Rattlesnake Raceway ended its 2015 season with it annual end of the season event.

FALLON (Sept. 27) – One sign if fall is the annual Dirt Track Championships here. It’s two days of racing full shows and a driver’s combined finishes determines where they place.

After the dust settled on Saturday’s IMCA event Robert Miller said, “It is definitely a plus starting on the pole, I mean there’s not doubt about it. About halfway I had some brake issues and didn’t know if I was going to be able to hang on as I was struggling to keep a consistent line down there. It really messed me up on the restarts as I couldn’t get in the way I want so I thought, ‘I’ll just walk the dog around there and let them go inside.’ Once we got rolling we help our own.

Then he thanked his crew, especially a 17-year-old that’s a hard worker and his car owner brother and his firm, R.J. Landscaping.

Robert Miller won Saturday evening and on Sunday clinched the IMCA part of the DTC.

When the green waved in the IMCA field Miller took off with the pack in hot pursuit. A lap later there was a short caution then racing resumed.

Up front Miller had Joel Myers on his back bumper with Jeff Olschowka right behind him. Eventually Olschowka took over second.

There were six cautions during the race. But each time Miller was able to hold the lead and would extend it right after a lap or so.

The last caution took a bit longer to clean up. Seems that the rear end of Wade Lumsden’s racer rolled up spraying the interior with metal, some of which his Lumsden.

Fortunately he only suffered minor injuries in the scary accident.

On the final restart with six to go Wade Taylor took second with Malen Gonzalez giving chase and dropping Myers to fourth. They would finish in that order.

Earlier the Mini Stocks ran their main. After winning his heat race Lee Ketten ended up second behind Cody Acquistapace.

Lee Ketten and Cody Acquistapace (103) dueled for the Mini Stock DTC. In the end both drivers tied for the championship.

It would take two attempts to get the Hobby Stock main going. The first try ended with a scramble in Turn 2.

Soon after racing began there was another caution when Dennis Buehn wound up on the infield after a tangle but was able to continue. His troubles weren’t over as his car then suffered a fire caused by a rear seal failing and spraying fluid over hot brakes.

After Buehn was towed to the pits for repairs the green waved again and the field roared into Turn 1. Up front Jeff Tuttle and David Ausano had been running one-two.

David Ausano and Jeff Tuttle (29) battled for Saturday night’s Hobby Stock victory.

Tuttle would make a small mistake exiting Turn 4 and that’s all Ausano needed to use an inside move and take the lead. Soon after that there was another race stopping incident when Michael Bartlett bounced off the way and collected the car of Dan Edgington, which lost a wheel in the incident.

After that was cleaned up, and Bartlett checked on by the medic, racing resumed with Ausano still on point.

Two more cautions came and one of them was then Rick Miller’s car blew a radiator hose creating a huge cloud of steam and leaving a trail of water around about half the track.

Then with five to go the green waved again only to have Larry Conner’s car lost a wheel and stoped the race again. Paul Shamlin was caught up in that incident when he was unable to stop in time.

With five laps left in the Hobby Stock main Larry Conner’s car lost a wheel and spun backward. Paul Shamlain was unable to stop in time and ran into the stopped car.

In the final charge to the checkered Ausano held off all comers to take the win followed by Shane Cazel and Tuttle with Royce Goetz in fourth.

In the victory celebration Ausan said, “Feels good, so far we’ve got all wind and hopefully can continue that way. The car is pretty fast so don’t think we’ll do anything to it. It was really loose out of four so I had to baby it but sometimes slower is faster.

David Ausano celebrates after winning Saturday’s Hobby Stock main. He later earned the class DTC.

Then he gave special thanks to his girlfriend that had their son six weeks ago. And he expressed his appreciation to sponsors Performance by Gilly, Edgington Motors, Rebel Glass as well as Wet and Wild Water.

Blake Rauscher won Saturday’s 250cc main and on Sunday earned the class DTC.

The Outlaw Karts rounded out the show as these up and coming youngsters put on their own show. They race on a small oval within the big track.

Guage Felzke (47) won Saturday’s Beginner main but on Sunday both he and Brysyn Simeral (14) tied for their DTC.

Blake Rauscher won the 250cc main while Guage Felzke took the Beginner feature and Casey Dias was the Box Stock victor.

• On Sunday everyone came back and raced the second show of the weekend. When the dust settled Robert Miller was again the winner and DTC IMCA champion.

There was a tie in Mini Stocks between Lee Ketten and Cody Acquistapace. In Hobby Stocks Rick Miller won the Sunday feature but third place was all David Ausano needed to claim the DTC Championship for that division.

And the youngsters were also racing for their own version of the Dirt Track Championships.

When the dust settled Sunday on the Outlaw Kart Track Blake Rauscher was the DTC Champion for the 250cc class. The other two classes each had a pair of drivers tie for those titles.

In the Box Stock it was Robert McBroome and Even Rauscher that shared the DTC Championship while Brysyn Simeral and Guage Felzke shared the Beginner DTC Championship.

RESULTS

Rattlesnake Raceway – Dirt Track Championships

• Saturday, Sept. 26

IMCA:

Heat Winners: #1 Will Fryckman, #2 Joel Myers, #3 Robert Miller

Main: 1. Robert Miller, 2. Wade Taylor, 3. Malen Gonzalez, 4. Joel Myers, 5. Jeff Olschowka, 6. Alec Childs, 7. Mark Skender, 8. Don Childs, 9. Jesse Gonzalez, 10. Reldon Hatch, 11. Jim Turner, 12. Paris Archie, 13. Wade Lumsden, 14. Lisa Taylor, 15. Jim Jurad, 16. Will Fryckman, 17. Joe Blackwell, 18. Fred  White.

Hobby Stocks:

Heat Winners: #1 Dan Dias, #2 Jeff Tuttle, #3 David Ausano.

Main: 1. David Ausano, 2. Shane Cazel, 3. Jeff tuttle, 4. Royce Goetz, 5.  Rob Malson, 6. Dan Dias, 7. Tami Buehn, 8. Dennis Buehn, 9. Jorden Riley, 10. Paul Shamlain, 11. Larry Conner, 12. Rick Miller, 13. Dan Edgington, 14. Kelly Thompson.

Mini Stocks:

Heat Winner: Lee Ketten

Main: 1. Cody Acquistapace, 2. Lee Ketten, 3. Tomas Gonzalez, 4. Mike Mills.

• Sunday, Sept. 27

IMCA: 1. Robert Miller, 2. Jeff Olschowka, 3. Malen Gonzalez, 4. Wade Taylor, 5. Don Childs, 6. Alec Childs, 7. Mark Skender, 8. Paris Archie, 9. Jesse      Gonzalez, 10. Jim Turner, 11. Fred White, 12. Reldon Hatch, 13. Joel Myers.

DNS: Lisa Taylor, Wade Lumsden, Jim Jurad

Mini Stocks: 1. Cody Acquistapace, 2. Lee Ketten, 3. Tomas Gonzalez.

DNS Mike Mills

Hobby Stocks: 1. Rick Miller, 2. Dan Dias, 3. David Ausano, 4. Rob Malson, 5. Shane Cazel, 6. Jeff tuttle, 7. Shanna Robertson, 8. Dennis Buehn, 9. Larry Conner, 10. Paul Shamlain, 11. Tami Buehn, 12. Tim Russell, 13. Dan      Edgington, 14. Jorden Riley

DNS: Royce Goetz, 2. Make Bartlett

• DTC Final Standings:

IMCA: Robert Miller (Champion), 2. Jeff Olschowka, 3. Malen Gonzalez, 4. Wade Taylor, 5. Alec Childs, 6. Joel Myers, 7. Mark Skender, 8. Don Childs, 9. Jesse Gonzalez, 10. Reldon Hatch, 11. Jim Turner, 12. Paris Archie, 13. Will Fryckman, 14. Fred White, 15. Joe Blackwell, 16. Lisa Taylor, 17. Wade Lumsden, 18. Jim Jurad

Mini Stock: (Tie for First place) 1. Cody Acquistapace, 1. Lee Ketten, 2. Tomas Gonzalez, 3. Mile Mills

Hobby Stocks: 1. David Ausano (Champion), 2. Dan Dias, 3. Jeff Tuttle, 4. Shane Cazel, 5. Rob Malson, 6. Rick Miller, 7. Dennis Buehn, 8. Tami Buehn, 9. Paul Shamlain, 10. Larry Conner, 11. Jorden Riley, 12. Dan Edgington, 13.      Royce Goetz, 14. Make Bartlett, 15. Shanna Robertson, 16. Tim Russell, 17. Kelly Thompson

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