SUSANVILLE, CA (June 12) – This weekend Diamond Mountain Speedway in Susanville, California had a Friday-Saturday show. In addition to the four regular classes the Tri State Pro Stocks rounded out the racing card.
Saving the best for last the Tri State Pro Stocks first did a four wide salute to the fans. Then they put on a great race as the first two finishers were usually only less than a foot apart or side-by-side.
After taking the checkered flag winner Justin Crockett said, “That was a good race, we towed all the way from Pismo Beach. It was just hard racing last night, trying to go for the lead lost it, sun then came back through the pack. But to come here and win, it definitely makes it worth it. It was a fun race, Jeff puts on a heck of a show.”
Then Crockett looked down and saw Grasen Olschowka standing beside him.
“This is my number one fan right here so we’re going to dedicate this win to him. Last week at Yreka he said I was either going to win or his dad (Jeff Olschowka) was going to.
Then he thanked his girl friend Terry, C&D Bonding and his crew.
The evening’s show actually began with the Mini Stocks and five of them took the green with Jack Turner on point. Soon after that Katelynn Robertson had him in her sights and got into the lead on lap three with a pass on the front straight.
Then Suzie Schmitt took over second. In the end however Robertson, who graduated from high school last week, scored the victory.
During the awards ceremony she said. “It was a blast, I was holding my line and hoping for the best. No problems, I think we’ve got it all together working and good. I couldn’t have done it without my Papa.”
There were so many Stock Cars it took five heats and a B main, won by Bill Patterson, to set the 20-car field for their main. On the green Carl Barlow was on point while behind him there was a four-way duel for second.
Not too long into the 20-lap race there was a caution and a driver was sent to the pits for rough driving. In fact Two more drivers would eventually be disqualified.
There was one more caution when a car stopped at the top of Turn 4 but got going again and headed to the pits. Up front Barlow was being chased by his car owner Royce Goetz. Behind them Randy Boyd had charged through the pack to take over third was closing.
In the end Barlow wasn’t about to be denied as he scored the victory ahead of Goetz and Boyd. After that he did a donut on the front straight to celebrate.
Asked if he knew how close Goetz was Barlow said, “I didn’t know how close anybody was, never heard a motor and never seen nothing. We made some big changes on this car the last couple of weeks and it paid off.”
During the awards when asked who to thank Barlow, with a big smile said, “Royce Goetz Racing, if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be doing it.”
Fifteen IMCA Northern Sportmods took the green and Craig Nieman was on point but was chased by Richard Longacre and Joe Pearson. Then Pearson spun and somehow everyone missed him.
When the green waved again Nieman took off but now Jason Ferguson was second just ahead of a three-way fight for third. Then another spin caused a yellow but on the restart Nieman was still on point. There would be one more caution and in the end Nieman won followed by Chris Sieweke, Phillip Shelby and Ferguson, who slipped to fourth while Longacre used a charge from the back to wind up fifth.
After the race Nieman said, “Got the right set up.”
Then he thanked Big Rob at Gunslinger Chassis, his wife and others that help him.
When the IMCA A Modifieds began their 20-lap main 22 cars took the green and Matt Murphy was on point. However there was a tangle in Turn 2 to a restart was ordered.
The second attempt didn’t end well with another tangle but this time in Turn 1. So there was another restart but this time Wade Kennemore was on point and chased by Riley Simmons and Murphy.
Soon the leaders started catching the slower drivers with Kennemore and Simmons running nose-to-tail. As they caught the slower cars Simmons guessed right and got past Kennemore, who was slightly held up.
There would be two more cautions that slowed things and bunched the lead cars. When the green waved Simmons would take off with Kennemore and Murphy giving chase. They finished in that order so it was a Susanville one-two-three as they all live locally.
After pulling onto the infield Simmons said, “First lap everybody decided to go off in to 1 the guy that was on the first row spun out in front of the whole field. I see him spin out when we’re going into Turn 3 apparently whoever was behind me didn’t I got ran into.
“Luckily I was spinning but never stopped so I got to keep my spot back. Hit lap traffic, got by Wade and just kind of cruised from there. The last couple of nights that’s all I’ve done is to drive through lap traffic it’s just been, can’t wait around, got to go.”
Then he thanked sponsors Reno Rock Transport, NAPA Auto Parts, Swiss Brakes and his crew.
• There was a full program of races on Friday night as well. Chris Smith won the Tri State Pro Stock main while Riley Simmons began his sweep of the weekend with a win in the IMCA A Mod main. Phillip Shelby won the IMCA Northern Sportmod main while Shayna Nieman was the Stock Car winner. Tom Davis was the Mini Stock winner.
REPORTER’S NOTE: The results are at the end of this article. There is a small photo gallery of victory photos after the results.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
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• On Wednesday, starting around 5 p.m. the Sparks A&W has a cruise in. It’s located across the street from Reed High School.
• Teresa’s Garage Radio Show is on the air from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. In northwest Nevada, and all the way up to Susanville, it can be heard over the air at 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, trends, new developments and trivia.
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RESULTS: Diamond Mountain Speedway.
• Saturday, June 12:
IMCA Modifieds:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Scott Foreman, #2 Nevin Kennemore, #3 Zach Cail, #4 Riley Simmons.
+ Main (25-Laps): 1. Riley Simmons, 2. Wade Kennemore, 3. Matt Murphy, 4. Buddy Kniss, 5. Zach Cail, 6. Chris Olexiewicz, 7.Paris Archie, 8. Vincent Evenson, 9. Gene Kay, 10. Austin Gant, 11. Robert Mull, 12. Malen Gonzalez, 13. Larry McCracken, 14. Colby Russell, 15. Unlisted, 16. Tyler Patzke, 17. Nevin Kennemore, 18. Ryan McDaniel, 19.Scott Foreman, 20. Dave Sciarroni, 21. Jeff White, 22. Walter Ball. DNS: Steve Boucher.
Northern SportMod:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Jason Ferguson, #2 Phillip Shelby, #3 Craig Nieman.
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Craig Nieman, 2. Chris Sieweke, 3. Phillip Shelby, 4. Jason Ferguson, 5. Richard Longacre, 6. Mike Merritt, 7. Jace Wright, 8. Colton Chew, 9. Jim Ford, 10. Mark Garner, 11. Joe Pearson, 12. Ryan Belli, 13. Shayna Nieman, 14. Dustin Langston, 15. Matt Canada.
DNS: Bion Barr, Nathan Neely.
Stock Cars:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Carl Barlow, #2 Rocky Goetz, #3 Aaron Flournoy, #4 Royce Goetz, #5 Jeff Marson.
+ B Main: 1. Bill Patterson, 2. Paul Stevens, 3. Jeff Marson, 4.Joe Conroy, 5. Ronnie Goetz, 6. Greg McCully, 7. Unlisted, 8. Paul Newman, 9. Brian Maehler, 10. David Woods.
+ Main (20-laps): 1. Carl Barlow, 2. Royce Goetz, 3. Randy Boyd, 4. Brad Cohelo, 5. Jacob Dias, 6. Aaron Flournoy, 7. J.T. Stark, 8. Don Deiter, 9. Paul Stevens, 10. Rocky Goetz, 11. Madison Hood, 12. Douglas Weeks, 13. Ronnie Goetz, 14. David Flournoy, 15. Shayna Nieman, 16. Bill Patterson, 17. Joe Conroy. DQ: Jesse Yankee, Keith Marson, Jeff Marson.
Mini Stocks:
+ Heat Winner: Katelynn Robertson.
+ Main (12-Laps): 1. Katelynn Robertson, 2. Suzie Schmitt, 3.Jack Turner, 4. Bob Kelly, 5. Andi Hast.
Tri State Pro Stocks:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Ryan Smith, #2 Jeff Olschowka.
+ Main (30-Laps): 1. Justin Crockett, 2. Jeff Olschowka, 3. Royce Goetz, 4. Jay Sears, 5. Ryan Smith, 6. Richard Brace Jr., 7. Robby Grace, 8. Matt Kile, 9. Bill Hall, 10. Brent Lawrence.
DNS: Chris Smith.
• Friday, June 11:
IMCA Modifieds:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Ryan McDaniel, #2 Riley Simmons, #3 Chris Olexiewicz, #4 Gene Kay.
+ Main: 1. Riley Simmons, 2. Ryan McDaniel, 3. Nevin Kennemore, 4. Paris Archie, 5. Buddy Kniss, 6. Mitch Murphy, 7. Wade Kennemore, 8. Matt Murphy, 9. Gene Kay, 10. Chris Olexiewicz, 11. Jeff White, 12. Steve Boucher, 13. Malen Gonzalez, 14. Larry McCracken, 15. Zach Cail, 16. Robert Mull, 17. Colby Russell, 18. Unlisted, 19. Tyler Patzke, 20. Casey Nickerson.
Northern Sportmods:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Richard Longacre, #2 Craig Nieman, #3 Phillip Shelby.
+ Main: 1. Phillip Shelby, 2. Colton Chew, 3. Chris Sieweke, 4. Craig Nieman, 5. Jace Wright, 6. Joe Pearson, 7. Ryan Belli, 8. Jason Emmot, 9. Bion Barr, 10. Mark Garner, 11. Shayna Nieman, 12. Dustin Langston, 13. Matt Canada, 14. Richard Longacre, 15. Unlisted, 16. Nthan Neely, 17. Jimmy Ray Huffmon.
Stock Cars:
+ Heat Winners: 1. Aaron Flournoy, 2. Shayna Nieman, 3. Randy Boyd.
+ Main: 1. Shayna Nieman, 2. Jacob Dias, 3. Randy Boyd, 4. Madison Hood, 5. Don Deiter 6. Keith Ross, 7. Douglas Weeks, 8. Brad Coelo, 9. Rocky Goetz, 10. Royce Goetz, 11. Joe Conroy, 12. Aaron Flournoy, 13. Paul Stevens, 14. Paul Newman, 15. David Flournoy, 16. Greg McCully, 17. David Woods.
Mini Stocks:
+ Heat Winner: Tom Davis.
+ Main: 1. Tom Davis, 2. Suzie Schmitt, 3. Katelynn Robertson, 4. Jack Turner, 5. Bob Kelly, 6. Trevor Skillin.
Tri State Pro Stocks:
+ Heat Winners: #1 Justin Crockett, #2 Ryan Smith, #3 Chris Smith.
+ Main: 1. Chris Smith, 2. Ryan Smith, 3. Jay Sears, 4. Richard Brace Jr., 5. Royce Goetz, 6. Justin Crockett, 7. Brent Lawrence, 8. Robby Grace, 9. Matt Kile, 10. Richard Vander Ploeg, 11. Blaine Hill, 12. Bill Hall.
DNS: Jeff Olschowka.
DQ: Jesse Gonzalez.
PHOTO GALLERY:
Craig Nieman with his wife and fans celebrate his Northern Sport Mod victory. Pro Stock winner Justin Crockett dedicated this win to his “#1 Fan” Grasen Olschowka, here holding the flat. 
Justin Crockett and his girl friend celebrate his Pro Stock victory. 
Katelynn Robertson (driving suit) celebrates her Mini Stock victory with fans and family. 
Riley Simmons swept the weekend by winning Friday and Saturday’s IMCA A Mod features.
