Victorville Auto Raceway Results 7/25/09

[Bobby Kimbrough]

Mike and Dena Gibson's Victorville Auto Raceway hosted one of the "hottest" shows in town on Saturday as the heat blasted the drivers, crews, cars and spectators. In a broiling night of action, the Sprint Cars, Sport Modifieds and All Americans entertained the crowd with some exciting racing. Blake Miller lead the Sprint cars in one of the best Sprint car events held at the track. With no yellows, the cars ran wide open looking for every ounce of moisture in the clay surface. Austin and Cody Williams, with local favorite Seth Wilson and Ludvig Solberg kept the fans on the edge of their seats with their side by side, full out, race to the checkers.


Sprints during the meet and greet.


Video by Terry Kurtz. terrykurtz.com

The All American main saw Carol Lewis take the checkered flag only to relinquish the title on the tech pad with a self imposed disqualification, giving the win to Chris Metz in the 10T car. Former Champion Dan McGuirre collected second place, followed by Jeremy Mosley in the #8, Joey St Louis in Lucky #13, and Bev Stauffacher #55 rounded out the top five.


Tony Kincade.

The Sport Modifieds closed the show with an incredible race between winner Tony Kincade and Johnny Lathrop. Kinkade jumped out to a strong lead that started to shrink after a few laps. Lathrop's #2 Sportmod closed the distance and for the last half of the race, these two were bumper to bumper. The battle for the front became extremely interesting when Kincade and Lathrop encountered lap traffic and at one point went three wide into turn 3 with Kincade sandwiched between Lathrop and the lapped car of Vince Porter. On the final turn Kincade wheeled his car down on the edge of the berm to drag race Lathrop to the finish line, nipping Lathrop by inches. Missing from the event was the onedirt.com K9 Sport Mod and Mike Sayle's #1 car. Chris Tooley had withdrawn from the event earlier in the day for personal reasons.


Michael Tobiason, Secret Agent Man.

Once again, the mini drawfs were in action with a 20 lap feature. The 007 secret agent car of Michael Tobiason crossed the line first with Mathew Lewis' #55 in second, the #7 of Pedro Gonzales in third, Dacey Blalock's Lightning 95L in Fourth and Big Time "Bubba" McLaughlin's #5jr rounding out the top five.

Sprint

1. Blake Miller 16
2. Austin Williams 2
3. Cody Williams 44
4. Seth Wilson 17
5. Ludvig Solberg IV 84
6. Ronnie Gardner 96
7. John Aden 7a
8. Bruce St James 7k
9. Heidi Tresler 3
10. Kenny Perkins 0k
11. Robert Ellis 76
12. Dwane Marcum 12
13. Cal Smith 39
14. Mathew Shedarowich 8z
15. Ed Schwartz 5s
16. Brian Schular 77s
17. Johnie Butler 54
18. Johnny Malcolm 77
19. Mike “Hupcap” Collins 04
20. Thomas Grunkemeyer 36


Amanda "Hot Rod" Fritsch with Track Announcer, and father, Geoff Fritsch.

Sport Modified

1. Tony Kinkaid 59
2. Johnny Lathrop 2
3. Ralph Adams 73
4. Butch Wood 0
5. Al Bernal 5
6. Jim Snow 49
7. Stephen Thornell 1t
8. Vince Porter 7
9. Norm Matteson 68
10. Tim Branson 88
11. Don Roland 14
12. Amanda Fritsch 8
13. Keith Prishmann 98
14. Steve Fuelner 54
15. Mike Sayle 01/k9 (DNS)
Bobby Kimbrough k9 (dns)
Jay McCley 19 (dns)
Chris Tooley 24 (DNS)


Cris Metz's 10t All American goes through tech.

All American

1. Cris Metz 10t
2. Dan McGuirre 17
3. Jeremy Mosley 8
4. Joey StLouis 13
5. Beverly Stauffacher 52
6. Danny Childers 54
7. Ben Bacher 26
8. Carol Lewis (dq)

Mini Dwarf

1. Michael Tobiason 007
2. Mathew Lewis 55
3. Pedro Gonzales 7
4. Dacey Blalock 95l
5. Arron “Bubba” McLaughlin 5jr
6. Johnny Catalono 95

[Dietzsch_Racing25]

Bobby, What happened to K9!?

CD

[FWMOD01]

I would like to thank bobby and his son for letting me drive the k9 in the sport mod main. Bobby let me know and i will come down and help you fix the problem with the motor and again thank you bobby, we had a blast all day hanging out with you and your son

[Bobby Kimbrough]

Curtis, I derailed myself with a crappy engine cooling design. I had the car overheat and there was no quick fix in the pits, so we were done before the start really.

In the heat race, Mike Sayle was involved in some contact with another car and his car was done for the evening. Mike is pretty high up in the points and it would be a shame if he were to lose all that because of a hole in the oil pan. So we asked him if he wanted to take the K9 out on the track and run a couple of green flag laps to get some points. We knew that it would not be good for the engine but it was the right thing to do for someone that is challenging for the points lead.

Unfortunately, the alternator bracket broke and shorted against the engine, which lit the foam intake breather on fire. Poor Mike managed to get around the track but there was a restart and I don't think he got any points. THAT is really frustrating because I knew that the car was going to be damaged going back on the track, but I was willing to give that up for Mike to get some points out of it. It looks like he is not being credited with a start, which is wrong, and he lost points and I lost a motor because of it.

You can count on me to lobby for last place points for Mike. That will make losing the motor a little easier to swallow.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. (actually, I will have a blog written on our day at the track by Friday. Stay tuned.)

[Bobby Kimbrough]

Originally Posted by FWMOD01

I would like to thank bobby and his son for letting me drive the k9 in the sport mod main. Bobby let me know and i will come down and help you fix the problem with the motor and again thank you bobby, we had a blast all day hanging out with you and your son

Mike, no problem. That is what dirt track racers do. You are in the points and it was our first time out this year. I have been in the same situation and other people have gotten out of their cars to let me stay in the points race. It is only right that I do the same thing when given the opportunity.

Don't even mention it again. It was my privilege.

[Dietzsch_Racing25]

how bad is the motor? a little hurt or seriously damaged? The former I hope.

CD

[Bobby Kimbrough]

Me and you both brother!

I watched Kincade and Lathrop run up front and they have some horses! My bone stock motor with four valve relief pistons just wasn't in the same class. So maybe this is a good thing. I'll get a little better bullet put together and fix the cooling issues, then..........maybe I can keep up with those speedy guys.

[Nerd49]

Originally Posted by Dietzsch_Racing25

Bobby, What happened to K9!?

CD

Originally Posted by FWMOD01

I would like to thank bobby and his son for letting me drive the k9 in the sport mod main.

Right there's your answer Curtis, he let Mike drive it!
Just messin with ya Mike, don't hit me!

[Bobby Kimbrough]

Yeah. I'm with Nerd. Mike broke K9!

[SportMod#88]

bobby I hope you get that animal fixed for the next go round. Let us all know if there is anything you need and we will all do what we can. Had a blast hangin with you and your son and I hope you can be ready. Even with all the confusion with the officials Saturday I still had a blast. I guess that's what it's all about.