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The Wright Driver Wins
Rickey Wright flew a round the 1/3 mile dirt track at Chowtown
Speedway Saturday night in his 360 winged sprint car. In restart after
restart Eric "Hot Rod" Humphries chased Wright but could not catch
him, Humphries had to settle for second place for the main event
while Wright took home the $1,500 paycheck. Garret Ishii and Albert
Pombo battled for third and fourth with Ishii winning the fight and
taking third. Shawn Wright finished fifth completing the top five in the
winged 360 sprint cars.
Mike Shepherd broke a tie rod end in his heat race keeping him out
of the trophy dash, that was the bad news for him. The bad news for
the rest of the Super Stock competitors was that the fan hand picked
by announcer Davey Boy, drew the "FULL" invert card from the stack
of cards. This put Shepherd on the pole for the yellow flag marred
Super Stock main event. Roy Hart Jr. attacked Shepherd on every
restart but was not able to get by so he took second to Shepherd.
Michael Shearer, Steven Hannah, and Mike Calhoun made up the
top five.
Shannon Marlow drove one of the best races a fan will ever see for
nineteen laps in the Hobby Stock race, the only problem it was a
twenty lap race and Marlow caught a lapped car on the final lap of the
race. Point leader Ryan Larimer charged through the pack and drove
to the back bumper of Marlow about the same time she caught the
lapped car, and with the crowd standing on their feet, or the seat
back in front of them Larimer passed Marlow for the win. Jarod Fast,
Shane Hauseman and Shannon Porter made up the balance of the
top five.
The winged warriors from the past called the Sportmans put on a
great night of hard charging race action throughout the night. They
had four different races, two heats a dash and a main, and each was
won by a different driver. Tim Prothro and Mike Henault won the
heats, Mike Hausmann won the dash and Michael Shearer won the
main event. Duane Fast, Mike Hausmann, Tim Prothro, and Mark
Key, took second through fifth in the main event.
2009 Track Champion Kathy Evans found her way back to victory
lane in the 4-Banger Class. Kodie Dean was second, Mike Pickering
raced hard for third, Jimmy Wood and Marisa Odgers fought off Ben
Cooley, Richard Scott, and Philip Gaitan for fourth and fifth.
This week Chowtown is closed for the Vukovich Classic Super
Modified race at Madera Speedway. Chowchillas Sportsman drivers
are part of the action at Madera as they will race in an exhibition race
just before the Main Event of the Supers, and just after the Main
Event of the BCRA Midgets!
Bragg Scores Second Straight BCRA Midget
Triumph at Chowchilla
By Robert Haugh
After taking the lead on Lap 11, Visalia’s Greg Bragg cruised to the
30-lap Bay Cities Racing Association Midget feature in dominating
fashion, wheeling Dave LaMott’s #0 HotHead Engine Heaters
Stealth/Bob Wirth Honda to victory at the 1/3-mile Chowchilla
Speedway on Saturday, May 1.
Following Bragg to the checkers were 2008 BCRA Midget champion
and current BCRA Midget points leader “Young Lion” Nick Foster, Jr.
of San Jose in Jim Fowler’s Zero-Zero Motorsports’ #1 “Blue Bayoo”
Windows Unlimited Beast/Esslinger, Scott Nail of Visalia aboard his
#16 Stealth/Riolo Chevy, Bakersfield’s Sean Dodenhoff aboard his
#9d Spike/Fontana Rhino and reigning BCRA champion “Mr.
Excitement” David Prickett of Fresno aboard the #15 Neverlift
Motorsports TCR/Van Dyne rounding out the top five.
Chico’s Dillon Silverman claimed sixth in the RAM Motorsports #12
Spike/RRE Chevy EcoTec after starting in 12th, with Angwin’s Britton
Bock taking seventh aboard his #67 TCR/Esslinger, followed by
sixteenth-starting Keith Iaia in eighth aboard the RAM Racing #14
Stealth/RRE Chevy EcoTec, Lonny Alton in Lana Alton’s #5a
Stealth/SCREAM SuperFocus and Carson City, Nevada’s J.R.
Williams aboard his own #74 Stealth/RRE Chevy EcoTec rounding
out the Top ten.
Ryan Shupe claimed eleventh aboard the Chris Walker-Bay Muffler
#10 Stealth/Esslinger
Bragg claimed the Dash over Nail, Dodenhoff and Prickett.
Dodenhoff claimed Heat 1 over Bragg, Pleasanton’s Pete Davis
aboard his #00 HotHead Engine Heaters Stealth/Esslinger, Bill
Lindsey of San Carlos in Stu Donaldson’s #8x Farajian Farms-Rite
Way Wheels Stealth/Pontiac Danny Parker aboard Bob Roza’s #28
Stealth/Esslinger, Shupe, Alton and Williams.
Prickett claimed Heat 2 over Nail, Foster, Bock, Mike Donaldson
aboard Stu Donaldson’s #5b Ellis/Pontiac (ex-Cliff Servetti mount)
and Silverman.
Foster maintains the 2010 BCRA Midget points lead over Nail,
Silverman, Lindsey, Davis and Alton.
The BCRA Midgets continue their 67th season of racing next week,
when they make their first of three 2010 appearances at the 1/3-mile
Madera Speedway on Saturday, May 8.
The race was the fifth of 21 total races and second of four BCRA
Midget appearances at Chowchilla in 2010 (March 38, June 26,
October 30). The race was the fourth of 13 Dirt races on the 2010
BCRA Midget schedule.
Visit www.bcraracing.com for information on the BCRA Midgets and
www.racechowchilla.com for additional information on Chowchilla
Raceway. Please visit www.racingwest.com for racing results from
throughout the West Coast.
Summary:
Feature (start): 1. Bragg (4), 2. Foster (1), 3. Nail (3), 4. Dodenhoff
(6), 5. Prickett (5), 6. Silverman (12), 7. Bock (8), 8. Iaia (16), 9. Alton
(13), 10. Williams (14), 11. Shupe, (11) 12. Davis (2), 13. Lindsey
(7), 14. Parker (9), 15. Donaldson (10), 16. Jake Swanson (15)
Lap Leaders: 1-10 Foster, 11-30 Bragg
Dash: 1. Bragg, 2. Nail, 3. Dodenhoff, 4. Prickett
Heat 2: 1. Prickett, 2. Nail, 3. Foster, 4. Bock, 5. Donaldson, 6.
Silverman, 7. Swanson-DNSS
Heat 1: 1. Dodenhoff, 2. Bragg, 3. Davis, 4. Lindsey, 5. Parker, 6.
Doherty, 7. Alton, 8. Williams
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