Results from Antioch Speedway - July 24, 2010
Jason Sneep Picks Up Win #3 at
7/24/2010
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Lites video guy, Dennis Parker, and myself returned to covering the BCRA Midget Lites, on a breezy, comfortable delta day at
Hard charging, Australian sprint car driver Scotty Males joined the Lonnie Lopez race team for the night, in the #1 car. #28 Marcus Smith from Tracy, one of the new Lite rookies, was celebrating his 23rd birthday, and driving a car that was the first car of Ken Hoover racing.
The 11 car field had a 4 car invert, putting the 2 main event winner, #10 Brian Corso
on the pole, with hard charger #35 jr Dakota Albright on the outside of the front row.
Corso jumped out to the lead on the first lap, and 11x Jason Sneep quickly jumped from the second row, into second going into turn one. #11 Scott Kinney, 3 time main event
winner pulled to the infield in turn 2 with chain problems, but the race stayed green since he was off the racing surface.
Corso was distancing himself from the field when the yellow came out as #1 Scotty Males came to a stop in turn two of lap two, with a broken crankshaft. Two of the
normally bullet proof, Lonnie Lopez cars were out of the race.
On the restart Sneep pulled up on Corso in turns one and two, making the pass on the back straight, and leading the rest of the way. Corso and Albright were turning the same lap times as Sneep, but the distance between them from the start made the difference. #76 Joey Hoover, #77 Zack Beard, and #75 Richie Hoover battled it out for the 4th, 5th, and 6th places.
Heat 1 saw Sneep and Albright battling for the win. Kinney and Corso came through traffic to finish first and second in heat 2, setting up a battle of the 2010 main event winners, in the feature.
Nuts and Bolts:
Marcus Smith is a working Cowboy in
We kicked around a story for the spectators, about Scotty Males in his trailer with Lonnie, and settled on the story that he was a circus performer, (at the next door circus) and he came over to drive a car, so Lonnie put him in his #1. A couple of fans came up to me in the announcing booth to ask about him. Before the main, I gave Scotty his true credits, as a sprint car driver.
Cars were stopped in the front straight, before the main event for driver announcements, which was a pleasant surprise to give the cars and drivers credit. If I knew it was going to happen I could have been more prepared with sponsor lists also.
Next race the Hall of Fame Picnic at
Heat 1: Sneep, Albright, Males, Beard, Holsted, Smith
Heat 2: Kinney, Corso, J. Hoover, R. Hoover, Paulson
Results from Marysville Raceway Park - July 10, 2010
HOT JULY NIGHTS IN MARYSVILLE
By: Ken Hoover
Wow! What a great turnout…18 cars showing up to run on a very HOT day. A big THANK YOU to all of you. It made for a very competitive night of racing.
Hot Laps took two cars out right from the start.
Heat #1 was a very heated contest. The drivers swapped paint and bars throughout the race. Dakota Albright #35jr and Joey Hoover #76 battled with
Heat #2 saw
The main event had 17 cars scheduled to start. Jason Sneep broke his #11x engine and was reseated in the #11h car previously driven in the heat by Brad Hannum. This put Jason at the back of the pack to start. Joey Hoover #76 busted a throttle cable before the green flag fell.
The main had a 4 car inversion pill pulled and
Thank you again Owners and Drivers for showing up to give the crowd an exciting show.
Results from Chowchilla Speedway - June 26, 2010 Jason Sneep wins the Gold. Corso wins Big DASH.
Hoover
Richie Hoover #75 starting outside the front row jumped into the front spot and held off a hard charging 35jr Dakota Albright to win the first heat at hot and dusty Chowchilla Speedway. Scott Kinney 2nd in BCRA points lost his engine making for a bad night. Craig Holsted and Jim Reep #83 followed to the flag. Joey Hoover #76 pulled out from his pole starting position to lead Heat #2 all the way to the flag. Jason Sneep 11x and Brian Corso 10 were waiting for any mistakes by The Big One for the Midget Lites was the Trophy Dash against the Midgets. The Dash was determined by a number pool. Brian Corso and Richie Hoover for the Lites. Scott Nail and David Prickett for the full Midgets. On the start Corso jumped off to a great start with The Main Event was a great race. The pill invert saw the first two rows flip positions. The Jason Sneep 11x jumped from his pole position into the lead and lead all 20 laps. The 35jr Dakota Albright finished 2nd from his 2nd starting spot. Brian Corso #10 moved up 2 spots finishing 3rd with Joey Hoover in 4th. Zach Beard #77 finished out the top 5 followed by Richie Hoover, Craig Holsted and Jim Reep. Scott Kinney took the green flag and pulled off with a sick engine. See you all in two weeks at Marysville running wingless again. Results from Marysville Raceway Park - June 19, 2010
Corrected Heat Race 2 Finishes on 6.23.2010
Cameron Beard Shows No Rust Winning At Marysville
In His Rental Car
6/19/2010
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After an almost 2 yr lay off, veteran racer, Cameron Beard returned in style to win the BCRA Midget Lite main event at Marysville on Sat. 6/19. Driving his son’s #77, Beard re entered the racing world, starting on the pole of the main event. Cameron lead every lap of a very exciting race that had challengers on his bumper every lap. A classified ad on the BCRA web site shows the #77 is for rent to perspective racers or who ever. After the race Cameron told me the rental rate just went up, since it is a main event winner.
Points leader #11x, Jason Sneep encountered a very odd broken front sprocket shaft is his heat race, and jumped in the 53c of Cory Green for the main event. Hot shoes, #11 Scott Kinney, and rim riding #10 Brian Corso, banged wheels in turn 2 on lap 3, putting Kinney on his head and out of the race. Third starting #35jr, Dakota Albright, jumped into second on lap two and challenged Beard for 14 laps with Corso and #53c, Jason Sneep in pursuit. Corso and Sneep battled for position for 10 laps.
Corso got by Albright on lap 15, only to have his chain break on 17 as he moved up to Beard. On the restart Sneep got by Albright to get in the hunt for Beard, as Albright and #75 Richie Hoover traded places for 3rd and 4th, with Albright taking the position at the checker.
Fifteen Midget Lites were on hand for the evening, with three new drivers in 3 new cars. #7 is Chris Ludwick, from Marysville, #28 is Marcus Smith from
With two cars eliminated, along with # 76 Joey Hoover throwing a chain, four cars continued on in the heat. On lap 5 of 8, pts leader #11x broke a front chain sprocket shaft and second in pts driver #11 Scott Kinney pulled to the infield with a broken fuel pump. Team mates #39jr, Dakota Albright, and #83 Danny Parker, finished the last 4 laps, with Albright taking the win. It was not a full moon.
Dennis Parker and myself started the evening with mid season interviews on video. After 3 we checked the video and found the audio to be a sports radio station. Looking around we saw a couple radio towers, which the camera was picking up through the mic cord. Video of the races came out great, but no interviews. Soon we will be back on the project to capture racers and crew’s thoughts and opinions on video.
Heat 1: Corso, Beard, R. Hoover, Green, Holsted, Ballantine, Paulson, Holbrook
Heat 2: Albright, Parker, Kinney, Sneep,
Results from Chowchilla Speedway - June 5, 2010
Scott Kinney Caputures Win # 3
Story by: Ken Hoover
Warm night in the central valley makes for good racing.
Heat #1 getting ready to run in the Hot sun saw #35jr Dakota Albright starting on the pole beside #11 Scott Kinney. In row two was #11x Jason Sneep beside #6
Heat #2 had 3 year champion #1 Doug Nunes starting on the pole with returning after a few years running the 360’s #83 Richard Bailey on the outside. Row two saw Rookie Craig Holsted on the inside with #10
The trophy dash between the 1st and 2nd place finishers of each heat ran at a fast pace. #1 Nunes lead the way with Albright , Kinney and Corso following.
Line up for the feature was #Nunes, Albright, Corso, Kinney, Sneep, J. Hoover, R. Hoover, Holsted, Holbrook and Bailey. Kinney, Sneep and Corso put on a great show with Kinney finishing first. Albright stayed right on there tails all night just waiting to pounce. The battle of the brothers kept excitement in the race for fifth all 25 laps. Followed by Holsted, Nunes, Bailey and Holbrook.
Notes:
#83 threw a chain on the start of his heat: #74 had a fuel leak in the heat: #6 had a smoky engine: #74 had a water problem: # 1 had a Jacob latter problem and the #83 just quit running.
Results from Chowchilla Speedway - May 15, 2010
Kinney Captures 2nd Win of the Season
Results from Placerville Speedway - May 8, 2010
Brian Corso Dumps the 09 Image and Posts a 2010 Win
5/6/10
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Brian Corso in his #10, ART Kawasaki, was oh so close to a win, in the 09 season, finishing second more times than he wants to count. Now the monkey is off Corso’s back with a convincing flag to flag win in the 5th race of the BCRA Midget Lite season.
Defending champ Doug Nunes #1 was on the pole, and #35jr, Dakota Albright on the outside pole for the start. At the cone both made slight contact and Albright accelerated for the start. Head official Mike Andreeta called it a false start and sent Albright to the back, moving Corso up.
#6 Holbrook brought out the yellow on lap 3 with a spin in turn 4, and #53c Cory Green had an electrical problem on lap 16, bringing out the only other yellow. Corso was on the ball on both restarts, hearing Nunes engine behind him.
11x Jason Sneep and Nunes battled behind Corso, along with recent hot shoe #75 Richie Hoover. Albright battled back to finish 6th.
53c Cory Green, rejoined the Lites after a winning Funny Car break, in grand fashion by winning the first heat by 1.130 seconds over Sneep and Nunes. This is the first BCRA win for Green and his Green Motorsports team.
#75 Richie Hoover, who led 19 laps at Marysville, last week, took the first heat by .113 seconds over Corso and .495 over Albright.
Heat 1: R. Hoover, Corso, Albright, Shurley, Holbrook, Buffa, Holsted
Heat 2: Green, Sneep, Nunes, Paulson, Kinney, J. Hoover
Results from Marysville Raceway Park - May 1, 2010
Jason Sneep receiving his Trophy
Results from Marysville Raceway Park - April 24, 2010
Scott Kinney Dominates Marysville
4/24/20
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2004 BCRA midget lite champion, Scott Kinney, driving the #11 Lonnie Lopez midget lite, dominated the main event. I told Scott before the main that it was ALMOST a full moon, so his chances were good for a win. He gave me that big Scott Kinney smile.
A small field of 10 midget lites was in the pits. A variety of reasons, including the economy was to blame, along with the price of gas and travel.
2009 runner up, #11x Jason Sneep broke the 15 second barrier in hot laps, posting lap of 14.911, to prove the track was going to be fast. #8 Pete Paulson had a wild ride on the front straight when he was getting up to speed, and jumped the right rear of a slower car and sent his car straight up in the air and then over. Pete was ok but the car was damaged.
Sneep and #1 Doug Nunes started on the front row of the heat. Nunes blasted away into the lead at the green followed by third starting #11 of Kinney. The Lopez cars looked like they would be battling for the evening, as the second three car team, Hoover Racing was having engine gremlins slowing them.
Nunes won the heat with a fastest lap time of 15.313 on lap 2.
Kinney and Nunes lined up on the front row of the main with Sneep watching from row two. Who was going to win the drag race into turn one? The two former champions are driving for the same owner, but that is where the connection ends.
Kinney got the jump, as the green came out, with Nunes on his nerf. Exiting turn two, Nunes jumped the right rear of Kinney, causing him to spin as the field raced by, bringing out the yellow flag. Now Nunes was going to race his way through the field, which promised to be a crowd pleaser.
On the restart, #75 Richie Hoover jumped into second ahead of Sneep, and the Hoover Racing gremlins were gone as
Nunes was up to fifth by lap seven, turning the fastest lap of the race at 15.430 on that lap. Corso spun right in front of Nunes in turn two, on lap 7, and the crash brought out the yellow. The two joined the back of the field, when Nunes got the black flag for being involved in two yellow flag incidents, which is a Marysville Speedway rule. Nunes had no place to go on the second yellow, but rules are rules.
As racing resumed, the race for second an third between Sneep and Richie Hoover was hotly contested till lap 14 when Sneep got by out of turn two when
Corso stayed in the game for forth with a damaged side nerf bar. Long haul #84 Stuart Goehring, from Tahoe had one his best nights finishing fifth. The third car of the Hoover Racing Team, #74 Craig Holsted, also had a good evening, gaining racing laps and over coming engine problems. #76 Joey Hoover never got out from under the cloud of engine gremlins all night and finished seventh. #50 Jeff Shirley, also from Tahoe, will be getting his rookie flag removed next event. Shirley exited the main on lap 6 with engine problems.
Video of the event is available in DVD format for $15 from Pro-Motion Video. Order at pro.motionvideo@gmail.com DVD’s will be brought to the races.
Results from Chowchilla Speedway - April 17, 2010
Doug Nunes with his "Trophies"
Results from Placerville Speedway - April 10, 2010
Three Time Champion Nunes Opens Season With a Win
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Three time BCRA Midget Lite champion, #1 Doug Nunes in the Aslan Cold Storage, Lonnie Lopez, Bailey/Suzuki, opened the 2010 season with an opening night win, at Placerville Speedway. 11x, Jason Sneep in the Lonnie Lopez, Bettie Brite Cleaners, Bailey/ Suzuki, started on the pole and blasted away from the field at the green.
#88 Nate Buffa brought out the yellow on lap1, and the field regrouped in single file for a restart. Sneep was again on the gas breaking away from the field, on a super fast and heavy racing surface.
Racing stayed green until lap 8 when Red Hawk Casino team mates, #9 Chris Glass and #53c Pete Paulson got together in turn two, to bring out the yellow once again. The incident eliminated Glass.
In a classic Doug Nunes, at Placerville move, #1 Nunes dove under Sneep in turn one to take the lead on the green flag, and lead to the finish.
First heat winner, and usual rim rider, #10 Brian Corso, in his Concrete Service Construction, ART/Kawasaki, battled #6 Rick Holbrook in his G Force Wings, ART/Kawasaki for 12 of the 15 lap main event, for third and forth place. Both cars battled for the top side, and middle of the track, in the turns, lap after lap for an exciting show. Corso finally got by with a rim ride pass in turn 4 on lap 13, but Nunes and Sneep were long gone.
Sixth starting #11 Scott Kinney, in a Lonnie Lopez, Bailey/Suzuki, finished fifth followed by #50 Jeff Shurley in his Finest Fence sponsored entry, in sixth.
Nuts and Bolts:
First Heat: Corso, Nunes, Sneep, Shurley, Albright, Holsted, Buffa
Second Heat: Kinney, R. Hoover, Holbrook, Paulson, Glass, J.Hoover