RENO, NV (Jan 2) — The High Desert Hustle 2025 visited the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events center this week. They ended 2024 and started 2025 with a bang, a road and some action packed short track racing.
After the first day the other three were full of racing as the event headed toward the last day when the big payouts happened. For one young racer it would a banner week.
Topping Thursday’s racing card was the 500 Open Class. Prior to their feature the field lined up on the front straight for driver introductions.
Then before the 40-lap main began the drivers did a 4-wide salute to the fans in attendance.
When the green waved Braxton Foster jumped into he lead with Colby Copeland and Connor Mewhirter giving chase. Soon after that the first of many cautions happened.
There would be at last seven that slowed the pace. On each restart Mewhirter challenged Foster but the young driver kept the lead.
When the checkered flags waved Foster claimed the victory and the biggest payout of the week. The 11-year-old racer won $10,000 for this victory and scored his double-double for the week.
Asked what it meant he said, “It’s very cool, its like the best thing ever and I can never believe I did that. He (Mewhirter) was so close but thankfully he was being nice to me.”
Then he thanked several sponsors including Demo, and Allstate. Foster also gave his appreciation to his parents and everyone that supports him.
Earlier he also scored the 250 Intermediate. In that race it took him a while to get around early leader Brody Reinolds as they raced nose-to-tail.
Asked about his 250 victory Foster said, “He (Reinolds) was being a little annoying but I still got it.”
In that 250 Intermediate 30-Lap main on the green Brody Reinolds was on point with Foster right on his back bumper.
Early on there were a couple of cautions caused when karts tangled then one had a race-stopping event when a kart rolled. Drivers in these karts are strapped in, have a cage around them and usually their arms are tethered.
Finally going through Turn 2 Foster saw his chance and slipped by Reinolds. After that he took off and scored his first of two victories, which earned him $3,000.
The Caged Clone karts don’t have wings. On the green Carson Sousa took off but soon slowed due to one kart stalling in Turn 3.
Once racing resumed Sousa was on point. The pace was slowed at least three more cautions but each time Sousa was able to hold off runner up Drew Landgren and Case Harris, who finished third.
The victory was worth $1,500 to Souza.
Earlier, the second feature of the night, was the Box Stock main. It took two attempts but finally the field got going with Deegan Pochop on point.
During the race there were four cautions and one red flag period after a kart rolled.
In the end Pohop won the feature and the young man collected $2,000 for his efforts.
Starting the racing night were the Beginner Box Stock racers. At first Ryder Matthews was on point but after a caution Jaxson Evett took over the lead.
Lap after lap Evett extended his lead and would claim the victory. Matthews was the runner up and Nixon Soiland finished third.
The night itself, started with each class having some of their mains that let drivers move up into the next group. After the opening ceremonies each class had a dash then they preceded through the C to A mains so it was a full evening of racing.
• New Year’s Day had another evening of racing. There were qualifying races, heat races as well as mains where driver’s raced to move up into the next main.
Once again it was a great night for young Braxton Foster. He and Connor Mewhirter raced each other in the 500 Open A Main with Foster coming out on top.
Then in the 250 Intermediate A Main Foster was chased by Logan Pike but came out on top. Pike was the runner up while Brody Reinolds ended up third.
Asked about his first double of the week Foster said, “I got two wins. The most challenging was the 500. It’s very weird and they’re hard to drive. The track’s pretty rough but I got through it.”
Turned to be a pretty good payday for the young driver but the best was yet to come on Thursday.
In the Caged Clone 20-Lap A main Elijah Jones got the point and stormed off to score the victory ahead of Darin Spencer and third place Brian Lawson.
• There was racing, as well as a concert New Year’s Eve. Closing out 2024 Colby Copeland won the 500 Open A Main but there were no 205 Intermediate races.
The Box Stock A main was won by Deegan Pochop while Parker Pedreotti was the Beginner Box Stock A main winner.
REPORTER’S NOTE: There are results at the end of this article but for the full results please go to www.myracepass.com and put in the search box, High Desert Hustle.
Wasn’t able to get many pictures from New Year’s night and, due to other commitments, unable to attend on New Year’s Eve.
If racers want to get some photos of them in action, Troy White was there with an assistant. His specialty is open wheel and he’ll have some great photos.
His work can be accessed either on Face book at TWracefotos or one can e-mail him at twracefotos@yahoo.com.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Davey’s American Racing is found on Face Book. His focus is on western oval tracks as well as national series.
He also posts schedules for various tracks and there related subjects.
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RESULTS HIGH DESERT HUSTLE 2025
• Thursday, Jan. 2:
500 Open:
Main (40-Laps): 1. Braxton Foster, 2. Connor Mewhirter, 3. Landon Brooks, 4. Colby Copeland, 5. Casey McClain, 6. Angelo Cornet, 7. Keagan Medeiros, 8. Kelan Ramsey, 9. Parker Mockridge, 10. Ren Eberhart, 11. James Edens, 12. Rowdy Gramps, 13. Ethan Lashley, 14. Tanner Holmes, 15. Connor Bell, 16. Christian Hickman.
- Dash Winner: Baxton Foster.
- B Main winner – Tanner Holmes, C Main winner – Ryan Hirschbock, D main winner – Adam Elby, E Main winner – Ashei Broden, F Main – Darin Spencer, G Main – Evan Rauscher, H Main – Cade Holden.
250 Intermediate:
Main (30-Laps): 1. Braxton Foster, 2. Body Reinolds, 3. Logan Reeves, 4. Diggy Tellez, 5. Mike Mora, 6. Logan Pike, 7. Kinser Bell, 8. Carrie Osborne, 9. Jarrett Dickson, 10. Kayden Williams, 11. Deakon Kamisky, 12. Ghage Scott, 13. Bentley Nelson, 14. Cole Croft, 15. Landon King, 15. Brayden Jenner.
- Dash Winner: Braxton Foster.
- B Main winner – Landon King, C Main winner – Riley Stowers, D Main – Hunter Wood.
Caged Clone:
Main (30-Laps): 1. Carson Sousa, 2. Drew Landgren, 3. Case Harris, 4. Keagan Medeiros, 5. Carson Hammes, 6. Colby Copeland, 7. Darin Spencer, 8. Tanner Pettit, 9. Nick Sagmiller, 10. Elijah Jones, 11. John Tevis, 12. Brian Lawson, 13. Kodie Dean, 14. Anissa Curtice, 15. Sarah Kavert, Andy Vanornum.
- Dash Winner: Keagan Mewdeiros.
- B Main winner – Case Harris, C Main Winner – Anissa Curtice, D Main – Brody Petrie.
Box Stock:
Main (30-Laps): 1. Deegan Pochop, 2. Zane Ritcheson, 3. Braxton Moniz, 4. Maison Mockridge, 5. Sawyer Vanpool, 6. Hunter Wood, 7. Miles Boertje, 8. Ryder Matthews, 9. Knos Reeves, 10. Kamber Worley, 11. Luke White, 12. Rydeer Davis, 13. Brody Stivers, 14. Bryson Humphries, 15. Brayden Kidd, 16. Jaxson Evett.
- Dash Winner: Braxton Moniz.
- B Main winner – Jaxson Evett, C Main winner – Body Griffin, D Main – Gerald McKellar.
Beginner Box Stock:
Main (25-Laps): 1. Jaxon Evett, 2. Ryder Matthews, 3. Nixon Soiland, 4. Blake Rollag, 5. Kruize Whitener, 6. Brody Rofogel, 7. Cason Gutierrez, 8. Ryker Fields, 9. Parker Pedrotti, 10. Brexton Matthews, 11. Rambo Johnson, 12. Josh Spatola, 13. Tucker Ford, 14. Cole Smith, 15. Hudson O’Harrow, 16. Ridley Kamisky.
- Dash Winner: Rydwer Matthews.
- B Main winner – Josh Spatola, C Main winner – Ridley Kamisky.
• Wednesday, January 1:
500 Open:
Main (30-Laps): 1. Braxton Foster, 2.Connor Mewhirter, 3. Landon Brooks, 4. Connor Bell, 5. Casey McClain, 6. Tanner Holmes, 7. Jennifer Osborne, 8. Carson Sousa, 9. Kinden Peacock, 10. Dawson Hammes, 11. Max Mittry, 12. Jayce Hudson, 14. Evan Gularte, 15. Kinser Bell, 16. Kelan Ramsey.
- Qualifier Winners: #1 Braxton Foster, #2 Connor Bell, #3 Connor Mewhirter, #4 Landon Brooks.
- Heat Winners: #1 Kinden Peacock, #2 Kelan Ramsey, #3 Aiden Larimer, #4 Trenton Vannucci, #5 Blake Rauscher, #6 Brayden Diaz, #7 Evan Gularte, #8 Dawson Hammes, #9 Jessica Mockridge, #10 Rowdy Gramps.
250 Intermediate:
Main (20Laps): 1. Braxton Foster, 2. Logan Pike, 3. Brody Reinolds, 4. Kinser Bell, 5. Kayden Williams, 6. Deakon Kamisky, 7. Logan Reeves, 8. Carrie Olsborne, 9. Diggy Tellez, 10. Jarrett Dickson, 11. Mikie Mora, 12. Landon King, 13. Ghage Scott, 14. Blaine Walls, 15. Cole Croft, 16. Brandon Smith.
- B main winner – Jarrett Dickson, C Main winner – Bentley Nelson.
- Heat Winners: #1 Brody Reinolds, #2 Deakon Kamisky, #3 Logan Pike, #4 Blaine Walls.
- Qualifying: 1. Braxton.
Caged Clone:
Main (20-Laps): 1. Elijah Jones, 2. Darin Spencer, 3. Brian Lawson, 4. Carson Hammes, 5. Carson Sousa, 6. Drew Landgren, 7. Keagan Medeiros, 8. Dawson Spencer, 9. Nick Sagmiller, 10. Jensen Tomora, 11. Guy Young, 12. Tanner Pettit, 13. Taylor Simas, 14. Kodie Dean, 15. Andy Vanornum, 16. Carson Schnell.
- B Main winner – Andy Vanornum, C Main winner – Isaiah Vasquez, D Main Winner – Troy Lynch.
- Heat Winners: #1 Keagtan Medeiros, #2 Carson Sousa, #3 Drew Landgren, #4 Tanner Pettit, #5 Carson Schnell.
Qualifying: #1 Colby Copeland.
• Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024
500 Open:
- A Main winner – Colby Copeland, B Main winner – Kelan Ramsey, C Main – Connor Meshirter, D Main winner – Jesse Colwell, E Main #1 winner – Eric Gannon, E Main #2 – Ashlei Borden.
- Qualifers: #1 Colby Copeland, #2 Keagan Medeiros, #3 James Edens, #4 Carson Sousa.
- Heat Winners: #1 Colby Copeland, #2 Ethan Lashley, #3 Max Mittry, #4 Ryan Hirschbock, #5 Landon Brooks, #6 Bryce Ott, #7 Connor Bell, #8 Drew Landgren, #9 Jessica Mockridge, #10 Adam Elby.
- Qualifying: A – Colby Copeland, B – Keagan Medeiros.
Box Stock Winners: A Main – Deegan Pochop, B Main – Mason Evans, C Main – Brody Stivers.
- Heat Winners: #1 Hunter Wood, #2 Ayden James Siaz, #3 Sawyer Vanpool, #4 Braxton Moniz, #5 Brayden Kidd.
- Qualifying: #1 Ryder Matthews.
• Beginner Box Stock:
- Main Winners: A – Parker Pedrotti, B- Rambo Johnson, C – Josh Spatola.
- Heat Winners: #1 Parker Pedrotti, #2 Jaxon Evett, #3 Brody Robfogel, #4 Nixon Soiland.
– Qualifying: #1 Ryder Matthews.
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