RENO, NV (Dec.21, 2020) – Need one more look back at the 2020 Oval Track season. This time won’t have many pictures but there is some news to report.
Diamond Mountain Speedway, like other tracks had a stop-and-start to the season. However there were enough events to crown class champions at the season’s end although for many races spectators weren’t allowed.
Looking at the IMCA Modified ranks Ryan McDaniel earned the crown witeh 258 points while local Riley Simmons was second with 251 or a scant seven points. Nick Trenchard was third ahead of Chris Nieman in fourth.
Apparently tragedy struck the Sport Mod ranks as the champion Mike Nichols has “rest in peace” by his name. If this is true we send our condolences to his family and friends.
Coming home with 260 points was Craig Nieman while Dennis Crook was third as he was ahead of fourth place Timothy Allerdinys by a scant eight points.
The next regular track division is Stock Car, which corresponds to Hobby Stocks in many Nevada tracks. Winning this year’s title was Randy Boyd followed by Shayna Nieman in the runner up spot.
Only four points separated Nieman from third place Robert Warf while fourth place Joe Conroy was just five points behind while Rocky Goetz a point back in fifth.
The last regular class are the Mini Stocks and Krazy Kate is the champion followed by Anthony Hovland, Jason Emmot and Bob Feller.
The late models also had a very close points race as there were only two events. Mark Wauge was the champion by one point over Trent Elliott. The rest were only one point apart.
Like the late models the Pro Stocks only had two events and everyone was just one point apart. Topping the list was Ryan Smith followed by Justin Crocket and Matt Micheli.
There were no points for the Sprint Cars but Trey Walters won that race and Joe Frock won the Dwarf Car event.
Now the track is dark but in the spring racing should return. Hopefully this time the fair board will allow the promoters to have fans so they can have a positive revenue stream.
• Sadly due to the Wuhan Virus lock down the Lovelock Speedway pulled the plug on its entire season. However there is good news for the track.
Long time promoter Ed Macedo has stepped aside and Mike Scott from the Winnemucca Regional Raceway is taking over. This joins both tracks and hopefully will bring Lovelock back to racing this coming season.
Winnemucca is only 72 miles away so good things should be happening for this bullring. Sadly there has been a lack of support from the Fallon racers that are only about 60 miles away.
• Winnemucca Regional Raceway did have a season this year. And their divisions also crowned champions as well.
Cory Sample was the IMCA Modified champion while Marie Curtis topped the Hobby Stock division while Walter Frazier was the Pure Stock champ. In Dwarf Cars Joe Fock topped that class while Rich Innis was the Mini-Modified champ and Kayla Curtis was the Gen-X champion.
The IMCA Stock Car champion was Dillion Lawrence, who came all the way from Salt Lake City. Reno’s Craig Nieman was the IMCA Northern Sport Mod champ while Trey Walters won the Sprint Car title.
• Sadly over the past four to five years it has been virtually impossible to find the points at the 95 Motorsport Complex. Of course they like the others had a stop-and-start season but they did get a few races in.
Hopefully next year points will be available and division champions crowned as a new owner has a new crew and they’ve been working on upgrading this oval track.
That does it for reviewing oval tracks in our area. They will be dark for the next few months. Hopefully in the spring once again these bullrings will echo to the sounds of engines and racing.
REPORTER’S NOTE: The point’s rankings for Diamond Mountain Speedway are after the sponsor list.
For now we here at nvracingnews want to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas. Safe travels if you’re on the road over the holiday.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Unless something happens it appears the hoped for motocross in Fernley on January 3rd won’t happen. As of this date the city hasn’t given its approval but stay tuned as hopefully this might change by sometime next week.
• Remember Terersa’s Garage Radio show is on from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoons. Over the air in the Reno/Sparks area it can be heard either on 1180 AM or the more powerful 1160 AM.
Our young racer co-host Emily Cook now has a line of merchandise to help her racing efforts and you can find them at www.emilycookracing.com. The show is also on a Podcast as amm.streamon.fm and it can be seen live on Face Book.
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Another sponsor is fantastic race photographer Melissa Coker. If you have raced at Summit in Elko, Battle Mountain, Lovelock, Rattlesnake Raceway or Diamond Mountain Speedway she probably has a photograph of your car on the track.
She’s also been at the IMCA Duel in the Desert was well as the Wild West Tour and IMCA Super Nationals in Boone, Iowa. Melissa not only has photos of the cars, and many times drivers, but she can produce hero cards and even a book covering from your season.
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Brian Saul is the owner, a car enthusiast himself and he’s committed to continuing the shop’s reputation of quality work. Phone number is 775-329-4557 and the website is, www.concoursbodyshop.net.
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2020 POINTS RANKINGS:
Diamond Mountain Speedway, Susanville, Calif.
Note: Only drivers that scored points are listed.
• IMCA Modified: 1. Ryan McDaniel, 2. Riley Simmons, 3. Nick Trenchard, 4. Chris Nieman, 5. Nevin Kennemore, 6. Matt Murphy, 7. Trevor Fitz, 8. Robert Miller, 9. Scott Foreman, 10. Shawn Natenstedt, 11.Wade Kennemore 12. Cory Sample 13. Larry McCracken 14. James Tiobeaux, 15. Mitch Murphy, 16. Jimmy Lipke, 17. Danny Lavar, 18. Boyd Murchison, 19.Alec Childs, 20. Jeff White, 21. Glen Hainline, 22. Royce Goetz, 23. Collen Winbarger, 24. Rob Robles, 25. John Campos, 26. Shane Devolder, 27. Dave Sciarroni, 28. Gene Kay, 29. Jim Petit II, 30. Justin McCreadie, 31. Wade Lumsden 32. Joey Tanner 33. Jeremy Richey, 34. Jeff Faulkner, 35. Royce Goetz, 36. Ray Linderman, 37. Chad Groves, 38. Jake Mayden, 39. Jeff Lovell, 40. J.C. Elrod, 41. Josh Combs 42. Matt Hagio, 43. Cole Jones, Jusatin Saltel, 44. Bill Wilker, 45. Mark Gaylord, 46. James Welshonse, 47. Steven Sturdevant, 48. Paul Rea, 49. McLain Beaudoin, 50. Malen Gonzalez, 51. Paul Culp, 52. Kevin Boles,53. Dan Philpott, 54. Joey Olschowka, 55.Bud Walberg, 56. Chris Olexiewicz, 57. Wayne Sturdevant, 58. Zane Devilbiss, 59. Brad Schmidt, 60. Eeric Harmon, 61. Walter Ball, 62. Jeff Hudson, 63. Jeff Chew, 64. Steve Bejcek, 65. Mark Skender, 66. Richard Papenhausen, 67. Paul Guglielmoni, 68. Chance Huser, 69 Jim Turner.
• IMCA Sport Mods: 1, Mike Nichols (RIP), 2. Craig Nieman, 3. Dennis Crook, 4. Timothy Allerdinys, 5. Colton Chew, 6. Tyler Rogers, 7. Rhchard Longacre, 8. Ryan Belli, 9. Jimmy Ray Huffmon, 10. Scott Foster, 11.Keith Foux, 12. Travis Pruitt, 13. Matt Micheli, 14. Colby Russell, 15. Fred Ryland, 16. Andrew Peckham, 17. Steven Sanders, 18. Kelly Kennemore, 19. Tanner Thomas, 20. Jorddon Braaton, 21. Jeremy Phillips, 22. Mike Ficklin, 23. Randy Wright, 24. Matt Sanders, 25. Phil Marino, 26. Jason Ferguson, 27. Justin Foux, 28. Skyler Winebarger, 29. Braxton Possinger, 30. Jace Wright, 31. Nathan Howard, 32. Jesse Ray Morring, 33. Randy Miller, 34. Brian Baker, 35. Jeremy Hoff, 36. Trevor Tiffee, 37. Mike Mereritt, 38. Shawn Meerrit, 39. Branden Wilson, 40. Scott Savel, 41. Keith Brown Jr., 42. Ryan DeForest, 43. Joey Pearson, 44. Collin Sandord, 45. Isaac Sanders, 46. Tyler Eckels, 47. Kyle Belli, 48. Todd Hardesty, 49.Skeeter Bethel, 50 Zac Potts, 51.Mark Hain.
• Stock Cars: 1. Randy Boyd, 2. Shayna Nieman, 3. Robert Warf, 4. Joe Conroy, 5. Rocky Goetz, 6. David Flournoy, 7. Don Deiter, 8. Aaron Flournoy, 9. Jacob Dias, 10. Royce Goetz, 11. Steve Buhr, 12. Doug Weeks, 13. Dan Dias, 14. Ronny Goeetz, 15. Dylan Sanford, 16. Greg McCully, 17. David Pierce, 18. Keith Marson, 19. Jesse Gonzalez, 20. Jeremy Langenderfer, 21. Jeff Marson, 22. Zack Havel, 23. David Ausano, 24. Paul Stephen, 25. Maurice Maurel, 26. Keith Ross, 27. Jacob Hutson, 28. Jesse Yankee, 29. J.T. Stark, 30. John Campo, 31. Harold Sack, 32. Jeff Willis, 33. Tom Hanall, 34. James Berhorst, 35. Devin Vaughan, 36. Keith Honea, 37. Zack Havel, 38. John Johnson, 39. Kyle Allen, 40. Richard Italiano. 41.David Paine, 42. James Wooddell, 43. Mitchell Enos, 44. Keegan Gundurson, 45.David Johnson, 46. Unlisted.
• Mini Stocks: 1.Krazy Kate, 2. Anthony Hovland, 3. Jason Emmot, 4. Bob Feller, 5. Johnny Moya, 6. Tony Quinonez, 7.Andi Hast, 8. Jack Turner, 9. Nick Boucher, 10. Suzi Schmitt, 11.Bob Kelly, 12. Ian Thulin, 13. Jonathan Dahlen, 14. Tom Davis, 15. Dan Webster, 16. Madison Hood, 17. William Fogie, 18.Salvador Saucedo, 19. Matt Kvaivik, 20. Kalvin Kvalivik, 21. Ainsley Evenson, 22.Billy Gibson, 23. Bruce Magnan, 24. Jorden Riley, 25. Ross Vigee, 26. Zachary Barker, 27. Wyatte Spalding, 28. Fred Kresge, 29. Larry Whitebird, 30. Stephen Crook, 31. John Leach Jr., 32. Jason Libbe.
• Late Models: 1. MarkWauge, 2.Trent Elliott, 3. Reichard Papenhausen, 4. Paul Gugliomoni, 5. Bruce Rayburn, Jr., 6. Richard Vanderploueg.
• Pro Stocks: 1.Ryan Smith, 2. Justin Crocket, 3. Matt Micheli, 4. Chris Smith, 5. Bill Pearson, 6. Donny Richardson, 7. Matt Kile, 8. Bill Hall III, 9. Richard Workman, 10. David King Jr., 11. Kevin Pedergrass, 12. Robert Miller, 13.Jay Sears,14.Brent Lawrence.
