more accurate scoring this way, and drivers can know how fast they're going in any given race. Secondly, that information ends up going online quickly and people know what happened. It's a win-win situation for the track and the racing community. I know that Chad Chadwick has intended to go this way, but things have sort of happened all at once.

You have to remember that Chadwick and Soares just made the deal for Chad to buy the track this year. A lot of money changed hands to make that happen, and there was a laundry list of things that needed to be done. However, from the time the deal was done and the scheduled March season opener, there was only so much that could be done. In fact, Chadwick sort of depended on the support from the community going out there and working on things to get the track ready. Electronic scoring is in the cards for the track, and the move to My Race Pass is a precursor to that. 

One thing I didn't see on the track's new site were any point standings. I kind of hoped that Antioch would do something since they are the busiest track on the West Coast. The Hobby Stock division will have run as many races as the Modified classes, but right now it looks like they won't be running for a championship. They don't have quite as many dates, but it doesn't look like the Super Stocks, Wingless Spec Sprints or Dwarf Cars will get points either. If not for the fact that lMCA is keeping track of the Modifieds and Sport Modifieds, I'm not sure they would have points there either. On one level, you're in a pandemic. People are just happy to be racing. On the other hand, this would have been a positive move for the track to keep points for everybody. Then again, maybe this is something they will do before the year is up? We'll see.

When Roy Bain made the deal to bring the Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series to Petaluma Speedway, it worked out in Antioch Speedway's favor. Petaluma had a Sunday race booked, and Antioch had the Super Stock class booked for Saturday night. Chadwick has been smart to bring these guys in whenever he can, because he's getting a minimum of 20 cars every time he does. When the Pro Stocks and Super Stocks pull on the track, you're getting a glimpse of what Late Model racing was at Antioch Speedway in the early 1990s. It's a really neat situation.

Thanks to Hobby Stock sponsor Jay Bryant of Jay's Mobile Welding, Antioch paid $1,000 to win. The doubleheader weekend saw drivers coming from as far south as Santa Maria and even out of Nevada. Having two races within an hour of each other certainly helped. Jesse Gonzalez led the race early. Uncharacteristically of Mitch Machado, there was contact when he got around Gonzales in Turns 3 and 4. Track officials caught that and docked Machado a position during a yellow flag period. Unfortunately for Machado, a pass on then leader Richard Brace Jr was negated when a yellow flag waved. Machado never could quite get by again as the Sprint Car veteran Brace becomes the fifth different winner of the series. 

The Pro Stocks are delivering the car count, but they're also doing something that's needed. They're helping preserve Super Stock/Pro Stock racing, which is the closest thing to Late Models we have left in California. Bain has been doing his live broadcasts since starting the series, but he turned it into a pay-per-view starting with Antioch. Management allowed him to do this, though Petaluma management requested that he not. What Roy is hoping to do with these broadcasts of Pro Stock events is get a little bit of point fund money towards next year. He just found out a couple of months ago through Facebook that he could do it behind a paywall, and this is opening up some interesting options for Bain.

While the Pro Stocks did what they did, there were 15 Wingless Spec Sprints and 14 Delta Dwarf Cars. That's pretty good representation in both classes, and there was a reason Dwarf Car count went down a little bit. Call it driver fatigue after going to the Wyoming Dwarf Car Nationals last weekend. NorCal champion Michael "Spanky" Grenert came out and picked up the win with two-time champion Mike Corsaro and rising young star Devan Kammermann in pursuit. Spanky has been doing the Dwarf Car thing for quite some time and really is one of the better drivers. Though there were some notable absences from the field in the Dwarf Cars, it was interesting to see Santa Maria area racers Scotty "The Beast" Preast and Joe Bohard coming up for a visit. 

Management's decision to open the rules a little bit with the Wingless Spec Sprints is bringing more visitation from Petaluma and the Hunt Series racers. On one level, I'm sad  that the ideology of Spec Sprint racing is fading away as they become Wingless Sprints. I stood with John Soares in being a steward of the rules that we created some 20 years ago. On the other hand, every division has progress. Progress is usually followed by the division disappearing, but we are probably a few years away from that. The numbers have gone up a little bit at Antioch, but the Hunt Series and Petaluma continue to do even better.

Antioch had five different winners in the previous five races, and 14 year old phenom Dylan Bloomfield looked like he could be in line for a second-straight win. Unfortunately, his race didn't end well, and it was past Antioch champion DJ Johnson scoring the victory. David Lindt II certainly has some good equipment underneath him with a car that is owned by Ted Finkenbinder. He managed to get his best finish yet for Ted in second, followed by Jimmy Christian and early-season Antioch winner and past Petaluma champion Shayna Ensign.

The beat goes on at Antioch Speedway with the third round of the George Steitz Memorial Freedom Series race this Saturday night. Extra money will be on the line for the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Hobby Stocks, and I am hoping that the numbers will rise just a little bit for this one. The Freedom Series, when created by Tom Sagmiller at Chowchilla, had a point fund to it, but I'm not sure what's going on in that department. As I said, there are things the track is intending to do, but they kind of got a late start putting it all together.

I do give them credit for what they've been able to accomplish during the pandemic, and there is a vision that Chadwick has in mind that maybe hasn't all come to fruition on the track yet. Give it time. Things are just getting started. Also, I don't think Chad imagined that he would be promoting his first races with no fans in the grandstands as he tried to negotiate through streaming services. That in itself was a pain in the rear end, but the track has reportedly shored things up with a better internet service. I still feel like had I been down there, I could have helped them with the broadcast in terms of the announcing, but they're doing their best.

Speaking of announcers, Wylie Wade got behind the wheel of a Four Banger, which he will reportedly be sharing with his son. Just the fact that Wade was able to do that meant that Jess Palladino had somebody to race with. The track didn't get the five cars needed to pay a purse, which is a head-scratcher. You would think that the race starved Merced Speedway crowd and the people from Watsonville would take a trip to Antioch to support this deal. The fact that there were two cars was still a positive, because at least they ran a race and had a checkered flag at the end.

I think that the track might have to take a look at working with somebody to build some cars. Somebody in the Antioch area has the knowledge to build cages for these cars, so putting together 4-6 cars during the offseason would help ensure that there will be somebody to race next year. Between having a Four Banger division next year, the debut of IMCA Stock Cars and all of the other things the track has on the agenda, it's good to start planning these things ahead of time. Hopefully, 2021 will be a season that happens under much better circumstances. As far as what happens now, you can watch the streaming service at www.antiochspeedway.tv and you can go to the Antioch Speedway Facebook page to get the information on what's happening now.

I've already run pretty long here, but I can't close the column without talking about Petaluma Speedway. Sunday racing at Petaluma has become necessary so the track can get the camera people out there for the floracing.com streaming service. Since they can't have the grandstands open, they're trying to get every penny they can. On Saturday, there are times when the camera people wouldn't be available. Ironically, this weekend wasn't one of them. Had everything gone as planned, the camera people would have been at Placerville, but that race got canceled as some of the racers were in quarantine after the covid-19 tests came out positive for several people on the World of Outlaw tour.

In any case, they had nearly 100 cars for Sunday, which certainly helps. When you can't have anybody in the grandstands, the more people you get in the pits, the better. Leading the way in filling the pit area this year has been the General Hydroponics Redwood Dwarf Cars, and they delivered 37 cars for this occasion. It's interesting to note that Petaluma Speedway has the strongest supported Dwarf Car effort on the West Coast. There are quite a few new drivers in the field, and they're getting quite a few visitors from other groups. That included NorCal Dwarf Car stars Ryan Winter and Michael "Spanky" Grenert, who had a 1-2 to finish in what was a very entertaining race when they weren't being slowed by another yellow flag. 

The headliners for the night were the Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series, but I must say that the PitStopUSA.com Winged 360 Sprint Cars probably stole the show. They had 20 drivers come out for the Main Event, and we saw young star Ryan Robinson lead much of the race with some of the best Sprint Car drivers in the state behind them. That included Marysville champion Andy Forsberg and Justin Sanders. 

Sanders had never won a Main Event at Petaluma, but he got around Forsberg and took his shot at Robinson. By then, Robinson was in heavy traffic, and his rear brakes were glowing. Robinson hesitated for just one moment behind a slower car, and Sanders seized the opportunity to get the win as Forsberg finished second. Despite having problems late, the kid can still be proud of the way he drove, but Sanders was just a little bit better on this occasion. 

The Tri State Series was certainly not boring. They brought 25 cars for this occasion. The idea of running a two-race weekend between Antioch and Petaluma was a genius move, because there was more incentive for drivers to tow a little farther. Nevada racer Jesse Gonzalez gets the "heartbreak of the weekend" award, as he certainly had a car fast enough to win at both Antioch and Petaluma, but he came home with nothing. Nobody was talking about Richard Brace Jr going into the weekend. There were at least a half a dozen other names that were on the top of people's lists. Brace has been lurking out there, but he just had the biggest weekend he's ever had.

Once Gonzalez saw his motor give up on him with less than 10 laps to go, Brace was there to get the lead. Following his podium finish at Antioch, that track's reigning champion, Kimo Oreta, was able to make a late move into second. He was closing in on Brace a little bit, but he still settled for second. Thanks to sponsorship from Joe Carr Racing, Brace picked up $1,000 for his win. Rick Workman Communications had a point series championship for the weekend, and Brace picked up an additional $300 for that. Oreta ended up second in that deal and pocketed $100.

What Roy Bain has done with the Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series is getting people's attention. You're watching Late Models as they were back in the early 1990s, or at least very similar to them. 20 cars going around the 3/8 mile adobe oval at Petaluma was certainly very entertaining, and they will be back for the Bob McCoy Memorial race on September 26th as part of the Adobe Cup. They've also got the Al Miller Memorial race at Antioch Speedway on October 31st. That race will be the biggest paying Pro Stock race on the West Coast. Bain will go live on the Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series page to update people on things as needed.

I don't want to forget the Santa Rosa Auto Body 600 Micros. They certainly race hard out there, although Sprint Car star Koen Shaw turned in a rather dominant performance in picking up his third win. The track itself was a bit rough in places, but Promoter Rick Faeth did get out there and smooth it out a little bit during intermission. The Sprint Car drivers spoke highly of the track afterwards, and they certainly put on a good race. Although the Dwarf Cars were a bit rough at times, all of the drivers in all classes put on a good show for the viewing audience at home.

I'm a fan of announcer Ron Lingron and the job he does. I do question whether the track should have the announcer running the electronic scoring or running the Raceveiver to communicate with the racers. Also, he has a son racing in the Dwarf Cars. I don't know that it is a good idea for Ron to announce it if he can't focus enough on the race and call it properly. There were too many moments of silence during the course of that race, and the viewing audience at home relies on the announcer as all they can see is whatever's on the TV screen. It wasn't one of Ron's better moments, and he's usually better than that. But all in all, it was a good night of racing at Petaluma Speedway.

It's best to end this column here. I'm trying not to get bogged down in the editing process too long so that we can get this post up quicker. Labor Day weekend will be busy from Friday through Sunday, so I'm trying to get myself some down time. I'd like to engage in writing on other subjects on other blogs that I have, and it's hard to get my mind into that when it's focused on racing every day of the week. Doing this has been an exercise in frustration at times and certainly a struggle, but I always end up proud that I stuck to my commitment. We are doing this weekly through the end of September and will post as needed after that to wrap things up.

On that note, I'll end this column. Until next time...