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Aguirre, Secord, Jacks Win Madera Raceway Club Show
Madera,
CA...September 12...Jason Aguirre won the 40 lap Late Model Main Event
Saturday night at Madera Speedway. This was a regular Club Race, and
there have been no repeat winners in this Late Model Series so far this year.
Aguirre
had the front row and charged into lead over Sheldon Cooper and Tim
Skoglund. Cooper was looking for his second win in the series as he also
leads the overall track points. A Lap 16 yellow flag flew when Del
McIntosh spun on the frontstretch after contact from incoming point
leader Lily Mead. Aguirre continued to lead Skoglund and Cooper on the
restart, but Cooper made an inside pass in Turn 1 on Lap 21 to regain
second. Cooper began pressuring Aguirre for the lead, and he got a
strong run on the inside as they headed towards Turn 1 on Lap 32.
Aguirre cut off Cooper entering Turn 1, resulting in a Cooper spin.
Cooper suffered damage and was eliminated in the incident. Aguirre led
Skoglund and Aaron Mullins on the restart as championship contender
Trevor Schlundt bolted into fourth. Mead and McIntosh again got together
on the backstretch on Lap 36, resulting in both drivers spinning. Mead
was sent to the infield for her part in the incident, which will likely
result in a new point leader at the end of the night. Aguirre led
Skoglund and Mullins on the restart, and they finished in that order at
the checkered flag. Trevor Schlundt took the checkered flag in fourth,
followed by Mike Shapiro, Mike Brumit, Eric Seely, McIntosh, Mead and
Cooper. Cooper had the fast time on the 1/3 mile paved oval at 15.050,
beating the 15.134 of Aguirre. Aguirre and Mullins were the eight lap race
winners.
Eddie Secord won the 50 lap 602 Crate
Modified Main event. The last time out, Secord led most of the race
before being passed late and settling for second. On this occasion, he
set a rapid pace and turned in a dominant performance in victory. Secord
raced into the lead at the waving of the green flag ahead of Kayli
Barker. Joe DeGuevara made an outside pass on the frontstretch on Lap 3
to take second from Barker, and.a yellow flag waved on Lap 6 for a Turn 4
tangle involving Scott Osborne and Ethan DeGuevara. Secord remained in
command on the restart. Scott Hamm moved into second and Payton Bell
settled into third. Previous winner Jaron Giannini slipped past Barker
for the fourth position on Lap 9. Out front, Secord steadily pulled away
from the rest of the pack and took the checkered flag a straightaway
in front of Hamm as the rest of the race ran without incident. Hamm was a
solid second, followed by Bell, Giannini and Barker. Secord set the
fast time of 15.011, beating the 15.121 of Giannini. The eight lap heat
race wins went to Hamm and Secord.
Ty Jacks won
the 30 lap Hobby Stock Main Event. Jacks raced into the lead at the
start with Billy Maddox and point leader Manny Gonzales Jr quickly
moving into second and third. A Lap 7 yellow flag flew when Gonzales and
Maddox tangled in Turn 2. Jacks continued to lead the restart ahead of
Nick Rowe and Tyler Rogers. A low pass in Turn 4 on Lap 13 gained Maddox third, and
he went inside Rowe in Turn 1 on Lap 17 to claim second. Gonzales was
battling Rogers for the fourth position before finally making a pass
stick in Turn 1 on Lap 26. A Lap 27 yellow flag waved for Rogers, who
exited the event from there. Jacks had Maddox and Gonzales pressuring
him hard on the restart, but he stuck to the bottom line and managed
to hold them off for the checkered flag. Maddox settled for second ahead
of Gonzales, Rowe, Bakersfield Hardtop racer James Bradburn and Rogers.
Gonzales set the fast time of 16.186, beating the 16.275 of Rogers.
Maddox outran Jacks to win the eight lap heat race.
Ryan
Reynolds won the 30 lap MST Main Event. This was his second win of the
season as he keeps pace with brother Shaun Reynolds in the point battle
and in the win column. Ryan Reynolds raced into the lead at the start
ahead of Shaun Reynolds and Haley Bugg. For about 20 laps,
the brothers had an intense, side-by-side battle. Ryan stuck with
the outside, while Shaun handled the inside. They came up on the Toyota
Sedans on multiple occasions to put them a lap down, but Ryan was
relentless and refused to give up on the outside lane. He continued to
beat Shaun back to the line each lap by a nose. Shaun made his move on
the inside in Turn 2 on Lap 20 to briefly take the lead, but they were
still running side-by-side. Ryan made an outside pass in Turn 4 on Lap
23 to regain first. They came up on traffic on Lap 28 and touched, resulting in Ryan
Reynolds nudging ahead of Shaun Reynolds at the checkered flag. Bugg was
a lead lap third. Thomas Magray was the lead Toyota and finished fourth
overall in front of fellow Toyota racer Wyatt Cantrell. Ryan
Reynolds had the fastest MST time of 16.603, while Magray was the
fastest Toyota qualifier at 17.935. Ryan Reynolds outran Shaun Reynolds
to win the eight lap heat race.
Next Saturday
will be another MavTV Series televised race. The Nut Pro Late Models
will be back for a $1,000 to win event. Also competing will be the
51fifty Energy Drink Junior Late Models, the California Challenge Cup
Series and the Mini Cup vs the Bandolero Series. Thanks to
nutupindustries.com, the event will be broadcast on the track's YouTube
page for free. For further information, go to www.racemadera.com or
check out the Madera Speedway Facebook page.
Jones A Double Winner At Antioch Speedway
Shawn Jones #24 scored the Wingless Spec Sprint Main Event victory. Photo by Paul Gould.
Antioch,
CA...September 12...Shawn Jones won both the 25 lap Wingless Spec
Sprint and 25 lap Delta Dwarf Car Main Events Saturday night at Antioch
Speedway. Jones is a past Watsonville and NorCal Dwarf Car champion, and
he's also the 2018 Hunt Wingless Sprint Series champion. He becomes the
sixth different Spec Sprint winner in seven races. He's also the fifth
different winner in seven Delta Dwarf Car shows, while also winning the
Pro division portion of the Dwarf Car Regionals at Antioch in July.
Covid-19 guidelines meant that no fans could attend this race, but it
was all broadcast on internet pay-per-view at antiochspeedway.tv.
There
were 14 Wingless Spec Sprint competitors. Jones outran two-time
Watsonville champion Jimmy Christian to win the first eight lap heat race, while
point leader DJ Johnson outran two-time Antioch champ Bob Newberry to
claim the victory in the second heat. Jones had the pole for the Main
Event alongside Johnson, who was going for his third win of the season.
Unfortunately, Johnson didn't finish and would lose some of his
advantage in the standings over 14 year-old Dylan Bloomfield. Bloomfield
came from the third row to second and chased Jones across the finish
line. Past BCRA Midget champion Matt Streeter drove the Ted Finkenbinder
car to a third place finish, followed by past Petaluma champion Ryon
Siverling, Roy Fisher, Alan Miranda, Kevin Box, Tony Bernard, Jeff
Scotto and Jimmy Christian.
There were 21 Delta
Dwarf Cars on hand for this show, and they ran three eight lap heat
races with the wins going to two-time Antioch champion Danny Wagner,
reigning NorCal Dwarf Car champion Michael "Spanky" Grenert and past
NorCal champion Ryan Winter. Front row starter Wagner and Winter battled
at the front of the pack as Jones quickly joined the fray from fifth
starting. Jones managed to get past both drivers and would pick up the
win. Winter settled for second, followed by Wagner, Sean Catucci,
Garrett Brady, Dennis Gilcrease, Grenert, championship contender Devan
Kammermann, John Williams and Joe Tardiff.
Fred
Ryland won the 15 lap Super Stock Main Event. Ryland was subbing for Jim
Freethy on this occasion and would also win the six lap heat race.
Ryland turned in an impressive performance in victory with Jay Bryant
chasing him in second, followed by Chris Long and John Evans.
Chris Corder #68 won the Four Banger Main Event. Photo by Paul Gould.
Chris
Corder returned and won the 25 lap Valley Four Banger Main Event.
Corder is a three-time Merced Speedway champion and won the Antioch
season opener. The track offered a purse to the Top 5 finishers with
Corder clamming the $100 first prize. Corder and Central Valley Mini
Stock competitor Ryan Doglione won their respective eight last heat
races. Both drivers started back in the fourth row as reigning CVMS
champion Dan Myrick led early. Both Corder and Doglione managed to get
by Myrick, and Corder held off Doglione for the victory. Myrick settled
for third, followed by Clinton Massey, current CVMS point leader Jeff Durant,
Trevor Jolley, 2018 Merced champion Allen Neal, current point leader
Jess Paladino, Matt Herod and Shawn DePriest.
Next
Saturday night is IMCA championship night, featuring the IMCA
Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. The racing will be
broadcast on internet pay-per-view at www.antiochspeedway.tv. For
further information, go to www.antiochspeedway.com.
Collins Wins North State Modified Race At Lakeport Speedway
Lakeport,
CA...September 12...Charlie Collins won the 60 lap North State Modified
Series Main Event Saturday night at Lakeport Speedway. A restart with
15 laps to go provided Collins an opportunity to move past previous
winner Kyle Tellstrom, and he surprised him by getting the lead that he
would take all the way to the checkered flag. This was the final race of
the season at Lakeport Speedway, and covid-19 guidelines meant that
fans could not attend. However, the track broadcast the entire show for
free on their Facebook page.
Darrin Sullivan
brought the pack to the green flag and raced into the early lead ahead
of Ian Elliott and Collins. Jeremy Nowlin
made an outside pass on Collins on the backstretch to take the third
position on Lap 3. Tellstrom made an outside pass on Collins to take
fourth on Lap 10, and a yellow flag flew for Richard Knight in Turn 2.
Sullivan continued to lead the restart with Nowlin charging past
Elliott for second. An outside pass on the backstretch on Lap 16 gained
Nowlin the lead, and Tellstrom went to the outside of Elliott in Turn 4
on the same lap to grab third. Tellstrom made an outside pass on
Sullivan for second on Lap 17 and began to pressure Nowlin for the
lead. An outside pass in Turn 4 on Lap 23 gained Tellstrom the lead.
Collins was back in the third position, and the lead three drivers ran
closely at that point. Scott Winters made an outside pass in Turn 4 on
Lap 31 to grab fifth from Sullivan, and he made a high pass in Turn 4
on Lap 39 to take fourth from Cody Braund. Nowlin was right on the rear
bumper of Tellstrom and challenging him for the lead when he
unexpectedly hit the wall in Turn 4 for a Lap 45 yellow flag. Tellstrom
was working well on the outside and stayed with it for the restart, only
to watch Collins get a good run on the inside to grab the lead. During
the final 15 laps, Collins pulled away to about a straightaway
advantage over Tellstrom in victory. Winters had taken the third
position on the restart and finished there, followed by Braund, Darrin
Sullivan, NCRA Limited Modified champion Mike Sullivan, Dustin DeRosier,
Chris Salmina, Richard Knight
and Noah McCormick.
Tellstrom was the fastest
of 17 qualifiers on the quarter-mile paved oval at 12.414, beating the
12.437 of Winters. Darrin Sullivan outran Tellstrom to win the six lap
Fast Dash. The Show Dash went to DeRosier ahead of Keith Bloom. Bloom
headed to he pits just before the green flag waved on the Main Event to
end his night early.
Simi
Tour won the 30 lap Taco Bell Bombers Main Event. Jim Kollenborn led a
lap before an inside pass in Turn 3 gained Tour the lead. Forrest
Kuecker led Mikey Snider past Kollenborn for the second and third
positions on Lap 4. However, Tour began to pull away from the
competition in the non-stop event. New champion Donovan Cox settled into
fourth on Lap 7. By the 20th lap, only the Top 4 competitors were on
the lead lap. Tour won by a straightaway ahead of Kuecker, Snider, Cox,
Kollenborn, Trevor Abella, Klinton Waite, Amber Portlock and Kasey
Horat. Kuecker had the fastest lap of 13.812. Horat outran Kuecker to win
the six lap Trophy Dash. Kollenborn won the first 10 lap heat race
ahead of Abella. After Snider led the first seven laps of the next heat
race, Kuecker went racing by to grab the lead and eventual victory.
Johnny
Barker won the 30 lap Pro 4 Modified Main Event. This was his second
win of the season. Barker charged into the early lead ahead of Ron
Portlock and Mike Peterson. Peterson went high in Turn 2 on Lap 3 to
take the third position from Portlock, but Barker pulled away from him
rapidly. Barker lapped fourth place James Gard on Lap 15 and put a lap on
Portlock three laps later. Barker also managed to put a lap on
Peterson as he won ahead of Peterson, Portlock and Gard. Will Robertson
and Wade Eldrege were Main Event scratches. Barker was the fastest
qualifier at 12.441 and outran Portlock to win the six lap Trophy Dash.
Barker completed the clean sweep with the 10 lap heat race win ahead of
Gard.
2019 champion Cody Winchell won the 30 lap Legend Car
Main Event. For much of the race, it looked like Late Model star Jeremy
Doss might pick up his second-straight win. Doss raced into the lead
early on ahead of Winchell and new champion Kylie Daniels. Mark Burch
was running a steady race in the fourth position. The leaders
came up on slower traffic by Lap 10, but Doss continued to hold off
Winchell. Burch was lapped on Lap 17, leaving just the Top 3 competitors
on the lead lap. Working traffic on Lap 24, Winchell spun in Turn 1. On
the restart, Doss appeared to have mechanical failure entering Turn 1,
collecting Winchell. The race was over for Doss. Winchell led Kylie
Daniels on the restart. Despite heavy pressure from Kylie Daniels the
rest of the way, Winchell picked up the victory. Tom Summers was two
laps down in third, followed by Burch, announcer Dan Camacho, Trey
Daniels and Doss. Doss was the fastest qualifier at 13.736 and also
outran Winchell to win the six lap Trophy Dash. Doss also outran Kylie
Daniels to win the 10 lap heat race.
Noel
McCormick won the 20 lap Late Model Main Event. There were only two
competitors in the field, but they put on a good battle in their 20 lap
combined Main Event and heat race. Late Model veteran Bill Binns set
the pace for four laps before McCormick went by on the outside. Binns
stayed with him from there until having mechanical issues on Lap 18 and
pitting as McCormick picked up the victory. McCormick had the fast time
of 12.250, beating the 12.288 of Binns.
Landyn
Snider won the 15 Lap Bandolero Main Event. Scnider has more experience
than the other competitors in the field. He lapped newcomer Braydon
White on Lap 2 and put a lap on second place Courtney Portlock on Lap 4.
Sinder would lap those two again on his way to victory as Portlock
finished second ahead of White. Snider had the fast time of 14.942 and
also won the six lap Trophy Dash.
For updates and news from the track, go to the NCRA Lakeport Speedway Facebook page.
Gray, Sharp, Bell, Davis Win On Exciting Night
At Dixon Speedway
Dixon,
CA...September 12...Cody Gray won the 25 lap Wingless 600 Micro Main
Event Saturday night at Dixon Speedway. This was the second win of the
season for Gray. Looking for his fourth win in the last six races,
Austin Stone charged into the early lead ahead of Brandon Shaw and point
leader Kelvin Lewis. Lewis moved by Shaw for the second position on Lap
7, but Shaw was back in front of him on Lap 8. A Lap 16 yellow flag
slowed the pace, followed by a Lap 17 caution. Stone continued to lead
Shaw on the Lap 18 restart as Gray moved past Lewis for third. Gray
slipped by Shaw for second on Lap 20 and then put the moves on Stone to
grab the lead on Lap 23. One more slow down occurred on lap 24. Stone
gave it a shot on the final restart, but Gray was just too quick for him
as he beat him back to the checkered flag. Shaw settled for third,
followed by Lewis, Travis Sullivan, Chris Parmley, past Petaluma Dwarf Car
champion Dave Mosier, reigning Super 600 champion Kyle Mentch, Nate Wait
and Blake Parmley.
There were 30 competitors,
and Mentch set the fast time on the 1/5 mile dirt oval at 11.001,
beating the 11.037 of Stone. The four 10 lap heat race wins were earned
by Blake Parmley, Shaw, Jeremy Chapman and Lewis. Stone outran Lewis to
win the 10 lap Trophy Dash. JJ Loss won the 12 lap B Main ahead of
Matthew Santana, Chuck Patterson, Danny Rozendahl and Harley Rose.
Izaak
Sharp won the Super 600 Main Event. He becomes the seventh different
winner in 12 races. Looking for her first win of the season, Hailey Wood
charged into the early lead ahead of Devin Courtnier and Sharp. Sharp
slipped past Courtnier for the second position on Lap 3, and a yellow
flag waved on lap 11. Wood continued to lead Sharp and James Andrichuk
on the restart. A fierce battle ensued between Sharp and Wood with Sharp
grabbing the lead on Lap 16. Wood moved back around on Lap 17, but Sharp
regained first on lap 19. Courtnier and Andrichuk both moved past Wood
for second and third on Lap 22. Sharp led the rest of the way to win,
followed by Courtnier, Andrichuk, Ricky Sanders, Wood, Blaine Baxter,
Dennis Sherer, Jason Chapman, Pete Piantanida and Anthony Lewis.
Courtnier had the fastest lap of 10.296, beating the 10.379 of Sharp.
The 10 lap heat race wins went to Baxter and Sherer, while Wood outran
Courtnier to win the six lap Trophy Dash
Bryant
Bell won the 20 lap Restricted Main Event. This was the third win of
the season for the current point leader. Matthew Tatoole raced into the
early lead ahead of Brandon Riveira and Izaak Sharp. Following a Lap 2
yellow flag, Riveira took the lead from Tatoole on the restart as Bell
settled into third. Riveira continued to lead through Lap 9 and Lap 10
yellow flags with Bell moving into the second position on Lap 11. Yellow
flags waved on Lap 12 and 13, but Riveira led Bell and Tatoole on the
restarts. Bell began pressuring Riveira hard and made the move for the
lead on Lap 18. Bell led the rest of the way for the win, followed by
Rivera, Tatoole, Colin Kirby, Sharp, AJ Nielson, Colton Key, Austin Wood,
Jackson Kohler and Lucas Johnson. Riveira had the fast time of 10.933,
beating the 10.998 of Wood. The 10 lap heat race wins went to Riveira
and Kohler. Tatoole outran Sharp to win the six lap Trophy Dash.
Briggs
Davis won the 20 lap Jr Sprint Main Event. In the process, he became
the seventh different winner in 12 events. Davis had a front row start
and charged into the early lead and over championship contender Kyle
Fernandez and point leader Makayla Tatoole. There was a yellow flag
after three laps. Davis continued to lead Fernandez on the restart as
Kellen Harper moved into the third position. Another yellow flag slowed
the pace on Lap 9, but Davis continued to run a great race up front as
he led Fernandez and Harper. A Lap 18 yellow flag set up a potential
duel to the finish. As Davis continued to lead the way, Harper surprised
Fernandez by slipping past him for the second position. Davis went on to
score his first win of the year. Harper was a season best second,
followed by Fernandez, Tatoole, Vito Cancilla, Ryder Johnson, Jonathan
Andrichuk, Austin Turner, Ryder Byrd and Reid Baxter. Harper had the
fast time at 13.144, beating the 13.278 of Davis. Fernandez and Davis
won the 10 lap heat races, and Davis completed the clean sweep with the
six lap Trophy Dash win.
The next race on the
schedule will be October 10th, featuring all of the regular Micro Sprint
classes. That will be the final point race of the season, but the track
will also run the 8th Annual Kaiser Memorial race on November 6th and
7th. For further information, go to www.dixonspeedway.net or go to the
Dixon Speedway Facebook page.
Luckman, Dubisar, Beaudoin, Christensen Win
On Championship Night At Coos Bay Speedway
Coos
Bay, Oregon...September 12...Preston Luckman won the 25 lap America's
Mattress Super Late Model Main Event Saturday night at Coos Bay
Speedway. This was also NASCAR championship night. The reigning Coos Bay
champion started in the second row and wasted little time getting past
the front row of Deven Brown and Bruce Rayburn Jr. It was fourth row
starters Braden Fugate and Brody Montgomery making a mad dash to the
front of the pack as both were in championship contention. As Luckman
picked up his fifth win, Fugate collected yet another second place
finished. By virtue of his third place effort, Montgomery won his second
Super Late Model championship in three years. Jason Johnson settled for
fourth, followed by Brown, Rayburn, Mike Taylor and Hannah Robison.
Fugate and Montgomery won their respective eight lap heat races.
Steve
Dubisar won his third 20 lap Street Stock Main Event. However, his
quest to repeat as champion was thwarted as Ken Fox used a fourth place
finish to clinch the title. Both Dubisar and 2016 champion Daniel Land
won their respective eight lap heat races. Dubisar started back in the
fourth row, while Fox started in the sixth row. Peyton Reigard was
hoping to use his pole position start to get the win, but he was unable
to hold back the challenge of Dubisar and fourth row starter Leroy
Rockwell, who grabbed the 1-2 finish. Don Croy managed to hold off Fox
to finish third as Reigard settled for fifth, followed by Graig Osborne,
Dyllan Siewell, Troy Chamberlain, Land and Dustin Hitner.
Ryan
Emry won the 20 lap Sportsman Late Model Main Event. Despite the fact
that he was a Main Event scratch, Trace Fugate still won the division
championship. Fugate suffered mechanical issues on his way to an eight
lap heat race win. Emry won the 20 lap feature race with Jim Crabtree a
season best second, followed by Jared Simmons and Jim Van Loon.
Scott
Beaudoin won the 20 lap Mini Outlaw Main Event. This was his fifth win
of the season. Despite another disappointing effort in 11th, Brad Hicks
nonetheless managed to win the division championship. Scott Beaudoin
started in the fourth row and made his way to the front of the pack.
Outside front row starter and eight lap heat race winner Jason Kellam
led several laps with Jeff Thurman in pursuit. Scott Beaudoin managed to
get around both drivers for the lead and would score the victory.
Kellam settled for second ahead of Thurman, Matt Diller, Cole Newman,
Mike Beaudoin, Greg Prewitt, Matthew Emry, Ty Whitney and Pam Beaudoin.
Tahlen Rogers won the other heat race, but bad luck in the Main Event
dropped him to third in the standings behind Scott Beaudoin.
Seth
Christiansen won the 20 lap Hornet Main Event. Both Christiansen and
Jeremy Degroot were the eight lap heat race winners. Christiansen
started in the second row and battled Mike Bales early before getting
the lead. Kris Parker started back in the 14th position and worked his
way up to battle Christiansen before settling for second. Bales ended up
third, followed by Kevin Rockwell, William Hitner, John Henry, Zach
Hickman, Josh Muir, Ryder Johnson and Jet Nelson. Despite finishing out
of the running in 14th, Isaac Stere won the division championship.
Griff
Smith won the 15 lap Junior Stingers Main Event. This was his 11th win
as he won his third-straight division championship. Smith had a rare
bad finish in his eight lap heat race as James Shingleton collected that
win. Alex Butler was back in competitive form with a heat race win of
his own. Jordan Wheeler and Butler battled at of the front of the pack
early in the race while Smith had to work his way up from the 14th
starting position. Smith rapidly moved his way forward and overtook both
Wheeler and Butler for the win. Wheeler settled for second, followed by
Butler, Cameron Metzgus, Lily Metzgus, Shingleton, Teagen Montgomery,
Max Haga, Eli Luckman and Heather Burton.
Camden
Robustelli won The 25 lap Southern Oregon Dwarf Car Main Event. This
was the second win for Robustelli. Robustelli had a perfect evening
after winning his six lap heat race and then picking up the pole
position start by virtue of his five lap A Dash win over Randy Slater.
Robustelli and two-time champion Brock Peters shared the front row after
Peters won the B Dash. They battled at the front of the pack with
Robustelli winning ahead of Peters. Slater had his best finish of the
year in third, followed by Trevor Davis, Steve Walker, Chad Cardoza,
Crystal Flath, Jason Robustelli, Fred Hay and Adam Chaffee. Peterson was
the other six lap heat race winner.
The oval
track will be dark this weekend, but the Winged Sprint Car Battle at the
Bay is scheduled for September 26th. Joining the Sprint Cars will be
the Street Stocks, Mini Outlaws, Hornets, Dirt Modifieds and B
Modifieds. For further information, go to www.coosbayspeedway.us or
check out the Coos Bay Speedway Facebook page.
Antioch Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
Delta Dwarf Car
Shawn Jones
Ryan Winter
Danny Wagner
Sean Catucci
Garrett Brady
Dennis Gilcrease
Mike Grenert
Devan Kammermann
John Williams
John Tardiff
Buddy Olschowka
Chance Russell
Travis Day
Scott Dahlgren
Joe Tardiff
gage meyers
Ellie Russo
Jeff Bentancourt
Michael Curry
David Rosa
David Michael Rosa
Super Stock
Fred Ryland
Jay Bryant
Chris Long
John Evans
Wingless Spec Sprint
Shawn Jones
Dylan Bloomfield
Matt Streeter
Ryon Siverling
Roy Fisher
Alan Miranda
Kevin Box
Tony Bernard
Jeff Scotto
Jimmy Christian
James Thomson
D.J. Johnson
Troy Ferry
Bob Newberry
Valley Four Banger
Chris Corder
Ryan Doglione
Dan Myrick
Clinton Massey
Jeff Durant
Trevor Jolley
Alan Neal
Jess Paladino
Matthew Herod
Shawn DePriest
Gene Glover
Leo Lotz
Wylie Wade
Coos Bay Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
America's Mattress Super Late Models
Preston Luckman
Braden Fugate
Brody Montgomery
Jason Johnson
Deven Brown
Bruce Rayburn Jr
Mike Taylor
Hannah Robinson
Sportsman Late Models
Ryan Emry
jim CRABTREE
Jared Simmons
Jim Van Loon
Trace Fugate DNS
Street Stocks
Steve Dubisar
Leroy Rockwell
Don Croy
Ken Fox
Peyton Reigard
Graig Osborne
Dyllan Siewell
Troy Chamberlain
Daniel Land
Dustin Hitner
danny eversole
Melissa Adams
Charlie Withers
Richard Davies
Mini Outlaws
Scott Beaudoin
Jason Kellam
Jeff Thurman
Matt Diller
Cole Newman
mike beaudoin
Greg Prewitt
Matthew Emry
Ty Whitnwey
pam beaudoin
Brad Hicks
Tahlan Rogers
Dan Daniels
Hornets
Seth Christensen
Kris Parker
Mike Bales
Kevin Rockwell
William Hitner
John Henry
Zach Hickman
josh muir
Ryder Johnson
Jet Nelson
Dusty Shingleton
George Wheeler
scott Lager
Isaac Stere
Blane Kernutt
Matt Diller DQ
jeremy degroot DQ
Jr Stingers
Griff Smith
Jordan Wheeler
Alex Butler
Cameron Metzgus
Lily Metzgus
James Shingleton
Teagan Montgomery
Max Haga
Eli Luckman
Heather Burton
Alexus Baker
Drake Vincent
riley rockwell
Nicole Emry
SODCA Dwarf Cars
Camden Robustelli
Brock Peters
Randy Slater
Trevor Davis
Steve Walker
Chad Cardoza
Crystal Flath
Jason Robustelli
Fred Hay
Adam Chaffee
MARK Terry
Tanner Curr
All American Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
NASCAR at Roseville Round #4
Late Model
Main Event #2
Randy Hedrick
Cole Moore
Michael Mitchell
Holley Hollan
Aidan Daniles
Angelina Dempsey
Matthew Wendt
Tyler Caturegli
JJ Ferguson
Main Event #2
Randy Hedrick
Cole Moore
Michael Mitchell
Kenna Mitchell
Holley Hollan
Angelina Dempsey
Matthew Wendt
Aidan Daniles
Jaws Gear Limited Modified
Jason Philpot
Sammy Nuno
Sierra Furia
Tyler Mullican
Josh Blackwood
Jon Yourd
Arnie Wentworth
Luke Caper
Super Stock
Andrew Peeler
Tim Walters
Jill Schmidt
Andrew Kemp
Blake Disomma
Harry Lambert
Chris Paulson
Branden Powers
Brian Skidmore
Phil Wilkins
Jeremy Fritts
F4
Ray Molina
Matthew Fuhs
Dennis Crook
Vic Theberge
Matthew Cockrum
Jerry Nunes
John Sproule
Steven Crook
Dan Cherry
Richard Innis
Jr. Late Model
Aidan Daniels
Kenna Mitchell
Lane Anderson
Mini Cup/Bandolero
Colten Nelson
Bella Thomsen
Madera Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
Club Race
Late Models
Jason Aguirre
Tim Skoglund
Aaron Mullins
Trevor Schlundt
Mike Shapiro
Mike Brumit
Eric Seely
Del McIntosh
Lilly Mead
Shelden Cooper
Calvin Hegje
Jon Schlundt
602 Spec Modified
Eddie Secord
Doug Hamm
Payton Bell
Jaron Giannini
Kayli Barker
Joe DeGuevara
Sam Jacks
Scott Osborne
Ethan DeGuevara
Hobby Stocks
Ty Jacks
Billy Maddox
Manny Gonzales Jr
Nick Rowe
James Bradburn
Tyler Rogers
MST's/Toyotas
Ryan Reynolds
Shaun Reynolds
Haley Bugg
Thomas Magray
Wyatt Cantrell
Dixon Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
Wingless 600
Main Event
Results are not official
1 #4G Cody Gray
2 #29M Austin Stone
3 #0 Brandon Shaw
4 #87 Kelvin Lewis
5 #2 Travis Sullivan
6 #16C Chris Parmley
7 #23L Dave Mosier
8 #21K Kyle Mentch
9 #35W Nate Wait
10 #6B Blake Parmley
11 #686 Jared Byrd
12 #23 George Nielson
13 #37H Ryan Holden
14 #27D Don McLeister
15 #12S Matthew Santana
16 #444 Brandon Alvarado
17 #26C Jeremy Chapman
18 #7R Harley Rose
19 #67 JJ Loss
20 #48 DERRICK PATTERSON
21 #47 Danny Rozendahl
22 #41 Chuck Patterson
Semi Main
Results are not official
1 #67 JJ Loss
2 #12S Matthew Santana
3 #41 Chuck Patterson
4 #47 Danny Rozendahl
5 #7R Harley Rose
6 #17 Taylor DeCarlo
7 #31 Tyson Davis
8 #31X Sam Borland
9 #4X Shiloh Borland
10 #36Z Devin Osanna
11 #8R Rob Brown
12 #8S Savannah Brown
13 #07 Travis Henry
Super 600
Results are not official
1 #24S Izaak Sharp
2 #34 Devon Courtnier
3 #20 James Andrichuck
4 #17 Ricky Sanders
5 #2 Hailey Wood
6 #25B Blaine Baxter
7 #7W Dennis Scherer
8 #25 Jason Chapman
9 #96 Pete Piantanida
10 #17L Anthony Lewis
11 #4 Tony Alosi
12 #36 Jarrett Heimlich
13 #67 Christian Harris
Restricted
Results are not official
1 #72B Bryant Bell
2 #05R Brandon Riveira
3 #88T Matthew Tatoole
4 #83K Colin Kirby
5 #24S Izaak Sharp
6 #09 AJ Neilson
7 #63 Colton Key
8 #2A Austin Wood
9 #73J Jackson Kohler
10 #7 Lucas Johnson
11 #15K Kyle Cravotta
12 #23C Cierra Wullenwaber
Jr. Sprints
Results are not official
1 #96 Briggs Davis
2 #5 Kellan Harper
3 #77K Kyle Fernandez
4 #88M Makayla Tatoole
5 #4K Vito Cancilla
6 #17R Ryder Johnson
7 #20 Jonathan Andrichuk
8 #5T Austin Turner
9 #686 Ryder Byrd
10 #14 Reid Baxter
11 #48 Aubry Patterson
Lakeport Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
North State Modified Series
Napa Lake Parts Main Event
Results are not official
1 #69 Charlie Collins
2 #5k Kyle Tellstrom
3 #24 Scott Winters
4 #18 Cody Braund
5 #21 Darrin Sullivan
6 #5 Mike Sullivan
7 #12 Dustin DeRosier
8 #08 Chris Salmina
9 #15 Richard Knight
10 #2K Noel McCorrmick
11 #37 Robert Schmidt
12 #16 Rich Cobb
13 #02 Sal Lopez
14 #77 Jeremy Nowlin
15 #20 Darrin Knight
16 #27 Ian Elliott
17 #96 Keith Bloom
NCRA Bombers
Results are not official
1 #64 Semi Tour
2 #79 Forrest Kuecker
3 #6k Mikey Snider
4 #13 Donovan Cox
5 #17 Jim Kollenborn
6 #51 Trevor Abella
7 #18 Kinton Waite
8 #75x Amber Portlock
9 #77kc Kasey Horat
NCRA Legends Cars
Results are not official
1 #12c Cody Winchel
2 #7 Kylie Daniels
3 #64 Tom Summers
4 #3m Marc Burch
5 #3 Trey Daniels
6 #24c Dan Camacho
7 #75 Jeremy Doss
Pro 4 Mods
Results are not official
1 #22 Johnny Barker
2 #87 Mike Peterson
3 #29 Ron Portlock
4 #07 James Gard
5 #77z Wil Robertson
Marysville Raceway Unofficial Race Results September 9, 2020
Tribute to Gold Cup
Winged 360 Sprints
A Main
Ryan Robinson
Andy Forsberg
Tanner Carrick
Shane Golobic
Blake Carrick
Michael Wasina
Colby Copeland
Jake Haulot
Colby Wiesz
Alec Justeson
Justin Henry
Jimmy Steward
Caden Sarale
Billy Butler
Michael Sellers
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Nick Larsen
Michael Ing
Sean Becker
Bobby Butler
B Main
Michael Ing
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Michael Sellers
Jimmy Steward
Mike Monahan
Ben Wiesz
Pat Harvey Jr
Alex Fowler
Darren Johnson
Jayce Steinberg
Stephen Ingraham
John Sullivan
Steel Powell
Hobby Stocks
Jim Brookshire
Jesse Van Roekel
Kyle Cheney
Jacob Johnson
Hollis Thackeray
Jimmy Ford
Jason Clayton
Devin Koranda
David Caluya
Barona Raceway Unofficial Raceway September 5, 2020
IMCA Modifieds
Eric Evans
Matthew Hicks
Randy Thornell
Joseph Altig
Keith Altig
Karl Von Yokes
Dustin Stanley
Cole Dick
David Taft
Mike Lerwill
Blake Thornell
Lightning Sprints
Grant Sexton
AJ Bender
Brent Horn
Kevin Bates
Rudy Padilla
Chris Crowder
Wyatt Boczanowski
Dalton Sexton
Brandon Leedy
DeJay Dumas
Parker Dumas
Clint Newman
Brent Sexton DNS
Dale Gamer DNS
Street Stock
Mike Pridgeon
David Kilpela
Gary Rodriguez
Paul Dyke
Nick Braddy
Terry Adams Jr
Sunny Trent
Rod Robison
Dan Burakowski
Rick Eicksteadt
Perry Humphries
Jake Triska DNS
Pure Stocks
Rick Chavez
Jayson Aldridge
Patrick Hartley
Rick Schnereger
Eric Evans
Brandon Jesina
Nick Novak
Mike Rumbaugh
Jeff Grill
Nick Rounkles
Tiffany Crow
Cameron Veatch
Greg Perry
Dave Evangelou
Rusty Staley
Mike Burks
David Hunt
Curtis Reiter DNS
Lynn Davis DNS
Ken Rose DNS
Nicole Carlton DNS
Chris Evans DNS
Dwarf Cars
Darren Brown
Michael Tobiason
Tom Morley
Mikey Hall
Tyler Rodriguez
Devin Kelly
Parker Dumas
DeJay Dumas
Ryan Dumas
Scotty Preast
Steve Kapaun
Joseph Bohard
Kobe Kerns
Dan Varner
Ron Dunlap
Dewey Myers
Tommy Crow
Robert Peters DNS
Wesley Sexton DNS
Pony Stock
Lucas Vanderstaay
Dennis Taylor II
Eric Milczewski
Mark Barlow
Robert Minnick
Ray Klimas
Alan Milczewski
Tommy Schmal
Daniel Souto
Jr Sprints
Gage Baldwin
Landon Dalton
Taylin Baldwin
Noah Dalton
PJ Sexton
Caleb Scholl
Mini Dwarf Masters
Danielle Friel
Jacob Novak
Luis Fuentes Jr
Kellen O'Connor
Mini Dwarf Sportsman
Cam Baldwin
Brysen Byford
Sheldon Scott
Kaiden Johnson
Cash Sims
Zachary Dalton
Brody MacLean
Delta Dwarf Car
Shawn Jones
Ryan Winter
Danny Wagner
Sean Catucci
Garrett Brady
Dennis Gilcrease
Mike Grenert
Devan Kammermann
John Williams
John Tardiff
Buddy Olschowka
Chance Russell
Travis Day
Scott Dahlgren
Joe Tardiff
gage meyers
Ellie Russo
Jeff Bentancourt
Michael Curry
David Rosa
David Michael Rosa
Super Stock
Fred Ryland
Jay Bryant
Chris Long
John Evans
Wingless Spec Sprint
Shawn Jones
Dylan Bloomfield
Matt Streeter
Ryon Siverling
Roy Fisher
Alan Miranda
Kevin Box
Tony Bernard
Jeff Scotto
Jimmy Christian
James Thomson
D.J. Johnson
Troy Ferry
Bob Newberry
Valley Four Banger
Chris Corder
Ryan Doglione
Dan Myrick
Clinton Massey
Jeff Durant
Trevor Jolley
Alan Neal
Jess Paladino
Matthew Herod
Shawn DePriest
Gene Glover
Leo Lotz
Wylie Wade
Coos Bay Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
America's Mattress Super Late Models
Preston Luckman
Braden Fugate
Brody Montgomery
Jason Johnson
Deven Brown
Bruce Rayburn Jr
Mike Taylor
Hannah Robinson
Sportsman Late Models
Ryan Emry
jim CRABTREE
Jared Simmons
Jim Van Loon
Trace Fugate DNS
Street Stocks
Steve Dubisar
Leroy Rockwell
Don Croy
Ken Fox
Peyton Reigard
Graig Osborne
Dyllan Siewell
Troy Chamberlain
Daniel Land
Dustin Hitner
danny eversole
Melissa Adams
Charlie Withers
Richard Davies
Mini Outlaws
Scott Beaudoin
Jason Kellam
Jeff Thurman
Matt Diller
Cole Newman
mike beaudoin
Greg Prewitt
Matthew Emry
Ty Whitnwey
pam beaudoin
Brad Hicks
Tahlan Rogers
Dan Daniels
Hornets
Seth Christensen
Kris Parker
Mike Bales
Kevin Rockwell
William Hitner
John Henry
Zach Hickman
josh muir
Ryder Johnson
Jet Nelson
Dusty Shingleton
George Wheeler
scott Lager
Isaac Stere
Blane Kernutt
Matt Diller DQ
jeremy degroot DQ
Jr Stingers
Griff Smith
Jordan Wheeler
Alex Butler
Cameron Metzgus
Lily Metzgus
James Shingleton
Teagan Montgomery
Max Haga
Eli Luckman
Heather Burton
Alexus Baker
Drake Vincent
riley rockwell
Nicole Emry
SODCA Dwarf Cars
Camden Robustelli
Brock Peters
Randy Slater
Trevor Davis
Steve Walker
Chad Cardoza
Crystal Flath
Jason Robustelli
Fred Hay
Adam Chaffee
MARK Terry
Tanner Curr
All American Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
NASCAR at Roseville Round #4
Late Model
Main Event #2
Randy Hedrick
Cole Moore
Michael Mitchell
Holley Hollan
Aidan Daniles
Angelina Dempsey
Matthew Wendt
Tyler Caturegli
JJ Ferguson
Main Event #2
Randy Hedrick
Cole Moore
Michael Mitchell
Kenna Mitchell
Holley Hollan
Angelina Dempsey
Matthew Wendt
Aidan Daniles
Jaws Gear Limited Modified
Jason Philpot
Sammy Nuno
Sierra Furia
Tyler Mullican
Josh Blackwood
Jon Yourd
Arnie Wentworth
Luke Caper
Super Stock
Andrew Peeler
Tim Walters
Jill Schmidt
Andrew Kemp
Blake Disomma
Harry Lambert
Chris Paulson
Branden Powers
Brian Skidmore
Phil Wilkins
Jeremy Fritts
F4
Ray Molina
Matthew Fuhs
Dennis Crook
Vic Theberge
Matthew Cockrum
Jerry Nunes
John Sproule
Steven Crook
Dan Cherry
Richard Innis
Jr. Late Model
Aidan Daniels
Kenna Mitchell
Lane Anderson
Mini Cup/Bandolero
Colten Nelson
Bella Thomsen
Madera Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
Club Race
Late Models
Jason Aguirre
Tim Skoglund
Aaron Mullins
Trevor Schlundt
Mike Shapiro
Mike Brumit
Eric Seely
Del McIntosh
Lilly Mead
Shelden Cooper
Calvin Hegje
Jon Schlundt
602 Spec Modified
Eddie Secord
Doug Hamm
Payton Bell
Jaron Giannini
Kayli Barker
Joe DeGuevara
Sam Jacks
Scott Osborne
Ethan DeGuevara
Hobby Stocks
Ty Jacks
Billy Maddox
Manny Gonzales Jr
Nick Rowe
James Bradburn
Tyler Rogers
MST's/Toyotas
Ryan Reynolds
Shaun Reynolds
Haley Bugg
Thomas Magray
Wyatt Cantrell
Dixon Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
Wingless 600
Main Event
Results are not official
1 #4G Cody Gray
2 #29M Austin Stone
3 #0 Brandon Shaw
4 #87 Kelvin Lewis
5 #2 Travis Sullivan
6 #16C Chris Parmley
7 #23L Dave Mosier
8 #21K Kyle Mentch
9 #35W Nate Wait
10 #6B Blake Parmley
11 #686 Jared Byrd
12 #23 George Nielson
13 #37H Ryan Holden
14 #27D Don McLeister
15 #12S Matthew Santana
16 #444 Brandon Alvarado
17 #26C Jeremy Chapman
18 #7R Harley Rose
19 #67 JJ Loss
20 #48 DERRICK PATTERSON
21 #47 Danny Rozendahl
22 #41 Chuck Patterson
Semi Main
Results are not official
1 #67 JJ Loss
2 #12S Matthew Santana
3 #41 Chuck Patterson
4 #47 Danny Rozendahl
5 #7R Harley Rose
6 #17 Taylor DeCarlo
7 #31 Tyson Davis
8 #31X Sam Borland
9 #4X Shiloh Borland
10 #36Z Devin Osanna
11 #8R Rob Brown
12 #8S Savannah Brown
13 #07 Travis Henry
Super 600
Results are not official
1 #24S Izaak Sharp
2 #34 Devon Courtnier
3 #20 James Andrichuck
4 #17 Ricky Sanders
5 #2 Hailey Wood
6 #25B Blaine Baxter
7 #7W Dennis Scherer
8 #25 Jason Chapman
9 #96 Pete Piantanida
10 #17L Anthony Lewis
11 #4 Tony Alosi
12 #36 Jarrett Heimlich
13 #67 Christian Harris
Restricted
Results are not official
1 #72B Bryant Bell
2 #05R Brandon Riveira
3 #88T Matthew Tatoole
4 #83K Colin Kirby
5 #24S Izaak Sharp
6 #09 AJ Neilson
7 #63 Colton Key
8 #2A Austin Wood
9 #73J Jackson Kohler
10 #7 Lucas Johnson
11 #15K Kyle Cravotta
12 #23C Cierra Wullenwaber
Jr. Sprints
Results are not official
1 #96 Briggs Davis
2 #5 Kellan Harper
3 #77K Kyle Fernandez
4 #88M Makayla Tatoole
5 #4K Vito Cancilla
6 #17R Ryder Johnson
7 #20 Jonathan Andrichuk
8 #5T Austin Turner
9 #686 Ryder Byrd
10 #14 Reid Baxter
11 #48 Aubry Patterson
Lakeport Speedway Unofficial Race Results September 12, 2020
North State Modified Series
Napa Lake Parts Main Event
Results are not official
1 #69 Charlie Collins
2 #5k Kyle Tellstrom
3 #24 Scott Winters
4 #18 Cody Braund
5 #21 Darrin Sullivan
6 #5 Mike Sullivan
7 #12 Dustin DeRosier
8 #08 Chris Salmina
9 #15 Richard Knight
10 #2K Noel McCorrmick
11 #37 Robert Schmidt
12 #16 Rich Cobb
13 #02 Sal Lopez
14 #77 Jeremy Nowlin
15 #20 Darrin Knight
16 #27 Ian Elliott
17 #96 Keith Bloom
NCRA Bombers
Results are not official
1 #64 Semi Tour
2 #79 Forrest Kuecker
3 #6k Mikey Snider
4 #13 Donovan Cox
5 #17 Jim Kollenborn
6 #51 Trevor Abella
7 #18 Kinton Waite
8 #75x Amber Portlock
9 #77kc Kasey Horat
NCRA Legends Cars
Results are not official
1 #12c Cody Winchel
2 #7 Kylie Daniels
3 #64 Tom Summers
4 #3m Marc Burch
5 #3 Trey Daniels
6 #24c Dan Camacho
7 #75 Jeremy Doss
Pro 4 Mods
Results are not official
1 #22 Johnny Barker
2 #87 Mike Peterson
3 #29 Ron Portlock
4 #07 James Gard
5 #77z Wil Robertson
Marysville Raceway Unofficial Race Results September 9, 2020
Tribute to Gold Cup
Winged 360 Sprints
A Main
Ryan Robinson
Andy Forsberg
Tanner Carrick
Shane Golobic
Blake Carrick
Michael Wasina
Colby Copeland
Jake Haulot
Colby Wiesz
Alec Justeson
Justin Henry
Jimmy Steward
Caden Sarale
Billy Butler
Michael Sellers
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Nick Larsen
Michael Ing
Sean Becker
Bobby Butler
B Main
Michael Ing
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Michael Sellers
Jimmy Steward
Mike Monahan
Ben Wiesz
Pat Harvey Jr
Alex Fowler
Darren Johnson
Jayce Steinberg
Stephen Ingraham
John Sullivan
Steel Powell
Hobby Stocks
Jim Brookshire
Jesse Van Roekel
Kyle Cheney
Jacob Johnson
Hollis Thackeray
Jimmy Ford
Jason Clayton
Devin Koranda
David Caluya
Barona Raceway Unofficial Raceway September 5, 2020
IMCA Modifieds
Eric Evans
Matthew Hicks
Randy Thornell
Joseph Altig
Keith Altig
Karl Von Yokes
Dustin Stanley
Cole Dick
David Taft
Mike Lerwill
Blake Thornell
Lightning Sprints
Grant Sexton
AJ Bender
Brent Horn
Kevin Bates
Rudy Padilla
Chris Crowder
Wyatt Boczanowski
Dalton Sexton
Brandon Leedy
DeJay Dumas
Parker Dumas
Clint Newman
Brent Sexton DNS
Dale Gamer DNS
Street Stock
Mike Pridgeon
David Kilpela
Gary Rodriguez
Paul Dyke
Nick Braddy
Terry Adams Jr
Sunny Trent
Rod Robison
Dan Burakowski
Rick Eicksteadt
Perry Humphries
Jake Triska DNS
Pure Stocks
Rick Chavez
Jayson Aldridge
Patrick Hartley
Rick Schnereger
Eric Evans
Brandon Jesina
Nick Novak
Mike Rumbaugh
Jeff Grill
Nick Rounkles
Tiffany Crow
Cameron Veatch
Greg Perry
Dave Evangelou
Rusty Staley
Mike Burks
David Hunt
Curtis Reiter DNS
Lynn Davis DNS
Ken Rose DNS
Nicole Carlton DNS
Chris Evans DNS
Dwarf Cars
Darren Brown
Michael Tobiason
Tom Morley
Mikey Hall
Tyler Rodriguez
Devin Kelly
Parker Dumas
DeJay Dumas
Ryan Dumas
Scotty Preast
Steve Kapaun
Joseph Bohard
Kobe Kerns
Dan Varner
Ron Dunlap
Dewey Myers
Tommy Crow
Robert Peters DNS
Wesley Sexton DNS
Pony Stock
Lucas Vanderstaay
Dennis Taylor II
Eric Milczewski
Mark Barlow
Robert Minnick
Ray Klimas
Alan Milczewski
Tommy Schmal
Daniel Souto
Jr Sprints
Gage Baldwin
Landon Dalton
Taylin Baldwin
Noah Dalton
PJ Sexton
Caleb Scholl
Mini Dwarf Masters
Danielle Friel
Jacob Novak
Luis Fuentes Jr
Kellen O'Connor
Mini Dwarf Sportsman
Cam Baldwin
Brysen Byford
Sheldon Scott
Kaiden Johnson
Cash Sims
Zachary Dalton
Brody MacLean
The Editor's Viewpoint
I'm
just doing the briefest of updates to this column on a Monday. I was
hoping to get information for a couple more articles, but those
particular tracks are lagging as usual. While trying to put everything
else together, I had to do a double take when news came across my desk
that Leroy Van Conettt had died. Actually, it's an easy mistake, but
still a sad bit of news. It was actually his son, Roy Lee Van Conett,
who passed away. Roy did share a love of race cars with his father, but I
don't know much about his background in the sport. I can only relate
the year that we crossed paths.
Paul Nelson was
having a little bit of a battle with the city of Pittsburg, which is
best left out of this column. Suffice it to say that Paul thought he was
going to make some money and perhaps even take over the NCMA. His dream
didn't turn out that way, but he did bring in Roy Lee Van Conett as his
driver. This was at a time when the NCMA was trying to get some name
recognition to gain more exposure. At that time, we even started seeing
Ken Gandy, Del Quinn and Terry DeCarlo behind the wheel of NCMA
Modifieds.
Roy had his moments in Paul's car,
and that included a couple of Main Event wins. I don't know that Roy did
that much racing after that, but I understand that he did go to the
races. The people that knew him found him to be one of the nicest guys
you would want to know. I don't know any of the details, but I offer my
condolences to the Van Conett family.
Since I
brought up the subject of the NCMA, the club announced that the races
they were hoping to have at Madera and Ukiah this year have both been
canceled. They will wait until 2021 to get back on the track. There may
have been an issue regarding cars being ready to go, but I'm only
speculating. They didn't really elaborate, but they haven't had the
biggest of car counts in recent years. If one or two drivers aren't able
to make those shows, you may end up with only a glorified match race.
The NCMA certainly has work to do to rebuild the car count as they are
pretty much just getting by on tracks taking pity on them. I still say
they should consider a return to the dirt, but I'll leave it at that for
now.
When
the fires hit, I think it affected me a little bit more than it has in
the last few years. I had started working on articles for the end of the
week post, but I would hesitate. I wasn't feeling it. I was worried
about friends that I have in the Medford area and friends that I have in
California who might be affected. Suddenly, talking about racing didn't
matter as much. It just isn't that important. This is just the latest
thing on top of more things that we've been dealing with this year. At
some point, don't you feel like it's enough? Don't you just want to
unplug?
Old habits die hard. I have been
approaching the racing thing the same way since I began doing magazines
back in the 1980s. Once I start doing this stuff, I need to keep doing
it every week until it's over. Taking a week off is unacceptable to me
for some unknown reason. I haven't quite figured that out. As the
rewards don't come my way for the effort made, I still have this
annoying habit of feeling like I have to do the work anyway. It was
Friday morning and I knew I had a few hours of work to do to put the
weekend preview post up. We weren't having any races that I cover on
Friday night, so I technically wasn't late.
I
sort of stumbled through the day, slowly working on the post. This one
didn't meet my standards 100%. I would say probably it reached 80%.
Coupled with the fact that there isn't much else out there anyway, I
figured I'd go ahead and finish the job, even though nothing got posted
until around 7:30 in the evening. Who am I posting it for at that point?
The readership is down. There are even fewer people listening to the
audio show, but I did it for whoever was there. That's the only reason I
did it. I could at least say that it was done, and then it's time to
get ready for whatever racing activity happens on Saturday.
Between
the fires happening in Oregon and California as well as the fact that
these covid-19 guidelines are still screwing with tracks trying to get
anything going, there was news. Air quality isn't going to be so good,
and a few tracks figured that out. As I mentioned in the preview post,
Willamette Speedway canceled their race in front of an empty grandstands
that was going to happen that Saturday. Siskiyou Golden Speedway
removed their scheduled race for Saturday and decided instead on a
practice. They weren't going to have fans in the grandstands either, and
I don't think they were going to get that much racer support as it was.
The fires in Medford were going to lower that support even more.
On
Friday, we found out that Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka and Petaluma
Speedway were both canceling. It turns out that several people on the
Eureka safety crew are also firefighters. They were needed desperately
to help fight the fires in California, and the track decided to go ahead
and cancel the Saturday afternoon offering and reschedule it. Again,
they're not running in front of any fans in the stands, but they
probably would have offered a free stream on their Facebook page. There
is another race scheduled and the canceled race could be rescheduled.
The Redwood Acres Raceway Facebook page would probably be the best place
to check on that.
Petaluma Speedway had
already canceled the previous race on orders of the mayor and the city
manager. I don't know why that request was made, but I'm sure somebody
complained about something and it has to do with these ridiculous 19
guidelines. See what I mean? I can't just say covid-19 guidelines at
this point. I have to put the word ridiculous in front of it. I am over
it, and honestly talking about racing right now is getting harder when I
see freedoms possibly slipping away from people in this country. I know
people are thinking that if the election goes a certain way, it's going
to end. This feels different to me somehow, so I'm not sure. I hope
it's that simple.
In any case, Petaluma
Speedway canceled the race the previous week. The air quality in the San
Francisco Bay Area is terrible. They say it's the worst it's been for
quite some time. I've even heard the word toxic thrown around, but the
media can spin things even harder when they need to. Regardless,
Petaluma Speedway Promoter Rick Faeth decided it was best to cancel this
race.
It was to be a USAC West Coast 360
Sprint Car race with Western Midgets, McLea's Tire Service IMCA
Modifieds and Santa Rosa Auto Body 600 Micros in support. I'm not sure
they were looking at such a good car count for this one anyway, but they
canceled. It's a moot point. It'll be interesting to see what happens
this next weekend as the USAC Sprint Cars are scheduled again. Will it
happen? The best place to find out will be the Petaluma Speedway
Facebook page.
One or two tracks that I was
watching and thinking might cancel didn't. I'll admit, that's one of the
reasons why I was dragging my ass when it came to putting the last post
up. I had already written a preview for Petaluma Speedway, and I would
have been previewing a cancellation. If a couple of the tracks that I
planned on focusing on canceled, I probably wouldn't have even made the
effort. I was almost hoping to hear that the races were canceled. Is it
bad that I just admitted that? However, they didn't cancel, so I moved
ahead.
We're in September, and we're still
hearing crappy news concerning the virus shutting more racing down. I
happened to check on Hermiston Raceway in Oregon, which was the second
track to get a real fan attendance agreement with the covid-19
guidelines as a factor. I think that Coos Bay Speedway might have had an
agreement, but Promoter Drake Nelson was simply going through the
motions. He was going to run the races the way he saw fit, and that was
just going to be that. You'll even hear comments on social media that
admit from people who claim to have been speaking with the man that this
was his protest. Is that true? I can't say 100% yes, but it sure seems
like it.
The first honest agreement we had that
got fans happened in Susanville. They got a socially distanced crowd
and no concessions. It ended up being that the final two racing weekends
they had would have no fans as the Lassen County Health Officials
denied them. I was thinking that they might have otherwise gone into
September for a race or two, but at this point it's okay to pull the
plug. They managed to accomplish whatever they were hoping for. In
Oregon, tracks were trying to figure out if they could classify two
locations. That was the path that Hermiston Raceway used.
With
Oregon saying that in Phase 2 you can only have 250 people gathering in
a location, Hermiston went for and achieved two locations at their
facility. 250 people in the pits and 250 people in the grandstands.
Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg has done that as well with two
events, and they plan another one on the 26th. Hermiston refined this
idea pretty well. Two shows per night. Main Events only and hot laps.
250 people can watch each viewing. $20 a ticket. They were all sellouts
and it amounted to $5,000 an event and $10,000 from the grandstands for
the race night.
Bear in mind that this is still
a crappy agreement. I believe the 250 person in the stands agreement
should have been happening throughout the West Coast by July, and we
should be talking about more people in the grandstands by now, even if
it was not more than 50% capacity. What I believe and what's actually
happening are two different things.
I don't
know what promoters are asking for, and I honestly can't blame some of
them if they're afraid to ask due to the risk of losing what they've
gotten so far. However, is what they're getting so far really good
enough? I don't know the official answer to that, but my time in the
sport would lead me to believe it isn't really. Tracks might have one or
two really good car count shows that work out financially, but overall
I'd say no.
Umatilla County in Oregon was
supposedly one of the areas with the biggest covid-19 numbers. Not a
very highly populated county, but the numbers saw them get slapped back
to Phase 1 a month ago. This is the same phase as Washington County,
which has meant that Sunset Speedway couldn't even open if they wanted
to. Management at Hermiston Raceway was hoping to get good news on 9/11,
of all dates. Yeah, I know the symbology of it. When the day came, they
were told that the numbers are still not good enough, and therefore the
race on September 19th that they were hoping to have will not happen.
The track may be done for the year, although I'm sure they'll try again.
Plaza
Park in the Hanford area is another matter, and it kind of irked me
when I read their Facebook page announcement that the races next weekend
won't happen. This was a two-day show that I think they were going to
try to make as special as possible. I think under normal circumstances,
this would have been one of their bigger races. As it is, they're just
trying to open the damn gates to anything, and they're still being told
in September that they're going to negatively affect the virus numbers
if they open. People can get together in the city, protest, loot and
vandalize, and that's okay, but this isn't? Okay, I'm trying not to get
political here.
What bothered me even more and
sent me into a rant that I deleted from the Viewpoint column on Friday
was a comment the track made on their Facebook page. They talked about
not wanting to put too much out on Facebook for fear of the people who
are against them using it to shut them down. It set me off because the
fans are already being excluded, and now you don't even want to let them
know that racing is happening and at least keep them informed of how
things are going out there? You better pay attention to your damn fans,
because your fans are the ones paying money to watch. You make them feel
like they don't matter, and they'll take their money from you. That's
the way it works.
My rant basically talked
about claiming ownership of whatever it is you are doing at your race
track. In other words, if you organize a race, put it out there. If you
can't have fans, that's fine, but put that out there too. Let the fans
know what they don't get to see. Then, set up your pay-per-view if you
can or a free broadcast. If you're not letting your fans know anything,
and you're still racing, you're part of the problem. You're not thinking
ahead to the future. I'm sorry that it sounds like I'm being negative,
but I'm really not. Some of the promoters that are opening their gates
during this lousy time understand that. Then again, they're claiming
ownership of what they do.
I like what Kenny
Shepard does at Madera, David Furia at Ukiah, the NCRA at Lakeport and a
few others. They are broadcasting for free on Facebook or through other
platforms. I like what they're doing better than the tracks running
pay-per-views, although I support the tracks running pay-per-views. At
least they're giving the fans an option. Due to my own budgetary
reasons, I can't afford the pay-per-views. I just don't have the money,
but that's the thing. The tracks need whatever money they can get, so I
support them doing that. I'm appreciative of the fact that we were
sponsored a floracing.com subscription to keep us up to date at certain
tracks. If not for that, we wouldn't be watching them either unless they
had live scoring that we could monitor.
A
track that doesn't have the infrastructure for pay-per-view and doesn't
have the equipment to broadcast can still do something. I'm not going to
signal out the tracks that haven't been, but we know who they are. You
can still take pictures of the cars and post them to Facebook on race
day. You can still give them little clips of video footage that can be
put on the Facebook page. You can put up results. If you're worried
about how people who hate the track might view what you do, there's a
way to put it out there that doesn't look so bad. But if you're doing
nothing, you're giving your fans the middle finger. How do you think
they will react when they can come back?
I
think I'm being nicer about it this time than I would have been on
Friday. I went places that would upset certain promoters, because I
called them on the sneaky things they were doing when they were
reopening their tracks. They weren't claiming ownership. They were
trying to sneak one past certain people who could have shut them down. I
get it, but this is the way I feel about it. When I saw Plaza Park make
this comment about not putting much on social media, it set me off.
It's kind of a simple equation. Fans matter, but maybe we're forgetting
that as tracks try to open during covid-19 guidelines.
You
have a track. You need racers in your pits. A promoter promotes a show.
Therefore, you have a show that you're putting out there to try to
attract paying customers to spectate. You need the racers and enough of
them to make people want to come out and watch the show. Then, you have
to promote your show in a manner to get as many people to spectate as
possible. The whole spectator equation is being lost, because so many
tracks can't have them right now. However, you need to keep in mind that
you have spectators under normal circumstances. Therefore, you need to
keep them in the loop while you open with just the competitors.
It's
my belief that Kenny Shepherd is losing money with what he's doing at
Madera Speedway. He's got some good sponsors, and he works with the
businesses that support him to spread their message. I'm not privy to
how many dollars that is, and I'm not asking. I just know that it's not a
winning financial proposition to do what he's doing right now. However,
Kenny isn't planning to leave Madera Speedway after this year. I
understand that he's in it for the long haul, and he's building
something there that's very special. He's got good deals in place that
make having races right now very important. He has a TV network deal
that depends on the content that he gives them.
The
forward thinking that Kenny is doing now is he's including his fans. He
keeps them informed throughout the week on the track's Facebook page.
He's got a great media guy in Steven Blakesley helping that cause. He
proudly lets all of his fans know that they can watch what's going on at
the track on any given week via the track's YouTube page, while
pointing out that the great sponsorship of nutupindustries.com
is supporting the effort. He wants those fans to know what's happening
and he wants them to care. He wants them back when the gates can open. I
hope he gets great support when they're able to open the grandstands
again. He most definitely deserves it.
I'd say
the same for Ukiah Speedway. Under normal circumstances, how many of us
would even be paying attention to Ukiah Speedway? It's a shame to say
that, because it's one of the best pavement tracks I've ever been to.
The racing is good, but they don't blip on the radar the way other
tracks do. By giving away the show for free on Facebook, they're at
least introducing fans who may not know just what's going on at this
venue. I hope a track like Ukiah, Lakeport, River City Speedway in St
Helens, Oregon or wherever they're doing free Facebook broadcasts
benefits when the fans can come back.
In any
case, racing goes on. I have covered it as best I can, but it's
frustrating at times. You never ask what more can go wrong these days,
because I think karma or whatever will say, "Hold my beer." I document
what's going on as best I can, but when things really annoy me, it's
hard to hold back how I'm really feeling. I just don't want to go there
too much in this column. I can see it starting to happen, and I'm not
really okay with that. It's not even that I don't believe what I'm
saying. I most certainly do. It's just that I'd rather talk about racing
on the racing blog and talk about the other things elsewhere. People
can find my thoughts on those subjects there, but they want to read
about racing here.
There were some electrical issues that developed at Madera Speedway
on Friday night, and this necessitated Promoter Kenny Shepard adjusting
the schedule accordingly. Rather than do any racing under the lights,
they started early. That actually wasn't such a bad idea after
everything that took place the previous week. It was a Club Race, and
that meant a more relaxed atmosphere, although some of the Late Model
drivers might not have gotten the memo on that.
Speaking
of the Late Models, Shepherd explained a little bit more of the situation that
took place in the Nut Up Pro Late Model race the week before. As they
were after curfew and still cleaning up the wreckage on the back
straightaway, the track pretty much had to go with the finish that
everybody witnessed on the live stream. The explanation at the time was that the last
restart was going to get called back, and the lineup that the drivers
were running at the time the green flag waved would be the one they
would go with.
Of course, the track has a
protest procedure and a committee that can look over the situation very
carefully. Everybody probably had an opinion based on what they
witnessed on Saturday night. Should the restart have counted? Did the
explanation for not counting it seem plausible? The committee weighed
all of the circumstances before reaching the conclusion that the first
four cars in line on that restart were all involved in the melee in one
way or the other. Therefore, they would have restarted at the back of
the pack had curfew not ended the race.
When
you're talking about a track that doesn't answer to a sanctioning body,
it can be hit and miss as to what they end up doing with a call like
this. Shepherd is a NASCAR guy, so the procedures might seem familiar to
NASCAR. There is an appeals process, and Ryan Philpott was certainly
thankful for that. Some non-sanctioned tracks would likely tell the
racers that this is their final call and you have to live with it.
Philpott's protest was given careful consideration. Whether it went in
his favor or not, the argument was going to be heard.
Shepherd
explained one of the things that has changed because of the incident
that took place last week. There is a restart box where the flag man can
call back the start if he's not happy with it. There will be no more
callbacks on the restarts once the green flag waves. If you are deemed
to have jumped the start, unless a yellow flag comes out for some other
reason, you're going to be assessed a stop-and-go penalty. Otherwise,
you would be put to the back of the pack. Management feels this will
eliminate situations like the one we witnessed that night.
We
were also made aware that several drivers were assessed penalties and
some suspensions were also issued. Madera Speedway lists all of these
penalties on their website and has been doing so for years. On one
level, I'm not crazy about the idea of putting the racer's penalties on
display like that. I don't remember tracks doing that back in the day,
and fans were usually left to guess who might be suspended or not. If
you didn't see the driver the next week, chances were they were
suspended. Occasionally, they might make that announcement in the
pre-race hype article in the newspaper.
I
think one of the things that annoyed me about putting the penalties on
the website was back when Joe Amadeo was rising up the ranks as the
Chief Steward at Watsonville and Petaluma. This was a guy who had a good
TV show that he basically used as his bully pulpit to ridicule other
Chief Stewards until he got the job. This seemed like him flexing his
authority and showing everybody who's boss when he put the stuff online.
Honestly, I never liked seeing penalties listed on the website. That's
between the track and the racers. I understand why Madera has been doing
this for years, but it's not something I'm necessarily crazy about.
The
regular Madera Late Model shows are supposed to be non-contact and not
high pressure situations. These are races that are more for the newer
drivers to get laps. Racers who prefer not to run the regular
Nut Up Pro Late Model circuit have another option. There was a little
bit of contact taking place between rookie Lily Mead and Del McIntosh. I
think as she's getting more comfortable behind the wheel, Lily is trying
to race differently, and it didn't work out for her so well on this
occasion. She ended up being parked, which probably cost her the point
lead to Trevor Schlundt. She was likely going to lose that lead anyway
as the track does have a one race throwaway rule.
Jason
Aguirre returned after being sidelined for health reasons, and he
pretty much led the whole race. The rapidly improving Sheldon Cooper was
challenging Aguirre for the lead. The track actually has three Late
Model point races. There's the Madera Late Models, the Nut Up Pro Late
Models and the overall race. Cooper now leads the overall race, and he's
been running much quicker in recent weeks. He attempted to get
underneath Aguirre as they raced into Turn 1, but Aguirre slammed the
door shut. Rather than hit Aguirre, Sheldon spun himself out and
suffered mechanical issues in the process.
Cooper
was noticeably displeased by the situation, and this is not one of
those deals that an official will usually call against the driver
leading. It has happened in the past where they've called the leader for
pinching down the driver in second, but this was deemed a racing deal.
Aguirre didn't actually make contact with Cooper, but Cooper spun to
avoid making that contact. He likely felt that a penalty should have
been issued. He certainly could have pushed the case and taken both
drivers out, but Cooper didn't want to wreck the cars. As Shepherd
pointed out in the case of Mead and Cooper, there was enough time left
that the drivers could have exercised a little bit more patience. Cooper
was left to watch as Aguirre scored the victory.
The
track is quite excited about being a part of the 602 Create Modified
Series, which also takes place at the tracks in Irwindale and Havasu.
The series features three races at each venue and is just getting
started. With the experience advantage he carries into this deal, Eddie
Secord pretty much dominated the show on this occasion. He had led most
of the race last time out before Jaron Giannini got by for the lead and
victory. Nobody came close to Secord in this race. These cars get around
the 1/3 mile paved oval pretty quickly and put on a good show.
the
Hobby Stocks haven't been getting great turnouts this year, but when
enough cars show up, they have an interesting race. In this case,
visitors Ty Jacks and Billy Maddox were on hand to score the 1-2 finish
over point leader Manny Gonzales Jr. Though Gonzales leads the standings
in this class, he is still getting more experience and learning the car
a little bit more. His point lead is more due to the fact that there is
nobody else trying to challenge him at this point. I don't know what
the track has to do here, but I would love to see them get this car
count up into the double digits. The racing would definitely be
entertaining.
Likewise, the Toyota Sedans class
used to be the entryway into the show at Madera. It still is, but
they're not getting cars for whatever reason. They've been running a
race within a race against the MST class. There were five cars on the
track, but the show that MST stars Ryan Reynolds and Shaun Reynolds were putting
on at the front of the pack was entertaining. They must have run at
least 20 laps side by side before Ryan moved ahead and got the win.
It
was a good show and a quick show for the track. Shepherd pretty much
confirmed what I've been saying about promoters struggling to even get
by while opening tracks during the covid-19 situation. I believe that
promoters are either losing money or struggling to break even in most
cases. It helps Shepherd that he's got good sponsors like nutupindustries.com
and Mission Foods to help him out as they've been paying good purses
this year. Nut Up has been sponsoring the free stream that we've been
enjoying on the track's YouTube page. They're coming back with a MavTV
Series event this weekend, and more details can be found by going to the
Madera Speedway Facebook page.
Lakeport
Speedway is in the midst of election season for the NCRA board members.
They have done their best to make the best out of a lousy situation, and
Saturday's show was the final race of the year. I think it's probably
for the best that they halted here, rather than trying to put on one or
two more shows as some tracks would do. As it turned out, this was
probably them saving the best for last on the quarter-mile paved oval.
When
the NCRA had the vote to even open the track at all this year, the
initial agreement was that there wouldn't be a purse. Money would be
sponsored, which happened from the first race on. I'm not going to claim
any knowledge on what the purse situation was for this particular
event. I suspect the track paid some purse money and there was some
great sponsorship to help out with the rest. They brought in the North
State Modified Series. Though Lakeport is one of their home tracks, I
wouldn't expect 17 cars to turn out for a show that didn't have some
sort of guaranteed purse.
It seems to me that
the strongest Modified support on the pavement in California is on the
northern end at Lakeport and Ukiah. Unlike Ukiah, however, Lakeport has
been able to book the impressive North State Modified Series. There was
certainly some drama in this race. Kyle Tellstrom is probably the
hottest driver with the group right now. He won the previous race in
Lakeport a month ago and picked up $1,000 for the open show at Ukiah a
week ago. He worked his way to the front, but this wasn't going to be
his night. At one point, he was leading Jeremy Nowlin and Charlie
Collins as the three were breaking away from the pack.
There
is a bit of a different strategy you see in pavement racing, and
sometimes patience plays along with it. Tellstrom and Nowlin pulled away
a little bit from Collins, and it looked like they would settle it
between the two of them. Unfortunately, Nowlin may have had something
break as he headed into the Turn 4 wall with 15 laps to go. I
remember thinking at that point that Tellstrom was going to win this
one, and he probably thought the same thing as he picked the outside
line on the restart. However, Collins got a good start and had the lead
within a couple of laps as he went on to victory.
The
North State Modifieds were the strength of the show, but there was a
little bit of excitement to be had in the other classes. Late Model star
Jeremy Doss won the Legend Car Main Event in somebody else's car at
the previous race. This time, he had his own car and a new motor. He was
doing his best to hold off Cody Winchell, and traffic came into play at
times. Traffic is also what bit Winchell at one point, or so it
appeared. There were only seven cars running on the track, so Winchell
lined up in the second row for the restart. Something broke on Doss's
car to end his night at that point, or I think he would have won it.
Winchell led the last few laps and claimed the honors, while Kylie
Daniels got the championship. She's been fast and consistent all year.
The
Pro 4 Modifieds have been around for a while. It seems to me this was
almost a pet project for Nadine Strauss back in the 1990s when she was
at the helm as the promoter. At one point, she even created a series
between Lakeport and Orland. She's still heavily involved in trying to
build the track's program back up again, and this class still gets
dates. These cars get around the track pretty well, but it seems like
the racers have been plagued with mechanical issues all season long. For
some reason, there might be six drivers that show up, but half the
field is done by the time the Main Event comes. This time, there
were four. Johnny Barker became the first two-time winner in the class.
Not
to be negative, but the Pro 4 Modifieds, Bandoleros and Late Models
were more or less just occupying track time before the divisions that
brought some sort of car count could go racing. I think the Pro 4
Modified group has work to do in rebuilding their ranks, and I hope
they do. It's a neat class. Nobody promised a ton of Late Models for
this occasion, so two cars wasn't a surprise. It's not a cheap class to
book.
As for the Bandoleros, it was nice to
see three cars, because usually there's just one car going around making
hot laps. There was one Four Banger, so they didn't get a chance
to race. I'm hoping Lakeport can build that class up because it needs to
be a part of things. It's probably the easiest path for newcomers to
get involved, and they used to have more four cylinder cars back in the
day.
I always liked the name Taco Bell
Bombers. The division is sponsored, and it sort of goes with this class.
They have been right at the border of double digit car count all year,
but they've had a few interesting moments. I don't think the Lakeport
group is as exciting to watch as the Ukiah group, or at least they
weren't this year. That's not to say they were bad, but it lacked for
the excitement that you get at the other track. Simi Tour has been
racing at Ukiah a little bit more this year, but he went to Lakeport and
picked up the final win. The guy who won the season opener, Donovan
Cox, ended up winning the championship.
It's a
neat little track for what it is, and there is quite the heritage that
goes back decades here. If I were to throw dirt on a pavement track,
this is the one I would do it to. Don't let Nadine Strauss hear me
saying that. What I like is that the fans who can't come out and watch
at least got to watch all the action at the NCRA Lakeport Speedway
Facebook page this year. It's a terrible situation where you can't have
fans, and the association cared enough to include them for free. We're
not talking high quality broadcast here, but the camera zoomed back and
forth on the track and you could hear the announcer loud and clear.
Announcer Dan Camacho stepped out of the booth briefly to run his Legend
Car in the Main Event. He handled his duties adequately and didn't take
away from the show. I think they had about 150 people watching for free
at one point.
Since I brought up Dixon Speedway and
broadcasts on Facebook, I can tell you that none was offered for Saturday
night. They had just shy of 70 total cars in the pits for their four
division offering on the 1/5 mile dirt oval. After the initial bump of
the first few races that saw Dixon as the only place to be for California Micro Sprints, this has
been about average for the car count. You'll get around 30 Wingless
600s, and the other divisions bring the rest. They don't include the
fans on this, which to me is disappointing. I don't want to be a
nitpicker on this whole subject, but the tracks that are doing nothing
bother me more than the ones that are doing internet pay-per-view.
Obviously,
internet pay-per-view makes the most sense as you can generate some
revenue. Let's assume that the 150 people watching at Lakeport, for
instance, paid even $15 to view that show. That's a flawed analogy,
because there's a significant chunk of any audience that watches for
free who will not end up paying for whatever reason. But let's assume
they did that. That's revenue you can use to keep the gates open. It's
only a drop in the bucket compared to what you get in the stands, but at
least it's something. This way, the fans have an opportunity to keep up
to date.
Lakeport is part of that group of
tracks I like the best this year. They rightly understand that their
fans need to be kept in the loop. They want their fans engaged and up to
date on things so that they are enticed to come back when they can. Tracks like
Lakeport, Ukiah, Madera, St Helens, Eureka and Yreka have at least done
that much. Let the fans know. It's a crappy situation. Let's not make
any bones about that. However, you're still marketing your race track
and getting value from it in the long run. If you do it in darkness with
no word on what's going on, what are you really gaining? You're
preaching to the choir, racers who want to race. However, the fans are
being left in the dark.
I don't know what kind
of an attendance Dixon might get on a normal night, but it's been a
media blackout for them other than what they've gotten from Fast Four
Media. I really wish somebody would have gotten up in the bleachers and
at least streamed something from the track's Facebook page. It's hard
for me to believe that the media blackout is because they don't want
certain busy bodies knowing so that they can't report on them. Dixon
seems like it's the least likely location for that to happen, but maybe
I'm wrong? As it was, you could watch scoring on Race Monitor and
eventually the results make their way to MyLaps. The hardcore fans know
that much, but the casuals might not.
It could
be that Stockton 99 Speedway is employing the "keep everybody in
darkness so we don't get shut down" method. They're having a hell of a
time getting the Dirt Track open at the fairgrounds, and I'm not sure
that we'll see the Gary Patterson Tribute race there in November. I
don't know that this is what Tony Noceti is doing, but it wouldn't
surprise me if that's why they're not saying much. I stand by my
statement above where I say you can do a few things to keep the people
informed. even if you don't want anybody to do the math and figure out
how many people are there in the pits.
You can
still tell people the Top 5 in the Main Events and show a few pictures,
even if not streaming live. You don't get any of that, and you might
eventually see results posted somewhere. Stockton 99 Speedway is one of
the biggest disappointments to me when it comes to opening right now
under these conditions. If they weren't open, would anybody know the
difference?
Dixon Speedway had some good
racing, and a few of the finishes went down to the line with late race
passes getting wins for Izaak Sharp in the Super 600s, Bryant Bell in
the Restricted 600 class and Cody Gray in the Wingless class. Austin
Stone has been the hottest driver in the Wingless group for the last
half dozen races and looked like he was headed for victory until Gray
made his move. I think all three races would have been entertaining to
watch, and even the Junior Sprint class that saw Briggs Davis get his
first win would have been enjoyable. It's definitely a good show at
Dixon Speedway, and you get a good glimpse of the future in racing in
California.
Several racers have started their
racing career at Dixon Speedway, and they are making their moves up into
Open Wheel race cars or other classes. The Stock Car path is not unheard of
here either. Angelina Dempsey has run some races at All American
Speedway in Roseville, while Junior Sprint driver Kyle Fernandez is
about ready to make his Bandolero debut at Madera Speedway. Considering
the program that they have at Madera, that's the perfect place for an
aspiring young driver to go. Fernandez has looked very good in the Junior
Sprints this year, and he could be the next driver we're hearing about a
few years down the line in Late Models.
When
you're running races during these difficult times, having a car count
helps tremendously. I can't say that this weekend yielded the biggest of
car counts at many of the tracks that ran, including Antioch Speedway.
There were just over 50 total cars for their four division offering. In
fact, Dan Myrick of the Central Valley Mini Stocks might be the MVP of
the weekend. For whatever reason, the Super Stock division only drew
four cars on this occasion, so it was up to the other three divisions to
deliver the goods. The Four Bangers haven't been doing much of anything
this year, so Myrick made an effort to change that.
A
few weeks ago, he put it out there on social media that he was hoping
to bring some support to Antioch for this race. A purse has been offered
if the division can deliver at least five cars, so Myrick beat the
drums. It's a longer trip for people in the Hanford area for this
division, especially knowing that the purse won't be much. Six CVMS
regulars showed up. There were also four drivers from Merced, one of
which supports both groups whenever he can. This meant that the 13 Four
Bangers that showed up would see a payout to the Top 5 finishers.
You
don't tend to see a lot of chatter online from Chris Corder. He's been
maybe the staunchest supporter of this class for the the past several
seasons. At one time, he was fielding multiple cars and even giving new
drivers an opportunity to go racing for the first time . I had a hunch
he might show up at Antioch, but he wasn't going to announce his
intentions. He let his racing do the talking as he won both his heat
race and the $100 prize for the Main Event victory. I would assume
management was pleased as the people viewing at home on antiochspeedway.tv
got a glimpse of these cars and what they can do when enough of them
show up. I think this was a bigger car count than the track had at any
of its race dates for the class back in 2014 when it was last on the
roster.
As I mentioned, I don't know where the
Super Stock drivers went. The track has been getting their results up
online, so updates and adjustments are still being made to their point
listings. We went live with our weekend preview article assuming that
Jim Freethy was the point leader in this class over Mike Walko, but
another adjustment showed Walko leading Freethy. I didn't dig any deeper
to find out why that happened to be the case, but I did find one thing
interesting. Walko wasn't there for this race and Freethy decided to let
his good friend Fred Ryland pilot his race car. Ryland responded by
winning both the heat race and Main Event. He's one of those drivers who
has now won over 50 Main Events at Antioch Speedway alone. He's in
elite company.
Being a double Main Event winner
is certainly something to be proud of. I think this might have first
been accomplished at Antioch by Darryl Shirk in Figure 8 and Street
Stocks, but I'd have to check that. Keith Brown did it in Late Models
and Modifieds, and both Troy Foulger and Bobby Hogge IV have done the
same. There are others I'm forgetting, but Shawn Jones was on deck to
try to achieve the same task in both Wingless Spec Sprints and Delta
Dwarf Cars. Given how fast he's been in both classes this year, I
figured that he would win at least one of those races when I saw his
name on the roster.
Anytime Jones brings his
Dwarf Car to an event he becomes the guy to beat. He's just hit on that
combination. He won the Pro division portion of the Regionals in Antioch
this year, the Pro division in the Nationals at Petaluma and he's also
won Main Events at Watsonville. Even with some fierce competition from
Danny Wagner and Ryan Winter, both champions themselves, Jones picked up
the win in the Dwarf Cars. He then strapped into his Sprint Car and
picked up another victory ahead of 14-year-old phenom Dylan Bloomfield.
Bloomfield is still in contention for the Wingless Spec Sprint
championship. He might need DJ Johnson to have his second-straight bad
night to accomplish the task.
The Spec Sprints
will get another shot at the Chet Thomson Memorial on September 26th.
That's the night of the big Hardtop race with Super Stocks and the BCRA
Midgets on hand as well. I'm watching a few things at this show. I do
think the Spec Sprints should deliver another solid turnout. The
Tri State Pro Stock Series is welcome at any Antioch Super Stock event,
but I couldn't tell you who might show up since it's going head-to-head
with the Bob McCoy Memorial race at Petaluma Speedway. That's part of
the annual Adobe Cup and pays a rather nice purse. Antioch might have a
better shot at a good turnout in this class on October 10th as part of
the Larry Damitz/Donna Soares Memorial.
The
other thing I'm watching is the BCRA and wondering if these guys are
going to lay another egg? BCRA is certainly capable of delivering double
digits to the Bay Area dirt tracks, even without support from USAC.
Antioch Speedway is the golden opportunity for these that guys to gain a
foothold at a track that USAC has nothing to do with. Can they answer
the call? At one time, Antioch Speedway was one of their home tracks in
the early 1980s. If they could get the division at a reasonable deal,
management might want to see if they could get in touch with Mike
McCluney and get the Western Midgets for the show, but it might be a
little too late for that.
The night is about
the Hardtops, so I'm very curious what will happen. There's been almost
no chatter on the internet from within the Hardtop community, so I can't
even hazard a guess. With some Sportsman support, they delivered 10
cars to Antioch last time. It might not be a bad idea to invite the
Merced Sportsman class since they won't get a date at their home track
this year. I can't help but be disappointed at the lack of information
or effort to drum up support from either the Bay Area or California
Hardtop sides. I guess it will just come together, or it won't. I'm
hoping for good things on the 26th from the Hardtops. To me, this is the
biggest race of the year for the class in California.
The
IMCA championships wrap up this coming Saturday night. It's pretty much
a foregone conclusion that Troy Foulger will win the Modifieds title.
He's leading comfortably and would have to miss the race for that not to
happen. The question I have is whether Mark Garner has one more good
race in him to hold off two-time champion Trevor Clymens in the Sport Modifieds, or will
Clymens make his move? Also, might both drivers slip up enough for KC
Keller to get by? Throw in the amazing Hobby Stocks, and this is a show
worthy of viewing at www.antiochspeedway.tv. You can check out the Antioch Speedway Facebook page for updates as they are made.
In
my grumpiness of watching the way this season has played out and the
struggles to open the tracks, I haven't really given Drake Nelson the
respect he deserves for defiantly standing up against the Oregon
governor and doing what he wanted to do at Coos Bay Speedway. Like
others, I was sitting here waiting for the hammer to fall on him.
Surely, the Oregon governor wasn't going to let this guy get away with
what he was doing, was she? After initially being slapped down in May,
Drake picked himself up off the ground in June and has been going full
speed ahead ever since. They took away his liquor license a few weeks
ago, but even that didn't stop him from opening the gates and having
fans.
Coos Bay Speedway has been the leader on
the West Coast in racing under what is as close to normal circumstances
as possible. If you had them as your pick for which track could do this,
congratulations. You won the prize. For a while, Coos Bay was getting
everybody in Oregon who wanted to race. Then, Cottage Grove started
racing and Willamette Speedway followed suit. River City Speedway and
Hermiston have had races, but they have little to no impact on Coos Bay.
As we reported last week, Hermiston won't get to race on September 19th
thanks to the governor and the covid-19 guidelines.
Willamette
went dark this last weekend to give the racers a break. The fires up
north have been devastating, so Loren Kruesi knew that running wasn't in
the track's best interest. Since you're losing money anyway, why push
it? I'm sure Willamette Speedway isn't done just yet, and Cottage Grove
Speedway announced their intentions to race all the way into October.
Oregon weather usually has something to say on the matter, so I expect
that much of the October plans will be wiped out by the much-needed rain
that we'll get. Coos Bay only tries to run up until the first weekend
of October, and every other year that race seems to get rained out.
Even
with the other tracks taking a bite out of their car count, the numbers
have still been pretty good at Coos Bay. This time saw them check in
with just under 90 total cars as they also invited the Southern Oregon
Dwarf Cars. The four cylinder classes delivered half of that turnout. It
meant that they could close out the NASCAR championship portion of the
2020 season and crown some champions. Since they are running under the
banner, their lead four divisions have point fund money being issued to
the Top 5 drivers, and the Top 3 drivers in the Super Late Models also
get money from the State point fund.
It could
be said that the Super Late Model championship was won by Brody
Montgomery a few races ago
when incoming leader Jason Johnson failed to start the Main Event with
mechanical issues. All Montgomery needed to do was not stumble and the
championship was his. Not only did he not stumble, but he didn't miss a
podium finish the rest of the season. His third place finish on Saturday
ensured that he held off rookie Braden Fugate for the $3,500
championship
prize. With the $2,000 State point fund money probably going his way as
well, it's
another banner year for Montgomery.
It was
interesting watching the incoming point leader in both the Street Stocks
and Junior Stingers having a bad heat race and having to start deeper
in the Main Event field. For young Griff Smith in the Junior Stingers
class, that wasn't an issue. His Hornet race car is as fast as any
driver in the regular Hornet class, so he worked his way to the front of
the pack and grabbed his 11th win from 14th starting. He is the
champion and should be graduating from this class after dominating for
the past three years. I assume he's going Hornet racing, but I guess
we'll wait and see what his family has in mind.
With
only 10 points separating incoming leader Ken Fox from reigning
champion Steve Dubisar, the Street Stock championship battle was close.
Fox started deeper in the pack, and Dubisar made it to the front. Fox
did enough passing to finish fourth and cling to a four point advantage
in the championship race. The Street Stocks enjoyed their best season at
Coos Bay Speedway in years. Other than one oddball midweek race, this
division never produced less than 10 cars for a show. It makes me happy
to see traditional Street Stocks still thriving in Oregon.
The
NASCAR check to Fox will be $700. The Hornet class gets $500 for their
championship, which actually compares well to the IMCA offerings for a
track championship in Modifieds. From Cottage Grove, Isaac Stere opted
not to join the IMCA Sport Compact class at his home track and instead
ran Coos Bay. Despite not finishing the last race, he still held on for
the championship. Meanwhile, Trace Fugate had some terrible luck of his
own. He missed the previous race and had mechanical issues after his
heat race win sideline him for the final Main Event. He was so far in
front of Jared Simmons that he still won the $1,000 championship. It
kind of disappoints me to see such good point fund money being offered
to a class that doesn't produce much driver support, but it is what it
is.
The Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars didn't get
to race at their home track in Medford all season, and Coos Bay was
their home track this year. They delivered about a dozen cars, and the
track let them run their traditional program of two heat races, A and B
Dashes and Main Event. Camden Robustelli was the class of the field as
he battled two-time champion Brock Peters to pick up the Main Event win
on this occasion. They like the Dwarf Cars at Coos Bay. Normally they
only get a few shows as the group focuses primarily on Medford with
visits to Yreka and nights off so drivers can support the various
Regional and National events that happen.
I
have to say that as the Western States Dwarf Car Association has thrown
Oregon under the bus, I'm not sure why the three Oregon-based groups
don't get together and form their own deal. The oldest Dwarf Car group
on the West Coast is the PHRA and the new kid on the block is the
Northwest Dwarf Car group. Every time these three groups decide to work
together, they bring car counts in the 30s, and I see no reason why they
couldn't plan out a three-way series in the future where they could
have big events at Medford, Cottage Grove and wherever the third track
might be. I admit I was disappointed when the Western States group
pulled the Medford date as it had been a winner for them in the past.
I'm guessing some of the California guys didn't like the heat, but they
race at some hot tracks elsewhere.
As for Coos
Bay, I'm sure Nelson will try to get the Dwarf Cars as many times as he
can going forward. They have a Sprint Car race planned on September
26th. This would be an Interstate Sprint Car Series race, but I don't
know if management has spoken with Brian Crockett about that date yet.
The Interstate Series has been grounded except for the race earlier at
Coos Bay that they acknowledged. They have Street Stocks and Hornets
there and will try to have some Dirt Modifieds and B Modifieds as well.
If the weather allows them, October 3rd will be the annual Prather
family Lucas Oil open show for Late Models and other classes.
Nobody
can fault any promoter for not opening or being very tentative due to
the covid-19 guidelines. We have watched tracks get shut down and
promoters get hit with big fines across the country when the governors
were displeased with them. Nelson faced the same kind of thing at Coos
Bay Speedway. For whatever reason, he managed to squeak by other than
dealing with the OLCC revoking his liquor license. He's had several
crowds of more than 250 people in the stands, and it's likely that the
pits surpassed that number on several occasions as well. He did what he
did and made it through the year. When we look back at promoters on the
West Coast, Drake deserves acknowledgment for maintaining business as
usual at Coos Bay Speedway.
I probably could
have attempted to cover All American Speedway in Roseville this year as
Promoter Bill MacAnally put together an abbreviated six-race NASCAR
Whelen All American Series season. This meant his Late Models were
getting the $3,500 championship prize, similar to what they get at Coos
Bay Speedway. The State point fund money in California is actually
bigger as Irwindale Speedway has been racing this year as well.
MacAnally runs twin Late Model Main Events at his six shows, meeting the
drivers compete in 12 Main Events in that class. They also have
Modifieds, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks and other classes to fill out the
program.
I decided to stand back when I
realized that Steven Blakesley was announcing there and writing the
articles. They are in good hands. I see the car count numbers aren't
necessarily spectacular so far. I think they were doing better numbers
in the pits last year than they are this year, but this is one of those
uncertain years. I think MacAnally just wanted to maintain the
continuity, because I was told that it's a more expensive proposition
for him to do what he's doing right now. I'm sure the racers there
appreciate the efforts, and they also have their own in-house streaming
service at allamericandpeedway.tv. You can check out the All American Speedway Facebook page for information.
We
previewed the Orland Raceway and Mountain Valley Raceway events for
this past weekend, but in doing so we knew we might not actually have
full results by the time this post would go live.
We got some information on the Clyde Cordell Memorial race at
Mountain Valley Raceway. On race night, we were hoping that there would
be some streaming video of the action. Other than the fact that Koa
Crane happened to show up and make some laps in his Sprint Car, we
weren't getting any information at all. Considering this is supposed to
be the signature race for the track and fans aren't allowed in the
grandstands, I can't help but be a little bit disappointed in the lack
of information from the crew at Hayfork.
By the
time Monday rolled around, we found out that Freddie Leeper had moved
up to the Hobby Stocks and made the Clyde Cordell Memorial win his first
ever victory in the class. Tressen Smith, who had won the Modified
portion of the program, was looking for the sweep after winning the heat
race and Trophy Dash. Mechanical failure was about the only thing that
could sideline him, and it struck on the final lap as Leeper was the
jubilant winner. His name now goes on the perpetual trophy, and Smith is
left looking forward to the 10th annual race and possibly getting the
win on that occasion.
Ross Vige is a past
Orland Raceway Mini Truck champion, but he bypassed his own home track
to go to Hayfork, where he is also a champion. After winning both the
heat race and Trophy Dash, he was hoping to get the feature win, but
those hopes were thwarted as Destruction Derby competitor Ricky Berry
claimed the glory.
Racing at Hayfork always
concludes with the wild and exciting Enduro class. One of the original
competitors in this division, JD Hudman, returned to his winning form as
he negotiated the track very well and scored the victory. Larry
Richardson finished second ahead of Kyle Thurman. We were hoping for a
few more details on who was there, but at least we're able to pass along
the information on who picked up the wins on what could be the only
race the track has until the potential New Year's Eve Enduro. For
information on scheduling and other news, go to the Mountain Valley
Raceway Facebook page.
We're hopeful that
the scoring team is getting more familiar with the MyLaps system at
Orland Raceway so that we might get some results posted. I won't hazard a
guess on what the car count was, but at least the Pure Stock division
had double digit numbers. I counted seven B Modifieds, which isn't bad.
As I mentioned last week, I think Orland Raceway could dip their toe in
the IMCA water with a four-race series in the future and probably get
support. With sanctioning, drivers might be more encouraged to
come to town, even for one visit, if they are trying to get those State
points. In any event, Tyler Rodgers got the win on this occasion as the
track was supported by Marysville regulars.
It
was more of the same in the Pure Stocks with reigning champion Phil
Spencer winning that Main Event. Tony Richards remains undefeated in
Wingless Spec Sprint competition with three-straight victories. Dustin
Hills, a regular at Shasta Speedway, snapped the Tom Davis win streak in
the Mini Stocks, while Dan Webster won the Mini Truck race again. It's
good to see them getting decent support and keeping the show going, but I
do wish Orland Raceway would make better use of social media and keep
people in the loop. They are another one of the disappointments to me
during this covid-19 situation when fans can't be there. In fairness,
they don't do a good job of putting the results out under regular
circumstances, but the Orland Raceway Facebook page could end up posting
something.
Tracks are adding more races and going
into November. We've done our best to maintain a media effort on the
blog, but I want to begin to scale things back. That doesn't mean no
coverage of racing to the end of the season, but I tend to go all in
with what I'm doing. It occupies too much of my time during the week to
maintain the media effort as I do it, and I want to start focusing
on other things. The blog will take on a different look in 2021, and we
will probably rebrand this as it was prior to 2015, Don's California
Racing Recollections.
We might cover current
things here and there, but unless I am offered a gig at a track that
includes announcing duties, I think I am ready to walk away from that.
There's a lot of nostalgia work that I need to do. I have amassed a
great deal of information that I still have, and there are several books
that I can create on the history of Bay Area racing. Dennis Mattish has
done a marvelous job with his books, and Tom Motter has some good books
as well. There's no reason why I can't start working on some racing history books
after I get through with my follow-up to Just A Kid From The
Grandstands.
On one hand, the sport is changing
so much that I don't mind walking away. It seems like the right thing
to do at the right time. On the other hand, I see some things that aren't
being done that I personally believe matter. I'm not about promising the moon. I prefer to get in there and do
what needs to be done and help a track earn results. I might be seen as a
dinosaur when it comes to the sport in 2020, and I can accept that. In that case,
I'll sit on the sidelines and observe, gather statistics and
occasionally comment on stuff. I can work on my history stuff from
there.
I'm contemplating a rebranding of the
Jefferson Racing News blog and considering opening up another web page
or two. I might even look at opening up a racing forum. These are all
things I'm considering at this point. While I'm thinking about that, I
also would like to write about things that aren't even racing related. I
was doing quite a bit of that before I came back to the sport. Frankly,
I feel like there are things in the world that are happening that I
want to comment on. I feel like there are important things happening in
the world that will ultimately affect the sport that we love. It won't
be a place we can escape to if we don't deal with what's really going
on.
I have multiple book ideas, but right now
it's all in my mind . Once I start editing the next book, which is 98%
written, my mind will start working. I'll let the muse take me to
whatever book that might be. The problem that holds me back is being so
engaged with the current racing product. The more I put into that, the
less I want to do anything else. I burn out very easily. If I were to
make this sort of commitment from now all the way to the end of
November, I can almost guarantee you that there won't be a book. At
least ways, I'll shut down for a few months. Therefore, it feels like
it's about time to wrap up some of this stuff.
I
want to cover some of the big events like the Pat and Jim Pettit
Memorial Shootout, the Bill Bowers Memorial, the Adobe Cup and the John
Fore Jr/Bob Smith Memorial. I think I've done a fairly decent job of
covering what's been going on in the sport this year, and I didn't plan
on doing any of it. At least ways, I wasn't going to go as far as I
have. I'm glad I did, because this is just one of those times when the
world is screwed up. You want to see how racing adapts to it, so I did
my best to chronicle things.
Unless life leads
me down a bad path, I'm not planning on going anywhere. The blog will
still be here, but I might lay low and work on things. There are quite a
few potentially exciting racing projects I can engage in, even if I'm
only doing this from a nostalgia point. I know people are all about the
computer now, and maybe books don't matter as much. Then again, there
are people who appreciate the hard copy. The books I've put out aren't
the best that I can do. I am extremely proud of Just A Kid From The
Grandstands, but I find the other book to be lacking. It was simply my
attempt to put anything together when I thought I'd lose all of my
possessions. In that context, I did okay, but I can do better.
It's
been a struggle to keep the blog going, and I am honest when I say I
felt like giving up a month or two ago. It seems like times are changing
and maybe there's not as much interest in the written word as there
once was. The support that I've gotten from people like Michael Burch,
Dan Myrick, Shannon Collins, Doug Braudrick and Dave and Belinda Duste
has kept me going. I've had no money to work with otherwise, and it's
been tough. There's equipment breaking down on me and things that I need
and do without. Standard stuff. My dad always taught me to make do with
what you've got, and so I have. If the equipment fails me, I'm just
done for a while.
Anyway, that's where we stand
after the first half of September. I see the finish line ahead, and I'm
looking forward to it. It's been a heartbreaking year for me personally
in some respects. Things didn't go the way I hoped, and part of me
wanted to lash out at people who I feel did me wrong. But, what good
would that do me? I made the decision to move on from it, and I stand by
that. I did my best while I was involved, but things did not end nearly
the way I had hoped they would. We can't always call the shots as we'd
like to, so we do the best we can.
On that note, I will end this column . Until next time...