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Kyle Hirst triumphant at last during a thrilling non-stop 40-lap Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial

By: Jacob Perkins & Elijah Jones

Chico, CA – April 30, 2016…After trying for over 10-years to win the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial and suffering through heart break multiple times before Paradise, CA driver Kyle Hirst finally put the bad luck to rest on Saturday night and scored his first career victory at the prestigious event.

The win for Hirst was also another personal milestone and tied him for fifth on the all-time King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series win list with Tyler Walker. It marked his 17^th career KWS triumph. The entire night was one that nobody in attendance will ever forget and was certainly one for the ages. The 40-lap main event went non-stop and took under 10 minutes to complete.

“I’ve wanted to win this race for so long and to finally do it is such a special feeling,” Hirst said. “I’ve been close before and something would always happen, so that final lap was definitely nerve racking. Racing with a guy like Sean Becker for the win is always fun and to get it done like that is something I’ll always remember. I can’t thank the Tarlton family and Dennis & Roth enough for the opportunity. I don’t think I’ll get much sleep tonight after that one! I hope all you fans enjoyed that show tonight, because it sure was exciting.”

The A-Main event saw Kyle Hirst hold off Sean Becker in a thrilling race and finish. The victory was Hirst's first behind the wheel of the Tarlton Motorsports #21X and also received an extra $1000 for winning the A-main courtesy Rico Abreu Racing and $500 courtesy of Roth Motorsports, giving him a minimum of $4500 worth of winnings for the night.

Becker would cross the line second in the Menne Motorsports #75, with the Abreu Vineyards #24 of Rico Abreu rounding out the podium in the third spot. Justin Sanders had a solid run in the 4^th position. Willie Croft scored a top five finish with his 5^th place effort. While Shane Golobic finished 6^th, Bud Kaeding 7^th, Justyn Cox 8^th, Jonathan Allard 9^th, and DJ Netto Rounded out the Top Ten.

Rico Abreu started the night out with the fastest lap around the Silver Dollar Speedway with a lap of 11.849. He earned $1000 cash courtesy of Kyle Larson Racing, Manny & Gloria Avilla, Petersen Media, Mancamp Motorsports, John Luther, and David Anderson.

Rico Abreu, Willie Croft, Andy Forsberg, and Sean Becker claimed heat race victories. Each heat winner earned $500 cash courtesy of Rico Abreu Racing, plus a Right Rear Tire & Five Sleeves of tear offs courtesy of Hoserville, and a small trophy to give to a young fan in the grandstands courtesy of Arnolds for Awards, Inc.

Sean Becker won the dash & claimed $500 cash from Rico Abreu Racing. Justyn Cox was victorious in the last chance qualifier & earned $1000 cash also courtesy of Rico Abreu Racing.

Cory Eliason picked up the $1000 hard charger award courtesy of Rico Abreu Racing. Eliason started in the 18^th spot and passed seven cars to finish 11^th. Richard Brace Jr. was awarded the $300 Hard Luck Award after suffering from Engine problems in the B-Main event. That award came courtesy of Dan & Laurel Belton.

The King of the West Sprint Car Series returns to action next Saturday night at Petaluma Speedway for points race #3. The tour will be back at Silver Dollar Speedway on Saturday June 4^th for the fourth annual David Tarter Memorial.

26^th Annual Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial Results – Silver Dollar Speedway April 30^th

33 – Cars

Fast time: Rico Abreu 11.849

Heat one: 1. 24 Rico Abreu, 2. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 3. 88N D.J. Netto, 4. 19W Keith Bloom Jr., 5. 25 Bobby McMahan, 6. 0 Bud Kaeding, 7. 49 Mike Monahan, 8. 30 Casey McClain

Heat two: 1. 29 Willie Croft, 2. 21X Kyle Hirst, 3. 11 Roger Crockett, 4. 68 Chase Johnson, 5. 31C Justyn Cox, 6. 8 Jim Richardson, 7. 2R Richard Brace Jr., 8. M21 Kalib Henry

Heat three: 1. 92 Andy Forsberg, 2. 22 Shane Golobic, 3. 5H Cory Eliason, 4. 21P Robbie Price,     5. 22A Cori Andrews, 6. 7K Kenny Allen, 7. 87JR Tim Sherman Jr., 8. 12 Jarrett Soares

Heat four: 1. 75 Sean Becker, 2. 3C Jonathan Allard, 3. 17 Justin Sanders, 4. 19 Colby Copeland,    5. 00 Jason Statler, 6. 5V Seth Nunes, 7. 98 Sean Watts, 8. 15 Pat Harvey

Dash: 1. 75 Sean Becker, 2. 92 Andy Forsberg, 3. 29 Willie Croft, 4. 21x Kyle Hirst, 5. 22 Shane Golobic, 6. 17 Justin Sanders, 7. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 8. 24 Rico Abreu

LCQ: 1. 31C Justyn Cox, 2. 0 Bud Kaeding, 3. 5 Bobby McMahan, 4. M21 Kalib Henry, 5. 00 Jason Statler, 6. 12 Jarrett Soares, 7. 49 Mike Monahan, 8. 98 Sean Watts, 9. 5V Seth Nunes,                10. 30 Casey McClain, 11. 8 Jim Richardson, 12.  22A Cori Andrews, 13. 87JR Tim Sherman Jr.   14. 15 Pat Harvey Jr. 15. 7K Kenny Allen, 16. 2R Richard Brace Jr.

A-main: 1. 21X Kyle Hirst, 2. 75 Sean Becker, 3. 24 Rico Abreu, 4. 17 Justin Sanders, 5. 29 Willie Croft, 6. 22 Shane Golobic, 7. 0 Bud Kaeding, 8. 31C Justyn Cox, 9. 3C Jonathan Allard, 10. 88N D.J. Netto, 11. 5H Cory Eliason, 12. 11 Roger Crockett, 13. 19 Colby Copeland, 14. 68 Chase Johnson, 15. 21P Robbie Price, 16. 19W Keith Bloom, 17. 25 Bobby McMahan, 18. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 19. M21 Kalib Henery, 20. 92 Andy Forsberg, 21. 12 Jarrett Soares, 22. 00 Jason Statler

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   A non stop 40 lapper for the 410 KWs and before that a non stop 20 lapper for the non wing sprints.  Can't even remember the last time that happened anywhere.  It certainly didn't happen the night before at Chico during a regular show.

Congratulations to #21 team, Kyle and to everyone who put their $$ into the Bradway jr.

Thank to the Tarltons for keeping the flat blk #21 on the dirttrack !!

Hurst + #21 = KWS Championship for 2016. 

Any nay sayers ? Please respond.

  From central coast of Cali.
   Peace, Out.

OMG,  what a GREAT race.

It's going to be hard to top that one this year, maybe the  Trophy Cup can.

Gary, can you give out the winnings(money) with all the lap money?

ROD

Yes going to try and break down all the money earnings on a document to also thank everyone that donated money.

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Thanks to everyone who works to keep the Bradway Memorial race going every year. And thanks to Dennis Gage and the Silver Dollar track crew for a first-rate racing surface on Saturday night. 

That was as good as sprint car racing gets!

Does anyone have video of the race? I wasn't able to go  

Looking forward to the new Golden State King of the 
West series schedule! 

Winged sprintcars = the fastest and most exciting 
racecars on dirt! 

Nevermind I found that race! What a great race it was- wow! 40 non stop laps! Kyle Hirst is a great driver and drove an awesome race! To see him get emotional what really special to see   Soo excited that he will be racing with the KWS full time! 

Looking forward to the new Golden State King of the 
West series schedule! 

Winged sprintcars = the fastest and most exciting 
racecars on dirt! 

The full race as well as all other King of The West sprint series races are available on demand via www.thecushion.com

If you've not started a paid membership on that website, I would. Knoxville, All Stars, King of The West plus others all available on demand in perfect quality. 

That KWS race was absolutely perfect! Do yourselves a favor and go watch it.

Cheers!

Credit goes to Lowell Moural for the excellent track prep at Silver Dollar and Cycleland. He also does alot for the kids in the Local Kart racing!