FERNLEY, NV (Oct 11) – A Two-Day Show ended the 2020 season at the 95 Motor Sports Complex this weekend. The first day was Saturday evening while the second day began at noon and ended just as the sun was going down.
The honor of ending the racing year fell to the IMCA Modifieds and prior the start they did a 4-wide salute to the fans.. It was quite a race with a come-from-the-pack victory for a California driver.
When the green waved on the 20-car field Shawn Natenstedt took off and left everyone in his dust. Behind him Matt Murphy and Cory Sample began to dispute second place.
After a caution slowed things down racing resumed and once again Natenstedt took off. By now Sample was second and leading the pack chasing the leader.
Further down California driver, who came out of one of the two B mains and started 13th was moving forward. Sample fund himself under attack by Riley Simmons.
Another caution erased all of Natenstedt’s advantage but on the restart he again took off. This time McDaniel was third and about to take the spot from Simmons while Samle dropped back to third.
Now the chase was on and soon McDaniel had Natenstedt in his sights. In the final laps McDaniel used an outside move to grab the lead, score the victory and bring down the curtain on the season.
After the race McDaniel said, “Riley (Simmons) showed me the top. I didn’t realize it was good up there, you don’t know and he went around me. ‘Oh that’s where the groove’s at.’
“But then he got stuck on the bottom and I just blazed it in there. It was like you were running on a tacky track, unreal. I’m wore out and nervous as she was in the chip the whole straightaway.”
Then he thanked God, Jason for working on the car all day, Weird Machine, Auto Max and Race Chassis.
There were so many modifieds it took four heat races and a pair of B Mains to set the final field. During the day it seemed as thought the flagman was going to wear out his arm as many mains had a bunch of cautions.
The Northern Sport Mod main has a dozen cars start and it was Jimmy Ray Huffmon’s time to shine. At the green he took off and at first was chased by Colton Chew.
Seven cautions would slow the field with a trio of them beng back-to-back. No matter to Huffmon has he ruled the day and scored the victory.
Andrew Peckham was the runner up ahead of Craig Nieman and Mark Hain, who used a steady drive to take fourth a head of fifth placed Richard Longacre.
When the 18-car field of Hobby Stock took the green ite wasn’t long before Johnny Wood was on point chased by Rick Miller and Royce Goetz.
After the third caution of the six that slowed the pace Goetz was on point with Wood, Randy Boyd and Dan Dias giving chase. When the fourth caution ended Wood used an outside pass to take the lead back.
Two more cautions slowed things down but in the end Wood won followed by Goetz, Boyd, Carl Barlow and Dias, who came back after a spin.
For Wood it was a long tow from Bakersfield but he’ll go home a winner.
After the race he said, “It was fun, those guys are fast they’re good clean racers too. That’s probably the funnest races I’ve been apart of. We’re used to the cautions.”
Then he thanked sponsors Central California Construction, T.J. Henry Racing, Energy Concepts. He also thanked his brother as he’s the car owner, his wife and buddy Matt”
For the Hobby Stocks it took three heats to set the field.
Also the Economy Sprint Cars that are winged were in the show. When the green waved Trey Walters took off and it looked like a repeat of Saturday’s main.
However in racing nothing is certain until a driver passes the checkered flag.
Two cautions would slow the field and after the last one Walters pulled off as the driveline in his car pulled off the rear housing so he was out.
Up front Nick Purdy was on point but his front wing was kind of flapping since only the right side bolts were holding it to the car. Behind him Bruce Ferrier was chasing Purdy, who reached the checkered flag first.
However things changed in the post race tech. Purdy’s car was disqualified handing the victory to Ferrier and boosting Adam Walters to second.
There was a pretty good field of Dwarf Cars on hand and when the 14-car field was sent on its way Daniel Weger was on point but the race slowed with a caution.
Next on point was Glenn Sciarani but he soon spun out of the lead. On the restart Weiger was again on point but by then the officials called for single file restarts.
When the green waved it took less than a lap for Ben Wiesz to sweep into the lead. There would be two more cautions and the last one put Daniel Weger out of the race.
Up front Wiesz steamed away to claim the victory followed by second place Tim Fitzpatrick, Race Shelton and fourth place Glenn Sciarani.
Starting the night were eight Pure Stocks, Gen-X at other tracks that started the main. First on point was Travis “Shorty” Showe.
During the race two cars stalled bringing out cautions. Each time Showe helped the tow truck crew by pushing the cars to pit in.
After being so helpful Showe would then lead the restart and leave everyone in his dust. At the end of of the race he had at least a half lap advantage over runner up Andi Hast.
After the races Showe said, “It wasn’t as close as I was hoping but everyone ran a good race and had fun.”
Then he thanked his sponsor Jacobson Towing and Salvage Recovery.
Later when the racing as all finished drivers assembled at the tech area to pick up their checks and any trophies. Now the oval will be dark but next spring everyone’s hope is that the season can be normal again.
• Saturday evening is when the two-day show began. While Sunday’s action was run under a clear blue sky on Saturday it was windy with clouds.
Like Sunday it took four heat races and a pair of B mains to set the IMCA modified field of 20-cars. It took two attempts at starting the race but when the second green waved Shawn Natenstedt was off and running.
Back in the pack Chris NIeman was working his way to the front and got a big help from a caution. Ahead of him Cory Sample and Ryan McDaniel had been disputing second place.
In the final laps Nieman took the point and claimed the victory. Natenstedt ended up second ahead of Sample and fourth place McDaniel.
After the race Nieman said, “That yellow definitely helped out as we were a ways back. He (Natenstedt) was out there a ways.”
On this night the IMCA Northern Sport Mods started the show. Three cautions slowed including one with three to go when a car lost its drive line.
In the end Andrew Peckham won followed by Craig Nieman and Mark Hain, who ended up ahead of fourth place Richard Longacre.
Nine Economy Winged Sprint Cars took the green flag and Trey Walters was off. There would be three cautions that slowed the race but the night belonged to Walters.
Coming home secondwas his brother Adam Walters followed by Jordan Garretson and fourth place Bruce Ferrier.
There were 15 Dwar Cars that took the green and Ben Wiesz was on point right after that. Over the course of the race four cations would slow the pace.
In the end it was a Wiesz family one-two finish with Ben winning and Josh in the runner up spot. Finishing third was Tim Fitzpatrick.
There was a small field of Pro Stocks on hand although they are called Super Stocks in the results. Unfortunately two cars were unable to take the green. One was Antonio Aragon while the other was Jay Sears, who won the last time the Pro Stocks raced on the oval.
After the green, even though a brief caution slowed things down slightly it was all Jeff Olschowka and he had about a straight away lead at the end.
Coming home secondwas Jesse Gonzalez with Robby Grace ending up third.
Ending the marathon show were the Hobby Stocks. When the green waved 19 of them tore off into Turn 1.
First on point was Don Deiter but he was soon passed by Randy Boyd. Back in the pack Tom Haxall pulled onto the infield and was out of the race.
On lap 4 there was a spin at the exit of Turn 4 that turned into a red flag when it appeared the car might have a small fire under the hood. Once that was cleared racing resumed with Boyd on point and being chased by Carl Barlow.
Moving up was Johnny Wood and he was beng chases by Royce Goetz. There were be three more cautions but in the end Boyd held off Wood to claim the victory. Goetz ended up third ahead of Barlow and fourth place Rick Miller.
Once the dust settled everyone was heading for bed as it was after 1a.m.
REPORTER’S NOTE: The two-day show also wrapped up the 2020 I-80 Challenge. However this reporter has been unable to find the points so as soon as I can they will appear in a future article.
Need to compliment the track crew at 95 Motor Sports Complex. It was a very long two days but they did a great job and kept things rolling. Hopefully next year will be even better.
Now the oval tracks in Northern Nevada are dark but in the spring, God willing, they will all spring to life once again.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Downtown Fallon is blessed with an old fashion movie house/theater named the Fallon. Tomorrow, October 13, it has a free movie, Back to the Future, showing at 6:30. In addition there is a Show ‘N Shine with live music from 4:30 until 7 p.m..
The proceeds go to a fund to save the Fallon Theater and it’s a great way to show off one’s car and be around car people on this fall evening.
• Teresa’s Garage is on the air from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and in the Reno/Sparks area can be heard over the air at 1180 AM.
The show is focused on all things automotive including trends, new thing as well as trivia. There is also a Podcase on amm.streamon.fm or it can be seen live on Face Book.
RESULTS:
95 Motor Sports Complex
• Sunday, Oct. 11
IMCA Modified:
+ Main (25-Laps): 1. Ryan McDaniel, 2. Shawn Natenstedt, 3. Riley Simmons, 4. Cory Sample, 5. Chris Nieman, 6. Jake Mayden, 7. Dave Duste Jr., 8. Josh Combs, 9. Mark Carrell, 10. Matt Murphy, 11. Mitch Murphy, 12. Royce Goetz, 13. Derick Young,14. Mark Skender, 15. Alec Childs, 16. Melissa Natenstedt, 17. Wade Lumsden, 18. Barry Stone, 19. Jeff Olschowka, 20. Andy Freeman.
+ B Main #1: 1. Ryan McDaniel, 2. Jake Mayden, 3. Andy Freeman, 4. Melissa Natenstedt. (Only top 4 Transferred) 5. Jay Bradley, 6. Jim Turner, 7. Paris Archie.
DNS: Malen Gonzalez.
+ B Main #2: 1. Barery Stone, 2. Alec Childs, 3.Wade Lumsden, 4. Mark Skender, (Only top 4 transfer), 5. Robert Mull, 6. Chris Annas, 7. Mark Carrell, 8. Keith Walsh.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Shawn Natenstedt, 2. Mark Carrell, 3. Chris Nieman, 4. Jeff Olschowka.
IMCA Northern Sportmods
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Jimmy Ray Huffmon, 2. Andrew Packham, 3. Craig Nieman, 4. Mark Hain, 5. Richard Longacre, 6. Kevin Kentopp, 7. Collin Sanford, 8. Nathan Howard, 9. Ryan Belli, 10. Joe Pearson, 11.Colton Chew, 12. Andy Welch.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Andrew Peckham, #2 Jimmy Ray Hoffmon.
Hobby Stocks
+ Main(20-Laps):1. Johnny Wood, 2. Royce Goetz, 3. Randy Boyd, 4. Carl Barlow, 5. Dan Dias, 6. Shane Cazel, 7. Shawn LaRocque, 8. Suzie Schmitt, 9. David Flournoy, 10. Rick Miller, 11. Dyan Sanford, 12. Aaron Flournoy, 13. Shawn French, 14. Shayna Nieman, 15. Ray Eder, 16. Don Deiter, 17. Tom Haxall, 18. Brandon Rosencrantz.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Randy Boyd, #2 Johnny Wood, #3 Dan Dias.
Economy Sprints – Winged:
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Bruce Ferrier, 2. Adam Walters, 3. Josh Bolt, 4. Bob Shank, 5. Darren Boone, 6. Justin DeGeorge, 7. Trey Walters, 8. Jordan Garretson.
DQ: Nick Purdy.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Nick Purdy, #2 Trey Walters.
Dwarf Cars:
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Ben Wiesz, 2. Tim Fitzpatrick, 3. Race Shelton, 4. Glenn Sciarani, 5. Dan Geil, 6. Dillon Kintz, 7. Isaak Geil, 8. Justin Schilling, 9. Hailey Weisz, 10. Samantha Marshall, 11. Larry Bell, 12. Daniel Weger, 13. A.J.Kintz, 14. Josh Wiesz.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Tim Fitzpatrick, #2 Daniel Weger.
Pure Stock:
+ Main (20-Laps): 1. Travis Showe, 2. Andi Hast, 3. Cooper Lee, 4. Alex Pettit, 5. Cody Neff, 6. Bion Barr, 7. Alyssa Jones, 8. Michael Jorgenson.
DNS: Tyler Jones.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Travis Showe, #2 Andi Hast.
• Saturday, Oct. 10:
+ IMCA Modifieds:
+ Main (25-Laps): 1. Chris Nieman, 2. Shawn Natenstedt, 3. Cory Sample, 4. Ryan McDaniel, 5. Riley Simmons, 6. Matt Murphy, 7. Mark Carrell, 8. Dave Duste Jr., 9. Royce Goetz, 10. Wade Lumsden, 11. Robert Mull, 12. Keith Walsh, 13. Dave Sciarroni, 14. Steve McQueen, 15. Zach Cail, 16. Malen Gonzalez, 17. Jeff Olschowka, 18. Mark Skender.
DNF: Vincent Evenson, Melissa Natenstedt.
+ B Main #1: 1. Dave Duste Jr., 2. Riley Simmons, 3. Royce Goetz, 4.Melissa Natenstedt (Only top 4 transfer), 5. DerickYoung, 6. Josh Combs, 7. Jim Turner, 8. Mitch Murphy, 9. Jay Bradley, 10. Dale Tatum.
+ B Main #2: 1. Vincent Evenson, 2. Robert Mull, 3. Keith Walsh, 4. Steve McQueen (Only top 4 transfer), 5. Scott Foreman, 6. Connor Tatum, 7. Chris Annas.
DNS: Andy Freeman, Stephen Streeter, Alec Childs.
+ Heat Winners: 1. Ryan McDaniel, 2. Matt Murphy, 3. Chris Nieman, 4. Malen Gonzalez.
IMCA Northern Sportmods:
+ Main: 1. Andrew Peckham, 2. Craig Nieman, 3. Mark Hain, 4.Richard Longacre, 5. Colton Chew, 6. Andy Welch, 7.Kevin Kentopp, 8. Ryan Belli, 9. Collin Sanford, 10. Jimmy Ray Huffmon, 11. Rusty McMillian, 12. Joe Pearson.
DNS: Jeremy Phillips, Jeff Tuttle.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Craig Nieman, #2 Andrew Packham.
Hobby Stocks:
+ Main: 1. Randy Boyd, 2. Johnny Wood, 3. Royce Goetz, 4. Carl Barlow, 5. Rick Miller, 6. Aaron Flournoy, 7. Dan Dias, 8 Shayna Nieman, 9. Yancy Shupe, 10. Shawn French, 11. Brandon Rosencrantz, 12. David Flournoy, 13. Suzie Schmitt, 14. Ray Eder, 15. Shane Cazel, 16. Don Dieter, 17. Shawn LaRocque, 18. Dylan Sanford, 19. Tom Haxal.
DNS: Davide Ausano.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Don Deiter, #2 Shane Cazel, #3 Royce Goetz.
Eonomy Sprints – Winged:
+ Main: 1.Trey Walters, 2. Adam Walters, 3. Jordan Garretson, 4. Bruce Ferrier, 5. Josh Bolt, 6. Bob Shank, 7. Darren Boone, 8. Justin DeGeorge, 9. Nick Purdy.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Trey Walters, #2 Bruce Ferrier.
Dwarf Cars:
+ Main: 1. Ben Wiesz, 2. Josh Wiesz, 3. Tim Fitzpatrick, 4. Dan Geil, 5. Dillon Kintz, 5. Dillon Kintz, 6. Glenn Sciarani, 7. Justin Schilling, 8. Larry Beli, 9. Rick Bartels, 10. Samantha Marshall, 11. Hailey Wiesz, 12. Joe Abbass, 13. Isaak Geil, 14. Race Shelton, 15. Billy Wilson.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Ben Wiesz, #2 Josh Wiesz.
Super (Pro) Stocks:
+ Main: 1. Jeff Olschowka, 2. Jesse Gonzalez, 3. Robby Grace, 4. Matt Micheli, 5. Gary Nevers, 6. David Ausano.
DNS: Antonio Aragon, Jay Sears.
+ Heat Winners: #1 Jeff Olschowka, #2 Jesse
Gonzalez.
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