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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
CAMERON HAYLEY NASCAR FUTURE STAR
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| Cameron Hayley is a championship contender in his second season
running in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. (Jennifer Coleman/NASCAR)
Bill McAnally knows talent when he sees it.
His race team, a staple of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, has
collected a pair of championships in the last four years with Eric
Holmes. McAnally has also fielded cars for two-time champion Brendan
Gaughan, former series rookie of the year and current NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series driver Paulie Harraka, and gave Clint Bowyer his
first NASCAR touring series start.
Now 15-year-old Cameron Hayley is looking to add his name to the
team’s legacy. The Calgary, Alberta, Canada, driver is in his first full
season running in the series and is the leading Sunoco Rookie of the
Year candidate.
Hayley got his start, like most kids, racing karts when he was 7, and
has quickly progressed through the ranks. While getting his feet wet in
the NASCAR K&N Pro Series last year, Hayley also claimed a Super
Late Model touring series title in Western Canada and finished second in
the Late Model series at Montana.
Too young to make his debut in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series until
August of 2011, Hayley set the record for youngest driver to compete in
the series history with his first race just a month after turning 15.
Hayley impressed quickly with a second-place finish in that race at
Montana. He added a third-place run at All-American later in the year,
where he led his first laps.
It’s been more solid runs in the 2012 season, where he’s collected
three more top 10 finishes, as he heads to Las Vegas – a track he’s had
success on in lower divisions.
Now he’s looking to turn that fast start into more championship hardware at BMR.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
PRACTICE AT AGASSIZ ASA LATE MODELS
Good news - I have arranged an open practice at Agassiz for all Late Models.
Date is Friday, June 8, 2012
Gates open at 1:30pm
Practice begins at 2:00pm and ends at 7:00pm
Cost per car and crew is $50.00
If you choose, it's OK to leave your cars overnight - at your own risk - and camp in the park.
Hope to see you all there!
John
Monday, May 28, 2012
ROOKIE DRIVER HEAD GETS SOME LAPS AT CENTRAL ALBERTA RACEWAYS
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HEAD TO RIMBEY
RIMBEY, AB. (May 27th) - Northern Provincial Pipelines Late Model Series Rookie of the Year contender Pete Head was all smiles after a successful test 'n' tune session at Central Alberta Raceways on Saturday. "I needed this big time," says the Whitecourt, Alberta driver, "this was some much needed time on the track." Head suffered catastrophic engine failure at the Castrol Raceway test 'n' tune back on May 5th. "I think I got in only two laps [in Edmonton] and that was it." Head missed the 2012 NPP Season Opener [May 12th]. "I'm definitely looking forward to finally getting my season going." The former resident of Bishops Falls, Newfoundland had three on-track test sessions with his Westpoint Energy Servces #48 Chevrolet in Rimbey, Alberta. "I was a little surprised at the banking. It's a bit of a tricky track but we did a few changes and managed to put in some pretty good laps towards the end."
There
was a bit of a scare during Heads opening test session on the 3/8 mile
Oval track at Central Alberta Raceways. "We started out strong then the
engine started acting up after about 6 laps. I thought 'here we go
again'." Head would pull into the pits and find that a spark plug wire
had come off. "A person could get a little gun shy about using the gas
pedal if stuff keeps breaking." Heads on-track test 'n' tune sessions
were held during the 2012 Season Opener on the Oval at Central Alberta
Raceways.
HOBBY STOCK FEATURE AT CENTRAL ALBERTA RACEWAYS SEASON OPENER
"This is a pretty nice facility," says Head, "looking forward to
returning." Head and his team won't have long to wait as race #2 and #3
of the 2012 NPP Late Model Series Season is Friday and Saturday June
8th and 9th in Rimbey, Alberta.
SHAYLEN RAYE MOTORSPORTS BIG WIN WEEKEND
Lake Stevens,
WA 5/28/12 by Racinghartmedia
It was a busy
weekend for the Shaylen Raye Motorsports #18 Shark Racing Engines powered
Sprint Cars driven by Travis Jacobson. The team started out racing both the 410
and 360 Sprinters at Skagit Speedway Saturday night for the John Carroll
Classic and then headed to Grays Harbor Speedway in Elma for the second night
of the ASCS Northwest Region Series Sunday race.
On Saturday
night the big win was in the 360 Sprint as Travis led every lap of the 360 main
even to win the John Carroll Cup and the extra money paycheck. In winners
circle Travis spoke about what it meant to win the Carroll Classic, “Little
shaky, I owe my whole career to that guy I will never forget him..I am
speechless right now. This team gives me such an awesome ride every week.
Thanks to Mike Anderson and thanks to this team for giving me a chance to win
every time we fire this thing up.”
The 410 was
also on rails Saturday night but the evening ended late in the 410 main with
some mechanical issues with Travis running down the leader.
Off to Elma
for the Sunday race where the team got a bad pill draw and had to work their
way into the A main after completely dominating the B main event. The #18
Shaylen Raye Motorsports ASCS 360 started 17th and had worked their
way up to 7th late in the race. Clearly the team could have been a
top 5 car with lap times consistently faster than the cars in front of him.
Late in the race Travis was challenging for a top 5 spot when he made contact
with a spinning lapped car flipping and ending the evening.
The Shaylen
Raye Motorsports team would like to thank everyone from both of the tracks, the
fans and friends that came down after the races and said such nice things about
the show Travis put on. We love this sport and the support we have from our
fans is greatly appreciated.
Shaylen Raye Motorsports is
sponsored by Doyle
Guffie’s Rallye Auto Sales, Shark Racing Engines, Schaeffer Oil, Shaffer
Concrete, Wilson Concrete, Performance R/C, Anderson Pressure Washing, Meyer
Sign and Advertising, TMM, Burlington Collision, Heavy D, Barlow Escrow,
SpeedMart, Purple Moon Promo, Triple X Race Components, Vick’s Old Gas Pumps,
Complete Equipment Maintenance, and McEvoy Oil Company of Bellingham.
If you are
interested in joining the Shaylen Rae Motorsports team as a sponsor or
marketing partner please call Mike Anderson at 360.6610792. Driver Travis
Jacobson is available for media interviews by calling 425.754.5939. Racer
public relations and media work is available by contacting Racinghartmedia via
email Kelly@racinghartmedia.com or khart78@yahoo.com .
Photo credit
Jim Marshall
Photo
caption: Travis racing at Grays Harbor Raceway.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Wells protects his Crown: wins Memorial Day 100 at Montana
insider@montanaracewaypark.com
In
their first race of the season the Kalispell Toyota Super Late Models
came out fighting. Braeden Havens set fast time in the division with a
13.002. Jeff Little took the trophy dash win. In the B heat race Giles
Thornton made a good showing and headed off Todd Havens to take the
checkers. In the A heat Dave Garber edged out Bodie Morton. In the 100
lap main, Corey Wolfe started on the pole position with David Garber on
his outside. Garber quickly jumped into the lead and held onto first
place until Wrango West started challenging for the lead. The pair
battled for five laps until a caution flag came out for debris on the
track at lap 11. With the cone restart coming out Garber and West lined
up in the front row and challenged each other until lap 17. West
passed Garber and with a lot of open space setup a nice margin between
himself and Garber. Garber held strong and stayed in the top three.
This allowed Bodie Morton to move into second place and try to chase
down West. Half way through the main Alex Lessor and the 2011 Kalispell
Toyota Super Late Model Champion Ryan Wells were coming on strong.
West kept his nice time margin over Morton until lap 67, when a late
race caution came out for debris on the track. This set up a late race
charge as West and Morton lined up on the front row to have it out.
Morton took the high side and sailed around West to take the lead. West
continued to move back allowing Wells, Garber, and Lessor to move up.
Wells started his charge for the lead after taking second position on
lap 75. Wells’ late race push paid off for him in the final ten laps as
he passed Morton on lap 90 and continued strong to the end. In the end
Wells took the checkers followed by Morton in second and Lessor in
third. After the first event in the six race series Wells leads by two
points over Morton.
Some exciting news coming out of the weekend, Circle Track Magazine will be coming to Montana Raceway Park August 11th,
2012 at the G.E.T. Rich at the Montana Gold 212. Circle Track magazine
is the most popular and comprehensive technical magazine dedicated to
oval track racers. Circle Track is embarking on an adventure to the
greatest regions of racing over a four year period. The staff from the
magazine including Senior Technical Editor Bob Bolles will be here with
their special Circle Track Tour bus to talk with racers and fans.
Bolles is eager to learn about our track’s history and generate stories
for the magazine and much more. Mark your calendars and be sure to come
out on August 11th, 2012 and learn more about Circle Track magazine, AMSOIL and all the tour sponsors.
Racing
continues next weekend as Insty Prints and the Flathead Beacon present
the Lucas Oil Super Stocks, Don K Hobby Stocks, Flathead Beacon
Bombers, CHS Legends, and Bandoleros. It is also Kids night and kids
12 and under will be able to get a free ride in a stock car during half
time. Time trials begin at 6pm and racing starts at 7pm. For more
information or to purchase tickets log onto montanaracewaypark.com, call 406-257-RACE (7223), or like us on Facebook.
Montana Raceway Park
Black Star/Parrot Bay
MAIN
Pos No. Name
1 5
2 77 Bo
3 53 Al
4 36 Wr
5 88 Co
6 93 Da
7 1
8 20 To
9 12 Gi
10 27 Tim Elliott
11 44 Jeff Little
12 17 Trev
13 83 Brae
14 14 Don Staggs
15 67 Tim Johnson
Pos No. Name
1 5
2 77 Bo
3 53 Al
4 36 Wr
5 88 Co
6 93 Da
7 1
8 20 To
9 12 Gi
10 27 Tim Elliott
11 44 Jeff Little
12 17 Trev
13 83 Brae
14 14 Don Staggs
15 67 Tim Johnson
Rob "The Rocket" Johnson Wins
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Rob Johnson wins the inaugural Hobby Stock Main event at the Medicine
Hat Speedway with the proverbial meat in the sandwich maneuver and hangs
onto claim the very first ever Hobby Stock Main Event for the start of
the Season in Medicine Hat, AB.
Glenn
Young from Grassy Lake, AB makes his first appearance in Medicine Hat
with the new Renegade Truck Class, but the main event was rained out. So
we will have to wait till June 9th in Medicine Hat to see how things out for Glenn and if Rob “The Rocket” Johnson can repeat success.
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| Rob the Rocket Johnson |
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| Glenn Young from Grassy Lake, Alberta makes his first appearance at Medicine Hat |
HARDING WINS AT EVERGREEN
Close Racing At Western Speedway
By Ken Keating
Western Speedway hosted the return of the Island Stock Cars and the
Richlock Rental Non Wing Sprint Cars for their second appearance of
2012 Saturday night. Also on the card was the season debut for the Island
Dwarf Cars and the Old Time Racing Association for Trophy Dashes, Heat
races, and of course the Feature events. After young Natalie Vardy opened
the evening with her singing of the National Anthem the Dwarf Cars got
the racing going in their Trophy Dash and the action started early.
Mike Meeres seemed to have things going his way but on the last lap
spun out handing the win to Mike Schott. As the field was coming to
the white flag lap in the OTRA Dash, Tom Cinnamon made a move to go
under Larry Joyce for the lead when Joyce spun around. Dennis Morneau
got stopped before he crashed into the spinning car as Cinnamon went
on for the win. Brian Clutchey won his second Trophy Dash in a row as
he took the chequered flag in the Stock Car Series and Chris Root won
the Non Wing Sprint Car Dash. Heat race wins went to Ike Armitage and
Mike Schott in the Dwarf Car Series, Kail Beck and George Jenson won
in the OTRA Heats, Larry Graham and Brian Clutchey prevailed in the
Stock Car Series, and Darryl Morneau and Jeff Bird took the chequered
flag for the Sprint Cars Series.
John McNabb and Miles Maxie shared the front row for the start of
the Dwarf Car Feature event but it was Ike Armitage that grabbed the
lead on the first lap with Maxie and Mike Meeres running second and
third respectively. On lap eight the yellow flag came out as Maxie slid
just a bit and Meeres, with nowhere to go, tagged him spinning Maxie
around. Dave Emmerson, driving the #24 car, also was involved and lost
the radiator ending his night. On the restart, Armitage got away clean
and continued to run in the lead followed by Mike Schott and Bob Greenaway.
On lap fourteen, Meeres passed Greenaway and took over the third spot.
No one had anything for Armitage as he went on to take the chequered
flag in convincing fashion ahead of Schott, and Meeres.
Ron Simpson held the pole as twelve Old Timers lined up for racing
in their Feature event. Kail Beck, from the outside front row grabbed
the lead early as Simpson battled Joe Dardingo for the second position.
On lap four Dardingo moved up to the second position as George "The
Jet" Jenson moved up to run third three laps later. There was a
couple of yellow flags early as Roger Beck spun around in turn three
and then Tom Cinnamon went around after getting the front end of his
car tangled in Jenson's rear bumper thus spinning him around with no
further contact. On lap nine the yellow came out again as Cinnamon lost
the rear tire on his machine and had to be towed off the track. On the
restart, Beck got away to the lead and Jenson moved quickly into the
second spot dropping Dardingo back to third. On lap fourteen, Jenson
was able to get by Beck and into the lead but could not shake the younger
Beck or Dennis Morneau who also moved up to challenge. Over the next
several laps, these three drivers put on quite a show of racing as they
ran door handle to door handle trading positions often. Morneau was
able to actually lead lap twenty-two and three as the side by side racing
continued with Beck still in the mix. Back on lap seventeen, the yellow
came out as Roger Beck was entering turn one his clutch exploded on
his car taking out the bell housing and fly wheel sending parts flying
over the race track. The only other casualty was Joe Dardingo who suffered
a punctured front tire on his car as he ran over some parts. Jenson,
over the last few laps, held off the charge by Morneau and Kail Beck
and went on to the win with Morneau finishing in second and Beck in
third. Larry Joyce and James Miller rounded out the top five. Jenson
explained; "I had to slow down just a bit for those few laps but
put it back together for this win." George is "running for
the cure" this season raising funds to help in the fight against
cancer. An emotional Jenson recalled family members and fellow racers
who have been affected with cancer and "We all need to step up
in this fight" he says. Each of the sponsors of George's car donated
one hundred dollars for the win and all proceeds will be donated to
this very worthy cause.
Chris McInerny and Aaron Wilkie led fifteen cars to the green flag
for the start of the Stock Car Feature event. The first yellow came
out early as the racing was tight and as one car slipped just a bit
caught Brandon Steen sending him in the air and into the turn one wall
and shortly after another slight bauble caught Brian Clutchey spinning
him around in turn one. Everyone was able to avoid major crashes and
continue. Aaron Wilkie was leading until Daryl Crocker moved up and
finally passed for the lead on lap nine as fans were treated to some
great side by side racing with these two drivers. On lap eleven "Hot
Shoe" Cody Aumen moved up and took the third spot and then moved
to second on lap fifteen sending Wilkie back to third. The yellow came
out again as cars tried running three wide going into turn one and this
caused Dave Reside and Lance Wade, driving for Ryan Wade, to spin out.
On the double file restart, Crocker had Aumen on his outside as the
field took the green flag and the tight racing began again up front.
On lap twenty-five Kyle Cottam moved into the mix by taking the third
spot. On lap twenty-six, as Aumen and Crocker were racing side by side,
slight contact sent both leaders around going through turn two bringing
out the caution flag. On the double file restart, Kyle Cottam lined
up with Mike Derepentigny on the front row with Aaron Wilkie and Brandon
Steen back in the mix. Over the remainder of the race, Cottam held off
the challengers and went on to take the chequered flag followed by Brandon
Steen, Cody Aumen, Brian Clutchey, and Lance Wade who all suffered set
backs but was able to drive back to a decent finish in yet another very
competitive race.
Matt and Paul Verhagen shared the front row for the start of thirty
laps of racing in the Non Wing Sprint Car Feature event with Matt getting
the lead early followed quickly by Dale Robinson. On lap two, Mark Stuart
moved up to run third and then passed while Robinson took over the lead
two laps later. On lap five, Stuart moved into the second spot as Chris
Root was coming forward taking the third spot on lap seven dropping
Verhagen back to fourth. On lap nine Stuart took the lead dropping Robinson
back to second. On lap twelve, Root moved up to the second spot leaving
Robinson and Verhagen to battle behind them. On lap nineteen, Jeff Bird
moved up to try and challenge Robinson for the third spot. Up front,
Stuart had opened a very large lead over the rest of the field. On lap
twenty-five, Bird reined in Robinson and went by for the third spot
and tried to reel in Root for second. Time and laps ran out as no one
had anything for Stuart who took his second win of the season in the
Ricklock Rentals Non Wing Sprint Cars. Root, Bird, Robinson, and Matt
Verhagen rounded out the top five positions. Willow and Chahala were
on hand for each Trophy presentation throughout the evening.
The next event, at Western Speedway and sponsored by IslandCarBuyers.com
is on June 2nd that will feature the Goldstream News Demo Cars, Demo
Trucks, Figure 8s, and the Bombers. There is a popular van chase also
scheduled for this event. Qualifying takes place at 5:30 PM and racing
begins at 6:30 PM.
SARATOGA SPEEDWAY
ogopogo McDuff canucksrock@hotmail.com
#02 Daryl Cahill dominated the 35 lap feature for the Hornet Cars on Saturday, leading all but 4 laps and taking home his second straight main event win, inching his way closer to catching his brother #08 Daryn Cahill for 1st overall in the points race. The I.M.C.A Modifieds, Bomber cars and the Motorcycles were also on the racing card on Saturday.
The Hornet cars were racing
for the second weekend in a row on Saturday. #07 Brandon Phillips set
fast time in qualifying with a time of 18.273. The Hornet cars had 3
dashes on Saturday, with the C going to #59 Mike Ryce, the B going to
#14 Kyle Fallowfield and finally the A going to #08 Daryn Cahill. #81
Jeremy Stormo battled his way from the back to win the B heat, with the A
heat going to #01 Kevin Lawrenuk. The 35 lap feature main event was
dominated by #02 Daryl Cahill who was relatively quiet all night up
until the main event. Daryl took the lead on lap 4 and stretched his
lead from there, lapping several cars in his path. #01 Kevin Lawrenuk
tried to keep up with Cahill but was never able to make a pass on him.
Kevin and Jennifer Lawrenuk would battle for 2nd and 3rd with brother
Kevin eventually taking home 2nd, with 3rd going to Jennifer.
Extra
laps...Next weekend Marine Harvest will be sponsoring a great night of
racing featured by the Crash to Pass cars, Roadrunners and the Hornet
cars. June 16th will be featuring our annual Car tossing competition,
which is one of the more popular events at the Speedway. The record for
the car tossing competition is 64 feet 6 inches set back in 2008; the
Crash to Pass cars, Hornet cars and Roadrunners will also be on the
racing card, so make sure to mark your calenders for these great race
nights and many others this season.
JOHN CARROLL CLASSIC AT SKAGIT SPEEDWAY
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Alger, WA 5/26/12 by
Kelly Hart
Every year on Memorial Day Weekend race fans gather at
Skagit Speedway for the John Carroll Classic presented by Industrial Resources
Incorporated of Clear Lake, WA.. An evening of racing in the name of former
Skagit Speedway Sprint Car racer John Carroll. After opening ceremonies
including memorial laps for fallen racers and in honor of Big John racing
action was underway for the Sprint Cars , Outlaw Hornets and USAC Midgets.
Qualifying started the evening with fast time in the 410 Sprints
going to Jason Solwold at 11.439 seconds and Kenny Rutz in the 360 Sprints at 12.072.
In 410 Sprint action the heat race winners were Kevin Smith and
Trevor Turnbull. Eric Fisher came into the night as the point leader and left
the night the same way by picking up the 25-lap main event win. Fisher
celebrated his 27th birthday as well as the win. Jason Solwold and
Trevor Turnbull rounded out the top 3 finishers.
For the 360 Sprints the heat race winners were Michael
Harris and Trevor Turnbull. A few years back it was John Carroll who gave
Travis Jacobson his first full time ride in a sprint car and Jacobson paid it
back with tonights win as he led all 25 laps for the victory.
Sportsman Sprint heat race wins went to Clayton Sibley,
Roger Oudman and Steve Parker. The main event took awhile to get underway as
spins and collisions prevented a clean start the first few times. Once it got
underway Steve Parker took off with rookies Skyler Pawlowicz and Zach McCabe in
tow. Numerous yellows dotted the rest of the race but Parker held on for his
first win of the season.
Outlaw Hornet heat race winners were Matt Ploeg and Freddie
Vela. Starting from the front row with the invert of 4 Cliff Ballenger
dominated the Outlaw Hornet 17-lap main event. Ballenger beat fast closing
Tyler Ketchum and teammate Freddie Vela to the checkered flag.
Making their first visit of the 2012 season was the USAC
Midgets. The USAC Midgets are the newest racing division at Skagit Speedway to
be racing for a Season Champion. This was the first of four scheduled races on
the season. Garrett Johnson won the heat. In the main event Jared Peterson held
off a charging Johnson for the last 12 laps to claim the first ever USAC Midget
main at Skagit Speedway. Peterson beat Johnson by less than a thousandth of a
second at the finish line, side by side
up against the fence at the stripe.
Next week at ASA Member Track Skagit Speedway all three
divisions of Sprint Cars and Outlaw Hornets return for round 7 of the Foothills
Toyota Tundra Racing Series. Grandstands open at 5:30pm with racing following
opening ceremonies at 7:00pm.
RESULTS
410 Sprints
Fast time Jason Solwold 11.439
Heat 1 Kevin Smith, Barry Martinez, Eric Fisher, Solwold,
Jonathan Jorgenson
Heat 2 Trevor Turnbull, Travis Jacobson, Liam Ryan, Josh
Edson, Daniel Anderson
Main Eric Fisher, Solwold, Turnbull, Martinez, Anderson, Jorgenson,
Jacobson, Edson, Smith, Ryan
Lap leaders Eric Fisher 1-25
Hard Charger Daniel Anderson +5 positions gained
360 Sprints
Fast time Kenny Rutz 12.072
Heat 1 Michael Harris, Devin Madonia, Rutz, Alan Munn, Steve
James
Heat 2 Trevor Turnbull, Randy Price, Travis Jacobson, Bud
Ashe, Mack Brown
Main Travis Jacobson, Madonia, Mack Brown, Rutz, Turnbull,
Munn, Jorgenson, Ashe, James, Price, Jensen, Harris
Lap leaders Travis Jacobson 1-25
Hard Charger Mack Brown +7 positions gained
Sportsman Sprints
Heat 1 Clayton Sibley, Skyler Pawlowicz, Derek Roberts, Cale
Brooke, James Bundy
Heat 2 Roger Oudman, Zach McCabe, Ben Gunderson, Bill Rude,
Dylan Dunham
Heat 3 Steve Parker, Cory Swatzina, Rob Schroder, Dave Mead,
Curtis Clarke
Main Steve Parker, Pawlowicz, McCabe, Roberts, Swatzina,
Clark, Oudman, Bundy, Fox, Dunham,
Sibley, Brooke, Hopkins, Lewellen, Tyra, Rude, Thibert, Schroder, Gunderson
Lap leaders Steve Parker 1-20
Hard Charger Curtis Clark +6 positions gained
Outlaw Hornets
Heat 1Matt Ploeg, Brian Michelson, Michael Powers, Bren Futrelle,
Tyler Ketchum
Heat 2 Freddie Vela, Cliff Ballenger, Rick Young, Jon
Gunderson, Jon Edwards
Main Cliff Ballenger, Ketchum, Vela, Young, Powers, Edwards,
Vos, Berg, Graul, Thibert, Ploeg, Futrelle, Meins, Boudreau, Gunderson, Toth,
Michelson
Lap leaders Cliff Ballenger 1-17
Hard Charger Tyler Ketchum +7 positions gained
USAC Midgets
Heat 1 Garrett Johnson, Chase Goetz, Jared Peterson, 3g, 91,
3s, 21, 3h
Main Jared Peterson, Johnson, Thomas, Goetz, Hartman,
Lindquist
Lap leaders Jared Peterson 1-20
Hard Charger Garrett Thomas + 3 positions gained
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Self Captures First K&N West Win At Brainerd
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Chases Down Kwasniewski To Take Lead In Closing Laps
BRAINERD, Minn. (May 26, 2012) –
Michael Self scored his first career win in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West with a victory in the Brainerd 125 at Brainerd
International Raceway on Saturday.
The
21-year-old from Park City, Utah chased down Dylan Kwasniewski in the
closing stages of the 50-lap race on the 2.5-mile road course
and took the lead coming to the white flag. Kwasniewski, who had
dominated the competition, was battling transmission issues as the race
wound down.
Self
had run in third behind teammates Kwasniewski and Greg Pursley for most
of the race. He picked off Pursley with 10 laps to go and
then overcame more than a three-second deficit to get to the lead. He
made the move past Kwasniewski entering Turn 9 on the 48th lap and
pulled away in the No. 21 Rockwell/Golden Gate Meat/RCR Chevrolet to win
by a margin of 4.859 seconds.
Despite
the mechanical problems, Kwasniewski held on to finish second. Pursley
was third, with Derek Thorn fourth and David Mayhew fifth.
Completing the top 10 were Eric Holmes, Jonathon Gomez, Austin Dyne,
Dylan Hutchison and Carl Harr.
With
his win, Self locked up a spot in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at
the UNOH Battle At The Beach at Daytona (Fla.) International
Speedway next February during Speedweeks.
The Brainerd event was the sixth event on a 15-race schedule and the second of four road course races for the series this year.
The
next event on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule will be the
Star Nursery 200 at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on
Saturday, June 2.
For more information, contact:
Kevin W. Green
NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES WEST-Brainerd 125 Unofficial Results
Saturday
At Brainerd International Raceway
Brainerd, MN
Lap length: 2.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Michael Self, Park City, UT, Chevrolet, 50 laps, 80.819 mph.
2. (1) Dylan Kwasniewski, Las Vegas, NV, Ford, 50.
3. (2) Greg Pursley, Newhall, CA, Ford, 50.
4. (4) Derek Thorn, Lakeport, CA, Ford, 50.
5. (3) David Mayhew, Atascadero, CA, Chevrolet, 50.
6. (5) Eric Holmes, Escalon, CA, Toyota, 50.
7. (8) Jonathon Gomez, Twin Falls, ID, Chevrolet, 50.
8. (6) Austin Dyne, Malibu, Calif., Ford, 50.
9. (14) Dylan Hutchison, Fair Oaks, CA, Chevrolet, 49.
10. (10) Carl Harr, Edmonton, Alberta, Chevrolet, 49.
11. (12) Daryl Harr, Edmonton, Alberta, Chevrolet, 49.
12. (7) Cameron Hayley, Calgary, Alberta, Toyota, 49.
13. (11) Brett Thompson, Jerome, Idaho, Chevrolet, 48.
14. (13) Ryan Philpott, Tracy, CA, Ford, 48.
15. (16) John Wood, Eagle, ID, Dodge, 47.
16. (17) Jack Sellers, Sacramento, CA, Chevrolet, 47.
17. (18) Chris Evans, Toyota, 44.
18. (15) Ronnie Jay, Victoria, British Columbia, Ford, 31, transmission.
19. (19) Anthony Giannone, Colorado Sprgs, Colo., Chevrolet, 6, accident.
Open-wheelers return to MVS with a vengeance Saturday
by Jon Brown, MERIDIAN, Idaho — Long deprived of the speed, thrill
and thunder of winged open-wheel action, Magic Valley race fans can get
their fix in serious fashion Saturday night.The Canadian-American Western Winged Sprintcar Series starts its inaugural season with the opening night of the Northwest Asphalt Speedweek at Magic Valley Speedway on Saturday.
Tickets are $18 for adults with varying discounts for military personnel with ID, senior citizens, and children ages 7-11. Children 6 and younger get in free. A family pass good for two adults and up to four children ages 7-11 costs $46. Fans can save $3 off the adult admission price by ordering tickets online at www.wingedsprintcars.com.
Call (208) 888-2813 for more event information. Details of other races in the Western Winged Sprints Series can be found at www.wingedsprintcars.com.
The top racers from western Canada, Oregon, Washington, the Treasure Valley and Utah roll into Twin Falls to take part in the first organized open-wheel show at Magic Valley Speedway in several years.
“It’s a new venue, and it’s something fun to do. We’re thinking outside the box for this event,” series organizer Adam Nelson said.
“We’re excited that (Magic Valley promoter) Eddy McKean would invite the Western Winged Sprintcars to race at his facility.”
Among the drivers making the tow is Magic Valley track record-holder Sierra Jackson. The Middleton driver will use Saturday’s MVS show and a Memorial Day Western Winged Sprints race at Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley City, Utah, as a tuneup for her defense of the Bob and Tom Naylor Memorial and Diamond Cup championships back at her home track at Meridian Speedway.
The Naylor on Wednesday and the BOB 96.1 FM Diamond Cup on Friday-Saturday, June 1-2, serve as the final races of Northwest Asphalt Speedweek, all of which feature Western Winged Sprints points races as well as races in the Idaho-Utah Challenge Series.
An open practice beginning at 5 p.m. Friday at Magic Valley precedes the Saturday show. Qualifying on Saturday starts at 5 p.m. followed by racing at 6:30 p.m.
In addition to the Western Winged Sprints, Meridian Speedway points races for the Pit Stop Drive Thru Super Stocks and Tates Hornets will be held Saturday in Twin Falls.
Nelson, who also serves as ASA-sanctioned Meridian Speedway’s managing partner, expects about a dozen race teams from the Boise area as well as five teams from Canada, about 10 from the Salt Lake City area and some of the top drivers from the ASA Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association, which pulls drivers from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
Jackson is the reigning NSRA champion and shared the Diamond Cup championship with Matt Hein last year. Hein and fellow Roseburg, Ore., racer Andy Alberding could be among the West Coast racers in action for Northwest Asphalt Speedweek. The NSRA is co-sanctioning the Diamond Cup in Meridian at the end of the week.
Other Boise-area drivers to look for during Speedweek include reigning Meridian track champion Mike Murgoitio and top 2011 NSRA rookie Johnny Giesler, both of whom call Meridian home. Another Meridian racer, Bryan Warf, is expected to compete, too.
Some of the top Utah drivers expected to compete include Jimmy Waters, Ryan Burdett and T.J. Thorne.
Canadian standouts expected to make the tow include Ron Larson, Matt Mansell, Darren Yates, Scotty Almond and perhaps Jeff Montgomery.
Paraplegic race car driver is living the dream
When he is not behind the wheel, Quesnel's Trevor Adelman sings in a country rock band
Trevor Adelman had a new race car built at Harding Motorsports in Langley for this year's season.
This is the 26-year-old's fourth race car, and was built with a modified door that hinges down so he can get in and out of the driver's seat. In addition, the race car is equipped with hand controls so Adelman can run the car on asphalt with 30 or so other race cars at up to 140 m.p.h. (225 km/h) depending on the track. He goes to the race track in a wheelchair.
Adelman says he's living the dream, working with his closest childhood friends from Quesnel building the race car in the shop owned by NASCAR champion Pete Harding that is operated by his son Shane, also a NASCAR champion and race car builder.
The car was completed in time for Adelman to start his fourth racing season in the ARCA OK Tire Sports-man Series. He'll be racing tomorrow in Williams Lake.
He grew up helping his father Dennis work on race cars and started his own driving career at the age of 16 at Quesnel's Gold Pan Speedway. He had been racing for three years when a car accident in 2004 broke his back and rendered him a paraplegic at the age of 19. He was a passenger in a car full of teenagers returning from a camping trip when the driver lost control. The car rolled into a ditch and Adel-man was thrown from the car.
After the accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, he was sent to the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver. He couldn't wait to get back behind the wheel. So, with the help of his family, he purchased a supercharged 2001 Pontiac GTP and equipped it with hand controls so he could check himself out of the centre every night to go driving.
Adelman talks about the amazing community support when he returned home to Quesnel.
"My friends told me, if I could drive a car, I could go racing," he says. "Then they built me a race car."
The 1982 Monte Carlo purchased locally had already been a race car. Thus, NFA (No Feet Adelman) Racing was born. The crew consists of crew chief Warren Dagenais, Shaun Quechuck and Justin Grouette (setup), James McKelvie (fabrication) and Jason McAndrews (mechanical).
They welded in a roll bar with a hinged access door and headed to Gold Pan Speedway for the 2005 sea-son opener. But the major obstacles were not to be on the track. Other drivers and track operators didn't think it was a good idea to have a paraplegic racing.
"They just hadn't seen that before," Adelman recalls. "But we showed up and went racing."
In the first lap of his second race, his car got squeezed between two others, hit the wall and rolled upside down. "You could have heard a pin drop at the track," he says. "I was all right. But the car was a write off."
Crew chief Dagenais responded by saying: "I guess we're building you a new car."
Back competing in 2007, Adelman was able to put up some great finishes on the northern tracks in Quesnel, Williams Lake and Prince George. He led the points at his home track for the entire 2008 season. But his car developed mechanical problems in the last race of the year and he finished fifth overall.
This is the 26-year-old's fourth race car, and was built with a modified door that hinges down so he can get in and out of the driver's seat. In addition, the race car is equipped with hand controls so Adelman can run the car on asphalt with 30 or so other race cars at up to 140 m.p.h. (225 km/h) depending on the track. He goes to the race track in a wheelchair.
Adelman says he's living the dream, working with his closest childhood friends from Quesnel building the race car in the shop owned by NASCAR champion Pete Harding that is operated by his son Shane, also a NASCAR champion and race car builder.
The car was completed in time for Adelman to start his fourth racing season in the ARCA OK Tire Sports-man Series. He'll be racing tomorrow in Williams Lake.
He grew up helping his father Dennis work on race cars and started his own driving career at the age of 16 at Quesnel's Gold Pan Speedway. He had been racing for three years when a car accident in 2004 broke his back and rendered him a paraplegic at the age of 19. He was a passenger in a car full of teenagers returning from a camping trip when the driver lost control. The car rolled into a ditch and Adel-man was thrown from the car.
After the accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, he was sent to the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver. He couldn't wait to get back behind the wheel. So, with the help of his family, he purchased a supercharged 2001 Pontiac GTP and equipped it with hand controls so he could check himself out of the centre every night to go driving.
Adelman talks about the amazing community support when he returned home to Quesnel.
"My friends told me, if I could drive a car, I could go racing," he says. "Then they built me a race car."
The 1982 Monte Carlo purchased locally had already been a race car. Thus, NFA (No Feet Adelman) Racing was born. The crew consists of crew chief Warren Dagenais, Shaun Quechuck and Justin Grouette (setup), James McKelvie (fabrication) and Jason McAndrews (mechanical).
They welded in a roll bar with a hinged access door and headed to Gold Pan Speedway for the 2005 sea-son opener. But the major obstacles were not to be on the track. Other drivers and track operators didn't think it was a good idea to have a paraplegic racing.
"They just hadn't seen that before," Adelman recalls. "But we showed up and went racing."
In the first lap of his second race, his car got squeezed between two others, hit the wall and rolled upside down. "You could have heard a pin drop at the track," he says. "I was all right. But the car was a write off."
Crew chief Dagenais responded by saying: "I guess we're building you a new car."
Back competing in 2007, Adelman was able to put up some great finishes on the northern tracks in Quesnel, Williams Lake and Prince George. He led the points at his home track for the entire 2008 season. But his car developed mechanical problems in the last race of the year and he finished fifth overall.
For 2009, he took a
huge step up with a new car purchased in Peach-land to compete in the
ARCA OK Tire Sportsmen's Series with late-model stock cars weighing
3,100 pounds (1,406 kg) that go up to 225 km/h.
The B.C. race tour took him to Vernon, Agassiz and north central tracks with a race car that could compete anywhere in North America. He had a few minor sponsors from Quesnel. But travel costs for a crew of five and the need to buy four new tires for every race ate up the money and limited the team from entering more than five races.
"It costs about $3,000 a weekend," Adelman estimates.
He was voted the most improved driver for the 2010 season and finished in the top 10 of 25 cars for the 2011 ARCA Race Series. Along the way he met Shane Harding.
"I was amazed at what these guys do," Harding says. "They have to work twice as hard as everyone else and still they are real competitors."
This spring, a new race car was built from scratch at the Harding Motor-sports shop in Langley. Adelman and his crew stayed on site in a rented motor home while working with Harding to put the car together with a frame shipped from Port City Racing in Michigan. The car has been fit-ted with simple hand controls: pull for gas and push for brake. The budget for this year's racing is $80,000, including the cost of the new car.
"We have raised about half through sponsorships and the sale of merchandise," Adelman notes. "We still need more sponsorship help to keep racing."
Big sponsors this year include Bab-con Industries and Brody Lawrence Contracting, K2 Courier Services, Huska Construction, all of Quesnel, with Northern Energy Constructors of Prince George just signing on. Adel-man's Vancouver personal injury lawyer, David Doig, is also a sponsor.
Pete Harding donated space in his shop to build the new race car and Shane Harding helped build the car at cost with no profit.
"I really admire what this crew does," he says.
Adelman will compete on B.C. tracks this summer and hopes to enter the Fall Classic Race in Las Vegas.
"My friends and family have been amazing," he says with special gratitude to his parents, sisters and grand-parents on both sides of the family. "We have tons of fans and are a favourite at every track" He and his crew plan to trailer the new race car to the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre in August "to show people that, despite what happens, you can make your life worthwhile."
In his spare time, Adelman sings in the country rock band Rockin' Chair and has opened for country stars Travis Tritt and Aaron Pritchett.
"I wouldn't trade where anything for where I am at today," he says. "I'm truly living the dream."
The best may be yet to come.
For more information, contact nfa-racing@ hotmail.com or Trevor Adelman on Facebook. Alyn Edwards is a classic car enthusiast and partner in Peak Communicators, a Vancouver-based public relations company. Contact him at aedwards@peakco.com
The B.C. race tour took him to Vernon, Agassiz and north central tracks with a race car that could compete anywhere in North America. He had a few minor sponsors from Quesnel. But travel costs for a crew of five and the need to buy four new tires for every race ate up the money and limited the team from entering more than five races.
"It costs about $3,000 a weekend," Adelman estimates.
He was voted the most improved driver for the 2010 season and finished in the top 10 of 25 cars for the 2011 ARCA Race Series. Along the way he met Shane Harding.
"I was amazed at what these guys do," Harding says. "They have to work twice as hard as everyone else and still they are real competitors."
This spring, a new race car was built from scratch at the Harding Motor-sports shop in Langley. Adelman and his crew stayed on site in a rented motor home while working with Harding to put the car together with a frame shipped from Port City Racing in Michigan. The car has been fit-ted with simple hand controls: pull for gas and push for brake. The budget for this year's racing is $80,000, including the cost of the new car.
"We have raised about half through sponsorships and the sale of merchandise," Adelman notes. "We still need more sponsorship help to keep racing."
Big sponsors this year include Bab-con Industries and Brody Lawrence Contracting, K2 Courier Services, Huska Construction, all of Quesnel, with Northern Energy Constructors of Prince George just signing on. Adel-man's Vancouver personal injury lawyer, David Doig, is also a sponsor.
Pete Harding donated space in his shop to build the new race car and Shane Harding helped build the car at cost with no profit.
"I really admire what this crew does," he says.
Adelman will compete on B.C. tracks this summer and hopes to enter the Fall Classic Race in Las Vegas.
"My friends and family have been amazing," he says with special gratitude to his parents, sisters and grand-parents on both sides of the family. "We have tons of fans and are a favourite at every track" He and his crew plan to trailer the new race car to the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre in August "to show people that, despite what happens, you can make your life worthwhile."
In his spare time, Adelman sings in the country rock band Rockin' Chair and has opened for country stars Travis Tritt and Aaron Pritchett.
"I wouldn't trade where anything for where I am at today," he says. "I'm truly living the dream."
The best may be yet to come.
For more information, contact nfa-racing@ hotmail.com or Trevor Adelman on Facebook. Alyn Edwards is a classic car enthusiast and partner in Peak Communicators, a Vancouver-based public relations company. Contact him at aedwards@peakco.com
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Ryan and Planko Thrill Deming Crowd
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5/25/12
Liam
Ryan and Brayden Planko provided the on track fireworks on a beautiful
night at Deming Speedway. On Les Schwab night, Ryan and Planko thrilled
the crowd with their close, nose to tail and side by side racing in the
600 feature that was won by Liam. Other feature winners included Tyson
Cross in the 1200s, Rachel Westmoreland in the 600 Restricted and Jesse
Schlotfeldt in the Jr Sprints.
Once
again, the Hoosier Speedmart 600 main event was a barnburner of an
affair, as Brayden Planko and Liam Ryan went toe to toe like two
champion prize fighters for the feature win. With Planko on the bottom
and Ryan riding the cushion, the pair went wheel to wheel for the first
10 laps of the feature before encountering heavy traffic. With slower
cars approaching, Ryan made a bonsai move up and around Planko coming
out of two, then dove to the inside of three to slam the door and secure
the lead on lap 13. After an ensuing caution flag, Ryan jetted away
from the pack to capture the win, with Planko taking second and Derek
Torkelson finishing third. Spud Allen set quick time and heat wins went
to Brock Lemley, Jared Peterson, Greg Hamilton and Dougie James.
Tyson
Cross had his car on absolute rails en route to a wire to wire win in
the 1200 division. Cross took off on the initial start and enjoyed a
full straightaway lead or more for the duration of the contest. Spud
Allen came up the field to finish second and Eric Turner was the fastest
qualifier and third place finisher. Heat wins went to Eric Drake, Allen
and Steven Hendrickson.
Rachel
Westmoreland made her front row starting position pay off, as the young
lady racer led all 25 laps of the 600 Restricted feature to take her
first win of the season. Rachel also set quick time, and was followed to
the line by Austin Sheridan and Chance Crum. Tristan Thomas, Brandee
Wood and Ashley Thompson were the heat race winners.
Jesse Schlotfeldt sliced and diced his way through the field to pick up his 5th feature win of the year. Jesse came from his 6th
place starting spot to take the win ahead of Eli Schmidt and Sawyer
Sorgenfrei. Schmidt and Bradley Parks won the heat races. Schlotfeldt
set quick time.
Kasey Kahne Junior Sprints
Fast Time – Jesse Schlotfeldt 13.163
Heat 1 – Eli Schmidt
Heat 2 – Bradley Parks
Main
– Jesse Schlotfeldt, Eli Schmidt, Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Tyson Lemley,
Lynden Lebedinski, Bradley Parks, Peyton Hagen, Haley Constance, Allison
Johnson, Haylee Bloodgood
Lap Leaders – Schmidt 1-8 Schlotfeldt 9-15
600 Restricted
Fast Time – Rachel Westmoreland 11.159
Heat 1 – Tristan Thomas
Heat 2 – Brandee Wood
Heat 3 – Ashley Thompson
Main
– Rachel Westmoreland, Austin Sheridan, Chance Crum, Brandee Wood,
Tristan Thomas, Jake Helsel, Dylan Resch, Ashleigh Johnson, Spencer
Constance, Tanner Reid, Kaitlyn Hammer, Tatum Pospical, Eli Schmidt, Ian
Humphries, Kyle Mitchell, Ashley Thompson, JJ Thomas, Hannah Lindquist,
Riley Watkins
Lap Leaders – Westmoreland 1-25
1200s
Fast Time – Eric Turner 10546
Heat 1 – Eric Drake
Heat 2 – Spud Allen
Heat 3 – Steven Hendrickson
Main
– Tyson Cross, Spud Allen, Eric Turner, Eric Drake, Aaron Fell, Clennon
Holloway, Liam Ryan, Steven Hendrickson, Wade Spreckelmeyer, Forest
Metcalfe, Jared Gunderson, Zach Keefe, Tony Helsel, Kyle Kenoyer
Lap Leaders – Cross 1-25
Hoosier Speedmart 600s
Fast Time – Spud Allen 10.334
Heat 1 – Brock Lemley
Heat 2 – Jared Peterson
Heat 3 – Greg Hamilton
Heat 4 – Dougie James
B Main – Austin Sheridan, Jerrod Saddler, Kyle Oman, Kevin Wilkinson, Nate Vaughn, Tom Hovind, Alden Ostrom
A
Main – Liam Ryan, Brayden Planko, Derek Torkelson, Brandon Turner,
Brock Lemley, Jared Peterson, Chase Schmidt, Spud Allen, Dougie James,
Kelly Mauck, Alex Gauthier, Dustin O’Brien, Jacob Brown, Robie Price,
Kyle Oman, Austin Sheridan, Jerrod Saddler, Bill Mercer, Kevin
Wilkinson, Greg Hamilton
Lap Leaders – Planko 1-12 Ryan 13-25
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