Tony Rossi to Win the Intermediate A main
An eight kart B Main was headed up by Rico Abreu over Logan Seavey and Wesley Dougherty. James Edens won a great Trophy Dash. The A Main was simply one of those races where things go bad for a number of drivers, but turned out to be a showcase race for Tony Rossi. Rossi had a tough row to hoe as he had to make an exorbitant number of restarts as the yell0w-flag plagued race drew on and on. One tachometer/laps meter put the race at over 100 laps including the interminable yellows. Each restart was a test of Rossi’s skill, patience and kart setup as he held off Tyler Seavey and Jeremy Doss to win.
Always a great class at Red Bluff, the Box Stock Division remained strong with 27 drivers timing in and presenting some of the cleanest, hardest racing of the night. Jesse Colwell hit the green track for his qualifying efforts and was rewarded with a 9.640 second time
Hollis Shane Thackerary coming into to win the A main
which plunked him in to first place ahead of Michael Kofoid and Ryan Robinson in qualifying. Four heat races saw Tyler Brown take the win in #1, Hollis Shane Thackeray started out his excellent night with a win in Heat #2, Colby Cate nabbed Heat #3 victory over Michael Mischoff and Derek Stone won his top-spot race with Trenton LaChance to the honors in Heat #4. Michael Kofoid was the winner of the stacked B-Main which Brian McGahan Jr. tagging in second ahead of Michael Ing. Tanner Carrick, who made the trek to Tulsa earlier in the year to be a contender in the Tulsa Shootout won the Trophy Dash for the class. Right from the flagdrop of the A Main Hollis Shane Thackeray powered to the lead and held off Tyler Brown and Emily Williams to take the win.
Every week the young Beginner Box Stock Division just gets better and better ! it is so much fun to watch these drivers gain the confidence and skills that can take them to the top of any type of racing. Still going strong with 26 kart pack even with a single race left, the karts hit the track early in the day to run their qualifying laps. Kyle Pendergrass in the #66JR kart pulled the fastest lap of the group with a 10.730 second run. Ryan “The Rhino” Williams took second spot ahead of Angelo Cornet. Again, four heat races were lined up from the qualifying results. Erik Nelson, who has simply come-alive this year, took the win in Heat #1 over hard-charging Jacob Wilson. Dawson Hammes, sporting a new graphics package this week held off the super-smooth Jayden Bartlett to win Heat #2. Gavin Cate, another stand-out drivers this season, held off “The Rhino” Williams to win Heat #3 and David Stroud in the #88 Hanson Glass sponsored kart won over Brad Dolin in the final heat of the day. A ten kart C Main saw Colton Raudman hold off Madison Mittry and Tyler Burke to grab the win. Bailey Martin charged to a win in the exciting B Main over Tyler Rodgers and Lexi Raudman. Jayden Bartlett would later share the victory circle with his big brother Cameron for his win in the Trophy Dash over Tyler Rodgers. Colton Raudman, who was destined to climb the alphabet soup of Mains, started off by winning the C Main, then in the B Main he grabbed the last transfer spot into the A, and in the A he made a spectacular run from near the back of the pack to take the win in what was one of the hottest races of the night.
Rowdy McClenon hits his mark to take fast time in the Open Division
Which brings us to the Open Division. Thirty-six drivers signed-in to run this next to the last race of the points season. Rowdy McClenon in his “HotRodstoHell.net” sponsored #13 kart rocketed out of the corners in his final lap of qualifying to take fast time of the group with an 8.376 second run. On a commentarial note, for those fans who don’t come earlier enough to watch the qualifying laps of these karts, you simply can’t believe what looks like when a kart simply hooks up and goes. Last race it was Kyle Larson who nailed his lap, and this week with McClenon’s perfect run, it is remarkable how graceful, and elegant these karts can really be.
And Rowdy continued his strong night by taking the win in Heat #1 over Camron Millard. Heat #2 posted Andrew Cumpton as victor over Tyler Wolf. Rudger Worley sitting in for John Michael Bunch won Heat #3 head of Pistol Pete and Michael Tarter. Jake Park pulled Kyle Larson who was subbing for Ryan Foster, to take the win in Heat #4 and in the final heat of the night Keith Bloom flew across the line just ahead of Cody Lamar and Cody Braund.
Stand-out rookie Cameron Bartlett ran a super C Main just head of Justin Burton whose kart was well-tuned to the track conditions and was a contender for the lead a number of times. In the super-stacked B Main Michael Tarter held off NASCAR racers Steven Gannon and Sprint Champion Sean Becker to win the top spot. Cameron Bartlett made it look easy in the Trophy Dash as he wheeled his kart to the win over Andrew Cumpton. That was a two-fer night for the Bartlett clan as Mom and Dad joined their boys in the Victory Circle for Trophy Dash presentations. The A Main featured a front-pack battle between Keith Bloom Jr, Pete Johnston and Sean Becker. While some of the best Outlaw Kart drivers in the world sliced and diced mid to back pack the battle up-front raged. When a last lap pass by Johnston was foiled by a tangle with Bloom Sean Becker needled thru to take the win.
Todd Boyd Charging
It just doesn’t get any closer than the points battle in the Sportsman Division. The Cumpton Trucking karts, the #11 of Todd Boyd and the the #11X of Andy Cumpton are dead-tied going into the final race of the year. And it was a one-two qualifying effort for the duo too, with Boyd setting an 8.701 second lap to edge out Cumpton for the fastest qualifying lap. Three heat races were lined out with Donny Ritcheson taking the win in #1, Andy Cumpton the win in #2 and Brian Sperry in #3. Boyd came back in the B Main to take the win over Evan Johnson and Scotty Morton. Todd Boyd, who had an epic battle with Pettinger last week for the lead and the win in the A Main, this week was bested by Pettinger for the Trophy Dash win – and in the exciting A Main in which Pettinger successfully held off hard-charging Demo Mittry to take the win.
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As we come screaming into the final races of this historic season, the racing just keeps getting better. Even after a 2 week hiatus from action to accommodate the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale in the facility, the drivers don’t seemed to have gotten rusty. In fact, there was simply amazing racing in all division.
Starting the day the Beginner Box Division hit a very green track track to qualify. Out of the twenty-four young superstars Colton Raudman set the fastest lap at 10.656 seconds. Continuing his night Raudman took the win in Heat #1. Jayden Bartlett won the second heat, Ryan Williams; Heat #3, and Blake Carrick took the win in the final heat over a hard-charging Lexi Raudman. C Main action was topped with a win by Erik Nelson. A 12 car B Main Event saw Bailey Martin power thru to take the win over current points leader Angelo Cornet. But by the end of the night it was all about Brad Dolin in his beautiful newly painted kart. But it was not to be an easy win for the “Pepper Jack Kennels” sponsored kart. In fact, an absolute photo-finish ensued with Jayden Bartlett as they crossed the line – but Dolin’s kart was barely 3 inches ahead of Barlett as he won the A Main Event.
Twenty-five Box Stock racers clocked in for the 11th round of racing this season. Despite the still-green track the qualifying times were very fast with Michael Kofoid setting quick lap at 9.685 seconds. Last week’s Perpetual Trophy winner Jesse Colwell took second spot in the qualifying. Four great heat races ensued with Dakota Cardenas nabbing the win in #1, and Jesse James Colwell winning the second one. Brandon LaChance edged out Ren Eberhart in Heat 3 and brother Trenton LaChance held off Derek Stone for the win in the 4th round. Brian McGahan Jr., fresh off his Perpetual Trophy win at Lakeport during the break from Red Bluff tagged in first in the B Main ahead of Tanner Carrick and Michael Ing. Current points leader, Colby Cate, who clocked in 4th fastest during qualifying kept up his momentum by winning a second-in-a-row Trophy Dash, this week over “Lil’ Feed” Ryan Robinson. Cate went on to also win the A Main Event, again with Robinson laying in second spot.
Still eighteen strong even this late in the season, the Intermediate 250cc division presented some of the very best racing of the year. Jeremy Doss started the action by setting fast time with a run around the track at a mere 8.487 seconds. Tony Rossi had one of his best qualifying efforts this year by taking the second spot. Three great heat races were lined out from the results of qualifying. Tanner Thorson who tows in from the great state of Nevada each week took the win in Heat One over top competitor Jake Morgan. Heat #2 saw Brenna Johnson having a great run as she out-ran Casey McClain and Rico Abreu to take the flag first. Logan Seavey edged out Wesley Dougherty for the win in Heat #3. A short-stack B Main saw Rossi continue his late season charge as he held off Chase Majdic who is sporting a new look and sponsor this week. His traditionally blue and white kart has been surplanted by the trademark bright red of the Glen Haven Beach Resort sponsorship. Rico Abreu flew to a great Trophy Dash win beating Tyler Seavey and Morgan Sandhagen. But, it was the A Main action that left spectators slack-jaw in awe. One of the hottest battles of the year saw a front-running pack of drivers working every line of the now seasoned and smoothtrack. With just a few laps to go, Morgan Sandhagen made a breath-taking move from the 4th spot to pass two karts in a swoosh which pushed her to the lead where she held off the racing karts behind her to take an awesome A Main win. Jake Morgan and Tyler Seavey finished second and third.
But one of the best battles of the night came in the last race of the day as the Sportsmen ran their A Main Event. Earlier in the day twenty-two Sportsmen clocked in with long-time Red Bluff Outlaw Donny Ritcheson hitting fast time at 8.603 seconds. Three heat races were run with Eric Pettinger taking the win in #1, Demo Mittry in #2 and Evan Johnson winning the third. Brandon Mansfield took his #89 kart to the win in the B Main race. Points leader Andy Cumpton added another Trophy Dash win to his record as he triumphed over Brian Sperry. Yet, despite being the last race of the night the A Main event featured an epic battle between Eric Pettinger and Todd Boyd. It started as Todd had to skillfully work every angle of the track so he could get a clean run at the lead kart of Pettinger. But it didn’t end with his eventual pass, the two seasoned drivers ran side-by-side, nerf-to-nerf lap after lap, pretty much defying logic as they managed not to tangle and wreck. The crowd watched wide-eyed and probably just as white-knuckled as the drivers must have been as Boyd finally gained a safe distance which he held to take the win.
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