FALLON, NV (Oct. 16) — Not that the racing season is over it’s is time to honor the class champions and volunteers. This time the event was held at the Eagles hall west of downtown.
After a really nice pot luck dinner and handing out some raffle prizes it was time to get down to business.
Chris Lumsden, president of the association, got up and started with the Mini Stock division. Fifth place was Angelo Rallo while Colton Blankenship was fourth and also earned the Willie Ferrier Rookie-of-the year award.
Third was Jorden Riley while Cooper Lee was second and Travis Showe earned this season’s championship trophy and jacket.
Next up was the Hobby Stock class and Bob Vaden ended up in fourth place. Richie Altman was third place while Victor Richie was the runner up but unfortunately neither were in attendance.
Angela Dias is this year’s champion as well as receiving the Willie Farrier Rookie-of-the-Year award. Since she didn’t want a jacket Dias received a champion’s hoodie sweatshirt.
Over the past year the Bootleggers class has grown and become very popular. It’s kind of a bomber class with a twist as a car can be claimed. Joe Keough ended up in sixth place and also won the Willie Ferrier Rookie-of-the-Year award. Fifth place was Taggart Garland while Logan Sage was fourth.
Ray Blankenship was third in points while the runner up as Glenn Lee. Receiving the champion’s trophy and jacket was Start Satathite.
Next came some special awards named after people that have helped the track in the past.
The Cornu Family Most Improved Driver in the Bootlegger class was Taggart Garland. Unfortunately the Hobby Stock winner Shane Boyde wasn’t present.
For several years Stephanie Benham was a fixture at the registration stand greeting everyone with her smile and outgoing personality. Sadly she suddenly passed away a few years ago.
Now the Volunteer of the Year award is named after Benham and this year it went to Krystle Gilmore.
The Best Sportsman awards went to Rusty McMillan and Joe Keough. They were always ready to help others during the season.
The Mark Lee Hard Luck Award, with a special trophy went to Jeremy Lampley for his very challenging season. A bit later the Bootlegger drivers got up and then presented Lampley with the first ever “Wall Finder” award. Guess he had several encounters with it during this past year.
At the last race new members of the LARA board were elected and they were introduced. Even though the season has ended there will be more event at Rattlesnake Raceway.
Due to the track being used as a fire camp Diamond Mountain Speedway in Susanville was in danger of losing its Halloween races. Lumsden offer the used to Rattlesnake to them and they accepted so on October 29 and 30 it will be Diamond Mountain Speedway at Rattlesnake Raceway.
The crew is coming down from Susanville and will operate the track, should be two good days of racing.
• The next day, Sunday, Reno Cars & Coffee had a meet by the Human Bean in Reno. As usual there was a mix of cars on display.
One of them was this immaculate early Corvette compete with a three-speed gearbox.
Another small SUV was also decorated in a seasonal motif. There is a skeleton mounted on the roof.
OTHER RACING NEWS:
• Teresa’s Garage Radio Show is on the air from 2 until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. In northwest Nevada, it can be heard over the air at 1060 AM.
There is also a Podcast at amm.streamon.fm or it can be seen live on Face Book. The show is focused on all things automotive, trends, new developments and trivia.
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