FALLON, NV (April 24) – Rattlesnake Raceway began its 2021 season with a two-day show on Friday and Saturday. While the last day began windy that eased after sunset.
Starting the night were the Hobby Stock racers. When the green waved Richie Altman was briefly in the lead until Victor Richey used an inside pass to take the point. In back of the leader Jacob Dias was charging through the pack. Eventually he scored the victory followed by Richey and Dan Dias.
For Jacob Dias this was his 100th Hobby Stock win. He celebrated by stopping on the front straight then he climbed on top of the car waving a checkered flag.
There were two classes of sprints as the Battle Born Winged Sprints were on hand. The first was the restricted class.
When the green waved all 13 cars took off with Trey Walters on point. After that the cautions began to happen so the race had a stop-and-start feel to it.
Walters seems to have everything in hand but was being chased by Bruce Ferrier. Then things changed when the right side plate of Walters wing came off.
Since he caused the yellow Walters was put to the back while Ferrier was on point for the restart. Now the chase was on as Walters carved his way through the pack.
Late in the race there was one more caution and on that start Walters took the lead back from Ferrier and they finished in that order.
When the Dwarf Car main began Joe Frock rocketed inside and grabbed the lead. Unfortunately he was just a touch early so a restart was ordered.
This time Dan Geil was on point while Frock was giving chase. The race was slowed by two quick cautions but Frock had taken the lead by then.
From that point Frock extended his lead although Tim Fitzpatrick was doing his best to chase him. They finished in that order with Chris Christiano coming home third.
There were only four A-Mods in their main. On the green Chris Olexiewicz was on point while Wade Lumsden was trying to challenge him.
The only caution came after Vincent Evenson spun but up front Olexiewicz held the lead and Paul Culp moved into second. So at the checkered flag the order was Olexiewicz, Culp, Lumsden and Evenson.
There were only four unrestricted sprint cars and it was all Trey Walters, who borrowed a wing from another racer, as he led from green to checkered with Nick Purdy in second.
The Gen-X main began with a few quick cautions. In the last one both leaders caused it so were sent to the back. A couple of more cautions slowed the pace and three cars were unable to finish the race. In the end Travis Showe won followed by Jorden Riley and Cooper Lee.
Finally, after the track was watered, it was time for the Bootleggers main. When the green waved 15 cars took off, although due to the slick track speeds were on the slow side.
In the end three Fallon drivers finished one-two-three; they were Rusty McMillan, Stuart Satathite and Glenn Lee.
REPORTERS NOTE: The Friday results are at the end of this article. However did not find results for the sprint cars.
Now there is a long break until Rattlesnake has races again. The next scheduled events are May 29/30, which is a Saturday/Sunday double header.
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RESULTS:
Rattlesnake Raceway – Fallon, Nevada.
• Saturday, April24:
+ Gen-X: – Heat Winners: #1 Travis Showe, #2 Cooper Lee.
– Main: 1. Travis Showe, 2. Jorden Riley, 3. Cooper Lee, 4.Coltn Blankenship, 5. Ashley Davis, 6.Daniel Kleve, 7. Jerome Kieve, 8. Angelo Rallo, 9. Alessio Burnett, 10. Shane Ussery.
+ Dwarf Cars:
– Heat Winners: #1 Tim Fitzpatrick, #2 DanGeil.
– Main: 1. Joe Frock, 2. Tim Fitzpatrick, 3. Chris Christiano, 4. Dan Geil, 5.Glenn Sciarani, 6. Dillon Kintz, 7. Justin Schilling.
+ Hobby Stocks:
– Heat Winners: #1 Richie Altman, #2 Jacob Dias.
– Main: 1. Jacob Dias, 2.Victor Richey, 3. Dan Dias, 4. Bradley Schmidt, 5. Shane Boyd, 6. Angela Dias, 7. Richie Altman.
– DNS: Ray Eder.
+ Bootleggers:
– Heat Winners: #1. Ace Green, #2 Ray Blankenship.
– Main: 1. Rusty McMillan, 2. Stuart Satathite, 3. Glenn Lee, 4. Logan Sage, 5.Jeff Tuttle, 6. Shari Hollis, 7. Charles Hooten, 8. Roberte Schostag, 9.Ray Blankenship, 10. Taggart Garland, 11. Ace Green, 12. Maverick Boney, 13. Joseph Cook, 14*. Jeremy Lampley, 15* Joseph Keough.
– DNS: Cameron Fortune, Shane Rasmussen Jr., Robbie Schostag.
+ IMCA Mods:
– Heat Winner: Chris Olexiewicz.
– Main: 1. Chris Olexiewicz, 2. Paul Clup, 3. Wade Lumsden, 4. Vincent Evenson.
Northern Nevada Sprints*:
– Restricted Heat winners: #1 Trey Walters, #2 Bruce Ferrier.
– Unrestricted Heat Winner: Trey Walters.
– Restricted Main (14-Laps): 1. Trey Walters, 2.Bruce Ferrier, 3. Unlisted, 4. Seth Jezek, 5. Justin Bolt, 6. Unlisted, 7. Josh Bolt, 8. JustinDe George, 9. Unlisted, 10. Larry Tachovsky, 11. Jacob Dias.
– Unrestricted Main (12-Laps): 1. Trey Walters, 2. Nick Purdy, 3. Orry Stevens, 4. Wade Taylor.
* – Unfortunately on My Laps there are no names listed only car numbers but I was able to find many of the names for the sprint car drivers. Many thanks to Troy White.
• Friday, April 23:
+ Gen-X:
– Heat Winners: #1 Cooper Lee, #2 Travis Showe
– Main: 1.Travis Showe, 2.Jorden Riley, 3. Cooper Lee, 4. Angelo Ralio, 5. Shane Ussery, 6. Jonathan Mearse, 7. Alessio Burnett, 8. Colton Blankenship.
– DNS: Ashley Davis.
+ Dwarf Cars:
– Heat Winners: #1 Glenn Sciarani, #2 Joe Frock.
– Main: 1. Joe Frock, 2. Tim Fitzpatrick, 3. Dan Geil, 4.Chris Christiano, 5.Justin Schilling, 6. John Williams, 7. Samantha Marshall, 8. Kelly Kennemore, 9. Glenn Sciarani.
+ Hobby Stock:
– Heat Winners: #1 Dan Dias, #2 Richie Altman.
– Main: 1. Dan Dias, 2. Richie Altman, 3. Shane Boyd, 4. Angela Dias, 5. Ray Eder.
+ Bootleggers:
– Heat Winners: #1 Glenn Lee, #2 Rusty McMillan.
– Main: 1. Rusty McMillan, 2. Ace Green, 3. Stuart Satathite, 4. Taggart Garland, 5. Charles Hooten, 6. Logan Sage, 7. Shane Rasmussen Jr., 8. Robert Schostag, 9. Joseph Keough, 10. Jeremy Lampley, 11. Joseph Cook, 12. Cameron Fortune, 13.Glenn Lee, 14. Jeff Tuttle, 15. Ray Blankenship, 16. Robbie Schostag.
+ Sport Mods:
– Heat Winner: Ryan Belli.
– Main: 1. Ryan Belli, 2.Jeff Tuttle.
+ IMCA A Mods:
– Heat Winners: #1 Dave Sciarroni, #2 Shawn Natenstedt.
– Main: 1. Wade Lumsen, 2. Jonathan Delavega.
