By: Chuck Hamblin
July 10, 2010

         “Gio” Giovanni Scelzi was back in the winners circle by out dualing pole sitter Dahne Lynn McKay for the win. Gio started the 20 lap main from the inside second row and was able to work his way around pole sitter McKay following at a distance were Austin Warmerdam, Cole Macedo, Mark Doss, Kaleb Montgomery, Christopher Silva, Tanner Baker, Kameron Beard, Skylar Turner, Bryce Eames, Jared Faria, Bryson Berna and Blayke Perry. Heat wins went to McKay, Montgomery, Scelzi and Macedo.

            Justin Rich out of Santa Maria picks up first feature win in a super night of racing by having a clean sweep by first setting fast time with a lap of 11.964 at 60.181 mph. Justin came back and won his heat race ahead of Carson Macedo. With a zero inversion drawn for the night that put Justin Rich pole front row for the 20 lap main event with Macedo outside front row, and John Collins and Riley Simmons in the 2nd row.  Rich took the win but not without the pressure of Simmons at times. When the checkered flag flew it gave Rich his 1st main event win, following Rich at the end were Simmons, Collins, Scott Parker, Macedo, Tristan Guardino, Bryce Volpa, Merissa Rose, KJ Snow, Brandon Collins, Riggin Martella, Tucker Worth, Brayden Perry, Cole Waller, Kyler Shaw, Buddy Shepherd, Griffith Jones, Kyle Clark, Nathan Bannag. The ones not finishing were Donnie Piper, Cory Elliot and Brandon Phillips. Heat winners were Rich, Rose and Worth.

            In the 600 Stock Class young gun Andrew Sweeney came all the way up from Lomita, California to set the overall fast time and a new track record for the Stock Class with a lap of 11.404 at 63.136 mph. Heat wins went to Ethan Myatt and Tyler Turner.  In the 30 lap feature Sweeney didn’t get his time back in his heat race so had to start back in 9th. This put Garrett Long and Ben Worth on the front row. At the drop of the green it was Long in command and pulling away for 16 laps until a caution lap and DJ Netto had worked his way up to 2nd place. When the restart coming off of turn 2 Netto who moved up from the Restrictor class for the night made his move and took the lead and never looked back for the next 14 laps and took the win ahead of Tyler Turner, Landon Hurst, Long, Luca Romanazzi, Alex Raiskup, Ben Worth, Mark Cypert, Andrew Sweeney, Ethan Myatt, Darrick Gowens, Duane Pedersen. The DNF”s drivers were Gerrit Willard, Jarret Martinez, Brent Owens, Dustin Rhodes and Mike Schott.

            Dylan Black took the fast time honors for the 600 Multi Class with a time of 11.890 at 60.555 mph. Heat wins went to Dominic Scelzi and Vern Sweeney.  The 30 lap main event went to Jake Hagopian; from the drop of the green until the checkered flag it was Jake’s show all the way. Hagopian started the main outside front row.  At the checkered flag following Jake were Mitchell Faccinto, Michael Faccinto, Vern Sweeney, Koen Shaw, Wes McIntyre, Dylan Black, Kolby Araki, Dominic Scelzi, Garrett Netto, Ryan Worth, Heath Duinkerken. The DNF’s were Stan Yockey, Kevin Michnowicz, and Cody Smothermon.

Congratulations to:
Bull Riders

1st Place • Justin Rickard• From Nuevo, California • 87 pts. • Paid $2,176.00 • Rode Dennis Borba Bucking Bull, #166, "Indian Burn"

2nd Place • Tyler Yates • From Glenville, California • 77 pts. • Paid $1524.00 • Rode Cosca Brown Bucking Bull #320, "Ringtail"

Short Round Winner •
Buck Moon • From Taylor Nebraska • 90 pts. Paid $500.00 • Rode Cosca-Brown Bucking Bull #89W, "Hummer".

There were 32 Bull Riders.

Congratulations to:
Future Stars

1st Place • Clay Hunt• From Coalinga, California • 66 pts. • Rode the Cosca Brown Bucking Bull #6, "Moe"

There were 8 Future Stars
(Age 13 - 18)

Congratulations to:
Mutton Bustin

1st Place • Haley Langley • Hanford, California • 72 pts.

2nd Place • Erica Galvan • Lemoore, California • 64 pts.

3rd Place • Tony Silva • Chowchilla, California • 52 pts.

Thank you all so very much for your support and participation. It was a great night.

We will be doing the Alyssa Danley Memorial Race check presention to Children's Hospital on Tuesday, June 22nd at 2:45pm. Please meet in the lobby at 2:30pm. At 2:45pm the drivers will be doing an autograph session with some of the patients, and then at 3:30pm we will do the check presentation, and then after that a tour of the hospital. If you would like to join us, please email me at: carol@stoneysllc.com, or call me at 559.816.3846. We need to give them a count of about how many people will be attending. I hope many of you will be able to attend. I think it will be an awesome experience.

Thanks so much,
Carol

SCELZI POSTS CLEAN SWEEP
Other winners were Macedo, Worth, and Yockey 

June 12, 2010
By: Chuck Hamblin

            Little Giovanni “Gio” Scelzi in his red and white #41 took the win in both his heat races and then came back to capture the win in the 20 lap feature for a clean sweep for the night.  Gio started the main outside front row and it wasn’t long until he had control and pulled away to take the win ahead of Kaleb Montgomery, Josiah Ribeiro, Dahne Lynn McKay, Austin Warmerdam, Kameron Beard, Christopher Silva, Mark Doss, Blake Perry, Bryson Berna, Jack Tracy, Bryce Eames, Tanner Baker and Skylar Turner. Heat wins went to Scelzi(2), McKay and Ribeiro.

            Justin Rich out of Santa Maria, Ca. posted the fast time for the 600cc Restrictor Class with a lap of 11.93. Heat wins went to Brenden Warmerdam, Riley Simmons and Buddy Shepherd. When it came time for the main event Lemoore’s Carson Macedo started the 20 lap feature from the front row pole position and lead from the drop of the green flag to the checkered flag. Following Macedo at the checkered flag were John Collins, Buddy Shepherd, Riley Simmons, Brandon Phillips, Tristan Guardino, KJ Snow, Kyler  Shaw, Bryce Volpa, Brandon Collins, Justin Rich, Riggin Martella, Cole Waller, Tucker Worth, Merissa Rose, Bob Piper, Cole Christensen, Brayden Perry, Donny Piper, Nathan Bannag, Brenden Warmerdam Griffith Jones and Kyle Clark.

            Laton’s  Landon Hurst posted the fast time for the 600 Stock Class with a lap of 11.85 but the scales showed a couple pounds light thus giving the next in line Coalinga’s Ben Worth the fast time with 11.95. Heat race wins went to Luca Romanazzi, Dustin Rhodes and Alexandria “Alex” Raiskup. For the 30 lap feature it had Mike Schott and Ben Worth on the front row when the green flag was thrown for the start with Worth in command until lap 5 when Romanazzi and Rhodes getting together up in the fence of turn one putting both cars into the infield. At the display of the checkered flag it was Worth, Garrett Long, Gerrit Willard, Kevin Barnes, Eddie Alberti, Clint Reichenbach, Ethan Myatt, Mark Cypert, Duane Pedersen, Skip Sisson. The did not finishes were Mike Schott, Alex Raiskup, Geoffery Menefee, Jimmy Herd, Robert Hunter, Derrick Gowens, Landon Hurst, Andrew Sweeney, Romanazzi, Rhodes and KC Weikle.

            The 600 Multi “Super Stock” Class had Stan Yockey out of Fresno starting 8th and worked his way to the front to take the 30 lap feature win ahead of Justyne Hamblin driving Raio Morgan’s #21. Hamblin had pulled within 2 car lengths with 6 laps to go and then a yellow flag was displayed  for a stalled car just off of turn 2,  when the green was thrown for the restart  Yockey got the jump and held off Hamblin for the win followed by Dominic Scelzi, Austin Liggett, Michael Faccinto, Heath Duinkerken, Koen Shaw, Jake Hagopian, Mitchell Faccinto, Jason Rogers, Austin Stone, Trent Carter, Ryan Worth, Jacob Clark, Verne Sweeney, Tyler Turner, Chris Kent, Cory Eliason, Jason Schoelen and Eric Jones.         

First-ever King of the Sand Drag Night Lit Up Lemoore Raceway – Race Results

Lemoore, Calif. (June 10, 2010)

Speed was the ticket for the first-ever King of Sand
event held at the Lemoore Raceway on June 5. More than 600 attendees cheered on some 90 trucks, jeeps, dragsters, quads and dune buggy drivers as they tore up the race track to
prove who were the true kings of the sand drags.
Winners from the first-ever King of Sand include:

Open Sand Rails/Buggies – First: Gary Sakaguchi of Clovis; Second: Robert Jones of Fresno

Open Trucks – First: Robert Nelson of Madera;
Second: Jacob Rowe of Hanford

Open Quads – First: Josh Wolford of Bakersfield;
Second: David Costa of Dinuba

Open Dragster – Ron DeArtney of Stratford

Open Jeep - Adam Ross

The King of Sand, sponsored by Tachi Palace and Casino, Budweiser and Stoney's Sand & Gravel, LLC was double-elimination, side-by-side dragster racing where the best at the line and the fastest down the track took home the prize and the title of “King”. Winners received 100 percent payback on entry fees. Prize money was awarded to first and second place
winners. More exciting sand drag racing will be announced for the Lemoore Raceway for next month. For more information on the Tachi Palace Friday Night Drags and the King of the
Sand Races visit www.ke-promotions.com.

For information on participating in a race,
contact Kyle Evans with KE Promotions at
kyle@ke-promotions.com or (559) 924-2536.

What a show this past weekend at the Lemoore Raceway, with over 110 drivers from all over the state on hand, Friday and Saturday night for the 2010 Nationals under the direction of KE Promotions. There were 18 Junior Sprints, 19 Non-Wing, 27 Restrictors, 22 Stocks and 25 Multi’s on hand for a great weekend of racing.  The evening started with 6 Junior Sprint heat races with wins going to Giovanni Scelzi, Josiah Ribeiro, Kaleb Montgomery with two, Cole Macedo and Ryan Delisle. Friday night’s 8 lap dash determined the first four rows for Saturday’s 20 lap feature.

Saturday’s feature started with Lemoore’s Cole Macedo and Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery in the first row, followed by Christopher Silva, Giovanni Scelzi, Ryan Delisle, Austin Warmerdam, Alex Coronado and Skylar Turner.  But when the green flag flew a pile up in turn 2 ended Macedo’s possibility of a win when he was sidelined to the infield along with Montgomery. When the checkered flag flew it was Giovanni Scelzi in the winner’s circle. Following Scelzi were Warmerdam, Delisle, Coronado, Kameron Beard, Tanner Baker, Bryce Eames, Mark Doss, Jack Tracy, Skylar Turner, Christopher Silva, Blake Perry, Josiah Ribeiro, Dahne Lynn McKay, Tyler Murphy, Montgomery, Bryson Berna and Macedo.

In the 600 Non-Wing class Fresno’s Billy Lawless had his black and white 17L hooked up and posted fast time with a lap of 13.171 at 54.666 mph. Heat race wins went to Austin Liggett out of Tracy and Fresno’s Koen Shaw. Friday’s 8 car 8 lap dash finish results, which determined the first 4 rows of Saturday’s main event, which were front row # 88 of Shaw on the pole and the 17L of Lawless outside front row followed by the 83 of Liggett, #17 Colton Slack, #28 Andy Thompson, #15 of Kody Key, #16 Jacob Clark and the #9t of Tony Astone.

            As the green flag dropped for the 40 lap feature it was Shaw from the pole position jumping to the lead with Lawless and Liggett in tow.  It didn’t take Liggett long to make it by Lawless into 2nd, with Shaw in his sights.  As the race progressed Liggett was finally able to make his move to 1st.  Shaw and Liggett stayed hooked at the hip until a restart when Shaw, making his move going into turn 3, hooking the berm and causing contact with Liggett ending with Shaw upside down along turn 4; ending his night of racing. When the checkered flags waved it was the young gun from Tracy, Austin Liggett as the winner followed by Lawless, Andy Thompson (Tulare), Kayla Evans (Manteca), Kody Key (Fresno), Max Adams (Lomis), Rick Cook I (San Leandro), Garrett Netto (Hanford), Rick Cook II ( San Leandro), Gloria Shaw (Fresno), Jerome Warmerdam (Hanford), Nicco Russo (Cambell), Jacob Clark (Fresno), Skip Sisson (Visalia), The DNF’S were Colton Slack (Brentwood), Koen Shaw, Tommy Astone ( Madera), Kevin Barnes (Fresno) and Robert Hunter (Visalia).

The #10 of John Collins out of Terra Bella posted fast time in the 600 Restrictor Class with a lap of 12.304 at 58.518mph. Heat wins went to Kyler Shaw (Fresno), Riley Simmons (Livermore) and Merissa Rose (Lemoore). The top 8 qualifiers went into the 8 lap dash and the dash finish was Collins followed by KJ Snow, Carson Macedo, Amanda Evans, Brandon Collins, Riley Simmons, Merissa Rose and Trent Reed. The 20 lap semi was cut back to only 12 laps, but when the green flag was thrown it was Tucker Worth (Coalinga) in command to the checkered flag. Coming in behind Worth was Scott Parker (Coarsegold), Bryce Volpa (Fresno), Buddy Shepherd (Bakersfield), Tristan Guardino (Fremont), Brayden Perry (Fresno), Justin Rich (Santa Maria), Blake McGourty (Valley Springs), Ethan Evans (Bakersfield), Bobby Piper (Lemoore), Donny Piper (Lemoore), Ryan Timmons (Pleasant Hill), Brandon Phillips (Bakersfield) and Cole Waller (San Jose). The top 10 from the semi transferred to the back of the 30 lap main event.

It was a night for KJ Snow will remember for a long time. KJ started outside front row and dominated the 30 laps as he moved through the traffic inside or outside and lapped half the field at the checkered flag, trailing at the end were Riley Simmons (Livermore), Carson Macedo (Lemoore), John Collins (Terra Bella), Amanda Evans (Manteca), Tucker Worth (Coalinga), Scott Parker (Coarsegold), Buddy Shepherd (Bakersfield),  Brayden Trigueiro (Caruthers), Brenden Warmerdam (Lemoore), Bryce Volpa (Fresno), Griffith Jones (Hanford), Kyler Shaw (Fresno), Justin Rich (Santa Maria), Blake McGourty (Valley Springs), Bobby Piper (Lemoore), Ethan Evans (Bakersfield), Ryan Timmons (Pleasant Hill), Brandon Collins (San Jose), Brayden Perry (Fresno), Merissa Rose (Lemoore) and Trent Reed who made 5 laps before making contact with the wall and out of the race.

Michael Munoz cranked in the fast qualifying lap of 11.733sec at 61.365 mph for the 600 Stock Class. Heat races went to Conley Scott (Selma), Mike Schott and Jason Rogers. Again the 8 car 8 lap dash positioned the 1st 4 rows of the main. The dash finish was Rogers, Munoz, Ben Worth, Landon Hurst, Mike Schott, Clint Reichenbach, Ethan Myatt and Conley Scott.

In the main event Conley Scott was off and running away for the win, to only have the win pulled because the tire would not pass tech, giving the win to Jason Rogers (Lemoore), followed by Landon Hurst (Laton), Ben Worth (Coalinga), Ethan Myatt (Clovis), Garrett Long (Ducor), Mike Schott (Tulare), Darrick Gowens (Sanger), Alex Raiscup(Clovis), DJ Netto (Hanford), Michael Munoz (Tulare), Gerrit Willard (Riverdale), Brent Owens (Covina), Cody Smothermon (Porterville), Mark Cypert (Kingburg), KC Weikle (Lemoore), Duane Pedersen (Selma), the DNF’S were Clint Reichenbach (Bakersfield), Geoffrey Menefee (Selma), Dustin Rhodes ( Clovis), Andrew Sweeney (Lomita), and Luca Romanazzi  (Visalia).

Fresno’s Dominic Scelzi took home the fast time for the 600 Multi Class with a fast lap of 11.486 at 62.685 MPH. Heat wins went to Mitchell and Michael Faccinto (Hanford), and Ryan Reeves (Fresno). The 8 lap dash had Ryan Reeves taking the checkered flag ahead of Michael Faccinto, Heath Duinkerken, Austin Stone, Jake Hagopian, Mitchell Faccinto, and Dylan Black.

The 50 lap main event started with Ryan Reeves and Michael Faccinto on the front row with Ryan pulling the lead at the green flag and Faccinto in tow.  It wasn’t long until Heath Duinkerken moved up into the second spot and reeled in Reeves and took over the lead, but not without the #2 of Reeves glued to the back of Heaths #79 and pulling away. Then the race was cut back to 40 lap’s part way into the main event, then on lap 36 Duinkerken sputtered coming off turn 2 and Reeves climbed the back of the #79 and this put Reeves to the infield and 1 lap later Duinkerken pulled to the infield out of fuel. This gave a new twist to the finish with the Faccinto brothers Michael and Mitchell taking 1st & 2nd at the checkered. Third place and back were Ryan Worth (Coalinga), Brad Hannum (Granit Bay), Dominic Scelzi, Paul Javaux (Visalia), Shawn Laeber (Sacramento), Jason Schoelen (Clovis), Jared Williams (Sacramento), Roger Rose (Tulare), Trent Carter (Terra Bella), Austin Stone (Visalia), Scott Mauldin (Sacramento), Tyler Turner was the last one running at the checkered flag. The DNF’s were Heath Duinkerken, Ryan Reeves, Jake Hagopian, Knute Myndrup, Matt Peterson, Russell Seros, Dylan Black, Becca Leach, Verne Sweeney, Jordan Silva and Kevin Michnowicz.

    The evening got off to a great start with opening ceremonies under the direction of Carol Evans having all the drivers and their mothers lining up on the front straight away. The mothers were then presented with a beautiful pink carnation prior to the start of the racing program. 

            If Lemoore was handing out hard charger awards I would have given one to Josiah Ribeiro. Josiah started the 20 lap feature inside the 2nd row behind Kaleb Montgomery. Just after the start Josiah and Kaleb got tangled in turn 2 and had to go to the back of the pack. This put the points leader Giovanni Scelzi into the lead and pulling away when mechanical problems sent Scelzi to the infield. This then opened the door for Cole Macedo and Alex Panella to do battle along with Christopher Silva. Ribeiro was on the move coming through the pack to real them in and finally taking the win coming from the back. The final finish was Ribeiro, Macedo, Silva, Montgomery, Alex Coronado, Tanner Baker, Jack Tracy, Dahne Lynn McKay, Bryce Eames, Alex Panella, Mark Doss, Austin Warmerdam, Kameron Beard, Tyler Stidham, Blayke Perry, Bryson Berna, Jayln Caldera, Matthew Ordunez and Scelzi. Heat wins went to Montgomery, Ribeiro and Warmerdam.  Scelzi posted the fast time with a lap of 13.756 at 52.341 mph.

            Bakersfield driver Buddy Shepherd, a rookie in the restricted class, started the main event in 6th, but it didn’t take long for Buddy to find the groove to go forward and made his way to the front and took home the win in the 600 Restricted class ahead of Riley Simmons, Carson Macedo, Tucker Worth, Scott Parker, John Collins, Tristan Guardino, Kyler Shaw, KJ Snow, Ethan Evans, Bryce Volpa, Brenden Warmerdam, Merissa Rose, Griffith Jones, Brayden Perry, Donny Piper, Holden Roza, Brayden Stidham and Kyle Clark. Heat wins went to Macedo and Guardino. Fast time went to KJ Snow with 12.272 at 58.670 mph.

            In the 600 Non-Wing class Fresno shoe Koen Shaw started the 20 lap feature from the pole position and lead from start to finish ahead of Austin Liggett, Nicco Russo, Billy Lawless, Jacob Clark, Skip Sisson, Andy Thompson, Kolby Araki and Cody Key. Andy Thompson took the heat race. Fast time went to Kolby Araki with 12.334 at 58.375mph.

            Landon Hurst put his previous racing skills to good use by taking his 2nd feature win at Lemoore. It took awhile to get a complete lap in as cars seemed to get spun around and tangled up. When all the dust and spins settled down it was Hurst starting from the pole and lead from start to finish for the win. Following at the checkered flag was Alexandria “Alex” Raiskup, Cody Smothermon, Mike Schott, Garrett Long, Darrick Gowens, Ben Worth, Ethan Myatt, Larry Thompson, KC Weikle, DJ Netto, Joe Kendall and the DNF’s were Mark Cypert, Gerritt Willard, Seth Hancock, Duane Pederson, Luca Romanazzi and Andrew Sweeney. The heat races were won by two rookies, DJ Netto and Garrett Long. Ben Worth had the fast time honors with a lap of 11.550 at 62.338 MPH.

            In the 600 Multi Class main event there were 18 drivers all hungry for a win, but Jake Hagopian starting back in the 4th row ended up being the driver that should have gotten the “hard charger” award for the 30 lap main event. When the green flag dropped the first two rows had local Mitchell Faccinto and Matt Brown from Australia row one and Michael Faccinto and Dominic Scelzi in row two. It looked like it was going to be another Faccinto battle for the win until Hagopian got up in the marbles and started dusting off the top side of the track and got it hooked up and made his way to the front on the top and stretched out his lead at the checkered flag and the win. Following Jake were Michael Faccinto, Mitchell Faccinto, Dominic Scelzi, Austin Stone, Roger Rose, Heath Duinkerken, Trent Carter, Tyler Turner, Jason Schoelen, Verne Sweeney, Matt Brown, Ryan Worth, Landon Hurst, Becca Leach, Trevor Schmid, Lauren Brown and Mike Schott. The 4AU of Matt Brown had fast time with 11.526 at 62.467MPH. Heat wins went to Dominic Scelzi and Mitchell Faccinto.

It was a 88 car race program. 

What would we do without our moms?  From the very beginning, they are the one whose arms we cry to be in, they are the ones to feed us and cradle us.  They are the ones who we grow to depend upon, and that we know we can call upon night or day.  They are the ones who cook for us, and make sure we eat right.  They are the ones to make sure our clothes are clean, and put on right.  They are the ones who make sure you are up, and ready for school, and they are the ones to read all the school notes, and follow thru.  They are the ones who make sure that we study, and that the homework is done, and that our grades our good.  They are the ones that make sure we are at every game, every dance, every race.  They are the ones who clean, and make the house a home.  They are the ones to buy all the gifts, teaching us to be loving, caring, giving and kind.  They are the ones when we are sick that we long to be cared for by, even at age 50 something.  They are the ones whose touch, whose hugs just makes your day.  They are the ones who can make you happy when you are sad, and give you a shoulder to cry on.  They are the ones who stand by your side whether you are right or wrong, and will defend you to their last breathe.  They are the ones who hug you and tell you everything will be alright, and somehow after you hear it, you know it will be.  They are the ones who teach us everything from brushing our teeth, to tying our shoes, to making our bed, to doing laundry, to cook, to clean, to be respectful of others, and by their patience with us, they teach us patience.  Moms are the greatest teachers on the face of the earth.  They have the greatest call and responsibility upon their shoulders, and their shoulders are big to bear it all with beauty and grace.  They are the ones to kneel by your bed at night and teach you how to pray.  They are the ones who hold you up to God everyday in prayer.  They are the ones that we depend upon for our strength, our support, and they are not only our moms, they are our best friends.  What would we do without our moms?

And at my age, I still don’t know what I would do without my mom.  She’s the shoulder I cry on.  She’s the strong tower by my side at a moment’s call.  She would give up rest to work by my side. She’s walked thru every hard trial of my life with me.  She loves me unconditionally, and always has even when I was unlovable.  She taught me to pray, to love God, and to serve God, and I am forever grateful.  I’m so thankful to have my mom with me tonight.  She’s an amazing lady of character and strength.  Mom, I’m so grateful for all that you have taught me, and for leading me by example of a godly woman.  Thank you for always supporting me and helping me in all that I do.  You are such strength to me.  God truly blessed me with the greatest mom on the face of the earth.  And my prayer is that God blesses you with many more wonderful years for us to share together.  I love you Mom!

Thank you to all the beautiful moms that are standing here with the sons and daughters tonight, supporting them in their racing efforts.  You are amazing women giving up your weekends to support your children’s love of racing.  I pray that God continues to give you patience, endurance, strength, wisdom, and courage to be the best mom you can possibly be.  I pray that God richly blesses you on this Mother’s Day and in the years to come. 

Lemoore, Calif. (May 5, 2010) – The sand was flying April 30 at the Lemoore Raceway for the Tachi Palace Friday Night Sand Drags with five ATV/quad competitions and open and stock competitions for sand rails,quads, trucks and jeeps. This most recent race was the second in a series that will last through this summer.

Winners from the April 30 event include:
Pee Wee Quad – Dalton Garcia
Stock Quad – John Dovey
Sportsman Quad – Austin Dais
Modified Quad – Rusty Gee
Open Quad – Mathew Sasellii
Small Sand Rail – Robert Hunter
Open Sand Rail – Gary Sakaguchi
Stock Truck – Tim Batista
Open Truck – Grant Frasier
Stock Jeep – Brady Cass
Open Jeep – Grant Frasier

The exciting evening also hosted a preview of the King of the Sand Races scheduled for Saturday, June 5, at the raceway. This open competition will offer competitors a 100 percent payback and offer fans speed, sand and spectacular racing.

The next Friday Night Sand Drags, hosted by Tachi Palace and Casino, Budweiser and Stoney Sand & Gravel, is scheduled for Friday, May 7, and will also feature a DJ and food concessions. First race starts at 7 p.m. and gates open at 4 p.m. Admission is $10 and children under the age of 12 are free with a paid adult admission.

The Lemoore Raceway is located at 1750 Highway 41 near Idaho Avenue in Lemoore, Calif.

For more information on the Tachi Palace Friday Night Drags and the King of the Sand Races visit www.ke-promotions.com. For information on participating in a race, contact Kyle Evans with KE Promotions at kyle@ke-promotions.com or
(559) 924-2536.

It was racing action as usual at the all new K.E. Promotions / Lemoore Raceway Saturday night with 76 drivers signed in for a great night of racing. As the night went on the track slickened off when it came time for the main events, so most of the drivers ran turns 1 and 2 low, and 3 and 4 high.

In the Junior Sprint Class it was 20 cars for 20 laps of neck to neck racing. When the green flag flew it was little "Gio" Giovanni Scelzi who came from the 2nd row and quickly moved to the lead and pulled away to make it three feature wins in a row at Lemoore. Following Gio were Josiah Ribeiro, Kaleb Montgomery, Christopher Silva, Jaylan Caldera, Alex Coronado, Cole Danell, Kameron Beard, Austin Warmerdam, Tanner Baker, Dahne Lynn McKay, Skylar Turner, Bryce Eames, Jack Tracy, Cash Johnson, Blayke Perry, Conner Danell, Bryson Berna, Cole Macedo and Matthew Ordunez.  Macedo took a nasty flip coming off turn four on lap ten and had to view the rest of the race from the infield. Heat wins went to Scelzi (2), Ribeiro (2), Caldera (1) and Warmerdam (1).  Scelzi had the fast lap in the main with 13.736 sec. at 52.417mph.

Terra Bella's John Collins topped the 20 car field with a feature win for the 600 Restrictor Class. Carson Macedo looked like he was going to keep Collins out of the winners circle, but as lapped traffic came into play Collins was able to make his move for the lead and the win. This making it three feature wins in a row at Lemoore Raceway this season. From 2nd place on back in the feature were Scott Parker, Tristan Guardino, Riley Simmons, Kyler Shaw, KJ Snow, Buddy Shepperd, Kyle Clark, Griffith Jones, Ryan Brown, Tucker Worth, Cole Waller, Carson Macedo, Bryce Volpa, the rest were (DNF) Merissa Rose, Brenden Warmerdam, Brandon Phillips, Justin Rich And Brayden Perry. Heat wins went to Waller, Macedo, Parker, and Collins. The fast lap went to Macedo with 12.596 at 57.161mph.

Landon Hurst a first year driver came through and picked up his first feature win of the 16 car field in the 30 lap 600 Stock Class. Coming in behind Hurst at the checkered flag were Joey Galante, Luca Romanazzi, Ethan Myatt, Garrett Long, Mike Schott, Darrick Gowens, Andrew Sweeney, Duane Pederson, Ben Worth, Gerrit Willard, Joe Kendall, KC Weikle, Cody Smothermon, and Seth Hancock. Smothermon had started the main from the second row and had worked to the lead and pulling away when on lap 18 the rear axle broke thus putting in the infield. Hancock got spun out in 1 and 2 and then on lap 15 got punted onto the berm and was called for the 2 spin rule and finished the race from the infield.  Heat race winners were Romanazzi, Long, Smothermon and Hancock. Hurst had fast lap time of 11.870 at 60.657mph

Mitchell Faccinto picked up his 2nd feature win of the season in the 600 Multi class, but not without the presence of big brother Michael knocking on the back door just waiting for a mistake that didn't happen. At the end of the 30 laps following the Faccinto's were Austin Stone, Jake Hagopian, Austin Liggett, Trent Carter, Dylan Black, Eric Humphries, Brad Hannum, Ryan Worth, Heath Duinkerken, Becca Leach, Tyler Turner, Blain Smothermon, Dominic Scelzi, Cody Key, Jacob Clark, Verne Sweeney, Colton Slack and Eric Jones was a (DNF) due to the 2 spin rule. Mitchell Faccinto had the fastest lap with 12.115 at 59.430mph.

Racing resumes this Saturday night at the all new Lemoore Raceway.

SPECIAL THANKS to all the Micro Sprints Drivers that came out on Saturday for the Military Appreciation Night, and supported KE Promotions and our military! You guys put on a great show. In fact due to windy conditions causing Metal Mulisha to withdraw from jumping, you were the show. You performed in front of a record crowd of nearly 1700 people. What a great night with the stands to capacity, box seats full, suites full, fans in the infield and in the pits, and a flyover by 2 F-18's, provided by Naval Air Station Lemoore. It was an amazing night. The Metal Mulisha team along with Kyle Evans put on a Micro Sprint Exhibition. It was the first time in a Micro Sprint for the three Metal Mulisha Jumpers, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Ryan Hagy, and Derek Garland. Special thanks also to the TRIPLE X drivers who allowed their cars to be used for the exhibition. You are so appreciated!!! And to the 42 drivers that showed up and put on a great show, you are so appreciated! You introduced Micro Sprint racing at it's best to many of the 1700 people in attendance for the first time. As people were leaving they expressed their excitement about what they had seen. They loved the show you put on, and many of them said they would return to watch you again. You brought a whole new audience to Micro Sprint racing!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Jerome Warmerdam, Trent Reed, and Ryan Reeves Main Event Feature Winners. And CONGRATULATIONS to rookies, Kyler Shaw, Buddy Shepherd and Merissa Rose for finishing in the top five in the Restricted Class. What a show you put on!!!