BRANDON CARLSON - CANADA 200 DARK HORSE?

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Big Field Of Late Models At Western Speedway

By Ken Keating

Saturday, September 3rd, Western Speedway will play host to the first ever A.S.A. B.C. Late Model Advance Testing Tour Championship with the Canada 200 and sponsored by O'Dell Slinger and race night events sponsored by IslandCarBuyer.com. Previously this series was known as the Katana Boat Sportsman Series and had built a great following with races in many parts of B.C. that included Vernon, Penticton, Saratoga, Western Speedway, and many others. Many venues would see upwards to thirty-five cars try to qualify. This season, The American Speed Association became the sanctioning body and success has followed them as they have appeared at several tracks throughout 2011. Tonight is their Championship night and their last appearance for this season so all drivers will be going all out for those Championship points. Tom Berrow is the current leader and has a very slim lead over Geoff Morris, Dave Hemrich, Brent Morris, and Korbin Thomas within striking distance. Winners, so far, June 4, - Winner: #86 Tom Berrow at the Motoplex Speedway - Vernon, July 16, - Winner: #14 Brandon Carlson, Saratoga Speedway - Black Creek, July 30, (Day 1) - Winner: #5 Korbin Thomas, Penticton Speedway - Penticton, :: "Gordie Mannes Memorial", July 31, (Day 2) - Winner: #33 Dave Hemrich Penticton Speedway - Penticton, :: "Gordie Mannes Memorial", and August 20, - Winner: #52 Geoff Morris, Agassiz Speedway - Agassiz. The race day schedule calls for ASA Practice: 1:00 to 2:00 and ASA Practice: 3:00 to 4:00, Qualifying: 6:00 and Racing: 7:00 PM. The night's program will hold an ASA A Dash, ASA B Dash, Local Races with the OTRA Series and a 200 Lap Main Event (start 25 cars). Murray Dyck will bring his new Westar Trailer Impala to the CANADA 200 this Saturday as well as Wade Bland with maybe the only Ford Fusion running.  

On September 4th last season, because of time limits and the many yellow flags, the race was brought to an end with Korbin Thomas claiming the win followed by Darrell Midgley, Tim Christy, Brandon Carlson, and Bart Smith rounding out the top five positions after one-hundred and eight-seven laps. On August 6th, Doug Richens and Robbie Haslam shared the front row as twelve Late Models lined up for the green flag and fifty laps of racing ahead of them. Richens led for the first two laps that saw some bumping as faster cars tried for the lead. Jason Terasenko,back in the field, got turned around going through turn one bringing out the yellow. Damage to his car was just cosmetic and the loose parts were quickly pulled off allowing him to return to the track sacrificing just one spot. On the double file restart, Richens and Haslam were again side by side and Richens got squeezed again sending him to the pits. On lap four Dale Robinson grabbed the lead followed by Wade Bland and Rory Smith. On lap eight, Smith made the pass and moved into second dropping Bland back to third with Brandon Carlson behind him. On lap nine, Smith dove to the inside and made the pass for the lead and Carlson also went by both Bland and Robinson and took over the second spot. On lap fifteen, Terasenko had moved very quickly coming through the pack and into the third spot and began his charge to the front. On lap twenty-eight, Terasenko passed Carlson and took over the second spot and continued to run fast laps as he started to reel in Smith in the lead. On lap thirty-three Terasenko dove to the inside and passed Smith for the lead, a lead he would not give up. A few years ago Terasenko was a terror on the Western Speedway oval and he has not lost his touch here as he went on to take the Late Model Feature event followed by Smith, Carlson, Gord Quaite, and Bland rounding out the top five positions.

Tonight Western Speedway also hosts the O.T.R.A. Series with their brand of open wheel competition. This series always fields great looking cars but don't let that fool you. They are highly competitive and are very fast. On August 6th, Kail Beck and James Miller had the front row for the O.T.R.A. Feature event and Beck got the early lead until Miller passed him on lap three. On lap five George Jenson moved up to run second and then took the lead on lap eight dropping Miller back to second with Larry Joyce now running third. On lap eleven, James Campbell, always a top contender entered the pits with an apparent problem. On lap seventeen, Joyce passed Miller to take over the second spot and set his sites on Jenson. Dennis and Rob Morneau traded positions in the late stages of this race but it was Jenson who hung on for the win followed by Joyce, Rob Morneau, Roger Beck, and Miller rounding out the top five positions.

NPP - Battle At The Bridge

Saratoga Speedway

By Terry Guest 
Photos Fernando Pereira

#11 Duane Zeinstra dominated a very competitive 25 lap feature race for the Old Timers on Saturday. Saturday marked the last appearance of the Old Timer and the Dwarf cars on the 2011 season.

Zeinstra won 3 out of 5 races on Saturday, but he did not set fast time in qualifying on Saturday. #1 James Campbell set fats time in qualifying with a time of 16.555. #12 Ron Simpson won the B dash, with the A dash win going to Zeinstra. Zeinstra carried his winning ways into the heat, coming from the very back to take the win. #22 Larry Joyce managed to hold off Zeinstra and Campbell to take the reverse heat win. Zeinstra found himself in 1^st place on lap 5 of the 25 lap main event and never looked back from there, holding off Campbell who finished 2^nd to take the win. #09 Joe Dardengo rounded out the top 3.

#11 Mike Meeres finished his Saratoga Season off strong, also winning 3 out of 5 races on the night. Meeres also set fast time on the night, setting a time of 15.668. #55 Don Banansky won the B dash, with the A dash win going to Meeres. #24 Dave Emmerson dominated to win the heat. Meeres had a poor finish in the first heat, which gave him great positioning to start the reverse heat and he used that to his advantage, leading all 10 laps of the heat. #4 Sean Sanger held the lead in the 25 lap feature for the first 14 laps but soon Meeres was on his bumper and took the lead away on lap 15 and never looked back from there.

#8 Brad Kotscherofski won his first ever Bomber main event on Saturday. #99 Gilles Cyr set fast time in qualifying, setting a time of 17.727. #72 Travis Stevenson won the B dash, and #24 Charlie Ackerman won the A. Ackerman found himself in the lead on lap 3 of the 12 lap heat and never looked back from there. #99 Gilles Cyr led the 30 lap feature from lap 9 until lap 25. On lap 25, Cyr had to withdrawal from the race after blowing out his back end. #8 Brad Kotscherofski inherited the lead and never looked back, winning his first ever main event. #72 Travis Stevenson finished 2^nd, with 3^rd going to #11 Justin Beaulieu.

The I.M.C.A Modifieds made their 2^nd to last appearance on Saturday. #44 Tim Openshaw set fast time in qualifying with a time of 15.566. #53 Kevin Noble won the only dash on the night. #8 Brad Purdy held off the field to win the only heat on the night. Several cautions shortened the Modified main event to 19 laps. Purdy held the lead for the first 11 laps, with the lead going to Openshaw on lap 14. After a huge oil leak on lap 19, and 20 plus minutes of racing, the race was called and the win was given to Openshaw. #32 Dano Bryant finished 2^nd, with 3^rd going to Noble.

Extra Laps... This Weekend marks our Canadian-American demolition derby. This 2 night even features a great demolition race on Saturday and than a full demolition derby on Sunday. The Canadian team is our defending champions so the American team will be looking for redemption on Saturday and Sunday. The Crash to pass cars, Hornet Cars, Roadrunners and the Figure 8’s will fill out the schedule for this weekend. Make sure to check out these great racing nights.

THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS ARE HEADED TO TOWN!

See "The Greatest Show On Dirt" this Friday and Saturday! Gates open at 5pm and racing at 7pm.

Outlaw Fan Fest is Saturday from 1p to 4p in the Skagit Speedway Parking Lot.

Haulers are arriving already and the campgrounds are filling fast!

CAN WADE BLAND AND A FORD CRATE ENGINE WIN THE CANADA 200 ?

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Vancouver Island driver will make an attempt to take home his first Canada 200 trophy on Saturday.

CHILLIWACK DRIVER RETURNS TO CANADA 200

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Murray Dyck will bring his new Westar Trailer Impala

to the CANADA 200 this Saturday at Western Speedway.

Come out and say hello to Murray!

Canada 200 Race Day Schedule

Canada 200 schedule for Saturday, September 3, 2011 now available on the ASA Advance Testing Tour's website.  See their "Race Day Info" page for details.

Big Crowd, Big Rigs, Big Crash - Western Speedway

By Ken Keating

Another large crowd filled Western Speedway to watch the Demo Cars, Demo Trucks, Figure 8s, and the Bombers Saturday night. Along with the Demo Series, the Big Rigs made a return visit to the Langford oval along with a Total Destruction event and a semi truck jump sponsored by Wilson & Proctor Engine Rebuilders and William Scrap Metal. Smokin Joe Liberatore continued his quest and fund raising for the Cops For Cancer and on this night he collected $3,574.00 for the cause with more events planned over the next short period of time with proceeds going to help those less fortunate.

Trophy Dash wins went to Chris Stone in the Bomber Series, Robin Trotter in the Demo Cars, Rhett Szevics in Figure 8s, Corey McMeckan and Cam Sully in the Big Rig clash, and Paul Scotthorne in the Demo Truck Series. Paul asked, "Can I just stay here? It took five years to get here can't I just stay??" This was his first win in the Demo Truck class although one of his drivers is leading the points chase in that series as Kevin Knight is a consistent winner in a Scotthorne owned truck. Heat race winners were Daniel David and Heath Cooper in the Bomber Series, Kirk Peacey in the Demo Cars, Richard Milne in Demo Trucks, Dan Madden in the Figure 8s, and Darwin Berdahl and Colin Fraser in the Big Rigs. Glen Creed put on quite a smoke show in his dump truck doing a big burnout and several donuts in the center of the track that left piles of burning rubber long after he completed the run.

There was a very small field of Figure 8s that took the grid for the Feature event, but that didn't stop the big hits. Ashton Campbell came away with the win and only three cars were left running. Dan Baluch led for most of this race but lost the lead on lap twenty to Campbell. Rhett Szevics got hit dead on at the crossover and could not refire and two other drivers also collided at the crossover. Baluch and Jeff Foley rounded out the top three.

Robin Trotter inherited the lead from Kirk Peacey on lap five of the Demo Car Main event and went unchallenged the rest of the way for the win. Mike Noyce and Mike Buhlert rounded out the top three positions. Peacey led for two laps before entering the pits with a problem. Cody Sadler led the way for three laps in the Demo Truck Series until he was passed by Richard Milne on lap four. Kevin Knight also moved into contention on lap four taking the second spot as Paul Scotthorne moved to third. On lap six, George Haywood passed Scotthorne and took over the third spot. When the chequered flag dropped, Milne had the win with Knight on his bumper and Haywood holding on to the third spot.

Mike Melin and Mark Lockhart shared the front row for the start of forty laps of racing in the Bomber Series. Mark Lockhart had the lead for the first eleven laps until he was passed by Heath Cooper with Chris Broughton taking the second spot and Chris Stone also in the mix taking the third position. On lap twenty-one, Stone pulled his car into the pits with a problem handing the third position to Brandon Steen. Over the next several laps, Cooper worked himself into a decent lead as the he worked through lapped traffic. Behind him Broughton and Brandon Steen were running side by side for the second and third spot. On lap thirty-three the red flag came out as Melin spun in turn two. When he tried to re-fire his car caught on fire. On the restart, Cooper now had Broughton and Steen on his rear bumper but he was able to maintain the lead but on the next lap the red flag came out again as Steen nailed the frontstretch wall as something broke in his car. He was not injured in this crash but his night was finished. When the chequered flag dropped, Cooper secured the win followed by Broughton, Tyler Clough, Jamie Morgan, and Lockhart rounding out the top five.

Eleven Big Rig trucks lined up for their Feature event scheduled for thirty-five laps. The first red flag came out on lap three as two trucks got together that include Corey McMeckan with McMeckan hitting the wall, between corner one and two, thus ending his night as the steering suffered lots of damage. On the restart, Terrill Schmidt grabbed the lead but on lap six, Cam Sully passed for the lead with a good battle behind him for the second spot that included Glen Creed, Schmidt, Ron Singer, and Darren Berdahl. On lap thirteen Berdahl moved into the second spot as Creed moved to run third. On lap seventeen the red came out again as Peter Van Dyke, in the Pinkfoot truck, got together with another truck and the race was stopped to clear the wreckage. Van Dyke entered the pits with his run finished with a lot of damage to the front end. Neither driver was hurt in this crash but the front steering was completely ripped from under the other truck. With time a factor, the race was shortened to twenty laps with Sully taking the win followed by Darren Berdahl and Glen Creed rounding out the top three. All drivers had trophies presented to them by Betty Kate and Kecia Bremner at Victory Square.

After several minutes of bang and crash, Mike Noyes came away with the win in the Total Destruction event as he was the "last car standing". The ramps were put in place as well as several catch cars and a school bus as Gary Williams prepared to jump a semi truck. He barrelled down the track and over the ramp flying several feet before plowing into the top of the bus imbedding the semi into the roof and turning the bus almost over on its side. A very excited Williams exited the semi unhurt in this spectacular jump, one of the few remaining vehicles he has not tried over the ramps to this point. What's next for Gary?? Who knows?

The next event at Western Speedway is Championship night for the Steve Copp Construction sponsored Hornet Series scheduled for August 31st. This is the last race of the regular season for the highly competitive Hornet cars. The next regular race is scheduled for September 3rd with the first ever ASA Advnce Testing Tour with the Late Model Series in the Canada 200. Also on this card is the OTRA series and their open wheel action.

Mark Berriau Hot August Nights Points Champion

A 3rd place finish on August 27th vaulted Mark Berriau into the overall points lead to win the $1,000 grand prize.

Darrah Earns 2nd Career Win and Oil Cup at Castrol Raceway

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Red Lion, Pa. driver holds of Kinser during late race restarts for first win of ‘11

EDMONTON, Alberta — Aug. 27, 2011 — As he rolled out of turn four and towards the start finish line after clearing the scales, Cody Darrah’s crew greeted him with shouts and fist’s in the air. Darrah, a native of Red Lion, Pa. had just held off 20 time champion Steve Kinser and teammate Brad Sweet for his second career victory and, in the process, became the overall Oil Cup Champion for the weekend at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Denny's Fuels Kalvin Loudoun to WCSS Win!

Unofficial Results: 

1st - Kalvin Loudoun

2nd - Matt Stephenson

3rd - Mark Berriau

POINT LEADER WHITNEY WINS 410 FEATURE AT SKAGIT SPEEDWAY

By Kelly Hart

The weekend before the World of Outlaw Show at ASA member track Skagit Speedway saw Jesse Whitney win the 410 feature, Mack Brown captured the 360 Sprint main, Justin Youngquist won his second straight feature in the Sportsman Sprints and Tyler Ketchum was the Outlaw Hornet winner.

 

In the 410 division point leader Whitney cruised around a spinning Otto Jorgenson on the second lap to take the lead and hold on for the 25-lap main event victory. Whitney won the heat and Travis Jacobson set fast time at 11.559.

 

Jacobson set fast time for the Budweiser 360 Sprints as well with a 12.327 clocking. Kelsey Carpenter and Mack Brown won the heat races. In the 25-lap main, Rod Perkins held the top spot for the first 15 laps before Brown took over the top spot. A lap 22 caution tightened the field and Brown and Jacobson went wheel to wheel almost turning both cars over coming out of turn two before both collected themselves and raced to the line for the victory. Mack Brown the winner, Jacobson, Perkins, Bud Ashe and Devin Madonia rounding out the top 5.

 

The last two Cook Road Shell Sportsman Sprint mains have been won by Justin Youngquist. "The Beast" split two cars coming out of turn two on the opening lap to lead and was never headed the remaining 20 go-arounds. Brandon Harkness peaked at the rear nerf bar a few times but could not get around the young racer for the top spot. Cory Swatzina and point leader Derek Roberts were the heat race winners.

 

In a wild Outlaw Hornet feature which was called after 15 laps and the time limit as the third rollover of the event brought out the red flag. Greg Hibma, Adam Holtrop and Wade Swatzina all got serious air in their rollovers. Tyler Ketchum was declared the winner with Freddy Vela and Eric Thibert second and third. Ketchum and Rick Young won the heat races.

 

RESULTS:

 

410 Sprints

Fast time Travis Jacobson 11.559

410 Heat Whitney, Martinez, Huson, Jacobson, Covert, Jorgenson, Bloodgood

Main Jesse Whitney,Jacobson, Martinez, Huson, Bloodgood, Jorgenson, Covert

 

360 Sprints

Fast time Travis Jacobson 12.327

Heat 1 Carpenter, Jacobson, Ashe, Huson, James

Heat 2 Brown, Munn, Perkins, B Kirkpatrick, Madonia

Main Mack Brown, Jacobson, Perkins, Madonia, Munn,B Kirkpatrick, Ashe, Huson, McGee, James, Carpenter,D Kirkpatrick

 

Sportsman Sprints

Heat 1 Swatzina, Harkness, Bundy, Youngquist, Oudman, Sibley, Cantu, Hopkins, Fox

Heat 2 Roberts, Mead, Schroder Needham, Rude, Reinstra, Brooke, Gunderson, Lewellen

Main Justin Youngquist, Harkness, Roberts, Swatzina, Schroder, Bundy, Mead, Brooke, Cantu, Gunderson, Sibley, Lewellen, Oudman, Rude, Hopkins, Reinstra, Needham

 

Outlaw Hornets

Heat 1 Young, Powers, Swatzina, Michelson, Cletus, Holtrop, Edwards

Heat 2 Ketchum, Vela, Hibma, E Thibert, T Thibert, Vos, Nelson

Main Tyler Ketchum, Vela, Eric Thibert, Sims, Edwards, Nelson, T Thibert, W. Swatzina, Michelson, Powers, Vos, Holtrop, Cletus, Young, Ploeg

Wild Night at Deming Ends with O’Brien in Victory Lane

8/26/11

 

With new clay laid down during the week, drivers didn’t know what to expect heading into Les Schwab night at Deming Speedway. At the end of a wild, crash filled evening, Dustin O’Brien found victory lane for the first time in 2011 in the Speedmart Hoosier 600 division. Aaron Fell, Austin Sheridan, Isaac Abenroth and Devin Barnes also won main events.

 

After finishing as the runner up an astounding nine times on the year, Dustin O’Brien survived a carnage filled A Main in the Speedmart Hoosier 600 division to take his first victory of the year. In a feature marred by at least three red flags on close to ten cautions, O’Brien led every lap of the time shortened 16 lap feature, followed by Alex Gauthier and JR Thomas. Liam Ryan was quick time. Heat wins went to Gauthier, Hayden Schmidt and Brock Lemley.

 

Survival was the name of the game in the 1200 main. With drivers navigating their way as best as possible around the soft surface, Aaron Fell emerged victorious by loosening his car up as much as possible to help navigate the various bumps and jumps. Aaron took over the lead from Frosty Metcalfe on lap 22 when Frosty bounced up the track in turn two. Fell was followed to the line by Brock Lemley and Metcalfe. Lemley was quick time. Derek Holmwood and Tyson Cross won the heats.

 

Austin Sheridan was happy to be the recipient of some good luck in the 600 Restricted feature. Austin was moved to the pole position after the initial front row could not stay side by side to start the race. This put Sheridan on the point, a spot he would not relinquish. Bill Mercer finished a career best second and Derrick Moss ran third. Hannah Lindquist was the fast qualifier and heat wins went to Ian Humphries, Dylan Resch and Jacob Brown.

 

Ashton Dial and Darius Walker’s misfortune paved the way for another Isaac Abenroth victory in the Kasey Kahne Junior Sprint division. Dial had Walker right on his tail on the white flag lap coming into turn two as both drivers were looking for career best finishes. Dial unfortunately found a rut, hooking it and sending him tumbling, catching Darius in his wake. The wreck would cost both drivers their positions, handing the lead and the win to Isaac Abenroth two laps later. Ashleigh Johnson finished second and Sawyer Sorgenfrei was third. Abenroth set quick time. Johnson and Jesse Schlotfledt won the heats

 

Cage Carts came to Deming Speedway to test and put on an exhibition race. Devin Barnes was the class of the field, winning both the heat race and the main.

 

Cage Carts

Heat – Devin Barnes, Nick Nelson, Will Champagne, Austin Mann

Main – Devin Barnes, Nelson, Champagne, Mann

Lap Leaders – Barnes 1-10

 

Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints

Fast Time – Isaac Abenroth 13.946

Heat 1 – Ashleigh Johnson, Darius Walker, Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Abenroth, Lynden Lebedinski, Arissa Lamm

Heat 2 – Jesse Schlotfeldt, JJ Thomas, Ashton Dial, Eli Schmidt, Tyson Lemley, Breanna Kuchan

Main – Isaac Abenroth, Johnson, Sorgenfrei, Schmidt, Lemley, Kuchan, Thomas, Lebedinski, Walker, Dial, Schlotfeldt, Lamm

Lap Leaders – Dial 1-14 Abenroth 15-16

 

600 Restricted

Fast Time – Hannah Lindquist 11.757

Heat 1 – Dylan Resch, Kyle Mitchell, Lindquist, Rachel Westmoreland, Tristin Thomas, Nikki Ramey

Heat 2 – Ian Humphries, Brayden Planko, Alden Ostrom, Austin Sheridan, Jake Helsel

Heat 3 – Jacob Brown, Brandee Wood, Derrick Moss, Bill Mercer, Katelynn Hammer

Main – Austin Sheridan, Mercer, Moss, Brown, Ostrom, Planko, Humphries, Wood, Westmoreland, Helsel, Hammer, Thomas, Resch, Mitchell, Ramey, Lindquist

Lap Leaders – Sheridan 1-25

 

1200

Fast Time – Brock Lemley 10.524

Heat 1 – Derek Holmwood, Frosty Metcalfe, Aaron Fell, Lemley, Steven Hendrickson, Jason Bloodgood, Ryan Cully, Duane Mackey

Heat 2 – Tyson Cross, Liam Ryan, Brandon Denson, Clennon Holloway, Eric Turner, Jared Gunderson, Zach Keefe, Jacob Buckenmeyer

Main – Aaron Fell, Lemley, Metcalfe, Benson, Cross, Holmwood, Hendrickson, Holloway, Bloodgood, Ryan, Turner, Keefe, Mackey, Cully, Gunderson, Buckenmeyer

Lap Leaders – Metcalfe 1-21 Fell 22-25

 

Speedmart Hoosier 600

Fast Time – Liam Ryan 10.613

Heat 1 – Alex Gauthier, Ryan, Cory Samuelson, Cam Smith, Jerrod Saddler, Jason Bloodgood, Robie Price

Heat 2 – Hayden Schmidt, Dustin O’Brien, Kelly Mauck, Nate Vaughn, Dale Schmidt, Derek Torkelson

Heat 3 – Brock Lemley, Brandon Turner, JR Thomas, Spud Allen, Jake Benson, Kevin Wilkinson

Main – Dustin O’Brien, Gauthier, Thomas, Mauck, Smith, Torkelson, Price, Saddler, H Schmidt, D Schmidt, Bloodgood, Lemley, Turner, Wilkinson, Benson, Samuelson, Allen, Ryan, Vaughn

Lap Leaders – O’Brien 1-16

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Kalvin Loudoun at Denny's Vernon

By Kendall Thomas

Getting ready for race 2 of the WCSS Hot August Nights mini series at Motoplex Speedway tomorrow. Top points contender Kalvin Loudoun is out promoting his sponsor Denny's. The points are tight, and with one more pit stop in the mix, who will claim the big cheque? 

Come on out and enjoy the great Okanagan weather and a great race.

Rule Clarification Update - Canada 200

By Rob Angus, Series Director

Attention Racers,

In order to receive a 100 lb. weight break with the steering requirements, the stock centerlink and or the stock replacement centerlink, must (not be modified) in any way and stock inner tie rods must be used for tapered inner holes, no drilling and or modifying. Outer tie rod ends may have hiem ends with an aluminiun or steel sleeve.  Any questions call me, Rob Angus 604-290-4353.

Pemberton - RACE DAY Sunday, September 4

Come early and help set up!

CORNETT-CHING LOOKS FOR WCSS REPEAT

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NASCAR Statement Regarding Showdown

Official Release
August 24, 2011 - 11:16am

 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today the NASCAR All-Star Showdown will not be scheduled for January of 2012.

“The Showdown has been an exciting showcase event for us, but at this time the right elements are not in place to run the event this coming January," said George Silbermann, NASCAR vice president, regional and touring series. "We want to give competitors and teams plenty of advance notice, and let them know that we are now focused on exploring other special event opportunities.”

BRISTOL !!!!!!

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CREW PROFILE: Jeff Jefferson

Jeff Jefferson (foreground) and his brother, Jason, are part of the Gene Price Motorsports team that has

Crew chief in K&N West for No. 03 driven by Dylan Kwasniewski

By Kevin W. Green, NASCAR
August 24, 2011 - 8:30am

 

In the NASCAR world, crew members are the backbone of the team that helps a driver achieve success on the track. Often times the person leading the way behind the scenes is the crew chief.

This week's profile features Jeff Jefferson, crew chief on the Gene Price Motorsports No. 03 Rockstar/Royal Purple Ford driven by series rookie Dylan Kwasniewski.

NAME: Jeff Jefferson
AGE: 39   
BIRTHDATE: Jan. 17, 1972
HOMETOWN: Naches, Wash.   
SPOUSE: Dione    
TEAM: Gene Price Motorsports     
DRIVER: Dylan Kwasniewski
SHOP JOB: Crew Chief / Fabricator    
AT-TRACK JOB: Crew Chief
FULL-TIME OCCUPATION: Crew Chief / Fabricator for Gene Price Motorsports
RACING BACKGROUND: Family has been involved in racing for over 40 years with his father, George, owning successful West Series teams in the 1970s & '80s. Around the sport his entire life. Started helping in the shop as a kid and when old enough was at the track as part of the crew.  Started driving in 1994 shortly before graduating from Washington State University. Was his mom's wish that he get some type of degree before getting in the driver's seat of a race car.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 3-time Champion in former NASCAR Northwest Tour (2003, 2004, 2005)
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 NASCAR Northwest Tour Pole Award Champion
First NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Win at Portland (Ore.) Speedway in 2000 (Last asphalt race to be held at Portland Speedway)
2006 Idaho 200 Winner
2006 Montana 200 Winner
First win as crew chief in NASCAR K&N Pro Series with Dylan Kwasniewski at Colorado National Speedway in August 2011 
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT IN RACING: All 3 Northwest Tour Championships
OTHER INTERESTS OR HOBBIES: Hunting, fishing, spending time at cabin, sports & going to concerts. 

Kalispell Toyota Late Model Series filled with drama heading into NAPA 125 this weekend

KALISPELL, Mont. (August 24, 2011)-With just two races left in the chase for the 2011 Kalispell Toyota Late Model Series championship, all eyes will be on current points leader Cameron Hayley and his closest challenger-Ryan Wells-as the stars of Montana Raceway Park’s premier division prepare for the NAPA 125 Late Model Shootout to held Saturday, Aug. 27.

Both drivers scored top-2 finishes in the Aug. 13 Best of the West Tundra 125 with Hayley passing Wells late in the race for the victory. The pass netted Hayley the top spot in the championship chase by a mere 18 points over Wells with only two races remaining in the season.

Wells scored the Cold Smoke Fast Time Award at the Aug. 13 race and appeared to have the car to beat for the victory, but admits that being in front of the field may not have worked to his advantage.

“We came into the race saying we were going to drive the wheels off the car and get out front and we did just that. But in looking back at it going balls to the wall may have used up the tires and allowed (Hayley) to get around us there in the end,” Wells said.

“We’ll regroup and give’em hell at the (NAPA 12) that’s for sure.”

Hayley will also have to contend with a stellar field of entries this weekend if he hopes to maintain the championship lead. Heading the line-up will be David Garber, Mark Owens and defending series champion Bodie Morton as all three drivers are separated by 11 points in positions third through fifth in the standings with Morton only 46 points out of first place.

Big Rigs Invade Western Speedway

By Ken Keating



Western Speedway welcomes the Demo Cars, Demo Trucks, Bombers, and the Mini Figure 8's sponsored by Wilson & Proctor - Engine Rebuilders & Truck Parts on Saturday, August 27th. Also on this program is the long awaited return of the Big Rigs plus a Semi Tractor Jump, and a Total Destruction event sponsored by William Scrap Metal. Gary Williams has completed a jump in Limos, trucks and campers pulling a boat, a couple of bus jumps, and is set to attempt a tractor jump this same night. This is close to the last vehicle left on wheels that he hasn't tried previously to get over a ramp. Peter Van Dyke has a big Peterbuilt truck and it is one of the more popular and faster trucks called "Pinkfoot".

Langford's own Glen Creed usually can be found in the top trucks driving his big Louisville Ford and has a great knowledge of Western Speedway as a past Champion in the Demo Series as well as a Big Rig Championship. Last August, Cory Mckmeekin led ten trucks for the drop of the green flag and twenty-five laps of racing for the Big Rigs. Before the first lap was complete, Colin Fraser took the lead and was quickly followed by Peter Van Dyke and Ron Singer Jr. On lap twelve, Van Dyke, from Airdrie Alberta, took over the lead with Darren Berdahl taking the second spot two laps later. Glen Creed made his move to the third spot on lap fifteen as both he and Berdahl tried to reel in the leader. Several times it looked like Van Dyke was about to spin out with Berdahl trying to get the inside groove but the veteran driver shut the door each time. On the final lap, Van Dyke again went a little wide and it looked like Berdahl would make it with the chequered flag in sight. Van Dyke was able to win the drag race and came in with the victory with Berdahl in second and Creed finishing third right behind Berdahl.

The last appearance for the Demo Series was the two day Weekend of Mayhem held August 11th and 12th. Along with the Demos, there was a two day combined points for the first ever Island Bomber Championships pitting Bombers from Saratoga against the Bombers from Western Speedway. Chris Broughton made a successful return, after a lengthy absence, and won the fifty lap Feature event on day one. Heath Cooper also found Victory Square on day two holding off a determined Brandon Steen. Over the two days, however, Steen accumulated enough combined points to walk away with the Island Bomber Championship and also enough points to take over the lead in the points battle for this year's Championship. 

On day two, Andrew Buchanan and Jacob Burns shared the front row for the start of the Figure 8 Feature event but it was Kail Beck that took the lead on lap two followed by Sean Welsh two laps later. As in last night's race, the track was littered with stalled or damaged cars and at times it looked more like a total destruction event as several cars suffered big hits. On lap nine Ashton Campbell moved up to take the second spot dropping Welsh back to third. Dan Madden moved into contention on lap nineteen taking over the third spot. On lap twenty-three Kyle Rizok moved into the third spot dropping Welsh back to fourth. Up front Beck was still gingerly picking his way through traffic and through the many obstacles that lay ahead of him and many times he got hit. When the dust settled Beck came through for the win followed by Campbell and Rizok rounding out the top three. Fifteen cars started the race with only four cars left running and at the end Beck was the only car on the lead lap.

Bruce Knight had the pole for the start of the Demo Truck Feature event but Richard Garhardt led the first lap only to give that up to George Haywood who led the next two. Kevin Knight spun Haywood around and took the lead on lap four as Richard Milne also moved up to run in third. Kevin cruised through for his fifth Feature win in 2011 followed by Haywood and Milne rounding out the top three positions. Kevin has run many different Series but seems to have success with the Paul Scotthorne owned and sponsored Demo Truck team called The Team Punishment Knight Racing.

Greg Sagmoen was looking for his second clean sweep of the weekend as he started fourth in the Demo Car Feature event. He took the lead before the end of the first lap followed by Bryce Muir for two laps until Keith Hansen took the second spot on lap three as Troy Tarbuck took the third spot on the same lap. Smokin Joe Liberatore's engine blew up early and the red flag came out on lap nine as Mark Cresswell spun out, with some help, and had his car almost on its side as he slid into the light standard going into turn three. His car landed back on its wheels and he was not hurt but his night came to an end. On the restart, Sagmoen again grabbed the lead and was cruising when, with just two laps remaining, his tire went flat sending him to the pits. Troy Tarbuck came home with the win with Sagmoen still finishing second in another wild Demo Car Feature.

Kyle Matthews and Brenden Moore shared the front row for fifty laps of racing in the Island Bombers Championship race with Moore getting the early lead followed quickly by Tyler Woods and Mike Ryce. On lap four, Chris Broughton moved into the fourth spot with Heath Cooper and Brandon Steen putting themselves in contention. On lap twelve, Steen took over the lead with Broughton moving in to run second and Cooper into third. On lap seventeen, Cooper made a pass for second dropping Broughton back to third while Jamie Morgan and John Zanette moved into the top five and had the best race for position for several laps. On lap thirty-three, Steen was issued a stop and go for running under the twenty second mark and entered the pits surrendering the lead to Cooper followed by Broughton and Zanette and Morgan still in the mix. On lap thirty-nine, Zanette took over the second spot dropping Broughton back to third who now had Steen back in the hunt running fourth. About this same time, flagman issued a black flag to Zanette for running too fast a lap, a flag that was ignored as he continued to run. This resulted in a DQ for the Port Alberni driver. After fifty laps of racing Cooper drove to the chequered flag followed by Brandon Steen, Rob Gaudreault, Chris Broughton, and Jamie Morgan rounding out the top five positions. The run for the Island Bomber Championship sees Brandon Steen with 202 points followed by Chris Broughton - 191, Jamie Morgan - 186, Aaron Cameron - 157, and Dennis Stewart - 156  points rounding out the top five in the two day total points chase. Championship Night is not far off so you can bet all these drivers will be driving to the limit to gather all the points they can from here on out. Come out early for the best seats as they will go quickly. 

NPP - Five In A Row For Fifty-Five

ASA Advance Testing - IMPORTANT TECH BULLETIN - Canada 200 Western Speedway

By Rob Angus, Series Director

Western Speedway has made a stipulation and a request that the steering systems that are allowed for the ASA BC Late Model Tour Canada 200 September 3, 2011 are as follows.

 

 

All cars that have these stock components on the front steering system located in stock location will receive a 100 lb. weight break.

 

Clarification of parts:

• Stock 6 inch idler arm with no modifications (may be slotted for bump steer adjustment, stock length)
• Stock Camaro centerlink with no modifications, or stock Howe replacement centerlink (part number 23396)
• Stock pitman arm or stock replacement Howe pitman arm (part number 2349), no modifications allowed
• Spindles can be reamed for top and bottom ball joints and drilled for tie rod ends (no other modifications allowed)
• Stock steel GM steering box
• No slugged or slotted lower control arm mounts (must be in stock location and non-adjustable)
• All other 2011 ASA BCLMT rules still apply

Any clarifications needed, please contact Rob Angus at 604-290-4353.

Saratoga Bikinis and Boats

By Terry Guest

Twenty-four year old Luschia Bakker-Ayers out of Qualicum Beach managed to defeat 6 other beautiful contestants to win the 3^rd annual Bikini contest at Saratoga Speedway on Saturday. #59 Ted Dimitrov also had a great win on the night; managing to outlast 7 other cars to win our last Boat race of the season.

 

The Roadrunners were up in car count on Saturday; 5 cars qualified with the best time going to #19 Tyrome Pollock who set a time of 20.575. #66 Nick Leavitt won the Dash, but was unable to catch Pollock in the 8 lap heat race, giving Pollock his first win at Saratoga Speedway. Pollock started 2^nd in the main event and used his advantage to take an early and he never looked back from there, easily wining the 20 lap feature. #11 Derrik Senft finished 2^nd, with 3^rd going to #25 Andrea Cannon.

The Crash to Pass cars made their 3^rd to last appearance of the season on Saturday. #72 Travis Stevenson set fast time in qualifying with a time of 19.091. #11 Dan Kemp won his first dash of the season. Stevenson dominated the field to take the win in the 10 lap heat. #01 Jeff May dominated the main event, but on the last lap, #89 Gregg Sagmoen spun him out on the backstretch and took the lead and held it from there. Stevenson would finish 2^nd, with 3^rd going to May.

#01 Kevin Lawrenuk once again set fast time in qualifying in the Hornet division, setting a time of 18.578. #28 Brianne Fenn won the C dash, #59 Ted Dimitrov won the B, and #08 Daryn Cahill won the A dash. Brianne continued her winning ways into the C heat, leading all but 2 laps. #14 Kyle Fallowfield won the B heat in a borrowed race car; and #03 Jennifer Lawrenuk held off the field to take the win in the A heat. 22 cars took the green flag for their 30 lap feature. #59 Ted Dimitrov held the early lead but lost it on lap 12 to #08 Daryn Cahill. He and his brother Daryl battled hard the rest of the way but Daryn managed to hold his brother off to take the win. Daryn ended up finishing 2^nd, with 3^rd going to #01 Kevin Lawrenuk. 

Extra laps… Next weekend the Old Time Racing Association with be at the Speedway for their last appearance of the season. These old vintage cars range anyways from the 1920’s to the 1940’s. The I.M.C.A Modifieds, Dwarf cars and the Bomber cars will round out next weekend’s schedule. September 3^rd and 4^th marks our very popular Canadian-American Demolition derby. The first night will feature a demolition race, which is like our Crash to Pass cars but with a lot more hitting. The second night will be the actual demolition derby. We will also be hosting the Figure 8 “invitational” on those 2 nights. Make sure to check out these great racing events.

ANOTHER STRONG EFFORT FROM NOEL DOWLER

 JOE HAMILTON PHOTO

August 22, 2011.  Sherwood Park, Alberta’s Noel Dowler AND the #5 EMCO Dodge team continue to make great strides during the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season.  During round number nine on the famed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal Dowler continued to make tremendous progress during his first year of stock car racing.

Following appearances at EMCO locations featuring Dowler meeting with hundreds of EMCO employees and customers the team got down to work during the Thursday afternoon practice session.  And for the second event in a row Dowler was on track in the #5 EMCO Dodge in wet conditions.  “The rain arrived right before practice so we got a few laps in” said Dowler. 

During the brief qualifying period Dowler made steady gains and qualified ahead of the rookie of the year points leader.  “We were gaining on every lap we made” said Dowler.  “This is a really challenging race track and I enjoyed learning each time around” he added.

With dozens of EMCO supporters in the stands watching Dowler took the green flag for the 100km event and continued to improve with each lap around the track in the #5 EMCO Dodge.  “I got more comfortable as the race went on and made some passes and picked up some positions” he stated.

As the race concluded Dowler had gained eight positions in a very tough field of thirty seven competitors claiming a twentieth place result.  “We brought the car home clean and had a really productive day” said Dowler.

With Dowler’s impressive results so far they will expand their initial racing season to include the final three races.  The next event is scheduled for September 10^th at Barrie Speedway.  “We’re right in the hunt for rookie of the year and I was really making progress on the oval events out west so I’m excited looking ahead to Barrie” stated Dowler.   

JACOBSON SCORES TWO MORE TOP FIVES AT SKAGIT SPEEDWAY

(Lake Stevens, WA) 8/22/11 by Kelly Hart – Racinghartmedia

 

In Sprint Car racing most teams would be content with setting fast times and finishing high on a weekly basis. But that is not the every week goal when the Shaylen Raye Motorsports teams come to the race track. With fast time, a heat race win and a third place in this weekends 410 division at Skagit Speedway already in hand, driver Travis Jacobson jumped in the 360 sprint and told the team to enjoy the show. Then Travis went out and drove the wheels off the 360 car to earn a second place finish in the main event. Car owner Mike Anderson said, “Nobody was going to catch Colton (Heath) the way that car was hooked up. But we were just about perfectly set up and this car performed. I can’t thank the crew and the hard work they have put in especially the last few weeks. We’ve been a little shorthanded with vacations and work schedules, Can’t say enough about the long hours Brandon and Mikala have put in on weekly maintenance after work hours. The team’s dedication puts us in the position we are in to win races.”

 

The Shaylen Raye Motorsports team will have both cars at the 410 and 360 cars at Skagit Speedway this weekend in advance of the World of Outlaws events Labor Day weekend.

 

Shaylen Rae Motorsports would like to thank sponsors Shark Racing Engines, Shaffer Concrete, Wilson Concrete, Performance R/C, Anderson Pressure Washing, SignMart, TMM, Andgar Metals, Burlington Collision, Doyle Guffie’s Rallye Auto Sales, Heavy D, Barlow Escrow, SpeedMart, Bardahl and China City Restaurants two locations on Whidbey Island  for all they do to make racing such an enjoyable experience.

 

 LISA SWANBERG PHOTO

NASCAR FUN TIME

Ranger Repeats in Montreal Third Win At Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Andrew Ranger (27) leads Kerry Micks (02) and Alex Tagliani (12) in the NAPA AUTOPRO 100 Saturday in Montreal. Matthew Manor/NASCAR

Berrow Holds ASA Points Lead

For complete up-to-date point standings, see the ASA Points page.