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The most recent show
Sanders, Burke, Prickett, Gallaher Open
Ocean Speedway Season With Wins
Watsonville,
CA...March 26...Justin Sanders won the 35 lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car
Main Event Friday night at Ocean Speedway. This was the 62nd season
opener for the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds race track, and 2015
champion Sanders left little doubt who the winner would be with a
dominant performance on the Tom Sagmiller prepared quarter-mile clay
oval.
Sanders set the fast time and won the six
lap Trophy Dash ahead of Tanner Carrick to secure the pole position for
the Main Event. When the green flag waved, he bolted into the lead
ahead of Carrick and Justyn Cox. The lead trio remained the same through
yellow flags on the third and fourth lap. Sanders was leading Carrick
and Cox when the yellow flag waved on Lap 17. By then, B Main winner
Colby Copeland had settled into fourth, and he briefly took third from
Cox on the restart as Sanders continued to lead the persistent Carrick.
Cox moved back around Copeland for third on Lap 19. Though Tanner
Carrick kept it close, Sanders wrapped up his flag to flag run with the
victory. Cox settled for third ahead of Copeland, James Ringo, Joel
Myers Jr, Koen Shaw, Trent Canales, Kurt Nelson and Mark Chaves Jr.
Even
with a bigger money event happening further down south, there were
still 27 Taco Bravo Sprint Cars for the show, and Sanders set the fast
time of 11.536, beating the 11.618 of Tanner Carrick. The three eight
lap heat race wins went to Sanders, Kurt Nelson and Jodie Robinson.
Copeland had a bad heat race, but he rode his front row start to a 12
lap B Main win ahead of James Ringo, Brett Barney, Jerry Bonnema and
Jack Clark.
Reigning champion Cody Burke won
the 20 Lap IMCA Modified Main Event. Burke found himself drawing a front
row starting spot next to his brother Austin. Cody led Austin through
three yellow flags in the first three laps. The Lap 4 restart found Cody
Burke leading Austin Burke and Bobby Hogge IV. They only ran four laps
before another yellow flag waved. As Cody Burke continued to lead Austin
Burke and Hogge on the restart, past Antioch champion Carl Berendsen II
began pressuring JC Elrod for fourth. Berendsen made the pass on the
10th lap. The second half of the race went caution free, and Cody Burke
pulled away just a little bit on brother Austin Burke for the
well-earned victory. Hogge settled for third, followed by Berendsen,
Elrod, Jim Pettit II, Anthony Copeland, Freddie Plourde III, Robert
Marsh and Rick Diaz. The 16 car field ran two eight lap heat races with
the wins going to Hogge and Berendsen.
David
Prickett won the 16 lap Master Design and Construction Western Midget
Racing Main Event. Prickett won two of the three races for the class
held last season at Watsonville and was the champion at the track in
2019. Outside front row starter David Taft set the early pace ahead of
Cameron Beard and Prickett. Beard found himself leading Prickett on the
fourth lap as a yellow flag flew for Taft. Both Tyler Slay and Shawn
Arriaga retired from the race at that point. Blake Bower lead Prickett
around Beard on the restart. A lap later, Pickett slipped past Bower to
gain the lead as Antonia Boscacci settled into third. The yellow flag
flew for recent Arizona winner Darren Brent on Lap 7. Prickett continued
to lead Bower and Boscacci on the restart. The final yellow flag waved
on the 11th lap for Boscacci, ending her race. Prickett led Bower and
Taft on the restart. Bower was giving Prickett plenty of pressure in the
waning laps, but Prickett would prevail at the checkered flag. Taft
finished third, followed by Beard, Megan Morehead, Steve Durant, Jon
Santibanes, Boscacci, Brent and Arriaga. Eight lap heat race wins went
to Slay and Boscacci.
Reigning champion Joe
Gallaher won the 20 lap Hobby Stock Main Event. Jerry Skelton shared the
front row with reigning IMCA Sport Modified champion Adriane Frost and
set the early pace. Terry Campion settled into third and took second
from Frost on the fourth lap. On Lap 7, Joe Gallaher gained third before
Campion brought out a yellow flag. Skelton continued to lead Joe
Gallaher and Frost on the restart, but Gallaher was providing plenty of
pressure. On the 10th lap, Joe Gallaher motored past Skelton to grab the
lead. Skelton's run in second ended for a lap 15 yellow flag. Joe
Gallaher led this restart and a final restart on Lap 19 to score the
victory. Frost ended up second, followed by Norm Ayers, Ken Winland,
Quentin Harris, Bobby Gallaher, Brady Muller, Scott Freeman, Tony
Oliveira and Skelton. The eight lap heat race wins went to Campion and
Norm Ayers.
Two-time champion Kate Beardsley
won the 15 lap Four Banger Main Event. From his pole position start, Roy
Iler jumped into the early lead ahead of Ryan McClelland and Kate
Beardsley. Iler and McClelland had pulled away from the pack a little
bit, and McClelland grabbed the lead on the sixth lap as Iler saw his
race come to an end. On the ninth lap, misfortune struck McClelland,
putting Kate Beardsley into the lead. Beardsley led the rest of the way
to win ahead of Tony Gullo, Travis Van Gilder, Nicole Beardsley, Forest
Movrich, Eddie Gallaher, Joseph Marsh, Bill Beardsley, McClelland and
Iler. The six lap heat race win went to Iler.
Racing
resumes next Friday night with the Taco Bravo Sprint Cars, IMCA
Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. For further
information, go to www.racepmg.com.
Adams Grabs Second USAC/CRA Sprint Car Win In
Tulare Thunderbowl Event
Tulare,
CA...March 26...Max Adams won the 30 lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car
Main Event Friday night at Tulare Thunderbowl. This was the second win
of the season for the 2020 Gas City Speedway champion, and he was
piloting Keith Ford's Cam 2 Blue Blood Racing Oil/Sun Valley Ag
Transport Triple X. The win was also worth $3,000 to Adams as he is off
to a great start this year.
Chris Gansen had
the pole position and led the 20 car field to the green flag. Gansen led
just a lap before being passed by Matt Mitchell. Brody Roa settled into
second on Lap 3 with Adams gaining third a lap later. The lead trio
were engaged in a good battle with Adams slipping past Roa for second on
Lap 9. On the 11th lap, Adams took the lead from Mitchell, and a yellow
flag waved moments later. Adams continued to lead Mitchell and Roa on
the restart with Roa grabbing second on Lap 13. Another yellow flag
waved moments later. Adams and Roa re-engaged in their battle from Kern
Raceway at the previous Saturday event as they pulled away from the pack
a little bit. Austin Liggett moved into third on Lap 15, and the yellow
flag waved on Lap 21. Roa was pressuring Adams hard for the lead on the
restart and briefly slipped past him on the 23rd lap. However, Adams
came roaring back into the lead a lap later. The red flag flew for an AJ
Bender flip on Lap 25. The final five laps went caution free, and Adams
bolted ahead as the green flag waved. Damion Gardner was running in
fourth at that point and took third from Liggett on Lap 28. On the final
lap, Gardner found his line and managed to race by Roa for second. At
the checkered flag, it was Adams winning ahead of Gardner, Liggett,
Mitchell, Cody Williams, Tommy Malcolm, Austin Williams, Austin
Grabowski, Gansen and Austin Ervine.
21
competitors timed in during Woodland Auto Display qualifying, and
Gardner set the fast time standard of 15.453. Adams was second quick at
15.528. The Factory Wraps 10 lap heat races were won by Mitchell, Danny
Faria Jr and Cody Williams.
Dominic Scelzi won
the 30 lap King of Thunder Winged 360 Sprint Car Main Event. The special
Dalton's Down Under Tour event paid Scelzi $2,000. Scelzi made it into
the all-important six lap Trophy Dash, but Chase Majdic surprised him by
winning the race. Scelzi's second place finish still gave him an
outside front row starting spot for the feature race as Mitchell
Faccinto finished third. When the green flag waved in the Main Event,
Scelzi charged into the lead ahead of Majdic and Faccinto. The red flag
stopped the pace on Lap 3 as the race ended for Bud Kaeding and Rico
Abreu. Scelzi continued to lead Majdic and Faccinto on this restart and
Lap 7 and 8 restarts. Reigning King of Thunder champion DJ Netto was
fourth on the eighth lap and took third from Faccinto on Lap 10.
Following a Lap 15 yellow flag for Majdic, Netto settled into second
ahead of Faccinto as Scelzi continued to lead the way. The final half of
the race went interruption free, and Dominic Scelzi drove a flawless
race to win. Netto was a $1,000 second, followed by Faccinto, Corey Day,
Oregon star Tanner Holmes, Zane Blanchard, Keith Day, Kaleb Montgomery,
Jake Andreotti and Max Mittry.
There were 27
King of Thunder Sprint Car competitors for the race that had an
increased purse. Montgomery set the fast time of 13.709, beating the
13.765 of Holmes. The eight lap heat race wins went to Majdic, Netto and
Faccinto. Bud Kaeding had a front row start for the 12 lap B Main and
led Stephen Kent all the way for the victory. Rico Abreu, Keith Day and
Tucker Worth completed the Top 5.
Brooklyn
Holland won the 20 lap IMCA Van De Pol Western RaceSaver 305 Sprint Car
Main Event. This was her second win of the season as she scored the
victory in Hanford in February. Looking for his second win, Ryan DeLisle
set the early pace ahead of Kyle Rasmussen. The yellow flag waved after
just one lap, and the race ended for Blaine Fagundes. DeLisle continued
to lead Rasmussen on the restart as Holland was now third. She moved by
Rasmussen for second on Lap 3 and set her sights on DeLisle. DeLisle
was setting a good pace at the front of the pack, but the persistent
Holland finally found her opening on the 19th lap and motored by for the
lead. Holland went on to victory with DeLisle settling for second ahead
of Rasmussen, Ryan Rocha, Lane Taylor, Brandon Stidham, Kevin Barnes
Sr, Connor Danell, Phil Heynen and Richard Weddle. Holland was the
quickest of 14 qualifiers with a lap of 14.705, beating the 14.894 of
Rocha. The eight lap heat race wins went to Holland and DeLisle, making
it a clean sweep for Holland.
For further information on the happenings at the track, go to www.tularethunderbowl.com.
Siskiyou Golden Speedway Unveils
Modest 2021 Schedule
Modest 2021 Schedule
Yreka,
CA...On Friday morning, Promoter Kevin Barba again released the 2021
schedule for Siskiyou Golden Speedway. Barba is in the third year of his
three-year deal as promoter of the venue, and he, like every other
promoter in the country, was severely impacted by the covid-19 pandemic
shutdown of 2020. Despite that, he made several races happen and will be
crowning his 2020 champions on May 1st at a pot luck banquet in the
pits. The season opener is on April 3rd, weather permitting. The IMCA
Sport Modifieds, Mini Stocks and Jefferson State Jalopies will share the
bill that night.
For the past few seasons, the
two divisions that have done the heavy lifting, so to speak, are the
IMCA Sport Modifieds and Mini Stocks. This will again be the case this
year as the Sport Modifieds compete on 16 occasions, while Mini Stocks
will be there 15 times. This will include three two-race weekends that
will include both divisions. When fans are allowed in attendance once
again, they will get nine visits from the Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars,
eight from the Outlaw Pro Stocks, five from the Jefferson State Jalopies
and four from the Limited Sprints. The schedule is subject to change
based on covid-19 guidelines and things that come up during the year
that may require adjustments.
Fans will notice
the absence of the IMCA Modifieds from the current schedule. This marks
the first time the speedway will not crown a champion in this class
since the division was started back in the early 1990s. Management cited
low attendance numbers and a directive from the Siskiyou Golden Fair
Board to not book this division as reasons for their absence. Last
season, they ran them seven times. Though sometimes the numbers weren't
spectacular, they still had more cars showing up last year than in
previous seasons.
The Limited Sprints have
been given appearances in each of Barba's two seasons as promoter. There
has been an interest expressed by some of the Southern Oregon
competitors in racing at Yreka. Coupled with the fact that the Winged
Crate Sprint division continues to run in Northern California, the track
decided to give these racers a bit more of an opportunity. They will
compete on April 17th, June 26th and on Labor Day weekend, September 4th
and 5th. This is an attempt to still give the fans a taste of something
different than the regular fare, while trying to keep things within
budget.
Dates have not been announced for the
traditional John Arnberg Memorial, Rod Restart Memorial, Bo Hittson
Memorial or the Mike Cavaye Jr Memorial, though they could be
forthcoming. The track will welcome the Tri State Pro Stock Challenge
Series for the annual Billy Geyer Memorial on May 29th and 30th, joined
by the IMCA Sport Modifieds and Mini Stocks. On June 19th, the track
will host the Rod Barba Memorial, paying tribute to Kevin's father, who
was involved in the track's maintenance for several years. The Outlaw
Pro Stocks will be there along with the IMCA Sport Modifieds, Mini
Stocks and Jefferson State Jalopies.
On July
3rd and 4th, the track will host the IMCA Sport Modifieds, Mini Stocks
and Jalopies on both nights with the Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars
competing on the 3rd. On Labor Day weekend, September 4th and 5th, the
Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars will be there along with the IMCA Sport
Modifieds, Mini Stocks and aforementioned Limited Sprints. The track
will be running just about every other week through the end of September
for championship points. As fan attendance is allowed, you can
anticipate special promotion announcements will be forthcoming.
As
mentioned above, the track will have the season opener on April 3rd,
featuring the IMCA Sport Modifieds, Mini Stocks and Jefferson State
Jalopies. On April 17th, it will be Limited Sprints, Southern Oregon
Dwarf Cars and IMCA Sport Modifieds. Fans are advised to go to www.sisykiyougoldenspeedway.com for announcements or keep an eye on the Siskiyou Golden Speedway Facebook page.
A Look Back At 2020
Barba
struggled to get the gates open for the 2020 season. Eventually, he got
the okay for limited attendance practice days. He devised a plan where
they would practice in three different segments on whatever particular
day to enable everybody who wanted to get out on the track the
opportunity to do so. Finally, the track was approved for racing on June
13th. With Southern Oregon Speedway not running, this was an
opportunity for the track to shine for the racers. There were some well
supported races, and the track always tried to keep the fans included
with streaming service, even if it was free on the Facebook page.
The
high water mark came on July 3rd and 4th weekend when Travis Hoppes of
Hoppes Construction offered big money to have Late Models at the track,
while also giving increased purse money to the IMCA Modifieds on Friday
and the IMCA Sport Modifieds on Saturday. What resulted was the track's
biggest non-Speedweek oriented IMCA Modified race in years at 24 cars.
Rookie Justin McCreadie pocketed the $1,500 after Jeffrey Hudson had
issues and had to retire from the lead battle. Champion Travis Perry
finished second ahead of Jon DeBenedetti. The IMCA Sport Modifieds also
delivered a stellar field of 29 competitors with reigning Southern
Oregon Speedway champion Jorddon Braaten picking up the $400 win ahead
of new Yreka champion Mike Medel and Austin Petray. That was the good
news.
The bad news was the track crew had
issues that put them far behind the schedule that night. Rather than end
things without the drivers having their Main Events, Barba rolled the
dice and went well past curfew, knowing he might suffer the wrath of
county officials. He was right on that assumption. He was required to
pull both the Outlaw Pro Stocks and Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars from
Saturday's show, resulting in far less of a driver turnout that night.
Braaten might have thought he would win the Sport Modified race on this
occasion, but he had to settle for third behind $850 winner Braxton
Possinger and Ethan Killingsworth. The Late Model portion of the show
delivered 12 cars, which is impressive when you consider they weren't
drivers from a Late Model tour and Yreka doesn't have its own program.
Reigning Medford champion Trent Elliott picked up the $2,000 win in a
close race with Mark Wauge and Coos Bay Speedway champion Preston
Luckman.
The track sort of had to go back to
the drawing board at that point as they worked on a way forward. This
resulted in a few less races than they had hoped, but they still opened
for a total of 10 races after that, starting on July 18th. It may not
have been the best situation, but at least the racers could get back out
on the track and the fans could watch a free live stream on the track's
Facebook page on most occasions.
For the IMCA
Modifieds, they held a total of seven races with the lowest turnouts of
seven and six cars still better than the regular show turnouts in the
previous few seasons. Past champion Travis Peery returned to race and
also helped with the track preparation. He was the only driver with
seven Top 5 finishes, including two wins. With two wins of his own, past
Yreka champion Albert Gill only trailed Peery by 11 points by season's
end. Another past champion, Duane Orsburn, ranked third with four Top 5
finishes, followed by Jeremy Crebs and two-time winner Jeffrey Hudson.
McCreadie was the only other winner, grabbing his victory at the
aforementioned Hoppes Motorsports sponsored event.
In
the IMCA Sport Modified ranks, they held a total of 12 races during the
course of the point season. Reigning Medford champion Jorddon Braaten
was head and shoulders above the competition with six wins out of his
nine Top 5 finishes. However, Braaten voluntarily vacated the point lead
so that he could participate in the Boone, Iowa Nationals. This put the
point lead in the hands of past Medford champion Mike Medel as he
sought to hold off a late surge by incoming Yreka champion Ethan
Killingsworth. Medel had eight Top 5 finishes, which matched the total
of Killingsworth, but Killingsworth had two wins. The result was a split
championship. Medel beat Killingsworth by 13 points to win the IMCA
sanctioned championship, while Killingsworth was listed as 25 points
ahead of Medel for the track's separately kept point race.
Despite
missing some races, Braaten still only trailed Killingsworth by 17
tallies in the end. Colt Boswell was listed 13 points ahead of rookie
Ryan Peery for fourth in the IMCA sanctioned battle, while Peery was
listed as 26 points ahead of Boswell in the Yreka track totals. Peery
had an impressive season with five Top 5 finishes, including a pair of
victories. As mentioned above, Possinger counted the big money win as
one of his two triumphs at the speedway.
In the
Mini Stock division, there was never much doubt that reigning Medford
and past Yreka champion David Steele would reclaim his throne. Steele
turned in a dominant performance with eight Top 5 finishes, including
seven wins. He beat past track champion Marilyn Yawnick by 105 points.
Yawnick had four Top 5 efforts compared to six for her teammate and
fellow past Yreka champion Mike Whitaker. Whitaker beat Hunter Magnan by
just seven points for the third position. Magnan had four Top 5
finishes. Due to his absence from one Main Event, Ashtin Hedges dropped
back to the fifth spot in the standings. However, he was clearly the
biggest challenger to Steele with six Top 5 finishes and one feature
triumph.
The track welcomed the Outlaw Pro
Stocks on six occasions throughout the championship season, and an
amazing thing happened. There were no repeat winners among them.
Unfortunately, the Billy Geyer Memorial had been canceled due to the
pandemic situation and never got rescheduled. Association champion Scott
Flowers also won the track title, but he only beat Matt Harlow by two
tallies. Harlow recorded his first career win during the season out of
his five Top 5 efforts. Flowers matched the totals of Harlow with five
Top 5s and one win. Colby Hammond nearly got the win in the season
opener and was in contention throughout the year. He had one Top 5
finish to finish 10 points out of the lead in third and one ahead of
Johnny Cobb. Cobb had one win out of two Top 5 efforts as did rookie
Darek Alford, who settled for fifth in the standings. Jeff Haudenshild
was the other feature winner.
The
Bernstein/Smith team again fielded their four Jefferson State Jalopies
on four occasions. It was JJ Smith picking up three wins to beat
incoming champion Marilyn Yawnick by just four tallies. Karl Bernstein
ended up third in the standings ahead of Ron Morris and Josh Bernstein.
Rick Webber took the wheel of the fourth Jalopy and picked up the win in
the final race of the point season.
The
Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars did manage to get a pair of visits in the
books. On August 29th, multi time champion Josh King bested a 15 car
field to win ahead of Kalvin Morton and Brock Peters. On September 19th,
Camden Robustelli got the win ahead of Chad Cardoza and Jason
Robustelli. Camden Robustelli also got an opportunity to drive the TJ
Wnningham Limited Sprint at the Track N Treat finale on October 31st. He
made the most of it by scoring the win that night ahead of Cottage
Grove star Tyler Thompson and Pat Desbians. They also had a race earlier
in the year, won by Desbiens.
With the
championship season wrapped up, they did have three events in October.
The first one saw Killingsworth winning the IMCA Sport Modified race
ahead of Possinger and Tyler Rodgers. Kassidy Wilkinson got the win in
the Mini Stocks, which ran with the Jalopies as both fields were down
cars. Karl Bernstein was the top Jalopy finisher on that occasion. On
October 17th, Braaten came back to win the IMCA Sport Modified race
ahead of Ryan Peery and Rodgers. Past Outlaw Pro Stock champion Steve
Borror won that division's Main Event ahead of Flowers and Alford.
The
final IMCA Sport Modified race of the year went to Matt Sanders ahead
of Peery and Keith Foux. Borror again won the Outlaw Pro Stock race
ahead of Flowers and Hammond. The two October Pro Stock races counted
just for the association's points and not the track points. As mentioned
above, Robustelli won the Sprint Car portion of the program ahead of
Thompson and Desbiens
Barba and his crew are
hoping for better things in 2021 as the state loosens up and allows fans
back into the grandstands. It all kicks off on April 3rd with the IMCA
Sport Modifieds, Mini Stocks and Jefferson State Jalopies, and it goes
on from there. For further information, go to www.siskiyougoldenspeedway.com or the track's Facebook page.
The Editor's Hot Takes
This is just my attempt to offer some observations without writing too much.
Karl
Bernstein and JJ Smith have just about completed construction of their
fifth Jefferson State Jalopy. This one will feature a pink paint job for
the ladies, and it should debut soon. Thus far, Smith and Bernstein are
the only ones to build cars for this new class that is unique to
Siskiyou Golden Speedway, but hopefully new car builders will emerge.
I'm not against the idea of this division, but I think they should
seriously consider getting a Hobby Stock class going there, a Hornet
division or both.
One interesting possibility
for Yreka would be to work out a Limited Sprint series with Medford.
With new management at Medford and potentially less dates than some
racers might hope for the division, this would be a way to make up the
difference.
Cottage Grove Speedway has added
some Senior Sprint dates (May 30, June 18, July 31). The drivers would
use Limited Sprint Cars and is a way to give the older drivers an
opportunity for some track time without having to run with the new
drivers. Ventura Raceway has done a similar thing for years, so why not?
It's an opportunity for the track to get more pit pass money at least.
For information on race dates for this class and how to order grandstand
tickets for next Saturday's season opener, go to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
Josh
Smith has cut an Outlaw Kart track on the infield at Mountain Valley
Raceway in Hayfork. At one time, they did have a Kart track at the
facility. Smith has been a big advocate of making this happen to bring
young drivers into racing. Personally, I think it's a great idea.
Hayfork needs to do what they can to get new drivers as they are a
little off the beaten past in Northwestern California.
As
race tracks all start getting back in business again, you will see more
competition to get the cars. Friday night was a perfect example. There
were two Winged 360 Sprint Car shows going on. Watsonville had 27 cars,
while Tulare Thunderbowl had 28. In fact, Tulare had over 60 Sprint Cars
in the pits under three different divisions.
The
Western Midget Racing event at Watsonville had 12 cars, which is their
biggest turnout in it's young history. You can plainly see the car count
is growing.
A few more details have come to
light regarding the recent bidding for Southern Oregon Speedway, and I'm
not going to get into much here. However, untruths and outright lies
were presented as facts pertaining to the previous management that I
find problematic.
Bottom line is Mike McCann
came in following a steady car count and attendance decline over the
previous five or six years and stopped that decline. This is a
documentable fact.
There was an upturn in
numbers in the pits and the grandstands, Sprint Car and Late Model
divisions were established and key racing events were also established. I
wish the people who want the track would focus on the future and get
over their unhappiness that they didn't get everything they wanted under
the the previous management.
Bottom line is I
support Southern Oregon Speedway opening as soon as possible. They have a
good racing community there and deserve a good race track. I do not
endorse or support the group that was initially awarded the track. As
I've learned more, the whole process seems suspicious to me, and I'll
leave it at that.
In saying that, if they
ultimately get the keys to the gates, I wish them luck and success. No
bitterness here, but I will correct any lies and misinformation being
spread about the past.
Furthermore, there may
be an opportunity for people to improve the racing situation in that
area. Siskiyou Golden Speedway will come up for bid at the end of this
year, and there's plenty of potential to do good things there if the
right person comes along. At that point, potential is there to work
something out for a series between the two venues.
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo
Main Event
Justin Sanders
Tanner Carrick
Justyn Cox
Colby Copeland
James Ringo
Joel Myers Jr
Koen Shaw
Trent Canales
Kurt Nelson
Mark Chaves Jr
John Clark
Jason Chisum
Jeremy Chisum
Josh Chisum
Chris Nelson
Art McCarthy Jr
Jerry Bonnema
Blake Carrick
Jodie Robinson
Adam Kaeding
Joey Ancona
Bret Barney
B Main
Colby Copeland
James Ringo
Bret Barney
Jerry Bonnema
John Clark
Art McCarthy Jr
Josh Chisum
Richard Fajardo
Brian Boswell
Jacob Pacheco
Nick Ringo DNS
Ryon Nelson DNS
IMCA Modifieds
Cody Burke
Austin Burke
Bobby Hogge IV
Carl Berendsen III
JC Elrod
Jim Pettit II
Anthony Copeland
Freddie Plourde III
Robert Marsh
Rick Diaz
Kyle Bryan
Anthony Giuliani
Jake Mayden
Tim Balding
Matthew Hagio
Paul Culp
WMR Midgets
David Prickett
Blake Bower
David Taft
Cameron Beard
Megan Moorehead
Steve Durant
Jon Santibanes
Antonia Boscacci
Darren Brent
Shawn Arriaga
Tyler Slay
Hobby Stocks
Joe Gallaher
Adriane Frost
Norm Ayers
Ken Winland
Quintin Harris
Bobby Gallaher
Brady Muller
Scott Freeman
Tony Oliveira
Jerry Skelton
Wally Kennedy
Terry Campion
Ryan Muller
Four Bangers
Kate Beardsley
Tony Gullo
Travis VanGilder
Nicole Beardsley
Forset Movrich
Eddie Gallaher
Joseph Marsh
Bill Beardsley
Ryan McClelland
Roy Iler
Tulare Thunderbowl Unofficial Race Results March 26, 2021
AMSOIL USAC/CRA 410 Sprints
Results are not official
1 #73 Max Adams
2 #1 Damion Gardner
3 #91 Brody Roa
4 #83 Austin Liggett
5 #37 Matt Mitchell
6 #44 Cody Williams
7 #5X Tommy Malcolm
8 #92 Austin Williams
9 #72 Austin Grabowski
10 #4G Chris Gansen
11 #21 Austin Ervine
12 #11O Ikeika OBrien
13 #98 Verne Sweeney
14 #21B A.J. Bender
15 #99T Tanner Boul
16 #4 Jake Hodges
17 #17V Danny Faria Jr
18 #8 Kaleb Montgomery
19 #29T Ryan Timmons
Kings of Thunder Spint Cars
A Main
Results are not official
1 #41S Dominic Scelzi
2 #88N D.J. Netto
3 #37 Mitchell Faccinto
4 #41 Corey Day
5 #18T Tanner Holmes
6 #7Z Zane Blanchard
7 #22 Keith Day
8 #3 Kaleb Montgomery
9 #7P Jake Andreotti
10 #2XM Max Mittry
11 #7 Steven Kent
12 #22L Garen Linder
13 #01 Mitchel Moles
14 #14T Tim Estenson
15 #36 Craig Stidham
16 #2X Chase Majdic
17 #33 Tucker Worth
18 #75 Brendan Warmerdam
19 #33T Tyler Driever
20 #67G Grant Duinkerken
21 #21P Robbie Price
22 #1B Chelsea Blevins
23 #57 Rico Abreu
24 #21 Bud Kaeding
B Main
Results are not official
1 #21 Bud Kaeding
2 #7 Steven Kent
3 #57 Rico Abreu
4 #22 Keith Day
5 #33 Tucker Worth
6 #75 Brendan Warmerdam
7 #6C Travis Coelho
8 #67 Vaughn Schott
9 #10F Jared Faria
10 #88V Jace VanderWeerd
IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car
Results are not official
1 #2 Brooklyn Holland
2 #15D Ryan Delisle
3 #38 Kyle Rasmussen
4 #5R Ryan Rocha
5 #4L Lane Taylor
6 #3 Brandon Stidham
7 #36B Kevin Barnes Sr
8 #5D Connor Danell
9 #31H Phil Heynen
10 #1X Richard Weddle
11 #36 Tyler Gray
12 #28Q Sean Quinn
13 #11 Blaine Fagundes
14 #64C Benjamin Catron
