Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway (BIS) Archerfield, Queensland May 06 2008

Race For Championship Tightens As Series Draws To A Close

The race to be crowned the 2008 Comp Cams Series Champion has tightened following Round 11 of the Series on Saturday night May 03 and with just two Rounds remaining, it's come down to a three horse race between Cameron Gessner, Pete Thorley and Andrew Scheuerle.

The penultimate Round is this Saturday night at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway, the re-scheduled Round 8 which was lost to rain back in early March. Gessner holds a comfortable lead in the standings and while he's in the box seat for the Title, there is still no guarantee he will receive the Championship trophy at the end-of-season Presentation Dinner.

Gessner failed to finish the Feature event last Saturday night at BIS while Scheuerle won his third Round of the Series, with Thorley finishing fifth to tighten the points gap. After winning multiple Rounds through the middle stages of the Series, Gessner is now winless in Comp Cams events since February while Scheuerle has won the past two to keep his Championship defence alive. Thorley, the winner of the Qld Sprintcar Championship on April 26, has kept in touch with four consecutive fifth place finishes but clearly needs a win this weekend to keep the pressure on Gessner.

The current top ten in the points standings, as per the MSAQ website, read as Gessner (657), Thorley (527), Scheuerle (516), Todd Wanless (469), Dan Murray (409), Garry Brazier (389), Tony Wynne (355), Ronnie Barber (311), Peter Lack (304) and Brad Hilder (285).

This weekend's Comp Cams event has again drawn an impressive car count, with over thirty drivers nominating for the races to be run on the 1/4 mile Speedway at Archerfield. With only two Rounds remaining and Gessner, Scheuerle and Garry Brazier dominating the win list in this season's Series with multiple victories - only Darren Jensen has broken through for a single Round win - there's little time left for other drivers to add their names to the record books.

Comp Cams Series - 2007/08 Results:

Round 1: Garry Brazier, Cameron Gessner, Bryan Mann Round 2: Andrew Scheuerle, Cameron Gessner, Pete Thorley Round 3: Garry Brazier, Pete Thorley, Allan Woods Round 4: Cameron Gessner, Andrew Scheuerle, Todd Wanless Round 5: Cameron Gessner, Darrell Hodges, Todd Wanless Round 6: Cameron Gessner, Peter Lack, Tony Wynne Round 7: Cameron Gessner, Andrew Scheuerle, Garry Brazier

Round 8: Rained Out, Rescheduled To May 10

Round 9: Darren Jensen, Ben Wright, Todd Wanless Round 10: Andrew Scheuerle, James McFadden, Cameron Gessner Round 11: Andrew Scheuerle, Ian Loudoun, Darren Jensen Round 12: Scheduled For May 24

Event Information:

Date: Saturday May 10 2008 Venue: Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway (BIS) Location: 63 Colebard Street West, Archerfield, Queensland

Adults: $22.00 Students & Pensioners (with Photo ID): $17.00 Kids: 13 - 15 yrs: $12.00, Kids: 5 - 12 yrs: $6.00 Family Passes: $45.00 (2 adults + 2 kids 12yrs or under)

Pit gates open 3:00pm, main gates 4:00pm. Early racing from approx. 4:30pm, main program from 6:00pm. Parking is available at the track for $3.00. Racing finishes by 10.30pm.

Programmed events include: Sprintcars, AMCA Nationals, Litre Sprints, Club Sedans, Ford vs Holden and Sigmas.

Event general admission and pit gate tickets for the event are only available at the Speedway on race day. Race day information, including track weather updates, is available by calling the Speedway Infoline on (07) 3277 7745.

Preferred accommodation packages for this event are available at Robertson Gardens Comfort Inn and Suites - robertsongardens.com.au.

 

Droud Charges to NCRA Sprint Victory at Dodge City

By David Smith, Jr.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (May 3, 2008) - Sprint car veteran Don Droud, Jr. took the lead late, then cruised the rest of the way to win the season opening O'Reilly NCRA Sprint Series presented by ICM/Ethanol feature Saturday night at Dodge City Raceway Park. The NCRA sprint opener was also part of the tracks season opening Rebein Bangerter Spring Nationals.

Series veteran Mike Peters of Wichita started on the pole for the thirty lap feature but it was Amarillo, Texas driver Derek Drown taking the lead as the green flag fell. Cody Forshee, Andy Shouse and Droud were your top five after the first lap as Drown would quickly move out to a ten car length lead by lap three.

The first of two cautions of the feature would wave late on lap three when David Wheeler went for a spin on the front stretch.

Once racing action resumed, Drown, aboard the #85 Danny King owned, ICM/Ethanol sponsored sprinter, again jumped out front and by the races midway point had built a comfortable half stretch lead. Behind him, however, the battle for the runner up position waged as Peters tried to hold off fifth starting Shouse. Shouse tried for several laps to over take the former NCRA sprint car champion and on lap nineteen, finally went around Peters in turns three and four for the second place.

As Shouse had rid Peters for position, he then sent his sights on the leader Drown. Both drivers entered lapped traffic on lap twenty-three and Shouse was fixing to make his move when the second and final caution flag of the night fell when Stu Snyder rolled to a stop at the top of turn four.

On the final restart it was Drown, Shouse, Droud and C.J. Johnson for a seven lap showdown to the finish. Drown would get a good start up front while Shouse would begin to slow allowing Droud to take over the runner up position. With the leader up high and Droud down low, the driver of the famed Ochs Brothers #1x would drive underneath Drown to take the lead with three laps to go.

From then on there was no catching Droud as he went on to claim his third career NCRA sprint car victory. Drown would hold on to second with C.J. Johnson third and Peters settling for fourth.

O'Reilly Finish Line

Heat 1 - 1, Mike Peters. 2, Andy Shouse. 3, C.J. Johnson. 4, Don Droud Jr. 5, Chris Miller. 6, A.J. Selenke. 7, Scott Lehman. 8, Ryan Kitchen. 9, Roger Sundquist.

Heat 2 - 1, Derek Drown. 2, Mike Chadd. 3, Koby Barksdale. 4, Jeff Dodd. 5, Jon Freeman. 6, Gavin Punch. 7, J.D. Johnson. 8, David Wheeler. 9, Marc Robe.

Heat 3 - 1, Cody Forshee. 2, Landon Brown. 3, Mike Boston. 4, Stu Snyder. 5, Steven Richardson. 6, Corey Moore. 7, Luke Cranston.

B Feature - 1, A.J. Selenke. 2, J.D. Johnson. 3, Luke Cranston. 4, Chris Miller. 5, David Wheeler. 6, Jon Freeman. 7, Marc Robe. 8, Gavin Punch, 9, Scott Lehman, 10, Ryan Kitchen, 11, Steven Richardson, 12, Jeff Dodd, 13, Roger Sundquist, 14, Corey Moore.

A Feature - 1, Don Droud Jr. 2, Derek Drown. 3, C.J. Johnson. 4, Mike Peters. 5, Andy Shouse. 6, Mike Chadd. 7, Luke Cranston. 8, Mike Boston. 9, Marc Robe. 10, Gaven Punch. 11, Cody Forshee. 12, J.D. Johnson. 13, Stu Snyder. 14, Brian Herbert. 15, Jon Freeman. 16, Koby Barksdale. 17, Chris Miller. 18, David Wheeler. 19, Landon Brown. 20, A.J. Selenke

 

BCRA Rookie Marco DeGeorge Claims First Midget Victory at Ukiah

By Robert Haugh

Blistering to the lead from his outside second-row starting spot on the opening lap, BCRA rookie Marco DeGeorge never looked back, topping a stellar Bay Cities Racing Association Midget field on Saturday evening, May 3 at the speedy and tight 1/4-mile Ukiah Speedway wheeling the #78 Mark DeGeorge Beast/Esslinger, earning his first-ever BCRA feature triumph in only his second pavement Midget start.

2007 BCRA Midget Most Improved driver, Ralphie “The Racer” Cortez claimed second aboard the #31 Shores-Cortez Special Beast/Sesco-Mopar, just two tenths back from DeGeorge, with eight-time BCRA champion Floyd Alvis aboard his #18 Champion Automotive Stealth/Van Dyne coming home in third with 2007 BCRA Midget Mechanic-of-the-Year Nick Foster, Jr., coming home fourth aboard Jim Fowler’s #24 Beast/Esslinger and 15-year-old Britton Bock coming home fifth aboard his #62 TCR/Pontiac.

Kyle Dickerson spun on Lap 9, while running second and then spun again, hitting the Turn 1 wall on lap 14 and ending his evening. Nick Chivello also spun on lap 14 in Turn 2. Chivello was able to continue, however spun again on lap 24 in Turn 4.

Scott Nail flipped Stu Donaldson’s #8x Stealth/Pontiac during main event warm ups and was unable to take the green flag of the 30-lap feature event.

Cortez claimed the winner’s laurels in the Trophy Dash over DeGeorge, Dickerson and Midget Lite grad “Nitro” Nick Chivello aboard father Daniel Chivello’s #27b Beast/Esslinger.

15-year-old BCRA rookie Kyle Dickerson outpaced the field of BCRA Midgets, setting fast time at 11.196 aboard Grandfather Harold Dickerson’s #11k Beast/Ed Pink Ford,

Foster claimed Heat 1 over Mike Donaldson in Stu Donaldson’s #8 Stealth/Gaerte, Scott Nail aboard Stu Donaldson’s #8x Stealth/Pontiac, Alvis and Bock.

DeGeorge claimed Heat 2 over Cortez, Dickerson and Chivello.

The BCRA Midget Series continues on Saturday, May 10th, returning for their second of five scheduled races at the speedy 1/3-mile Madera Speedway.

Visit www.bcraracing.com for additional information on the BCRA Midgets.

Summary: Qualifying: 1. 11k, Kyle Dickerson, 11.196 2. 27b, Nick Chivello, 12.337 3. 78, Marco DeGeorge, 12.408 4. 31, Ralph Cortez, 12.482 5. 8x, Scott Nail, 12.523 6. 18, Floyd Alvis, 13.025 7. 62, Britton Bock, 13.071 8. 24, Nick Foster Jr., 13.114 9. 8, Mike Donaldson, 13.163

Dash: Cortez, Chivello, DeGeorge, Dickerson

Heat 1: Nick Foster, Jr., Mike Donaldson, Scott Nail, Floyd Alvis, Britton Bock 1.45.53

Heat 2: Marco DeGeorge, Ralph Cortez, Kyle Dickerson, Nick Chivello 1.37.94

Main 30 Laps NT 1. Marco DeGeorge (3) 2. Ralph Cortez (2) 3. Floyd Alvis (1) 4. Nick Foster, Jr. (6) 5. Britton Bock (7) 6. Nick Chivello (5) 7. Mike Donaldson (8) 8. Kyle Dickerson (4) 9. Scott Nail (DNS)

Lap leaders: 1-30 DeGeorge

 

Delaware’s Kevin Darling blows away the field to win by a half track in the Bridgeport Limited Sprint Feature Event Saturday night.

Darling, who clearly had the strongest sprint in the field on Saturday, did not take long to get to the front using the high side around the Speedway to get his first feature win of the season.

Jonathon Swanson started on the pole but was quickly passes by #e45 of Jonathon Baker as the two raced down the backstretch into turns 3-4. Baker held the lead for the next two laps with the #8s of Tim Iulg racing into second. Last week’s winner, #88 of Andy Best and Darling were soon in a chase to the leaders. Darling quickly made a hi side pass on Best to move into 3rd and set his sights on the leader. It didn’t take long for Darling to start applying pressure on Iulg and take his second spot away. Darling was throwin it hi at both ends of the Speedway has he chased down and passed Baker for the lead. Darling never looked back has he opened up a huge lead on the field leaving Baker, Iulg and Best to battle it out for the top 4. Iulg makes his pass on Baker to take over second bringing with him the 88 of Best. Baker settles in for third as Andy Best eventually gets the BEST of Iulg and takes his second spot away. Darling takes the checkered flag alone with Andy Best second, Iulg third, Bakers holds on to fourth and Hank Trum rounds out the top 5.

 

Brian Herbert Scores the URSS Victory at 81 Speedway

Dodge City’s Brian Herbert ended the URSS Triple Header Weekend the same way he started it picking up his second URSS win at the venerable high banks at 81 Speedway in Wichita, Kansas. It wasn’t an easy as Herbert had to battle URSS veterans as well as a talented Rookie to take the victory.

St. Joseph Missouri’s Cody Salem led the field to the green flag Smokey Fairbank grabbed the top spot followed by Cody Salem, Brian Herbert, Greg Thyfault and Taylor Milton rounding out the top five. Lap three saw the red flag fly as Thyfault made contact with Corey Lutters send Thyfault on a wild ride on the front stretch as he tumbled several times before coming to a stop. On the restart Fairbank held off Fargo Oklahoma’s Taylor “Tay Rocket” Milton for several laps until he took the lead on lap seven. The talented 14 year old took of as he lengthened his lead. Lap ten saw Herbert take the runner up spot from Fairbank followed by Mike Woodruff and Nick King in the top five.

Milton built a sizeable lead over the next few laps at times as much as a straightaway on runner up Herbert. But as Milton started to come up on traffic, Herbert closed in. The pair battled for the led and Herbert took the position on lap 21. Back in the field, the battles continued for the 4 through 7th positions as Woodruff, Berry, B-Main winner Kris Miller and Taylor Velasquez all jockeyed for positions often changing several times a lap.

Herbert held on for the win followed by Milton, Smokey Fairbank, Berry and Miller rounding out the top five.

The Weld Racing “Hard Charger Award” went to Kris Miller who charged from his 11th stating position to grab the 5th spot in the A-Main.

Kris Miller also won the Keizer Aluminum Wheels B-main award.

During the B-Main, Kinsley, Kansas driver Justin Chaffin suffered burns when his engine caught fire. Justin was taken to the St. Francis Hospital Burn Center will undergo skin grafts Tuesday and should be home Thursday.

A-Main

1-Brian Herbert (97), 2- Taylor Milton (91X), 3-Smokey Fairbank (2), 4-Darren Berry (12), 5-Kris Miller (33), 6-Taylor Velasquez (21), 7-Nick King (83), 8-Mike Woodruff (83X), 9-John Colbert (79C), 10-Cody Salem (23), 11-Randy Bantam (5R), 12-Mike Spear (54), 13-Kasey Beckham (25), 14-Lance Davis (9dj), 15-Corey Lutters (07), 16-Dennis Fair (74), 17-Greg Thyfault (27G), 18-Steve Dalton (12D), 19-Josh Fairbank (51)

Justin Schwien (76J) DNS

B-Main

1-Miller, 2-Woodruff, 3-Schwien, 4-Colbert, 5-Bantam, 6-Fair, 7-J. Fairbank, 8-Spear, 9-Dalton, 10-Davis, 11-J.Chaffin, 12-Smith

 

Schwien Picks Up The Win URSS At Beloit Debut

The United rebel Sprint Series made it debut at Solomon Valley Speedway in Beloit Kansas Saturday night and when the racing action was over, Russell Kansas native Justin Schwien came out the Winner. Nicknamed the “Beloit Bullring” the fast and tacky ¼ oval lived up to its name as the Rebels battled three wide throughout he night.

Goddard Kansas’ Josh Fairbank led the field to the green and took the early lead followed by Bill Hays, Smokey Fairbank, Ken Lutters and Ray Seemann to round out the top five. Josh Fairbank held the lead as Smokey Fairbank challenged Josh for the lead, the duo battled for the spot until lap nine when Smokey took the position. Quietly the “Kansas Tornado” Jon Johnson wove his way to the third position bringing Justin Schwien and Darren Berry along through the field.

Lap ten saw Johnson and Schwien take the top two spots as Smokey Fairbank, Josh Fairbank and Darren Berry fought for positions three through five. Further back in the pack, Ray Seemann, Cody Salem and Willie Wynn battled for positions 6th through 8th, putting on a show for the fans in the stands. Schwien dogged Johnson for the top spot until lap 20 when Schwien used the backside of the bank on the backstretch to pass Johnson for the lead and never looked back.

The final laps saw Smokey Fairbank challenge Johnson for the runner up spot as Berry, Salem, Seemann and Josh Fairbank all fought for positions four through seven. When the checkers fell, it was Schwien taking the win with Johnson, Smokey Fairbank, Berry and Josh Fairbank rounding out he top five.

Justin Schwien picked up the Weld Racing Wheels “Hard Charger Award” coming from his eighth place starting spot to pick up the win.

The Keizer Aluminum Wheels B-Main was won by Cody Salem.

Heat Race winners were Darrin Berry, Justin Schwien and Mike Spear.

A-Main

1-Justin Schwien (76J), 2- Jon Johnson (86), 3-Smokey Fairbank (2), 4-Darren Berry (12), 5-Josh Fairbank (51), 6-Cody Salem (23), 7-Ray Seemann (72), 8-Willie Wynn (36W), 9-Ken Lutters (79), 10-Randy Bantam (5R), 11-Mike Spears (54), 12-Bill Hays (2H), 13-Greg Thyfault (27G), 14-Corey Lutters (07), 15-Tom Vacura (777), 16-Dennis Fair (74)

B-Main

1-Cody Salem, 2-Willie Wynn, 3-Corey Lutters, 4-Randy Bantam, 5-Tom Vacura, 6-Greg Thyfault

 

Herbert Duels His Way To URSS Win at Dodge City.

Despite chilly and windy conditions, those who braved the elements where treated to a whale of a race. Track conditions where fast, smooth and tacky, which made for some good old fashioned petal to the metal feature which kept the fans on their feet.

Leading the field the green flag was Dodge City’s Keefe Hemel and Brian Herbert who started their battle for the drop of the green. Following closely was Brandon Fisher, Kris Miller and Nick King rounding out the top five. Herbert was in Hemel’s tire tracks as they made lap after lap. The top five stayed the same as by lap six the leaders started to come up on lap traffic. Herbert tried to use lapped cars as picks but Hemel kept the lead as the pair continued to dice their way through the field.

Back in the pack Taylor Velasquez, Ray Seemann and Darren Bowman put on a show battled for the 7th through 9th spots. The positions swapped back and forth lap after lap as the trio exchanged positions, but at the flag stand Velasquez prevailed to hold on to the 7th spot.

Herbert continued to mirror Hemel as they battled lap traffic until lap 13 when Herbert took the top spot away from Hemel. Herbert continued to keep Hemel at bay until lap 18 when Hemel got by Herbert on the back stretch, but it was to be short lived as Kris Moore spun in turn three giving the lead back to Herbert. On the restart, the pair stayed glued together until lap 19 when Herbert bicycled in turn one but saved it as Hemel drove around Herbert to claim the top spot. Herbert got a run down the back stretch and dove under Hemel in turn three to take the spot away for good.

After the white flag fell for the leaders, Darren Bowman made contact with another car and took a wild ride in turn one catch fence to bring out the red flag. Bowman was taken to a local Hospital to be checked out and was released according to information from the Bowman Racing Team. Herbert took the win with Hemel, Fisher, Miller and King rounding out the top five.

The “Weld Racing Wheels Hard Charger Award” went to Mike Woodruff who came from his 12th place starting position to finish in 7th for the evening.

Heat race winners were Darren Bowman, Brian Herbert and Ray Seemann.

A-Main

1-Brian Herbert (97), 2-Keefe Hemel (11), 3-Brandon Fisher (14), 4-Kris Miller (33),

5-Taylor Velasquez (21), 6-Nick King (83), 7-Mike Woodruff (83X), 8-Ray Seemann (72), 9-Darren Bowman (9B), 10-Taylor Milton (91X), 11- John Colbert (79C), 12- Smokey Fairbank (2) 13- Steve Dalton (12D), 14- Kris Moore (49), 15-Justin Chaffin (69),

C J Johnson (45X) DNS, Ty Williams (1X) DNS

 

Thomas Holds off Jones to Take the Checkered at Volusia Speedway Park!

5-3-08 By: Tera Gunter

Thirty sprints showed up to battle it out as the Florida Sprint Car Association descended the fast ½ mile oval of Volusia Speedway Park Saturday night. After three heat races that saw Tommy Denton, Otto Scrape, and Danny Jones take the checkered in their respective heats, 10 cars entered a B main from which the top 6 finishers would transfer to the A main. Looking to repeat his finish of two weeks ago, Lee Scrape won the B main and 25 sprints started the feature event.

Rick Byerly and Mike Love lined up on the front row and Love took the lead at the green flag drop. Mike McCance shot past Phil Pettay to challenge Love for the lead until a red flag was thrown for Lee Scrape who flipped down the front stretch after contact with Ryan Partin. Scrape was ok but the incident ended the race early for Scrape and Partin.

The restart saw Love and Mike McCance once again battling for the lead. McCance displaced Love only to see Gavin Thomas snatch the lead from him before the field was red flagged again on lap 6 for a 4 car incident in turn 1 that ended the night for Brett Cole, Denton, and Al Kaluzniak. Scott Anderson, who found himself vertical on the turn 1 wall, was able to continue the race.

The restart saw green flag to checkered flag racing incident free. Thomas shot out in the front as Danny Jones challenged McCance for right to usurp Thomas. Jones dispatched McCance and set off after Thomas who had gained a good lead over the field. Bruce Durden took up position behind Jones as Jones became a man on a mission to unseat Thomas. Several times Jones closed in on Thomas but Thomas kept a strong hold on the lead position. Gene Machuga and Barry McCance settled into the 4th and 5th positions as Perry Caudill worked his way through the field to pass Otto Scrape for 6th. By lap 17, Thomas gained ground over Jones and 8 laps later took the checkered over Jones, Durden, Machuga and Barry McCance. Anderson recovered after the turn 1 incident on lap 6 to move through the field and place a strong 8th behind Caudill and Otto Scrape.

The FSCA returns to action on May 17th at the fun, ¼ mile banked red clay oval of Albany Motor Speedway in Albany, Georgia. For more information, visit the FSCA at www.racefsca.com

 

Huset's Speedway Brandon, SD Race Results May 4, 2008

Interstate Auto Center Outlaw Sprint Cars

Qualifications: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr, Sunnyvale, Texas, 10.767; 2. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, 10.935; 3. Micah Schliemann, Hartford, 11.025; 4. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 11.080; 5. John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, 11.123; 6. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, 11.156; 7. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, 11.175; 8. Gary Dewall, Jackson, Minn., 11.198; 9. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, 11.199; 10. Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa, 11.227; 11. Johnn Cressman, Hartford, 11.236; 12. Wade Nygaard, Fargo, N.D., 11.243; 13. Marlon Jones, Harrisburg, 11.255; 14. Billy Alley, Lincoln, Neb., 11.359; 15. Mitch Runge, Sioux Falls, 11.408; 16. Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls, 11.425; 17. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D., 11.590; 18.Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, 11.615; 19. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, Iowa, 11.726; 20. Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa, 11.740; 21. Mike Sitzmann, Fargo, N.D., 11.783; 22. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, Minn., 11.958; 23. Scott Winters, Butterfield, Minn., 11.969; 24. Ryan Bickett, Ramona, 12.046; 25. Chuck McGillivray, Madison, 12.132; 26. Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, 12.352; 27. Doug Martens, Ward, 12.665.

Heat #1: 1. Marlon Jones, Harrisburg; 2. Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa; 3. Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls; 4. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls; 5. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls; 6. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; 7. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, Iowa; 8. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, Minn.; 9. Chuck McGillivray, Madison.

Heat #2: 1. Billy Alley, Lincoln, Neb.; 2. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D.; 3. Gary Dewall, Jackson, Minn.; 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr, Sunnyvale, Texas; 5. John Lambertz, Sioux Falls; 6. Scott Winters, Butterfield, Minn.; 7. Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa; 8. Johnn Cressman, Hartford; 9. Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg.

Heat #3: 1. Mitch Runge, Sioux Falls; 2. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls; 3. Wade Nygaard, Fargo, N.D.; 4. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls; 5. Micah Schliemann, Hartford; 6. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls; 7. Mike Sitzmann, Fargo, N.D.; 8. Ryan Bickett, Ramona.

B Feature: 1. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, Iowa; 2. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, Minn.; 3. Mike Sitzmann, Fargo, N.D.; 4. Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg; 5. Ryan Bickett, Ramona; 6. Johnn Cressman, Hartford; 7. Chuck McGillivray, Madison; 8. Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa; 9. Doug Martens, Ward.

A Feature: 1. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls; 2. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls; 3. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; 4. Marlon Jones, Harrisburg; 5. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls; 6. Mitch Runge, Sioux Falls; 7. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls; 8. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D.; 9. Scott Winters, Butterfield, Minn.; 10. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls; 11. Gary Dewall, Jackson, Minn.; 12. Micah Schliemann, Hartford; 13. Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls; 14. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, Iowa; 15. Wade Nygaard, Fargo, N.D.; 16. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, Minn.; 17. Billy Alley, Lincoln, Neb.; 18. Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa; 19. Sam Hafertepe Jr, Sunnyvale, Texas; 20. John Lambertz, Sioux Falls.

Wheel City Auto Championship Sprints

Heat #1: 1. Casey Abbas, Sioux Falls; 2. Kevin Flowers, Hartford; 3. Brock Dump, Sioux Falls; 4. Trisha Underberg, Sioux Falls; 5. Dustin Evink, Hartford; 6. Eric McGillivray, Canton; 7. Tyler Nelson, Madison.

Heat #2: 1. Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa; 2. Randy Droescher, Larchwood, Iowa; 3. Jared Jansen, Sioux Falls; 4. Brent Vonk, Sioux Falls; 5. Ryan Bickett, Ramona; 6. Cory Krueger, Brandon.

Heat #3: 1. Cody Hansen, Nunda; 2. Lane Brenden, Mitchell; 3. Terry Chester, Parker; 4. Jordan Martens, Harrisburg; 5. Justin Jacobsma, Hull, Iowa; 6. Justin Glaser, Sioux Falls.

A Feature: 1. Jody Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa; 2. Casey Abbas, Sioux Falls; 3. Cody Hansen, Nunda; 4. Brent Vonk, Sioux Falls; 5. Kevin Flowers, Hartford; 6. Ryan Bickett, Ramona; 7. Justin Jacobsma, Hull, Iowa; 8. Brock Dump, Sioux Falls; 9. Lane Brenden, Mitchell; 10. Justin Glaser, Sioux Falls; 11. Dustin Evink, Hartford; 12. Jared Jansen, Sioux Falls; 13. Trisha Underberg, Sioux Falls; 14. Jordan Martens, Harrisburg; 15. Randy Droescher, Larchwood, Iowa; 16. Terry Chester, Parker; 17. Cory Krueger, Brandon; 18. Eric McGillivray, Canton; 19. Tyler Nelson, Madison.

 

Brown Takes WOW Victory at Sedalia

Sedalia, MO(May 4th)-Taking advantage of a late caution Brian Brown won the third annual Bob Ramey Memorial at Missouri State Fair Speedway with the O’Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors. Jason Johnson jumped into the lead at the start followed by polesitter Curtis Evans and Wayne Johnson. Johnson would bring out the yellow before a lap could be completed as he slowed coming out of turn four while running third. On the next start, Johnson again jumped into the lead followed by Evans, Brown, and Jack Dover. Action would again be stopped on lap two as WOW rookie contender Austin Alumbaugh spun into the turn four guardrail. He would be able to restart. On the restart, Johnson again jumped out to a big lead followed by Evans and Brown. On lap four, Brown and Dover would both get by Evans with Martin rounding out the top five. A lap later, Martin would get by Evans for fourth. Also on the move at this point were Tony Bruce Jr. and Danny Lasoski, who both had started fairly deep in the field. By lap ten in heavy lapped traffic, Johnson was out to a huge lead, but Brown was being pressured by Dover for second with Martin still in fourth. Bruce Jr. and Lasoski were now fifth and sixth as they made their way by Evans. On lap twelve Dover made his way by Brown for second and Bruce and Lasoski both made their way by Martin and into the top five. Brown would continue to pressure Dover for the runner-up spot as the caution would fly for a stalled Rusty Potter in turn four on lap sixteen. On the restart, Bruce Jr. moved from fourth to second as he worked his way past Dover and Brown. Lasoski would also get by Dover for fourth as Bruce Jr. and Brown put up a torrid battle for second. Brown would grab back second on lap nineteen and set his sights on Johnson. Brown got a run on the low side and pulled up beside Johnson in turn two and Johnson slid high allowing Brown a run below him. Johnson would drag race Brown down the backstretch, but Brown would hold off the “Cajun Sensation” in spectacular fashion in his Tim and Gina Doogs Super Clean Maxim. Johnson would finish second in Lanny Row’s The Shop Eagle. Bruce Jr. would run third in the family-owned Maxim with Lasoski fourth in Donnie Cooper’s Maxim. Dover would round out the top five in the Dover Racing Eagle. Rounding out the top ten were Jon Corbin, Martin, Evans, Jesse Giannetto, and Jonathan Cornell. Earlier in the evening, WOW competitor Josh Fisher was presented with his 2007 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum 360 National Rookie of the Year award by WOW owner Archie Simpson. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors will next be in action on Saturday May 17th at I-44 Speedway in Lebanon, MO.

WOW Summary-May 4th 34 cars

1st Heat-8 laps(top 4 to A) 1. 14 Randy Martin-California, MO(9) 2. 1P Curtis Evans-Norborne, MO(1) 3. 9C Tony Crank - Sedalia, MO(2) 4. 21H Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO(3) 5. 15 Jack Potter-Pleasant Hill, MO(8) 6. 19S Steven Cross-Appleton City, MO(4) 7. 7J JD Black-Grain Valley, MO(7) 8. 23F- Matt Fox-Sedalia, MO(6) 9. 8 Jeff Wingate-Centertown, MO(5) -Recap- Evans jumped into the lead followed by Crank. Martin moved past five cars on the first lap to move into fourth. On lap two, Martin would get past Hinck in turn two and set his sights on Evans and Crank. As the laps wound down, Crank and Martin reeled in Evans with Crank making an attempt at the lead low in turn four on lap seven. Martin would use the high side to move around Crank coming for the white flag and then would pass Evans low in turns one and two to take the lead on the final lap.

2nd Heat-8 laps(top 4 to A) 1. 41 Jason Johnson-Eunice, LA(2) 2. 94 Wayne Johnson-Knoxville, IA(6) 3. 18T Tony Bruce Jr.-Liberal, KS(8) 4. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO(3) 5. 4J Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO(1) 6. 18W Chris Walker-Oak Grove, MO(9) 7. 11 Tyler Thompson-Cape Girardeau, MO(7) 8. 43 Frank Brown - Marshall, MO(4) 9. 41X Scott Comstock-Tipton, MO(5) -Recap-Johnson jumped into the lead in turns one and two and would go unchallenged to an easy victory. Johnson jumped from sixth to second on lap one and would chase Johnson for the final seven laps. Bruce Jr. moved past five cars to run a distant third.

3rd Heat-8 laps(top 4 to A) 1. 53 Jack Dover-Springfield, NE(2) 2. 21X Brian Brown-Grain Valley, MO(4) 3. 94s Natalie Sather-Fargo, ND(8) 4. 01 Danny Lasoski-Higginsville, MO(7) 5. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(6) 6. 88 J Kinder-Linn, MO(3) 7. 14K Kyle Bellm-Nixa, MO(5) 8. 86x Josh Fisher-Smithton, MO(1)-DNF -Recap-Dover and Fisher battled in turns one and two for the lead with Dover coming out on top. Brown would get by Fisher for second with a slide-job in turn two on the second lap. The top three was followed by Sather and Lasoski. On lap three, Lasoski moved past Sather momentarily with a slide-job in turn two, but Sather would move back underneath for the final transfer. It looked as if Lasoski would have to settle for running a B when misfortune struck Fisher going down the backstretch on lap seven as he slowed and went pitside. Dover was way out in front followed by Brown, Sather, and Lasoski.

4th Heat-8 laps(top 4 to A) 1. 92 Zach Chappell-Talala, OK(1) 2. 6 Bryan Grimes-Slater, MO(3) 3. 33 Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO(8) 4. 28 Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia, MO(7) 5. 18 Tim Newman-Cameron, MO(2) 6. 48 David Brown- Marshall, MO(4) 7. 5MA Mallory Armfield-St. Joseph, MO(5)-DNF 8. 10 Mike Trent-Rocheport, MO(6)-DNF -Recap-After a start that was called back, the second start was even more eventful as Trent slid sideways and was hit by Armfield and Cornell. Trent would roll over and suffer too much damage to continue. Armfield also had too much damage to the right rear of his car and would not restart while Cornell was able to go pitside and his crew was able to get him back out for the restart. On the third start, Chappell would jump out front followed by Newman and Grimes. Grimes was able to work his way past Newman for second low in turn two as Alumbaugh and Cornell would work for the final transfer. As the laps wound down, Alumbaugh was able to get by Newman for third in turn two on lap six and Cornell would get by Newman for the final transfer with a turn two pass on lap seven.

First B Main-10 laps(top 2 to A) 1. 4J Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO(2) 2. 15 Jack Potter-Pleasant Hill, MO(1) 3. 19S Steven Cross-Appleton City, MO(3) 4. 11 Tyler Thompson-Cape Girardeau, MO(6) 5. 7J JD Black-Grain Valley, MO(5) 6. 23F- Matt Fox-Sedalia, MO(7) 7. 18W Chris Walker-Oak Grove, MO(4) 8. 43 Frank Brown - Marshall, MO(8) 9. 8 Jeff Wingate-Centertown, MO(9) 10. 41X Scott Comstock-Tipton, MO(10) -Recap-Potter jumped into the lead followed by Corbin. Corbin was able to get by Potter with a turn two pass on lap three and would go on to an easy win.

Second B Main-8 laps(top 2 to A) 1. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(1) 2. 18 Tim Newman-Cameron, MO(2) 3. 88 J Kinder-Linn, MO(3) 4. 5MA Mallory Armfield-St. Joseph, MO(6)-DNF 5. 48 David Brown- Marshall, MO(4)-DNF 6. 14K Kyle Bellm-Nixa, MO(5)-DNF DNS: 86x Josh Fisher-Smithton, MO, 10 Mike Trent-Rocheport, MO -Recap-Giannetto was dominant as only three cars finished due to attrition.

A Main-20 laps 1. 21X Brian Brown-Grain Valley, MO(6) 2. 41 Jason Johnson-Eunice, LA(2) 3. 18T Tony Bruce Jr.-Liberal, KS(10) 4. 01 Danny Lasoski-Higginsville, MO(15) 5. 53 Jack Dover-Springfield, NE(8) 6. 4J Jon Corbin-Kansas City, MO(17) 7. 14 Randy Martin-California, MO(5) 8. 1P Curtis Evans-Norborne, MO(1) 9. 86 Jesse Giannetto-Cedar Rapids, IA(18) 10. 28 Jonathan Cornell-Sedalia, MO(16) 11. 92 Zach Chappell-Talala, OK(7) 12. 33 Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville, MO(12) 13. 6 Bryan Grimes-Slater, MO(3) 14. 15 Jack Potter-Pleasant Hill, MO(19) 15. 21H Terry Hinck-Boonville, MO(13) 16. 3P Rusty Potter-Boonville, MO(14) 17. 94s Natalie Sather-Fargo, ND(11) 18. 18 Tim Newman-Cameron, MO(20) 19. 9C Tony Crank - Sedalia, MO(9)-DNF 20. 94 Wayne Johnson-Knoxville, IA(4)-DNF

 

Marysville Raceway Park

 By Bob Burbach

Dothage and Richards thunder to sprint car $; Staving gets 1st win and Glass tops BCRA; Clayton survives bomber mayhem

Marysville- A beautiful evening, a packed house and 107 racecars graced Paul and Kathy Hawes’ Marysville Raceway Park Saturday night for point race #7 on the 2008 schedule. Wingless sprint car veteran Tony Richards of Paradise won the MRP wingless sprint car feature event. Brent Dothage of Kelseyville, a two-time tack champion (’05 & ’06), won the MRP winged sprint car main event. Eddie Staving of Marysville finally won an MRP mini-stock main event after knocking at the door all season with numerous fast times and a handful of top 5 finishes. It was only a matter of time for Staving and Saturday he knocked the door in. Staving fell into 2nd place behind pole sitter and point leader Joel Giusti at starter Robin Davies green flag. It remained that way up front with a gargantuan tussle going on for everything behind them. It was a most entertaining dice that included Mike Merritt, Brent Hall, Misty Castleberry, Olin Crane and others. With 4 to go Staving got a great run on Giusti off of 4 and up the front stretch. It’s hard to tell whether Giusti got a little sideways or Staving gave him a bump & run tap from the back, but Giusti began a lazy slide that he corrected and that shot the #17 up the track in front of the fast closing traffic. Castleberry hammered the errant Giusti and straightened him up, but Giusti dropped through the field like a rock before he could recover for an eventual 7th place finish. Hall and Merritt battled for the runner-up spot for the final 3 rounds with Merritt coming in 2nd followed by Hall, Castleberry and Crane. Merritt did not pass post race technical inspection and was disqualified from the event moving everyone else up a spot. Staving’s emotional thank yous to his crew and helpers made victory circle a happy place for the white #7, it’s driver and his well-wishers. Local product Chris Glass of Marysville ran wire-to-wire to win the Bay Cities Racing Association's Midget Lites main event, leading all 20 laps of a caution free event. The MRP wingless sprint car field produced a full field of racers with 24 of the sleek racers on the grounds. Brett Youngman of Grass Valley started on the pole and snatched the lead at the drop of the green flag. Youngman has been one of the pleasant surprises in the 2008 campaign. Richards secured 2nd right away, followed by point leader John Anderson of Sacramento, Cameron Beard and Jeremy Hawes. Richards slipped under Youngman on lap 11 when Youngman left the door open in turn 4. The race continued relatively caution free on the smooth MRP clay. Josh Vieira of Marysville got into some trouble in turn 3 with Pat Couch and flipped hard as the race was getting into its final 3 laps. Vieira popped out of the top of his beautiful hot rod and, with the exception of some obvious front-end damage, the car seemed ok. Richards never ran away over the final three laps, finishing ahead of Youngman, Anderson and Hawes. Richards’ take was $1100 after bonus money was added in. Not bad for his 1st appearance of the season. There was drama before the green flag ever waved on the MRP winged sprint car feature. Korey Lovell of Yuba City, a three-time track champion who won the MRP winged sprint car main event last time out, failed to take the green flag after he went into the pits on the pace lap. Lovell was situated 2nd in points when the night began and blew past everyone in his heat coming from row 3 to an impressive victory. Pole sitter Mark Michelet of Marysville grabbed the lead in the MRP winged sprint car feature event. Then, David Sprigg in a remarkable inside move in turn 1 flashed past Michelet and captured the top spot. 2nd row starter Dothage quickly dispatched Michelet and reeled in Sprigg. He ducked inside on turn 4 to take the lead on the 4th lap. Point leader Cort Dozier was 3rd after a couple of nifty passes early on. Sprigg and Dozier put on quite a show as they battled for the runner-up spot. As the pair approached turn 3 at mid race, Dozier got the left rear of Sprigg and nearly flipped it. He recovered and the pair collided again and Dozier laid it on its side as Sprigg spun to a halt. Dozier got his car upright and resumed racing, as did Sprigg. Both cars started to re-pass cars immediately after the new green was displayed. A few circuits later Sprigg was collected again in a mid-pack confrontation that sent him into the backstretch wall with terrific force. Sprigg nearly flipped it as the blue and silver 44 ricocheted off the wall. Sprigg’s night was finished after his most notable ride in recent memory came to an end. Dothage held on for the win, followed by quick timer Troy Degaton of Rio Linda and Shawn Amos of Gridley. Amos was on the move when the checkers flew. The track obviously came to him but he ran out of laps before he could catch the lead duo. Dozier finished sixth. Zach Johnson of Marysville won the mini-stock B main event, which saw mini truck driver Richard Gale of Orland flip on the backstretch while challenging for 2nd. He was OK. Heat race winners were Jeremy Burt of Grass Valley and Lovell in the MRP winged sprints, Rick Eversult of Rio Linda, Buddy Olschowka of Marysville and Richards in the MRP wingless sprints, Olin Crain of Orland, James Gillaspie of Olivehurst, Castleberry and Hall in the mini-stocks, and Glass and Doug Nunes of Kingsburg in the BCRA Lites. The EXTREME BOMBERS once again brought down the curtain and had the crowd roaring as 16 of the crash and burn daredevils took to a newly watered, slick obstacle course. 10 laps later the track was littered with bent and smoking racecars. It was impossible to find a straight fender in the place. Jason Clayton brought his visibly battered machine home 1st to claim the rather unusual trophy. Next Saturday night Paul and Kathy Hawes will present point race #8 featuring The MRP Wingless Sprints, the return of the Mighty Modifieds, The MRP Stock Cars, the Nor Cal Dwarf Cars, and the Winged 600 Lites $300,000 in contingency rewards ongoing through 2008: Remember, our racing program will get $150,000 worth of contingency dollars for our winged and wingless sprint cars. The way it works is that Contingency Connection has signed up 181 sponsors nationwide who contribute products or merchandise each race to the winner. The only catch is that drivers must be sporting the decal of that sponsor to earn the bonus. If a driver who wins the MRP Winged or Wingless feature race has every decal on his car, he could receive some $450 in products or merchandise. The vouchers can be saved and traded in for larger ticket items. The bonus is a healthy addition to the $1,000 promoter Hawes already pays to the winner of MRP winged sprint car main events and the $750 he pays to MRP wingless sprint car feature winners. In addition to the $150,000 Contingency Connection is providing during the regular season, the program also has earmarked another $150,000 toward a year-end bonus for the top two drivers as well as four other "at-large" drivers whom track officials believe are deserving of some added cash. Pit gates always open at 3 with the grandstands opening at 5. 1st race runs off at 7PM. Put www.marysvilleracewaypark.com on your “favorites” button on you computer. Watch this site for press releases, updates and complete results.

 

Charter Raceway Park

Beaver Dam, WI – May 4, 2008. Opening night at Charter Raceway Park was chilly but the racing was red hot as the Badger Midget Series and the Interstate Racing Association sprint cars took to the 1/3 mile oval. In the headline event for the IRA cars, the action got off to a rough start with Tommy Sexton flipping his 83D machine going into turn number one just after completing lap number 1. Sexton was ok but was obviously done for the night. Donny Goeden took the lead from John Haeni on lap number seven. By lap 13, Goeden came up on lapped traffic and had to slow, allowing Haeni to close the gap. Todd King, driving the number 97 car, overtook Haeni on lap 17 just before the yellow came out for the three car of Scott Young. On the restart, King was able to get a great jump and worked past Goeden. But following another yellow on lap 19, King coasted to the infield with a report of being out of gas giving the lead back to Goeden. Following a red flag incident on lap 25, Goeden went on to the win followed by Steve Meyer and Scotty Neitzel.

For the Badger Midgets, teammates Mike Hess and David Gough finished 1-2 in round number one of the Duel at the Dam. Like the IRA cars, the Badger feature event got off to a rocky start as Nick Lundgreen and Bubba Altig flipped on lap two. On the restart, Gough had the lead with Michael Pickens charging through the field to take second. Through the middle laps of the event, Gough, Hess and Pickens would trade the lead numerous times around the speedway but Gough always managed to lead the pack to the stripe. Hess finally managed to get past Gough on lap 21 and pulled away for the win. Finishing third was Gough.

Next week, Charter Raceway Park will host the regular five division lineup in the 2008 season opener for the Modifieds, Grand Nationals, Dirt Devils, Legends and Street Stock cars. Pits open at 3:30 and the main gates open at 4:30. Racing starts promptly at 6:30. Contact the track office for more information at 920-382-7858.

 

Manzanita Speedway

by Windy McDonald

(May 3) Another classic battle between Jeremy Sherman and Charles Davis, Jr. at Manzanita Speedway Saturday night was overshadowed somewhat by the fans who came up big in helping the Phoenix Children’ hospital. The fans brought hundreds of stuffed toys to the track and then, through silent auctions, a regular auction and other fund raisers brought in well over $10,000 which also went to the Children’s hospital in the name of Kole Caskey, the son of a racing family who passed away March 9th. Items donated by NASCAR stars Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson were the most expensive items. Johnson’s personal racing jacket, autographed and also signed by his entire pit crew, went for $2.000 and a Tony Stewart replica autographed helmet added $3300 to the pot.

Manzanita and its fans also presented the Caskey family with an all expense paid vacation at Disney Land for the entire family which includes the two brothers that in addition to Kole were triplets.

The method of lining up the feature race was changed this week after officials suspected the some drivers were dogging it a little in the heat races so that they could start nearer the front. Now the high point driver through the heats rolls the die and the number that comes up is the number of drivers that will draw a pill for their starting berth.

Charles Davis, Jr., after driving from fifth to first in his heat, was the high point man and he rolled a 12. Sherman pulled #1 on his draw.

The American Sprint Car Series feature race had Sherman on the pole with Davis lined up in the fourth row. Davis quickly moved into second and for the final 20 laps dogged Sherman and never was more than a couple of car lengths behind the leader. Sherman led all 30 laps as he won his third feature of the year and Davis, a two time winner, finished second for the fourth time. Andy Reinbold had his best finish of the year with a strong third place finish. Mike Colegrove was the hard charger of the race when he lined up in the inside of the ninth row for the start and crossed the finish line in fourth. Shon Deskins also made up a lot of ground with a drive from 13th to fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Bob Ream, Jr., Jeremy Reagles, R.J. Johnson, Mike Leslie and Jay Ervine.

Reagles had his Mopar humming and won the first ten lap heat race with a drive from third with Nick Aiuto, Leslie and Ervine trailing. The second heat was by far the best with no only Davis passing four cars but Johnson did the same after sharing the third row with Davis. Behind the front runners were Ream and Deskins. Sherman had the pole for the final heat and held off Josh Pelkey for the win with Seainn Hendricsen third ahead of Reinbold. Nathan High scored his third trophy Dash win with Davis, Sherman and Johnson giving chase.

Davis fell back to 38 points behind Sherman in the chase for the championship. The Sprint Cars will visit Central Arizona Raceway next week and return to Manzanita for The Wayne Weiler Salute to Indy on May 24.

Mini sprints and modified midgets provided a combined field of 46 cars, as they came to aid Ken and Adrea Caskey. Ken was one of the top mini sprint drivers and hopes to return to racing before the season ends. The field ran two main events Russ Martin ended Kiley Fellers three race win streak in the first feature and Dennis Carrier topped Josh Castro in the other.

Martin and Fellers shared the fifth row at the drop of the green and they chased down Datten Gabbard on the 10th lap with Morgan in front. Fellers, driving the high side of the one third mile track took over on the 11th lap but Martin made the low groove work and was back in front and lead the final three laps. Paul Martin finished third, Matt Jackson fourth and Gabbard fifth. Behind them were Zack Sawyer, B.J. Arntz, Austin Quick, Rick Shuman, Jim Mattison and Dave Van Ess.

The yellow flag fell early and often in the second main and the officials finally cut the race to 10 laps from the scheduled 15. Nick Aiuto, driving for Ken Caskey, led the first lap but gave was to Josh Pelkey a lap later. Castro kept the lead until Carrier shot by and led the field to the checkered flag six laps later. Castro held off Dennis Parks for second and Adam Milsap beat Kurt Stults for fourth. Rounding out the top ten were Aiuto, Cliff Cormany, Chad Fifte, Ashley Robella and Ron Saunders.

The mini sprints ran three ten lap heat races and the modified midgets ran two. Fellers beat Joshua Shipley, Mattison and J.D. Bernal in the first mini sprint heat. The second heat went to Carrier over Stults, Ronnie Smith and Kyle Shipley. Brandon George came out of the third row to win the final mini sprint heat. Behind him at the checkered flag were Castro, Shuman and Parks.

Paul Martin and Milsap won the modified midget heats. Martin beat Gabbard, Arntz and Jackson while Milsap was better than Aiuto, Russ Morgan and Fife.

Russ Martin won the modified midget dash and Tyler Keesler won the dash for the mini sprints.

Only six midgets were on hand for the race. Nathan High, the 2007 AMRA champion won the 10 lap feature with points leader R.J. Johnson second, Terry Goodwin third, Joshua Shipley fourth and Michael Marfia fifth. Jeff Perry lost an engine in the heat race and did not compete. Johnson won the heat and the dash.

The midgets came out with only six cars and Nathan High won the 10 lap race.

SUMMARY--TRIBUTE TO KOLE CASKEY

AMERICAN SPRINT CAR SERIES

Main Event: (30 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Charles Davis Jr. 3. Andy Reinbold 4. Mike Colegrove 5. Shon Deskins 6. Bob Ream, Jr. 7. Jeremy Sherman 8. R.J. Johnson 9. Mike Leslie 10. Jay Ervine 11. Mike Martin 12. Nathan High 13. Stevie Sussex 14. Jeff Henry 15. Bobby Taylor 16. Nick Aiuto 17. Ronnie Smith 18. Jody Wirth 19. Derek Sells 20. Steve Tellas 21. Derek Williams 22. Josh Pelkey 23. Justin Fisher 24. Seainn Hendricsen

Lap leaders: laps 1-30 Sherman

1st Heat: (10 laps) 1. Jeremy Reagles 2. Nick Aiuto 3. Mike Leslie 4. Jay Ervine 5. Bobby Taylor 6. Stevie Sussex 7. Jody Wirth 8. Steve Tellas 9. Derek Sells (time-2:31.90)

2nd Heat: (10 laps) 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 2. R.J. Johnson 3. Bob Ream, Jr. 4. Shon Deskins 5. Mike Martin 6. Mike Colegrove 7. Jeff Henry 8. Thomas Ogle (DNS-Carson Ditsh-time-2:31.81)

3rd Heat: (10 laps) 1. Jeremy Sherman 2. Josh Pelkey 3. Seainn Hendricsen 4. Andy Reinbold 5. Nathan High 6. Ronnie Smith 7. Justin Fisher 8. Derek Williams 9. Zack Sawyer (time-2:32.66)

Semi Main: (10 laps) 1. Mike Colegrove 2. Justin Fisher 3. Ronnie Smith 4. Jeff Henry 5. Steve Tellas 6. Derek Williams 7. Jody Wirth 8. Derek Sells 9. Zack Sawyer 10. Thomas Ogle

Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. Nathan High 2. Charles Davis, Jr. 3. Jeremy Sherman 4. R.J. Johnson (time-1:01.51)

MINI SPRINTS

1st Main Event: (15 laps) 1. Russ Martin 2. Kiley Fellers 3. Paul Martin 4. Datten Gabbard 5. Matt Jackson 6. Zack Sawyer 7. B.J. Arntz 8. Austin Quick 9. Rick Shuman 10. Jim Mattison 11. Dave Van Ness 12. Moe Franz 13. J.D. Bernal 14. Pat Wing 15. Trey Deane 16. Tyler Ydbarra 17. Tyler Merrill 18. Mike Visser 19. Derek Sell 20. Brandon George

:Lap leaders: 1. laps 1-9 Gabbard, lap 10 R. Martin, laps 11-12 Fellers, laps 13-15 R. Martin.

2nd Main Event: (10 laps) 1. Dennis Carrier 2. Josh Castro 3. Dennis Parks 4. Adam Milsap 5. Kurt Stults 6. Nick Aiuto 7. Dustin Cormany 8. Chad Fife 9. Ashley Robella 10. Ron Saunders 11. Dylan Cappello 12. Ryan Walter 13. Donna Kotlinski 14. Daniel Doherty 15. Justin Quinn 16. Josh Center 17. Travis Keesler 18. Joshua Shipley 19. Kyle Shipley 20. Moe Frantz 21. #17x

Lap leaders: lap 1 Aiuto, laps 1-4 Castro, laps 5-10 Carrier

MINI SPRINT HEATS-Ten laps

1st: 1. Kiley Fellers 2. Joshua Shipley 3. Jim Mattison 4. J.D. Bernal 5. Pat Wing 6. Tyler Keesler 7. Rick Alexander 8. Mike Visser 9. Derek Williams (no time)

2nd 1. Dennis Carrier 2. Kurt Stults 3. Ronnie Smith 4. Kyle Shipley 5. Cliff Cormany 6. Ashley Robella 7. Ryan Walter 8. Donna Kotlinski 9. Dustin Cormany (time-2:43.48)

3rd: 1. Brandon George 2. Josh Castro 3. Rick Shuman 4. Dennis Parks 5. Austin Quick 6. #17x 7. Dallas Caldwell

Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. Tyler Keesler 2. Cliff Cormany 3. Jim Mattison 4. Rick Shuman 5. Pat Wing (time-1:05.17)

MODIFIED MIDGET HEAT RACES--10 Laps

1st: 1. Paul Martin 2. Datten Gabbard 3. B.J. Arntz 4. Matt Jackson 5. Zack Sawyer 6. Derek Sell 7. Trey Deane 8. Tyler Ybarra 9. Dave Van Ess 10. Tyler Deane 11. Tyler Merrill (no time)

2nd: 1. Adam Milsap 2. Nick Aiuto 3. Russ Martin 4. Chad Fife 5. Moe Franz 6. Ron Saunders 7. Dylan Cappello 8. Josh Center 9. Daniel Doherty 10. Justin Quinn (no time)

Trophy Dash: 1. Russ Martin 2. Paul Martin 3. Dylan Cappello 4. Matt Jackson 5. Ron Saunders 6. Dave Van Ess (time-1:08.18)

AMRA MIDGETS

Main Event: (10 laps) 1. Nathan High 2. R.J. Johnson 3. Joshua Shipley 4. Terry Goodwin 5. Michael Marfia (DNS Jeff Perry)

Lap leaders: laps 1-3 Marfia, laps 4-10 High

Heat Race: (6 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson 2. Michael Marfia 3. Terry Goodwin 4. Joshua Shipley 5. Jeff Perry (DNS-Nathan High-time-1:34.42))

Trophy Dash: (4 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson 2. Joshua Shipley 3. Jeff Perry (DNS High-Time, 1:02.16)

 

VRA SENIOR SPRINT CARS VENTURA RACEWAY - VENTURA, CA MAY 3, 2008 - Point Race #4

20 CARS

ENTRY LIST: Car # - Driver Name - Points 0K Ed Schwartz 115, 2K Keith Magnason 100, 3K Gil Mahoney 135, 4K Tom Fish 130, 8 Ron Butler 160, 09 Steve Ostling 200, 10 Tim Moon 170, 21 Bob Alderman 230, 22B Brian Williams 120, 25 Cliff Warren 190, 26 Rob Kershaw 220, 26K Bob Funfar 100, 31 Bruce Douglass 185, 44 Oren Prosser Sr. 150, 49 Ron Bach 250, 52X John Richards 205, 55 Russell DeBlauw 145, 66 Chris Meredith 110, 71C Jeff Culver 150, 72 Chuck Tyler 125.

HEAT RACE 1: (8 laps) 1. John Richards, 2. Tim Moon, 3. Ron Bach, 4. Steve Ostling, 5. Chuck Tyler, 6. Bob Funfar, 7. Jeff Culver.

HEAT RACE 2: (8 laps) 1. Brian Williams, 2. Cliff Warren, 3. Bob Alderman, 4. Russell DeBlauw, 5. Gil Mahoney, 6. Chris Meredith, 7. Keith Magnason.

HEAT RACE 3: (8 laps) 1. Bruce Douglass, 2. Rob Kershaw, 3. Ron Butler, 4. Oren Prosser Sr., 5. Tom Fish, 6. Ed Schwartz.

FEATURE: (15 laps - With Starting Positions) 1. Bob Alderman (1st) / Ron Bach (2nd), 3. Rob Kershaw (3rd), 4. Steve Ostling (10th), 5. John Richards (6th), 6. Cliff Warren (4th), 7. Bruce Douglass (7th), 8. Jeff Culver (19th), 9. Tim Moon (5th), 10. Ron Butler (9th), 11. Oren Porsser Sr. (12th), 12. Russell DeBlauw (11th), 13. Gil Mahoney (14th), 14. Tom Fish (15th), 15. Chuck Tyler (13th), 16. Ed Schwartz (18th), 17. Chris Meredith (17th), 18. Keith Magnason (20th), 19. Bob Funfar (16th), 20. Brian Williams (8th). ------------------------------

VRA SENIOR POINTS STANDINGS - 5/3 1. 49 Ron Bach 860 2. 26 Rob Kershaw 840 3. 10 Tim Moon 740 4. 22B Brian Williams 715 5. 21 Bob Alderman 705 6. 31 Bruce Douglass 675 7. 25 Cliff Warren 670 8. 71C Jeff Culver 630 9. 52X John Richards 620 10. 10A Danny Miller 600

 

VRA SPRINT CARS VENTURA RACEWAY - VENTURA, CA MAY 3, 2008 - Point Race #9

27 CARS

ENTRY LIST: Car # - Driver Name K2 Kevin Kierce 255, 1 Greg Taylor 175, 1K Austin Mero 205, 02 Robby Josett 10, 5C Henry Clarke 15, 09 Luis Espinoza 185, 9W Chris Wakim 140, 10 Jessica Zemken 150, 11 Eric Severson 150, 14 Tom Hendricks 20, 15 Rick Hendrix 215, 18T Clark Templeman III 220, 22A Greg Alexander 25, 22C Brian Camarillo 115, 24 Guy Woodward 135, 29 Hobie Conway 15, 32 Jake Hodges 10, 44 Oren Prosser Jr. 145, 45 Dennis Rodriguez 115, 47X Tony Dighera 135, 48T Justin Kierce 120, 50 Gordon Edwards 15, 51C Brent Camarillo 240, 71 Richard McCormick 150, 76 Derek Buckley 105, 83 John Nock 165, 92 Brandon Thomson 135.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps) 1. Rick Hendrix, 2. Clark Templeman III, 3. Greg Taylor, 4. John Nock, 5. Derek Buckley, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Jake Hodges.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps) 1. Austin Mero, 2. Brandon Thomson, 3. Chris Wakim, 4. Richard McCormick, 5. Guy Woodward, 6. Gordon Edwards, 7. Oren Prosser Jr.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps) 1. Brent Camarillo, 2. Kevin Kierce, 3. Jessica Zemken, 4. Dennis Rodriguez, 5. Eric Severson, 6. Hobie Conway, 7. Robby Josett.

HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps) 1. Tony Dighera, 2. Brian Camarillo, 3. Luis Espinoza, 4. Greg Alexander, 5. Tom Hendricks, 6. Justin Kierce.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Derek Buckley, 2. Eric Severson, 3. Justin Kierce, 4. Guy Woodward, 5. Oren Prosser Jr., 6. Tom Hendricks, 7. Hobie Conway, 8. Gordon Edwards, 9. Henry Clarke, 10. Robby Josett, 11. Jake Hodges (DNS).

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 1. Kevin Kierce (2nd), 2. Brent Camarillo (6th), 3. Clark Templeman III (4th), 4. Rick Hendrix (7th), 5. Austin Mero (8th), 6. Luis Espinoza (9th), 7. Greg Taylor (10th), 8. John Nock (16th), 9. Oren Prosser Jr. (19th), 10. Eric Severson (18th), 11. Richard McCormick (13th), 12. Jessica Zemken (12th), 13. Guy Woodward (20th), 14. Chris Wakim (11th), 15. Justin Kierce (17th), 16. Brandon Thomson (3rd), 17. Tony Dighera (5th), 18. Dennis Rodriguez (14th), 19. Derek Buckley (15th), 20. Brian Camarillo (1st).

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VRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS - 5/3 1. K2 Kevin Kierce 1705 2. 18T Clark Templeman III 1620 3. 15 Rick Hendrix 1555 4. 83 John Nock 1450 5. 71 Richard McCormick 1435 6. 9W Chris Wakim 1375 7. 92 Brandon Thomson 1355 8. 45 Dennis Rodriguez 1350 9. 24 Guy Woodward 1170 10. 56 Steve Conrad 1095

 

Virginia Sprint Series Race #2 Saturday May 3rd 2008

Racesaver Sprint Series Eastside Speedway Waynesboro, Va.

Bullet Bill Rice Unloads on the Field Third time was a charm for the Virginia Sprint Series as after two rain outs the racers were able to take to the track and what a race it was as Bullet Bill Rice drove his WA Lynch Roofing Specialty Fasteners Sprinter to the event sweep. Fifteen racers made the tow to Eastside with heats up first and Rice blasted to the win in heat one with Satch Worley holding off Anthony Linkenhoker at the line for heat two before it was off to the feature. Paul White and Scott Vasbinder paced the feature with Vasbinder out first and Worley second with Tony Harris, Bill Rice and Jerald Harris in a group. Lap three saw changes as Vasbinder slowed with car trouble just as Tony Harris passed Worley to take what was now the lead. Rice realy came on strong in the second half as he shot by Worley then set his sights on Harris and with eight laps to go Rice went low by Harris and headed for the checkers and would not be caught in the caution free event. At the flag it was Bill Rice, Tony Harr is, Satch Worley, Jerald Harris, Anthony Linkenhoker, French Grimes, Billy Norfleet, Pete Kingrea, Danny Miller, Ron Moyers, Paul White, Carl Simmonds, Chris Ware, Scott Vasbinder and Mike Marr. Next week Saturday night May 10th the Virginia Sprint Series will travel to County Line Raceway in Elm City, NC.

Thank you for your support Jim Haines Virginia Sprint Series

 

ALBERDING IS CAST IRON WINGED SPRINT NATIONALS CHAMPION

(Ephrata, WA) 5/3/08 by Kelly Hart

After capturing the 2008 Cast Iron 360 Winged Sprint Nationals at Ephrata Raceway Park Saturday night, the first thing Roseburg, OR driver Andy Alberding did was go exchange high-fives with fellow Sprint car pilot Jeff Bird of Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada. Alberding, the 2007 NSRA Champion and Bird put on a clinic on how to drive traffic and how to entertain the crowd while driving your race car.

Bird picked off early race leader Whitney Nolan (Wenatchee, WA) on a lap 4 restart after a brief stop for a passing rain shower. Alberding was quick to follow Bird through the opening and the two set off on their journey. Bird led laps 5 through 8 before Alberding passed and led a lap. Bird got it back on lap 10 and held off the furious charges until the 26th lap which Alberding led at the stripe only to lose once they entered turn one. Bird again would lead laps 27 through 34 until Alberding finally caught the big break in traffic that neither driver had been able to take advantage of and sailed off for a sizeable lead. Alberding was driving it in hard on the outside entering each corner, and Bird was getting the great bite coming off in the low grove as they swapped the lead 6 different times in 30 laps.

The battle that Alberding and Bird waged on Ephrata Raceway Park's 1/4 mile high-banked asphalt oval, with Bird hugging the bottom of the track and Alberding one groove higher was the stuff you tell your grandkids about at a racetrack years from now.

There were three yellow flags the entire length of the race, the first one on lap 2 for a spun out Bob Witte (Soap Lake, WA), and the second on lap four for a spinning Tom Beierman (Ephrata, WA) that was quickly followed by the red for the rain, The third came on lap 15 when , and the third for a lap 15 Bob Hill spin in turn two.

Local Ephrata Raceway Park driver John Fought (Othello, WA) finished third, with locals Donnie Kudrna (Othello, WA) fourth and Whitney Nolan fifth. There were 17 cars that started the main event. Alberding scored $1,000.00 for the win and becomes the second Cast Iron Winged Nationals champion. Craig Deaver has two wins in the open race.

Alberding set fast time to start the evening at 12.84. Three trophy dashes were won by Doug Peter (Yakima, WA), Jason Thomas (Marysville, WA), and Kudrna. The three heats were claimed by Kurt Myers (Wilson Creek, WA), Thomas and Alberding. The race paid $1,000.00 to win.

Many of these same drivers will return August 30th, for the first annual Topless Night at Ephrata Raceway Park, featuring 360 Sprints, WMRA, Vintage Sprints, and Golden Wheels. For more information www.ephrataracewaypark.com .

RESULTS:

Sprints:

Fast time: 76 Andy Alberding 12.84

Trophy Dash 1: 42 Doug Peter, 50 Rich Hill, 25 Whitney Nolan, 11 Rich Leighty

Trophy Dash 2: 12 Jason Thomas, 28 Tom Beierman, 32 Kurt Myers, 7 Bob Witte

Trophy Dash 3: 96 Donnie Kudrna, 76 Alberding, 55 Jeff Bird, 01 Rally Root

Heat 1: 32 Myers, 96 Kudrna, 11 Leighty, 71 Kirk Eklund, XX Russell Root

Heat 2: 12 Thomas, 78 Mike Fought, 25 Nolan, 55 Bird, 7 Witte

Heat 3: 76 Alberding, 42 Peter, 28 Beierman, 3d Doug McLees, 50 Hill

 

BRUNS, FRANCIS, KEMPIN, AND DODD GRACE VICTORY LANE AT SFCR

(Farmington, MO) – A J Bruns, Lincoln, IL drove his Bruns Service Center, Honey Hole Outfitters, Eagle Chassis mount to a “hat trick” on Saturday evening. Winning his heat, dash and feature events in convincing style.

The field would take the green with Bruns and veteran pilot Robbie Standridge setting a wicked pace. Also joining the chase were Jason Keith, Fredericktown, Mo., and Kent Buckley of Farmington.

Caution would wave the first time for Jason Keith as his sprinter had broke and forced him to retire from the event. On the restart “Doc” Sloan and Sean Zemunik got together. Zemunik has come across the water to run in the United States. He come from Perth, Western Australia. His adventure on this night would not be one to write home about. Steve Short brought out a caution for a spin as well.

Bruns finishes with the win, Standridge comes in second, Joey Montgomery gets third, Buckley settles with fourth, and Jarrod Hull finishes in fifth.

Bruns, as mentioned, won his heat and dash. Buckley and Short won the other heats.

Complete results at the end of the article. Twenty-two sprints were on hand.

Multi Division had a return visit to victory lane on Saturday. Ryan Kempin, Catawissa, MO, becomes the first two time winner in 2008 as he took control at the start of the event and led wire-to-wire. Although the event had troubles getting started. With two failed attempts at a side by side start, the race would eventually be started single file.

Kempin would get the jump at the start on board his Kempin Automotive, KT Motors, Centerline Auto Body entry. Jimmy Bridgeman and Austin Brown would persue the entire event, but coming up short at the finish. Brown would finish second, Bridgeman makes it to third, Brian Keen was fourth and Sam Miller rounds out the Top 5.

Fourteen Multi’s came to race Saturday Night.

Modified Division had a very good turnout, as 30 cars filled the pit area.

Mike Francis, Fredericktown, MO got the win. Driving his Ellis Battery, HMS, Flower Box entry. Francis had some work to do as Kasey Nation, Park Hills, Mo, and David Shepard, DeSoto, MO gave chase.

Nations, running third at the time, would smack the wall coming out of turn two. His car riding and bouncing off the wall. Came to rest half way down the back stretch. Hitting the wall very hard, he was removed from the car by emergency personnel and returned to his pit area. He did walk to the ambulance after the incident.

This would set up a Francis and Shepard duel. Shawn Griffins lapped machine was in the middle of the two front runners. Restart found Griffin getting into the wall on the front stretch brought out the final caution. This allowed Shepard to close up to the bumper of Francis and have good old shoot out for the win.

Francis held on for the win, Shepard followed in his tracks for second, Chris Boyd gets third, Jeremy Greemwalt, Potosi, Mo makes it to fourth and last weeks winner Brent Thompson, finishes fifth.

Boyd won his heat and the dash, Adam Parmeley, Shepard and Francis also won heats. Tommy Worley, Sr. claimed the win in the B-Main.

The Pure Street Division saw first time visitor Ray Dodd get his first ever feature win. A good handling car made it look easy for the Fredericktown, MO driver.

Starting on the front row along side, Bill Skaggs, Dodd zoomed to the front. Skaggs settled in behind and followed until he tore the center out of a wheel.

Last weeks winner John Bohn had a late race shot for the win, but came up a bit shy in the attempt. Bohn took the second place position, Brian Blair takes third, follwed by Mike Savage for fourth and Jimmy Farris completing the top five.

Racing action continues next Saturday as our regular program of Winged Sprints, Modifieds, Pure Streets, and 600cc Multi’s are joined by the Dwarf or Mod Lite cars.

Gates open at 4 pm and racing will begin at 7 pm. Visit our website at sfcr-online.com for complete schedule and other information.

Sprints:

Heat 1: AJ Bruns 2. Jerrod Hull 3. Joey Montgomery 4. Bob Thoman 5. Wade Seiler 6. Keith Burch 7. Patrick Budde (dnf) 8. Brad Yoder (dnf)

Heat 2: 1. Kent Buckley 2. Robbie Standridge 3. Casey Barnhouse 4. Bryan Matthews (dnf) 5. Sean Zemunik (dnf) 6. Tommy Worley Jr (dnf) 7. Jimmy Hurley (dnf)

Heat 3: 1. Steve Short 2. Jason Keith 3. John Pate 4. Tom Dickerman 5. Jason Hunt 6. Doc Sloan 7. Joey Boyd (dnf)

Dash: 1. AJ Bruns 2. Jerrod Hull 3. Jason Keith 4. Robbie Standridge 5. Kent Buckley 6. Steve Short (dnf)

Feature: 1. AJ Bruns 2. Robbie Standridge 3. Joey Montgomery 4. Kent Buckley 5. Jerrod Hull 6. Tom Dickerman 7. Casey Barnhouse 8. Keith Burch 9. Tommy Worley Jr. 10. Jimmy Hurley 11. Jason Hunt 12. Bryan Matthews 13. John Pate 14. Joey Boyd 15. Bob Thoman 16. Patrick Budde 17. Wade Seiler 18. Sean Zemunik (dnf) 19. Steve Short (dnf) 20. Doc Sloan (dnf) 21. Jason Keith (dnf) 22. Brad Yoder (dns)

Modified:

Heat 1: 1. Chris Boyd 2. Matt Eaton 3. James Black 4. Randy Forester 5. Doug Declue 6. Shannon Burch 7. Michael Hahn 8. John Rathgeber

Heat 2: 1. Adam Parmeley 2. Tom Vogt 3. Brent Thompson 4. Jonathan Self 5. Chad Heady 6. Preston Odom 7. CJ Wright 8. Bobby Black

Heat 3: 1. David Shepard 2. Jeremy Greenwalt 3. Billy Smith 4. Chad Despain 5. Mitch Parmeley 6. Jeremy Parson 7. Tommy Worley Sr. (dnf)

Heat 4: 1. Mike Francis 2. Kasey Nations 3. Shawn Griffin 4. Michael Abney 5. Dean Resinger 6. Derek Shipman 7. David Johnston

Dash: 1. Chris Boyd 2. Mike Francis 3. Kasey Nations 4. David Shepard 5. Matt Eaton 6. Tom Vogt 7. Adam Parmeley 8. Jeremy Greenwalt

B-Feature: 1. Tommy Worley Sr. 2. Mitch Parmeley 3. Derek Shipman 4. David Johnston 5. Shannon Burch 6. Bobby Black 7. CJ Wright 8. Dean Resinger 9. John Rathgeber (dnf) 10. Preston Odom (dnf) 11. Jeremy Parson (dnf) 12. Chad Heady (dnf) 13. Michael Hahn (dnf) 14. Doug Declue (dns)

Feature: 1. Mike Francis 2. David Shepard 3. Chris Boyd 4. Jeremy Greenwalt 5. Brent Thompson 6. Matt Eaton 7. Tom Vogt 8. Tommy Worley Sr. 9. Adam Parmeley 10. Mitch Parmeley 11. Jonathan Self 12. Randy Forester 13. Derek Shipman 14. James Black 15. David Johnston 16. Shawn Griffin 17. Chad Despain 18. Kasey Nations (dnf) 19. Michael Abney (dnf) 20. Billy Smith (dnf)

Multi:

Heat 1: 1. Jeff Wurst 2. Jimmy Bridgeman 3. Brian Keen 4. Peter Palazzolo 5. Tyler Jameson 6. Glenn Miller 7. Lynda Blanke

Heat 2: 1. Steven Russell 2. Ryan Kempin 3. Austin Brown 4. James Scott 5. Josh Worrell (dnf) 6. Kyle Amerson (dnf) 7. Sam Miller (dnf)

Feature: 1. Ryan Kempin 2. Austin Brown 3. Jimmy Bridgeman 4. Brian Keen 5. Sam Miller 6. Steven Russell 7. James Scott 8. Glenn Miller 9. Lynda Blanke (dnf) 10. Jeff Wurst (dnf) 11. Peter Palazzolo (dnf) 12. Tyler Jameson (dnf) 13. Josh Worrell (dns) 14. Kyle Amerson (dns)

Pure Street:

Heat 1: 1. Ray Dodd 2. Brian Blair 3. Garrtt Mathes 4. Chuck White 5. Jim Nunn 6. Mike Savage (dnf) 7. Keith Kennon (dnf)

Heat 2: 1. Bill Skaggs 2. Shane Blair 3. Josh Skaggs 4. Gary Henson 5. Dale (Lucky) Cole 6. Harold Carter 7. Chris Asbury

Heat 3: 1. Eric Sarakas 2. Jimmy Farris 3. John Bohn 4. Jason Neel 5. Allen King (dnf) 6. Travis Goodman (dns)

Feature: 1. Ray Dodd 2. John Bohn 3. Brian Blair 4. Mike Savage 5. Jimmy Farris 6. Shane Blair 7. Josh Skaggs 8. Keith Kennon 9. Dale Cole 10. Jason Neel 11. Chuck White 12. Eric Sarakas (dnf) 13. Bill Skaggs (dnf) 14. Garrett Mathes (dnf) 15. Travis Goodman (dnf) 16. Jim Nunn (dnf) 17. Harold Cartee (dnf) 18. Gary Henson (dnf) 19. Allen King (dnf) 20. Chris Asbury (dns)

 

Loudoun Nearly Gets The Job Done At BIS

NSW sprintcar driver Ian Loudoun came close to scoring an upset win in Round 11 of the Comp Cams Series at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway on Saturday night May 03, finishing second in the night's Feature event behind Andrew Scheuerle.

Loudoun, the current Parramatta City Raceway Track Champion, was a late nomination for the event with Bevelite Glass team mate Adrian Maher but surprisingly took very little time to adjust to the tighter confines of the Archerfield venue in comparison to the open spaces of PCR, the track where he has spent most of his sprintcar racing career.

Bryan Mann opened the night with the quickest time of the hot lap sessions, a very respectable 11.627 seconds for the 400m distance, ahead of Cameron Gessner, Maher, Qld Champion Pete Thorley and Todd Wanless. Loudoun timed in with a 12.170s lap to be placed eighth.

Capalaba Wreckers Heat Race wins went the way of Tony Wynne, Ronnie Barber, Garry Brazier (2), Loudoun and Darren Jensen, Brazier's two victories giving the large crowd on hand a glimpse of just what the guy is capable of in a 410ci sprintcar by using the both the top and bottom of the racetrack to pass cars on his way to victory. It was a vintage Brazier display, unfortunately for Garry and the Motorguard Motorsport team he was unable to replicate it in both the Dash and Feature events.

Adrian O'Connell won the C-Main ahead of Gary Finglas before Loudoun blitzed the field in the Dash to earn the pole position for the Feature. Scheuerle finished second in the six lapper ahead of Mann, Brazier, Gessner and Maher. Ronnie Barber recorded a convincing win in the Action Metal Recyclers B-Main to transfer to the Feature, with Dan Murray, Tony Wynne and Jason Bottin finishing second through fourth to join him on the transfer list.

Loudoun led the opening nine laps of the A-Main before Scheuerle got by for the lead with Mann holding down third spot until Series leader Gessner passed him on lap fifteen. It was short lived for Gessner though, spinning in turn four on his own and unfortunately for Mann, leaving him with nowhere to go but straight into the front of the turned around #26 of Gessner. Both Mann and Gessner were unable to restart the event. The incident elevated Darren Jensen into third, with Wanless and Thorley to fourth and fifth after starting on the fifth row of the grid. A late race caution for Brazier who spun in turn four, bunched the field once more but it was not enough for Loudoun to get by Scheuerle, the NSW speedster having to settle for second at the flag ahead of Jensen in the final podium position. Brad Hilder, Peter Lack, Wynne, Barber and Brazier completed the top ten finishers.

Sprintcars return to Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway next Saturday night May 10 for the running of the re-scheduled Round 8 of the Comp Cams Series which was lost to rain in March. The Series Finale will be held at BIS on May 24.

Upcoming Events At Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway:

10.05.2008: Comp Cams Sprintcars Series Round 8 (Re-scheduled event ), plus support classes 17.05.2008: Midget 50 lapper, V8 Dirt Modifieds, plus support classes 24.05.2008: Comp Cams Series Round 12 (Final), Rollover Cars, Car and Caravan Race, Fireworks, Super Sedans plus support classes 31.05.2008: Qld Compact Speedcar Title, Australian Titles for Ford vs Holden, Sigmas, Brisbane & Open Sedans 14.06.2008: Limited Sprints, Ford vs Holden, Sigmas, Brisbane & Open Sedan Enduros, Novelty races

 

Hess out duels Gough & Pickens for Badger Midget Victory

By Bryan Gapinski Beaver Dam, Wis., May 3---Mike Hess passed teammate David Gough with eight laps remaining to win Round One of Duel at the Dam, 30-lap Badger Midget Series feature, Saturday Night at Charter Raceway Park. A six car accident occurred on the second lap of the feature with Nick Lundgreen and fast qualifier Bubba Altig flipping escaping injury. Gough led the field on the restart while Michael Pickens moved into second position, one lap later. Pickens closed to the rear bumper of Gough on the ninth lap, with Hess trailing by an additional two car lengths. At the midway point Gough, Hess and Pickens were separated by less than three car lengths. With the trio running the high side of a narrow cushion, several attempts were made to gain the lead from Gough by both Pickens and Hess, six unofficial lead changes occurred during the seven lap period, with Gough regaining the lead each time before crossing the start/finish line. Hess made the winning pass entering turn three on the 21st lap and pulled away from the field. Two cautions for minor spins, including one involving Pickens occurred between laps 25-26. Hess driving the Jerry Hardy owned Buzzard/Chevrolet by Hawk#4, finished 1.91 seconds ahead of Gough, Chad DeSelle, Joe Wipperfurth and Tim Noble. Aaron Fiscus holds a nine point lead over Dave Darland heading into the May 18 event at Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, Wis.).

SUMMARY 30-lap Feature: 1. Mike Hess; 2. David Gough; 3. Chad DeSelle; 4. Joe Wipperfurth; 5. Tim Noble; 6. Buddy Luebke; 7.Michael Pickens; 8. Aaron Fiscus; 9. Brandon Waelti; 10. David Budres; 11. Dan Mecum; 12.Davey Ray; 13. Bryon Walters; 14. Nick Lundgreen; 15. Scott Hatton; 16. Bubba Altig.

10-lap Heat Race Winners: Pickens, Fiscus. 6-lap Dash Winner: Lundgreen. Fast Time: Altig, 15.076 seconds. Cars Present: 16 Feature Lap Leaders: Gough 1-22, Hess 23-30. **Altig and Lundgreen flipped on second lap of feature. All drivers uninjured.

CURRENT BADGER MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1. Aaron Fiscus 227; 2. Dave Darland 218; 3. Brandon Waelti 212; 4. Mike Hess 207; 5. Scott Hatton 206; 6. David Gough 201; 7. Bubba Altig 185; 8. Davey Ray 174; 9. Nick Lundgreen 170;10. Tim Noble 165.

 

Buckwalter Deploys ARDC "Rocket" at Susky

By Mark Kielblock

Newberrytown, Pa. - Steve Buckwalter earned the nickname "The Royersford Rocket" enroute to claiming 13 career feature wins in ARDC competition prior to Saturday nights racing program at Susquehanna Speedway Park. Well, Buckwalter looked like he was driving a rocket in his Buckwalter Roofing no. 0 machine as he chalked up career win number 14 at Susky by over a straightaway over his nearest competitor in the 20-lap ARDC main.

Want more bad news for his ARDC competitors? Look no further than Buckwalter's statement in victory lane when asked about how he was able to pull off such a dominant win. "The motor in this car is probably down 30 horsepower to some of the others here," Buckwalter said. "We've just managed to get it really hooked up, and we just needed the kind of track we had tonight to take advantage of it." Heavy watering and a humid, overcast evening led to an extremely tacky surface that evidently suited Buckwalter's setup perfectly.

Scott Zipp and Bobby Goerner driving Fred Schell's no. 75 led the 26 car field to the green flag. Zipp was able to pull out to an early lead over Steve Lenig of Selinsgrove who jumped into the second spot. Buckwalter started in the tenth spot and was already on the move, cracking the top five by lap four. His amazing charge continued and he was up to second, sweeping by Steve Lenig on the inside on the following lap. He then attacked Zipp for the lead and was around him when the caution came out for Billy Pauch, Jr. who came to a stop on the frontstretch.

The restart order put Zipp back up front with Buckwalter second. It was a mere formality as Buckwalter charged around Zipp in turn 2 and into the lead. He immediately began to pull away from the field. The next big mover was Drew Heistand who was on his way up from 12th starting spot and swept into third spot on lap 6.

Buckwalter may have pulled a huge lead, but the battle throughout the top five going on behind him was fast and furious -- with the tacky Susky surface providing some great racing. First Drew Heistand got second from Zipp on lap 7. Then Frank Polimeda wrestled 2nd from Heistand on lap 10. Then Nick Wean, who started 11th, charged into third on lap 11. Then on lap 16 Polimeda and Wean put on the move of the night, splitting around a lapped car coming off of turn four. Wean eventually swept around Polimeda on the outside groove of turn one to complete the pass for second. "It was kind of unusual for this place to be able to go up there," Wean said with a grin in victory lane. "But the way the track was tonight I was able to get it done."

While disappointed over losing the spot to Wean, Polimeda was still impressed with the track surface. "I just want to thank everyone here for giving us a great track to race on." He said from victory lane.

Tracy Readinger just missed out on the top three celebration, but he had a phenomenal run as well charging from 15th spot to finish fourth, while Steve Lenig had a strong run to complete the top five.

Pit Notes: Two time and defending ARDC Champion Andy Martin was a scratch from the consi when what was thought to be just a broken spark plug turned out to be a more serious engine problem. Steve Craig saw a strong heat race run nullified when a broken mag rotor knocked him from the race lead. Mark Lawshe apparenty lost an engine on his TCR chassis no. 95 when he left the speedway trailing heavy smoke.

28 ARDC Midgets signed in for competition with heat race wins going to Steve Lenig, Steve Buckwalter and AJ Ernesto. The consolation went to Stephanie Stevens.

20 Lap ARDC Feature: 1) 0-Steve Buckwalter 2) 77-Nick Wean 3) 44-Frank Polimeda 4) 2-Tracy Readinger 5) 9-Steve Lenig 6) 27-Randy Monroe Jr. 7) 46-Brett Arndt 8) 11-Eric Heydenreich 9) 54-Ryan Smith 10) 83-Bruce Buckwalter 11)14 AJ Ernesto 12) 29-Zack Martini 13) 26-Stephanie Stevens 14) 20-Carey Becker 15) 51-PJ Gargiulo 16) 16-Dave Shirk 17) 55-Steve Craig 18) 34-Shane Penny 19) 25-Chris Zrinski 20) 75-Bobby Goerner 21) 64-Brett Conkling 22) 33-Lew Blair 23) 17-Donnie Hoffman 24) 12 Drew Heistand 25) 99-Scott Zipp 26) 49-Billy Pauch

 

Former Champ Larkin Back On Top After First Victory of 2008

 By John Rittenoure

KELLYVILLE, Okla. (May 3, 2008) - Former sprint car champion Roy Larkin found his way into the winners circle for the first time in 2008 and it was enough to give him the points lead Saturday night at Creek County Speedway.

Larkin seemed to get faster as the laps wound down in the 20-lap sprint feature. Larkin chased down second place Waylon Weaver on lap 13 but needed two more laps to finally get by. Larkin then reeled in race leader Nicholas Lucito and the two ran side-by-side as they roared into turn one of lap 18. Larkin came out of two turn with the lead and led the final two laps for the victory. Lucito dropped to third on the final lap giving way to Evan Sewell who finished second. The race got underway with Nigel Calvert jumping into an early lead over Lucito and Larkin. On lap six the yellow waved for two incidents. Sewell had spun off turn one whilc Calvert and Larkin were involved in a collision in turn three. The restart put Lucito into the lead ahead of Weaver and Larkin. Lucito appeared headed for his first win but a lap 16 yellow closed up the field and set up Larkin for his move into the lead two laps later.

Sprint Car

HEAT 1 - 1, Nigel Calvert. 2, David Dutton. 3, Ricky York. 4, Brent Bates. 5, Nicholas Lucito. DNS: Len Larkin.

HEAT 2 - 1, Roy Larkin. 2, Waylon Weaver. 3, Evan Sewell. 4, Frank Sudduth. 5, Kevin Cummings. 6, Robert Claunch.

A FEATURE - 1, Roy Larkin. 2, Evan Sewell. 3, Nicholas Lucito. 4, Waylon Weaver. 5, David Dutton. 6, Frank Sudduth. 7, Ricky York. 8, Brent Bates. 9, Kevin Cummings. 10, Nigel Calvert. 11, Robert Claunch. DNS: Len Larkin.

 

World of Outlaws Knoxville Opener Goes To Schatz

By Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – May3- Defending Knoxville Nationals Champion Donny Schatz picked up from where he left off in August as he captured the World of Outlaws Knoxville Raceway season opener on Saturday night.  The win paid the driver of the Tony Stewart Racing J & J chassis $10,000 for his efforts.

The 25-lap feature was flagged to a halt twice before a lap was run as first Brian Brown and then Tim Shaffer struck the first turn fence.  Neither driver was injured.  Once the race finally went green it went non-stop for the distance.

Pole sitter Steve Kinser jumped to the immediate lead as fellow front row starter Jac Haudenschild filled in right behind him.  Schatz was third and Joey Saldana was fourth.  Only these four cars would be factors in the outcome of this feature event.

While leading, Kinser found the bottom of turns one and two and the high cushion in three and four to be the fastest route around this half-mile oval.  Schatz grabbed the runner-up spot on the fifth circuit and began to chase Kinser at a distance.  Lap eight saw the leaders head into lap traffic but Schatz was unable to make a run at Kinser despite the slower traffic.

Kinser was able to maintain a healthy ten car-length advantage until the sixteenth circuit when heavy lap traffic began to impede his progress and Schatz was able to close the gap to 5 car lengths.  Coming out of turn four at the completion of lap 18, Schatz roared by Kinser on the high side and took the lead.  By lap 20 he had put a ten-car length margin between himself and Kinser.

As the race roared toward its conclusion, Schatz again led the front runners into heavy traffic.  He was able to keep his position but the positions behind him were changing.  Lap 24 saw Haudenschild and Saldana get by Kinser at the flag stand.  On the white flag lap Saldana passed Haudenschild to grab a second place finish.

With Haudenschild and Kinser taking third and fourth, Jason Meyers completed the top five.  Rounding out the top ten finishers were Craig Dollansky, Daryn Pittman, Kerry Madsen, Danny Lasoski and Stevie Smith.

In the companion 360 sprint division, Gregg Baker guided his self-owned sprinter to a non-stop win as he garnered his initial feature event victory at this historic Central Iowa oval.

Baker jumped to an immediate lead from the pole as the majority of the drivers found their harder compound tires worked best on the cushion.  The Sioux Falls driver was able to create a 15 car-length lead by lap five.  On the next go around he slammed the turn four wall but continued to run with no apparent damage.

Baker’s battle with the wall enabled his nearest competitors, Jon Agan and Josh Higday, to close in on the leader as most eyes were on the Agan-Higday battle.

When Baker entered lap ten and lap traffic, he again had pulled away from his challengers.  Lap traffic would play a role in this race as Agan did make headway on the leader while each driver worked his way through the backmarkers.

In the end, Baker took the 15 lap feature event with Agan trailing at the checkers.  Higday finished a solid third while eighth starter Chuck Swenson was fourth.  Joey Beaver, who started beside Swenson finished fifth.  Dustin Selvage, Pete Crall, Brett Mather (from 16^th), Ryan Roberts and Natalie Sather (from 20^th) rounded out the top ten.

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA

May 3, 2008

World of Outlaw Sprint RESULTS

Time Trial ,  1. Donny Schatz, Fargo ND, 14.778;  2. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA, 14.841;  3. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO, 14.909;  4. Steve Kinser, Bloomington IN, 14.919;  5. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN, 14.919;  6. Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. , 14.922;  7. Stevie  Smith, Broken Arrow OK, 15.013;  8. Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale TX, 15.033;  9. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK, 15.082;  10. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN, 15.139;  11. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS, 15.167;  12. Dusty Zomer, Brandon SD, 15.171;  13. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg PA, 15.184;  14. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA, 15.202;  15. Jac Haudenschild, Wooster OH, 15.204;  16. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH, 15.225;  17. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. , 15.228;  18. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD, 15.24;  19. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA, 15.273;  20. Shane Stewart, Bixby OK, 15.297;  21. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 15.298;  22. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa IA, 15.329;  23. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN, 15.373;  24. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE, 15.391;  25. Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust./Prairie City IA, 15.407;  26. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD, 15.419;  27. Kraig Kinser, Bloomington IN, 15.438;  28. Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville IA, 15.439;  29. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND, 15.477;  30. Jason Sides, Bartlett TN, 15.514;  31. Chad Hillier, Burlington WA, 15.532;  32. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA, 15.566;  33. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA, 15.583;  34. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR, 15.606;  35. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, 15.656;  36. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA, 15.689;  37. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, 15.692;  38. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN, 15.722;  39. Tony Shilling,  Knoxville IA, 15.731;  40. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD, 15.731;  41. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA, 15.799;  42. Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. , 15.815;  43. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ, 15.83;  44. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA, 15.873;  45. Bob Weuve, Newton IA, 16.213;  46. Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Aust. , No Time;  47. Travis Cram, Knoxville IA, No Time;

Heat 1, 8 laps, No Time:  1. Donny Schatz, Fargo ND;  2. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK;  3. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN;  4. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg PA;  5. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO;  6. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND;  7. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ;  8. Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust./Prairie City IA;  9. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE;  10. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA;  11. Bob Weuve, Newton IA;  12. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA;

Heat 2, 8 laps, No Time:  1. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN;  2. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA;  3. Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ;  4. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA;  5. Jason Sides, Bartlett TN;  6. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN;  7. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa IA;  8. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD;  9. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR;  10. Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. ;  11. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD;

Heat 3, 8 laps, No Time:  1. Jac Haudenschild, Wooster OH;  2. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS;  3. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO;  4. Stevie  Smith, Broken Arrow OK;  5. Chad Hillier, Burlington WA;  6. Kraig Kinser, Bloomington IN;  7. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN;  8. Tony Shilling,  Knoxville IA;  9. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ;  10. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA;

Heat 4, 8 laps, 2:08.6:  1. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH;  2. Steve Kinser, Bloomington IN;  3. Dusty Zomer, Brandon SD;  4. Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale TX;  5. Shane Stewart, Bixby OK;  6. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE;  7. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA;  8. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA;  9. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD;  10. Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville IA;  11. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA;

C Feature, 8 laps, No Time:  1. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN;  2. Tony Shilling,  Knoxville IA;  3. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD;  4. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA;  5. Bob Weuve, Newton IA;  6. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ;  7. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA;  8. Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. ;

Dash, 6 laps, 1:36.0 New Track Record:  1. Steve Kinser, Bloomington IN;  2. Jac Haudenschild, Wooster OH;  3. Donny Schatz, Fargo ND;  4. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN;  5. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK;  6. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN;  7. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH;  8. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA;  9. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO;  10. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS;

B Feature, 10 laps, No Time:  1. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA;  2. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ;  3. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE;  4. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD;  5. Kraig Kinser, Bloomington IN;  6. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD;  7. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR;  8. Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust./Prairie City IA;  9. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN;  10. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA;  11. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA;  12. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE;  13. Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville IA;  14. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN;  15. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND;

A Feature, 25 laps, 7:18.0:  1. Donny Schatz, Fargo ND;  2. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN;  3. Jac Haudenschild, Wooster OH;  4. Steve Kinser, Bloomington IN;  5. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA;  6. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN;  7. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK;  8. Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ;  9. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO;  10. Stevie  Smith, Broken Arrow OK;  11. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH;  12. Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale TX;  13. Shane Stewart, Bixby OK;  14. Kraig Kinser, Bloomington IN;  15. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg PA;  16. Jason Sides, Bartlett TN;  17. Dusty Zomer, Brandon SD;  18. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ;  19. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS;  20. Chad Hillier, Burlington WA;  21. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE;  22. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD;  23. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA;  24. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA;  25. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA;  26. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO.  Lap Leaders:  Kinser 1-17; Schatz 18-25

360 RESULTS

Heat 1, 7 laps, 1:56.9:  1. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS;  2. Josh Higday, Des Moines IA;  3. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD;  4. John Hall, Marion IA;  5. Brett Mather, Ames IA;  6. Alan Zoutte, Knoxville IA;  7. Danny Heskin, St. Michael MN;  8. Tyler Thompson, Des Moines IA;  9. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA;

Heat 2, 7 laps, No Time:  1. Dustin Selvage, Indianola IA;  2. Jon Agan, Knoxville IA;  3. Frankie Heimbaugh, Des Moines IA;  4. Pete Crall, DeSoto KS;  5. Jason Eckard, Okoboji IA;  6. Jake Leighty, Worthington MN;  7. Dan Thornburg, Des Moines IA;  8. Larry Pinegar II, Pleasant Hill IA;  9. Eric Jobe, Kansas City MO;

Heat 3, 7 laps, No Time:  1. Chuck Swenson, Watertown SD;  2. Eric Vanderploeg, Altoona IA;  3. Ryan Roberts, Aurora NE;  4. Dave Hall, Des Moines IA;  5. Matt Moro, Ankeny IA;  6. Natalie Sather, Fargo ND;  7. CJ Houseman, Norwalk IA;  8. Mark Pace, Lincoln NE;

Heat 4, 7 laps, 1:56.8:  1. Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA;  2. Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines IA;  3. Jesse Giannetto, Palo IA;  4. Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls SD;  5. Tom Lenz, Marion IA;  6. Russ Hall, Des Moines IA;  7. RJ Johnson, (R) Tampa FL;  8. Jordan St. Arnold, Mitchellville IA;

B Feature, 10 laps, No Time:  1. Dave Hall, Des Moines IA;  2. Russ Hall, Des Moines IA;  3. Matt Moro, Ankeny IA;  4. Natalie Sather, Fargo ND;  5. Alan Zoutte, Knoxville IA;  6. Dan Thornburg, Des Moines IA;  7. Tom Lenz, Marion IA;  8. Danny Heskin, St. Michael MN;  9. Tyler Thompson, Des Moines IA;  10. RJ Johnson, (R) Tampa FL;  11. Jordan St. Arnold, Mitchellville IA;  12. Jason Eckard, Okoboji IA;  13. Mark Pace, Lincoln NE;  14. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA;  15. CJ Houseman, Norwalk IA;  16. Jake Leighty, Worthington MN;  17. Larry Pinegar II, Pleasant Hill IA;

A Feature, 15 laps, 4:32.5:  1. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD;  2. Jon Agan, Knoxville IA;  3. Josh Higday, Des Moines IA;  4. Chuck Swenson, Watertown SD;  5. Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA;  6. Dustin Selvage, Indianola IA;  7. Pete Crall, DeSoto KS;  8. Brett Mather, Ames IA;  9. Ryan Roberts, Aurora NE;  10. Natalie Sather, Fargo ND;  11. Frankie Heimbaugh, Des Moines IA;  12. Jesse Giannetto, Palo IA;  13. Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines IA;  14. Eric Vanderploeg, Altoona IA;  15. Russ Hall, Des Moines IA;  16. Dave Hall, Des Moines IA;  17. Matt Moro, Ankeny IA;  18. Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls SD;  19. John Hall, Marion IA;  20. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS.  Lap Leaders:  Baker 1-15

 

 

5.2.08 Quick Results Ferree, Swartzlander, George & Schreckengost Victorious!

Sarver, PA (May 2, 2008) Alex Ferree got the A-Train back on track picking up his first feature win of the season in the Friedman’s Freshmarkets UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models. With the winds whipping and weather fast approaching, Ferree came from his standard sixth row starting spot with John Flinner in tow. The two gas mashers moved through the pack again tonight just like they did last week. Ferree got by early leader Matt Lux on lap 18 and never looked back. Lux held on to finish second. Meanwhile, Flinner bobbled in turn two, losing third place to Lynn Geisler. Keith Barbara rounded out the top five. Dave Murdick, Bob Wearing Jr. and Alan Dellinger.

Flyin’ Brian Swartzlander made it two for two for reigning Track Champions with a wire-to-wire victory in the Ferrante Motor Cars DIRTcar Modifieds. “Double Duty” Dave Murdick got by Jeremiah Shingledecker on lap 18 for second place. Tom Winkle got by Shingledecker for third. Shingledecker was followed across the stripe by Del Rougeux Jr. to round out the top five. Del Rougeux Jr. and Mark Flick won heat races.

Rod George put an end to the “Reign of Terror” with a thrilling win in the Commercial Truck & Trailer Sprint Cars. George put a monster slide job on early leader Bob Felmlee in turn four on lap 15 and survived a handful of cautions to capture his first win of the season. Felmlee gave George one last challenger on a green/white/checker restart, but bobbled in turn two on the last lap, allowing “The Kittanning Comet” to cruise into Sheetz Victory Lane. Scott Priester was all over Felmlee for second in the closing laps and almost got by him on the final lap, but lifted instead of risking contact. Felmlee and Priester were followed to the checkers by Ed Lynch Jr. and Brian Ellenberger. Priester, Lynch and Ellenberger won their respective heat races.

Paul Schreckengost matched Brian Swartzlanders wire-to-wire win, leading every lap of the Advance Auto Parts UMP DIRTcar Street Stock feature. Schreck came under heavy fire from Bob Lipinski, Greg Beach and Jason Fosnaught. The four car battle was slowed with three laps to go. On the lap 13 restart Schreck pulled away and eased on into Sheetz Victory Lane. Beach won the three car battle behind Schreck to finish second, Lipinski settled for third. Paul Petrovich got past Jason Fosnaught at the stripe. Fosnaught, Beach and Joe Kelley claimed checkers in heat race action.

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5.2.2008

Commercial Truck & Trailer Sprints Feature

(4) Rod George, Kittanning (6F) Bob Felmlee, Seneca (11) Scott Priester, Rimersburg (2L) Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo (20E) Brian Ellenberger, Butler (98) Dan Shetler, Johnstown (9) Kevin Schaeffer, Kittanning (33) Brent Matus, Wampum (3B) Scott Bonnell, Fairview (D4) Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh (10) Carl Bowser, Sarver (29E) Brent Ellenberger, Butler (8K) Mike Kaminsky, Ford City (96) Lindsay Enscoe, Petrolia (4K) Bill Kiley, Cabot (3J) Joe Butera, Wampum (6) Shelia Rankin, Renfrew (16) Gary Rankin, Renfrew (08) Dan Kuriger, Freedom (15) Charlie Holben, Cabot (24S) Brian Steinman, Lucinda (59) Terry Bowser, Sarver DNS: (56) Ralph Spithaler, Evans City DNS: (X) Cory Good, Smicksburg Heat Race Winners: Scott Priester, Ed Lynch Jr., Brian Ellenberger

Friedman’s Freshmarkets UMP DIRTcar Super Late Models Feature

(4) Alex Ferree, Saxonburg (21) Matt Lux, Franklin (1C) Lynn Geisler, Cranberry Twp. (48) John Flinner, Zelienople (17) Keith Barbara, South Park (4J) John Mollick, Toronto OH (6A) Chuck Kennedy, Mars (3) Dan Swartzlander, Freeport (H1) Jared Miley, South Park (11W) Bob Wearing Jr., Renfrew (5) Alan Dellinger, Hermitage (28C) Clate Copeman, Greensburg (2S) Sam Stile, Charleroi (10) Gary Lyle, Hyde Park (88) Chuck Sarver, West Sunburry (72) Michael Norris, Sarver (17T) Tom Kitchen, Indiana (1L) Dane Laraway, Irwin (J7) Jeff Henry, Butler (29) Ken Schaltenbrand, Sarver (1J) Dave Murdick, Slippery Rock (66) Todd Bachman (27) Jeff Jones, Evans City (22) Greg Satterlee, Rochester Mills (38R) Nick Reges, Butler (J4) John Garvin Jr., Sarver (7X) Herman Bertolini, Creighton (3S) David Scott, Garland Heat Race Winners: Dave Murdick, Bob Wearing Jr., Alan Dellinger

Ferrante Motor Cars Dirtcar Modifieds Feature

(83) Brian Swartzlander, Leechburg (61) Dave Murdick, Slippery Rock (28) Tom Winkle, Mars (37MD) Jeremiah Shingledecker, Polk (20D) Del Rougeux Jr., Frenchville (29) Garrett Krummert, New Castle (2) Mark Flick, Apollo (8J) Dean Pearson, Harrisville (6) Carl Murdick, Butler (12T) Tim Doran, New Castle (96) Mike Turner, Butler (45) Steve Feder, Butler (74) Kevin Green, New Castle (29E) Erik Martin, Evans City (27R) Dave Reges, Butler (31) Jim Weller Jr., Hubbard OH (777) Kevin Bolland, New Brighton (38) Phil Evans Jr., Greensburg (72) Mike Miller, Chicora (8F) Doug Fleeger, Butler (66) J.R. McGinley, Fairmount City (X) Jeremy Paup, Polk Heat Race Winners: Mark Flick, Del Rougeux Jr.

Advance Auto Parts UMP Street Stocks Feature

(3S) Paul Schreckengost, Creighton (33X) Greg Beach, Chicora (55L) Bob Lipinski, Pittsburgh (74) Paul Petrovich, Gibsonia (J19) Jason Fosnaught, Creighton (66) Joe Kelley, Mt. Pleasant (56) Bryan Wagner, New Wilmington (30) Bob Egley, Kittanning (380) Pat Hanley, Monroeville (7) Eric Piotrowski, Cranberry Twp. (54) Wayne Carbo, Saxonburg (20J) Jim Fosnaught, Bairdford (24) Mike Gilliland, Portersville (25) Brett McDonald, Saxonburg (17R) Stan Riggle, Ford City (2) Dave “Brew” Baker, Elderton (02) Joseph Heini, Prospect (12) Shawn Thorn, Murrysville (1) Randy Hanovick, Mars (13X) Ryan Moyer, Harmony (78) John Watson, Apollo DNS: (10) Jake Huppenthal, Sewickley

DNS: (15K) Matthew Keith, Franklin

Heat Race Winners: Joe Kelley, Jason Fosnaught, Greg Beach,

Car Count Total: 98

Sprint: 24

Late Model: 28

Modified: 21

Street Stock: 25

Upcoming Events:

5/9/2008 – Fab Four Racing (Diehl Toyota of Butler Night)

5/13/2008 - (Tues) “WORLD OF OUTLAWS”SPRINT FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK CLASH

T. T. 7:15 p.m. Racing 8:00 p.m. $10,000 to win 40 laps, PLUS UMP Pro Late Models (crate)

5/16/2008 – Fab Four Racing (Unwired Inc. Night) (PCTC Night)

 

 

Michael Faccinto Wins Kings Bandit Opener!

By Gary Costa

Hanford, CA – April 25, 2008…Frank Dias’ Kings Speedway played host to the non-wing 360 Bandit Sprint Cars on a fast and tacky 3/8-mile surface. The rare Friday night show would have a nice 21-car turnout. With a nice crowd on hand, they would be treated to an exciting and drama filled evening of “back’n it in” non-wing Sprint Car Racing. Surprise entries on the evening included the always-exciting Davey Pombo, who hails from nearby Kerman. Kingsburg’s Austin Mero and Orange’s Henry Clarke, piloted sprinters for Cory Kruseman. Kruseman, the popular non-wing warrior from Ventura, was on hand to mentor his two young drivers. All of whom towed the next day to Perris Auto Speedway to compete with the USAC/CRA 410 Sprints. The evening started out with Pombo besting the 21-car-field in qualifying with an impressive 15.702. Davey averaged 86mph, in the #27 Southwest Contractors, Praxair, ITI Viper chassis around the well-prepared speedway. Three 10-lap Heat Races would be on tap for the evening. Heat Race #1 was all Rusty Carlile who was absolutely hooked up and flying in the Southwest Contractors #51 Stinger. While Bakersfield’s Carlile was in another zone, a blanket could have been thrown over the rest of the field, as Steven Williams, Michael Faccinto, Davey Pombo, and Wes Gutierrez all battled for position. Heat Race #2 was another entertaining one. Henry Clarke took “Krusers” advice and did a masterful job by winning the fast paced event. Fresno’s Kevin Barnes and Peter Murphy followed the Lucas Oil, Sander Engineering #2 entry. Murphy made some fantastic moves to finish 3rd in the Tarlton & Son, Inc. #21 after starting 6th. Jace VanderWeerd, a young masher from nearby Visalia, took the 4th spot in the 10-lapper. Young female gasser, Justyne Hamblin was all business in Heat Race #3. Hamblin ran away from the rest of the field in the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, KB Motorsports #8 Stinger. Ricky Kirkbride, Jerry Wise, and Albert Pombo battled for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions, eventually finishing in that order. The 4-lap Trophy Dash was picked up by Heat Race #2 winner, Henry Clarke. Faccinto and Richard VanderWeerd paced the 20-car field. When the green flag flew, cars got together on the front straightaway. Outside front row starter VanderWeerd, Wes Gutierrez, and Heat #1 winner Carlile were eliminated. When the green came back out, the racing was intense. Davey Pombo was on Faccinto’s rear bumper as Hanford’s Jonathan Logan was on the gas and making moves. Faccinto, Pombo and Logan were waging war up front, while Murphy was closing in. On lap-10, Logan moved into the 2nd spot and later wrestled the lead from Faccinto. On lap-17, Logan jumped the cushion going into turn one. He fought his way back onto the racing surface and proceeded to do a wheel stand. Still charging, Logan drag raced three wide down the back straightaway with Faccinto and Pombo. Just as this battle was heating up, the yellow flag flew allowing the fans to catch their breath. When racing resumed, Kirkbride made a bonsai move on the 4th place running Peter Murphy and contact was made in the north turns. This left Murphy, the 2007 SCRA Champion, stopped on the speedway and able to restart at the tail of the field. When the green was unfurled, again it was Logan, Pombo and Faccinto going at each other. On the 24th circuit, Logan, who was running 3rd stopped on the track. On the restart, it was Pombo leading with Faccinto on his tail. However, heartbreak came for Davey as he left the racetrack on lap-27. As all this was unfolding, Murphy worked his way into the 2nd position. A shootout for the Tom Tarlton owned Sprint Cars was shaping up. Drama unfolded on lap-28 as Murphy was making an outside move on Faccinto in turns 3 and 4. The cars got together, resulting in Murphy stopped with a folded front end on the racetrack. Michael Faccinto cruised the rest of the way, taking the win in the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino #21T Maxim. Rounding out the top 3 finishers were Justyne Hamblin and Albert Pombo. “All I can say is that I’m glad that it’s over.” Faccinto said in victory lane. “Luck went our way tonight, and we’re going to keep this Tarlton & Son car up front.”

BANDIT SPRINT CARS – KINGS SPEEDWAY - HANFORD, CA TIME TRIALS: 1. Davey Pombo, 27- 15.702, 2. Peter Murphy, 21- 16.044, 3. Jeff Gardner, 51T- 16.149, 4. Wes Gutierrez, 007- 16.242, 5. Jonathan Logan, 32- 16.378, 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 10- 16.482, 7. Michael Faccinto, 21T- 16.645, 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 88- 16.678, 9. Jerry Wise Jr., 23- 16.683, 10. Adam Frith-Smith, 62- 16.700, 11. Jake Hodges, 32X- 16.719, 12. Albert Pombo, 35- 16.730, 13. Rusty Carlile, 51- 16.832, 14. Kevin Barnes, 36B- 16.920, 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87- 17.017, 16. Steven Williams, 93- 17.071, 17. Henry Clarke, 2- 17.266, 18. Justyne Hamblin, 8- 17.568, 19. Dave Knott, 28- 17.790, 20. Rick Eberhardt, 4- 17.18.091, 21. Austin Mero, 1- NT. HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps) 1. Rusty Carlile, 2. Steven Williams, 3. Michael Faccinto, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Wes Gutierrez, 6. Dave Knott, 7. Adam Frith-Smith. 2:55.708. HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps) 1. Henry Clarke, 2. Kevin Barnes, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 5. Jonathan Logan, 6. Rick Eberhardt, 7. Jake Hodges. 3:04.108. HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps) 1. Justyne Hamblin, 2. Ricky Kirkbride, 3. Jerry Wise Jr., 4. Albert Pombo, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Jeff Gardner, 7. Austin Mero. 2:56.847. TROPHY DASH: (4 laps) 1. Henry Clarke, 2. Ricky Kirkbride, 3. Justyne Hamblin, 4. Rusty Carlile. FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 1. Michael Faccinto (1st), 2. Justyne Hamblin (13th), 3. Albert Pombo (9th), 4. Adam Frith-Smith (15th), 5. Jace VanderWeerd (7th), 6. Jerry Wise Jr. (8th), 7. Rick Eberhardt (20th), 8. Peter Murphy (5th), 9. Davey Pombo (6th), 10. Jonathan Logan (3rd), 11. Ricky Kirkbride (12th), 12. Jeff Gardner (16th), 13. Jake Hodges (18th), 14. Steven Williams (11th), 15. Henry Clarke (14th), 16. Richard VanderWeerd (2nd), 17. Wes Gutierrez (4th), 18. Rusty Carlile (10th), 19. Dave Knott (17th), 20. Austin Mero (19th). NT. ------------------------------ NEXT BANDIT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 3 - Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA

 

Lake Ozark Speedway Results 4/26/08

Hy-Vee 360 Sprint Cars : A-Main - 27 Cars 1 21 Brian Brown 2 14 Randy Martin 3 28 Jonathan Cornell 4 6 Bryan Grimes 5 88 J Kinder 6 10 Mike Trent 7 1p Curtis Evans 8 72X Sherman Davis 9 10t Clint Todd 10 86 Josh Fisher 11 1 Bradley Roberts 12 7J J.D. Black 13 72 Curtis Boyer 14 3bx Brad Greer 15 24 Lanny Carpenter 16 65 Jordan Goldesberry 17 3 Dustin Adams 18 2TX Justin Zimmerman 19 4 Rex Combs 20 76 Jay Russell

Hy-Vee 360 Sprint Cars : B-Main 1 72 Curtis Boyer 2 65 Jordan Goldesberry 3 72X Sherman Davis 4 7J J.D. Black 5 1 Bradley Roberts 6 21t Eric Todd 7 2 Ryan Marsch* 8 38 Cody Baker 9 3B Robert Black 10 22 Dustin Barks 11 26 Jon Corbin DNS 12 3X Matt Sutton DNS

Hy-Vee 360 Sprint Cars : Dash 1 88 J Kinder 2 21 Brian Brown 3 6 Bryan Grimes 4 1p Curtis Evans 5 10t Clint Todd 6 24 Lanny Carpenter

Hy-Vee 360 Sprint Cars : Heat 1 1 6 Bryan Grimes 2 21 Brian Brown 3 28 Jonathan Cornell 4 14 Randy Martin 5 76 Jay Russell 6 72 Curtis Boyer 7 65 Jordan Goldesberry 8 22 Dustin Barks 9 26 Jon Corbin DNS

Hy-Vee 360 Sprint Cars : Heat 2 1 88 J Kinder 2 1p Curtis Evans 3 10 Mike Trent 4 4 Rex Combs 5 86 Josh Fisher 6 2 Ryan Marsch* 7 7J J.D. Black 8 1 Bradley Roberts 9 3X Matt Sutton

Hy-Vee 360 Sprint Cars : Heat 3 1 10t Clint Todd 2 24 Lanny Carpenter 3 3 Dustin Adams 4 2TX Justin Zimmerman 5 3bx Brad Greer 6 72X Sherman Davis 7 3B Robert Black 8 38 Cody Baker 9 21t Eric Todd

 

FELMLEE WINS NON-STOP SPRINTS FOR 1ST WIN IN 2 YEARS AT MERCER

Mercer Raceway ParkBy Mike Leone: Mercer, PA.Scattered thunderstorms danced around Mercer Raceway Park for much of the day Saturday, but only a few sprinkles fell then skies cleared toward evening allowing the third program of the season to be completed. Celebrating in the Hoosier Tire victory lane were Bob Felmlee-Luxaire Heating & Cooling Sprint Cars, Garrett Krummert-Tire Express Modifieds, Brian Booher-McElwain Motors FASTRAK Late Models, Kenny Meadows-Big Daddy's Speed Center Mod Lites, and Chris Myers-M&D Paving Mini Stocks.

Bob Felmlee has won Sprint Car championships at Mercer in three different decades and has well over 120 career wins overall, but had been shutout of victory lane at Mercer since May 6, 2006. Saturday night, Felmlee passed Joe Butera in turn one on the opening lap and led all 20 non-stops circuits of the Luxaire Heating & Cooling feature for his first win in nearly two seasons.

"This is the first night with Kawasaki at Mercer- it's a new sponsor this week so I tried to do them proud," acknowledged the Franklin, Pa. racer. "I have to thank Vicki (Emig), Mike (Leone), and Frank (Benic); they do a super job here. I like coming here. We are going to float around and do some All Star races. I couldn't get away tonight and go to Eldora. Chad (Reitz) set the car up tonight and talked me into coming tonight."

Scott Bonnell, who started fourth, raced around Paul Kapuchuck and Butera on the first lap for second. Danny Holtgraver, who started sixth, also made his way around Kapuchuck and Butera for third on lap three. Felmlee maintained a comfortable lead for the first 10 laps of the event before he encountered lapped traffic allowing Bonnell to close the deficit. Meanwhile, all eyes were on Rob Eyler who was using the high side of the speedway to make his way from the eighth starting spot into contention to third past Holtgraver on lap 10.

Felmlee used his experience in lapped traffic to hold on for his 23rd career Mercer win in his World of Wheels/Kawasaki/Lutz Auto Body/Vinyl Graphics-sponsored #6 as the race went non-stop in 5:06.45. Bonnell held off a fast-closing Eyler for second. Holtgraver was fourth over 10th starting Mike Lutz. Completing the top 10 were Arnie Kent, defending two-time champion Rod George, central Pa's Bob Howard, New York's Chris Shuttleworth, and Jimmy Hawley. Heat winners were Kent and Shuttleworth.

Luxaire Heating & Cooling Sprint Cars (20 laps): 1. BOB FELMLEE (6) 2. Scott Bonnell (3B) 3. Rob Eyler (5a) 4. Danny Holtgraver (D4) 5. Mike Lutz (Chappel 8) 6. Arnie Kent (18) 7. Rod George (4) 8. Bob Howard (49) 9. Chris Shuttleworth (11) 10. Jimmy Hawley (Rudzik 49) 11. Joe Butera (Matus 3J) 12. Paul Kapuchuck 13. Brent Matus (33) 14. Lindsay Enscoe (96)

 

 

Kirkpatrick takes All Star Spectacular; Olschowka 4-peats as Hunting tops BCRA

Marysville- Paul and Kathy Hawes’ Marysville Raceway Park hosted the spectacular Western All Star Late Model show Saturday night. Yuba City’s Jeff Olschowka of Yuba City brought his black beauty #96 home 1st in the MRP Street Stocks to make it 4 in a row. Elk Grove’s Doug Hunting picked up his 7th victory at MRP in the BCRA Midget Lite feature.

A.J. Kirkpatrick tossed back several thrilling challenges to his lead and collected the $3000 first place check in the Western All Star feature. Kirkpatrick and the top 10 competitors endured a series of early race yellows before the racing got serious. The red flag was displayed during lap 3 when an incredible crash blocked the entrance to turn 1. Some of the impacts were tough ones and the video shows that fully ½ of the 22-car field was involved. Local Late Model racer Leroy Perry of Marysville seemed to get the worst of it as his car caromed off of a number of spinning racers. The orange #79 was in dire shape as it was towed from the track. A couple of additional slowdowns for less serious crashes and spins opened the door for some serious racing for the lead.

Point leader Bobby Hogge of Salinas started 4th and began to move and was camped on Kirkpatrick’s rear bumper with Merced’s Chris Shannon shadowing the leaders. The crowd was screaming as first Hogge, then Shannon would attempt moves on the tenacious leader. As the ½ way point of the very rapid 30 lapper approached Hogge went high in a daring move up along the back stretch wall. Shannon saw the opportunity for 2nd and dove under Hogge as the lead trio approached lapped traffic. Kirkpatrick went high and thwarted Hogge’s attempt as Shannon darted low into second, but only briefly. A lapped car impeded the progress of the lead trio in turn 3. Kirkpatrick forced his way on by, but Hogge and Shannon got together with the lapped traffic and all three chugged to a stop, sideways in turn 4.

With Hogge and Shannon relegated to the back of the pack, Kirkpatrick was dominant from that point forward. Hogge and Shannon would make valiant efforts to get back to the front, but Hogge would get caught up in other skirmishes and would retire with mechanical problems. Shannon started to pass people and got into the top 5 with a handful of laps remaining. Chet Buckley of Lompoc and Ron Bartels of Los Angeles along with local racer Jerry Bartlett of Yuba City would be the show in the last 1/3 of the race with Shannon gaining at a steady rate. The final laps were run caution free and the slugfest for 2nd between the aforementioned quartet was a thriller. Local product (and 3 time track champion) Bartlett, was in the mix. Based on crowd reaction, much to the satisfaction of the locals in attendance. Kirkpatrick sailed under the checkers and into victory lane with a hand in the air.

The battle for 2nd was under a blanket as starter Robin Davies waved the black and white; Buckley-Bartels-Bartlett-Shannon was the order. Kirkpatrick won the All-Star's trophy dash, which seeded the top eight into their feature starting positions.

Olschowka started the street stock main event 3rd on the inside of the second row. The pill pull was a 6. Antioch Street Stock champion Todd Gomez of Antioch, in one of his infrequent appearances here, jumped into the lead from his front row starting position and led the first seven laps. Only 2 yellow flags would slow this fast paced event that was a thriller from start to finish. Olschowka was in 2nd by the end of lap 2 and was hounding Gomez relentlessly. It was great to see these two great stock car stars locked in battle.

While all this was going on, Robert Mull of Olivehurst was on the move. Mull had been relegated to a last row starting position after problems in his heat race. Mull was up on the wheel for the feature and was carving his way forward as Olschowka and Gomez were locked in the fight up front. On the eighth circuit, Olschowka slid along side Gomez with a slick move off of 2. Gomez shut the door in 3 and the pair nearly lost it as Olschowka inched by into a lead he would not relinquish.

As the race went into it’s final 5 laps, point leader Billy Knoop challenged Gomez for 2nd and got the job done with only a handful of laps remaining. That’s the way it ended. Mull secured a fine 5th in his stellar run from the back. Benicia’s Jeff Silva finished 4th after a heat race victory in his 1st MRP appearance, ever.

Hunting won the BCRA Midget Lite tilt after a race long relationship with the cushion finally cost Rick Holbrook the top spot. Hunting then started to duke it out with Doug Nunes and Richie Hoover. Nunes threw off some body work after a monster bike in turn 3 and had to go to the back. The race up front was an entertaining one all race long. The Lites are a competitive show when they shed the wings. Hunting took the checkers with a 10-car length cushion. Amazingly enough, Hoover took a quick flip in turn 1 after the checkers had flown. He was 4th at the finish line.

Heat race winners include Knoop, and Jeff Silva of Benicia in the MRP Street Stocks, Buckley, Jeff Decker of Morgan Hill, Hogge and Shannon in the Western All-Stars, and Joey Hoover of Elk Grove and Doug Nunes of Kingsburg in the BCRA Midget Lites.

Next week point race #7 will feature the MRP Winged Sprint Cars, The MRP Wingless Sprints, the return of the mighty MRP Mini Stocks and another visit by the BCRA non-wing Midget Lites. The crash and burn antics of the Extreme Bombers will bring down the curtain.

Pit gates open at 3 with the grandstands opening at 5. 1st race always runs off at 7PM. Put www.marysvilleracewaypark.com on your “favorites” button on you computer. Watch this site for press releases, updates and complete results.

 

ELDORA SPEEDWAY

ROSSBURG, OH (April 26) – If Joey Saldana had gone any faster Saturday night at Eldora Speedway, he would have needed a pilot’s license, as the Brownsburg (IN) Bullet literally decimated a talented field of 37 winged All Star Sprints. Jon Henry duplicated last week’s Moser UMP-DirtCar Modified victory with a surprise pass on Jerry Bowersock in the late stages, while former Advance Auto Parts Stock Car champion Mike Dirksen completed the tripleheader program with a victory lane visit.

After setting quick time on the one-half mile clay oval, Saldana showed no mercy the rest of the night. He shot past Chad Kemenah with two laps to go in the their qualifying heat to take that win and then in the 30-lap finale he was literally in a different time zone. The non-stop event found Saldana lapping all by the first six finishers.

Daryn Pittman shot into the early lead and held that spot for the first five circuits before giving way to eventual winner Saldana. The torrid pace was to Pittman’s liking as well, as he was able to hold back a fast approaching Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser through the lapped traffic. Kinser had advanced through the B-Main, but the cagey veteran instantly regained his pace in the finale, while Paul McMahan turned in a stellar performance in the Rick Ferkel making to record a fifth place finish. Kemenah was the only other driver on the lead lap at the finish.

The win was Saldana’s 11th career All Star triumph at Eldora.

Joining Saldana in the pit area was team owner Kasey Kahne. Kahne, a former standout in winged Sprint racing and current regular on the NASCAR circuit, drove the team’s back up car to an 11th place finish.

If the early season action is any indication, there may be a changing of the guard in the works within the Moser UMP-DirtCar Modified ranks, as young sensation Jon Henry is making his mark.

Veteran Brian Ruhlman kicked off the season with a victory in the first week of action, but then Henry out paced Ruhlman and the balance of the field, including multi-time champion Scott Orr last week to take the win.

The odds were stacked against Henry this week, with perennial hot shoe Jerry Bowersock sitting on the outside front row – the preferred starting spot in any event at Eldora. Henry lined up in fifth spot.

As expected, at the drop of the green flag, Bowersock shot into the lead, with Mike Dirksen holding down second and Henry up to third at the end of one lap. That order remained intact for four laps, before Henry shot past Dirksen to set his sights on Bowersock. Meanwhile, Jeff Babcock was moving rapidly through the field from his 15th place starting position to move into fifth at the same time that Henry moved into second.

Henry continued to narrow down the distance between himself and Bowersock, while Babcock picked off two more cars to move into third on lap nine. That set up a wild three car battle that instantly heated up a chilled crowd. Henry rode inches from the concrete wall to shoot by Bowersock four laps from the end to set up the upset win. Babcock took a few shots at Bowersock, but had to settle for third at the finish, with Orr and rookie driver Eddie Shaner, Jr. completing the top five.

Doing double duty, Dirksen had plenty of lap time Saturday night. He use that to his favor to get past early leader Jerry Butler on lap three to take the lead and never look back. Unlike Saldana’s run away win, Dirksen’s triumph was no cake walk. Hounding throughout the distance was Earnie Woodard, while Barney Craig and Shawn Phillippi nosed in near the finish to set up a wild four car battle right to the checkered flag. Time ran out, with that foursome crossing the line in that order. Chad Barr completed the top five.

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April 26, 2008

All Star Sprints – 37 cars Fast Time: Joey Saldana 13.419

Heat 1: Joey Saldana, Cha