NORTHERN NEVADA KART CLUB NIGHT RACE

STEAD, NV (Aug. 19) — The annual night race for the Northern Nevada Kart Club honors one of its founders, Rick Jerome. It’s a fun event where drivers add lights to their karts.

Unfortunately this year’s event was run under the threat of weather. Both sets of heats were run with the second at night.

Racing started with the Kid Kart main. At first Presley Parter was close behind leader Cole Harris.

Soon Harris just left everyone in his wake and he reached the checkered flag first. Next came Presley Prater followed by Noah Beauregard.

Next up were the Shifter classes. Their heat races usually began with a scramble at the start so it took a bit to get everyone back in order.

This class uses a standing start and when the green lights for the main came on Mike Faker took off. Behind him Gage Griego and Brooks Anderline were chasing.

Starting fifth was Zeke Corson, who didn’t finish the second heat. He sliced his way to second and began a long nose-to-tail duel with Faker.

In the end Faker reached the checkered flag just over two tenths of a second ahead of Corson. Behind them Griego was third while Anderline ended up fourth and first in the Honda 125 group.

After the race Faker said, “He (Corson) bumped me a few times so I knew he was right there and I knew who it was. He came from the back so he probably turned a little faster lap times than I did. We were close enough so it was hard for him to get by.”

Then he thanked his wife and their kids as well as Zach and Rodney at Nevada Kart Sport.

Next to take the green flag was the Junior 1 class. Several karts including the front row had extra decorative lights.

Kayden Williams has dominated the class this season and he took off, which left everyone in his wake. Still it wasn’t easy as Williams soon found himself having to lap slower racers

At the checkered flag Williams notched another victory. Luka Rommeck-Kornbluth finished second followed by Cash Prater and Kiipton Bocchi, who ended up fourth.

After the post-race weigh in Williams spoke about the lap traffic.

“Kind of sketchy, got to be careful around them, like you never know what they are going to do. So you got to pick a lane and stick with it,” he said.

Then he thanked his mechanics, parents and sponsors.

Next came the multi-class main. Here four classes, KT100, KA100, KA100 Masters and Tag all race together. When the green waved KA100 racers William Owen and Jack Shrady took off with the pack chasing them.

It appeared they would have a nose-to-tail battle but Mother Nature had other ideas. After only four laps rain began to fall and the race was stopped.

While only a short delay was expected there was another bigger storm cell headed for the track so the event was called.

Sad, because there was less than two tenths of a second between winner Owen and Schrady with Carter Knight third and Giovanni Medina fourth. In the KA100 Master Class fifth overall Mike McMullen bested Nat Sombatsiri.

Brian Lewis ended up ninth place ahead of Paul Georgeson and they were 1-2 in the KT100 group. There was one TAG and Rex Owen finished eight.

The rest of the classes did manage to get in both of their heat races.

If the rain had held off the Heavy class would have gone next.

Both heats were close with Steve Dow taking the first while Brandon Arace won the second.

Cooper Perez won both heats while Jeremy Heath was the runner up and not that far behind in the second. In the first heat Lucca Sweetland was the runner up behind Perez.

Once again Rachel Williams was the class of the Pro 4 division as she won both heats. Zach Sievert was runner up in the first heat while Jimmy Johns was second in the second heat.

The Seniors would have been the final class to race but unfortunately they weren’t able to. In their first head Issac and Brooks Anderline finished one-two with just two tenths of a second between them.

In the second heat Anderline won but it was close as Zack Rivera was less than two tenths of a second behind him.

This is always a fun event but sadly the area was feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Hillary coming up from the south. Hopefully weather will be better next time NNKC races.

That next event is on Sunday, September 24 when they use Track 5. Desert Park Raceway can be configured in several layouts.

For further information please check, www.NNKCReno.com.

• Saturday at Sportsman Warehouse there was a combined event. Cars and Stripes Classic Car Celebration as well as Nevada Honor Flight were the hosts.

There were drawings for raffle prizes plus others offered later. There were about 100 cars of many types on display.

One was a 1949 Cadillac designed by Harley Earl, who also helped to design the Lockheed P-38 fighter. The car was the first Motor Trend Car of the Year.

Another on display was at 1957 Corvette, the first year the car offered a 4-speed transmission.

There was also a beautifully restored 1950’s era Hudson Hornet. These cars were the power-houses when NASCAR was formed.

OTHER RACING NEWS:

• On Wednesday, starting at 5 p.m. the Sparks A&W will host another cruise in. There is a DJ supplying music, prizes and cars to admire. The only question is the weather.

• Thursday morning the Iron Mafia hosts another meet at Kim’s Donuts & Tea House located at 1328 U.S. 395 North in Gardnerville. This week there is a mystery cruise to a local hot rod shop.

• Friday and Saturday evenings at Fuji Park, at the south end or Carson City is when the Outlaw Flat Trac motorcycle races return. Each day is a blizzard of heats and main events with a special race Friday between the police and fire fighters to benefit a fire district.

• Among the races on Saturday is the “Duce.” This is where eight riders face off in elimination races and they are trying to win the $1,400 grand prize.

• Just as a “heads up,” on Saturday there will be the 1^st Annual Cedarville Stock Car Races hosted by the Diamond Mountain Speedway. Three classes will be competing that night and it’s along tow up there.

• Due to weather the annual Mammoth Mountain Motocross was postponed. The event runs through two weekends and begins Friday. For further information please check, www.mammothmountain.com>motocross>home.

• 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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Northern Nevada Kart Club – Round 5

Rick Jerome Night Race – August 19

Kid Kart:

• Heat #1: 1. Cole Harris, 2. Noah Beaugregard, 3. Presley Prater, 4. MacKenzie Kephart, 5. Brooks Morrisey, 6. Emilee Gustin.

• Heat #2: 1. Cole Harris, 2. Presley Prater, 3. Noah Beauregard, 4. Brooks Morrisey, 5. MacKenzie Kephart, 6. Emilee Gustin.
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• Main (7-Laps): 1. Cole Harris, 2. Presley Prater, 3. Noah Beaugregard, 4. Emilee Gustin.

         – Non-Competitive: 1. Brooks Morrisey.

Shifter/125 ROK/125 Honda:

• Heat #1: 1. Zeke Corson, 2. Mike Faker, 3. Gage Griego, 4. Jeff Wamre, 5. Ben Fisher, 6. Kevin Jerome, 7. Brooks Anderline, 8. Sky Corson, 9. Turbo Sombatsiri, 10. Michael Yazemblak, 11. Brandon Carlson, 12. Javier Avlia.

• Heat #2: 1. Mike Faker, 2. Gage Griego, 3. Ben Fisher, 4. Brooks Anderline, 5. Jeff Wamre, 6. Javier Avila, 7. Sky Corson, 8. Turbo Sombatsiri, 9. Zeke Corson, 10. Brandon Carlson, 11. Kevin Jerome.

• Overall Main (12-Laps): 1. Mike Faker, 2. Zeke Corson, 3. Gage Griego, 4. Brooks Anderline, 5.Kevin Jerome, 6. Javier Avila, 7.Bandon Carlson, 8. Jeremy Koth.

• DNS: Ben Fisher, Jeff Wamre, Sky Corson, MichaelYazembiak, Turbo Sombatsiri.

• ROK: 1. Mike Faker, 2. Zeke Corson, 3. Gage Griego.

• Honda: 1. Brooks Anderline, 2. Kevin Jerome,3. Javier Avila, 4. Keremy Koth.

         – Shifter 80: 1. Bandon Carlson.

Junior 1:

• Heat #1: 1. Kayden Williams, 2. Kipton Bocchi, 3. Luka Rommeck-Kornbluth, 4. Noah Manubi, 5. Jameson Morrissey, 6. Own Hanson, 7. Alex Gustin, 8.Harrison Oziminski, 9. Abbey West, 10. Jack Gligorijevic, 11. Drake Kephart, 12. Cash Prater.

         – Heat #2: 1. Kayden Williams, 2. Luke Rommeck-    Kornbluth, 3. Jameson Morrissey, 4. Kipton Bocchi, 5. Owen Hanson, 6. Noah Manubi, 7. Harrison   Oziminski, 8. Abbey West, 9. Jack Gligoijevic, 10. Drake Kephart, 11.AlexGusin.

• Main (12-Laps): 1. Kayden Williams, 2. Luka Rommeck-Kornbluth, 3. Cash Prater, 4. Kipton Bocchi, 5. Noah Manubi, 6. Jameson Morrisey, 7. Ale Gustin, 8. Owen Hanson, 9. Drake Kephart, 10. Abbey West, 11. Jack Gligorijevic, 12.Harrison Oziminski.

KA100/TAG/KT100:

• Heat#1: 1. Jack Schrady, 2. William Owen, 3. Stevie Ray Rosario, 4. Carter Knight, 5. Giovanni Medina, 6. Nat Sombatsiri, 7. Rex Owen, 8. Greg Banks, 9. Mike McMullen, 10. Brian Lewis.

• Heat #2: 1. Jack Shrady, 2. William Owen, 3. Carter Knight, 4. Giovanni Medina, 5. Rex Owen, 6. Nat Sombatsiri, 7.Mike McMullen, 8. Stevie Ray Rosario, 9. Brian Lewis, 10. Greg Banks.

• Overall Main (4-Laps*): 1. Willaim Owen, 2. Jack Schrady, 3. Carter Knight, 4. Giovanni Medina, 5. Stevie Ray Rosario, 6. Mike McMullen, 7. Nat Sombatsiri, 8. Rex Owen, 9. Brian Lewis, 10. Paul Georgeson, 11. Greg Banks.

• * – Rain shortened.

• DNS: Allen Wilt.

• KT100: 1. Brian Lewis, 2. Paul Georgeson, 3. Greg
• Banks.

• KT100 Masters: 1. Mike McMullen, 2. Nat Sombatsiri.

• KA!00: 1. William Owen, 2. Jack Schrady, 3. Carter Knight, 4. Giovanni Medina, 5. Stevie Ray Rosario.

• TAG: 1. Rex Owen.

Heavy:

• Heat #1: 1. Steve Dow, 2. Brandon Arace, 3. Andrew Kemp, 4. Jake Bruchette, 5. Josh Prater, 6. Jeff Wamre, 7. Terry West, 8. Jessica Mansfield, 9. Ron Dumnie, 10. Curtis Waggoner, 11. Rob Amster, 12. Jerry Stark III, 13. Terrance McElveny, 14. Pedro Carmona, 15. Tim McElveny, 16. Derek Anderline.

         – Heat #2: 1. Brandon Arace, 2. Steve Dow, 3. Andrew Kemp, 4. Derek Anderline, 5. Jake          Bruchette, 6. Terry West, 7. Ron Dummie, 8. Rob Amster, 9. Jeff Wamre, 10. Jessica Mansfield, 11.         Jerry Stark III, 12. Josh Prater, 13. Curtis Waggoner, 14. Pedro Carmona, 15. Tim McElveny, 16. Terrance McElveny.

• DNS: Eric Kuzmachek.

• Main: Canceled due to rain.

Junior 2:

• Heat #1: 1. Cooper Perez, 2. Lucca Sweetland, 3. Jeremy Heath, 4. Bryce Benton, 5. Isaiah Manubi, 6. Jeremiah Manubi, 7. Landen Warren, 8. Tyler Hanson.

• Heat #2: 1. Cooper Perez, 2. Jeremy Heath, 3. Lucca Sweetland, 4. Bryce Benton, 5. Isaiah Manubi, 6. Landen Warren, 7. Jeremiah Manubi, 8. Penny King, 9. Tyler Hanson.

         – Main: Canceled due to rain.

Pro 4 Stroke:

• Heat #1: 1. Rachel Williams, 2. Zach Sievert, 3. Lucas Lemaire, 4. Chris Echard, 5. Jeremy Clark, 6. Raymond Smithson, 7. Jimmy Johns.

• Heat #2: 1. Rachel Williams, 2. Jimmy Johns, 3. Zach Sievert, 4. Jeremy Clark, 5. Lucas Lemaire, 6. Raymond Smithson, 7. Chris Echard.

• Main: Canceled due to rain.

Senior:

• Heat #1: 1. Issac Bourque, 2. Brooks Anderline, 3. Giovanni Medina, 4. Austin Hawkins, 5. Zack Rivera, 6. Andrew Hitchcock, 7. William Amster, 8. Jazz Manning,  9. Nathan Heath, 10. Heavyn Hill, 11. Kyle Harlan, 12. Ethan Gustafsson, 13. Carter Chaffey, 14. Sassy McCormick, 15. Robert Amster, 16. Mason Solberg.

• Heat #2: 1. Brooks Anderline, 2. Zack Rivera, 3. Giovanni Medina, 4. Issac Bourque, 5. Andrew Hitchcock, 6. Nathan Heath, 7. Austin Hawkins, 8. Heavyn Hill, 9. William Amster, 10. Jazz Manning, 11. Carter Chaffey, 12. Robert Amster, 13. Ethan Gustafsson, 14. Sassy McCormick, 15. Kyle Harlan.

• DQ: Mason Solberg.

• DNS: Peter Kushdillan.

• Main: Cancelled due to rain.