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Kaeding Wins Pombo/Sargent Classic At Watsonville,
Hogge, Miller, Bordenave Other Winners
Watsonville,
CA....June 11...Tim Kaeding won the 30 lap NARC/King of the West
Fujitsu Winged 410 Sprint Car Series Main Event Friday night at Ocean
Speedway. This was the 30th Annual Pombo/Sargent Classic, which
celebrates the careers of two of the best Bay Area and Valley Super
Modified racers of all time, Al Pombo and Marshall Sargent. Kaeding
picked up the win after a battle with his brother Bud Kaeding. The
$3,000 win for Tim Kaeding came aboard the Bates-Hamilton Racing owned
Vinyltech/R&B Company sponsored Sprint Car.
They had 24 410
Sprint Cars for the occasion and elected to start them all in the
feature race. Following his triumph in the six lap Trophy Dash ahead of
Ryan Robinson and Tim Kaeding, reigning Watsonville Sprint Car champion
Mitchell Faccinto had the pole. Faccinto bolted into the lead at the
start ahead of Bud Kaeding and current Watsonville point leader Justin
Sanders. A yellow flag waved after two laps for Ryon Nelson, who ended
up retiring. Faccinto continued to lead Bud Kaeding and Tim Kaeding on
the restart. Faccinto and Bud Kaeding were having a good battle for the
lead as Sanders got past Tim Kaeding for third on Lap 5. Unfortunately,
Faccinto saw his run at the front of the pack end as he was involved in a
Lap 10 caution flag along with Sanders, Dom Scelzi and Geoffrey
Stroele. Bud Kaeding had the lead over brother Tim Kaeding and Shane
Golobic on the restart. The battle got intense at the front of the pack
with Tim Kaeding getting by Bud to grab the lead on lap 17. Reigning
series champion DJ Netto was in third when a Lap 19 yellow flag waved.
Tim Kaeding continued to lead Bud Kaeding and Netto on the restart.
Golobic briefly regained third on Lap 21 before another yellow flag
waved. Tim Kaeding led Bud Kaeding and Netto on the restart, and a Lap
25 yellow flag waved for another tangle that involved Billy Aton, Kyle
Offill and JJ Ringo. As Tim Kaeding continued to lead Bud Kaeding on the
restart, Golobic got past Netto for third. Tim Kaeding went on to
victory ahead of Bud Kaeding, Golobic, Netto, Sean Becker, Kurt Nelson,
Sean Watts, Colby Copeland, Austin McCarl and Robinson.
The 24
NARC/King of the West Sprint Cars took their turns on the Tom Sagmiller
prepared quarter-mile clay oval with Robinson setting the fast time of
10.867, beating the 10.929 of Bud Kaeding. They ran three 10 lap heat
races with the wins going to McCarl, Faccinto and Golobic.
Bobby
Hogge IV won the 25 lap IMCA Modified Main Event. This was the second
win of the season for the six-time Modified track champion. Andy
Obertello had a front row start and took the early lead ahead of Robert
Marsh and JC Elrod. Elrod gained the lead on Lap 7 as Obertello retired,
and a caution wag waved on Lap 9 for Marsh. Hogge took the lead from
Elrod on the restart with reigning champion Cody Burke moving into
third. Point leader Jim Pettit II took fourth on Lap 11, and a Lap 17
yellow flag waved for Cody Burke. On the restart, Pettit charged into
second behind Hogge as Elrod continued to run third. The final slowdown
occurred on Lap 23. Elrod briefly took second from Pettit on the restart
as Hogge led the way. However, Pettit regained the runner-up position
on the final lap. Hogge won ahead of Pettit, Elrod, Austin Burke, Cody
Burke, Steve Pemberton, Tim Yaeger, Raymond Keldsen Jr, Kyle Bryan and
Jared Domingos. There were 14 IMCA Modifieds with the eight lap heat
race wins going to Pettit and Hogge.
Randy Miller won the 20 lap
IMCA Sport Modified Main Event. His first win of the season keeps him
second in the standings as he trails point leader Fred Ryland by 5
tallies. Front row starters Mike Kofnovec Jr and Kelly Campanile raced
into first and second on the start as Dennis Simunovich ran third.
Campanile gained the lead on Lap 2, and a Lap 3 yellow flag slowed the
pace. Campanile continued to lead Kofnovec and Simunovich on the
restart, but Simunovich took second from Kofnovec on Lap 6. A lap later,
Simunovich put the moves on Campanile to take the lead. State point
leader Trevor Clymens was running third at that point, but Miller
grabbed the third position on Lap 15. A lap later, Miller took second
from Campanile, and a yellow flag on Lap 17 was the final slowdown of
the race. On the restart, Miller grabbed the lead from Simunovich as
Clymens settled into third. Miller held off Simunovich the rest of the
way to score the impressive win. Clymens settled for third ahead of
Ryland, Todd Gomez, Campanile, Kofnovec, Jim DiGiovanni, Timothy
Allerdings and Adriane Frost. The 18 IMCA Sport Modifieds ran two eight
lap heat races with the wins going to Simunovich and Gomez.
Sage
Bordenave won the 20 lap Western Midget Racing Main Event, snapping the
three-race win streak of point leader David Pickett. Micro Sprint racer
Bordenave had the pole and raced into the lead at the start ahead of
series championship contender Megan Moorehead and last week's Ventura
Raceway winner Blake Bower. As Bordenave led the way, Bower was
pressuring Moorehead for the second position. Cameron Beard retired
early, and the only yellow flag of the race flew on Lap 9 for Keoni
Texeira, who also retired. Bordenave led Moorehead on the restart, but
Bower moved into second on Lap 12. Prickett settled into third on Lap
14. Despite serious pressure from Bower in the waning laps, Bordenave
kept his cool and scored the satisfying win. Bower settled for second
ahead of Prickett, Caleb Debem, Moorehead, Bryant Bell, Shawn Arriaga,
Brody Petrie, Texeira and Beard. The 10 WMR Midgets ran two eight lap
heat races with Arriaga and Prickett collecting the wins.
Racing
resumes next Friday night with the Taco Bravo Sprint Cars back in action
along with the IMCA Sport Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Four Bangers and
Police N Pursuit cars. For further information, go to www.racepmg.com.
Drake, Kiefer, Johnson Score Wins At Bakersfield Speedway
Bakersfield,
CA...June 12...Logan Drake won the 20 lap IMCA Modified Main Event
Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. He becomes the fifth different
winner in eight races. Drake shared the front row with Michael Scruggs,
who led the opening lap. On the second lap, Drake took the lead from
Scruggs, and Robby Sawyer settled into second on Lap 3. Reigning
champion Jerry Flippo moved into third on Lap 5 and set his sights on
Sawyer. On the 16th lap, Flippo motored past Sawyer to grab the second
position. Sawyer had problems as both Rob Sanders and Bryan Clark got by
for third and fourth. Clark made a Lap 18 pass on Sanders to grab the
third position. Drake went on to victory ahead of Flippo, Clark,
Sanders, Steve Noland, Sawyer, Scruggs and Troy Morris III. Scruggs and
Clark picked up the eight lap heat race wins.
Levi Kiefer won the
25 lap IMCA Sport Modified Main Event. Kiefer was driving the Wayne
Dotson owned car, and this was his second win of the season. With his
pole position start, Brock Crawford raced into the early lead ahead of
Joe Baker and David Pearson. Pearson took second from Baker on Lap 8,
and he found himself leading on Lap 12 when Crawford had problems.
Kiefer was in second at that point, and both he and Jason Bannister got
around Pearson on the restart. Nick Spainhoward took third from Pearson
on Lap 17. Kiefer led the rest of the way for the win ahead of Jason
Bannister, Spainhoward, Tyler Bannister, Tyler Blankenship, Mike Wells,
John Piker, point leader Jason Nation, Baker and Markus Frazier.
Frazier, Piker and Kiefer picked up the eight lap heat race wins.
Nick
Johnson had a stellar night with a pair of feature triumphs. Johnson
collected his second 25 lap Hobby Stock Main Event win of the season.
Taylor Marshant shared the front row with Johnny Wood, and they ran
first and second in the early laps. Wood slipped past Marshant for
second on Lap 4, and Dylan Wilson gained second on the fifth lap. From
his sixth row starting position, Nick Johnson moved into third on Lap 10
and took second from Wilson on Lap 13. A Lap 14 pass gained Johnson the
lead from Wood. Wood surrendered second to Wilson on Lap 16 and lost
third to point leader Ricky Childress Jr on Lap 19. Nick Johnson went
on to victory ahead of Wilson, Childress, Johnny Wood, Karl Noland,
Colby Quinton, Teena Johnson, Nick Coffman, Jimmy Irwin and Brooke
Cimentel. The eight lap heat race wins went to Nick Johnson and
Childress.
Nick Johnson also won the 20 lap IMCA Stock Car Main
Event. It was his second win of the season in that class as well. Troy
Patee led just two laps before Nick Johnson went charging by. Steven
Johnson took second from Patee on the fifth lap with Justin Schweitzer
settling into third. Nick Johnson set a good pace out front as he went
on to win ahead of Steven Johnson, Schweitzer, Roger Holder, Austin Van
Hoff, Renn Bane, Patee, Chad Johnson and Jeff Streeter. The eight lap
heat race wins went to Nick Johnson and Steven Johnson.
Jason
Denman won the 20 lap Kern County Hardtop Main Event. Denman and Kelly
Mason shared the second row and scored the 1-2 finish. Travis Mason
finished third, followed by Tom Sommerfeld, Tyler Weeks and Scott
Rogers. Ali Dyess was a Main Event scratch, and Denman was the eight lap
heat race winner.
Racing resumes on June 26th with the annual
Richie McGowan Memorial 32 lap Hobby Stock race. Also competing will be
the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and American Stocks. For
further information, go to www.bakersfieldspeedway.com.
Randolph, Grzincic, Burgett, Barrow Pick Up Santa Maria Wins
Santa
Maria, CA...June 12...Tim Randolph won the 20 lap Western Pro Stock
Main Event Saturday night at Santa Maria Raceway. Late Model veteran
Jerry Stewart had the pole and raced into the lead at the start ahead of
Randolph and Dave King Jr. Unfortunately, King saw his race come to an
end for a Lap 3 yellow flag. Paul Miller settled into third behind
Stewart and Randolph on the restart. The lead trio were having a nice
battle up front, and both Randolph and Miller got past Stewart for first
and second on Lap 11. Rob Gilbertson briefly took second on Lap 13,
only to be passed by Stewart a lap later. As Randolph pulled away in the
lead, the battle was for second. Miller slipped past Stewart for the
runner-up position and trailed Randolph by nearly a straightaway at the
checkered flag. Stewart settled for third, followed by Gilbertson, Chad
Weber, Frank Nyback and King.
The Pro Stocks got to qualify on
the clock, and King set the fast time of 16.479, beating the 16.483 of
Miller. The eight lap heat race wins went to King and Miller.
Multi
time champion Tom Grzincic returned to action and won the 20 Lap Hobby
Stock Main Event. Track officials elected to run the Hobby Stocks with
the American Stock class. David Young led a lap before Grzincic took
over. Eddie Williams settled into third on Lap 3 and moved around Young
for second on Lap 7. Young held third until being overtaken by Aaron
Bruce on Lap 12. Grzincic pulled away to a comfortable margin of victory
over Williams, Bruce, Young, Chad Weber and Pat Fausel. The rest of the
order was made up of American Stock drivers with Clem Lessi leading
that group ahead of Ed Wyand, Jimmy Texeira and Taylor King. Weber and
Bruce were the eight lap heat race winners.
Levi Burgett won the
20 lap Mini Stock Main Event. Burgett shared the front row with Merced
Speedway star Lucy Falkenberg and the duo ran first and second at the
start. Skyler Chairez was third in the early laps. A yellow flag waved
on Lap 6, and Burgett continued to lead Falkenberg and Chairez on the
restart. Following the final yellow flag on Lap 10, the Top 3 remained
the same. However, there was a close battle at the front of the pack,
and Chairez moved by Falkenberg for second on Lap 16. Levi Burgett held
off the persistent Chairez for the victory with Falkenberg a close
third. Kris Gilbertson settled for fourth, followed by Bill Barnhill,
Megan Burgett, Cassidy Hull, Ali Thornton, Trent Lone and Darren Lessi.
Levi Burgett and Falkenberg won the eight lap heat races.
Late
Model star Phil Barrow won the 20 Lap Mod Lites Main Event. Barrow was
coming off of a recent win at Bakersfield Speedway, and he moved from
the second row into the lead at the start ahead of Bakersfield point
leader Tim Varney and JD Brown. Brown got past Varney for second on Lap 2
with Roy Maynard settling into third a lap later. Barrow led all the
way to win with Brown not too far behind in second. Maynard was a solid
third, followed by Tim Varney, Parker Cherry and Candi Varney. Maynard
was the eight lap heat race winner.
Racing returns on Saturday,
July 3rd with the annual Doug Ford Classic. The AMSOIL USAC/CRA 410
Sprint Cars will be in action along with the California Lightning
Sprints, IMCA Stock Cars, NMRA TQ Midgets and Mini Stocks. For further
information, go to www.santamariaraceway.com.
Hodges, Fitzgibbon, Stephens, Horton Top Field
At Ventura Raceway
Ventura,
CA...June 12...Jacob Hodges won the 30 lap VRA Sprint Car Main Event
Saturday night at Ventura Raceway. Hodges started up front and raced
into the lead at the start ahead of reigning champion Rick Hendrix and
Bruce Douglass. By the 10th lap, Hodges held a half-straightaway
advantage over Hendrix, and he maintained that lead all the way to the
checkered flag in the rapidly run event. Hodges was the happy winner
ahead of Hendrix, Douglass, Hannah Mayhew, Joey Bishop, Mike Cook and
Chris Meredith. Douglass won the 10 lap heat race.
Trevor
Fitzgibbon won the 20 lap IMCA Modified Main Event. Dennis Eckert
started up front and led the first two laps ahead of Fitzgibbon and
Danny Lauer. On the third lap, Fitzgibbon took the lead from Eckert. The
only yellow flag flew on Lap 13 for Heath Morton. Fitzgibbon continued
to lead Eckert and Lauer on the restart, but Eckert had problems and
retired on Lap 15. This moved Lauer into second ahead of reigning
champion Jack Parker. Though Lauer kept it close, Fitzgibbon brought it
home to the satisfying win. Parker settled for third, followed by Jared
Domingos, Scott Olsen, Dave Phipps, Mike Stanford, Eckert and Morton.
Fitzgibbon and Eckert won the eight lap heat races.
Tom Stephens
Sr won the 20 lap Senior Sprint Main Event. Following a complete
restart, Mike Cook took the early lead ahead of Stephens and Chris
Meredith. The lead trio ran closely, and Stephens took the lead from
Cook on the seventh lap. Meredith moved into second on Lap 8, but the
battle remained close at the front until a Lap 12 yellow flag waved for
Meredith. Stephens led Cook and Greg Andrews on the restart. Meredith
retired on Lap 16, and Stephens went on to take the checkered flag ahead
of Cook, Andrews, reigning champion Wally Pankratz, Greg Badgewell,
Mike Sheppard and Meredith. Pankratz won the eight lap heat race.
Jason
Horton won the 20 lap VRA Dwarf Car Main Event. Horton raced into the
lead at the start ahead of Shane Linenburger and Evan Jonker. Gage Cheek
gained third on Lap 2, and a Lap 5 yellow flag waved for a crash that
saw Tom Stephens Sr, Mike Long and Mike Lewis eliminated. Horton led
Cheek and Jonker on the restart as Dominic Maldonado settled into
fourth. Linenburger retired on Lap 7, and Cheek pitted from second on
the 10th lap. Horton took the checkered flag 2/3 of a lap ahead of
Jonker in victory. Maldonado finished third, followed by Cheek,
Linenburger, Lewis, Long, Stephens and Jeff Brink. Brink and Horton
picked up the eight lap heat race wins. Reigning champion Trent Morley
retired after the heat races.
There were a little over a dozen
Flat Track Bikes for the three classifications of divisions that
competed in 10 lap races. The 250cc-450cc race with won by Travis Nunez
ahead of JD Brittain and Billy Maxwell. Nunez took the lead from heat
winner John Tinsley on the fourth lap and led the rest of the way for
the win. In the 100cc-150cc race, heat winner Zac Murray won ahead of
Jason Castillo and Tyler Dragonchuk. Murray took the lead from Castillo
on the fourth lap and led the rest of the way. In the 125cc and under
class, heat winner Zac Murray led from the start to win ahead of JD
Britain and Tyler Dragonchuk.
Racing returns this Saturday night
with the VRA Sprint Cars back in action along with the Dwarf Cars, IMCA
Modifieds, Hobby Stocks and the debut of the IMCA Sport Compacts. The
track also added an IMCA Sport Modified race to Saturday's show after
seveeral Central California tracks canceled due to the excessive heat
that has been forcast. For further information, go to www.venturaraceway.com.
Kuecker, Furia Claim $1,000 Prizes
With Ukiah Speedway Victories
Ukiah,
CA...June 12...Sierra Furia won the 30 lap Limited Modified Main Event
Saturday night at Ukiah Speedway. The race paid Furia $1,000 and was her
third win on the Ukiah-Lakeport circuit.
Gary Lowblad had the
pole and led early. TJ Buzzard Jr settled into second on Lap 2 ahead of
Sammy Nuno and Furia. Lowblad saw his race come to an end for a Lap 5
yellow flag. Buzzard led Furia and Nuno on the restart, but Furia went
charging by for the lead on Lap 7. A yellow flag waved on Lap 17 as
Robert Schmidt retired. Furia continued to lead Buzzard and Nuno on the
restart. The final yellow flag waved on Lap 27 with Brandon Powers out
of the event. Furia didn't miss a beat. She led the final restart and
held off Buzzard for the win. Nuno settled for third, followed by Tyler
Caturegli, Raymond Taylor Jr, Bo Robertson, JR Lane, Powers, Schmidt and
Tyler Manning.
Furia was the quickest in qualifying with a
13.831, beating the 13.924 of Nuno and the 14.001 of Caturegli. The 10
lap heat race wins went to Furia and Nuno.
Forest Kuecker won the
30 lap Bombers Main Event. As with the Limited Modified race, the win
was worth $1,000 to Kuecker. Jimmy Sorrels started on the pole and took
the early lead ahead of Trent Campbell and Josh Smith. Smith moved into
second on Lap 3, and ninth starter Kuecker quickly moved into third. A
yellow flag waved on Lap 4. Sorrels continued to lead Smith and Kuecker
on the restart. The battle was close at the front of the pack, and Smith
took the lead from Sorrels on Lap 10. Kuecker took second from Sorrels
on Lap 13 and grabbed the lead a lap later as Smith followed closely in
second. Past champion Bob Mook was running in fourth and took third from
Sorrels on Lap 20. Mook slipped past Smith for second on Lap 22.
However, Kuecker had a decent advantage and would score the victory
ahead of Mook, Smith, Ed Rasmussen, Shelby Helm, Charley Tour, Loren
Powers Jr, Campbell, Sorrels and TJ Buzzard.
Powers set the fast
time of 14.701, beating the 14.878 of Tour and the 14.922 of Kuecker.
Powers and Tour picked up the 10 lap heat race wins.
Donovan
Arreguin won the 30 lap Jammer Main Event. They run the Pro class with
the Junior class, and Arreguin is part of the Pro division. Representing
the Junior division, Greg French finished second overall. Arreguin
raced into the early lead ahead of the Junior Jammers of Tucker Murray
and TJ Sorrels. The yellow flag waved after one lap, and another
incident botched the first restart attempt. Arreguin led French and the
Junior Jammer of Hailey Glass on the restart, but the yellow flag waved
on Lap 3 as Glass saw her race come to an unfortunate end. Arreguin
continued to lead French and Sorrels on the restart. Arreguin set a
rapid pace and held a half-lap lead by Lap 12. However, he brought out a
Lap 14 yellow flag, giving French the lead over TJ Sorrels and Jimmy
Sorrels. Arreguin very quickly maneuvered into second on Lap 18 before a
yellow flag waved for French. Arreguin led TJ Sorrels and the Pro
Jammer of Isaiah Rojas on the restart. French was back to fourth by Lap
21 and gained third a lap later. The final yellow flag waved on Lap 25
as Christian Sanchez saw his race come to an end. Arreguin led the
restart with French back in second ahead of TJ Sorrels. Arreguin pulled
away in the closing laps and would take the checkered flag over a
straightaway ahead of French. TJ Sorrels managed to hold off Rojas for
third. Murray was a lap down in fifth, followed by Jimmy Sorrels,
Sanchez and Glass.
Arreguin was the fastest Pro Jammer in
qualifying with a lap of 15.919. Glass set the Junior Jammer fast time
of 16.725, and Brittany Sorrels scratched prior to qualifying. French
won the Junior Jammer 10 lap heat race with the 10 lap Pro Jammer heat
going to Arreguin.
Nathan Hoben won the 15 lap B Bomber Main
Event. The group was allowed to run independent of the regular Bomber
class. Dan Munier jumped into the early lead ahead of Hoben and Dave
Land Jr. The lead duo begin to pull away from the pack. Audrey Portlock
took the third position from Land on Lap 10. On the final lap, Hoben
slipped past Munier to steal the victory. Portlock finished third ahead
of Land. Hoben had the fast time of 16.132, beating the 16.309 of
Munier. Trevor Abella scratched after qualifying, and Munier won the 10
lap heat race.
Justin Johnson won the 15 lap Legend Car Main
Event. Johnson jumped into the lead when the green flag waved, followed
by Tom Summers. The battle was close at the front of the pack, and
Summers slipped past Johnson to grab the lead on Lap 7. However, a Lap
11 yellow flag bunched the field. Johnson took the lead from Summers on
the restart and would win comfortably ahead of Dustin Meier, Summers and
Robert Byers. Summers set the fast time of 15.082 and also won the 10
lap heat race.
Kai Lovell won the 15 lap Bandolero Main Event.
The race had to be restarted after a crash that saw an early end of the
race for Jordan Ray. Lovell led Travis Powers and Blaine Mayo on the
restart. Mayo moved into second on Lap 4. Lovell set a blistering pace
and held a near lap advantage over Mayo by the time the race ended.
Powers settled for third ahead of Alyssa Sorrels, Ronnie DenBestie and
Ray. Powers set the fast time of 16.275, beating the 16.668 of Lovell.
Powers also won the 10 lap heat race.
Chris Hunt won the 20 lap
Jalopies Main Event. The division runs the last Main Event of the night
and uses a special dirt track in the infield. Hunt started in the second
row and quickly moved past Robert Portlock Jr and Sorhna Li for the
lead. Starting back in the fourth row, Kenny Golding worked his way up
to second and would finish there, followed by Joshua Small, Portlock,
Li, Brandon Small and reigning champion Jack Schlief. Small won the 10
lap heat race. Bradley Byers was a Main Event scratch.
The next
race in the series takes place at Lakeport Speedway on June 26th. The
Limited Modifieds are back in action along with a Bombers, Jammers,
Bandoleros, Legend Cars and Pro 4 Modifieds. For further information, go
www.lakeportspeedway.com.
Liggett, Rasmussen, Myrick
Share Keller Auto Speedway Spotlight
Hanford, CA...June 12...Austin Liggett won the 30 lap King of Thunder Wingless 360 Sprint Car Main Event Saturday night at Keller Auto Speedway. Liggett is currently the point leader in the USAC Western States Midgets championship race.
Current USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car point leader Brody Roa had the pole and jumped into the lead at the start ahead of reigning Antioch Wingless Spec Sprint champion DJ Johnson and Trent Carter. Liggett moved past Carter for third on Lap 6. He challenged Johnson for several laps before making the pass for second on Lap 13. On Lap 18, Liggett put the moves on Roa to grab the lead. Liggett would lead the rest of the way, and Roa would hold off the determined Johnson to finish second. Landon Hurst made a last lap pass on Tanner Boul to finish fourth. Boul settled for fifth, followed by Ryan Timmons, Koen Shaw, Carter, Jacob Tuttle and Matt Day.
13 drivers came to compete in the Wingless Sprint Car race, and Johnson set the fast time of 15.908, beating the 15.961 of Liggett and the 15.990 of Roa. Roa and Tuttle picked up seven lap heat race wins, and Roa also won the three lap Trophy Dash.
Kyle Rasmussen won the 25 lap IMCA Van De Pol Western RaceSaver 305 Sprint Car Main Event. Rasmussen has been on a bit of a roll lately as he is currently second in the State point race behind Ryan DeLisle. With a front row start, Rasmussen bolted into the lead at the start ahead of Albert Pombo and Brandon Stidham. Michael Pombo moved into fourth by the fifth lap and slipped past Stidham for third on Lap 6. Stidham came back strong to regain third on Lap 8. On the 14th lap, Stidham took second from Albert Pombo. However, Rasmussen held a commanding lead. As Rasmussen won by nearly a straightaway ahead of Stidham, Michael Pombo made a last lap pass on Albert Pombo to finish third. Albert Pombo settled for fourth, followed by Ryan Rocha, DeLisle, Sean Quinn, Brad Hohlbauch, Tony Pombo and Connor Danell.
There were 19 RaceSaver Sprint Cars, and Stidham set the fast time of 15.013, beating the 15.019 of Rasmussen and the 15.081 of Rocha. Michael Pombo and Blaine Fagundes were the seven lap heat race winners, and Stidham picked up three lap Trophy Dash honors.
Dan Myrick won the 20 lap West Coast Sport Compact Main Event. The 2019 series champion is running third in the standings as he contends for another title. Myrick started on the front row and raced into the early lead ahead of Ryan Doglione and Gene Glover. Point leader Greg Baronian took third from Glover on Lap 7. Randy Brown Jr took third from Baronian on Lap 8, but Baronian ran with him. On the 16th lap, Baronian regained third. Dan Myrick set a good pace and went on to victory ahead of Doglione, Baronian, Brown, Danny Myrick, Glover, Matthew Herod, Clinton Massey, Shawn DePriest and Jason Cook.
There were 19 Sport Compacts in action, and Glover and Brown picked up the six lap heat race wins. Brown set the fast time of 22.439, beating the 22.639 of Dan Myrick and the 22.839 of Glover.
With this Saturday's race canceled due to the extreme heat in the forecast, the next show takes place on September 11th. The King of Thunder Wingless Sprints will be an action along with IMCA Modifieds and Sport Modifieds and another visit from the West Coast Sport Compacts. For further information, go to www.racekingsspeedway.com.
Scelzi Wins Dave Bradway Memorial At Placerville,
Cox Collects SCCT Win
Placerville,
CA...June 12...Dominic Scelzi won the 40 lap NARC/King of the West
Series Fujitsu Winged 410 Sprint Car Main Event Saturday night at
Placerville Speedway. This was the 30th Annual Dave Bradway Jr Memorial
race, and Scelzi collected $7500 for his win aboard the Scelzi
Enterprises/Whipple Superchargers Scelzi Racing owned Sprinter.
After
winning the six lap Trophy Dash ahead of Kyle Hirst and Willie Croft,
Scelzi had the pole for the Main Event. Scelzi charged into the lead at
the start ahead of Hirst and Croft. Shane Golobic moved into third on
Lap 3 and took second from Hirst on Lap 5. Golobic followed Scelzi
closely at the front of the pack, and a yellow flag waved for the first
time on Lap 14. Scelzi led Golobic and Croft for one lap before a crash
involving Sean Becker and Tim Kaeding brought out a red flag. With
Kaeding and Becker the first two drivers out of the event, Scelzi
continued to lead Golobic and Croft on the restart. Hirst was running in
fourth and managed to get by Croft for third on Lap 25. Hirst briefly
slipped past Golobic for a second on Lap 28, only to surrender the
position a lap later. A yellow flag waved on Lap 34 with Mitchel Moles
out of the event. Scelzi led Golobic and Hirst on the restart, but a
final yellow flag waved on Lap 37 with Andy Forsberg out of the race.
This gave Golobic one more shot at Scelzi, but Scelzi resumed command on
the restart and brought it home to victory ahead of Golobic, Hirst,
Croft, Bud Kaeding, Kalib Henry, Ryan Robinson, Steven Ingraham, DJ
Netto and Joel Myers Jr.
There were 31 Winged 410 Sprint Cars for
the occasion, and there was a $1,300 prize up for grabs for the driver
who set the fast time. Willie Croft blistered the quarter-mile clay oval
with a lap of 10.476 to grab the prize money as Scelzi was second quick
at 10.819 and Hirst had the third fast time of 10.850. The four 10 lap
heat races went to Justin Sanders, Ryan Robinson, Bud Kaeding and
Forsberg. They transferred the Top 5 finishers directly into the Main
Event with everybody else having to fight for transfer positions in the
12 lap B Main.
Netto found himself on the pole for the B Main and
led every lap in victory. Jimmy Trulli settled into second ahead of
Shane Hopkins and Jake Morgan. Morgan took third from Hopkins on Lap 2,
and they ran that way until the ninth lap as Austin McCarl made a move
around Morgan for third. As Netto had built a comfortable lead, McCarl
made a last lap pass on Trulli to finish second. Trulli settled for
third ahead of Morgan and Hopkins. Morgan's night got better as he
started last in the 24 car Main Event, passed 10 cars to get a 14th
place finish and was awarded the $2,000 prize as the hard charger of the
race. The series heads to Petaluma Speedway on Saturday, July 10th. For
further information, go to www.narc410.com.
Justyn
Cox won of the 35 lap Winged 360 Sprint Car Main Event. This was the
sixth round of the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour Presented by
Abreu Vineyards, and Cox becomes the sixth different winner. By virtue
of the win, he also assumed the point lead, and he also collected $3,500
for the effort.
Kalib Henry grabbed the pole for the feature by
winning the six lap Trophy Dash ahead of Cox and Michael Faccinto. Henry
managed to lead the opening lap before Cox went roaring by. Faccinto
was an early third, and he took second from Henry on the sixth lap.
Moments later, a yellow flag waved. Faccinto charged past Cox to take
the lead on the restart as Andy Forsberg settled into third. However,
Justin Sanders grabbed third from Forsberg on Lap 11 before another
yellow flag waved. Faccinto led Cox and Sanders on the restart, but a
tangle between Faccinto and Sanders a lap later brought out a yellow
flag. Sanders was out of the event at that point. Cox led Forsberg and
Tanner Carrick on the restart. Carrick put the moves on Forsberg to grab
second on Lap 17. The yellow flag waved on Lap 22. The first restart
attempt was botched when Andy Gregg flipped to end his race. Cox led
Carrick and Ryan Robinson on the next restart. With Tanner Carrick not
too far behind him, Cox brought it home to the satisfying win. Robinson
settled for third, followed by Forsberg, Kaleb Montgomery, Henry, Shane
Hopkins, Zane Blanchard, Shane Golobic and Justin Bradway.
There
were 31 Winged 360 Sprint Cars, and they qualified in their respective
heat race groups. From the second group, Sanders set the overall fast
time of 11.090, beating the 11.166 of Forsberg from the first group and
the 11.220 of Chase Majdic from the second group. Sanders pocketed $500
as the fast timer. The four 10 lap heat races transferred the Top 4
finishers directly into the Main Event. Wins went to Tanner Carrick,
Cox, Montgomery and Faccinto. Isaiah Vasquez scored the victory in the
12 lap B Main. Joey Ancona led the opening lap from the pole before
Vasquez made the pass for the lead. Gregg settled into third on Lap 2
ahead of Dylan Bloomfield and Ashlyn Rodriguez. Vasquez drove a flawless
race and scored the win ahead of Ancona, Gregg, Bloomfield and
Rodriguez. The series heads to Petaluma Speedway this Saturday night.
For further information, go to www.sprintcarchallengetour.com.
After
a week off, racing continues at Placerville with the Carnet Clash on
June 26th, featuring the Thompson's Auto Group Winged 360 Sprint Cars,
Limited Late Models ($2300 to win), Pure Stocks, ($1200 to win), NorCal
Dwarf Cars and California Hardtops. For further information, go to www.placervillespeedway.com.
DeBenedetti, Peery Score Haudenshild Tribute Wins
At Southern Oregon Speedway
White
City, Oregon...June 12...Jon DeBenedetti won the 30 lap IMCA Modified
Main Event Saturday night at Southern Oregon Speedway. The occasion was
the eighth running of the Roger Haudenshild Tribute race, and he
pocketed $2,000 for the effort.
They started all 23 competitors
in the extra money feature, and Curtis Towns jumped into the lead at the
start ahead of Nick Trenchard and reigning champion Zach Fettinger.
Fettinger and DeBenedetti dropped Trenchard out of the Top 3 on the
third lap. Fettinger, DeBenedetti and Trenchard moved into the Top 3 on
Lap 8, and DeBenedetti took the lead from Fettinger on Lap 12. A yellow
flag waved moments later with Justin McCreadie and Jesse Williamson
retiring from the race at that point. Darrell Hughes II moved into the
third position on the restart behind DeBenedetti and Fettinger. Hughes
took second from Fettinger on Lap 15, and a Lap 19 yellow flag bunched
the field. Hughes took the lead from DeBenedetti on the restart as Jesse
Bailey settled into third. Hughes was running strong, but mechanical
issues were about ready to derail his effort. On Lap 26, DeBenedetti
gained the lead, and Hughes brought out a Lap 27 yellow flag.
DeBenedetti led reigning Cottage Grove champion Jake Mayden and
Fettinger on the restart. As DeBenedetti pulled away for the victory,
Mayden fell back several spots on the final lap as Fettinger ended up
second, followed by Bailey, James Welshonse, Dave Duste Jr, Craig
Cassell, Towns, Andy Freeman, Mark Wauge and Jake Mayden.
Williamson
was the quickest qualifier with a lap of 15.696, beating the 15.745 of
Trenchard. The eight lap heat race wins went to Williamson, Trenchard
and Towns. Fettinger won the 10 lap Crack The Whip race.
Travis
Peery won the 25 lap Dusty's Transmissions IMCA Sport Modified Main
Event. This win was worth $1,000 to the multi time Yreka and Medford
IMCA Modified champion. Chico, California visitor Tyler Rodgers had the
pole and set the early pace ahead of Dustin Comer and Travis Peery.
Peery took second from Comer on Lap 2, and a Lap 4 yellow flag waved.
Rodgers continued to lead Travis Peery and Jorddon Braaten on the
restart. Matt Sanders moved up to battle Braaten for third on Lap 8.
Braaten headed for the pits on a Lap 15 with Sanders now in third.
Travis Perry made a move around Rodgers for the lead on Lap 17. Travis
Peery would go on to victory with Rodgers a solid second. Matt Sanders
finished third, followed by Yreka point leader Ryan Peery, Comer, Dwayne
Melvin, Steven Sanders, Ryder Boswell, Branden Wilson and Jantzen
Knips.
The IMCA Sport Modifieds had 23 cars for the extra money
race, and Rich McCoy set the fast time of 19.271, beating the 19.592 of
Travis Peery. Rodgers, Travis Peery and Braaten picked up the eight lap
heat race wins. Rogers won the 10 lap Crack The Whip race.
Joey
Tanner returned and won the 25 lap CDA Late Model Main Event. The
second-straight win for the multi time Willamette Speedway champion
earned him $1,000. Tanner started on the pole and raced into the early
lead ahead of Coos Bay star Braden Fugate and Bryan Norton. Miles
Deubert moved the Dave Foote car into third on Lap 2 with reigning
champion Trent Elliott settling into fourth two laps later. As Tanner
led the way, both Deubert and Elliott got past Fugate for second and
third on Lap 5. Tanner had already built a nice advantage when Elliott
put the moves on Deubert for second on Lap 12. Recent Coos Bay winner
Richard Wallace took fourth from Fugate on the final lap as Tanner won
comfortably ahead of Elliott, Deubert, Wallace, Chuck Christian, Fugate,
Norton, Chris Biggs, John David Duffie and Bob Dees.
Tanner was
the quickest of 10 qualifiers with a lap of 15.055, beating the 15.563
of Deubert. Tanner made it a clean sweep with four lap Trophy Dash and
eight lap heat race wins. Fugate was the other heat winner.
Brad
Martin won the 15 lap Hornets Main Event. There weren't enough cars to
have a race for the class at the season opener, but five drivers showed
up for this occasion. Martin is the Cottage Grove Speedway IMCA Sport
Compact point leader. He wasted little time getting the lead from his
pole position start and won ahead of reigning division champion Dylan
Sauer, Britney Scott, Bre Tritchler and Derrel Nelson Jr. Sauer won the
eight lap heat race.
After a break for a week, racing returns on
June 26th with the IMCA Modifieds back in action along with the Dusty's
Transmissions IMCA Sport Modifieds, Outlaw Pro Stocks and the season
debut of the Mini Stocks. For further information, go to www.southernoregonmotorsports.com.
Winter, Miraglio, Dykeman
Win Petaluma Speedway Dwarf Car Nationals
Petaluma,
CA...June 11-12...Ryan Winter won the 30 lap Pro Dwarf Car Main Event
Saturday night at Petaluma Speedway. This was the WSDCA Dwarf Car
Nationals, hosted by the Redwood Dwarf Car Association. Winter has won a
majority of the races so far with the NorCal Dwarf Car Association this
year.
After finishing second to Tommy Velasquez III in the 10
lap Fast Dash, Shawn Jones started on the outside front row and raced
into the lead ahead of Velasquez and Adam Teves. Teves and Winter both
got past Velasquez on Lap 3, but Darren Brown moved into third a lap
later. Winter retook third on Lap 5, but Brown came roaring back to
reclaim the spot on Lap 6. A yellow flag waved on Lap 8 as Shawn Whitney
retired. Jones continued to lead the restart as Brown took second from
Teves. Jones was maintaining the lead until his race came to an abrupt
end for a Lap 18 yellow flag. Brown took the lead on the restart ahead
of Winter and Teves, and a Lap 20 yellow flag waved. The race was over
for Dennis Gilcrease, William Taylor and Anthony Pope. Winter led Teves
and Brown on the restart. As Winter led the way, Teves had problems for a
Lap 28 yellow flag. Winter led Michael "Spanky" Grenert and Danny
Wagner on the restart, and they finished in that order. Jimmy Damron
finished fourth, followed by Tommy Velasquez III, Travis Day, Dylan
Shrum, Brown, Brad Ernst and Chance Russell.
There were 33 Pro
Dwarf Cars, giving them the biggest portion of the 81 car field on hand
for the weekend. On Friday, they took the Top 4 finishers from each heat
race. Eight lap heat wins went to Brown, Teves, Ernst and Jones.
Everybody else ran the 15 lap B Main to try to make it into the
Preliminary Feature. Sixth starter Gilcrease won that race ahead of 12th
starter William Taylor, Damron, Day and Jake Van Ortwick. The Top 10
finishers in the 20 lap Preliminary Feature made it into Saturday's Fast
Dash to set the first five rows of the Main Event. Brown won that race
from the pole ahead of 10th starter Winter, Jones, Teves, Wagner, Nick
Velasquez, Taylor, Tommy Velasquez III, Grenert and Devan Kammermann.
Tommy
Velasquez III started on the pole and led all 10 laps to win Saturday's
Fast Dash. Jones moved into second on Lap 3 and chased Velasquez the
rest of the way. Kammermann, Wagner and Grenert took turns in third
before Wagner moved into the position on the fourth lap. On Lap 7, both
Brown and Teves got by Wagner. Velasquez won the race ahead is Jones,
Brown, Teves and Wagner.
The 10 lap heat races set the lineup
for the 12 lap B Main, and wins in those races went to Sean Catucci,
Whitney and Pope. Pope won the 12 lap B Main. Catucci raced into the
early lead ahead of Pope and Van Ortwick. Chris Kress gained the lead on
a Lap 5 restart, only to surrender the position to Pope a lap later.
Van Ortwick saw his run in third end for a Lap 9 yellow flag. As Pope
continued to lead the restart, Damron settled into second and would
finish there. Keess won a late race battle with Day to finish third as
Gilcrease ended up fifth.
Delta Dwarf Car point leader Kevin
Miraglio won the crash-shortened 14 lap Veterans Dwarf Car Main Event.
Scott Dahlgren and Mike Reeder shared the front row with Dahlgren
leading Reeder on the opening up. Dan Geil briefly gained third on Lap
3, only to surrender the position back to Miraglio a lap later. Reeder
took the lead from Dahlgren on Lap 5, and the yellow flag waved a lap
later. Reeder led Dahlgren and Miraglio on the restart, and Miraglio
took second from Dahlgren on Lap 8. Reeder and Jack Haverty brought out a
Lap 14 yellow flag. Miraglio had the lead at that point, and the race
ended due to time. Miraglio got the win ahead of Dahlgren, Eric Weisler,
Danny Marsh, Mike Dahle, Buddy Olschowka, Mark Biscardi, Tony Margott,
Shawn McCoy and Stacy Woods.
There were 26 Veteran Dwarf Cars for
the weekend, and the Friday night heat race wins were earned by Steve
Kapaun, Tim Fitzpatrick and Miraglio. The Top 5 finishers in the heat
races made it into the Preliminary Feature with everybody else having to
run the 12 Lap B Main. Glenn Sciarani started on the pole of that race
and picked up the win ahead of Dahlgren, Woods, Margott and Dan Zuger.
Kapaun won the 20 lap Preliminary Feature ahead of 12th starter John
Peters, Miraglio, Weisler, Dahlgren, Haverty, Margott, Geil, Reeder and
Marsh.
The Top 10 finishers from the Preliminary Feature on
Friday ran the 10 lap Fast Dash on Saturday to determine the first five
rows of the Main Event. Dahlgren picked up the win in that race. Reeder
led the first two laps from the pole ahead of a Haverty. Haverty grabbed
the lead on the third lap, but he surrendered the position to Dahlgren
on Lap 5. Dahlgren went on to lead the rest of the way for the win,
followed by Reeder, Haverty, Miraglio and Geil. Eight lap heat race wins
went to Woods and Sciarani, but everybody ended up starting the Main
Event.
Will Dykeman won the 20 lap Sportsman Dwarf Car Main
Event. Dykeman started on the pole and proceeded to lead all 20 laps for
the impressive win. Trevor Mendenhall ran second for a lap before being
passed by Kelly Woods. Mendenhall and Dan Varner moved into second and
third on Lap 3. 11th starter Tanner Curr gained third on Lap 5 before a
yellow flag slowed the action. Dykeman continued to lead the restart
with Curr taking second from Mendenhall. Woods was third on Lap 7, and
she briefly gained second on Lap 9. Ellie Russo made a Lap 10 pass to
claim second, and a Lap 16 yellow flag slowed the action for the final
time as Alyssa Gallegos saw her race come to an end. Dykeman led Russo
and Curr on the restart. As Dykeman went on to score the victory, Curr
made a Lap 17 pass on Russo and would finish second. Russo settled for
third, followed by Mendenhall, Orey Woods, Kelly Woods, Mack Aceves,
Jace Badeker, Teagan Fischer and Zachary Whitaker.
There were 22
Sportsman Dwarf Cars for the weekend, and Friday night action saw eight
lap heat race wins go to Scotty Preast, Duke Shoemaker and Curr. All of
the drivers started to Preliminary Feature. With a pole position start,
Preast won that race. Dykeman made a serious charge from 18th starting
to finish second, followed by Joe Bohard, Russo, Kelly Woods, Trevor
Mendenhall, Shoemaker, Varner, Kylee Johnson and Aceves.
Dykeman
won the four lap Fast Dash to grab the pole for the Saturday night Main
Event. Mendenhall finished second ahead of Shoemaker, Preast and last
starter Badeker. Eight lap heat race wins went to Fischer and Orey
Woods.
Daniel Whitley won the 20 lap Wingless Spec Sprint Main
Event. Nick Robfogal had the pole and raced into the early lead ahead of
Whitley and Shawn Jones. There were two early yellow flags, but the
lead trio remained the same. Whitley and Jones shuffled Robfogal back to
third on a Lap 10 restart, and ninth starting Shawn Arriaga took third
from Robfogal on Lap 15. Whitley went on to victory ahead of Jones,
Arriaga, Robfogal, Tony Bernard, Scott Chapeta, Antioch point leader
Ryon Siverling, Heath Holdsclaw, Marcus Hardina and Josh Gillis. Arriaga
was the quickest of the 17 qualifiers on the 3/8 mile adobe oval with a
lap of 15.346, beating the 15.422 of Jones. The three eight lap heat
race wins went to Nathan Schank, Jones and Whitley.
Racing
resumes this Saturday night with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge
Tour Presented by Abreu Vineyards, the Redwood Dwarf Cars and IMCA
Modifieds. For further information, go to www.petaluma-speedway.com.
Mognaga, Hannum, Mauldin, Cancilla
Win At Dixon Speedway
Dixon,
CA...June 12...Point leader Dan Mognaga won the 25 lap Wingless 600
Micro Sprint Main Event Saturday night at Dixon Speedway. Following his
10 lap Trophy Dash win, Mognaga had the pole for the feature race as he
attempted to make it a clean sweep on the evening. Mognaga raced into
the lead at the start ahead of Brandon Riveira and Jeffrey Pahule.
Pahule took second from Riveira on Lap 5 with a yellow flag waving
moments later. Mognaga led Riveira and Austin Taborski on the restart.
However, the battle was intense at the front as Riveira took the lead
from Mognaga on Lap 8. Mognaga stayed with him and briefly got by for
the lead on Lap 13, only surrender the point back to Riveira on lap 15.
However, Mognaga was again able to make a pass for the lead on Lap 16
and made it stick that time. Pahule saw his run in third end for a Lap
20 yellow flag. Mognaga led Rivera and Bryant Bell on the restart, and
they finished in that order with Travis Sullivan fourth, followed by
Colin Kirby, Nate Wait, Taylor DeCarlo, Justin Stretch, Jarrett Heimlich
and Taborski.
Riveira was the quickest of 17 qualifiers on the
1/5 mile dirt oval with a lap of 11.263, beating the 11.426 of Pahule
and the 11.440 of Mognaga. The 10 lap heat race wins went to Mognaga and
Taborski. Mognaga won the 10 lap Trophy Dash to complete the clean
sweep.
Brad Hannum won the 25 lap Super 600 Main Event. Hannum is
the current point leader and reigning division champion. Jeffrey
Pahule and Hannum shared the front row, and it was a battle between the
duo throughout the rapidly run race. They held a straightaway advantage
over the nearest competitor as Hannum went on to win ahead of Pahule.
Brett McCulloch was a solid third, followed by Tyler Chamorro, Nick Van
Atta, Anthony Lewis, Jeffrey Rosas, Joe Silva and Tallon Becker. Hannum
had the fast time of 10.676, beating the 10.856 of McCulloch. Hannum won
the 10 lap heat race, but Pahule held him off to win the eight lap
Trophy Dash and prevent the clean sweep.
Lucas Mauldin won the 20
lap Restricted 600 Micro Main Event. The past Stockton Delta Speedway
Junior Sprint champion just moved up to this division this season, and
this was his first win in this class. Mauldin started on the pole and
proceeded to lead all the way in victory. Reigning Junior Sprint
champion Kyle Fernandez ran second for a lap before being passed by
Jackson Kohler and Lucas Johnson. That would be the order the rest of
the way as Mauldin won by a decent margin ahead of Kohler, Johnson,
Fernandez, Andrew Smith, Ryder Byrd, Cierra Wullenwaber, Savannah Brown,
AJ Nielson and Kyle Cravotta.
Johnson was the quickest of 12
qualifiers with a lap of 11.379, beating the 11.494 of Fernandez. The 10
lap heat race wins went to Smith and Mauldin. Mauldin also won the six
lap Trophy Dash to make it a clean sweep.
Veto Cancilla won the
20 lap Junior Sprint Main Event. In the process, he broke the
stranglehold that point leader Hayden Stepps had on the division as the
only feature winner of the year up until this point.
After
winning the six lap Trophy Dash, Stepps had the pole for the feature
race and looked like a sure winner. Following a complete restart, Stepps
bolted into the lead ahead of Cancilla and Josiah Vega. Unfortunately,
Stepps brought out a yellow flag on Lap 11 as his race ended. Cancilla
led at that point ahead of Jackson Tardiff and Levi Osborne. They ran
that way until a final yellow flag on Lap 16. As Cancilla continued to
lead Tardiff on the restart, Vega regained third. Cancilla stretched his
lead to nearly a straightaway over Tardiff by the time the checkered
flag waved. Vega ended up third, followed by Dean Skrifvas, Osborne,
Heston Stepps, Briggs Davis, Bradley Anderson, Maya Mauldin and
Mickelina Monico.
Cancilla set the fast time of 13 competitors
with a lap of 12.976, beating the 13.119 of Hayden Stepps. Cancilla and
Hayden Stepps won the 10 lap heat races with Hayden Stepps outrunning
Cancilla to win the six lap Trophy Dash.
Another full slate of Micro Sprint action is on tap for this Saturday night. For further information, go to www.dixonspeedway.net.
Thomson Scores $1,000 Hobby Stock Victory
At Antioch Speedway
Antioch
CA...June 12...James Thomson won the 30 lap Jay's Mobile Welding
Service Hobby Stock Main Event Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. This
was an opportunity for the track to showcase this division with an extra
money event, and the win paid the reigning division champion $1,000.
This was the second win of the season fur Thomson as he stays in
championship contention.
Multi time champion Melissa Myers led
the opening lap ahead of point leader Larry McKinzie Jr and Thomson. A
yellow flag waved after one lap, and Thomson moved into second on the
restart. A yellow flag flew again on Lap 2. On this restart, Thomson
took the lead from Myers as DJ Keldsen settled into third. A Lap 14
yellow flag flew as TJ Etchison, Jon Haney and Trevor Clymens were all
eliminated. Thomson continued to lead Myers and DJ Keldsen on the
restart. However, a tangle between Myers and Keldsen forced a Lap 17
yellow flag. Thomson led Kenneth Robles and Jeff Bentancourt on the
restart. A final yellow flag flew on lap 20 as Misty Welborn and
Michaela Taylor were eliminated. Thomson continued to lead Robles and
Charlie Bryant on the restart. Bryant took second from Robles on Lap 23.
However, Thomson had built nearly a straightaway advantage over Bryant
by the time the checkered flag flew. Jeff Bentancourt finished third,
and Myers recovered for a fourth place finish, followed by Jared Baugh,
Grayson Baca, Robles, Dakota Keldsen, McKinzie and Taylor.
There
were 24 Hobby Stocks for the occasion, and the Top 4 finishers made it
out of the four eight lap heat races. Wins in those races went to DJ
Keldsen, Thomson, Myers and TJ Etchison. Thomson also won the four lap
Trophy Dash. Baugh won the 14 lap B Main. He led the first four laps
before being passed by Misty Welborn. Baugh stayed in contention until
regaining the lead from Welborn on Lap 9 and holding her off the rest of
the way for the victory. Adam Kujala took third from Colton Haney on
Lap 12, but Kujala was passed on the last lap by Dakota Keldsen. Kujala
took the fourth and final transfer spot as Colton Haney settled for
fifth.
Jim Freethy greatly increased his Super Stock point lead
with his fourth 20 lap Super Stock Main Event win. Chad Hammer started
on the front row outside and jumped into the early lead ahead of Freethy
and Dan Smith. Freethy took the lead from Hammer on the fifth lap. Joey
Ridgeway moved past Smith for third on Lap 6. Freethy held about a
half-straightaway advantage over Hammer by the time the checkered flag
flew. Ridgeway finished third, followed by Smith, the IMCA Stock Cars of
Dan Gonderman and Jay Bryant and Mike Hynes. Freethy also won the eight
lap heat race.
Joel Hannagan won the 20 lap Hardtop/Sportsman
Main Event. Hannagan had won three of the four Antioch races last year,
and he won races with the Hardtops in Placerville and Marysville earlier
this year. He is driving the Junkyard Dog, owned by Doug Braudrick.
Hannagan started last in the 11 car Main Event and methodically worked
its way up to the front of the pack where he led Jim Perry Jr, who was
piloting The Dudley Brothers Tribute Hardtop, owned by Dave Mackey. The
Sportsman cars of Watsonville Hall of Famer Jerry Cecil and Dwayne Short
finished third and fourth, followed by the Hardtop of Ron Ruiz, the
Sportsman of Rick Elliott, the Hardtop of Matt Taylor and the Sportsman
cars of Gary Hildebrand, Mike Friesen and Jeff West. Perry and Taylor
won the six lap heat races.
Marysville racer Brad Bumgarner won
the Winged 360 Sprint Car Main Event. Despite running when neighboring
Petaluma Speedway was dark to the class, this show was still conflicting
against a bigger show up north and only four drivers showed up.
Bumgarner led past Petaluma champion Bradley Terrell and past Petaluma
Spec Sprint title winner Angelique Bell. Bell found herself in second on
Lap 9 as the yellow flag waved for Terrell. Bumgarner led Bell on the
restart, but Terrell moved into second on Lap 13. Bumgarner won ahead of
Terrell and Bell. Scott Jaquith was also in action, but he scratched
prior to the Main Event Bumgarner set the fast time of 13.543, beating
the 13.593 of Terrell, who ended up winning the eight lap heat race.
Racing
will return this Saturday night with the Delta Dwarf Cars, Hobby
Stocks, IMCA Stock Cars and 600 Micro Sprints. The Wingless Spec Sprints
have also been added to the show. For further information, go to www.antochspeedway.com.
Vaughn, Evans, McLeod, Miller, Morgan
Share Deming Speedway Spotlight
Bellingham,
Washington...June 11...Nate Vaughn won the 25 lap Shots 2 Go Espresso
1200 Mini Sprint Main Event Friday night at Deming Speedway. This was
the first win of the season for Vaughn, who became the fifth-straight
different winner in the class.
Vaughn started on the pole, but
outside front row starter Dakota Drake led a pair of laps before Vaughn
went motoring by for the lead. Drake held second with Jared Gunderson
running third until being passed on the 10th lap by Steve Hendrickson.
On the 17th lap, Hendrickson put the moves on Drake to steal the second
position, and Drake surrendered third to point leader Drake Holmwood on
lap 20. Vaughn went on to win with Henderson a close second. Holmwood
settled for third, followed by Drake, Brock Lemley, Alex Lewis, Clennon
Holloway, Gundersen, Tyson Lemley and Terry Lewis.
Tyson Lemley
was the quickest of 17 1200 Mini Sprints with a lap of 10.734 around the
1/6 mile clay oval, beating the 10.778 of Brock Lemley. The three eight
lap heat race wins went to Lewis, Vaughn and Holmwood.
Nick
Evans won a thrilling 25 lap Focus Midget Main Event. This was the
fourth win in five races for the current point leader. Jesse Munn
started on the pole and led a lap before Shane Smith charged by. Munn
held second until being overtaken by fourth row starter Evans on Lap 5.
As Smith had to deal with the challenge of Evans, Munn surrendered third
to Jared Peterson on Lap 10. The battle intensified in the waning laps
with Evans making a last lap maneuver around Smith to grab the lead.
Evans managed to beat Smith back to the checkered flag as Peterson
settled for third ahead of Jesse Munn, Levi Harless, Jake Munn, Brian
Holmkivist, Shon Series, Chris Foster and Kyle Hanson. Peterson set the
fast time of 11.765 for the Wingless Midgets, beating the 11.832 of
Evans. Evans and Peterson picked up the eight lap heat race wins.
Tyler
McLeod won the 25 lap Speed Mart Super 600 Micro Sprint Main Event.
This was the first win of the season for McLeod. McLeod started on the
pole and led from the outset ahead of Dakota Drake. Blaine Granberg
moved into third on Lap 2 and set his sights on Drake as Colin Mackey
settled into fourth. Granberg put the moves on Drake for second on Lap
20. Though it was close, McLeod held off Granberg for the satisfying
win. Mackey was able to get past Drake for third on Lap 22 with Drake
settling for fourth, followed by Jeremy Holz, Jared Peterson, Ryan Holz,
point leader Dylan Resch, Haley Constance and Jesse Schlotfeldt.
Peterson
was the quickest of 18 Super 600 Micro Sprints with a lap of 10.692,
beating the 10.700 of Parker Hadlock. The eight lap heat race wins went
to Jeremy Holz, McCleod and Schlotfeldt.
Destry Miller won the 25 lap mytrafficman.net
Restricted 600 Micro Sprint Main Event. This was the second win of the
season for Miller. Miller shared the front row with Peyton Drake, and
they immediately settled into the first and second positions. Keira
Zylstra ran third. Miller set a rapid pace and would win by about a
straightaway ahead of Drake. The battle was for second with Drake
finishing just ahead of Zylstra and point leader Levi Hillier to claim
the runner-up honors. Levi Kuntz settled for fifth, followed by Corbin
Ramsey, Zoey Tupper, Kane Van Sickle, Mallory Fisher and Carson Guffie.
Levi
Hillier set the fast time of 11.274, beating the 11.422 of Kuntz. The
15 competitors ran two eight lap heat races with the wins going to
Guffie and Van Sickle.
McKenna Morgan won the 20 lap Junior
Sprint Main Event. This was the second win of the season for Morgan.
Morgan started in the third row with polesitter Colton Knapp taking the
early lead ahead of Chase Whitney. Morgan was third by Lap 3 and raced
past Knapp and Whitney for the lead on Lap 4. Fourth row starter and
point leader Brooke Constance moved into third on Lap 5 and put the
moves on Knapp for second on Lap 6. On the eighth lap, Clayton Jalakas
settled into third. Morgan had to deal with the persistent pressure of
Constance but would score the victory. Jalakas was a straightaway behind
the lead duo in third, followed by Jason Metcalf, Avery Askvig, Dustin
Ramsey, Sawyer Baxter, Knapp, Whitney and Piper Bliven. Constance was
the quickest of 12 qualifiers with a lap of 13.451, beating the 13.536
of Ramsey. Morgan and Jalakas were the eight lap heat race winners.
Racing
resumes on Friday night with the 1200 Mini Sprints, Super 600 Micro
Sprints, Restricted Micro Sprints and the Junior Sprints. For further
information, go to www.demingspeedway.com.
Aguirre, Holden, Schemerhorn, Reynolds
Win Club Race At Madera Speedway
Madera,
CA...June 12...Jason Aguirre won 40 lap Madera Late Model Main Event
Saturday night at Madera Speedway. This was the fourth win in a row for
Aguirre. Kyle Keller started on the pole, but Nut Up Pro Late Model
Series point leader Matt Erickson took the early lead ahead of Club
Series point leader Keller and Aguirre. Keller slipped past Erickson for
the lead the fourth lap, and a yellow flag waved on Lap 11. Erickson
regained the lead on the restart with Aaron Mullins moving into third.
The lead duo were battling closely when a yellow flag flew on Lap 20.
Erickson briefly regained the lead on the restart, but he had problems
and brought out a yellow flag. Keller led Mullins and Aguirre on the
restart. Mullins was pressuring Keller before making a pass on Lap 29.
Aguirre followed into second and fourth row starter Dennis Schlundt
settled into third. Mullins saw his race come to an end for a Lap 32
yellow flag. Aguirre led Schlundt and Brandon Burd on the restart, and
another yellow flag waved on Lap 34 as Erickson saw his race come to an
end. Aguirre led the restart with Keller getting past Schlundt for
second. Aguirre led the rest of the way to win ahead of Keller,
Schlundt, Burd, final lead lap finisher Mike Shapiro, Erickson, Mullins,
Rebecca Dubie, Loren Kutz and Ricky Nelson.
Keller set the fast
time on the 1/3 mile paved oval with a lap of 15.046, beating the 15.072
of Erickson and the 15.105 of Aguirre. The eight lap heat race wins
went to Keller and Mullins. Dubie was the only Junior Late Model driver
to show up for their exhibition. After being given 10 laps for that Main
Event, she was allowed to start with the Madera Late Models for the
first time ever.
Howard Holden won the 30 lap Hobby Stock Main
Event. Holden is a past division champion who is currently competing in
the Pro Late Model class. He started on the front row and raced into the
lead when the green flag waved, followed by a pair of past Hobby Stock
champions, Thomas Suarez and Steve Schemerhorn. As Holden began to pull
away, Suarez, Schermerhorn and point leader Manny Gonzales Jr ran
closely in the battle for second. Donny Large Jr briefly took fourth
from Gonzales before bringing out a yellow flag on Lap 24. Holden
continued to lead Suarez and Schemerhorn on the restart, and they would
finish in that order. Gonzales settled for fourth, followed by Nick
Rowe, Harley Kennealy, Austin Gallencamp and Large. Suarez set the fast
time of 16.197, beating the 16.201 of Gonzales and the 16.281 of Holden.
Holden and Gonzalez won the eight lap heat races.
Steve
Schermerhorn won the 50 lap Southwest Tour Truck Main Event. After two
previously scheduled races this year fell through, this was the first
visit for the group. Thomas Suarez led three laps before Schermerhorn
went motoring by. Point leader Curtis Burns was running fourth at that
point and took third from George Perret on Lap 8. On the 15th lap, Burns
put the moves on Suarez to gain second. At that point, however,
Schemerhorn held a straightaway advantage over Burns. Burns was running
faster and more consistent laps and closed in on Schermerhorn by the
33rd lap. The lead duo lapped Suarez and Perret by the 42nd lap. Though
Burns ran with Schemerhorn, he was unable to make a pass. Schemerhorn
scored the victory ahead of Burns, Suarez, Perret, rookie Jessie
Gonzalez-Quintero and Harley Kennealy. Schemerhorn set the fast time of
16.114, beating the 16.154 of Burns.
Ryan Reynolds won the 30
lap Mini Super Toyota Main Event. This was the fourth win of the season
and third-straight for the 2019 champion. Bill Gorden had the pole and
led the first two laps before being overtaken by Ryan Reynolds. Haliey
Bugg held second until reigning champion Shaun Reynolds got by on Lap 5.
During the first half of the race, the Reynolds brothers and Bugg ran
closely, but the Reynolds brothers began to break away. Ryan Reynolds
held off a last lap effort by brother Shaun to score the victory. Bugg
was a solid third, followed by Gorden, Nick Thompson and Jillaun Holden.
Ryan Reynolds set the fast time of 16.700, beating the 16.767 of Shaun
Reynolds. The eight lap heat race wins went to Ryan Reynolds and Shaun
Reynolds. Chris Hurles scratched after mechanical issues in qualifying.
Matt
Lippman won the 20 lap Mini Stock Main Event. Johnny Williams set the
early pace ahead of Lippman and Rick Lea. Lippman made what proved to be
his winning pass on Lap 5 and went on to build a one third of a lap
advantage. Lippman won ahead of Williams and Lea. Lippman set the fast
time of 18.298 and won the eight lap heat race.
The next race on
the schedule will be another MavTV Series taping on June 26th. The Nut
Up Pro Late Models will be back in action along with the 51fifty Energy
Drink Junior Late Models and the Mini Cups/Bandoleros. For further
information, go to www.racemadera.com.
Simmons A Double Winner After Two Nights Of Racing
At Diamond Mountain Speedway
Susanville,
CA...June 11-12...Riley Simmons picked up a pair of 25 lap IMCA
Modified Main Event wins last Friday and Saturday night at Diamond
Mountain Speedway. This gives him five total wins for the season, and
the big weekend allowed Simmons to gain a huge lead in the standings.
The
Friday night race had Simmons starting in the second row and wasting
little time getting around Nevin Kennemore for the lead. Ninth starting
Ryan McDaniel, who is the reigning champion, worked his way into second
and chased Simmons across the finish line. Nevin Kennemore settled for
third, followed by Paris Archie, Buddy Kniss, Mitch Murphy, Wade
Kennemore, Matt Murphy, Gene Kay and Chris Olexiewicz. McDaniel, Simmons
and Olexiewicz were the eight lap heat race winners.
On Saturday
night, Simmons came from the third row to get around front row starter
Matt Murphy and Wade Kennemore for the lead. Simmons went on to win
ahead of Wade Kennemore, Matt Murphy, Buddy Kniss, Zach Cail, Chris
Olexiewicz, Paris Archie, Vincent Evanson, Gene Kay and Austin Grant.
The eight lap heat race wins went to Scott Foreman, Nevin Kennemore,
Cail and Simmons. When all was said and done, Simmons left the weekend
with an 87 point advantage over Wade Kennemore. Kennemore leads Chris
Nieman by one point and Nevin Kennemore by 35 in a closer battle for
second.
The Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series, presented by
Jay's Mobile Welding Service, competed on both nights. Reigning Western
Pro Stock Series champion Justin Crockett picked up the $1,500 victory
on Saturday night. Crockett started on the second row and wasted little
time getting into the lead as Susanville Promoter Jeff Olschowka worked
his way forward from the sixth row. Olschowka got up to second and
chased Crockett across the finish line as Royce Goetz finished third,
followed by Jay Sears, Ryan Smith, Richard Brace Jr, Robby Grace, Matt
Kile, Bill Hall and Brent Lawrence. The eight lap heat race wins went to
Ryan Smith and Olschowka.
On Friday night, it was Chris Smith
outrunning son Ryan Smith for the victory. This race was also the annual
Gordon Russell Sr Memorial as they were unable to book the race at
Cedarville due to the covid-19 situation. The Coalinga drivers started
in the third row and overtook Jay Sears, who settled for third, followed
by Richard Brace Jr, Royce Goetz, Justin Crockett, Brent Lawrence,
Robbie Grace, Matt Kile and Richard Vander Ploeg. Crockett, Ryan Smith
and Chris Smith picked up the eight lap heat race wins.
Craig
Nieman won the Saturday night IMCA Sport Modified 20 lap Main Event. He
started on the pole and would score the victory ahead of Chris Sieweke,
who started in the third row. Sieweke had to battle Philip Shelby, who
settled for third ahead of Jason Ferguson, Richard Longacre, Mike
Merritt, Jace Wright, point leader Colton Chew, Jimmy Ford and Mark
Garner. Ferguson, Shelby and Craig Nieman won the eight lap heat races.
On
Friday night, past Marysville champion Phillip Shelby got the victory.
He started in the third row and worked his way quickly into the lead.
Sixth row starters Colton Chew and Chris Sieweke worked their way
forward to finish second and third, respectively, followed by Craig
Nieman, Jace Wright, Joe Pearson, Ryan Belli, past champion Jason Emmot,
Bion Barr and Mark Garner. Longacre, Nieman and Shelby picked up the
eight lap heat race wins. Chew holds an 15 point lead over Longacre in
the championship battle with Shayna Neiman 23 points back in third and
11 in front of Belli.
Carl Barlow won the Saturday night Hobby
Stock 20 lap Main Event. He started on the pole and withstood the
challenges of Royce Goetz to score the victory. Point leader Randy Boyd
finished third, followed by 11th starter Brad Coelho, Jacob Dias, Aaron
Flournoy, JT Stark, Don Dieter, Paul Stephens and Rocky Goetz. Bill
Patterson started on the front row and held off polesitter Stephens to
win the 10 lap B Main as Jeff Marson ended up third. Barlow, Rocky
Goetz, Flournoy, Royce Goetz and Marson were the eight lap heat race
winners.
Shayna Nieman won the 20 lap Hobby Stock Main Event on
Friday night. She started on the front row and held off the early
challenges of Randy Boyd and the later challenges of runnerup finisher
Jacob Dias. Boyd settled for third, followed by Madison Hood, Don
Dieter, Keith Ross, Douglas Weeks, Brad Coelho, Rocky Goetz and Royce
Goetz. Aaron Flournoy, Neiman and Randy Boyd picked up the eight lap
heat race wins. Boyd has a five point lead over Jacob Dias in the
championship battle with Dieter 23 points back in third.
Point
leader Kate Robinson won the Saturday night 15 lap Mini Stock Main
Event. This was her division-leading fifth win of the season. She
started in the third row and worked her way up before grabbing the
victory ahead of Susie Schmitt, Jack Turner, Bob Kelly and Andy Hast.
Robertson also won the eight lap heat race. Orland star Tom Davis came
from the third row to win his third 15 lap Main Event on Friday night
with Schmitt getting second in that race as well. Robertson finished
third, followed by Turner, Kelly and Tom Skillin. Davis also won the
eight lap heat race. Robertson maintains a 19 point lead over Schmitt in
the championship chase. Johnny Moya is a distant third, 85 points out
of the lead and 15 in front of Kelly.
Racing returns with another
two-night offering on July 3rd and 4th, featuring the IMCA Modifieds,
Jay's Mobile Welding Service Tri State Pro Stock Challenge Series, IMCA
Sport Modifieds, Hobby Stocks and Mini Stocks. For further information,
go to www.dmspeedway.com.
Ocean Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 11
Pombo/Sargent Classic
King of the West/NARC Fujitsu Winged 410 Sprint Cars
Tim Kaeding
Bud Kaeding
Shane Golobic
D.J. Netto
Sean Becker
Kurt Nelson
Sean Watts
Colby Copeland
Austin McCarl
Ryan Robinson
Mitchel Moles
Joel Myers Jr
Bryce Eames
Adam Kaeding
Keith Day Jr
Billy Aton
Kyle Offill
J.J. Ringo
Mark Barroso
Mitchell Faccinto
Justin Sanders
Dominic Scelzi
Geoffrey Strole
Ryon Nelson
IMCA Modifieds
Bobby Hogge IV
Jim Pettit II
JC Elrod
Austin Burke
Cody Burke
Steve Pemberton
Tim Yaeger
Raymond Keldsen Jr
Kyle Bryan
Jarred Domingos
Gary Marsh
Todd Hermosillo
Robert Marsh
Andy Obertello
IMCA Sport Modifieds
Randy Miller
Dennis Simunovich
Trevor Clymens
Fred Ryland
Todd Gomez
Kelly Campanile
Mike Kofnovec Jr
Jim DiGiovanni
Timothy Allerdings
Adriane Frost
Billy Roberson
Scott Foster
Mike Kofnovec Sr
Cody Bryan
Richard Ragsdale
Max Baggett
Duane Bieser
Charlie Hunter
WMR Midgets
Sage Bordenave
Blake Bower
David Prickett
Caleb Debem
Megan Moorehead
Bryant Bell
Shawn Arriaga
Brody Petrie
Keoni Texeira
Cameron Beard
Petaluma Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 11
WSDCA Dwarf Car Nationals, hosted by the Redwood Dwarf Cars
Veteran Division
A Main
Steve Kapaun
John Peters
Kevin Miraglio
Eric Weisler
Scott Dahlgren
Jack Haverty
Tony Margott
Dan Geil
Mike Reeder
Danny Marsh
Shawn McCoy
Tom VanTuyl
Stacy Woods
Eddy Claessen
John Alanso
Carroll Mendenhall
Mark Biscardi
Tim Fitzpatrick
Tommy Velasquez II
Mike Dahle
Buddy Olschowka
Glenn Sciarani
Joe Barket
Dan Zuger DNS
B Main
Glenn Sciarani
Scott Dahlgren
Stacy Woods
Tony Margott
Dan Zuger
Joe Barket
Tom VanTuyl
Eddy Claessen
John Alanso
Robert Kozinski
David Rosa
Sportsman Division
Scotty Preast
Will Dykeman
Joe Bohard
Ellie Russo
Kelly Woods
Trevor Mendenhall
Jim Badeker
Duke Shoemaker
Dan Varner
Kylee Johnson
Mike Aceves
Alysa Gallegos
Mack Aceves
Tanner Curr
Orey Woods
Teagan Fischer
Chevelle Borja
Adam Freitas
tim steger
Zach Whitacre
Kenny Kendall
Antonio Miramontez
Pro Division
A Main
Darren Brown
Ryan Winter
Shawn Jones
Adam Teves
Danny Wagner
Nick Velasquez
William Taylor
Tommy Velasquez III
Mike Grenert
Devan Kammermann
Shawn Whitney
Jake Van Ortwick
Chad Matthias
Dennis Gilcrease
Travis Day
Dylan Shrum
Michael Williams
Daniel Weger
Vuki Wilson
Brad Ernst
Sean Catucci
Anthony Pope
Corey Eaton
Jimmy Damron
gage meyers
B Main
Dennis Gilcrease
William Taylor
Jimmy Damron
Travis Day
Jake Van Ortwick
Dylan Shrum
Tommy Velasquez III
Daniel Weger
gage meyers
Chris Kress
David Michael Rosa
Roberto Monroy
Chance Russell
Shiloh Borland
Sam Borland DNS
Kobe Kerns DNS
Deming Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 11
Focus Midgets
Nick Evans
Shane Smith
Jared Peterson
Jesse Munn
Levi Harless
Brian Holmkvist
Shon Serles
Chris Foster
Kyle Hanson
1200 Sprints
Nate Vaughn
Steven Hendrickson
Derek Holmwood
Dakota Drake
Brock Lemley
Alex Lewis
Clennon Holloway
Jared Gundersen
Tyson Lemley
Terry Lewis
Seth Hespe
Dick Williams
Haylee Bloodgood
Tanner Schoonover
Alan Lindquist
Sidney McMeekin
Bill McMeekin
600 Micro Sprints
Tyler McCleod
Blaine Granberg
Colin Mackey
Dakota Drake
Jeremy Holz
Jared Peterson
Ryan Holz
Dylan Resch
Haley Constance
Jesse Schlotfeldt
Tyler Conley
Macie Logsdon
Billy Coates
Levi Kuntz
Rachel Westmoreland
Xan Miller
Ryley Mayer
Parker Hadlock
600 Restricted Micros
Destry Miller
Peyton Drake
Keira Zylstra
Levi Hillier
Levi Kuntz
Corbin Ramsey
Zoey Tupper
Kane VanSickle
Mallory Fisher
Carson Guffie
Grace Matier
Jeff Woolsey
Diane Knutzen
Dale Orcutt
Jr Sprints
McKenna Morgan
Brooklyn Constance
Clayton Jalakas
Jayce Medcalf
Avery Askvig
Dustin Ramsey
Sawyer Baxter
Colton Knapp
Chase Whitney
Piper Bilven
Oliver Kairis
Ryan Bright DQ
Keller Auto Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
IMCA Western Racesaver 305 Sprint Cars
Kyle Rasmussen
Brandon Stidham
Michael Pombo
Albert Pombo
Ryan Rocha
Ryan Delisle
Sean Quinn
Brad Hohlbauch
Tony Pombo
Connor Danell
Phil Heynen
Chris Stevens
Davey Pombo Jr
Bryson Benna
Richard Weddle
Mike Schott
Blaine Fagundes
Steven Wenzel
Austin Warmerdam DNS
West Coast Sports Compacts
Dan Myrick
Ryan Doglione
Greg Baronian
Randy Brown Jr
Danny Myrick
Gene Glover
Matthew Herod
Clinton Massey
Shawn DePriest
Jason Cook
Brent Myrick
Evan Massui
Zach Herod
Helder Santos
Eddie Humphrey III
Michael Hutchinson
Steve Porter
Billy Beckham
Jeff Durant DNS
King Of Thinder Wingless Sprints
Austin Ligget
Brody Roa
DJ Johnson
Landon Hurst
Tanner Boul
Ryan Timmons
Koen Shaw
Trent Carter
Jacob Tuttle
Matt Day
Brody Fuson
Ben Worth
Chase Johnson
Ukiah Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Bombers (A)
Forrest Kuecker
Bob Mook
Josh Smith
Ed Rasmussen
Shelby Helm
Charley Tour
Loren Powers Jr
Trent Campbell
Jimmy Sorrels
TJ Buzzard
Dustin Kuhl
Bombers (B)
Nate Hoben
Dan Munier
Audrey Portlock
Dave Land
Jammers (Pro)
Donovan Arreguin
Isaiah Rojas
Theresa French
Christian Sanchez
Jammers (Jr)
Charles French
TJ Sorrels
Tucker Murray
Hailey Glass
Limited Modifieds
Sierra Furia
TJ Buzzard
Sammy Nuno
Tyler Caturegli
Raymond Taylor Jr
Bo Robertson
J.R. Lane
Brandon Powers
Robert Schmidt
Tyler Manning
Gary Lowblad
Bandoldero
Kai Lovell
Blane Mayo
Travis Powers
Alyssa Sorrels
Ronnie DenBeste
Jordan Ray
Legends
Justin Johnson
Dustin Meier
Tom Summers
Robert Byers
Jalopies (Dirt)
Chris Hunt
Kenny Golding
Joshua Small
Robert Portlock Jr
Sorhna Li
Brandon Small
Jack Schleif
Antioch Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Hobby Stocks
A Main
James Thomson
Charlie Bryant
Jeff Bentancourt
Melissa Myers
Jared Baugh
Grayson Baca
Kenneth Robles
Dakota Keldsen
Larry McKinzie Jr
Michaela Taylor
Misty Welborn
Angela Brown
DJ Keldsen
Trevor Clymens
T.J. Etchison
Jon Haney
James Graessle
Gene Haney
Adam Kujala
Aiden Ponciano
B Main
Jared Baugh
Misty Welborn
Dakota Keldsen
Adam Kujala
Colton Haney
Emilie Bryant
Jake Bentancourt
Jess Paladino
Jewell Crandall
Albert Ballinger
Ken Johns DNS
Chris Asher DNS
Super Stock
Jim Freethy
Dan Smith
Chad Hammer
Mike Hynes
Dan Gonderman
Joey Ridgway
Jay Bryant
Winged 360 Sprint
Brad Bumgarner
Bradley Terrell
Angelique Bell
Steve Jaquith DNS
Hardtops/Sportsman
Joel Hannagan
Jim Perry Jr
Jerry Cecil
Dwayne Short
Ronnie Ruiz
Rick Elliott
Matt Taylor
Gary Hildebrand
Mike Friesen
Jeff West
Eric Seely
Clay Foster DNS
Southern Oregon Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Hornets
Brad Martin
Dylan Sauer
Brittany Scott
Bre Tritchler
Darrel Nelson Jr
IMCA Modified
Jon Debenedetti
Zach Fettinger
Jesse Bailey
James Welshonse
Dave Duste Jr
Craig Cassell
Curtis Towns
Andy Freeman
Mark Wauge
Jake Mayden
Albert Gill
Jeremy Ohlde
Paul Culp
Ray Kniffen Jr
Tom Elam
Darrell Hughes II
Nick Trenchard
Jeffrey Hudson
Jesse Williamson
Justin McCreadie
James Lipke
James Anderson
jeremy degroot
IMCA Sport Modifieds
Travis Peery
Tyler Rodgers
Matt Sanders
Ryan Peery
Dustin Comer
Dwayne Melivin
Steven Sanders
Ryder Boswell
Branden Wilson
Jantzen Knips
Isaac Sanders
Wyatt Westfal
Billy Richey
Jesse Merriman
Jacob Hoppes
Chance Gordan
Joby Shields
Braxton Possinger
Mike Medel
Jordan Braaten
Rich McCoy
Nick Berryhill
Bart Foster
CDA Late Models
Joey Tanner
Trent Elliott
Miles Deubert
Richard Wallace
Chuck Christian
Braden Fugate
Bryan Norton
Chris Biggs
John Duffie
Bob Dees
Placerville Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
SCCT Winged 360 Sprint Cars
A Main
Justyn Cox
Tanner Carrick
Ryan Robinson
Andy Forsberg
Kaleb Montgomery
Kalib Henry
Shane Hopkins
Zane Blanchard
Shane Golobic
Justin Bradway
Sean Becker
Colby Copeland
Chase Majdic
Michael Faccinto
Joey Ancona
Colby Johnson
Greg Decaires V
Justin Henry
Isaiah Vasquez
Jake Andreotti
Tristan Guardino
Andy Gregg
Justin Sanders
Dylan Bloomfield
B Main
Isaiah Vasquez
Joey Ancona
Andy Gregg
Dylan Bloomfield
Ashlyn Rodriguez
Michael Ing
Angelo Cornet
Jodie Robinson
Michael Sellers
Jared Hood
Chris Masters
NARC/KWS Fujitsu Winged 410 Sprint Cars
A Main
Dominic Scelzi
Shane Golobic
Kyle Hirst
Willie Croft
Bud Kaeding
Kalib Henry
Ryan Robinson
Stephen Ingraham
D.J. Netto
Joel Myers Jr
Austin McCarl
Blake Carrick
Billy Aton
Jake Morgan
Mitchell Faccinto
Sean Watts
Kaleb Montgomery
C.J. Humphreys
Justin Sanders
Andy Forsberg
Mitchel Moles
Jimmy Trulli
Sean Becker
Tim Kaeding
B Main
D.J. Netto
Austin McCarl
Jimmy Trulli
Jake Morgan
Shane Hopkins
Colby Wiesz
Josh Wiesz
Michael Sellers
Kyle Offill
John Clark
Kenny Allen
Bakersfield Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
IMCA Modifieds
Logan Drake
Jerry Flippo
Bryan Clark
Rob Sanders
Steve Noland
Robby Sawyer
Michael Scruggs
Troy Morris III
IMCA Sport Modifieds
Levi Keifer
Jason Bannister
Nick Spainhoward
Tyler Bannister
Tyler Blankenship
Mike Wells
John Piker
Jason Nation
Joe Baker
Markus Frazier
David Pearson
Ryan DeForest
Austin Ruskauff
Dylan Potter
Brock Crawford
Emali VanHoff
IMCA Stock Cars
Nicholas Johnson
Steven Johnson
Justin Schweitzer
Roger Holder
Austin VanHoff
Renn Bane
Troy Patee
Chad Johnson
Jeff Streeter
Hobby Stocks
Nicholas Johnson
Dylan Wilson
Ricky Childress Jr
Johnny Wood
Karl Noland
Don Mead
Colby Quinton
Teena Johnson
Nick Coffman
Jimmy Irwin
Brooke Cimental
Stephen Johnson
Jacky Roberts
Taylor Marchant
Tom Manzella
Kern County Hardtops
Jason Denman
Kelly Mason
Travis Mason
Tom Sommerfeld
Tyler Weeks
Scott Rogers
Ali Dyess DNS
Petaluma Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Sportsman Division
Will Dykeman
Tanner Curr
Ellie Russo
Trevor Mendenhall
Orey Woods
Kelly Woods
Mack Aceves
Jace Badeker
Teagan Fischer
Zach Whitacre
tim steger
Adam Freitas
Kylee Johnson
Dan Varner
Kenny Kendall
Chevelle Borja
Duke Shoemaker
Mike Aceves
Alysa Gallegos
Pro Division
A Main
Ryan Winter
Mike Grenert
Danny Wagner
Jimmy Damron
Tommy Velasquez III
Travis Day
Dylan Shrum
Darren Brown
Brad Ernst
Chance Russell
David Michael Rosa
Daniel Weger
Dennis Gilcrease
William Taylor
Anthony Pope
Kobe Kerns
Shawn Jones
Vuki Wilson
Chris Kress
Shawn Whitney
Nick Velasquez
Shiloh Borland
Devan Kammermann
Adam Teves DQ
B Main
Anthony Pope
Jimmy Damron
Chris Kress
Travis Day
Dennis Gilcrease
Chance Russell
Dylan Shrum
Brad Ernst
Vuki Wilson
Shiloh Borland
Shawn Whitney
David Michael Rosa
Kobe Kerns
Daniel Weger
Sean Catucci
Patrick Weger
Chad Matthias
Jake Van Ortwick
Roberto Monroy
Sam Borland
gage meyers
Alan Heeney
Michael Williams
Corey Eaton
Veteran Division
Kevin Miraglio
Scott Dahlgren
Dan Geil
Eric Weisler
Danny Marsh
Mike Dahle
Buddy Olschowka
Mark Biscardi
Tony Margott
Shawn McCoy
Stacy Woods
Mike Reeder
Jason Fike
Jack Haverty
Steve Kapaun
Glenn Sciarani
Tim Fitzpatrick
Carroll Mendenhall
Tommy Velasquez
Tom VanTuyl
John Alanso
Eddy Claessen
Robert Kozinski
Dan Zuger
Wingless Spec Sprints
Results are not official
1 #6k Daniel Whitley
2 #14 Shawn Jones
3 #56 Shawn Arriaga
4 #3 Nick Robfogel
5 #50 Tony Bernard
6 #32 Scott Chapeta
7 #77s Ryon Siverling
8 #33 Heath Holdsclaw
9 #21x Marcus Hardina
10 #18 Josh Gillis
11 #31p Eathon Lanfri
12 #82 Trevor Schmid
13 #1s Nathan Schank
14 #6 Sparky Howard
15 #7j Jack McDonald
16 #3r Bob Davis
Madera Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Madera Late Models
Jason Aguirre
Kyle Keller
Dennis Schlundt
Brandon Burd
Mike Shapiro
Matt Erickson
Aaron Mullins
Rebecca Dubie
Loren Kutz
Ricky Nelson
Hobby Stocks
Howard Holden
Thomas Suarez
Steve Schermerhorn
Manny Gonzales Jr
Nick Rowe
Harley Kennealy
Austin Gallenkemp
Donny Large Jr
Mini Super Toyotas
Ryan Reynolds
Shaun Reynolds
Haley Bugg
Bill Gorden
Nick Thompson
Jillaun Holden
Chris Hurles
Southwest Tour Trucks
Steve Schermerhorn
Curtis Burns
Thomas Suarez
George Perret
Jesus Gonzalez-Quintero
Harley Kennealy
Madera Mini Stocks
Matt Lippman
Johnny Williams
Rick Lea
Dixon Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Jr Sprints
Vito Cancilla
Jackson Tardiff
Josiah Vega
Dean Skrifvars
Levi Osborne
Heston Stepps
Briggs Davis
Bradley Anderson
Maya Mauldin
Mickelina Monico
Colin Reynolds
Nathan Fernandez
Super 600
Brad Hannum
Jeffery Pahule
Brett McColloch
Tyler Chamorro
Nick Vanatta
Anthony Lewis
Jeffrey Rosas
Joe Silva
Tallon Becker DNS
Restricted
Lucas Mauldin
Jackson Kohler
Lucas Johnson
Kyle Fernandez
Andrew Smith
Ryder Byrd
Cierra Wullenwaber
Savannah Brown
AJ Neilson
Kyle Cravotta
Kaiden Gowen
Nicholas Leonard Jr
Wingless 600
Dan Mognaga
Brandon Riveira
Bryant Bell
Travis Sullivan
Colin Kirby
Nate Wait
Taylor DeCarlo
Justin Stretch
Jarrett Heimlich
Austin Taborski
Tyler Chamorro
Devin Osanna
Ryan Holden
Steve Alvarado
Aiden Bailey
Brandon Alvarado
Jeffery Pahule
Eddie Avila
Santa Maria Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Pro Stock
Tim Randolph
Paul Miller
Jerry Stewart
Rob Gilbertson
Chad Weber
Frank Nyback
Dave King Jr
Mod Lites
Phil Barrow
JD Brown
Roy Maynard
Tim Varney
Parker Cherry
Candi Varny
Hobby Stock
Tom Grzincic
Eddie Williams
Aaron Bruce
David Young
Chad Weber
Pat Fausel
Clem Lessi
Ed Wyand
Jimmy Teixeira
Taylor King DNS
Mini Stock
Levi Burgett
Skyler Chairez
Lucy Falkenberg
Kris Gilbertson
Bill Barnhill
Megan Burgett
Cassidy Hull
Ally Thornton
Trent Lone
Darren Lessi
James Herrera
Mike Ibison
Liam Meyers
Alexa Hererra
All American Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
NASCAR at Roseville Round #5
Berco Redwood Late Model
Main 1
Cassidy Hinds
Chris Scribner
Thomas Martin
Kylie Daniels
Michael Mitchell
Takuya Okada
Rich Innis
Dylan Zampa
Holly Clark
Rick Scribner
Calvin Hegje
JJ Ferguson
Aidan Daniels
John Moore
Lance Halm
Kenna Mitchell
Main 2
Dylan Zampa
Thomas Martin
Takuya Okada
Lance Halm
Holly Clark
Aidan Daniels
Rich Innis
Michael Mitchell
Rick Scribner
John Moore
Kylie Daniels
Cassidy Hinds
Lane Anderson
Calvin Hegje
Kenna Mitchell
Chris Scribner
Jaws Gear & Axle Modified
Cody Bailey
Jason Philpot
Eric Price Jr
Tyler Wentworth
Rick Andersen
Ralph Bailey
Don Shalla
Jon Yourd
Riebes Auto Parts Super Stock
Josh Whitfiled
Andrew Peeler
Roy Smith
Phil Wilkins
Jeremy Fritts
Blake Disomma
Brandon White
Tim Walters
Garry Eisenhour
Chris Paulson
Larry Thornhill
Terry Thomas Jr
Jerry Miller
Jess Yendes
F4
Nathan Cleaver
Matthew Fuhs
Ray Molina
Dennis Crook
John Sproule
Dan Cherry
Brian Spencer
Stephanie Ziebell
Brandon Frantz
Stephen Crook
Mini Cup/Bandolero
Lucas Burton
Colten Nelson
Dayton Broyles
Anthony Bean
Joseph Elf
Bella Thomsen
Jr Late Model
Kenna Mitchell
Lane Anderson
Trey Daniels
Barona Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
360/410 Sprints
A.J. Bender
Eric Evans
Shane Sexton
Amanda Roberson
Dan Taylor
Tyler Hatzikian
Gaylin Gates
IMCA Modified
P.J. Dyke
William Miller
Michael Thing
Steven Daffern
Keith Altig
William Hackett
Eric Evans
Rod Robison
Dalton Mendoza
IMCA Sport Modified
Brian Brown
Ryan Amidon
Steven Luecht
Jeremey Willey
Gary Rodriguez
Jake Triska
Bill Hackett
IMCA Sport Compact
David Hunt
Enzo Deckers
Ken McWilliams
Michael Duran
Garrett Sandridge
Benjamin Pendleton
Zachary Conyers
Andrew Schmitz
Wynona Ragland DQ
Joe Rogers Jr DNS
Dwarf Car
Mike Tobiason
John Isabella
Robert Peters
Mikey Hall
Ron Dunlap
pete Scully
John Bridger
CJ Marin DNS
Street Stocks
Kyle Bethel
Joey Teague
dale erwin
Denis Taylor
Paul Dyke
Joseph Altig
Sunny Trent
Jayson Aldridge
Scott Duffy
Tohmas Daffern
Steve Porter DNS
Pure Stock
Rick Chavez
Rusty Staley
Jayson Aldridge
David Hunt
Tohmas Soper
Rick Perry
Michael Rumbaugh
Loren Pratt
Mike Wolfe
Rick Schnereger
Dave Evangeloa
Joe Malone
Tiffany Crow
Lightning Sprints
Grant Sexton
David Bezio
Braden Chiaramonte
Brent Horn
Wyatt Boczanowski
Matt Sotomayor
DJ Dumas
Peter Benker
Ryan Dumas
Parker Dumas
Rudy Padilla
Mike Kotlinski
Holden Heytritter
Mini Dwarf Sportsman
Cam Baldwin
Cody Isabella
Kaiden Johnson
Colton Murphy
Zachary Dalton
Melanie Ross
Shelby Deckers
Brysen Byford
Cole Bezio DQ
Masters Mini Dwarfs
Jacob Manalo
Kelly Weitzel
Tyler Warner
Brody Lopez
Nathan Manalo
Jaxon Willey
Jacob Novak
Kali Bailey
Declan Sypolt
Danielle Friel
Kellen OConnor
Junior Sprints
Noah Dalton San
Landon Dalton
Taylin Baldwin
Cody Benker
Gage Baldwin
Caleb Scholl
Camden Jeziorski
Irwindale Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
General Tire 60 Presented by Optima
Spears Mfg. Modifieds
Jeremy Doss
Travis Thirkettle
William Guevara
Andrew Anderson
Travis McCullough
Eddie Secord
Jimmy Sloan
Sam Jacks
Nathan Byrd
Ed Coffey
Jerry Toporek
Jim Mardis
Kyle Jacks
Trenton Millard
Pick Your Part Pro Late Models
Main Event #1
Trevor Huddleston
Dean Thompson
Jake Drew
Ryan Schartau
Lawless Alan
Cody Kiemele
Nick Joanides
Lucas McNeil
Dustin Vandermooren
Rodney Peacher
Brian Pannone
Troy Andersen
Main Event #2
Dean Thompson
Cody Kiemele
Lucas McNeil
Jake Drew
Lawless Alan
Nick Joanides
Brian Pannone
Rodney Peacher
Ryan Schartau
Trevor Huddleston
Dustin Vandermooren
Troy Andersen
Spec Late Models/Race Trucks
Andrew Porter
Jacob McNeil
Troy Andersen
Dylan Interlicchia
Dennis Arena
Niko Mongenel
Robin Andrews
Andy Partridge
Kenny Smith
Nevin Iwatsuru
L.J. Billings
BMR Drivers Academy
Gabe Sommers
Amber Balcaen
Cole Moore
Jolynn Wilkinson
Tucker Tire Enduros
Main Event #1
Rick Conti
Ian Rotundo
Bobby Ozman
Robert Rice
Robbie Salcido
Chris Voight
John Beard
Mike McIntyre
Jason Woolcott
Cheryl Hyland
Devyn Azzolina
James Bolinas
Joe Furlow
Ronny Aycock
Daniel Azzolina
Mikey Killen
Kirk Kubik
Rodney Argo
Main Event #2
Chris Voight
Robert Rice
Ian Rotundo
Bobby Ozman
John Beard
Kirk Kubik
Robbie Salcido
Ronny Aycock
Cheryl Hyland
Mike McIntyre
Joe Furlow
Daniel Azzolina
Mikey Killen
Devyn Azzolina
James Bolinas
Jason Woolcott
Rick Conti
Inex Legends
Evan Garvy
Lawless Alan
Chad Schug
Tyler Hicks
Mike Vanderlip
Jim Smith
Jovan Fox
Chad Hadlick
Gavin Ray
Skyler Meisenbach
Nathan Quella
Christen Bazen
Ashley Weber
Justin Hadlick
Ron Nava
Mini Stock
Austin Edwards
Kyle Cline
Henry French
Joe Perez
Jim Snow
Brandon Snow
Donnie Larson
Scott McIntyre
Zack St Onge
Greg Didoha
Matthew Gilbert
David Heuserberg
Mike Hendiman
Street Stocks
Jay Henson
Kevin James
Lloyd Wren
Jim Vermillion
Kirk Kubik
Tyler Gallup
Rod Proctor
Jay Verduzco
Craig Rayburn
Jeff McCulty
Hermiston Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Racing Dynamiks 70
Pro Late Models
Dave Garber
Jeff Mullins
Jake Bollman
Max Schroder
Rick Gerard
Bud Rumsey
Kody Graham
Chris Miner
Travis Kohler
Mitch Jeske
Bomber
Kedric Preston
Dustin Nelson
Tracy Howell
Brandon Snyder
Todd Nunn
Cody Macdonald
Michael McNeely
Kenny Michaels
Ron Wilbur
Mel Leinbach
Hobby Stock
Dillon Huffines
Brad Tidrick
Mikey Denton
Marcus Maggard
Garrett Huffines
Billy Scribner
Travis McKinney
Jacob Dudney
Jacob Anderson
Joshua Henne
Luke Klingenberg
Chad Story
Chris Marang
Garrett Williams
Cody Denton
INEX Legend Cars
Brock Denney
Trace Thompson
Garrett Poynor
Jason Payne
Jose Zamudio
Larry Bouduex
Bill Kik
Randy Copeland
Austin Snodgrass
Steve Berven
blake Giettman
Scott Dawson
Hornet
Jessica Hoffman
Drew Decker
Craig Jensen
Kyle Franklin
Sean Zieske
Karen Pitzer
Ron Hawkins
Joe Dunn
Jared Larson
Kamrey Welton
Tristin Trujillio
Zadie Mondor
14d
Jeffrey Holway
Justin Boyd
Justus Zamudio
Thomas Stevens
Ventura Raceway Unofficial Race Results June 12
Results are not official
1 #4 Jacob Hadges
2 #15 Rick Hendrix
3 #13 Bruce Douglass
4 #43 Hannah Mayhew
5 #45 Joey Bishop
6 #96 Mike Cook
7 #6 Chris Meredith
IMCA Modifieds
Results are not official
1 #28 Trevor Fitzgibbon
2 #41 Danny Lauer
3 #55JR Jack Parker
4 #08 Jared Domingos
5 #34 Scott Olsen
6 #08X Dave Phipps
7 #7 Mike Stanford
8 #38 Dennis Eckert
9 #6 Heath Morton
VRA Pro Dwarf Cars
Results are not official
1 #93 Jason Horton
2 #13 Evan Jonker
3 #81 Dominic Maldonado
4 #22 Gage Cheek
5 #99 Shane Linenburger
6 #5 Mike Lewis
7 #555 Mike Long
8 #05 Tom Stephens Sr
9 #88 Jeff Brink
VRA Senior Sprints
Results are not official
1 #16 Tom Stephens Sr
2 #96 Mike Cook
3 #3G Greg Andrews
4 #2 Wally Pankratz
5 #86 Greg Badgewell
6 #2K Mark Sheppard
7 #66 Chris Meredith
Diamond Mountain Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 12
IMCA Modified
Riley Simmons
Wade Kennemore
Matt Murphy
Buddy Kniss
Zach Cail
Chris Olexiewicz
Paris Archie
Vincent Evenson
Gene Kay
Austin Gant
Robert Mull
Malen Gonzalez
Larry McCracken
Colby Russell
Andy Strait
Tyler Patzke
Nevin Kennemore
Ryan McDaniel
Scott Foreman
Dave Sciarroni
Jeff White
Walter Ball
Steve Boucher DNS
IMCA Sport Modifieds
Craig Nieman
Chris Sieweke
Phillip Shelby
Jason Ferguson
Richard Longacre
Mike Merritt
Jace Wright
Colton Chew
Jim Ford
Mark Garner
Joe Pearson
Ryan Belli
Shayna Nieman
DUSTIN LANGSTON
Matt Canada
Bion Barr DNS
Nathan Neely DNS
Stock Cars
A Main
Carl Barlow
Royce Goetz
Randy Boyd
Brad Coelho
Jacob Dias
Aaron Flourno
JT Stark
Don Deiter
Paul Stevens
Rocky Goetz
Madison Hood
DOUGLAS WEEKS
Ronnie Goetz
David Flournoy
Shayna Nieman
Bill Patterson
Joe Conroy
Jesse Yankee DQ
Keith Marson DQ
Jeff Marson DQ
B Main
Bill Patterson
Paul Stevens
Jeff Marson
Joe Conroy
Ronnie Goetz
GREG MCCULLY
13H
Paul Newman
Brian Maehler
DAVID WOODS
Mini Stocks
Katelynn Robertson
Suzie Schmitt
Jack Turner
Bob Kelly
Andi Hast
Tri State Pro Stocks
Justin Crockett
Jeff Olschowka
Royce Goetz
Jay Sears
Ryan Smith
Richard Brace Jr
Robby Grace
Matt Kile
Bill Hall
Brent Lawrence
Chris Smith DNS
Diamond Mountain Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 11
IMCA Modified
Riley Simmons
Ryan McDaniel
Nevin Kennemore
Paris Archie
Buddy Kniss
Mitch Murphy
Wade Kennemore
Matt Murphy
Gene Kay
Chris Olexiewicz
Jeff White
Steve Boucher
Malen Gonzalez
Larry McCracken
Zach Cail
Robert Mull
Colby Russell
Andy Strait
Tyler Patzke
Casey Nickerson
IMCA Sport Modifieds
Phillip Shelby
Colton Chew
Chris Sieweke
Craig Nieman
Jace Wright
Joe Pearson
Ryan Belli
Jason Emmot
Bion Barr
Mark Garner
Shayna Nieman
DUSTIN LANGSTON
Matt Canada
Richard Longacre
7D7
Nathan Neely
Jimmy Ray Huffmon
Stock Cars
Shayna Nieman
Jacob Dias
Randy Boyd
Madison Hood
Don Deiter
Keith Ross
DOUGLAS WEEKS
Brad Cohelo
Rocky Goetz
Royce Goetz
Joe Conroy
Aaron Flournoy
Paul Stevens
Paul Newman
David Flournoy
GREG MCCULLY
DAVID WOODS
Mini Stocks
Tom Davis
Suzie Schmitt
Katelynn Robertson
Jack Turner
Bob Kelly
Trevor Skillin
Tri State Pro Stocks
Chris Smith
Ryan Smith
Jay Sears
Richard Brace Jr
Royce Goetz
Justin Crockett
Brent Lawrence
Robby Grace
Matt Kile
Richard Vander Ploeg
Blaine Hill
Bill Hall
Jeff Olschowka
Jesse Gonzalez DQ
Coos Bay Speedway Unofficial Race Results June 16
America's Mattress Super Late Models
Braden Fugate
Brody Montgomery
Wayne Butler
Hannah Robinson
Chuck Bracelin
Thor Kristensen
Garret Smith
Street Stocks
Graig Osborne
Steve Dubisar
Dyllan Siewell
Ken Fox
Charlie Withers
Sam Taylor
Seth Christian
MARK MINTER
Sam Talon
Hornets
Seth Christian
Dan Briesacher
Isaac Stere
Lily Metzgus
Tyson Reiber
alexis baker
Tracy Baker
JR Stingers
Madilynn Hardy-Ashley
Tallon Dubisar
Cameron Metzgus
Tucker dubisar
Tanner dubisar
Max Haga
Haden Smith
Timothy Smith
DJ Nelson
IMCA Modifieds
Ryan Baker
Tom Elam
Tim Meltibarger
Jon Debenedetti
Orland Raceway 6/15
Hobby Stocks
7 Keith Ross 321
8 Scott Camper 243
16 Shannon Collins 237
8 John Camper 221
23 Nathan Johnson 172
51j Jeremy Langenderfer 152
28 Paul Stephens 145
72l Zack Lingren 142
21 Davis Johnson 130
9 Beau Miller 114
13 Phil Spencer 111
79 Maurice Merrit 95
4 Steve Martin 89
4m Toby Merrifield 88
37 Rocky Wagner 81
Winghless Spec Sprint
77 Denny McNarry 266
26r Ryan Owens 203
51 Gary Paulson 155
31 James Taylor 143
85 Nathan Johnson 140
74 Keith Feay 94
14j Jeff Crossman 84
16 David Johnson 83
4 Tony Richards 55
34 Cort Marchuk 44
Mini Trucks
62 Dan Webster 218
89 Kalvin Kvalvik 203
55 William Fogle 189
52 Matt Kvalvik 143
33 Jason Libbee 130
45 Ross Vige 97
64 Tony Quinonez 48
24 Rick Etchison 46
82 Zack Barker 82
71 41
Mini Stocks
46 Sean Perry 206
42 Clayton Croman 196
75 Tom Davis 165
91L 86
3d Giorgio DiLeonardo 51
600 Micros
25h S. Johnson 252
17p Preston McLiester 205
98M Michael Michelet 110
98k Kyra Michelet 95
11
250 Micros
1c Rusty Hensley 165
29 Lester Elsey 151
51 Ronnie Heyar 133
55x Michael McCarthy 102
82t Trason Taylor 88
The Editor's Viewpoint
Allow
me the opportunity to write what should be accompanied by a laughing
soundtrack at this point as you read these lines. I want to try to be
brief here and not go too long. That's the punch line. The biggest issue
with this column is it is the biggest pain in the rear to edit. It's
not that editing is so difficult. It's just that as I get older I have
grown less fond of the editing process. The fact that it has to be done
in a certain amount of time or the post is late makes it that much more
annoying to me.
Regardless, I'm trying to get an early start by
writing things early that I can go over. It's Friday morning as I write
this, and I noticed writer/photographer Daren Ricks Campbell is headed
to Southern Oregon Speedway as a spectator this weekend. He says he's
looking forward to just being able to spectate and relax, and I'm happy
for him. On the other hand, I see where the track could use the services
he offers. It really bugs me that tracks put so little stock in the
type of media effort that people like he and I do.
Daren can
write a story, which is needed. I don't care how much video footage you
get or how many pictures are posted, it's always nice to have a little
story to go with it. He can do articles about the racers individually as
well, and he's figured out how to do it in a succinct manner. I'd like
to see him get a chance to do what he does for that track. The other
thing he does is engage in social media pretty well. It's something I
did in a certain way for that track in my time that I think he could
continue. It would only help.
Yeah, I'm a fan of his, but I also
want to see tracks give people like him a chance. I know he's had his
eye on this track, but he goes to Coos Bay Speedway. He's actually
seeing more tracks this year, which is nice. However, if they picked up
the phone and had a good conversation with him, they might just find
that he's ready to jump in full time and do his thing. Which would be
better? Have somebody take your statistics and write a story when they
haven't been there, or have somebody go out there and witness what's
happening and write an article? I think we all know the answer to that.
I'm
even knocking myself when I say this, because I'm not anywhere. I'm
currently sitting in a trailer watching statistics on a screen,
gathering all the data I can and putting articles together. Some tracks
I'm covering do have somebody on the scene, but several of them don't.
At this point, I'm just focused on putting everything on one post so
people can click one post and get a bunch of information, but I have no
intentions of continuing what I'm doing in the long term. I want tracks
to hire people who care, because the days of people doing what I do for
free are just about over.
As I was going live with the post on
Thursday night, I noticed something Joey Ridgeway posted in regards to
Antioch Speedway. It looks like Chad Chadwick is going to pull the plug
on the Super Stock division after this season. I'm a little disappointed, but I can't say I
am surprised. Furthermore, I think Chad is making the right call. It
seems to me that after the departure of John M Soares as promoter, this
division collapsed on Chadwick. It took a couple of years to do it.
Drivers either parked or started towing up and down the road.
The
thing is, I noticed that the IMCA Stock Cars that Chadwick has added to
the roster weren't necessarily a threat to the Hobby Stocks as some of
us might have thought. It was a threat to the Super Stocks, because it
could grow and beat their numbers quickly. They are already outdrawing
the Super Stocks. Quite frankly, the only division I've witnessed in my
time at Antioch Speedway that's had a better debut season was the one I
was involved with Don O'Keefe Jr in getting started, the Wingless Spec
Sprints. They always had at least 12 cars for every point race they had
at Antioch in 1999. I'm not sure a new division will ever top that, but
you never know. There are reasons we had the success we did, because Don
and I were definitely hands-on that first year.
The progress
report at Antioch found a double digit turnout when Chad included the
IMCA Stock Cars in the George Steitz Freedom Series race. Considering
they were going head-to-head with Bakersfield Speedway in this class, a
track that's been promoting them longer, it was interesting that
Antioch had a slightly better turnout. Cars are being built, and we'll
be seeing some names out there we haven't seen this year before the
season ends. This division will take off, so the Super Stocks could be
seen as occupying space that could be used for something else. As a
promoter, Chadwick has to do his best to keep his finger on the pulse
and make the right move for the future.
While the IMCA Stock Cars
are making progress, the Mini Stocks are a little bit slower than I
thought they would be in growing car count. Then again, when John made
his foray into this class almost 20 years ago, he decided to partner
with Lance Cline and get the first 10 cars built in rapid fashion. I
think John might have been his own worst enemy with that class, because
by all rights, Chadwick should have had a thriving Mini Stock class when
he got the keys to the gates. In any case, it's been slow going, but
there's been a little bit of progress. The eight cars they had last time
out wasn't so bad.
The Super Stocks were John's answer to the
fact that his dad didn't want him to start his own Late Model division
in 2000. That was truly what John wanted to do, but he couldn't. Antioch
Speedway and Petaluma Speedway had an alliance. There were certain
things Antioch did that Petaluma didn't and vice versa, and the tracks
worked together. To get around his dad's guidelines, John basically
revived the Late Model division that Antioch had in the early 1990s and
called them Super Stocks. We knew they were Limited Late Models, but I
don't think he got any grief for doing what he did. Heck, his dad booked
some races for that class.
It's hard to believe the Super Stocks
have been at that track for just over 20 years. We've seen things like
Ron and Lori Brown winning championships in this division. A few drivers
had their big career highlights in this class and got to live the dream
of running a class they watched in the early 1990s. The division never
really did take off the way it was hoped, but it was used to put an end to
the Street Stock lineage when the two classes were merged in 2008. With
the elimination of this division at the end of the year, there is no
official tie to the Street Stock division that began in the late 1970s,
although we have the Hobby Stocks that began in the mid 1990s.
As
I said, car count never was spectacular, although there was a time
about five or six years into it when double digit turnouts were
happening. An alliance was formed for a couple of years between Antioch,
Chowchilla and Watsonville. Unfortunately, by the time John made the
decision to merge the two divisions, the Super Stocks were only
delivering four or five cars. The reality was, this division should have
been ended there, while the Street Stocks, which still had a dozen cars
showing up per race, should have continued. This isn't what happened,
and most of the Street Stocks ended up parked after the merger.
The
reason this happened is because John is a Late Model guy. That's why he
gave it a good effort trying to get the Late Models going in his last
five or six years as the promoter. He had some moments there, but it was
falling apart in the end as well. John had the money, and as the guy in
charge, this was just something he was going to do. Late Models and
Super Stocks were going to be a part of the show. He also had people in
these classes who were very loyal, and loyalty tends to go a long ways
with John. I would classify Super Stocks as part of his legacy at the
track, and it did have some good moments.
Things that stick out
to me where Ron Brown showing what a class act he is by helping get
people race cars to join this class. He also won his first two
championships driving a Super Stock. Even his wife Lori won a
championship. Ty Duggins had gone from Hobby Stocks to winning a
championship in this class. I think Chester Kniss might have won his
first Main Event here. Hobby Stock guys like Jeremy Prince, Mikey Slaney
and Jeremy Petrell did well in Super Stocks, and John Asher won a
title.
There is also the case of Jeff Silva, not to be confused
with Jeff Silva. This Jeff Silva was a Petaluma Street Stock champion
who went on to be an Antioch Street Stock champion before being an
Antioch Super Stock champion. The other Jeff Silva was a Late Model
champion at Antioch and Regional champion as well. In any case, Mike
Gustafson returned to Antioch and won more Main Events in this class
than anybody else. That will be the record that stands. He also won a
couple of titles. As a kid from the grandstands, he will always be The
Blue Knight to me. I was a fan and still am.
Larry Damitz was
still picking off championships in his '80s, and this was his division
of choice. He may not have won more Main Events than Gustafson in this
class, but Mike was the only one who got more wins than he did. Larry
won five championships in seven years with a pair of runner-up finishes.
He won the last championship he competed for before passing away.
Legend. He inspired Mark Garner to go gunning for him, and Garner got
his first Antioch championship in this class, not to mention a pair of
Larry Damitz Memorial race wins.
You get me going, and I'll give
you an entire history rundown on this class, and I can't. Remember that
idea of being brief? But, we have Larry's protege, Kimo Oreta, going for
his third championship this year, while Jim Freethy goes for his
second. Mike Walko started racing at Antioch Speedway in the 1980s and
got his first championship in this class last year. Every driver, and
there are many I'm not going to be able to name here, played a
significant role in keeping this class going. Part of me is sad to see
it go, although I don't blame Chad. The only thing that could have been
explored that wasn't wasn't an alliance between Antioch and Petaluma,
but I don't even know if that would have worked.
The roster at Antioch Speedway is not too bad, and Chadwick is still juggling with
building enough divisions to give the fans a show with a car count no
matter what is booked. IMCA Sport Modifieds, IMCA Modified, Hobby
Stocks, Delta Dwarf Cars and Wingless Spec Sprints are all performing at
a double digit average level. The Hobby Stocks frequently have B Mains,
and the IMCA Sport Modifieds and Dwarf Cars can do that on any given
week. The project divisions are the IMCA Stock Cars, Mini Stocks and Bay
Area Hardtops. There's enough in the rotation to keep Antioch going
with a schedule that the fairgrounds demands be 30 races or more per
year.
The idea of an alliance between Antioch and Petaluma has
yet to materialize. I can't say I'm not disappointed by that, but it
doesn't surprise me. It could be that Antioch management sees the
writing on the wall for Petaluma and figures they're going to get the
Petaluma cars and don't see the need to work with them. I can recall
Soares telling me that he figured the Petaluma cars would all go to
Antioch eventually when Petaluma closed.
It's not like his family
hasn't benefited from tracks closing before. When his father ran
Petaluma Speedway, they had a nice infusion of cars when Vallejo
Speedway closed at the end of 1979. In fact, I could say the genesis of
Petaluma having the premier Super Stock show in the early to mid-1980s
occurred thanks to the infusion of Vallejo Speedway stars that called
Petaluma home after that. Fast forward to the late 1980s, and Petaluma
gained a plethora of cars when Baylands Raceway Park closed. That was
only to be a temporary solution until David Vodden found a suitable
replacement track for Baylands, which unfortunately never materialized.
I
need to figure out the dates here, because it's been my understanding
that after the final checkered flag in the 2022 season, racing may be
done at Petaluma Speedway. However, I'm reading that the fairgrounds
itself doesn't potentially close until the end of 2023. Regardless, it
is safe to say that the speedway is on borrowed time. I have a few
thoughts on the subject, and I'll just be brief here. There's no doubt
I'll be talking about this more in the days ahead. I think everybody
should fight to keep that fairgrounds alive, first and foremost.
However, people should also think of a contingency plan.
The
information I'm hearing right now suggests that Petaluma Speedway
Promoter Rick Faeth is weighing his options. He wants to stay in the
racing promoting game and is looking to see what's out there. As it
turns out, Marysville and Chico Promoter Dennis Gage is looking for the
exit, and both tracks are pretty much available now. That's not to say
Dennis is going to close the gates at either place, but he's hoping to
be able to make a hand off and walk off into the sunset. What I'm
hearing is Rick is looking at both tracks as a possibility for where
to go next.
The thing is, I don't know if the race track will
have a future, even if they decide to keep the fairgrounds. They may
decide to do different things with the property, and suddenly the space
the track occupies may become more valuable to them for something else. I
don't like that thought. Racing has gone hand in hand with the
fairgrounds there since at least the 1950s, and there's no good reason
in my mind to discontinue that. However, when you've got business and
politicians trying to hash out a new plan, there is one thing racing has
working against it.
The business world doesn't see the value in
things like auto racing, and politicians can find plenty of negative
things to say about it. Racing on our level doesn't really have a lobby.
I know there is a Save Petaluma Speedway movement, but I don't know how
deep they've gone into this. I'm sure they have people writing letters
and attending meetings, and that should continue to be the case. I've
said the same thing about the track in Watsonville that I'm about to say
here, but it's very simple. They should make a plan to find property
not far from this area to build a new track in the event that this one
closes.
Nobody wants to think about the idea that the location
Petaluma Speedway currently occupies may go away. However, they should
consider that fact. The further you make race car drivers travel when
they lose the option of their home track, the more possible it becomes
for them to park their cars and eventually sell them. Therefore, you
want to keep it at a reasonable distance. When I say reasonable, I'm
talking about a drive of 15-30 minutes from where Petaluma Speedway
currently sits. Are there any options?
I know there is an
interest at a certain location not too far from Antioch Speedway to
build a new track, but what they lack is somebody to come in there and
make the investments. Is there a similar location near Petaluma Speedway
that could be used? If Rick isn't going to be the guy spearheading this
because he's looking for another track to take over, might somebody in
the racing community step forward and be that potential hero? What
location would it be? I've heard people say Sears Point, but this has
been a rumor for decades. It's never happened.
What I'm
suggesting is that people start looking. If we get bad news, that's
going to be it. We could hear things within the next year that let us
know that Petaluma Speedway where it is will be no more. Therefore, is
there property that can be zoned for a race track? Is there somebody
who's got the money to invest in something. All too frequently, people
talk about going big and grand when they build something, but I'm
talking about a track that could provide the basics. Remember, Baylands
Raceway Park was hardly a palace, but that track had good racing. That's
all you really need to focus on.
I'm only beginning the
speculation on this because the alternative is we get bad news that the
track and fairgrounds are no more. Suddenly, we lose a track that has
meant a lot to so many people. If you scout a new location, you can
begin going through all of the process that is required to get the okay,
and you can also figure out the costs to have a race track that can
open as quickly as possible. Therefore, I don't think it would hurt to
have a Petaluma racing planning commission looking ahead at this
potential outcome.
I'd also goes so far as to have people
discussing with city and county officials the possibility of a new
fairgrounds location that would have a race track. It's possible to make that sort
of agreement, even in 2021. I understand that we have environmental
concerns and people who think racing is evil or bad for the environment.
However, new race tracks still get built in this day and age. That may
be the only way to keep a Petaluma Speedway alive should this location
close. That's all I'm saying here.
In the meantime, they are
still racing at Petaluma Speedway. Rick is doing his best to keep the
gates open and give the people something to watch, and they've had the
opportunity in recent years to host the Dwarf Car Nationals. This is the
Western States Dwarf Car Association group, which is the umbrella
organization several other groups run under. Petaluma's own Redwood
Dwarf Car Association plays the host. What it means is the local group
gets to make all the preparations, bring in all the sponsorships and all
of that, because Petaluma gets invaded by drivers from at least a
half-dozen states for two nights of great racing.
I see the pros
and cons of the Dwarf Car Nationals. I've always been impressed with the
idea that Frank Munroe turned this dream into reality. Anytime you can
get 81 cars from the same division to show up in one place, you're doing
well. Sometimes, these Nationals events have over 100 cars, but the 81
drivers that showed up at Petaluma put on a good show. I kind of like to
see drivers having to run the alphabet in a two-day format, but they
break it down into groups of Pros, the older Veterans and the new
drivers of the Sportsman class.
I've gone from being an admirer
of the Nationals format to getting a better understanding of what goes
into these deals. I learned quite a bit from the events that the
Southern Oregon Dwarf Car Association hosted in Medford, so I see the
good and the bad. It does bother me that the Dwarf Car groups in general
don't really promote themselves very well. You have a hard time finding
individual point standings for the various participating groups. The
Nationals, however, use My Race Pass and have their information readily
available there. This just happened in the last couple of years.
When
I was trying to help spread the word in Medford, I found the lack of
information and promotional material to be very frustrating. I got the
Dwarf Car Nationals printed in multiple newspapers in Medford. The idea
isn't just to have a place for a bunch of Dwarf Car drivers to gather.
Sure, as a race car driver, you want to get together and see people you
only see at these big events. From a race track perspective, however,
you're trying to get people to come spectate. That's the name of the
game. I can't help thinking that the bigger association isn't as
concerned about that. We tried to get fan interest up by adding support
classes that fans cared about, but there was resistance among the Dwarf
Car people.
In any case, Petaluma ran these guys alone on Friday
and added the Wingless Spec Sprints on Saturday. There were 17 of those
cars, which is one of the better turnouts for the class in the last
couple of years. For whatever reason, many of the classes at Petaluma
aren't performing as well as they had been a couple years ago. I could
get into all the various factors that have led to that. It isn't merely
track management's fault. However, the Redwood Dwarf Car Association is
delivering the goods on any given night. They are the most supported
class at the track, which makes them an important part of the roster.
My
personal opinion is that the Dwarf Car Nationals events could be
promoted a lot better and become something fans actually travel to
watch. They already have a roster of some of the best drivers for these
Nationals shows. I could name drop people like Ryan Winter, Shawn Jones,
Michael "Spanky" Grenert, Danny Wagner, Darren Brown, Adam Teves and
Tommy Velasquez III. I'm only talking about the top drivers in the Pro
class, and that's just one class. I can assure you the Veterans mix it
up as intensely as the Pros do. I think they could sell more tickets,
but it seems to be more about the gathering itself and filling the pits.
One
of the things the host association has to do is order food for the post
race dinner. There are various preparations that go into it, like
setting up the little banquet area they have in the pits for after the
big show. This means the local association is charged with finding
sponsorship to help pay for the whole deal, and they are paying a bigger
purse on Main Event night than your average Dwarf Car show. This is not
something that's common knowledge. Much like point standings from the
various groups, the average person doesn't know if the Pro division is
competing for $1,000 or $1,500 to win or what the payout is. They just
see all the cars.
I've nicknamed the Dwarf Car Nationals the
Dwarf Car Jamboree, and it's because this is as much a party as it is a
race. People are spending lots of time having good conversation in the
pits, and then you have the post race party. They get the track to order
the awards that they hand out for the post race banquet, and I can
recall they weren't interested in doing the presentations in front of
the stands in Medford. We would have the winners come out and be
interviewed and photographed, but it seems like they are more interested
in getting to the party. They didn't particularly care for the idea
that they were forgetting the fans. I know Petaluma did the
presentations in front of the stands.
The other thing that seems
to be lacking at a Dwarf Car Nationals is a sense of urgency. There
doesn't seem to be any hurry to get the show done. It's one thing to
know that you are the show. It's in the title, Dwarf Car Nationals.
However, you should still be trying to get done as timely as possible.
It seems to me that they got their heat races done on both nights, but
then they took entirely too long between that and getting the rest of
the show going. I don't think there should be a 30 minute to 1 hour
break, especially when you know how brutal the Main Events can get at
these Nationals events. This leads to yellow checkered finishes.
They
do employ a time limit. I ranted about the yellow checkers that seem to
be flying a lot lately when I wrote last week's column, so I won't
rehash that here. There are good drivers that come to the National
races, but they aren't necessarily used to running with each other all
the time. They don't know each other's driving styles, and that means
you're going to see your share of crashing in all three classifications.
The clock is ticking. Even if they give them 30 minutes, they can find
themselves only 15 laps into a race by the time they get to 30 minutes.
This is why I don't think they should be having a long intermission
between the heats and the mains, and it's a lesson I think they should
have learned by now.
Of course, one of the differences you'll
find at a Nationals event is that one track might have a 10:00 pm curfew
and another track can go as late as they need to. That's the case at
the place the Nationals started, Marysville Raceway. If they have to go
past midnight to get the show done, they do it. At Petaluma, the
fairgrounds wants them done by 10:00. They were right up against that
time on Saturday night. I don't know if they cut laps from anything
other than maybe the Veterans Main Event. Everything else went the
distance, but they were certainly cutting it close.
I could be
coming off as being negative here, but overall I love the Nationals.
This show was certainly a success. People have a tendency to overlook
the Dwarf Cars because of their size, but they are fast and enjoyable to
watch. Drivers are certainly risking their lives in cars like these.
Thanks to safety measures, we aren't seeing too many casualties on our
level, but we can say that it's a bit risky sometimes in a Dwarf Car. In any case, I'm sure everybody had a blast as they usually do. The people
who came out to spectate got a show and Petaluma had just about 100 race
cars on Saturday night. These are all positives.
I always seem
to let myself get suckered into being overly optimistic about the Bay
Area Hardtop movement, and that was certainly the case leading into
Saturday night. I put the blame entirely on me. There is no leadership
in the group that's promoting the notion of a growing class. It's just me liking
these cars, knowing how many are out there at the moment and what could
be possible anytime the division is booked at Antioch Speedway. While
there were a dozen cars on Saturday when when you combine the Merced
Sportsman class with the Hardtops. That number was disappointing to me.
If
I'm going to take California Hardtop Association President John
Philbert to task over things I don't feel he does properly, I'm going to
give the man credit when he does the right thing. He did not owe
Antioch Speedway to cancel the event they had scheduled for Orland. They
clearly had the date scheduled first, and it was the Antioch Promoter who
moved the originally scheduled May 22nd date to June 12th without looking
at what he might be conflicting with. Considering the numbers Antioch
had overall on Saturday night, maybe Chad Chadwick will finally start to
think a little bit about moves like this.
It could very well be
that Philbert took the pulse of the CHA membership and realized that
only two or three cars might be in Orland on Saturday. The weather was
going to be cooperative. It wasn't going to be so hot that he would
cancel at the last minute, which is something that has frustrated me
about this group. I figured there could be a half-dozen cars. I'm just
wondering if there were people who wouldn't have made the show and John
knew this. Whatever the case may be, he did not owe a cancellation to
Antioch, but he did it anyways. Only one driver who would have been in
Orland took advantage of that to go to Antioch.
If John cancels
the next race for the same sort of reason, I might have to go find him
and kick him in the butt. But seriously, it looks as if the race on June
26th at Placerville is going head-to-head with another race at Antioch
Speedway. Antioch threw the class in there as part of a nostalgia tip of
the hat to the late Jerry Hetrick. This is the Hetrick Memorial race,
and the Hardtops/Sportsman are joining the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport
Modifieds and Hobby Stocks for the occasion.
Placerville is doing
the Carnet Clash. It's another one of those occasions where Promoter
Scott Russell throws some extra money at the Limited Late Models ($2,300
to win) and Pure Stocks ($1,200 to win), which is something I
appreciate. It's not purely a Stock Car night as the Winged 360 Sprint
Cars are there, but the Hardtops are a part of the show. I'm quite sure
that the CHA can deliver eight cars or more without anybody coming in
from the Bay Area, so there's really no good reason for Phlbert to
cancel. In fact, Placerville is one of those tracks that the drivers
might want to support even if it were considered too hot.
One of
the things that frustrates me about the Bay Area Hardtop movement is the
fact that there's always an excuse for why certain racers who can be
there don't show up. It probably bothers me more than it should, but I'm
not going to pretend I'm delighted that certain drivers that could have
been there weren't. It bothers me that drivers have an entire off
season two do body work on their cars and make updates, and yet they
somehow figure out that a couple of weeks before race day they need to
do that work. Therefore, you guessed it, they have an excuse for why
they didn't show up.
I wanted to talk a little bit about
leadership, rules for Hardtops, defining what a Hardtop is and those
kinds of things. This is stuff that's really never been discussed since
the Bay Area Hardtops were halfway formed as a group prior to the 2016
season. However, I find my interest in getting into those discussions
here has sort of disappeared, and all I will say is they had five
Hardtops show up on Saturday night. The good is that we saw the debut of
Clay Foster, although he certainly had an adventure getting there with
his broken down tow vehicle. It got worse as he had to scratch from the
Main Event.
It was also nice to see Wingless Spec Sprint star
Jim Perry Jr get behind the wheel of the Dave Mackey car in an attempt
to dethrone Joel Hannagan in the Junkyard Dog owned by Doug Braudrick.
Hannagan once again hoisted the hardware above his head. Looks like Jim
will have to try again. He did win a heat race, and Mackey had to be
happy to see his car running so well. If they keep the partnership up,
I'm sure the #1 Dudley Brothers Tribute Car will get the job done.
While
I might not want to get into discussions about the organization within
the Hardtop groups, I think it's worthy of pointing out that the Valley
Sportsman class is a bit more organized. I'm frustrated that Merced
Speedway isn't booking this class enough this year, and I'm not going to
speculate as to why Doug Lockwood doesn't want to book them more. They
do have a date on July 3rd, and I'm thinking they should have one of
their better turnouts for that one. Mark Odgers has been causing quite a
bit of discussion as he puts a new body on his car and retires the Vern
Wilhoite Tribute body.
The thing is the Sportsman drivers have
long since organized a Vintage Valley Sportsman Facebook page, and they
do communicate. They do try to rally the drivers a little bit and at
least get some word out on what's happening. Even that effort might be
lacking, but when you compare it to anything going on with any of the
West Coast Hardtop groups, they are the default winner in that category.
People at least know where the next race is, and the Sportsman drivers
are also aware that they are welcome at Hardtop races.
I think
Chadwick might be the chief instigator in opening the gates to the
Sportsman class, though they have visited Placerville and Marysville in
the last year as well. In fact, the Sportsman of Gary Hildebrand won the
Marysville appearance last year. To get to 12 cars at Antioch last
Saturday night, they had seven Sportsman competitors. This means that
Antioch fans saw the most Sportsman cars in the pits there since 1981.
Yeah, 40 years ago, which was the final championship season for the
class at the track.
I tried to convince Promoter John Soares to
give these guys an opportunity to get a foothold at the track 21 years
ago. My belief was that the locals would eventually embrace the class
and we'd see cars being built. A few people were already telling me they'd
build cars if the track would book them. I don't know what it was about
that night in 2000. We had a half-dozen of these cars. Maybe the racing
wasn't close enough? Maybe the cars were a bit louder than they should
have been? They just didn't go over with the fans, and John had no
interest in bringing them back for a second appearance. I was
disappointed.
The Sportsman revival only started because of
Merced Promoter Chuck Griffin getting together with Luis Miranda and
hashing out rules prior to the 1999 season. Chuck wanted a replacement
for the Limited Sprint class, which headed for the pavement that year.
They've run for championship points and purse money. Other than 2015 and
last year, there has been a Sportsman champion crowned every season
since the class was brought back, and my estimation is there are at
least 20 cars in various states of repair. I've had this discussion with
Miranda, who says he can only cite 16 cars in existence. I still think
there's a few more
The thing is, I know there might be more of an
interest on Chadwick's behalf in the Sportsman class. Antioch Speedway
was where he was in the early 1980s and in the 1970s, and this was the
class that was there. I don't think it took him too long to decide that
the Sportsman division was welcome anytime the Hardtops were on the
schedule, but an interesting thing is happening. The way the Sportsman
drivers are working together, it's possible that there could be 10 of
these cars at Antioch. At what point does the Antioch say the Sportsman
division gets its own show and the Hardtops sink or swim on their own?
Call
this speculation as I haven't heard any official word from anybody on
the matter. I know that you've got good people like Mike Friesen, Gary
Hildebrand, Jerry Cecil and Rick Elliott, and these guys want to race
their cars. If Merced Speedway isn't going to give them enough dates,
they'll look elsewhere. I'm sure these guys are going to be more serious
about supporting the coming Merced race, and maybe that could
negatively impact how many cars come to Antioch on June 26th. That I
don't know. I do know Jerry Hetrick raced Sportsmans right up to the
last season, and I'm sure his family would like to see some of those
cars that night.
The other thing that's possible is a movement
could spring from seeing enough Sportsman cars in Antioch. There are
still a few of the old Sportsman guys around, and some of their kids are
involved in the sport these days. If it looked like Chadwick had any
kind of interest in this class, you might see a couple of the locals
building cars or even trying to buy a couple of cars out in The Valley
that have been parked. At times like this, it really becomes what the
racers want. If they are showing an interest, promoters will take a look
at that. With some of the divisions struggling a little bit, there's
still room for things on the Antioch roster in the future.
I love
the nostalgia thing, and I can see me focusing more on that as I dial
down the current media effort. My interest is specifically geared
towards the Hardtop and Sportsman divisions, and I do have ideas. The
only reason I haven't really jumped into any of that lately is because
I'm busy with the current media effort and also trying to get
comfortable in my new surroundings. I might get critical of things at
times, but it's only from a standpoint of wanting to see Hardtops be the
best that they can be.
Bakersfield had seven Hardtops for their
race this last weekend. Overall, the track didn't see good numbers in
most of their classes that night. I'm not sure what's going on with that
other than the thing that I've speculated about during the last year.
The pandemic that shut everything down has other effects. Initially, we
couldn't go spectate a race and some tracks couldn't open at all.
Restrictions are starting to lighten up and California will be
completely reopened by the time this gets posted, but there's still the
economic impact of what we've been going through. This means racers who
may have to pick and choose when they go racing due to budget and fans
will pick when to spectate for the same reason. We're going to see some
numbers go down at tracks, and my hope is that they weather the storm
and rebound.
Bakersfield Speedway only had two of their five
divisions in double digits, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Hobby Stocks. Santa
Maria Raceway combined Hobby Stocks and American Stocks to reach double
digits and also had double digits with the Mini Stocks. It was nice to
see eight Western Pro Stocks there with the bigger show happening in
Susanville, and they had six Mod Lites as well. I read that the NMRA TQ
Midgets were supposed to be there, but I don't know what happened. Santa
Maria isn't getting huge numbers right now, so hopefully they are going
to be able to keep this show going and grow their ranks in the weeks
ahead.
I know people were speculating about what tracks could and
couldn't open and promoters needing to risk it and all of that stuff
last year. That could lead me to a rant that I'm just going to forget
about for now. After more than a year, Jim Naylor was finally able to get the gates open at his
beautiful 1/5 mile clay oval Ventura Raceway two weeks ago, and they
actually had quite a nice open wheel show. It was about the USAC Western
States Midgets, although the Western Midget Racing group had more cars.
They also had a nice turnout of California Lightning Sprints. Even the
TQ Midgets were entertaining that night.
I can remember hooking
up the big screen TV set in 2010 so that my dad could watch some good
old fashioned Saturday night dirt track racing. Ventura Raceway was
giving the show away for free, if you can believe that. I'm talking all
races. I happened to be sitting at home and ghost writing that entire
season for Antioch and Orland, and I discovered a couple of tracks in
Texas, Battleground Speedway and Golden Triangle Speedway, were also
giving away the goods. That's how I discovered Ventura had a free
broadcast, and I have to say I enjoyed the show they had then. At that
point, the numbers were up quite a bit better than they are now
Ventura
Raceway is one of those places that likes to have the Wingless Sprint
Cars, and they run the Pro division and the Veteran division for the
older drivers. I think there were seven cars in each division on
Saturday. They figured they would go ahead and run their local Dwarf Car
class, but I don't think they had 10 cars, and the IMCA Modifieds just
made it to 10. They ran Motorcycles, but I don't have information on
that. The numbers weren't spectacular, but the show still went on.
Considering what they've just been through with the shutdown that cost
them an entire season, I think Naylor and his staff expected that they
might have a challenge getting things fired up.
The numbers in
Southern California aren't looking so bad. I know that every time the
PASCAR Stock Car show hits the track at Perris Auto Speedway, they have
huge numbers. They were paying more money for all classes on Saturday.
Even Barona Raceway is doing okay, although they seem to run everything
but the kitchen sink there. It's such a beautiful scenery in Ventura,
right there next to the beach. I hope they are able to get some momentum
going there and get the numbers back where they need to be. They'll
come at it again Saturday with another five division offering. They
become the second California track to bring the IMCA Sport Compacts.
Barona is the first. Okay, technically Merced Speedway was the first
about 15 years ago, but they don't sanction them there these days.
They
call them West Coast Sport Compacts, but they are not IMCA sanctioned.
Dan Myrick has done an admirable job of negotiating through the pandemic,
and his group delivered 19 cars to Hanford last week. Considering how
low the numbers have been with the IMCA Western RaceSaver Sprints
lately, it was nice to see 19 of those show up, and 13 drivers took the
wings off to do some 360 Sprint Car racing. Many of them were USAC
regulars. I don't know what's going on with the sanctioning body these
days, but I do hope they get things ironed out and keep the injected
360s going in California.
If you are a Sprint Car fan who could
attend a race last Saturday and you didn't go to Placerville Speedway,
I'm shocked. They had over 30 NARC/KWS 410 Sprint Cars and also over 30
SCCT 360 Sprint Cars. This was the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial, and I know
Promoter Scott Russell had to be paying a hefty purse to make this race
happen. They had a $2,000 hard charger award for the 410 Sprint Cars,
and the guy who claimed the money didn't quite make it into the Top 10.
We've seen Jake Morgan win some Wingless Spec Sprint races there, but
this was the biggest paycheck he's earned to date. I don't know all of
the special bonuses that went out, but I know Giovanni Scelzi had to
feel pretty good about picking up $7,500 for his Bradway win.
I
am curious about something. Obviously, you are going to get most of the
top name drivers at a show like the one they just had in Placerville. It
was really all about the Winged 410 Sprint Cars, but the 360 Sprints
were offering good prize money and exposure. I have to wonder about the
show they attempted to run to Antioch Speedway on Saturday night. I'm a
bit frustrated that the promoter doesn't pay better attention when he is
scheduling. In this case, the date they had last Saturday was
originally intended to be the show for May 22nd before he got an
opportunity to replace it with a Flat Track Bike show. He simply didn't
do his due diligence to see what was booked on June 12th.
Regardless
of that, it's not unheard of to see any Antioch Speedway attempt to run
Winged 360 Sprint Cars against bigger shows during the last decade.
Previous Promoter John M Soares was not only willing to book the class,
he was willing to pay these guys pretty darn good money. It always
baffled me why more drivers didn't get on board with what John was
doing. By all rights, there should have been an established Winged 360
Sprint Car show with a dedicated roster of a dozen or so drivers by now,
and it just never happened. What did happen was the new drivers in the
class would come to Antioch, grab a quick victory and an easy payday and
never be heard from again.
I can remember going back to the
1990s how people would say it would be nice to see the division get race
date opportunities. Of course, Antioch at the time was all about
NASCAR, and Sprint Cars didn't really fit in. The track was also content
to book a couple of NARC Winged 410 Sprint Car shows or more every
year. With the crowd they would get by doing that, who could really
blame them? There was a year when the track manager booked about five
dates and got no less than 10 cars on any of those nights as I recall.
The key was booking when Petaluma Speedway didn't run the class, which I
think was probably the case that year.
Antioch only had four
drivers last Saturday, and it's my understanding he paid a nice purse
and had advertised $1,500 to win. This is what I have heard, so if I'm
wrong about that I apologize. The thing is, there were Petaluma drivers
and Watsonville drivers who were never going to take their cars to
Placerville. There were Marysville drivers who might not have felt
competitive enough for Placerville. Surely, Antioch could have had a
dozen cars? This race was never going to have a big turnout, but it
surprises me that they didn't get more cars, even if they were going up
against a bigger show. The state has enough active Winged 360 Sprint
Cars to support two shows on a Saturday night without issue.
I
could easily go a few different directions with this observation, but
I'll just say it highlights the challenge that the track has in trying
to offer the variety they give the fans. Antioch has a higher demand
than most fairgrounds tracks. It's my understanding that they expect the
promoter to book at least 30 races every year, and that's been going on
for several years. You can't run the same divisions that many times and
expect the drivers to continue to support, and this leads to low
numbers. Low numbers lead to fans not being interested in coming out to
watch.
I see some positives developing, but there are also some
pitfalls. They have enough divisions in the rotation to keep the thing
going, but there are nights that surely make the promoter nervous. Will
there be enough cars or not? The Wingless Spec Sprints have been added
to this Saturday night's program at the last minute, probably because
the IMCA Stock Cars are a growing class that isn't quite there yet and
the Micro Sprint class doesn't really even have a roster of dedicated
Antioch races yet. Adding this to the show that also features Delta
Dwarf Cars and Hobby Stocks was probably a smart business move.
NASCAR
is still represented in California on any given Saturday night, and
both Irwindale Raceway and Roseville's All American Speedway did
decently with the shows they had. It's interesting that the NASCAR
format allows them to run twin Late Model features, which I guess is so
that they get enough starts for the various point races they are a part
of. Irwindale also had the SRL Modified Series. They do get a nice
variety of cars for the shows they have at Irwindale, and I have to
think that it's one of the more entertaining pavement shows.
Madera
Raceway had a Club Race, but the numbers sort of tanked on them. I
don't think they had 10 Late Models start their feature. One positive
was the SRL Super Trucks finally showed up for a Madera race, albeit
only six of those drivers were there. At least somebody bothered to show
up this time. They also gained a Mini Stock, meaning they have three
now. They are using the WCSC rules, and I think the class will grow if
given enough time.
I don't want to get into a rant on this
subject, but I don't understand why more Junior Late Model racers don't
take advantage of the lap time being offered when the track lets them
have exhibition races on nights like these. Only one driver showed up,
and it seems to me these kids can you use the time on the track to get
better. In any case, Kenny Shepherd always makes the best of it and does
his best to give the fans a good presentation. Furthermore, you could
watch that one on YouTube for free.
Furia Motorsports is still
doing what they can to keep the show going at Ukiah Speedway, and they
were offering $1,000 to win for both the Bombers and Limited Modifieds
last Saturday. Both classes managed to reach double digits, which is a
positive. They had a lot of different things going on there, including
Legend Cars, Jammers, Jalopies on the infield track and the Bandoleros,
and all had enough cars to at least put some sort of race on the track.
At least they had something to keep the fans entertained.
That's
the challenge we deal with in trying to keep the show going. If the
promoters have a race scheduled and only eight cars show up for a
certain division, they still have to do the best they can. They have to
hope that through consistency and doing the right thing, they will
attract interest and grow those numbers over time. This is why I don't
like to be too critical when I talk about promoters at race tracks. If I
do criticize, I like to be able to offer solutions and ideas and
explain why I feel the way that I do. I wish nothing but success for
these tracks.
Susanville had good numbers, but I don't know any
of the details as I finish writing this column on a Sunday night. Jeff
Olschowka has been doing good things since taking over that track last
year. I don't know what the numbers were at Orland Raceway, and even the
photographer hasn't posted pictures as of yet. They ran at Hayfork, but
I don't know the details there either. I'm sure the numbers weren't
huge. I've actually started cobbling together an article about Hayfork
and Orland that could appear on the Jefferson State Racing News blog if I
get the time to finish it up.
Looks like Shasta Speedway will be
running multiple divisions this Saturday night. I don't have a lot of
confidence that we'll find out much about what happens there, but we
should get a report from the North State Modified Series at least. A
little further north, Siskiyou Golden Speedway comes back to life with
the Rod Barba Memorial, which remembers the father of Promoter Kevin
Barba. I don't know any details when it comes to pay out, but I do know
the IMCA Sport Modifieds and Outlaw Pro Stocks will be headlining the
show along with the Mini Stocks and Jefferson State Jalopies. We could
finally see the debut of the fifth Jalopy to be produced from the shop
of Karl Bernstein and JJ Smith. This one will have a Breast Cancer
Awareness paint scheme.
I know racing fans have been frustrated
during the past year and a half. First, racing was shut down. Then,
racing was allowed with no fans in the grandstands. Finally, California
has lifted the restrictions and tracks can sell as many tickets as they
are able to, but we have an extreme heat advisory set for the Central
Valley this weekend. Race dates fell like dominoes as Bakersfield
Speedway canceled their Outlaw Kart program, Kern County Raceway
canceled a Flat Track Bike race, Micro Sprint programs were canceled at
Plaza Park and Lemoore Raceway, Madera Speedway canceled their Club Race
and the Ed Parker Memorial two-day event at Merced Speedway has been
postponed until August.
What are you going to do? Cancellations
due to heat didn't really become a thing until about 20 years ago as I
recall. I remember Chowchilla Speedway canceling some races back then. I
can remember it getting pretty hot on race night as I used to walk
through the pits. Making matters worse on myself, I had a bag over my
shoulder that contained several of my stat books. It wasn't light, and I
didn't always do a very good job of hydrating. Never once did it dawn
on me that the races should be canceled due to heat back in those days,
but times have changed. For whatever reason, we're having a harder time
dealing with the heat than we used to not too many years ago. Therefore,
tracks are thinking about the safety of the people.
The more
astute promoters are thinking about the bottom line as well. Weather can
affect fan attendance and even the car count you have in the pits.
We've seen that with tracks that make decisions to try to beat the
potential rain that's on the way. Even when a track is able to get the
show in, some drivers skip it all together and you get fewer fans than
you normally would. A promoter doesn't make out very well on a night
like this, but they're hoping to win out in good faith from the people
who see how hard the promoter is trying to get the race in. Now, they
get to factor in whether it's too hot to race or not. What are you going
to do? It's just another one of those things promoters have to deal
with in trying to keep the gates open these days.
Oregon was
getting ready to be more active than the state has been since 2019.
Every one of the outdoor oval tracks except for Coos Bay Speedway had a
race scheduled last Saturday, and Coos Bay was bringing the fans the
Malicious Monster Truck Insanity Tour. Southern Oregon Speedway was
primed to host the Eighth Annual Roger Haudenshild Tribute race with
extra money on the line for the IMCA Modifieds and IMCA Sport Modifieds.
They also had Late Models there. With Cottage Grove Speedway running
those three divisions and Willamette Speedway running Modifieds and Late
Models, I was curious who would end up going to Medford. Though the
Outlaw Kart track had to cancel Friday night, they were confident that
the big track would be ready to go on Saturday.
What ended up
happening was Douglas County Speedway, Sunset Speedway, Willamette
Speedway and Cottage Grove Speedway all canceled due to the rain. I know
Hermiston managed to get their show in, and Madras did as well. Those
two tracks weren't going to get many of the displaced drivers in the
Modifieds or Late Models. The ones who really wanted to run would go
down to Medford, and that was good news. I didn't think the numbers were
going to be great, but the rainouts definitely gave the track an
assist. It turned out to be one heck of a show by all measuring sticks.
First
of all, the track had just over 60 total cars, and five of them were
Hornets. This meant that the return of the Hornet division to that track
is official, and I am delighted to say that. I will still maintain that
the Mini Stocks should have been booked by now, but we'll be getting to
see them soon. It was important for the track to put the Hornets back
on the schedule and send a message that this division still has a place
there after the way it sort of self-destructed at the end of the 2019
season. It may not sound like much to say they had five Hornets, but I
think it is good news. You have to have divisions like this to get
people into the sport.
From an organizational standpoint, it
looks like they nailed it. They started the show on time and didn't go
much later than 10:00 p.m., which I think is a good time to wrap things
up when it's possible to do so. They didn't have quite the crowd they've
had for the first couple of weeks. This may have been the lowest
turnout yet, but what did you expect? They may have prepped the track to
withstand the Friday night rain, and the pits may have endured.
However, the casual fans still saw gloomy skies and knew that it rained
on Friday. Some people were just going to stay home. The other thing is
you're not going to have a record turnout of crowd every week, but you
get as many people as you can.
What you're working toward is an
efficient program that delivers good racing on the track on any given
night. Word gets out about that and people want to see it. The fact that
the rainouts happened put the IMCA Modifieds into the 20s, which is
something I don't think would have otherwise happened. I have difficulty believing
the track would have even reached 10 Late Models had it not been for
those same rainouts. I know the Cottage Grove drivers aren't necessarily
known for traveling, or the numbers could have been even better. If we
can find the way to change that trend and get Cottage Grove drivers to
come to Medford in bigger numbers, that would be nice. Medford racers
seem a bit more willing to go up to Cottage Grove. Then again, people
regard Cottage Grove Speedway as the mecca of racing in Oregon.
Overall,
you have to say it was a good night in Medford, and things are going to
come together. I said this last week. You have a new crew, so people
are learning their duties and how to be more efficient at them. Some of
these people have never even been involved in running a race track, so
there's a learning curve. There is great enthusiasm, and that certainly
counts for something.
I learned early on that the Roger
Haudenshild Tribute race was important to the community, because Roger
was beloved by many. I'm happy to have been a part of helping take that
race to the next level, and it looks like this race remains important to
the current management. $2,000 went to Jon DeBenedetti for his IMCA
Modified win. That one looked like it would go to Darrell Hughes II before mechanical issues struck. He was left to wonder what could have
been.
In any case, I've written entirely too much again. I'm
having a difficult time motivating myself to do any of this, and I
thought I'd have this column done by this morning. I'm just taking the
media effort one day at a time. If I can manage it, there's only a few
more months left, and I'll give it my best effort. However, I have to
admit that my patience is being tested in a way that has me tempted to
pull the plug on the whole deal. I could easily just do that and start
editing a book at my leisure.
I don't have a workstation in here,
and I'm still trying to figure out what it is I would like to do.
That's very important, because if you're not comfortable, you're not
getting much writing done. The bigger issue is the internet. The
internet seems to want to shut down on me throughout the night, right
when I'm trying to monitor multiple scoring apps. It's gotten so bad in
here that I am unable to watch any videos during the night. It's all raw
data at this point until I can figure out how to strengthen the
internet connection. I don't think I'm more than a hundred feet from
where I was, but it's made a difference.
During the night, the
computer was starting to have a meltdown. I was doing what I could to
shut it off properly without having to unplug it and yank the battery.
It took 20 minutes to do that, but I had a backup going. It was
fortunate that I wasn't watching a bunch of Main Events going on at the
same time. However, this did test my patience a little bit more. If I
pull the plug on the media effort, the poor internet that I'm dealing
with will be a primary reason why. I'm trying to do everything I can to
make it work, and I haven't given up yet.
I've also discovered a
little bit more about My Race Pass and the data that they store on the
scoring app. I still feel very strongly that Speedhive displays that
data in a more accessible and understandable fashion, but I found out
that some of it is available on My Race Pass. You don't get the graphs,
so basically I am doing a bunch of clicking back and forth to get the
data that I need to do these articles. However, it is there. Hopefully,
the company that feels they need to be all things to everybody realizes
they can do a little bit better with the data that they store from
people's transponders and fix the presentation a little bit.
In
any case, I'm settling in a little bit more, and my hope is that this
post will get out there before the weekend. It will be bonus if I have a
day between the posting of these articles and when I get to start on
the next one. That free day would certainly help me situate things in
here. Sometimes, it's a challenge just to be up and motivated, and I am
far from the most optimistic person as it is. I simply do the best I
can. That's all any of us can do.
I'm also open to the
possibility of relocating in the not too distant future. This will
depend on what opportunities present themselves either through racing or
through some other means. I don't know how much I really want to jump
in and be involved in media for a race track at this point in my life.
However, if a legitimately good offer presented itself, I could change
my tune on that. The other possibility involving racing would be
through media, but we're talking about doing printed media in this case.
I haven't gotten to the stage where I'm negotiating anything on that
front yet, but it's a possibility that discussions could happen soon.
The
state of Oregon certainly has nice scenery. Central Oregon is also nice
in that it doesn't get nearly as hot as it does in California, but that
means it gets cooler than I'm comfortable with at times. It's been an
interesting Last 5 years living up here, but I'm more than ready to find
my way back to the Bay Area in California if I can do so in a manner in
which I can sustain myself. This doesn't necessarily mean I need to be
involved in the sport to do it. I want to get books done, but I don't
need to be involved in the week-to-week stuff. I've done my time. I just
don't know what's going to be possible, and that has me nervous and a
little bit pessimistic.
