DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS – RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY

FALLON, NV (OCT 7) — This year the 37^th Annual Dirt Track Championships was a two-night affair with racing Friday and Saturday. Nine classes were racing for wins and the class championships based on a driver’s finishes for both nights.

First on the racing card were the Dwarf Cars and seven of took the green with Ryan Parkhurst briefly on point. Next to lead was Vuki Wilson Jr. but moving toward the front was Friday’s winner, Joe Frock.

After that the chase was on but in the end Frock scored another victory. Wilson was the runner up followed by third place Chris Christiano.

Next came the Modern Concrete Winged Sprint Cars, a series that formed this year. It’s bringing this open wheel racing to several area tracks.

Nine of these winged cars took the green and first on point was Brandon Temora. Behind him Trey Walters moved into second but up front Grasen Temora took the lead.

There was one caution that briefly slowed things. At the checkered Grasen Temora scored the victory followed by Walters and Friday’s winner Nick Purdy.

When the Mini Stocks took the green Travis Showe was on point. Behind him Steven Crook, racing a Mod Mini was moving to the front.

Once Crook took the lead he left everyone in his wake on the way to winning the race. Showe was second, and the first Mini Stock to reach the finish while Kent Knisley was third.

The largest class of the night was Street Stock and 17 of them took the green flag. First on point was Dave Sciarroni with Mikki Beuchat behind him.

Making his way toward the front was Jesse Gonzalez, driving the only Mustang in the field. Right after he took over second there was a caution.

When racing resumed Sciarroni took off with Gonzalez and Beuchat in hot pursuit. Eventually getting through lap traffic gave Gonzalez his chance and he used an outside move to take the lead.

At the finish it was Gonzalez, Sciarroni and Beuchat with Randy Boyd finishing fourth.

The Bootlegger main was very different as they raced the “wrong way,” on the oval. Once the green waved Peter Lossing was leading while Austin Miller and Sam Miller were giving chase

There was one caution and after racing resumed Sam Miller took the lead and distanced himself from the pack as he won the race. Joseph Keough was second while Lossing finished third.

Only two were able to start the Micro Sprint main. After a few laps the car of John Zeiter broke its chain and he was out. That left Barry Lampert as the winner as his car was the only one still running.

A dozen IMCA Northern Sport Mods took the green flag and Jimmy Ford was up front along with Richard Vander Ploeg.

There was an early caution when two cars got involved coming out of Turn 4. When racing resumed Ploeg led until Buddy Olschowka used an inside move on the backstretch to grab the point.

Two more cautions followed and the field had a single file restart after the last one. While Olschowka took off behind him Ford and Tyler Rogers were dueling for second

In the end Olschowka won followed by Ford, Rogers and fourth place Jason Jovanelly.

Only seven IMCA Modifieds took the green and Shawn Natenstedt led with Dave Sciarroni in second.

There would be three cautions and when racing resumed Natenstedt was still leading but Katelynn Robertson got past Cory Sample for second.

Now the chase was on but in the end Natenstedt won the day with Robertson second while Sample finished third.

For Robertson it’s been a special year. She’s the IMCA Modified Nevada champion and in the women’s national standings, called the Lady Eagles, she’s ranked seventh. Not bad for a year’s effort.

Finally it was time for the IMCA Stock Cars to take to the track. When the green waved on the seven-car field Jacob Dias led with Jeff Olschowka close behind him.

Eventually the car of Dias slowed and he was out. The caution was extended a bit for debris in Turn 1. On the restart Olschowka took off but was soon behind chased by Cody Morris and Carl Barlow.

Olschowka reached the checkered flag with Morris close behind. Barlow ended up third ahead of Rusty McMillan.

The night wasn’t over as there was another “wrong way,” race for the Mini Stocks. The drivers all contributed to a “winner take all” purse and ran the track backwards.

In the end Mikki Beuchat won the race and money. This brought the regular racing season to a close.

After the dust settled here are the 2023 Dirt Track Class Champions:

Dwarf Champion 16 Joe Frock

Sprint Champion 3P Nick Purdy

Mini Champion 74 Travis Shorty Showe

Street Stock Champion 45 Jesse Gonzalez

Bootlegger Champion 80 Sam Miller

Micro sprints Champion 11b Barry Lampert

Sport Mods Champion 44 Tyler Rodgers and 63 Buddy Olschowka

Amods Champion Cory Sample

Imca Stock Cars Champion 121 Jeff Olschowka

• On October 28^th there will be a special Halloween Race run by the folks from Diamond Mountain Speedway in Susanville. The track up there is being used for another event that day.

• Results for both Friday and Saturday are at the end of this article. Only one missing is that special Sunday race for Mini Stocks.

• Here are the 2023 point’s leaders for the regular season:

 Dwarf Cars – Joe Frock.

Winged Sprint Cars -Nick Purdy.

Mini Stocks –  Kent Knisley.

Street Stocks – Mikki Beuchat.

Bootlegger – Joseph Keough.

IMCA Northern Sport Mods – Ray Ballard.

IMCA Modifieds – Wade Lumsden.

IMCA Stock Cars – Rusty McMillan.

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• For you car fans there is a special car show in Fallon on Saturday. It’s a benefit to help the Fallon Theatre Restoration project. In the afternoon there will be a stand-up comedy show there.

• Daveys American Racing is usually on Face Book at 6 p.m. Wednesday evenings. One can see the show on Face Book and get into the chat was well.

Davey covers national series as well as racing in the western United States. His focus is on oval tracks.

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DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS – RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY

• Saturday, Oct. 7

Dwarf Car:

• Heat Winner: Joe Frock.

• Feature: 1. Joe Frock, 2. Vuki Wilson Jr., 3. Chris Christiano, 4. Nick Winters, 5. Ryan Parkhurst, 6. Glenn Sciarani, 7. Phillip Rowland.

Sprint Cars:

• Heat Winners: #1 Nick Purdy, #2 Grasen Temora.

• Feature: 1. Grasen Temora, 2. Trey Walters, 3. Nick Purdy, 4. Brandon Temora, 5. Wade Taylor, 6. Bruce Ferrier, 7. Andy Gleson, 8. Jordan Garretson, 9. Preston Henderson.

Mini Stock:

• Heat Winners: #1 Travis Showe, #2 Glenn Lee.

• Feature: 1. Steven Crook, 2. Gravis Showe, 3. Kent Knisley, 4. Jeff Tuttle, 5. Cooper Lee, 6. Jorden Riley, 7.Isaac Aguilera, 8. Dakota Thunder, 9. Mikki Beuchat, 10. Glenn Lee.

• DNS: Joseph Cook.

Street Stock:

• Heat Winners: #1 Dave Sciarroni, #2 Mikki Beuchat, #3 Dan Dias.

• Feature: 1. Jesse Gonzalez, 2. Dave Sciarroni, 3.Mikki Beuchat, 4. Rand Boyd, 5. Ryan Parkhurst, 6. Dan Dias, 7. Jimmy Berhorst, 8. Shane Cazel, 9. Brandon Davidson, 10. Jeff Willis, 11.Samantha Schultz, 12. Dwayne Inlow, 13. Tyreef Young, 14. Korey Vemon, 15. Logan Sage.

• DNF: Clayton Holloway, Shayna Nieman.

Bootlegger:

• Heat Winner: Peter Lossing.

• Feature: 1. Sam Miller, 2. Joseph Keough, 3. Peter Lossing, 4. Austin Miller.

• DNF: Kaden Beuchat.

Micro Sprint:

• Heat Winner: Barry Lampert.

• Feature: 1.Barry Lampert.

• DNF: John Zeiter, Katelynn Robertson, Rick Zeiter.

IMCA Northern SportMod:

• Heat Winners: #1 Jimmy Ford, #2 Richard Vandewr Ploeg.

• Feature: 1. Buddy Olschowka, 2. Jimmy Ford, 3. Tyler Rodgers, 4. Jason Jovanelly, 5. Mark Hain, 6. Tom Duncan, 7. Richard Vander Ploeg, 8. Mike Merritt, 9. Paul Stephens, 10. William Merritt.

• DNF: Connor Merritt, Austin Daniels.

IMCA Modified:

• Heat Winner: Alec Childs.

• Feature: 1. Shawn Natenstedt, 2. Katelynn Robertson, 3. Cory Sample, 4. Dave Sciarroni, 5. Jason Emmot.

• DNF: Alec Childs, Tyler Jones.

• DNS: Kyle Renbarger.

IMCA Stock Car:

• Heat Winner: Jacob Dias.

         – Feature: 1. Jeff Olschowka, 2. Cody Morrris, 3. Carl Barlow, 4. Rusty McMillan, 5. Jeff Tuttle, 6. Jesse Gonzalez, 7. Jacob Dias.

• Friday, Oct 7:

Dwarf Car:

• Heat Winner: Vuki Wilson Jr.

• Feature: 1. Joe Frock, 2. Vuki Wilson Jr., 3. Nick Winters, 4. Phillip Rowland, 5.Glenn Sciarani, 6. Chris Christiano, 7 Ryan Parkhurst.

Sprint Cars:

• Heat Winners: #1 Nick Purdy, #2 GrasenTemora.

• Feature: 1. Nick Purdy, 2. Trey Walters, 3. Wade Taylor, 4. Grasen Temora, 5. Brandon Temora, 6. Preston Henderson, 7. Jordan Garretson, 8. Andy Gleason.

• DNF: Bruce Ferrier.

Mini Stock:

• Heat Winners: #1 Kent Knisley, #2 Cooper Lee.

• Feature: 1. Travis Showe, 2. Kent Kenisley, 3. Cooper Lee, 4. Joseph Cook, 5. Jorden Riley, 6. Mikki Beuchat, 7. Dakota Thunder.

• DNF: Jerome Kleve, Glenn Lee.

Street Stock:

• Heat Winners: #1 Jesse Gonzalez, #2 Jeff Willis.

• Feature: 1. Jesse Gonzalez, 2. Mikki Beuchat, 3. Dan Dias, 4. Jimmy Berhorst, 5. Dave Sciarroni, 6. Shane Cazel, 7.Shayna Nieman, 8. Brandon Davidson, 9. Logan Sage, 10. Korey Vernon, 11. Dwayne Inlow, 12.Jeff Willis, 13. Tyreef Young.

• DNS: Randy Boyd, Madison Hood.

Bootlegger:

• Heat Winner: Sam Miller.

• Feature: 1. Sam Miller, 2. Peter Lossing, 3. Joseph Keough, 4. Austin Miller, 5. Kaden Beuchat.

Micro Sprints:

• Heat Winner: Barry Lambert.

• Feature: 1. Barry Lampert, 2. Katelynn Robertson.

• – DNF: Rick Zelter.

• DNS: John Zeiter.

MICA Northern Sport Mod:

• Heat Winners: #1 Tyler Rodgers,  #2 Buddy Olsdhowka.

• Feature: 1. Tyler Rodgers, 2. Jimmy Ford, 3. Buddy Olschowka, 4. Jason Jovanelly, 5. Mark Hain, 6. William Merritt.

• DNF: Tom Duncan, Austin Daniels, Mike Merritt, Richard Vander Ploeg, Connor Metz.

• DNS: Ray Ballard.

IMCA Modified:

• Heat Winners: #1 Alec Childs, #2 Randy McDaniel.

• Feature: 1. Cory Sample, 2. Shawn Naenstedt, 3. Dave Sciarroni, 4. Alec Childs, 5. Katelynn Robertson, 6. Jason Emmot.

• DNF: Randy McDaniel, Kyle Renbarger, Malen Gonzalez, Tyler Jones.

IMCA Stock Cars:

• Jesse Gonzalez.

• Feature: 1. Jeff Olschowka, 2. Carl Barlow. 3. Cody Morris, 4. Jesse Gonzalez, 5.  Jeff Tutle, 6. Daniel Viaszof.

• DNF: Jacob Dias.

• DNS: Rusty McMillan.