RENO, NV (8-3-2020) – This weekend Rattlesnake Raceway held the current round of the I-80 Challenge. In addition there are other news worthy things going on in the world of motor sports.
Friday night was the first round of the two-day show and on Saturday the next to last race were the Sprint Cars. On the green everyone took off with Jeff Macedo on point.
Only a lap or two went by when one car spin in Turn 4 and was hit by another that could not avoid him. After the track was cleared the green waved again, by now the track had dried out and dust was a bit of a problem.
Moving up from his staring position Trey Walters saw an opening and make the winning pass. There would be one more caution when Dallas Ott spun but on the green Walters took off and left everyone in his dust.
After the race Walters said, “I started sixth, passed cars at the beginning, just trying to find a rhythm, tried pace ourselves and find a nice good open spot to get into the lead. The pass was crazy, I figured ‘I better go now or I may not get another shot.’ The dust was horrible.”
Then he thanked Dave and Cary Walkter as well as Conely Racing and BMRS Hoses.
The Dwarf Cars were a last minute addition to the show. It took two attempts at a start due to a spin on the first lap but when the green waved Joe Fock took off the left the field in his dust.
While Frock won Tim Fitzpatrick was second followed bgy Michael Quilici and Dan Geil. While the victory looked easy apparently it was not.
“You know it was tough, the track was super sick and it was tough to see if someone was right in front of you,” Frock said later. “I didn’t know if it was the track or my car but it was like ice out there for us. Luckily everyone else was experiencing the same thing so we just had to cruise around, drive half-throttle and not spin the tires.”
Then he thanked sponsors Damron Racing Las Vegas, R&J Landscaping, Pro Mechanix, Wild Island, Nature’s Bakery, Diatte Racing Innovations and Zoomaluma Graphics.
When the Modified took the green first Jim Turner was on point then Wade Lumsden took the spot. Behind them Cory Sample was moving up and had the leader in his sights.
Four cautions slowed the race but in the end Sample scored the victory followed by Chris Nieman and Lumsden.
When the Gen-X feature began Dave Gegenbach briefly was on point until a charging Travis Showe took the spot. Right after the first caution Mikki Beuchat would claim the lead.
A late caution when the car of Alex Pettit lost a wheel slowed things down but Beuchat went on to claim the victory.
The Hobby Stock main began with David Ausano on point and being chased by Chris Christiano and John Schilling. The leaders were tearing around the track until he first two were exiting Turn 4 when Kevin Pagell spun hitting Asano’s car and collection Christiano, who would up backwards at the bottom of Turn 1.
The race was stopped as the officials rushed to check on the drivers, who were uninjured. Then it took a few minutes to clear the track.
Once racing began Ausano resumed his place in the lead and stormed off to claim the victory. Roger Donahue was second ahead of John Schilling.
Reporters Note: Due to the late hour I had to leave but Jay Bradley won the Bootleggers main.
Next race at Rattlesnake will be a two-day show. On Friday, August 21 the Northern Nevada Modified series will visit and on Saturday it will be a regular points race.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Big news is that today Best in the Desert got approval to run this year’s Casey Folks Vegas to Reno race. There are some conditions that apply mainly to pit areas due to the current virus situation.
This time the race will have a record field of 383 bikes, UTV’s, Buggies and Trucks. The event is the longest off road in America at 500 miles and the dates are August 12 to 15.
• This year at the Loretta Lynn Amateur Motocross Championships, which run from August 3 to 8, there are four northern Nevada riders racing.
From Gardnerville the brother and sister team of Lux and Lala Turner as well as Owen Bills and Ryan Eager are there.
We here at nvracingnews send out best wishes to those four as well as any other Nevada racers competing in this event.
• Arron Siminoe is hosting a riding clinic on Friday, August 7. Here is his release about that clinic:
Hey all you alturas or close to it putting on a clinic at there race track there on the 7th of august 50 dollars a rider and having food after. So message me or Shannon Cudigan Pedotti for reservations limited rider allowed 10 to 20 so hurry up cause spots are filling fast.
Also I’ll be working on
•Body position
•Proper corner technique
•Along with jumping technique __
•breaking and much more
• Teresa’s Garage Radio Show Tuesday, from 2 until 3 p.m. will be a “best of encore show.” We’ll be back in the studio next week.
RESULTS:
RATTLESNAKE RACEWAY
• Saturday, August 1:
Hobby Stock:
+ Heat Winners: #1 David Ausano, #2 Shane Ramthun.
+ Main: 1. David Ausano, 2.Roger Donahue, 3. John Schilling, 4. Roy Peterson, 5. Shane Ramthun, 6. Chris Christiano, 7. Kevin Pagel.
DNS:Patrick O’Rouke.
Dwarf Cars:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Joe Frock, #2 Tim Fitzpatrick.
+ Main: 1. Joe Frock, 2.Tim Fitzpatrick, 3. Michael Quilici, 4. Dan Geil, 5. Glenn Sciarani, 6. Roy Peterson, 7. Donald Peterson, 8. Isaak Geil, 9. Delon Knitz.
Sprints:
+ Heat Winner: #1 Jeff Macedo, #2 Jordan Garretson
+ Main:1. Trey Walters, 2. Bruce Ferrier, 3. Jeff Macedo, 4. Nick Purdy, 5. Steven Williams, 6. Jordan Garretson, 7. Dallas Ott, 8. Darren Boone, 9. Bob Shank,10. Kurt Goddard.
Gen-X:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Dave Gegenbach, #2 Travis Showe.
+ Main: 1. Mikki Beuchat, 2. Travis Showe, 3. Jorden Riley, 4. Cooper Lee, 5. Daniel Kleve, 6. Hayden White, 7. Josh Evans, 8. Alex Pettit, 9. Ainsleigh Evenson, 10. Dave Gegenbach, 11. Jesse Showe.
DNS: Jerome Kleve.
Modifieds:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Chris Nieman, #2 Cory Sample.
+ Main: 1. Cory Sample, 2. Chris Nieman, 3. Wade Lumsden, 4. Jim Turner, 5. Reldon Hatch, 6. Steve Evenson, 7. Will Evenson.
Bootleggers:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Rusty McMillian, #2 Jay Bradley
+ Main: 1. Jay Bradley, 2.Shane Rasmussen, 3. Ray Blankenship, 4. Stuart Satathite, 5. Jeff Tuttle, 6. Robert Schotag, 7. Ace Green, 8. Jeremy Lampley, 9. Logan Sage, 10. Rusty McMillian.
• Friday, July 31:
Hobby Stocks:
+ Heat Winners:#1 DavidAusano, #2 Rogere Donahue.
+ Main: 1. Roger Donahue, 2.Davie Ausano, 3. Richie Altman, 4. Kevin Pagel, 5.Roy Peterson.
DNS:PatrickO’Rouke
DQ: Shayna Nieman, Chris Christiano.
Sprints:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Jordan Garretson,#2 Jeff Macedo.
+ Main: 1. Jeff Macedo, 2.Trey Walters, 3. Jordan Garretson, 4. Nick Purdy, 5. Dallas Ott, 6. Darren Boone, 7. BobShank, 17. Bruce Ferrier.
DQ: Steven Williams.
Gen-X:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Travis Showe, #2 Mikki Beuchat.
+ Main: 1. Mikki Beuchat, 2. Josh Evans, 3. Jorden Riley, 4. Jesse Sowe, 5. Ainsleigh Evenson, 6. Cooper Lee, 7. Shane Ussery, 8. Travis Showe, 9. Dave Gegenback.
Modifieds:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Robert Miller, #2 Wade Lumsden.
+ Main:1. Cory Sample, 2. Robert Miller, 3. Ran Roath, 4. Wade Lumsden, 5.Willl Evenson, 6. Chris Annas.
DNS: Steven Anderson.
Bootleggers:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Ray Blankenship, #2 Stuart Satathite.
+ Main: 1. Rusy McMillian, 2. Ray Blankenship, 3. Jeff Tuttle, 4. Ace Green, 5. Robert Schostag, 6. Shane Rasmussen, 7. Stuart Satathite, 8. Jeremy Lampley, 9. Robert Weaver.
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