FALLON, NV (Aug. 14) — Rattlesnake Raceway has a two-day show on a hot, hazy weekend. Due to the fires in Northern California clear days have been a rare item this summer.
This time the race-of-the-night came first when the Bootleggers ran their main. This class is a new version of Bombers.
First on point was Jeremy Lampley, who later set the fastest lap at 18.095 seconds. Next leader was Joseph Keough until Taggart Garland took the lead. A caution had the field revert to the previous lap but on the restart Garland used an outside move in Turn 1 to retake the lead.
Back in the pack Rusty McMillan had been working his way forward but got a flat. During the caution he pitted for a new tire and then had to restart from the back and it appeared, even though he was moving through the pack, there wasn’t enough time to mount a challenge.
Up front second place Blankenship had a problem that brought out a caution. While he spent a short time on the infield the yellow allowed everyone to bunch up.
When the green waved again, with only a few laps to go, McMillan got on the outside of Garland and the spent the remaining laps racing side-by-side. In the final charge to the checkered flag McMillan was able to get his nose just ahead of Garland and won by 0.155 seconds.
Afterwards McMillan said, “It was wild, starting in the back and it was rough trying to get up to the front. Then somebody got into me, popped a tire, came off the track and changed it out.
“Was able to fight my way to the front, got a late caution that really helped me. Then those last few laps were fun, side-by-side for the last three but didn’t think I won.”
Then he thanked Robert Vaden from Vaden Motor Sports, Alec Kniestedt and others for their support.
When the green waved for the Gen-X main Jordan Riley took off the left everyone. Behind him the battle for second was between Colton Blankenship and Travis Showe, who set the fastest lap at 17.474 seconds.
A lapper helped Showe take second and he set off to try and catch the leader. However time was on Riley’s side as the reached the checkered flag first just under a second and a half before Showe.
The Hobby Stock main was another come from behind race. On the green Clayton Holloway was on point.
Behind the leaders Victory Richey was picking off cars ahead of him. Eventually his patience style paid off and get grabbed the lead. Behind him Dan Dias took over second, was giving chase and would post the fastest lap at 16.935 seconds.
In the end Richey scored the victory with Dias in the runner up spot ahead of third place Shane Boyd.
Back in the pits Richey, who scored his first victory in this car, said, “It took me a little while as I didn’t know where everybody was going to run. I just watched them for a lap or two, kind of figured out their line and when one guy went high, I would go low and vice a versa. Didn’t have much trouble but I got into the back of one lapper and that was it.”
Asked who he wanted to thank Richey said he’s a one man band but is looking for sponsors. He would really appreciate it if someone could help him with tires.
Seven IMCA Modifieds took the green and that’s when Shawn Natenstedt took off. In fact he would set the fastest lap of the race at 14.885 seconds.
Two cautions slowed the pace but on every restart Natenstedt left everyone in his dust. At the finish he had over a 3 second lead on his team mate, second place Dave Sciaronni while Wade Lumsden used a steady drive to claim third.
At the post-race tech Natenstedt said, “The track was tricky, it was good, best its been all year. Maneuvering, track taking off at certain times, different parts slicking off, different parts didn’t rut. So you had to move around the whole race but it was good. I wasn’t on cruise control but was searching around for the good stuff.”
Then he thanked his “sponsor” his business Ultimate Air Heating and Air Conditioning.
REPORTER’S NOTE: Dave Sciaronni sent a comment. Went back and found I made a big mistake. Yes Natenstedt did dominate the race but the winning margin was slightly over 3 seconds. Sorry for the error and thanks for pointing it out Dave. So I corrected it in the text.
• On Friday the winners were; Travis Showe-Gen-X, Dan Dias-Hobby Stock, Ray Blankenship-Bookleggers and Robert Mull-IMCA Modifieds.
Next race at Rattlesnake is a Friday-Saturday show on the weekend of September 24/25. Full results are at the end of this article.
• On Saturday the Northern Nevada Kart Club held it’s annual night race that honors one of the club’s founders. It is the Rick Jerome Memorial Race.
The winners were; Davey Jorgeson-Kid Kart, Kayden Williams-Junior 1, Giovanni Medina-Junior 2, Kory Williams-Super Stock, Adrick Owen-KA100/TAG, Deahme Malone-Senior LO206, Eric Kzemchak-Heavy LO206 and Zeke Corson in Shifter. Congratulations to all of them.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• There is a new cruise as the Pizza Factory in Spanish Springs has one on Monday starting at 5 p.m.. It goes until dark with music, raffles and shaded parking.
• Tuesday, from 4 until 8 p.m., is when the south Steak ‘N Shake has its weekly cruise in.
• The Sparks A&W, starting around 5 p.m. has a cruise in. There is music, usually there are a lot of cars and its located right across the street from Reed High School.
• Teresa’s Garage Radio Show is on the air from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoons. In Northwest Nevada it can be heard over the air on 1060 AM.
There is also a podcast at amm.streamon.fm or it can be seen live on Face Book. The show is focused on all things automotive including trends, new develoopments and trivia.
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RESULTS:
Rattlesnake Raceway – Fallon,Nevada
• Saturday, August 14:
Bootleggers:
+ Heat 1: 1. Ray Blankenship, 2. Stuart Satathite, 3. Shari Hollis,4. Taggart Garland, 5. Emanuel Mello, 6. Joseph Keough.
+ Heat 2: 1. Glenn Lee, 2. Logan Sage, Kayla Braun, 4. Rusty McMillan, 5. Jeremy Lampley.
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Rusty McMillan, 2. Taggart Garland, 3. Shari Hollis, 4. Glenn Lee, 5. Stuart Satathite, 6. Joseph Keough, 7. Logan Sage, 8. Ray Blankenship, 9 Jeremy Lampley, 10. Kayla Braun, 11. Emanuel Mello.
Gen-X:
+ Heat 1: 1. Travis Showe, 2. Jorden Riley, 3. Cooper Lee.
+ Heat 2: 1. Colton Blankesnship, 2. Travis Showe, 3. Kent Knisley,4. Diana Robinson, 5. Michael Boyd.
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Jorden Riley, 2. Travis Showe, 3. Colton Blankenship, 4. Cooper Lee, 5. Diana Robinson, 6. Joseph Cook, 7. Michael Boyd.
DNS: Kent Knisley.
Hobby Stock:
+ Heat 1: 1. Shane Boyd, 2. Bob Vaden, 3. Victor Richey, 4. Ray Eder, 5. Dwayne Inlow, 6. Clayton Holloway.
+ Heat 2: 1. Angela Dais, 2. Dan Dias, 3. David Woods, 4. Alex Kniestedt, 5. Brandon Davidson, 6. Ray Blankenship.
DNS: Bob Vaden.
Main (20-Laps): 1. Victor Richey, 2. Dan Dias, 3. Shane Boyd, 4. Dwayne Inlow, 5. David Woods, 6. Brandon Davidson, 7. Clayton Holloway, 8. Alex Kniestedt, 9. Angela Dias, 10. Ray Blankenship,11. Ray Eder.
DNS: Bob Vaden.
IMCA Modifieds:
+ Heat 1: 1. Dave Sciarroni, 2. Melissa Natenstedt, 3.Jason Emmot, 4. Conner Tatum.
DNS: Wade Lumsden.
+ Heat 2: 1. Shawn Natenstedt, 2. Jason Jovanelly, 3. Darren Manning, 4. Robert Mull, 5. Robert Tatum.
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Shawn Natenstedt, 2. Dave Sciarroni, 3. Wade Lumsden, 4. Darren Manning, 5. Melissa Natenstedt, 6. Jason Emmot, 7. Conner Tatum, 8. Robert Mull.
DNS: Jason Jovanelly, Robert Tatum.
• Friday, August 13:
Bootleggers:
+ Heat 1: Taggart Garland, 2. Logan Sage, 3. Charles Hooten, 4. Kayla Braun, 5. Joseph Keough.
DNS: Stuart Satathite.
+Heat 2: 1. Glenn Lee, 2. Ray Blankenship, 3. Jeremy Lampley, 4. Rusty McMillan, 5. Emanuel Mello.
Main: 1. Ray Blankenship, 2. Glenn Lee, 3. Stuart Satathite, 4. Kayla Braun, 5. Rusty McMillan, 6. Joseph Keough, 7. Jeremy Lampley, 8. Logan Sage, 9. Taggart Garland, 10. Charles Hooten, 11. Emanuel Mello.
Gen-X:
+ Heat 1: 1. Travis Showe, 2. Suzie Schmitt, 3. Jorden Riley, 4. Joesph Cook, 5. Michael Boyd.
+ Heat 2: 1. Kent Knisley, 2. Cooper Lee,3. Colton Blankenship.
+ Main: 1. Travis Showe, 2. Cooper Lee, 3. Suzie Schmitt, 4. Michael Boyd, 5. Colton Blankenship, 6. Joseph Cook, 7. Kent Knisley, 8. Jorden Riley.
Hobby Stock:
+ Heat 1: 1. Dan Dias, 2. Angela Dias, 3. Brandon Davidson, 4. Ray Eder, 5. Ray Blankenship.
+ Heat 2: 1. Victor Richey, 2. Bob Vaden, 3. Clayton Holloway.
DNS: Alex Kniestedt.
+ Main: 1. Dan Dias, 2. Victor Richey, 3. Alex Kniestedt, 4.Brandon Davidson, 5. Ray Eder, 6. Angela Davis, 7. Ray Blankenship, 8. Bob Vaden, 9. Clayton Holloway.
IMCA Modifieds:
+Heat: 1. Wade Lumsden, 2. Robert Mull, 3. Dale Tatum.
+ Main: 1. Robert Mull, 2. Wade Lumsden, 3. Dale Tatum.
