Kyle Larson & David Prickett claim “Tiner Family Classic” wins at the Silver
Dollar Speedway
Chico, CA – September 8, 2011…A new twist to the Gold Cup
Race of Champions was brought in this year with the addition of USAC Sprints and
Midgets and on Thursday night that change added much excitement to the four-days
of racing at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway.
Sharing victory lane during
the night at the “Tiner Family Classic” were Elk Grove’s Kyle Larson in the
USAC/CRA & Western Classic Sprints main event and Fresno’s David Prickett in
the USAC Western & BCRA Midget feature. A total of 50 Non Wing Sprint Cars
and 24 Midgets were on hand for the action packed night of competition.
The sprint car main event turned out to be one of the best races seen
all season long at SDS, with side by side and even three-wide action prevalent
all feature long. Fremont’s Shane Golobic started out the race in the lead, but
soon felt intense pressure from Sebastopol’s Geoff Ensign.
The driver
known as the “Human Highlight Reel” lived up to his nickname and rode the
high-side to the lead on lap eight. A yellow on lap 10 created a single file
restart however and during it Yorba Linda’s Matt Mitchell sliced to the inside
and took over the top spot. Shortly after that, Ensign’s bid at victory came to
an end when he had issues in turn four and brought out a caution.
The
restart saw fans come to their feet when Mitchell, Kyle Hirst and 14th starting
Kyle Larson went three wide in an exciting battle down the back stretch. It was
all for naught though as the yellow lights came back on for a stalled car. When
the green came back out Hirst once again blasted to the high side and stole the
lead from Mitchell off turn two.
Larson then charged to second and began
to battle Hirst for the lead, which turned out to be a tremendous side by side
fight between the two Outlaw Kart graduates. After a number of laps going wheel
to wheel Larson finally got the momentum he needed and used lapped traffic to
get under Hirst for the lead.
The 19-year-old Larson was mistake free
the rest of the race and motored on to cross the checkered flag and pick up
another huge victory on the season. Fast qualifier Jac Haudenschild made some
great moves in the feature to come in second, with Mitchell claiming the final
spot on the podium.
Hirst scored fourth and multiple time USAC/CRA
champion Mike Spencer of Temecula rounded out the top five. The rest of the top
ten was completed by Golobic, Nic Faas, Chico’s Jason York, Placerville’s Jimmy
Trulli and Orland’s Taylor Simas.
The USAC Western & BCRA Midget
main event began with Fresno’s David Prickett jumping into the lead ahead of
Fremont’s Shane Golobic and Ventura’s Cory Kruseman. “The Kruser” didn’t wait
long though and made the move around Golobic on lap four to grab second.
Prickett felt heavy pressure from Kruseman for the remainder of the
25-lap contest, but did a great job to fend off the multiple time Chili Bowl
Midget Nationals winner. Kruseman gave it everything he had, stalking the rear
of the No. 15 midget. Despite a relentless late race challenge however, Prickett
never faltered and crossed the checkered flag to win the main event.
Kruseman came home in second with Golobic third, Matt Streeter fourth
and Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker rounding out the top-five.
Wooster,
Ohio’s Jac Haudenschild began the night with the USAC/CRA & Western Classic
Series by taking fast time with a 13.60 aboard the Silva Racing 57. The non
qualifier race was won by Billy Wallace with the four 10-lap heat races being
picked off by Haudenschild, Mike Spencer, Kyle Larson and Richard Brace Jr. The
b-main was captured by Cody Myers.
USAC Western & BCRA Midget heats
were won by Cody Swanson, Jake Swanson and Shannon McQueen.
Racing
action at the 58th Gold Cup Race of Champions will continue tomorrow and
Saturday with the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series invading Silver Dollar
Speedway. More info can be found at http://www.silverdollarspeedway.com
USAC/ CRA & USAC Western Classic Series Results – Silver Dollar Speedway
Thursday September 8, 2011
50 cars
Fast time: Jac Haudenschild
13.60
Non-qualifiers race: Billy Wallace, Herman Klein, Taylor Simas,
Cody Smith, Brett Rollag, Rusty Baglan, Jim Richardson, Jay Waugh, Shauna Hogg,
Jerry Cisco, Mark Beck, Joshua Bates
Heat one: Jac Haudenschild, Jason
York, Geoff Ensign, Greg Bragg, Cody Williams, Marty Hawkins, Billy Wallace,
Mark Tabor Jr., Jeff Griffin
Heat two: Mike Spencer, Matt Mitchell,
Steven Tiner, Tony Hunt, Nick Faas, Herman Klein, Todd Miller, Tom Baker, Tim
Sherman
Heat three: Kyle Larson, Kyle Hirst, Jimmy Trulli, Shawn Wright,
Kirk Simpson, Taylor Simas, Eddy Lewis, Andy Forsberg, Scott Hall
Heat
four: Richard Brace Jr., Shane Golobic, Austin Williams, Cody Smith, Trent
Canales, Jeff Parady, Gary Paulson, Scott Pierovich, Cody Myers
Bmain:
Cody Myers, Nick Faas, Marty Hawkins, Cody Williams, Tom Baker, Taylor Simas,
Billy Wallace, Scott Pierovich, Trent Canales, Jeff Parady, Todd Miller, Gary
Paulson, Eddy Lewis, Tim Sherman, Jeff Griffin
Amain: Kyle Larson, Jac
Haudenschild, Matt Mitchell, Kyle Hirst, Mike Spencer, Shane Golobic, Nic Faas,
Jason York, Jimmy Trulli, Taylor Simas, Richard Brace Jr., Steven Tiner, Geoff
Ensign, Tony Hunt, Cody Myers, Cody Williams, Marty Hawkins, Scott Pierovich,
Shawn Wright, Austin Williams, Gregg Bragg, Cody Smith, Tom Baker, Todd
Miller
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USAC Western & BCRA Midget Results
– Silver Dollar Speedway Thursday September 8, 2011
24 cars
Heat
one: Cody Swanson, Cory Kruseman, Michelle Decker, Dillon Silverman, Pete Davis,
Jonathan Henry, Rick Holbrook, Matt Streeter
Heat two: Jake Swanson,
Shane Golobic, Nick Foster, Connor Kassik, Travis Haugh, Floyd Alvis, Tom
Dogherty, JR Williams
Heat three: Shannon McQueen, David Prickett,
Quinton Crye, Larry Peterson,
Amain: David Prickett, Cory Kruseman,
Shane Golobic, Matt Streeter, Michelle Decker, Cody Swanson, Shannon McQueen,
Pete Davis, Nick Foster, Quinton Crye, Jonathan Henry, Connor Kassik, Larry
Peterson, Dillon Silverman, Travis Haugh, Rick Holbrook, Floyd Alvis, Jake
Swanson, JR Williams, Tom Dogherty
- Gary Thomas on Sep 09, 2011
- Article Date: 9/9/2011 by Gary Thomas