Olson Goes Back to Back & Sweeps Fair Races

By Matthew J. Sullivan

The annual Redwood Acres Raceway fair night races took place this past Saturday night at the 3/8-mile paved oval in Eureka, California.  As expected, the presence of the fair brought in additional drivers and fans to the track for one of the biggest weekends of the racing season.  With races on back-to-back nights, it was important for drivers and teams to keep their cars in one piece, not only for the regular season points battles but for the special fair race title as well.

The weather on Friday evening proved to be cool and crisp, but that didn’t deter the racing on the track.  In the real stock class, Ryan Walters took the trophy dash victory over Nick Green, Casey Mitchell and Ronnie O’Neill.  Green won the heat race over Mitchell, Walters, Bill Middleton and O’Neill.  Middleton held the lead in the opening stages of the main event before being challenged by Walters and Ryan Robinson.  On lap 5, Walters made contact with Middleton off turn four sending Middleton out of the lead.  During the caution period, Walters was sent to the rear giving the lead to Robinson.  Robinson was able to withstand a last lap charge by Green to take the victory.  Mitchell, Walters and Middleton rounded out the top five.

Scott Baker took the Friday night mini stock dash win over Brian Murrell, Brian Murrell, Jr. and Ryan Ahrens.  The heat race victory went to Murrell, Jr. over Murrell, Baker, Ahrens and Ken Barrett.  Due to the car count, the minis did not run a main event.

Kolby Jackson won the roadrunner trophy dash ahead of Bill Snow, Dax Kinsey and Raleigh Willoughby.  Jackson followed up with the heat race win over Kinsey, Willoughby, Dustin DelBiaggio and Jimmy Murray.  The main event proved unfortunate to two of the faster competitors.  Willoughby’s tire blew just as he made the pass for the lead five laps into the race.  Later on, Jackson had a tire blow taking him off the track.  Kinsey was able to maneuver his car through the field and held on for the win over Murray, DelBiaggio, Ken Barrett and Tim Apeyta.

Paul Peeples, Jr. was the victor in the thunder roadster trophy dash over Randy Olson, David Henderson and Tommy Payne.  Bruce Ziemer won the first heat over Jay Bahner, Fergy Ferguson, Rob Nelson and Belinda Ward while Henderson took the second heat ahead of Chris Sarvinski, Olson, Peeples and Brandon Barnwell.  The opening laps of the feature event proved costly to two drivers.  On lap two, several cars began spinning.  Most notable of those was Henderson who spun going into the third turn, hitting the wall hard.  It became evident that fluid was on the track and after a lap under caution it was evident that the culprit was Barnwell’s car which had leaked fluid heavily around the track.  After the restart, Ziemer held the lead until Olson found a way by on the inside on lap 12 bringing Peeples with him.  From that point on, Olson and Peeples raced nose-to-tail for the lead.  Peeples was unable to put a move on Olson and at the checkered flag it was Olson winning over Peeples, Payne, Sarvinski and Mike Ward.

Friday night’s sportsman trophy dash victory went to Mic Moulton over Jerry Peterson, Joe McDonald and Dennis DelBiaggio.  Peterson won the heat ahead of McDonald, Angelo Marcelli, Moulton and Al Acuna.  Peterson held the lead from the get-go of the main event while Marcelli and Moulton settled in for a battle for the second position.  On lap 21, Moulton and Marcelli tangled going into the first turn sending both cars spinning.  Behind them, DelBiaggio had nowhere to go and hit Moulton.  Marcelli was able to continue while DelBiaggio and Moulton were finished for the event.

With just two laps to go, Larry Pries and Aaron Byers got together in turn one resulting in a yellow flag.  After the restart, McDonald led Peterson and Marcelli.  Coming to the white flag, Peterson nudged McDonald and took the lead.  Coming to take the checkered flag, McDonald got into Peterson sending Peterson spinning off the fourth turn.  The end result was that Marcelli was awarded the victory while several cars including Peterson and McDonald were unable to race on Saturday due to choice or official’s ruling.

Saturday evening proved to be completely different from the night before.  Beautiful sunshine spread over the raceway while there was only one caution period in all of the night’s action.  Ronnie O’Neill won the real stock trophy dash over Casey Mitchell, Nick Green and Ryan Walters.  Ryan Robinson held off O’Neill to win the heat race while Walters,  Mitchell and Green rounded out the top five.   Inexplicably Robinson, who was the real stock points leader going into the fair night weekend, was unable to get his car to the line for the main event.  After starting from the pole, O’Neill ran away from the competition and handily took his first ever main event victory ahead of Walters, Doug Way, Mitchell and Green.  Walters was awarded the fair night crown for the real stock division.

Brian Murrell, Jr. held off his father, Brian Murrell for the mini stock trophy dash victory while Ryan Ahrens and Craig Baker who was driving his brother Scott’s car for the night placed third and fourth.  Baker won the heat race over Murrell, Murrell, Jr., Ahrens and Brian McIntosh.  Baker started at the rear of the field for the main and was able to maneuver by the Murrell father-son team to take the victory while Murrell, Murrell, Jr., McIntosh and Ahrens.  The team of Scott and Craig Baker were also victorious in the fair night championship as well.

Raleigh Willoughby won the roadrunner trophy dash over Dax Kinsey, Bill Snow and Kolby Jackson.  Willoughby then won the heat race ahead of Michael Lawrence, Kinsey, Anderson visitor, Noah Smith and Ken Barrett.  The main event was slowed only once, that by a hard hit by Barrett going into the first turn.  Thankfully he was alright.  Willoughby’s poor finish in Friday night’s event gave him pole position in Saturday night’s main.  He was able to use the good start to his advantage as he held of several challenges by Snow to take the win.  Kinsey was able to get by Snow on the last lap for second while Smith and Lawrence finished out the top five.  Kinsey took home the fair night title for the roadrunner division.

The thunder roadster trophy dash victory went to Randy Olson over Tommy Payne, Paul Peeples, Jr. and Brandon Barnwell who was driving Bruce Ziemer’s car for the night.  Belinda Ward took the first heat race win ahead of Rob Nelson, Fergy Ferguson, Jay Bahner and Dan Maxwell.  Payne withstood Olson’s challenges in the second heat to win followed by Peeples, Mike Ward and Barnwell.  Ferguson grabbed the lead early in the main event from Bahner but was quickly challenged by the faster cars of Mike Ward, Payne and Olson.  Payne got too high off turn two on lap 10 allowing Olson to get under for third.  The next lap, Ferguson opened the door allowing a host of cars to get under him and past, most notably Ward and Olson.  Ward did his best to hold off Olson but on lap 15, Olson was able to get under and past for the race lead.  Ward then had his hands full with Peeples and in the latter stages Peeples was able to pull into second bringing Barnwell and Payne with him.  Olson was able to race the rest of the event unchallenged as he took the victory over Peeples, Barnwell, Payne and Ward.  With his victory, Olson was the only driver to win both main event for the fair races and he was able to take the weekend championship.

Mic Moulton won the sportsman trophy dash over Dennis DelBiaggio, Larry Pries and Aaron Byers.  DelBiaggio took the heat victory ahead of Byers, Pries, Northcoast racing legend, Jim Walker and Moulton.  The main event proved to be over from the drop of the green flag as Moulton got a good jump from the outside front row and pulled away from the pack.  The bulk of the excitement came from the famous blue 48 car driven by Walker.  After starting from the rear, Walker thrilled the fans by moving to the third position by the end of the night.  Moulton was able to win what was surprisingly his first main event victory on the year over DelBiaggio, Walker, Pries and Byers.  The sportsman fair night championship was won by Byers.

Racing at the Acres takes a much needed week off after three races in the past two weeks.  Action resumes Saturday July 10th with all five divisions returning once more.

ANOTHER STOCKTON YOUNG GUNS MAIN GOES TO WALMER

PORTLAND, OREGON (June 21, 2010) – 14 year-old Keegan Walmer picked up the feature win in the USAC Young Guns on Saturday night at Stockton 99 Speedway in Stockton, Calif., taking the lead from teammate Brandon White on lap 21.

Walmer won the previous USAC Young Guns race at Stockton back on May 1^st.  The Portland, Oregon based driver races for Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle in both the USAC NorCal Young Guns and USAC NorCal Ford Focus Midget Series.

Young Gun activities on the quarter-mile asphalt oval began with Walmer finishing third in the division’s eight lap heat race.

Walmer started on the pole for the trophy dash and led all four laps for the win.

In the main event, Walmer went to work from fifth and was up to third by lap nine.

Walmer and teammates Courtney Atkinson and Cody Thompson went back-and-forth for several laps before Walmer broke through for second on lap 18.

It only took Walmer three laps to reel in teammate Brandon White and take over the lead.  His lead grew to half a second at the finish of the 25 lap feature.

For the NorCal Ford Focus portion of the night, Walmer qualified fifth with a time of 13.919 seconds.  Walmer finished third in his heat race and lined up sixth for the main.

In the feature, Walmer took over fifth on lap three and fourth on lap 21, where he ultimately finished in the 30 lap contest.

The impressive runs for the youngster placed his second in the USAC NorCal Young Guns standings and an extremely impressive third in the USAC NorCal Ford Focus Midget Series standings.

“Race after race, Keegan is consistently a threat to win,” driver coach Ron Sutton said.  “He adapts very well to the wide-variety of tracks we compete at and has poise beyond his years!”

Keegan Walmer will return to action on July 3 at Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, Calif. for a USAC SoCal / NorCal combination event.

Keegan Walmer Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle thank partners: Reser’s Fine Foods, Robinson Construction Co., Wholesale Truck Parts Inc, K&K Motorsports, K&N Filters, Scribner Plastics, Allstar Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels and Star Racing Supply.

An all-new Keegan Walmer Racing website is online at www.keeganwalmer.com

For more information on Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle, log on to www.winners-circle-racing.com

About Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle:

Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle is an established talent scout and development program, providing long term, comprehensive racing and career development for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers. RSWC drivers are raced, coached, groomed, trained and molded, within a professional racing environment, into what top NASCAR teams look for when hiring drivers. Drivers involved in the program race in a variety of cars, including USAC Young Guns Focus Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, NASCAR Late Model stock cars and NASCAR Grand National stock cars.

BACK-TO-BACK FAST TIMES FOR BRANDON WHITE IN USAC YOUNG GUNS

EUREKA, CALIFORNIA (June 21, 2010) – Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle driver Brandon White, 13, scored his second straight pole qualifying run of 2010 in the USAC Young Guns on Saturday night at Stockton 99 Speedway in Stockton, Calif.

The fast time also marked White’s third total pole for his 2010 USAC campaign.

White drove the North Coast Lighting & Electric, Inc. mount around the quarter-mile asphalt oval to a time of 14.761 seconds to lead the pack.

White followed up that run with finishes of second in both the trophy dash and heat race.

In the 25 lap main event, White led the first 21 laps of the feature.  He finished second to teammate Keegan Walmer by just half a second.

His second place finish allowed him to maintain the points lead in both the USAC Western Pavement Young Guns and USAC NorCal Young Guns. 

“Another strong finish for Brandon,” Driver Coach Ron Sutton said.  “This was a very good points night for him as he gets ready for a busy holiday weekend.”

White will next compete on Thursday July 1 at Las Vegas Bullring and Saturday July 3 at Orange Show Speedway.

Brandon White Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle thank partners: Northcoast Lighting & Electric Inc., K&N Filters, Scribner Plastics, Allstar Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels and Star Racing Supply.

An all-new Brandon White Racing website is live at www.brandonwhiteracing.net  

For more information on Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle, log on to www.winners-circle-racing.com

About Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle:

Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle is an established talent scout and development program, providing long term, comprehensive racing and career development for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers. RSWC drivers are raced, coached, groomed, trained and molded, within a professional racing environment, into what top NASCAR teams look for when hiring drivers. Drivers involved in the program race in a variety of cars, including USAC Young Guns Focus Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, NASCAR Late Model stock cars and NASCAR Grand National stock cars.

BROCK FINISHES FIFTH IN ROSEVILLE MODIFIEDS

CORBIN, KENTUCKY (June 21, 2010) – Kentucky standout Josh Brock piloted the K&N Filters Modified to second in qualifying and fifth in the main event, Saturday night at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

The 17 year-old driver races for Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle based in Sacramento, Calif. and entered the night ranked third in the points standings out of 32 cars.

In qualifying, Brock recorded a time of 14.129 seconds at 76.439 miles per hour around the one-third mile asphalt oval.  He was only a tick off of Western Modified legend Scott Winters’ pole winning time of 14.114.

The second fastest qualifying time seeded Brock fourth in the feature after a five car invert.

Brock finished third in his eight lap heat race before the 40 lap main later in the night.

Brock went toe-to-toe with the veteran drivers in the 18 car field, running third on the opening lap before falling back to fourth.  He ran in line with the leaders until he was passed on lap 17.

He continued to challenge for fourth while also fighting off a mounting challenge from his teammate Nik Romano in sixth.

At the finish, Brock was just a few car lengths behind the fourth place car, which is owned by Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle crew chief Mikey Garcia.  Positions fourth through seventh were all occupied by cars with association to RSWC.

The fifth place finish was Brock’s seventh in 10 starts in 2010.  He has also accumulated two wins, both in Late Models, and a perfect 10 top-ten finishes.

He has a four-point advantage in the battle for third in the track points and also is moving up the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series division II standings.

“Josh has gone from being an early season surprise to a championship contender,” Driver Coach Ron Sutton said.  “I can’t wait to see Josh in victory lane and it’s going to happen sooner rather than later!”

Josh Brock Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle thank partners: Brock Excavating, K&N Filters, Scribner Plastics, Allstar Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels and Star Racing Supply.

An all-new Josh Brock Racing website is online at www.joshbrockracing.com  

For more information on Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle, log on to www.winners-circle-racing.com

About Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle:

Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle is an established talent scout and development program, providing long term, comprehensive racing and career development for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers. RSWC drivers are raced, coached, groomed, trained and molded, within a professional racing environment, into what top NASCAR teams look for when hiring drivers. Drivers involved in the program race in a variety of cars, including USAC Young Guns Focus Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, NASCAR Late Model stock cars and NASCAR Grand National stock cars.

McDonald edges Peterson for sportsman victory

Finally after almost a full month, racing returned to the pavement of
the 3/8-mile Redwood Acres Raceway this past Saturday night.  The long
break was made longer by the fact that heavy mist had canceled the
scheduled race earlier in the month on June 5th.  This race marked the
return of the mini stock division as the class went on a brief hiatus
the past several events.

Prior to the night’s events going into action, several drivers pulled
their cars out onto the track to run memorial laps in honor of two
folks who had sadly recently passed away.  Diana Robertson was a
long-time race fan at the Acres and was the daughter of former track
flagman, Larry Robertson who passed away several years ago.  The other
loss suffered was that of former driver, Duane Mayo.  Mayo began
racing at Redwood Acres in the 80s when the track was still dirt.
Mayo moved to the sportsman division in the early 90s then returned to
racing the limited street stock division in recent years.  Both will
be greatly missed by the Redwood Acres Raceway community.

Scott Baker took the trophy dash win in the mini stock division ahead
of Brian Murrell, Brian McIntosh and Brian Murrell, Jr.  Baker then
won the heat race over Murrell, Ken Barrett, Ryan Ahrens and Murrell,
Jr.   Murrell took the lead early in the mini stock main event but was
unable to hold back Baker on this night as Baker went three-for-three
sweeping the trophy dash, heat race and main event for the night.
Murrell beat his son for second while Barrett and Ahrens finished the
top five.

The real stock trophy dash was won by Casey Mitchell over Ryan
Robinson, Ryan Walters and Nick Green.  The heat race victory was
taken by Green ahead of Dustin Walters, Mitchell, Ryan Walters and
Robinson.  Doug Way took the lead at the start of the feature event
for the real stocks but couldn’t hold off Dustin Walters by the third
turn of the first lap as Walters moved under to take the lead.
Walters’ ability to take the lead so early in the event proved to be
invaluable as he was able to pull out a good lead while the rest of
the field battled amongst themselves.  Way did a fantastic job of
holding off the field cleanly for second but Robinson eventually got
by to take the spot.  Robinson wasn’t able to close in on Walters
until the final lap.  Going into the third turn, Robinson made a
last-ditch effort but didn’t have enough to muscle by.  At the
checkered flag it was Dustin Walters winning in his first start of the
season over Robinson, Mitchell, Ryan Walters and Green.

Raleigh Willoughby returned to form, winning the roadrunner trophy
dash after an incident in the May 22nd main event took him to the
hospital.  Dax Kinsey, Jimmy Murray and Robbie Nelson rounded out the
finishers.  Dustin DelBiaggio took heat race honors ahead of Charlie
Anderson, Nelson, Kinsey and Willoughby.  The main event got off to a
bad start for Nelson as contact sent him into the wall off the second
turn and out of action.  Tim Apeyta took the lead on the restart but
after the first lap Anderson held the lead.  Things got close on the
second lap when DelBiaggio got loose in turn four while racing Apeyta
for second and spun.  Fortunately everyone was able to get by without
contact.  Willoughby moved by Apeyta into second just moments after
DelBiaggio’s spin.

On lap eight, Willoughby moved to the outside of Anderson for the
lead.  Willoughby took the lead coming to the caution flag as Kinsey’s
car lost power and stopped in turn one.  After the restart, Willoughby
and Anderson walked away from the pack while several drivers including
Ken Barrett, Murray, DelBiaggio and Nick Hansen fought hard for
position.  At the checkered flag it was Willoughby winning his fourth
main event of five this season ahead of Anderson.  Meanwhile on the
backstretch, DelBiaggio spun forcing Murray to slow to avoid hitting
him.  Behind them, Hansen spun to avoid getting involved.  All the
action gave Barrett third place and Apeyta fourth.  Murray was able to
get back to the line ahead of DelBiaggio for the fifth spot.

In the thunder roadster division, Paul Peeples, Jr. took the trophy
dash win over Randy Olson, Brandon Barnwell and Tommy Payne.  Rob
Nelson won the heat race ahead of Fergy Ferguson, Olson, Peeples and
Barnwell.  Nelson took the lead from the start and held it early on
over Mike Ward.   It didn’t take long for Peeples to make his presence
known as he was in third position passing Payne on lap four.  A lap
later, Nelson spun out of the lead off turn two handing it over to
Ward.  Olson moved his way into third on lap six bringing Barnwell
with him past Payne.  The next lap, Peeples moved under Ward to take
the lead.  On lap 10, Barnwell passed Olson for third.  On lap 16,
Payne got by Olson for fourth.  The next lap, Barnwell moved by Ward
for second.  Nobody had anything for Peeples though as he was able to
handily take the victory over Barnwell, Ward, Payne and Olson.

Mic Moulton took the trophy dash win in the sportsman division ahead
of Joe McDonald, Jerry Peterson and Dennis DelBiaggio.  McDonald won
the head over Peterson, Angelo Marcelli, DelBiaggio and Moulton.
Larry Pries utilized his outside front row starting position well by
taking the lead at the start of the main event over Peterson and
Moulton.  Moulton looked to have the car to beat on the night.  On lap
five he passed Peterson for second.  On lap 10, Moulton moved under
Pries to take the lead bringing Peterson and McDonald with him into
second and third.  However, it appeared as though Moulton’s car wasn’t
running right.  Where before he was running away from Peterson, now
Peterson was right on his tail.  On lap 14 going into turn three,
Moulton’s engine hand-grenaded.  The drivers behind him did a
masterful job of avoiding further catastrophe but it was another
unfortunate night for Moulton in what has been a season of misfortune
for him at the Acres.

Peterson inherited the lead after the restart and had his hands full
with second place McDonald.  McDonald stayed right in Peterson’s
mirror waiting for a chance to pass.  Peterson’s car began developing
a push off the corners.  Coming off turn four on lap 23, Peterson’s
car nearly pushed into the wall.  The moment Peterson took to back off
the gas was all McDonald needed to get under and by for the lead.
Peterson fought valiantly to get back on McDonald’s bumper but he
didn’t have the horsepower or handling he needed to make a serious
charge at the lead.  At the checkered flag it was McDonald winning
over Peterson, Pries, DelBiaggio and Marcelli.

The drivers and teams have a quick turnaround to do as racing returns
to the Acres for fair night action this weekend on Friday and Saturday
nights June 25th and 26th.  Several more cars are expected to join in
all the classes making these events must-see for race fans.

MAWHINNEY CAPTURES SECOND LATE MODEL WIN IN ROSEVILLE

Roseville, CA - (June 19, 2010) -  No. 17 Late Model driver Jonathan Mawhinney
picked up his second win of the season Saturday at All American Speedway in
Roseville.  Mawhinney has come in second five times this year.

No. 61 Shannon Mansch qualified on the pole with a 77.093 lap.  With an invert
of four, Bobby Grewohl started on the inside of row one with Jonathan Mawhinney
on the outside.

Mawhinney took the lead on lap one and led all fifty laps to take the checkered
flag.  Matt Scott finished second, Grewohl finished third, and Mansch was
fourth.  Scott and Mawhinney are now tied for first place in the point
standings.

In Modified racing, Scott Winters qualified on the pole with a 76.520 lap.
With
the invert, Jason Philpot started from the inside of row one with Josh Brock.
On lap three Gary Glenn took the lead.  On lap 16, Winters grabbed the lead for
two laps, and then Glenn took over again.  On lap 23, Winters got the lead back
and went on to take the checkered flag on lap 40.  Glenn finished second,
Philpot third, Wes Miller fourth and Brock fifth.

Cody Rickard grabbed the pole for Bomber racing with a 67.584 lap.  With the
invert, Mark Anderson started first and David Thompson was on the outside of
row one.  Thompson went to the front on lap one and on lap five, Jim McGinnis
took the top spot.  It was McGinnis, Rickard and Thompson leading the pack for
the rest of the race finishing one, two, three.

Mickey Owens qualified number one in Street Stocks, followed by Chris Lambert,
Richard Poppert, Jr. and Matt Cockrum.  Cockrum started on the inside of row
one and Kevin Owens was on the outside.  Lambert took the lead for a lap on lap
eight before Cockrum took it back on lap nine.  On lap 33, Lambert took the
lead
again and on lap 36, Mickey Owens moved up to second.  Lambert took the
checkered flag on lap 38 followed by Mickey Owens, Kevin Owens, Cockrum and
Dave Silva.

There will be no regular racing at All American Speedway on Saturday, June 26.
Regular racing will resume on Saturday, July 3, for the Red, White & Blue race.  The Placer County Fair will be
held at the fairgrounds June 24-27. For more information go to:
www.allamericanspeedway.com and www.placercountyfair.org.

CATTANACH CLOSES IN ON CHAMPIONSHIP WITH STOCKTON TOP-TEN

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA (June 15, 2010) – Kyle Cattanach took the #88 Superior Crankshaft through the field from 17^th position to finish ninth in the “Mid Valley Iron & Metals 130” for the SRL SPEARS Southwest Tour at the new Stockton 99 Speedway.

Kyle’s finish kept him fifth in the series standings, but he is just 77 points out of first place.

In the 130 lap contest on the quarter-mile asphalt oval, Cattanach methodically worked his way through the pack and was challenging for tenth by lap 28.

Contact with another competitor saw Cattanach sent to the rear of the field.  Cattanach then took his time making it back through the field, and was once again running tenth by lap 89.

Continuing his run to the front, Cattanach challenged Brennan Newberry for a top-five all the way to the finish. 

Cattanach made a move to pass Newberry cleanly on the last lap only to have Newberry turn him around coming off turn four to the checkered flag.  In the shuffle, Cattanach crossed the line and was scored with a ninth place finish.

“It was very frustrating, it took a top five finish from us, and was totally unnecessary,” Cattanach said.  “I raced him clean all night and got zero respect back from him.  I guess that’s short track racing but it hurt both our nights and tore up the cars.”

Superior Crankshaft Racing has announced they will be moving driver Kyle Cattanach over to Bammer Motorsports starting at Madera Speedway on June 26th.

“We are excited to be joining this great organization along with an owner that has been around the industry for alot of years and is very hands on within his program,” Motorsports Marketing Manager Marty Melo said.  “We would like to thank Quentin Bammer for his support and look forward to the future with him.”

The Bammer Motorsports stable will now see Cattanach in the #88 Superior Crankshaft Chevrolet and veteran teammate Eric Holmes in the #18 Moeller Bros. Chevrolet. 

Kyle Cattanach Racing is online at www.kylecattanach.com

SP Racing is online at www.superiorcrankshaftracing.com

Kyle Cattanach is sponsored by: Superior Crankshaft, PepperJack Kennels, Joe Gibbs Driven, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, B&B Redding I-5 RV Center, Shell Fast Track Food & Fuel, Shell Sportsman Express, Blakesley Sports Media, and supports the Shanesway Foundation.

BOBBY GREWOHL MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW!

Roseville, CA - (June 12, 2010) - Bobby Grewohl owned the asphalt at All American Speedway in Roseville Saturday night, as he raced to his second consecutive Late Model victory in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series. Grewohl drives the No. 20 Pick-n-Pull sponsored Toyota Camry for Bill McAnally Racing.

Grewohl raced No. 17 Jonathan Mawhinney side-by-side in the first few laps, but after that he distanced himself from the rest of the field and easily took the checkered flag.

"The car is good right now," Grewohl said.  "We're not going to stop.  We are just going to keep pouring it on and ride this wave of momentum all the way in."

Car owner McAnally said, "Grewohl is a heck of a driver and he is doing a great job for our team.  He is definitely showing that he has what it takes.  We are just as happy as we can be."

McAnally also challenged 2007 NASCAR Whelen Late Model champion No. 05 Eric Schmidt to come out and race Grewohl.  "We’re hoping that we can get Eric Schmidt and some other guys out here and run with them.  We are looking forward to that.  That No. 05 is a goal for us.  We want to beat him.  We're calling him out."  Big words from a big person in the world of motorsports. 

IN OTHER AAS RACING NEWS:  No. 3 Jim McGinnis won in the Bomber division; No. 08 Mickey Owens won his second consecutive Street Stock race; No. 33 Robbie Roy won in Baby Grands; No. 23 Tommy McCarthy won in Mini Cup.

Next Saturday, June 19, All American Speedway will host Whelen Night at the track with Late Model, Street Stock, Modified and Bomber racing. 

For over 50 years Whelen Engineering has researched, designed and built the finest visual and audible warning products for police, fire, and emergency medical services; towing and department of transportation professionals.  Whelen takes pride in creating innovative technology designed to keep you safe.  Whelen Engineering is a proud American manufacturer.

For more information on Whelen Engineering go to: wwwwhelen.com/.  For tickets or more racing information go to: www.allamericanspeedway.com.

LATE MODEL RESULTS

1. No. 20 Bobby Grewohl

2. No. 17 Jonathan Mawhinney

3. No. 12 Tim Smith

4. No. 44 Ron Chunn

5. No. 51 Crhis Scribner

6. No. 61 Shannon Mansch

7. No. 21 Justin Henry

8. No. 35 Matt Scott

BOMBER RESULTS

1. No. 3 Jim McGinnis

2. No. 24 Cody Rickard

3. No. 52 Matt Camp

4. No. 92 Mark Anderson

5. No. 37 David Thompson

6. No. 12 Denise Lambert

7. No. 73 Gary Eisenhour

8. No. 15 Kenny Beaumont

9. No. 74 Terry Thomas, Jr.

10. No. 89 Walter Silva

11. No. 77 Erick Raay

12. No. 5 Todd Clapham

13. No. 43 Bobby Bankston

14. No. 04 Dana Kelly

15. No. 23 Eric Bocksberger

16. No. 30 Steve Runkle

STREET STOCK RESULTS

1. No. 08 Mickey Owens

2. No. 50 Chris Lambert

3. No. 14 Wayne Crossland

4. No. 8 Matt Cockrum

5. No. 80 Bryan Tomerasson

6. No. 66 Joesph Colorado

7. No. 2 Mel Wilson

8. No. 07 Travis Henry

9. No. 22 Evan Perry

10. No. 33 Michael Gortham

11. No. 68 Joe Dahl

12. No. 31 Jim McGinnis

13. No. 23 Richard Poppert, Jr.

14. No. 20 Mario Davis

15. No. 15 John Ulery

16. No. 16 Gary Campora

17. No. 79 Eric Martinez

18. No. 19 Dale Didoha

19. No. 92 Mark Anderson

BABY GRAND RESULTS

1. No. 33 Robbie Roy

2. No. 14 Chase Grigsby

3. No. 6 Jarret Kelly

4. No. 3 Chili Denison

5. No. 07 Patrick Hill

6. No. 29 David Napier

7. No. 20 William Camara

MINI CUP RESULTS

1. No. 23 Tommy McCarthy

2. No. 24 Danny Allen

3. No. 03 Bryce Napier

4. No. 15. Jackson Ezell

5. No. 5 Zack Case

6. No. 33 Adrian Wilson

7. No.05 Cody Johnston

SP RACING’S CATTANACH LOOKS FOR STRONGER FINISH AT STOCKTON

IRVINE, Calif. (June 8, 2010) – 25 year-old Kyle Cattanach of Redding, Calif. will look to recover from an 11^th place finish at Las Vegas, in this weekend’s “Mid Valley Iron & Metals 130” for SRL SPEARS Southwest Tour at the new Stockton 99 Speedway.

Cattanach is currently fifth in the 2010 series points after three races, driving the #88 Superior Crankshaft Chevrolet. He trails the current points leader by 112 points entering the event.

The touring veteran has a career best finish of second at the speedway in a 2006 Westcar Late Model Series event that had a strong field of 26 cars entered.

Since his appearance in 2006, the speedway closed for two years before being revived in 2009 under ownership of Carol and Tony Noceti. Among many improvements to one of NASCAR’s oldest quarter-mile asphalt ovals is new asphalt, which has lead to blazing speeds and a slight change in the racing line.

Cattanach ran near the top of the charts all weekend at Las Vegas a few weeks ago, but a late race incident while battling for a top-five finish relegated him to a disappointing 11^th place finish in the final rundown.

This will be the last scheduled race with Motorway Motorsports as scheduling conflicts with its K&N and Camping World Truck teams have developed.

“This is not anything new as we came into this season knowing about Motorway’s schedule,” Grassroots Motorsports Marketing Manager Marty Melo said. “Right now we are actively looking at other opportunities for us and Kyle and we are confident we will tighten up our plans for the remainder of the 2010 season by early next week”.

Activities for Cattanach and SP Racing this weekend get underway on Friday afternoon with practice from 4 – 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, practices will be held throughout the afternoon with the “Mid Valley Iron & Metals 130” being the last race of the evening. A crowd upwards of 3000 fans strong is expected.

Kyle Cattanach is sponsored by: Superior Crankshaft, PepperJack Kennels, Joe Gibbs Driven, CP Pistons, Carrillo Rods, B&B Redding I-5 RV Center, Shell Fast Track Food & Fuel, Shell Sportsman Express, Blakesley Sports Media, and supports the Shanesway Foundation.

LICATA SCORES BACK TO BACK VICTORIES IN ASA TRUCK SERIES

LAKE BALBOA, CALIF. (JUNE 8, 2010) – 18 year-old Joey Licata, Jr. won his second straight ASA TRUCK SERIES race on Saturday at the Las Vegas Bullring after setting fast time and taking the lead on lap 29.

Licata is a member of Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle driver development and won the 2009 ASA TRUCK SERIES championship. He won the last series event two weeks ago at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, Calif.

Driving the #71 United Nissan / Justice Brothers Chevrolet Colorado, Licata set the fast time in qualifying with a 16.268 second lap around the three-eighths mile speedway.

By lap four of the 75 lap feature, Licata found himself up to third place and moving in on the leaders. On lap 24, Licata passed Dylan Kwasniewski for second. It took just four laps for Licata to catch leader Mike Herda and take the decisive lead.

Licata built up a lead of almost 2.5 seconds at the finish. In 2010, Licata has two wins and two seconds in the ASA TRUCK SERIES and finds himself in the points battle despite missing the series event at Firebird International Raceway.

The emerging young talent will return to driving in NASCAR Late Models for Tim Huddleson’s High Point Racing on June 19 at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale.

“Joey’s performances in the trucks are amazing,” driver coach Ron Sutton said. “As his development continues he is going to be a major threat in Late Models ... and beyond!”

Joey Licata, Jr. Racing thanks sponsors Justice Brothers, United Nissan, High Point Racing, and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle.

Joey Licata, Jr. Racing is online at www.joeylicata.com

For more information on Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle, log on to www.winners-circle-racing.com

About Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle:

Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle is an established talent scout and development program, providing long term, comprehensive racing and career development for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers. RSWC drivers are raced, coached, groomed, trained and molded, within a professional racing environment, into what top NASCAR teams look for when hiring drivers. Drivers involved in the program race in a variety of cars, including USAC Young Guns Focus Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, NASCAR Late Model stock cars and NASCAR Grand National stock cars.

SELF LOOKS TO BOUNCE BACK IN ROOKIE BATTLE AT ROSEBURG

PARK CITY, UTAH (June 3, 2010) – 19 year-old NASCAR K&N Pro Series rookie Michael Self will compete in the “TOYOTA/NAPA Bonus Challenge 150” this weekend at Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, OR looking to turn his momentum around after a 33^rd place run at Iowa Speedway.

Self comes into Roseburg in the midst of a heated battle for the Rookie of the Year honors will also being scored eighth in the series points standings. Self is ranked eighth among the 18 drivers who have been in attendance for all three races held so far.

The Motorway Motorsports team towed to Roseburg last weekend for a testing session. Self used the session to get comfortable with the #88 Johnnie Walker Performance Center / Team Viva Chevrolet around the .375 mile speedway.

Nearly every speedway on the schedule in 2010 is new for the former karting standout.

Self will be looking to translate his top-ten run at the low-banked Phoenix International Raceway into a top-ten run at the nearly flat Douglas County Speedway.

The race not only pays points for the West Series but is the second round of the five-round NAPA Bonus Challenge.

Saturday practice sessions will be held at 11:30 and 12:45 with qualifying at 4:30 p.m. The 150 lap event will begin at 8:30 p.m.

Race fans can log on to www.michaelselfracing.com to learn more about Michael Self Racing.

Michael Self Racing is brought to you by: Viva Auto Group, Inventory Sales Company, Motorway Motorsports, Naake Suspension Specialists, Johnnie Walker Performance, Rockwell Timekeepers, MSquared, and Blakesley Sports Media. Sponsorship inquiries can be forwarded to Steven Blakesley at (916) 316-4854.

HUNT WINS USAC WESTERN SPRINT FEATURE AFTER DUEL WITH WYSONGHUNT WINS USAC WESTERN SPRINT FEATURE AFTER DUEL WITH WYSONG

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (June 3, 2010) – USAC Amsoil Western Sprint Car Series points leader Tony Hunt secured his 29 series win in his illustrious career by winning the Monday night feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, UT.

The 50 lap feature was a combination event with the USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series and that series’ points leader Jimmy Wysong put up a hard fight against the traveling racers in the Western division.

Wysong set the fast-time in time trials with a time of 13.818 seconds around the 3/8ths mile speedway.

Clovis’ Luis Ramos, after winning his first career feature just two weeks ago in Roseville, won heat race one. Mel Andrus was victorious in heat race two.

Andrus led the opening six laps while Wysong and Hunt raced through the field. Wysong leaped from sixth into in just the opening three laps and took over the lead on lap seven.

Hunt’s run through the field was more methodical, passing Audra Sasselli on lap seven and Andrus on lap 13. A long battle for second between Hunt and 2005 series champion Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. waged on until lap 27 when Hunt broke through.

On lap 36, Hunt took over the lead from Wysong but it wasn’t over yet. A pair of cautions on lap 44 and 47 gave Wysong two more shots at Hunt. Hunt, the five-time champion, prevailed and took a .111 second win at the checkered flag.

Rounding out the top-five were Jim Waters, Ryan Burdett, and Swanson.

The events at Rocky Mountain Raceways capped a busy month for some of the stars of the USAC Amsoil Western Sprint Car Series.

On Saturday night, Hunt finished third in the 62^nd Annual “Little 500” at Anderson Speedway, while 2008 and 2009 series champion Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. won the “Night Before the 500” USAC National Midget feature in Indianapolis. Old brother Kody finished third.

Rohnert Park’s JoJo Helberg and Alamo’s Scott Pierovich competed in both the “Little 500” and the “Casey’s General Stores Triple Crown” at Iowa Speedway. Helberg finished 33^rd at Anderson and 12^th at Iowa, while Pierovich was 18^th at Iowa and 30^th at Anderson.

Tony Hunt leads USAC Amsoil Western Sprint Car Series points standings by 63 points over Luis Ramos as the series prepares for a Southern California showdown at the tight and exciting Orange Show Speedway, Saturday June 12.

The United States Auto Club is online at www.usacracing.com USAC Western Sprint Car Series can be followed on Facebook as well.

HUNT SHINES ON THE ROAD AND TAKES CAREER WIN NUMBER 49

LINCOLN, CALIF. (June 3, 2010) – Five-time USAC champion Tony Hunt had one of the best weekends of his prestigious career, putting together a third place finish in Saturday’s “Little 500” at Anderson Speedway and winning his 49^th career USAC feature Monday at Rocky Mountain Raceways.

Hunt qualified his #56 Metal Works, Schwanke spec engine-powered car fifth out of 45 entrants for the­ 62^nd annual “Little 500” at Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana.

The field was comprised of primarily USAC National 410 Sprint Cars, but Hunt’s experience in previous Little 500s proved to be a huge benefit.

Hunt made it through the opening laps around the quarter-mile asphalt oval cleanly and was tenth at lap 80. At the half-way point, Hunt was still outside the top-five but running a smooth and steady race.

With 50 to go in the marathon event, Hunt was fourth before finally moving into third at the finish. Hunt completed 497 of 500 laps and finished ahead of USAC National Sprint Car champion Levi Jones.

The Metal Works team left Indiana and headed west for Monday’s USAC Amsoil Western Sprint Car Series combination event with the USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series. 13 cars were in the pits for the Memorial Day special with Hunt timing in fourth quick on the board.

Monday’s races proved to be a duel between local Jimmy Wysong and Hunt. Wysong took over the lead on lap seven.

Hunt took his time working the field, moving past Audra Sasselli on lap seven, Mel Andrus on lap 13, and winning a battle against Kody Swanson for second on lap 27.

After a hotly contested battle, Hunt took over the lead from Wysong on lap 36. Hunt held off Wysong on restarts on laps 44 and 47 to win by .111 seconds at the finish of the 50 lap contest.

Hunt leads USAC Amsoil Western Sprint Car Series points standings by 63 points over rookie Luis Ramos. His next race will be at the quarter-mile Orange Show Speedway on Saturday June 12.

Race fans can learn more about Tony Hunt by logging onto www.tonyhunt.com

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