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Five New Antioch Speedway Hall Of Fame Inductees 

Have Been Named

Antioch, CA...In a live Facebook broadcast on Friday evening, Antioch Speedway Hall of Fame Director Chris Briggs made a big announcement. His committee has voted and selected the first five inductees into the Hall of Fame for 2021. The first inductees include Bobby Hogge III, Marv Wilson, Lonnie Williams, Steve Hendren and Don Shelton.

Members of the committee include longtime racers and speedway supporters Ron Brown, Debbie Clymens, Jimmy Robbins and Steve Perry. Briggs and his committee went over the list of nominations compiled by themselves and various other members of the Antioch racing community. They based their decisions on several criteria, including on the track accomplishments, longevity and impact of career.

Marv Wilson and Lonnie Williams are Sportsman division champions. Williams raced in the 60s and 70s, winning 15 Main Events along with the 1967 division championship. He was also a front runner at Petaluma Speedway and the 1970 champion there. Wilson began racing in the 1970s. He didn't race for too many years, but he amassed 12 Main Event victories along with the 1978 championship. He finished third the year before and second the year after. In 1979, he won the Petaluma Speedway title and sold his car and retired after winning the final 50 lap Main Event there.

Bobby Hogge IV is a name that everybody knows. He has won just about everything imaginable. For fans at Antioch Speedway in the 1980s, they know just how good his father, Bobby Hogge III, was. Bobby's patented "thread the needle" move was used many times to pass two drivers at once, and he won 40 Late Model Main Events in his career at Antioch, second only to Jim Pettit II. He won championships at other places as well as the 1989 Pacific Coast Regional title. He also won track championships in the Late Models at Antioch in 1985 and 1989 before going on to crew chief for his son.

 

Steve Hendren was perhaps the top Late Model star at the end of the NASCAR Regional point era of the early 1990s. Hendren won 38 Main Events at Antioch Speedway as well as the 1992 Regional championship. He won the final two NASCAR Late Model championships in 1992 and 1993 and was Top 3 ranked for four years in a row.

Don Shelton started racing in Antioch in a Street Stock in 1985 and won his very first Main Event that year. He became a top contender for the championship in the class and a division runner-up twice before moving up to the Dirt Modified division. In Modifieds, he won championships in 1998, 2000 and 2005 along with 24 Main Events. Counting his Street Stock and Figure 8 wins, Shelton won 38 Main Events.

Hall of Fame night will take place at the Donna Soares/Larry Damitz Memorial race on October 9th. These five people will be inducted in a special ceremony. Briggs will put the next induction up for a fan vote, and the next three people on the list are Dave Byrd, Ed Sans Jr and Debbie Clymens. After the fans make a selection, the committee will come together and make one more choice to come up with a list of seven total inductees.

This year's class includes a heavy dose of 1980s stars. Sans and Byrd both became well known names in the '80s. Byrd won two classic showdown battles with JD Willis and Jim Pettit II for the 1982 and 1983 championships. He beat Willis by a combined total of 10 points for his two titles along with 18 wins and the 1983 NASCAR Regional championship before moving up to the Southwest Tour and pavement Late Model racing.

Sans won three consecutive Late Model championships at San Jose before deciding he wanted to run for Regional points. He got off to a late start and missed races in 1985, but he nearly overtook Bobby Hogge III to win the title that year after winning the season finale. A year later, Sans did win the Antioch championship along with the 1988 Pacific Coast Regional championship. He went on to win multiple championships at Petaluma and a total of 35 Main Events in Antioch. 

Clymens is known as the lady who kicked open the door for other women to follow in the sport at Antioch Speedway. She wasn't the first woman to race with the guys, but she's the best known. She had a lengthy career of two decades driving Street Stocks, Figure 8 cars, Late Models and Modifieds, winning Main Events in the Figure 8, Street Stocks and the Modified division as well as being a runner-up in points in both Figure 8 and Street Stock competition. She was also a Top 10 Dirt Modified racer and a Top 10 Late Model driver on multiple occasions.

A fan vote will take place on the Antioch Speedway Days of Old Facebook page to determine who the third inductee will be, and the results of that vote will be announced a week after the vote begins. After that is done, the committee will make another selection and then preparations will begin for the Hall of Fame ceremonies that will take place at Antioch Speedway on October 9th. For further information, check into the Antioch Speedway Days of Old page on Facebook or www.antiochspeedway.com.

 

Sanders Returns For Fourth Win At Ocean Speedway

Watsonville, CA...May 7...Justin Sanders won the 25 lap Taco Bravo Sprint Car Main event Friday night at Ocean Speedway. Sanders skipped last week to compete in a big money show, but he returned to action in a big way by scoring his fourth win of the season as he continues his drive towards his first track championship since 2015. His win came aboard the North County Plastering sponsored Sprinter. 

Tristan Guardino won the six lap Trophy Dash ahead of Dominic Scelzi to grab the front row for the Main Event. Scelzi raced into the lead at the start ahead of Guardino and Joey Ancona. A yellow flag waved on Lap 2, and Sanders settled into second behind Scelzi on the restart. Scelzi and Sanders started battling for the lead, and Sanders motored ahead on Lap 13 before a yellow flag waved. Sanders led Scelzi and Corey Day on this restart and a Lap 16 restart. Though Scelzi kept it close, Sanders continued to keep his cool at the front of the pack. A final yellow flag waved on Lap 23, but Sanders again motored ahead on the restart. Corey Day was third at that point and put the moves on Scelzi for second on Lap 29. Sanders scored the win ahead of Corey Day, Scelzi, Bud Kaeding, Guardino, Ancona, Kurt Nelson, Keith Day Jr, Travis Labat and Koen Shaw.

Kaeding was the quickest of 19 Sprint Cars with a lap of 11.432 on the Tom Sagmiller prepared quarter-mile clay oval. Sanders was second quick at 11.436 with Ancona clocking a lap of 11.455. Eight lap race wins went to Guardino, Shaw and Scelzi.

Joe Gallaher won the 20 lap Hobby Stock Main Event. This was the third win of the season for the reigning division champion. Gallaher moved into the lead at the start ahead of Quentin Harris and Jerry Skelton. Skelton took the second position from Harris on Lap 9 with many-time champion Sam Kennedy settling into third. Gallaher held a big lead when a Lap 16 yellow flag bunched the field. Kennedy moved past Skelton for second on the restart. However, nobody was stopping Gallaher as he won ahead of Kennedy, Skelton, Harris, Brady Muller and Scott Freeman. Norm Ayers, Tony Oliveira and Steve Remde were Main Event scratches, and the eight lap heat race wins went to Skelton and Joe Gallaher.

Kate Beardsley won her second 15 lap Four Banger Main Event of the season. The two-time champion had the pole and settled into the lead at the start ahead of Travis Van Gilder and Nicole Beardsley. Reigning champion Ryan McClelland gained third on Lap 2 and took second from Van Gilder a lap later. Unfortunately, McClelland had problems on the fourth lap as Van Gilder was back in the runner-up spot ahead of Richard Mitchell. Kate Beardsley set a good pace out front all the way to the checkered flag with Van Gilder not too far behind in second. Mitchell crossed the line in third but was later disqualified, handing third to Nicole Beardsley, followed by Bill Beardsley, McClelland and Eddie Gallaher. Kate Beardsley also won the six lap heat race.

Roy Iler won the 15 lap Police N Pursuit Main Event. This was the second win of the season for the point leader, who represents the San Benito Sheriff's Office. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office representative AJ Waltrip raced into the early lead ahead of Scotts Valley Police Department Officer John Hohmann. Iler moved into second on the fifth lap and began challenging Waltrip for the lead. On the 12th lap, Iler motored past Waltrip for the lead and then began to pull away from there. Iler won with Jackie Yeung of the Capitola Police Department making a late move to finish second. Waltrip settled for third, followed by Hohmann, Fernando Tellez, Pat Sullivan, Nate Graham and Tony Weir. Ryan Luke was a Main Event scratch, and Waltrip and Iler were the six lap heat race winners.

 

Modified Madness is what it's all about next Friday night when the IMCA Modifieds return to action along with the IMCA Sport Modifieds, Western Midgets, Hobby Stocks and Four Bangers. For further information, go to www.racepmg.com.

Carrick Brothers Steal The Show At Silver Dollar Speedway

Chico, CA...May 7...Tanner Carrick won the 25 lap Winged 360 Sprint Car Main Event Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway. Carrick led most of the way before being overtaken by Shane Golobic. When misfortune struck Golobic in traffic, Tanner Carrick was able to regain the lead and bring it home to victory. Meanwhile, his brother Blake Carrick was making an epic charge from the C Main all the way to a third place feature finish.

Tanner Carrick took the early lead ahead of John Michael Bunch and reigning champion Sean Becker. They ran 12 laps before the first yellow flag flew for Ben Worth in Turn 2. On the restart, Golobic took third from Becker, and a Lap 15 yellow flag waved for Steven Ingraham and Brett Barney in Turn 2. Ingraham retired. On the restart, Golobic moved into second behind Carrick, and another yellow flag waved moments later for Jake Andreotti. Carrick continued to lead Golobic on the restart, but Golobic moved ahead on the 17th lap. Golobic set of rapid pace as he led the way with Tanner Carrick in pursuit. However, misfortune struck Golobic when he tangled with the lapped car of Ron LaPlant for a red flag causing crash on Lap 23. At that point, Blake Carrick had worked his way all the way into fourth. Tanner Carrick regained the lead ahead of Sean Becker and Blake Carrick, and they finished in that order. Bunch settled for fourth, followed by Justyn Cox, Andy Forsberg, Michael Ing, Billy Aton, Willie Croft and Worth.

There were 43 Winged 360 Sprint Cars for this show, and the drivers qualified in their respective heat race groups. Oregon's Tyler Thompson was in the first group and set the overall fast time of 11.937 on the quarter-mile clay oval, beating the 12.026 of Forsberg from the same group. Eight lap heat race wins went to Thompson, Tanner Carrick, Becker and Cox. 

A bad heat race put Blake Carrick in the C Main, but he managed to win that 10 lap race. RJ Baker moved into the lead on the second lap and held the spot until being overtaken by Carrick on the sixth lap. Carrick won ahead of Baker and Angelo Cornet. As Carrick worked his way up from the fifth row in 12 lap the B Main, Worth led early from the pole ahead of Ashlyn Rodriguez. Geoff Ensign gained second on the sixth lap before the yellow flag waved and Ensign pitted with mechanical issues. Worth led just one more lap before Carrick motored by for the lead that he would bring home to victory. Worth settled for second, followed by Nick Larsen, Korey Lovell and Drake Standley.

Ken Micheli won the 20 lap Street Stock Main Event. This was the second-straight win for the reigning track champion. Richard Vander Ploeg had a front row start and moved into the early lead ahead of Micheli and Richard Workman. However, a yellow flag flew for Workman on Lap 2. Vander Ploeg continued to lead as Phil Marino moved around Micheli for second on the restart. Vander Ploeg and Marino ran closely at the front of the pack with Marino making the move into the lead on Lap 6. As Marino led, Micheli moved in to battle Vander Ploeg for the second position, and a Lap 12 yellow flag waved for Terry Lawrence in Turn 4. Marino led Vander Ploeg and Micheli on the restart, but Vander Ploeg saw his race come to an end in Turn 4 for a Lap 16 yellow flag. The restart saw a crash eliminate Marino and Top 5 running Gary Newman. Micheli found himself leading the next restart ahead of Bill Hall and Lawrence, and they finished in that order at the checkered flag. Workman placed fourth, followed by Fritz Zanker, Vander Ploeg, Marino, Newman, Lyle Hopper and Wes Brown. The eight lap heat race wins went to Marino and Hall.

Keith Ross won the 20 lap Hobby Stock Main Event. Ross was a Main Event winner earlier this year at Marysville, and he got this win after a late race duel with Kyle Cheney. Cheney had the pole and moved into the early lead ahead of Jeremiah Creedon and reigning champion Kyle Allen. Allen gained second on Lap 2. Kevin Lesch settled into third on Lap 6 before the fourth yellow flag of the race waved for Paul Stephens in Turn 4. Stephens retired from the race, and Shannon Collins settled into third behind Cheney and Allen on the restart. Chaney and Allen had a good race going at the front of the pack, and a Lap 10 yellow flag flew for Jim Brookshire in Turn 3. Ross moved into second on the restart, and Collins took third from Allen on a Lap 12 restart. The lead three drivers were running closely at the front of the pack during the final laps. Ross moved past Cheney for the lead on Lap 18, but Cheney came back strong to grab the lead a lap later. However, Ross made a last lap move and brought it home to victory. Cheney settled for second, followed by Collins, Lesch, Jacob Johnson, Allen, John Williams, Trevor Deadmond, Zach Lindgren and Robert Warf. The 19 car field ran three eight lap heat races with wins going to Ross, Brookshire and Lindgren.

The track has added a May 30th race during the Fair that will feature the Crate Sprints and the Hobby Stocks. For further information, go to www.silverdollarspeedway.com.

Alberding Wins The Interstate Sprint Car Series Opener 

At Cottage Grove Speedway

Cottage Grove, Oregon...May 7...Kyle Alberding won the 25 lap Interstate Sprint Car Series Main Event Friday night at Cottage Grove Speedway. This was the first race this season for the series that was relaunched back in 2018.

Southern Oregon Dwarf Car star Camden Robustelli got behind the wheel of the TJ Winningham car and moved into the early lead ahead of Jordi Meese and past champion Shane Forte. Third row starter Alberding slipped past Forte for third on Lap 6 and overtook Meese for second on the 12th lap. Alberding closed in on Robustelli and made his winning pass on Lap 15. From there, Alberding went on to win with Robustelli still not too far behind in second. Meese was a solid third, followed by Brian Boswell, Steven Snawder, RJ McGahuey, Forte, Brody Sim, Brett McGhie and Carley Holmes.

The 21 drivers qualified in their respective heat race groups. Forte set the fast time in the second group at 13.004 with the overall second quick time also coming in the second heat group at 13.014 for McGhie. Eight lap heat race wins went to Pat Desbiens, Enrique Jaime and Meese.

Three-time reigning Southern Oregon Speedway champion Jorddon Braaten won the 20 lap Royalty Core IMCA Sport Modified Main Event. Braaten didn't have a point average coming into the night and was stuck back in the sixth row at the start. Trevor Points had the pole and led the first seven laps. Aaron Bloom ran second until being passed briefly by Matt Brown on the fourth lap. Braaten made the move into second a lap later and stalked Points until moving into the lead on the eighth lap. Points surrendered second to Dustin Comer on the 10th lap. However, Braaten quickly built a straightaway advantage over Dustin Comer by the checkered flag. Aaron Bloom was about a straightaway behind Comer in third, but that became a second place finish after Comer was disqualified. Points settled for third, followed by reigning champion Doug Coffman, Steve Hopkins, Dalton Bloom, Ray Comer, Travis Pruitt, KC Scott and Ray Bloom.

Braaten was the quickest of 20 drivers in qualifying with the only 14 second lap of 14.985, beating the 15.191 of Dalton Bloom. The eight lap heat race wins went to Coffman, Braaten and Dustin Comer, and Coffman was also the four lap Trophy Dash winner. They ran a 12 lap B Main with the win going to Ray Comer. Comer led every lap in victory with Aaron Trissell a race-long second ahead of Jeff Cluff.

Craig Osborne won the 20 lap Street Stock Main Event. This was the third win of the season for the current point leader. Osborne had the pole position and led every lap of the race. Kersey Ferrando moved into an early second ahead of Troy Chamberlain. Chamberlain surrendered third to last starter Daniel Ray on the eighth lap. Ray moved past Fernando for second on Lap 10 and took up pursuit of Osborne. However, Osborne would go on to score the victory ahead of Ray. Ferrando was disqualified from third, moving Chamberlain into the position ahead of Anthony Prather, Bob Bloom, Mike Swaim, Robert Hughes and Taunton Swaim. Bloom set the fast time of 16.029, barely beating the 16.047 of Osborne. The eight lap heat race wins went to Ray and Taunton Swaim, and Osborne picked up the four lap Trophy Dash win.

Burnie Bryant won his second 20 lap IMCA Sport Compact Main Event. Mike Cockerline led early from the pole. Andrew Langan held second for two laps before Brad Martin grabbed the spot, and Martin moved into the lead on the sixth lap. Cockerline retired two laps later, and Bryant settled into second on the ninth lap ahead of Rex Eckley. Adam Keggan gained third on Lap 13 and took second from Bryant on Lap 16. Bryant regained the position a lap later and began pressuring Martin for first. On the 19th lap, Bryant put the moves on Martin and took the lead that he would bring to the checkered flag. Martin settled for second, followed by Keggan, Kerry Cooper, Langan, Barry Cannon, Tiffany Towns, Eckley, Cockerline and Jason Loucks. Bryant was the quickest of 13 qualifiers with a lap of 16.901, beating the 17.173 of Martin. Bryant and Martin picked up the eight lap heat race wins, and Keggan was the four lap Trophy Dash winner.

May 15th is the annual Wallbanger Cup event, featuring the Winged 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks and IMCA Sport Compacts. For further information, go to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.

Ocean Speedway Unofficial Race Results May 7
Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo
Justin Sanders
Corey Day
Dominic Scelzi
Bud Kaeding
Tristan Guardino
Joey Ancona
Kurt Nelson
Keith Day Jr
Travis Labat
Koen Shaw
Eric Humphries
Jason Chisum
Jeremy Chisum
Jerry Bonnema
Richard Fajardo
Adam Kaeding
Travis Buckley
J.J. Ringo
Nick Ringo

Hobby Stocks
Joe Gallaher
Sam Kennedy
Jerry Skelto
Quintin Harri
Brady Muller
Scott Freeman
Norm Ayers DNS
Tony Oliveira DNS
Steve Remde DNS

Police n Pursuit
Roy Iler     San Benito SO, CA
Jackie Yeung     Capitola Police Department, CA
A.J. Waltrip     Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office, CA
John Hohmann     Scotts Valley Police Departmen, CA
Fernando Tellez     Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, CA
Pat Sullivan     Gilroy Police Department, CA
Nate Graham     Santa Cruz, CA
Tony Weir     San Benito County SO, CA
Ryan Luke     Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, CA DNS

Mini Stocks
Kate Beardsley
Travis VanGilder
Nicole Beardsley
Bill Beardsley
Ryan Mcllennan
Eddie Gallaher
Richard Mitchell DQ


Silver Dollar Speedway Unofficial Race Results May 7
Winged 360 Sprints
A Main
Tanner Carrick
Sean Becker
Blake Carrick
John Michael Bunch
Justyn Cox
Andy Forsberg
Michael Ing
Billy Aton
Willie Croft
Ben Worth
Brent Bjork
Ryan Rocha
Chase Madjic
Steel Powell
Tyler Thompson
Bret Barney
Max Mittry
Jake Andreotti
Ron Laplant
Nick Larsen
Shane Golobic
Chelsea Blevins
Korey Lovell
Stephen Ingraham

B Main
Blake Carrick
Ben Worth
Nick Larsen
Korey Lovell
Drake Standley
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Angelique Bell
R.J. Baker
John Sullivan
Geoff Ensign
Brian Mcgahan
Matt Hein
Isaiah Vasquez
Joel Meyers Jr

C Main
Blake Carrick
R.J. Baker
Angelo Cornet
Tucker Lacaze
Devan Whitlock
Mike Sayer
Eddy Lewis
Jayce Steinberg
Carson Hall

Street Stocks
Matt Micheli
Bill Hall
Terry Lawrence
Richard Workman
Fritz Zanker
Richard Vander Ploeg
Phil Marino
Gary Newman
Lyle Hopper
Wes Brown
Daniel Land

Hobby Stocks
Keith Ross
Kyle Cheney
Shannon Collins
Kevin Lesch
Jacob Johnson
Kyle Allen
John Williams
Trevor Deadmond
Zach Lindgren
Robert Warf
James West
Mel Byers
Jim Brookshire
Gary Thackerey
Jeremiah Creedon
Toby Merrifield
Paul Stevens
Colin Ferguson
Hollis Thackerey


Cottage Grove Speedway Unofficial Race Results May 7
Interstate Sprint Car Series
Kyle Alberding
Camden Robustelli
Jordi Meese
Brian Boswell
Steven Snawder
RJ McGahuey
Shane Forte
Brody Sim
Brett McGhie
Carly Holmes
Morgan Burks
Tyrell Mead
Tim Minter
Pat Desbiens
Dave Button
Enrique Jaime
Johnny Burke
Kinzer Cox
Vern Scevers

Royalty Core IMCA Sport Modifieds
A Main
Jorddon Braaten
Aaron Bloom
Trevor Points
Doug Coffman
Steve Hopkins
Dalton Bloom
Ray Comer
Travis Pruitt
KC Scott
Ray Bloom
Jordan Henry
Matt Brown
Jeff Cluff
Garrett Craig
Theran Trissell
Dustin Comer DQ

B Main
Ray Comer
Theran Trissell
Jeff Cluff
Garrett Craig
Mitchell Jamieson
Travis James
Rob Jeffers

Street Stocks
Graig Osborne
Daniel Ray
Troy Chamberlain
Anthony Prather
Bob Bloom
Mike Swaim
Robert Hughes
Taunton Swaim
Kersey Ferrando DQ

IMCA Sport Compacts
Burnie Bryant
Brad Martin
Adam Keggan
Kerry Cooper
Andrew Langan
Barry Cannon
Tiffany Towns
Rex Eckley
Mike Cockerline
Jason Loucks
Jack Vicari
Jim Simmons DQ
Michael Kennerly DQ