QUINCY, CALIF. (May 11) — This weekend Quincy, Speedway started its season by hosing the annual Western States Dwarf Car Nationals. It was round three of this year’s series.
Before the racing began the entire Dwarf Car field assembled on the track for parade laps. They honor those lost and the event has been known as the Richardson-Kay Memorial. This year it also honored Loretta Christiano, who was lost last year as well as one of Vukie Wilson’s family.
During the evening two very young racers made their presence know as they scored victories over their older rivals.
There were two filler classes and the Street Stocks had a trophy dash before the Dwarf Car features began.
The trophy was won by one of the older drivers Tom Haxall when he beat Grayson Olschowka.
Asked about the race Haxall said, that he’s at the end of the age scale and his young rival is at the beginning of it.
Leading the Dwarf Car features was the Sportsman Class. On the green Marek Pipe took off but then Kasey Horat took the point.
Soon after that the race was red flagged when three cars tangled and one rolled over.
When the green waved again Horat took off with Pipe in hot pursuit. Then Pipe used an outside move in Turn 4 to reclaim the lead.
Another caution slowed the pace and bunched the cars together. On the restart Pipe took off but now Dan Varner was in second.
After winning 12-year-old Pipe climbed on top of his car and waved the checkered flag.
Later Pipe, who is 12-years-old and from Greeley, Colorado said, “My motor is about to blow up and my team owner was talking to my dad if we should keep the motor or just go out and win it. It worked, we won.”
Then he thanked everyone at Wagner Racing, his father and mother, Travis for getting his car ready, Riverside Truck and Auto Recyclers and Pit Stop,
Before the next Dwarf Car event the trio of IMCA Modifieds had their feature. The results were the same for the heat and main.
At the checkered Chris Nieman won followed by Katelynn Robertson and Kevin Pendergrass.
Next up was the Veteran A Feature. On the green Kyle Pope was on point with Ronnie Williams right behind him.
After falling back a bit Williams began to close up on leader Pope. Then a caution after a spin bunched up the cars.
When the green waved again it was the Pope/Williams show as the leaders tore around the track. With three to go Williams used an outside move exiting Turn 2 to claim the lead.
In the end Williams won the feature followed by Pope and third place Tom Morley.
Williams then headed for the pits and later drove back to the front straight with his daughter Lilly.
Asked about the race Williams said, “It was a fun race.”
Then it was time for the Street Stock feature. When the green waved Grayson Olschowka took off and led from green to checkered.
Despite only being 10-years old Olschowka is the 2023 Lovelock Speedway Street Stock champion from last year.
Asked how he won this time Olschowka said he used the high line. For the second time that night a very young found victory.
Finally it was time for the 30-lap Pro Dwarf feature. The other classes only ran 20-laps in their features.
First however the field lined up on the front stretch so the drivers could be introduced. Then after a couple of laps so the scoring crew could check to be sure all the transponders worked, then it was time to form up.
On the green Mike Grenert took off and immediately put a gap between himself and second place Kinser Endicott.
There was a red flag when the car of Chris Christiano tangled with the car of Denny Hannel, who rolled. The safety crew rushed to check on both drivers. Both were uninjured and after rolling Hannel’s car back on its wheel they rejoined the race.
When racing resumed Grenert took off with Endicott in hot pursuit. Soon, at the halfway point, another caution bunched the cars.
On the restart Grenert’s night ended in flames as his engine either blew up or an oil line broke. This brought out another red flag as the safety crew from the Quincy Fire Department rushed to his aid.
Now Endicott led when racing resumed while Ronnie Williams and Shawn Whitney gave chase. With eight laps to go there was another caution when a car found the Turn 4 wall.
On the restart Endicott took off with Williams chasing him. They finished in that order
Back in the pack former winner Joe Frock, who lost a motor Friday, started toward the back and made up 14 places to finish ninth, which earned him the Hard Charger award. Of the 23 potential starters three were DNF while one was unable to start.
Asked about the race Endicott said, “The whole weekend has been wild. I had this weird feeling like I was going to win this but was like a far out thought. Then we I got here and the weekend started it got worse, and I really had to work for it.
“So this is so awesome for me. I could hear them, didn’t know if it was Whitney or Monster but man those NorCal guys weren’t making it easy. It’s a blast when we get a race like that.”
He then thanked everyone that has helped him, his family.
After the victory interview he and his family and pit crew posed for a picture.
• The Dwarf Cars also raced Friday as those heats and feature races help set Saturday’s fields. Both Mini Stocks and IMCA Northern Sport Mods were the filler classes.
REPORTER’S NOTE: Saturday’s results are posted at the end of this article as well as the Friday night winners. For the full results please go to www.myracepass.com/events. Somehow the text got a bit messed up to I apologize for this.
Now the Dwarf Car racers have a break before their next event. Next Saturday, May 18, the Northern Nevada Sprint Cars will visit the Quincy Speedway as well as the regular classes will run.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• It is still possible to buy discount tickets for this weekend’s StadiumGP, held in the outdoor Reno Rodeo Arena. The dealers listed in the poster are selling those tickets.
– Starting Monday crews started building the motocross track inside the arena. Things get going Thursday with qualifying and a kick off concert.
• Tuesday, starting at 6:30 p.m. Trucks & Tacos of Northern Nevada will be meeting at Anna’s Taqueria. Location is 271 Wonder Street in Reno.
• The weekly cruise in at the Sparks A&W starts at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Location is across from Reed High School.
• For you motocross riders the track at Fernley Ninetyfivea Speedway will have practice from 2 until 7 p.m. Wednesday.
• Davey’s American Racing is found on Face Book. His focus is on western oval tracks as well as national series.
He recently started his broadcasts so to check Face Book around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Western States Dwarf Car Nationals Round 3:
• Saturday, May 11:
Street Stocks:
- Trophy Dash Winner – Tom Haxall
- A Feature: 1. Grayson Olschowka, 2. Tom Haxall, 3. Doug Weeks, 4. Steve Gordon, 5. (DNS) Hailey Conroy.
IMCA Modifieds:
- Heat Race: 1. Chris Nieman, 2. Katelynn Robertson, 3. Kevin Pendegrass.
– Main:2. Chris Nieman, 2. Katelynn Robertson, Kevin Pendergrass.
Sportsman Dwarf:
- Heat Winners: #1 Justin Smart, #2 Jason Richardson
- Fast Dash Winner: Kasey Horat.
- A Feature (20-Laps): 1. Marek Pipe, 2. Dan Varner, 3. Kasey Horat, 4. Brandon Aylesworth, 5. Kameron Cowles, 6. Rich Rogers, 7. Jason Richardson, 8. BaileyChristiano, 9. Franklyn Smith, 10. Brandon Velasquez, 11. Shane Thomas, 12. Tim Dodson, 13. Bennett Gooch III, 14. Dale O’Neil, 15. Erica Endicott, 16. Alicia Woods, 17. Sunny Jr. Sundberg.
- DNF: Matthew Demore, Dan Morris, Antonio Miramontez, Justin Smart, Steve Costello.
- DNS: Shawn Lawrence, Anthony Esterada.
Veteran Dwarf:
- Heat Winners: #1 Dan Geil, #2 Kevin Miragilio.
- Fast Dash Winner: Kyle Pope
- A Feature (20-Laps): 1. Ronnie Williams, 2. Kyle Pope, 3. Tom Morley, 4. Mike Reeder, 5. Robert Peters, 6. Eric Weisler, 7. Kevin Bender, 8. Denny Hannel, 9. Kevin Miraglio, 10. Phil Rowland, 11. Tony Margott, 12. Mark Biscardi, 13. Dan Geil, 14. Tommy Velasquez, 15. Glenn Sciarani, 16. Kelly Woods, 17. Mark Pollock, 18. Rob Glenney, 19. Dennis Tower, 20. Eddy Claessen, 21. William Christiano, 22. John Demore.
Pro Dwarf:
- Heat Winners: #1 Nick Velasquez, #2 Patrick Weger.
- Fast Dash Winner: Mike Grenert.
- A Feature (30-Laps): 1. Kinser Endicott, 2. Ronnie Williams, 3. Shawn Whitney, 4. Brenden Schrum, 5. Dylan Shrum, 6. Michael Tobiason, 7. Cody Shrum, 8. Danny Wagner, 9. Joe Frock, 10. Nick Velasquez, 11. Dominic Maldonado, 12. Chad Matthias, 13. Isaak Geil, 14. Chris Christiano, 15. Ellie Russon, 16. Denny Hannel, 17. Vukie Wilson Jr., 18. Dave Brune, 19. Bobby Johnson.
- DNF: Mike Grenert, Patrick Weger, Travis Day.
- DNS: Michael Quillici.
• Friday, April 10:*
- – Full results can be found at www.myracepass.com/events.
- Sportsman Dwarf:
- Heat Winners: #1 Mareek Pipe, #2 Bennett Gooch III, #3 Rick Rogers, #4 Kasey Horat.
- A Feature Winner: 1. Bennett Gooch III.
• Veteran Dwarf:
- Heat Winners: #1 Mike Reeder, #2 Ronnie Williams, #3 Tom Morley.
- A Feature Winner: Ronnie Williams.
• Pro Dwarf:
- Heat Winners: #1 Danny Wagner, #2 Mike Geenert, #3 Ronnie Williams.
- A Feature Winner: Mike Grenert.
• Mini Stocks:
- Heat Winner: Malachi Moya.
- A Feature Winner: Malachi Moya.
• IMCA Northern Sport Mod:
– Heat Winner: Danny Wagner.
