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Attention LunkerDaddy Late Models an update has been posted on the rules page, click here to view it. Racing this weekend at Chowchilla Speedway! LunkerDaddy Tri-Holiday Classic CHOWCHILLA SPEEDWAY #3 LABOR DAY RACE (SUN) SEPTEMBER 5TH 2010 PITS 1 PM ---STANDS 3PM--- Wheel Pack 3pm – RACING APPROXIMATELY 4PM WESTERN MODIFIEDS; SUPER STREETS; HOBBY STOCKS (2 TRACK CHALLENGE); DWARF CARS; 4-BANGERS (2 TRACK CHALLENGE) Grandstand Tickets for the Holiday Classic Races are $13 for adults, $9 for youth, and kids five and under are free with a paying adult Matt Speed / 9.2.10 Media Relations / Chowchilla Speedway Round Three of the LunkerDaddy Tri-Holiday Classic Sunday afternoon September 5th the Chowchilla Speedway will come to life with the best drivers in central California putting it all on the line in an attempt to win the three race Tri-Holiday LunkerDaddy Championship. There are five different racing divisions competing for their own championships, they are the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Hobby Stocks, 4-Bangers and Dwarfs. In addition to the championship and the bonus money that comes with the title of Tri-Holiday Champion, drivers are competing for some of the biggest prize money of the year this Sunday. In the first two LunkerDaddy Tri-Holiday races thirty two different modified drivers have competed and it is Mitch Enos with a slim lead over Troy Foulger, Bob Williamson, Andrew Krumm, Jeff Streeter and Ray Mayer for the championship. In the Super Stocks there have been fifteen different drivers compete in the Tri-Holiday Classic and it is Mike Shepherd leading with Steven Hannah, Chuck Crews, Donnie Shearer, Mike Calhoun and Chris Smith right on his back bumper for the championship. The Hobby Stocks have enjoyed twenty three of the best hobby stock drivers found anywhere, and it is Ryan Larimer and Shane Hausmann tied for the point race in this battle for the title. Right behind that duo is Marshell Weaver, Robbie Laquaci, Shannon Marlow and Jarod Fast. Twenty seven different 4-Bangers have taken the track during round one and two of the Tri-Holiday Classic and it is Flying Fred Ryland with a slim lead over Joe Willoughby, Paul "Mr. Smooth" Thornburn, Paul Espino, Adriane DeSousa, Jimmy Woods and Tim Elias. In the Dwarf division Ryan Winter is tied with Ryan Diatte, followed by Josh Pires, Doug Martin, and Walt Hotchkiss. Great fun and great racing, come out and see who will be crowned the LunkerDaddy Tri-Holiday Champion! The pits open at 1pm, grandstands open at 3pm, with racing beginning around 4pm. Adult tickets are $13, youth are $9, and kids five and under are free. RESULTS FOR AUGUST 28th 2010 KIDS NIGHT RESULTS FOR AUGUST 28th 2010 KIDS NIGHT BIG WHEEL KIDS RACE GROUP 1 Brandon Hurst William Guthrie Jacob Howe GROUP 2 Nicholas Behrens Emma Howe Jenna Mower GROUP 3 Alex Pulido Kalen Rotella Tyler Holden LUNKERDADDY LATE MODELS: FAST TIME: 42 MATT ERICKSON 15.759 MAIN EVENT 42 Matt Erickson 25 Elliott Stjerne 41 Howard Holden 81x Ray Mayer 72 Kenneth Johnson 22x Larry Pasquale 7 Britt Wasson TROPHY DASH 1. 41 Howard Holden 2. 42 Matt Erickson 3. 25 Elliott Stjerne 4. 22x Larry Pasquale NCMA FAST TIME: 76 ED AMADOR 14.607 MAIN EVENT: 3 David Goodwill 76 Ed Amador U2 Thomas Leiby 15 Justin Kawahata 10 Carl Mott 17 Bob Hammond 98 William Logan TROPHY DASH 3 David Goodwill 76 Ed Amador U@ Thomas Leiby 15 Justin Kawahata TOYOTA SEDANS: FAST TIME: 99 STAN HANKINS MAIN EVENT 100 Donnie Large Jr. 26 Del McIntosh 68 Jesse Ruckman 99 Stan Hankins 2 Donnie Large 8 Don Davey N/L JASON KERNS TROPHY DASH 26 Del McIntosh 100 Donnie Large Jr. 99 Stan Hankins N/L JASON KERNS MST FAST TIME: 37 JOHN BOWERSOX 16.989 MAIN EVENT: 1. 37 John Bowersox 2. 100 Donnie Large 3. 11 John McCollum Jr. 4. 40 John McCollum Sr. 5. 6 Rick Roberts Sr. 6. 28 Arron Reeves 77 Kevin Thompson DQ All events DASH: 37 John Bowersox 100 Donnie Large 11 John McCollum Jr 4- BANGERS MAIN EVENTS; 14 Miles Humphreys 4 Sam Williams ® 26 Michael Congdon ® 22.5 Scott Simmons DASH: 14 Miles Humphreys 26 Michael Congdon 4 Sam Willimas ® 22.5 Scott Simmons HOBBY STOCKS FAST TIME: 14 LLOYD BAMPING 18.845 MAIN 1. 14 Lloyd Bamping 2. 42 Chuck Aguirre N/L Willie Guthrie Dave Doyle Lettie Liles DASH 1. 14 Lloyd Bamping 2. 42 Chuck Aguirre N/L Willie Guthrie Dave Doyle RESULTS FOR AUGUST 14TH 2010 PRESENTED by MIDLAND TRACTOR 4TH ANNUAL BOOTS AND BIKINI NIGHT LUNKERDADDY LATE MODELS: FAST TIME: 42 MATT ERICKSON 16.281 MAIN EVENT 25 Elliott Stjerne 42 Matt Erickson 41 Howard Holden 22x Larry Pasquale 73 Garland Tyler 7 Britt Wasson 72 Kenneth Johnson 81x Ray Mayer 23 Tim Turin DNS 45 Jason Aguirre TROPHY DASH 42 Matt Erickson 45 Jason Aguirre 41 Howard Holden 25 Elliott Stjerne NCMA FAST TIME: U2 THOMAS LEIBY 14.548 MAIN EVENT: 76 Ed Amador 3 David Goodwill 17 Bob Hammond U2 Thomas Leiby 15 Justin Kawahata 17b David Burchett 6 Denny Burrell TROPHY DASH 76 Ed Amador 3 David Goodwill U@ Thomas Leiby 77b David Burchett TOYOTA SEDANS: FAST TIME: 100 DONNIE LARGE 18.322 MAIN EVENT 100 Donnie Large 26 Del McIntosh 99 Stan Hankins 2 Donnie Large Jr. 8 Don Davey TROPHY DASH 26 Del McIntosh 100 Donnie Large 99 Stan Hankins 2 Donnie Large Jr. MST (OFFICIAL) FAST TIME: 37 JOHN BOWERSOX 17.115 MAIN EVENT: 1. 37 John Bowersox 2. 77 Kevin Thompson 3. 100 Donnie Large 4. 11 John McCollum Jr. DASH: 37 John Bowersox 77 Kevin Thompson 100 Donnie Large 11 John McCollum Jr 4- BANGERS Dash 14 MILES HUMPHREYS 26 MICHAEL CONGDON ® 4 SAM WILLIAMS ® Main 1. 14 MILES HUMPHREYS 2. 4 SAM WILLIAMS ® 3. 26 MICHAEL CONGDON Gremlins Abound in Super Saturday Five by Gerald Laurie There was no full moon aloft over Madera Speedway Saturday Night, but the happenings in the Supermodified Feature Event had everyone scanning the skies for a bright lunar orb. More on that later. Madera’s fifth big Open Wheel Event of the season featured the Open Supermodifieds and the 360 Supermodifieds as usual. In addition, the Sprint Cars of the USAC Western States Series were added as a bonus to the fans. All of the open wheel groups ran a full program of time trials, dashes, heat races, and features. The Sprints qualified first among the open wheelers with Tony Hunt fastest on the 1/3 mile oval at 13.628 seconds. Luis Ramos III at 13.674 and Scott Pierovich at 13.734 rounded out the top three. The 360 Supermodifieds were paced by Kenny Kinchen with a lap of 13.359 seconds followed by Kyle Vanderpool at 13.649, and Willie Northammer at 14.066. The Open Supermodifieds were the final challengers to the clock with Lonnie Adamson in control at 12.504, followed by Jim Birges at 12.572, and Kody Swanson at 12.710. The Sprint Car Trophy Dash lined up with Tanner Swanson and Scott Pierovich on the front row and Luis Ramos and Tony Hunt in the back. Swanson got the jump at the green for any inside pass with Ramos following him through on the backstretch. Pierovich and Hunt rounded out the field after one lap. And the start was the gist of the race with the lap four checkers falling over the same order. The 360 Supermodifed Dash line-up consisted of Willie Northammer, Kyle Vanderpool, Kenny Kinchen, and Larry Hinz replacing Lance Jackson who had loaded up to head for the shop for emergency repairs to a collapsed shock mount. Vanderpool led lap one over Northammer, Kinchen, and Hinz. Laps two and three looked the same. However, Northammer rolled to a stop in turn two after the white flag making the final order Vanderpool, Kinchen, Hinz, and Northammer. The Open Supermodified Dash was paced by Jeff Collins followed by Kody Swanson, Jim Birges, and Lonnie Adamson. The outside line roared around Collins in the South turn complex to make the lap one order Swanson, Adamson, Birges, and Collins. Adamson made two major attempts to pass Swanson in the short four lapper but was never able to get completely alongside. Swanson held sway over Adamson, Birges, and Collins. Heat Races were the next order of business. The first Sprint Car eight lapper featured Gordon Rogers, Jo Jo Helberg, Scott Pierovich, and Tony Hunt. Helberg took the point over Hunt Pierovich and Rogers as Gordon faltered on the start. Hunt was then all over the Helberg’s tail tank for the entire eight laps as tried numerous times to pass. All was to no avail as the eighth lap was scored the same as the first. The second Sprint heat race included Justin Kawahata, Tim Skoglund, Tanner Swanson, Luis Ramos, and late arrival Marvin Mitchell(68). At the green, the second row leap-frogged the front row with Swanson leading over Ramos, Skoglund, and Kawahata as Mitchell headed for the pits with a stuck throttle. And once again, the race was settled on the first circuit with Swanson leading every lap. The 360 Supermodified Heat lined up with Kenny Kinchen pacing Kyle Vanderpool, Willie Northammer, Dan Vanderpool, and Larry Hinz. Kenchin blasted off from the inside with Kyle claiming second followed by Dan, Northammer and Hinz. And sounding like a broken record, that was the extent of the passing. Kinchen won over the Vanderpool Clan (son, then father) Northammer, and Hinz. The Open Supers lined up with Jim Birges inside Lonnie Adamson on the front row with Kody Swanson, Jeff Collins, and Ray Stebbins rounding out the field. With Birges holding a very tight line, he and Adamson ran three laps side by side before Birges finally cleared his adversary and pulled in front. At the end of eight laps, the finish was the same as the line-up with Birges besting Adamson, Swanson, Collins and Stebbins. The United States Auto Club Sprint Cars were next up for their fifty lap feature event. Tim Skoglund held down the pole flanked by Jo Jo Helberg. Tanner Swanson, Scott Pierovich, Luis Ramos III ,and Tony Hunt rounded out the six car invert. Gordon Rogers, Justin Kawahata, and Marvin Mitchell completed the line-up. Swanason swept around the front row to lead Helberg, Pierovich, Ramos, and Hunt after one lap. Pierovich passed Helberg on lap four and Mitchell was lapped on the sixth go around. First Ramos on lap eight and then both Hunt and Skoglund on lap ten passed Helberg who had slowed dramatically. After ten laps, the order was Swanson, Pierovich, Ramos, Hunt, and Skoglund. Helberg repassed Skoglund on lap twelve and then Pierovich stalled on the front stretch to bring out the yellow on lap thirteen. An inspection of the 3 car during the yellow sent Helberg(leaking oil) to join Pierovich in the infield . The restart order was Swanson, Ramos, Hunt, Skoglund, and Rogers. Hunt jumped around Ramos at the resumption of green flag racing and set out after Swanson. For the next 36 laps the distance between Swanson and Hunt waxed and waned as Hunt would push very hard and then cool the tires to try again several times. However, he was never able to move a head of Swanson who moved to the low line to protect his position. Both Skoglund and Rogers eventually were lapped, held on to top five positions. At the end Swanson was victorious over Hunt, Ramos, Skoglund, and Rogers. With the 360 Supers and Open Supers combined for the fifty-lap Main Event, the gremlins suddenly launched Lunarly happenings into the inner workings of the planned sequence of events. Larry Hinz and Lance Jackson (after fabricating an entire right front shock tower and welding same to his venerable Beach Buggy) filled row one. Just behind were Willie Northammer, Kyle Vanderpoool, Kenny Kinchen, and Dan Vanderpool. The open cars completed the field with Jeff Collins and Kody Swanson in row four followed by Jim Birges, Lonnie Adamson, and Ray Stebbins rounding out the field. When the green flew for the first time, the inside row backed up a bit sending Willie Northammer into no man’s land between the inside and outside rows. The ensuing wheel banging sent Willie into the left front corner of Adamson’s mount sending Adamson to the wall. Both were done for the evening. A red flag clean up ensued. With a complete restart sans the victims, Hinz was still on pole flanked by Jackson. K. Vanderpool, Kinchen, D. Vanderpool, and Collins made up rows two and three. Birges and Stebbins made up the rest of the field. Before the green, Collins headed for the infield with a u-bolt failure in a driveline joint. On the second green flag, the inside line again backed up with Kinchen dropping very low to come alongside Hinz at the line. There was contact between the two sending Hinz into the front stretch wall and Kinchen grinding to halt as well. The second red hanky of the evening was blowing in the breeze. Hinz was the main victim in this one as Kinchen was able to continue. The third starting line-up for this event got shorter and single file still with Jackson pacing over K. Vanderpool, Kinchen, D. Vanderpool, Swanson, Birges, and Stebbins. The third time was a charm and Jackson led lap one over Kinchen, Kyle, Swanson, and Birges. On lap two Swanson went outside and Birges went inside to make 360 sandwiches with Kody leading lap two over Jackson, Birges, Kinchen, and Vanderpool the younger. Birges and Kinchen both got Jackson on lap three and the race settled down as it began to string out. Stebbins headed for the pits after eight laps with thirty car appearing to be steam powered rather than methanol powered. The yellow flew on lap ten when Swanson rolled to a stop on the back straightaway. When the engine refused to fire (suspected magneto problem), Swanson was pushed to infield and the race restarted with Birges leading lap ten over Kinchen, K. Vanderpool, Jackson, and D. Vandrpool. With but five cars remaining and Open Supermodified of Birges in the lead, the race went into long term cruise mode. Birges left the local area code and sprinted away. And the remaining characters stayed in their roles .Birges lapped D. Vanderpool on lap 22, Jackson on lap 23, and Kyle Vanderpool on lap twenty five while building nearly 2/3 of a lap lead over Kinchen. By lap thirty, Birges had Kinchen’s second place car in sight and planning his lapping policy when the water temp went to 250 degrees. Birges slowed a bit and the temp stabilized. He then put the pink 32 on cruise control and kept the second place car in sight but decided better of pushing the pursuit. When the fifty lapper was complete, the winner was Birges with Kinchen second (the top 360 and the only other car on the lead lap), follwed Kyle Vanderpool, Dan Vandrpool, and Lance Jackson. Everyone else already had a party (more like a wake) going in the infield. After running a non stop green white checkers fifty lapper in July in just over twelve minutes, the supers could not seem to get this feature event started. Between a slow acceleration away from the green flag and the racer’s never ending quest to win, there were some silly moves on lap one that eliminated some very competitive cars early on. I don’t know where the gremlims were hiding all night, but they became abundantly evident during the Super Feature. The car count concern continues in the Western Pavement Open Wheel Sprint car ranks. Fans are starting to get angry and the racers are getting angry at their counterparts who staying parked for economical or political reasons. Anyway, my next event coverage is planned for Roseville. CA in two weeks. Madera Speedway Super Saturday No. 5, Aug. 7, 2010 USAC Western states Sprint Cars. Qualifications: 1. 56 Tony Hunt, 13.628; 2. 21 Luis Ramos III, 13.674; 3. 14 Scott Pierovich, 13.734; 4. 15 Tanner Swanson, 13.772; 5. 3F Jo Jo Helberg, 14.018; 6.50 Tim Skoglund, 14.295; 7. 94 Gordon Rogers, 14.589; 8. 15X Justin Kawahata. 15.196; Trophy Dash: 1. Swanson; 2. Ramos; 3. Pierovich; 4. Hunt. Heat 1: 1. Helberg; 2. Hunt; 3. Pierovich; 4. Rogers. Heat 2: 1. Swanson; 2. Ramos; 3.0 Skoglund; 4. Kawahata; 5. Mitchell. Feature: 1. Swanson; 2. Hunt; 3. Ramos; 4. Skoglund; 5. Rogers; 6. Mitchell; 7. Helberg; 8. Pierovich; 9. Kawahata. 360 Supermodifieds. Qualifications: 1. 5 Kenny Kinchen, 13.359; 2. 1 Kyle Vanderpool, 13.649; 3. 29 Willie Northammer, 14.066; 4. 18 Lance Jackson, 14.188; 5. 4 Larry Hinz, 14.416; 6. 17 Dan Vanderpool, N/T. Trophy Dash: 1. K. Vanderpool; 2. Kinchen; 3. Hinz; 4. Northammer. Heat: 1. Kinchen; 2. K. Vanderpool; 3. D. Vanderpool; 4. Northammer; 5. Hinz. Supermodifieds Qualifications: 1. 98 Lonnie Adamson, 12.504; 2. 32 Jim Birges, 12.572; 3. 72 Kody Swanson, 12.710; 4. 89 Jeff Collins; 13.691; 5 30 Ray Stebbins, 14.168. Trophy Dash: 1. Swanson; 2. Adamson; 3. Birges; 4. Collins Heat: 1. Birges; 2. Adamson; 3. Swanson; 4. Collins; 5. Stebbins. Combined Feature: 1. Birges; 2. Kinchen*; 3. K. Vanderpool*; 4. D. Vanderpool*; 5. Jackson*; 6. Swanson; 7. Stebbins; 8. Hinz*; 9. Nothammer*; 10. Collin; 11. Adamson. MST’S FAST TIME: 77 Kevin Thompson 16.985 DASH: 100 Donnie Large 77 Kevin Thompson 11 John McCollum Jr 40 John McCollum Sr. ® MAIN EVENT: 100 Donnie Large 11 John McCollum Jr 77 Kevin Thompson 24 Justin Petz 28 Brad Evans 40 John McCollum Sr. ® DQ TOYOTA SEDANS: FAST TIME: 99 STAN HANKINS 18.364 DASH: 100 Donnie Large 99 Stan Hankins 4 Jarred Tickel 2 Donnie Large Jr. MAIN: 100 Donnie Large 4 Jarred Tickel 99 Stan Hankins 2 Donnie Large Jr. 26 Del McIntosh 8 Don Davey 4-BANGER/HORNETS (TWO TRACK CHALLENGE) DASH: 24 Shawn Markley 43B Brandon Wenzel 26 Billy Congdon 6j Joe Willoughby MAIN: 5 Sam Williams 43B Brandon Wenzel 6j Joe Willoughby 26 Billy Congdon 24 Shawn Markley HOBBY STOCKS (TWO TRACK CHALLENGE) FAST TIME: 44 JERRY SELSOR 18.968 DASH 42 Chuck Aguirre 72M Marshell Weaver 44 Jerry Selsor 8 Don Selsor MAIN 44 Jerry Selsor 42 Chuck Aguirre 72M Marshell Weaver 78 Jarod Fast 29 Lettie Liels 8 Don Selsor WSRA SCALED LATE MODELS FAST TIME: 6 Jarret Kelly 16.031 DASH: 33 Robbie Roy 6 Jarret Kely 14 Chase Grigsby 3 Chili Benson 29 David Napier 07 Patrick Hill MAIN 33 Robbie Roy 6 Jarret Kelly 29 David Napier 3 Chili Benson 20 William Camara 07 Patrick Hill WSRA MINI-CUP FAST TIME: 24 DANNY ALLEN 18.002 DASH: 1. 23 Tommy McCarthy 2. 24 Danny Allen 3. 03 Bryce Napier 4. 15 Jackson Ezell 5 5 Zack Case MAIN 1. 23 Tommy McCarthy 2. 24 Danny Allen 3. 03 Bryce Napier 4. 5 Zack Case 5. 15 Jackson Ezell RESULTS FOR JULY 24th 2010 PRESENTED by PACIFIC MOBILE LUNKERDADDY LATE MODELS: FAST TIME: 25C ARRON COONFIELD 16.127 MAIN EVENT 42 Matt Erickson 25C Arron Coonfield DQ. 41 Howard Holden 25 Elliott Stjerne 05 C J Dizney TROPHY DASH 41 Howard Holden 25C Arron Coonfield DQ. 05 C J Dizney 25 Elliott Stjerne TOYOTA SEDANS: FAST TIME: 5 JASON KERNS 18.283 MAIN EVENT 69 Jesse Ruckman 99 Stan Hankins 5 Jason Kerns 26 Del McIntosh 4 Jarred Tickel TROPHY DASH 100 Donnie Large 26 Del McIntosh 5 Jason Kerns 99 Stan Hankins MST FAST TIME: KEVIN THOMPSON 17.106 MAIN EVENT: 1. 77 Kevin Thompson 2. 100 Donnie Large 3. 11 John McCollum Jr. 4. 40 John McCollum Sr..(r) 5. 24 Justin Petz DASH: 100 Donnie Large 77 Kevin Thompson 11 John McCollum Jr 40 John McCollum Sr, ® HOBBY STOCKS: FAST TIME: 44 JERRY SELSOR 19.019 MAIN EVENT 1. 44 Howard Holden 2. 8 Don Selsor 3. 42 Chuck Aquirre 4. 29 Lettie Liles TROPHY DASH 44 Howard Holden 42 Chuck Aquirre 29 Lettie Liles 8 Don Selsor Swanson and Adamson Dominate Madera Features by Gerald Laurie The annual Al Pombo Classic at Madera Speedway on Saturday featured Supermodifieds and BCRA Midgets. The show was comprised of qualifications, trophy dashes, heat races and feature events for both classes. The event started with Time Trials for the BCRA Midgets on the 1/3 mile banked asphalt oval. Tanner Swanson (10) set fast time with a lap of 14.235 seconds. He was closely followed by older brother Kody Swanson (15) at 14.341, and Nick Foster, Jr. (1) at 14.573. Next to challenge the clocks were the 360 Supermodifieds. Fastest was Kenny Kinchen (5) at 13.555, followed by Kyle Vanderpool (1) at 13.726, and Lance Jackson (18) at 13.882. The Open Supermodifieds were the final qualifiers and were led by Kody Swanson(72) at 12.776 over Jim Birges (32) at 12.858, and Lonnie Adamson (98) at 13.037. The next order of business was the trophy dash sequence. The Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets lined up with Floyd Alvis on the pole flanked by Nick Foster, Jr. The back row included Kody and Tanner Swanson. At the drop of the green, Foster charged to the lead on the outside followed by Tanner and Kody Swanson, Alvis had trouble accelerating at the start and dropped to the back. Tanner Swanson made several attempts to pass down low and although he was able to pull even, he could not complete the pass. Foster took the hardware over the Swansons and Alvis. The 360 Supermodified Dash featured Dan Vanderpool, Lance Jackson, Kyle Vanderpool, and Kenny Kinchen. Again, the outside line proved faster as Jackson led lap one over Kinchen, Dan Vanderpool and Kyle Vanderpool . Lap two saw Kyle pass his father for third and that was the extent of the passing. Finish or was Jackson, Kinchen, Kyle and Dan Vanderpool. The Open Supermodified Dash had Lonnie Adamson and Jim Birges on the front row and Kody Swanson and Supermod Rookie Jeff Collins in the back. Once again, the high side provided the momentum as Birges beat Adamson back to the line with Swanson and Collins close behind. Adamson was all over the back of Birges’s car and then made a bonsai move down low on lap four to snag the lead at the checkers. Birges, Swanson, and Collins rounded out the field. The first midget heat was paced by Lonny Alton, followed by Danny Parker, Mike Donaldson, Bill Lindsey, and Dillon Silverman. Silverman was a DNS with mechanical difficulties. The outside line surged forward at the green and Parker led lap one over Lindsey, Alton, and Donaldson. Donaldson pulled off on the backstretch on lap two. On the third go-around, Alton took second as Lindsey headed for the pits. And that was the race. Parker won over Alton with Lindsey and Donaldson in the infield. The second eight lapper for the midgets lined up with Kody Swanson and Nick Foster, Jr. up front and Floyd Alvis and Tanner Swanson in the rear. Alvis elected to start at the back as he was still experiencing mechanical gremlins. Kody Swanson managed to break the string to take the lead from the inside. Nick Foster dropped in to second followed by Tanner Swanson and Alvis. Tanner made numerous attempts to get ahead of Foster, but Nick held the preferred racing line and was able to hold him at bay. They finished as they started with Kody leading Foster, Tanner, and Alvis. The 360 Supermodified heat used a straight up start with Kenny Kinchen on the pole followed by Kyle Vanderpool, Lance Jackson, Dan Vanderpool, and Jeremiah Bearden. At the green, Kyle Vanderpool eked out an advantage to lead the first lap over Kinchen and Dan Vanderpool. Jackson held fourth with Beardon chasing the herd. Kinchen made numerous challenges but was unable to pass. On the seventh circuit, Kinchen went into turn three very hard and spun to a stop in turn four. Jackson, whose vision was affected by the setting sun, locked down the number 18 and stopped just shy of Kinchen’s stalled racer. The restart order was Vanderpool the younger over Vanderpool the elder, Jackson, Beardon, and Kinchen. When green flag racing resumed, Kinchen managed to move back to third by white flag time, but was able to advance no further. Winner was Kyle Vanderpool over Dan Vanderpool, Kinchen, Jackson, and Bearden The Open Supermodified Heat was also started straight up with Kody Swanson and Jim Birges on the front. Lonnie Adamson and Jeff Collins occupied row two. George Greenway was scheduled to start fifth but scratched with some heat related issues. Birges took the lead on lap one with Swanson, Adamson, and Collins following. Adamson jumped around Swanson on lap three as the 72 started getting very loose. Birges extended his lead over Adamson until lap five when Adamson started eating some of the intervening territory. However, Lonnie was never able catch the pink 32 and Birges won over Adamson, Swanson, and Collins. It was now Main Event time. The BCRA Midgets of Mike Donaldson, Bill Lindsey, Floyd Alvis, and Nick Foster, Jr. made up the first two rows. Kody Swanson, Tanner Swanson, Danny Parker , Lonnie Alton, and Dillon Silverman completed the field. Donaldson led lap one over Foster, Alvis, K. Swanson and T. Swanson. Silverman beat feet for the pits and the end of the opening lap. By lap two, Foster led over Kody, Donaldson, Alvis, and Tanner. Tanner moved to third on lap three at the expense of Donaldson and Alvis. Kody took the lead from Foster on lap four and started building his lead. Tanner was third by the fifth circuit. Meanwhile, Lindsey was having problems and dropping back. On lap nine, the leaders caught him on the backstretch. Tanner Swanson and Donaldson made contact with Lindsey as he tried to exit to the infield. All three cars were eliminated and the red flag flew while the Ambulance Crew checked out those involved. On the restart, Kody Swanson led over Foster, Alvis, Parker, and Alton . With the exception of Alton getting lapped on the eighteenth lap, that was the race. Swanson won over Foster, Alvis, Parker, and Alton. Madera Speedway combines the 360 and Open Supermodifieds for the fifty-lap feature on these Super Saturday programs. With the rookies (Bearden and Collins) electing to start in the rear, the inverted line-up looked this. Dan Vanderpool, Lance Jackson, Kyle Vanderpool, and Kenny Kinchen made up rows one and two. George Greenway, Lonnie Adamson, Jim Birges, and Kody Swanson occupied rows three and four. Jeff Collins and Jeremiah Beardon occupied the tail end. After the warm-ups, Greenway opted to start near the back and swapped places with Birges. On lap one, Vanderpool led Jackson, Kinchen, Birges and Adamson. Birges split the 5 and 18 cars to move to second on lap two. Birges blew by Vanderpool for the lead a lap latter and Kinchen followed him through. Order at three was Birges, Kinchen, D. Vanderpool, Adamson, and Kyle Vanderpool with Greenway headed for the pits. Kody Swanson entered the top five at the younger Vanderpool’s expense on lap four. Meanwhile, Birges was headed out of the local time zone. Beardon went down a lap on the sixth circuit. Adamson finally passed Kinchen using the lapped car as a pick and the order was Birges, Adamson, Kinchen, Swanson, and Dan Vanderpool. Beardon headed for the pits on the leader’s ninth lap with the engine going off song. Collins fell victim to the flying pink cloud of Birges on lap eleven with Jackson being lapped three laps later. Order at lap fifteen was Birges over Adamson, Kinchen, Swanson, and both Vanderpools (Dad over son). Birges lapped the Vanderpool family on the eighteenth go-around as Adamson started to slowly make up a portion of the 1/3 lap distance between himself and Birges. Lap nineteen saw Swanson finally overcome Kinchen’s blazing hot 360 and Collins headed for the pits with a failed tie rod causing the left front to point south with the rest of the car headed west. Birges began slowing noticeably as the water temp headed upwards of 260 degrees and he tried to cool the engine. When he realized Adamson was putting down some very fast laps, he took off again only to see the temp spike and he headed for the pits on lap twenty-seven to keep from burning down the power plant. At this point, the order became Adamson over Swanson and Kinchen, all on the same lap, with Dan and Kyle Vanderpool filling the top five, albeit a lap down. Kyle finally passed the old man on lap twenty-nine to move into fourth. Adamson continued to lap cars at will, finally making Kinchen his victim on lap thirty-one. The next ten laps were more of the same with Adamson on cruise control and Swanson desperately picking through the lapped traffic to keep from being lapped himself. And then it was over. The Supermods completed the fifty laps in 11 minutes, 1.862 seconds with what has to be a new track record. I think this was the first non-stop, no yellow fifty lapper ever at the Central California Speed Plant There is forty-lap non-stop record held by Mike Swanson (Kody and Tanner’s father), that dates back to the late 80’s or early 90’s. Lonnie Adamson and Kody Swanson completed the fifty laps with Kinchen in third two laps back, and Kyle and Dan Vanderpool and Lance Jackson fourth through sixth, three laps in arrears. The race was very fast, very clean, and very exciting for the fans and participants alike. Lonnie Adamson has stepped into the number 98 S&S Motorsports Silsby and immediately returned to his championship style of the 2000 and 2001 seasons.. Three wins in the first three outings is very impressive. Kody Swanson has bagged two second place finishes in his first rides in Lance Tatro’s Thornton Chassied Supermodified. He has won in virtually everything he has driven and a Super win cannot be far away. Kenny Kinchen set a blistering pace in his 360 and stayed with the open cars for thirty laps. His top 360 position by over a lap shows the strength of his team and Kenny’s driving skill. Jim Birges just got faster and faster as the afternoon and evening went on, only to be done in by the 106 degree temps. He says there is a major revamp of the cooling system coming for the number 32. All in all, the evening had some great racing, a little excitement, and a safe ending. Super Saturday number five is on August 7th. RESULTS SUPER SATURDAY # 4 JULY 17TH POMBO CLASSIC SUPER MODIFIEDS FAST TIME # 72 KODY SWANSON 12.776 360 /5 KENNY KINCHEN 13.555 DASH: 410 98 Lonnie Adamson 32 Jim Birges 72 Kody Swanson 89 Jeff Collins DASH: 360 18 Lance Jackson 5 Kenny Kinchen 1 Kyle Vanderpool 17 Dan Vanderpool MAIN EVENT: SUPERMODIFIEDS 98 Lonnie Adamson 72 Kody Swanson 5 Kenny Kinchen 1 Kyle Vanderpool 17 Dan Vanderpool BCRA FAST TIME: 10C TANNER SWANSON 14.234 DASH: 1 Nick Foster Jr 10C Tanner Swanson 15 Kody Swanson 18 Floyd Alvis MAIN EVENT: 15 Kody Swanson 1 Nick Foster Jr. 18 Floyd Alvis 38 Danny Parker 5A Lonny Alton MST’S FAST TIME: 37 JOHN BOWERSOX 17.199 DASH: 100 Donnie Large 1 Aaron Reeves 37 John Bowersox 77 Kevin Thompson MAIN EVENT: 100 Donnie Large 77 Kevin Thompson 40 John McCollum Sr. ® 37 John Bowersox 11 John McCollum Jr. TOYOTA SEDANS: FAST TIME: 26 DEL MCINTOSH 18.251 DASH: 100 Donnie Large 26 Del McIntosh 99 Stan Hankins 4 Jarred Tickel MAIN: 100 Donnie Large 4 Jarred Tickel 26 Del McIntosh 2 Donnie Large Jr. 99 Stan Hankins 4-BANGER/HORNETS (TWO TRACK CHALLENGE) DASH: 14 Miles Humphreys 22 Adriane DeSousa 6j Joe Willoughby 26 Michael Congdon MAIN: 14 Miles Humphreys 22 Adriane DeSousa 26 Michael Congdon 6j Joe Willoughby 5 Sam Williams LEGENDS SHOOTOUT FAST TIME: 56 DYLAN ALBIANI: 16.967 RESULTS FOR JULY 10TH 2010 PRESENTED by PACIFIC MOBILE LUNKERDADDY LATE MODELS: FAST TIME: 25 ELLIOTT STJERNE MAIN EVENT 42 Matt Erickson 25 Elliott Stjerne 05 C J Dizney 25C Arron Coonfield 41 Howard Holden TROPHY DASH 05 C J Dizney 41 Howard Holden 25 Elliott Stjerne 42 Matt Erickson TOYOTA SEDANS: FAST TIME: 5 JASON KERNS 18.254 MAIN EVENT 4 Jarred Tickel 26 Del McIntosh 100 Donnie Large 5 Jason Kerns 99 Stan Hankins TROPHY DASH 100 Donnie Large 26 Del McIntosh 4 Jarred Tickel 5 Jason Kerns MST FAST TIME: KEVIN THOMPSON 17.204 MAIN EVENT: 1. 8 John Bowersox 2. 100 Donnie Large 3. 1 Arron Reeves 4. 77 Kevin Thompson 5. 40 John McCollum Sr..(r) DASH: 8 John Bowersox 100 Donnie Large 77 Kevin Thompson 1 Arron Reeves HOBBY STOCKS: FAST TIME: 42 CHUCK AGUIRRE 19.206 MAIN EVENT 1. 44 Jerry Selsor 2. 42 Chuck Aguirre 3. 8 Don Selson TROPHY DASH 44 Jerry Selsor 42 Chuck Aguirre 8 Don Selsor NCMA SPRINTS: FAST TIME 3 DAVID GOODWILL 14.494 MAIN EVENT 76 Ed Amador 3 David Goodwill 17 Rob Hammond 15 Kawahata 15T Tim Skoglund TROPHY DASH: 76 Ed Amador 3 David Goodwill 17 Rob Hammond 19 Jimmy Riddell Kenny Shepherd 6.28.10 A Night to Remember Early Saturday morning the 26th of June, 2010 I was at the Chowchilla Speedway meeting with our race director going over the schedule of events for the BCRA race. I left the dirt track in route to the Madera Speedway to meet with our track manager to go over the details we had planned for the stunt show, fireworks and race activities for the Southwest Tour event. I merged onto highway 99 and changed the radio station to one of the channels I prefer, after a rockin country song by Jason Aldean I heard a bang and then a booming voice "ladies and gentleman, looking for a great way to celebrate the 4th? How about doing it a week early at the Madera Speedway" as the radio spot continued my mind drifted thinking about plans we had for the evening, then to the fact that my favorite race car would be racing in the tour race that night, then back to entertainment plans for the evening. Before I knew it I was at the Cleveland off ramp in central Madera, as I got to the end of the ramp I looked over to the race track and I could see the big haulers lined up one after another. I pulled into my parking space and went to the office for our meeting, after which I went for a walk in the pits. This was about the same time the Southwest Tour cars started their first practice. When the tour cars finished their practice there were twenty five cars lined up on pit road. I walked pit to pit visiting old friends from the NASCAR touring days and meeting some of the young hot shot drivers from the new era. One thing that really stuck out was the amount of local drivers that have moved up to the tour, most of these drivers I saw come up in late models, drivers like Jacob Gomes, Ross Strmiska, Kyle Gottula, Justin Philpott, Justin Westmorland, and Carlos Vieira. I walked up to the number twenty car of Jarod Vorse and even though the car had a new number and a different look I could still tell it was one of my favorite races cars of all time. I stuck my head inside the car and saw familiar bars and sheet metal patterns. This was the same race car I led about three quarters of the race in at Infineon Raceway in 2002, I ended up second that day only because of a right front tire going down in the closing laps. Here is a side note on that event, Mike Kanke pulled a Watkins back up engine out of his hauler and we put it in my race car after I blew my engine up in the final practice. Mike was leading the race as I was working my way past everyone on the race track going towards the front, I passed Kevin Harvick, Robby Gordon, Eric Holmes and Paul Menard to name a few on the way to the front. Mike had an engine or ignition problem, I don't recall which it was, but he was going to be tough to get the lead from. I had just taken second place when Mike gave me lead as he pulled into the pits. Mike is a class act and is a good example of the character of these drivers. I was standing by the number twenty tour car and I looked across the pit lane and there sat the number seventy two LunkerDaddy late model driven by Kenneth Johnson. That car has the roll cage in it from my second favorite tour car I owned, it was the car I finished second to Kurt Busch on the Southwest Tour points championship. I wrecked that tour car at PIR, and it sat in my shop until I gave it to the young driver to help him get out to the track. I will fast forward to the big part of the June 26th show. It all began with the LunkerDaddy late model main event as they warmed up the crowd with some great racing action that included a three wide pass or two. Matt Erickson won with an impressive back to front drive. Wild Wayne the announcer had the crowd fired up as the stunt driver went airborne upside down in the roll over stunt, then as they were cleaning up the accident scene twenty five SRL Southwest Tour cars lined up at the start/finish line. As soon as the last car was parked and the lights were turned off, the words "American Girls and American Guys we'll always stand up and salute, we'll always recognize, when we see Old Glory Flying" came flowing out of the speakers. Then when the song got to "We lit up your world like the 4th of July" we tried to set to sky on fire with our fireworks show, I knew what was coming and I was still impressed! The fireworks display ended and the spectacular new Spears stage was put in place for driver introductions, after introductions it was time for the lap4littleones.com 125. What a race it was, the cars flew around the third mile of Madera Speedway nose to tail. Thomas Martin held the lead for most of the race, talk about a driver that can make a low buck car fly! I gave him an old pair of headers many years ago he used for his first race at PIR, the headers were about five years out of date at the time, but he qualified up front with a car that was pieced together from old hand me down parts. Auggie Vidovich fought his way past Martin, then it was M.K. Kanke, Eric Holmes, and Jim Pettit that got past Martin. Kanke looked to be the man that was going to fight Vidovich for the win, but his car broke with a few laps remaining in the race (sorry Mike, it must have been the combination of my favorite race car on the track and my memories flowing from Sear Point?). It was Holmes that took the lead with Pettit right on his back bumper. Holmes got to the checkered flag first with Pettit behind him. Holmes was disqualified in post race tech causing another lead change giving Pettit the win. I watched the Southwest Tour with a pounding heart in my chest, the memories flowing like white water down a river, and with the visual of the stunt jump and fireworks fresh in the mind I knew we had just seen a show that would stick in the memory banks for a long time to come. I walked to the front gate to say thank you to the fans as they left the speedway. The smiles I saw, the "great show" comments, the high fives and hand shakes confirmed what I felt we had just witnessed. One fan that has been to just about every Southwest Tour race in history summed the night up well, "It seamed like you were trying to outdo the Collins Family, and the Collins Family was trying to outdo you, and the fans got the show of a lifetime!" Other comments I heard were "we have never been to a race before, and that was a great time." Another one was "we normally go to the baseball games, but we heard the commercial and decided to give this a try, great show and great fun!" These are gold to the ears of a guy trying to help our sport get back to headline status. As I finish writing this, I'm thinking, how can we make the September 25th Southwest Tour event at Madera bigger and better than this one was? It will be tough, but we will do it. See you at the races - Kenny Shepherd Pettit Wins – Takes Point Lead Bakersfield, CA – Jim Pettit II won his first SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series event of 2010 Saturday night at Madera Speedway in the “Laps4LittleOnes.com 125”. It was the Prunedale, CA drivers fourth straight top three finish of the season and propelled him to the top of the SRL championship standings. “We finally qualified well enough to be within the invert, then Eric (Holmes) drew a ten so we started eighth, which is our best starting position of the year, but we had a lot of really good cars in front of us.” Seven drivers bested the previous SRL qualifying track record. “We knew we had a good consistent car, so I took my time moving forward and eventually put ourselves in position to win.” Pettit is now tied with the late Jeff Anthony for the most all-time SRL wins at nine. At the drop of the green flag it was Thomas Martin who won the first lap race back to the stripe over pole sitter Ryan Foster. The top five ran nose to tail until a lap 11 caution due to a spin by Dave Byrd, with Martin leading, followed by Foster, Auggie Vidovich, M.K. Kanke and Pettit. On the restart Vidovich had moved past Foster for second. The top five remained unchanged nose to tail until both Kanke and Pettit moved past Foster on lap 31. Another yellow on lap 37 involving Kevin Callahan in the Motorway Motorsports #88 and former Madera Speedway champion Kyle Gottula. On the restart, the line up was Martin, Vidovich, Kanke, Pettit, Holmes up to fifth, followed by Strmiska, Foster, Justin Westmoreland who was making his first SRL start since Orange Show, Kyle Cattanach and Derek Thorn in tenth. As the green flew to start lap 41, Vidovich charged under Martin into turn one, after the two cars rubbed, Vidovich cleared Martin to take the lead. Kanke was now all over Martin, with Pettit looking low on Kanke, while trying to hold off Holmes. Lap 52, Westmoreland and new track record holder Brennan Newberry made contact racing for tenth to bring out the fifth caution of the race. Both cars stopped high in turn 4, Newberry suffered damage and would later pit losing multiple laps, Westmoreland went on to restart at the rear of the field. On the restart, Vidovich pulled out ahead of Martin. The balance of the top ten was nose to tail and side-by-side racing hard for position. Martin slowed Kanke’s momentum coming off turn 2, which allowed Holmes to move past Pettit and to the inside of Kanke. Holmes went from fifth to third in one move. Vidovich had stretched his lead, with Martin trailing and Holmes putting on the pressure for second, while Pettit was looking for room down low on Kanke for position. A lap 91 spin by Martin brought out the caution. Pettit had just moved ahead of Kanke for third. Foster was fifth, followed by Stockton winner Jonathon Gomez, Jacob Gomes, Cattanach, Thorn, Cole Cabrera and Eddie Secord up to tenth. Back to green, Holmes moved up to challenge Vidovich for the lead, followed closely by Pettit and Kanke. The top four consisted of a former NASCAR Southwest Tour champion, a two-time K&N Pro Series champion, a two-time NASCAR Tour and SRL champ and the defending SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series champion. Holmes took the lead on lap 102, just before the caution due a spin involving Martin and Olympia, Washington’s Jared Vorse. Lap 111, with Holmes in the lead, Vidovich fell off the pace to allow Pettit to move to second, Kanke third, Gomez now up to fourth with a pass on Foster, who was being pressured by Victory Circle Rookie-of-the-Year leader, Gomes. Three laps later the final caution of the night was thrown due to contact between Foster and Gomes in turn four. Foster was finished for the night with broken right front suspension. On the restart it was Holmes with a cushion, being chased by Pettit followed by Kanke, Gomez, Westmoreland, Keith Spangler, Carlos Vieira, Secord, Cattanach, and Thorn. With four to go Kanke slowed suffering from fuel pump problems and dropped out of contention. At the finish it was Holmes, Pettit, Gomez, Westmoreland, Spangler, Vieira, Secord, Byrd, Cattanach, Thorn and sixteen-year-old Cabrera rounding out the top ten in his first SRL start. Holmes #18 car did not pass post race inspection and the win was awarded to Pettit, Gomez second and Westmoreland third. Matt Speed / Media Relations 6.17.10 Madera Speedway Signs with INEX for Legends Car Events The Madera Speedway signed a sanction with INEX for a series of Legends race car events. There will be a total of five race events sanctioned during the remaining Months of 2010, and a twelve race series is being planned for the 2011 racing season. The dates for the 2010 Madera Speedway Legends car races are 6-26, 7-17, 8-28, 9-25 and 10-23. Two of which are companion races with the Spears Southwest Tour Series, one is on a Super Saturday with the 410 Super Modifieds, and another is part of the Madera Speedway Pumpkin Smash, racing in the afternoon and crazy stuff as night! "We have placed the Legends Cars on some of our biggest events and this is by design to give the drivers maximum exposure. We have had great feedback when we have had the Legends race at the Madera Speedway in the past, that combined with the fact the focus of INEX is to provide a fun and affordable racing opportunity in which everyone can compete gives us great confidence with the Legends race cars" Kenny Shepherd. The first sanctioned race for the Legends at the Madera Speedway is June 26th, this is one of the biggest events of the 2010 season with Fireworks, a Stunt Show, and the Spears Southwest Tour laps4littleones.com 125! For more information go to www.racemadera.com. |
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