Courtesy of Gary Jacob

May 13, 2006

The Pro Dwarf Car feature only managed to get four laps scored and fifth starter Rob Anderson emerged the winner ahead of Carl Behmer and Jeff Shelton. The Senior Dwarf Cars ran their full 15 lap distance and John Lynch followed up a heat race win with a feature triumph from third starting. Ed Niedzwiecki ran second ahead of Tom Bellinger. The new mini dwarf car class has taken off with 16 cars in action. Austin Figueroa followed up a 2nd in his heat with a 12 lap feature win over Matt Orozco and Elysse Blade. Chase Lippert was the B Main victor. The new Junior Midget class is for racers 11 to 16 years old and has a very competitive seven car field. Everyone finished lead lap in both the 8 lap heat and 12 lap feature. Chris Olson beat opening night winner Christian Copley in the main event after starting on the pole. Copley came from 4th to get second and Ramon Rivas ran third.

The Pro Dwarf Cars split 18 cars into a pair of heat races. Their heat races ended up with more laps scored than the feature. Former champion Shelton won heat 1 from fifth as front row starters Behmer and Anderson finished 2-3. Chuck Lippert came from fifth to win heat 2 over Chad Kincaid and 2005 champion Brian Saxton. Sixteen of the 18 feature starters were still running when the race was called after just four rounds. Anderson emerged as the victor ahead of Behmer, Shelton, Kincaid, Chuck Lippert, Saxton, Michael Allawos, Cole Milton, Tom Sera and Curt Cook. The Senior Dwarf Cars attracted 20 entries and ran a two heat format also. Fifth starting Niedzwiecki won heat 1 over 8th starter Bellinger and 7th starting Glen Monk. Lynch charged from 8th to win heat 2 over third starter Dave Revard and sixth starting Jon Prechtl. Both John Haag and James Soltis broke before the heat action. Revard and Bellinger shared the front row for the 15 lap feature ahead of Lynch and Niedzwiecki. Lynch raced to the win ahead of Niedzwiecki, Bellinger, Monk, Prechtl, 11th starter Wes Harris, 12th starting Gary Conditt, Tom Davis, Mike Bailey and Ben Hoskins. The top 8 finished on the lead lap.

The new mini dwarfs race on a smaller infield track and split the 16 car turnout into a 12 lap B Main and a 12 lap A Main. Tommy Velasquez III won the opening heat race from the pole ahead of Blade and Tanner Kershaw. Pole starter Devin McCree won heat 2 over Ricky Lewis and Orozco. Riley Helland made it three straight pole wins in heat 3 over Austin Figueroa and Chase Lippert. Chase Lippert was relegated to the B Main but won from the pole over Tyler Jerman, Emma Alderman, Eddie Vasquez and Kayle Brazel. Lewis was a scratch from the A Main to leave 7 starters and Austin Figueroa won from third with pole starter Orozco second ahead of Blade, McCree, Helland and Velasquez, the final lead lap car. Copley won the Junior Midget heat race ahead of Charlie Butcher and Ramon Rivas. Olson ran fourth in the heat, but that put him on the pole for the 12 lap main and he won ahead of Copley, Rivas, Butcher, Drew Wright, Connor Calhoun and Michaela Stanton.

Junior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Tommy Velasquez III, Elysse Blade, Tanner Kershaw, Emma Alderman, Jacob Hurnblad. Heat 2-Devin McCree, Ricky Lewis, Matt Orozco, Tyler Jerman, Kayle Brazel. Heat 3-Riley Helland, Austin Figueroa, Chase Lippert, Cris Noe, Eddie Vasquez. B Main-Chase Lippert, Jerman, E Alderman, Vasquez, Brazel, Joey Freshour, Noe, Hurnblad. A Main-Austin Figueroa, Orozco, Blade, McCree, Hilland, Tommy Velasquez III, T Kershaw. Senior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Ed Niedzwiecki, Tom Bellinger, Glen Monk, Tom Davis, Linda Taylor. Heat 2-John Lynch, Dave Revard, Jon Prechtl, Bill VanPraag, Jim Stutzman. Main-Lynch, Niedzwiecki, Bellinger, Monk, Prechtl, Wes Harris, Gary Conditt, Davis, Mike Bailey, Ben Hoskins, Steve Addison, Cindy Addison, Stutzman, VanPraag, Jerre Hinton, Revard, Sack, L Taylor. Pro Dwarf Car Heat 1-Jeff Shelton, Carl Behmer, Rob Anderson, Cole Milton, James Johnson. Heat 2-Chuck Lippert, Chad Kincaid, Brian Saxton, Michael Allawos, Jason Morheiser. Main-Anderson, Behmer, Shelton, Kincard, Chuck Lippert, Saxton, Allawos, Milton, Sera, Curt Cook, Jeff Fillingame, Lars Wolfe, Chris Taylor, Michael Sweeney Jr, Diana Marshall, Ben Sheen, Morheiser, J Johnson.

April 29, 2006

            The season debut for the VRA dwarf cars and their three divisions saw 20 pros, 20 seniors and 16 juniors all in action. Brian Saxton rebounded from a fierce flip at Bakersfield to score a clean sweep in the Pro action. He was the 2005 track champion and he won the 20 lap feature from sixth starting. Chuck Lippert came all the way from 15th to finish second ahead of Chris Taylor and former champion Jeff Shelton. John Lynch won the 15 lap feature for the senior division from third starting. Fellow second row starter Tom Bellinger was second and Bill VanPraag came from 13th to get third. The new Junior Dwarf Car class had an impressive debut and Austin Figueroa won the 12 lap feature race ahead of Tanner Kershaw and Tyler Jerman. The new Junior Midgets also debuted with Christian Copley winning both the heat race and the 12 lap feature. Charlie Butcher was second in the main event.

               The Pro Dwarfs saw Thomas Velasquez break in practice to end his night. Saxton won heat 1 from fourth as C Taylor ran second ahead of Carl Behmer. Rob Anderson won heat 2 from sixth, but ended up scratching from the 20 lap feature. Shelton was second in heat 2 over Curt Cook. Cook and Behmer held down the front row for the 18 car, 20 lap feature but Behmer’s night in a first lap incident. The top 9 finished on the lead lap as Saxton won from 8th and Chuck Lippert made the big charge from 15th to get second. C Taylor and Shelton started in the second row and ran 3rd and 4th. Cole Milton was fifth ahead of Chad Kincaid, Ben Sheen, James Johnson and Tom Sera. The Senior Dwarfs split 20 cars into a pair of heat races. Ed Niedzwiecki won heat 1 from third as pole starter Bellinger ran second ahead of Dave Revard. A flip victim at the Mohave Valley AZ nationals the previous weekend, Jon Prechtl won heat 2 from sixth ahead of Lynch and Ben Hoskins. Hoskins and Jerry Doolittle were both feature scratches. Gary Conditt had the pole for the 15 lap feature with Revard alongside. Conditt dominated the first half of the race until a turn 3 bobble. Lynch and Bellinger started in the second row and they finished 1-2 with 7th row starters VanPraag and Glen Monk finishing 3-4. After dropping out early in her heat race, Linda Taylor charged from 16th to get fifth and fellow 8th row starter George Sack Jr was sixth. Prechtl was the final lead lap finisher in 7th. The next six cars all finished one lap down. Running on a small track, the junior dwarf action is limited to 8 cars at a time. The 16 car turnout was split into three heat races. Matt Orozco beat Chase Lippert in heat 1 after starting on the pole. Riley Helland won from third in heat 2 over Austin Figueroa and Tanner Kershaw. Jerman won heat 3 from fourth over Juan Acevedo. The top 8 from the heats ran the 12 lap A main and the other 8 raced in a 12 lap B Main. Austin Figueroa won the A main from fifth over 8th starter T Kershaw and third starting Jerman. Chase Lippert ran fourth over Orozco and Joey Freshour. Devin McCree lapped everyone but Tommy Velasquez III in the B Main as Ricky Lewis ran third over Cris Noe and Emma Alderman.

          All five Junior Midgets finished on the lead lap in both the 7 lap heat and the 12 lap feature. Copley won from second in the heat race over Chris Olson and Butcher. Copley started on the pole in the feature and won ahead of Butcher, Olson, Ramon Rivas and Michaela Stanton. 

Junior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Matt Orozco, Chase Lippert, Joey Freshour, Eddie Vasquez, Kayle Brazel. Heat 2-Riley Helland, Austin Figueroa, Tanner Kershaw, Devin McCree, Emma Alderman. Heat 3-Tyler Jerman, Juan Acevedo, Tommy Velasquez III, Cris Noe, Elysse Blade. B Main-McCree, Velasquez III, Ricky Lewis, Noe, Alderman, Brazel, Vasquez. A Main-Austin Figueroa, T Kershaw, Jerman, Chase Lippert, Orozco, Freshour, Acevedo, Helland. Senior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Ed Niedzwiecki, Tom Bellinger, Dave Revard, Gary Conditt, John Haag. Heat 2-Jon Prechtl, John Lynch, Ben Hoskins, Wes Harris, Jerre Hinton. Main-Lynch, Bellinger, Bill VanPraag, Glen Monk, Linda Taylor, George Sack Jr, Prechtl, Hinton, Niedzwiecki, Harris, Revard, Mike Bailey, Conditt, Steve Addison, Cindy Addison, James Soltis, Haag, Jim Stutzman. Pro Dwarf Car Heat 1-Brian Saxton, Chris Taylor, Carl Behmer, Cole Milton, Delaney Bakke. Heat 2-Rob Anderson, Jeff Shelton, Curt Cook, Chad Kincaid, Tom Sera. Main-Saxton, Chuck Lippert, Taylor, Shelton, Milton, Kincaid, Ben Sheen, James Johnson, Sera, Michael Allawos, Lars Wolfe, Diana Marshall, Jason Jordan, Cook Bakke, Michael Sweeney Jr, Jeff Fillingame, Behmer.

May 13, 2006

The Pro Dwarf Car feature only managed to get four laps scored and fifth starter Rob Anderson emerged the winner ahead of Carl Behmer and Jeff Shelton. The Senior Dwarf Cars ran their full 15 lap distance and John Lynch followed up a heat race win with a feature triumph from third starting. Ed Niedzwiecki ran second ahead of Tom Bellinger. The new mini dwarf car class has taken off with 16 cars in action. Austin Figueroa followed up a 2nd in his heat with a 12 lap feature win over Matt Orozco and Elysse Blade. Chase Lippert was the B Main victor. The new Junior Midget class is for racers 11 to 16 years old and has a very competitive seven car field. Everyone finished lead lap in both the 8 lap heat and 12 lap feature. Chris Olson beat opening night winner Christian Copley in the main event after starting on the pole. Copley came from 4th to get second and Ramon Rivas ran third.

The Pro Dwarf Cars split 18 cars into a pair of heat races. Their heat races ended up with more laps scored than the feature. Former champion Shelton won heat 1 from fifth as front row starters Behmer and Anderson finished 2-3. Chuck Lippert came from fifth to win heat 2 over Chad Kincaid and 2005 champion Brian Saxton. Sixteen of the 18 feature starters were still running when the race was called after just four rounds. Anderson emerged as the victor ahead of Behmer, Shelton, Kincaid, Chuck Lippert, Saxton, Michael Allawos, Cole Milton, Tom Sera and Curt Cook. The Senior Dwarf Cars attracted 20 entries and ran a two heat format also. Fifth starting Niedzwiecki won heat 1 over 8th starter Bellinger and 7th starting Glen Monk. Lynch charged from 8th to win heat 2 over third starter Dave Revard and sixth starting Jon Prechtl. Both John Haag and James Soltis broke before the heat action. Revard and Bellinger shared the front row for the 15 lap feature ahead of Lynch and Niedzwiecki. Lynch raced to the win ahead of Niedzwiecki, Bellinger, Monk, Prechtl, 11th starter Wes Harris, 12th starting Gary Conditt, Tom Davis, Mike Bailey and Ben Hoskins. The top 8 finished on the lead lap.

The new mini dwarfs race on a smaller infield track and split the 16 car turnout into a 12 lap B Main and a 12 lap A Main. Tommy Velasquez III won the opening heat race from the pole ahead of Blade and Tanner Kershaw. Pole starter Devin McCree won heat 2 over Ricky Lewis and Orozco. Riley Helland made it three straight pole wins in heat 3 over Austin Figueroa and Chase Lippert. Chase Lippert was relegated to the B Main but won from the pole over Tyler Jerman, Emma Alderman, Eddie Vasquez and Kayle Brazel. Lewis was a scratch from the A Main to leave 7 starters and Austin Figueroa won from third with pole starter Orozco second ahead of Blade, McCree, Helland and Velasquez, the final lead lap car. Copley won the Junior Midget heat race ahead of Charlie Butcher and Ramon Rivas. Olson ran fourth in the heat, but that put him on the pole for the 12 lap main and he won ahead of Copley, Rivas, Butcher, Drew Wright, Connor Calhoun and Michaela Stanton.

Junior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Tommy Velasquez III, Elysse Blade, Tanner Kershaw, Emma Alderman, Jacob Hurnblad. Heat 2-Devin McCree, Ricky Lewis, Matt Orozco, Tyler Jerman, Kayle Brazel. Heat 3-Riley Helland, Austin Figueroa, Chase Lippert, Cris Noe, Eddie Vasquez. B Main-Chase Lippert, Jerman, E Alderman, Vasquez, Brazel, Joey Freshour, Noe, Hurnblad. A Main-Austin Figueroa, Orozco, Blade, McCree, Hilland, Tommy Velasquez III, T Kershaw. Senior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Ed Niedzwiecki, Tom Bellinger, Glen Monk, Tom Davis, Linda Taylor. Heat 2-John Lynch, Dave Revard, Jon Prechtl, Bill VanPraag, Jim Stutzman. Main-Lynch, Niedzwiecki, Bellinger, Monk, Prechtl, Wes Harris, Gary Conditt, Davis, Mike Bailey, Ben Hoskins, Steve Addison, Cindy Addison, Stutzman, VanPraag, Jerre Hinton, Revard, Sack, L Taylor. Pro Dwarf Car Heat 1-Jeff Shelton, Carl Behmer, Rob Anderson, Cole Milton, James Johnson. Heat 2-Chuck Lippert, Chad Kincaid, Brian Saxton, Michael Allawos, Jason Morheiser. Main-Anderson, Behmer, Shelton, Kincard, Chuck Lippert, Saxton, Allawos, Milton, Sera, Curt Cook, Jeff Fillingame, Lars Wolfe, Chris Taylor, Michael Sweeney Jr, Diana Marshall, Ben Sheen, Morheiser, J Johnson.

April 29, 2006

            The season debut for the VRA dwarf cars and their three divisions saw 20 pros, 20 seniors and 16 juniors all in action. Brian Saxton rebounded from a fierce flip at Bakersfield to score a clean sweep in the Pro action. He was the 2005 track champion and he won the 20 lap feature from sixth starting. Chuck Lippert came all the way from 15th to finish second ahead of Chris Taylor and former champion Jeff Shelton. John Lynch won the 15 lap feature for the senior division from third starting. Fellow second row starter Tom Bellinger was second and Bill VanPraag came from 13th to get third. The new Junior Dwarf Car class had an impressive debut and Austin Figueroa won the 12 lap feature race ahead of Tanner Kershaw and Tyler Jerman. The new Junior Midgets also debuted with Christian Copley winning both the heat race and the 12 lap feature. Charlie Butcher was second in the main event.

               The Pro Dwarfs saw Thomas Velasquez break in practice to end his night. Saxton won heat 1 from fourth as C Taylor ran second ahead of Carl Behmer. Rob Anderson won heat 2 from sixth, but ended up scratching from the 20 lap feature. Shelton was second in heat 2 over Curt Cook. Cook and Behmer held down the front row for the 18 car, 20 lap feature but Behmer’s night in a first lap incident. The top 9 finished on the lead lap as Saxton won from 8th and Chuck Lippert made the big charge from 15th to get second. C Taylor and Shelton started in the second row and ran 3rd and 4th. Cole Milton was fifth ahead of Chad Kincaid, Ben Sheen, James Johnson and Tom Sera. The Senior Dwarfs split 20 cars into a pair of heat races. Ed Niedzwiecki won heat 1 from third as pole starter Bellinger ran second ahead of Dave Revard. A flip victim at the Mohave Valley AZ nationals the previous weekend, Jon Prechtl won heat 2 from sixth ahead of Lynch and Ben Hoskins. Hoskins and Jerry Doolittle were both feature scratches. Gary Conditt had the pole for the 15 lap feature with Revard alongside. Conditt dominated the first half of the race until a turn 3 bobble. Lynch and Bellinger started in the second row and they finished 1-2 with 7th row starters VanPraag and Glen Monk finishing 3-4. After dropping out early in her heat race, Linda Taylor charged from 16th to get fifth and fellow 8th row starter George Sack Jr was sixth. Prechtl was the final lead lap finisher in 7th. The next six cars all finished one lap down. Running on a small track, the junior dwarf action is limited to 8 cars at a time. The 16 car turnout was split into three heat races. Matt Orozco beat Chase Lippert in heat 1 after starting on the pole. Riley Helland won from third in heat 2 over Austin Figueroa and Tanner Kershaw. Jerman won heat 3 from fourth over Juan Acevedo. The top 8 from the heats ran the 12 lap A main and the other 8 raced in a 12 lap B Main. Austin Figueroa won the A main from fifth over 8th starter T Kershaw and third starting Jerman. Chase Lippert ran fourth over Orozco and Joey Freshour. Devin McCree lapped everyone but Tommy Velasquez III in the B Main as Ricky Lewis ran third over Cris Noe and Emma Alderman.

          All five Junior Midgets finished on the lead lap in both the 7 lap heat and the 12 lap feature. Copley won from second in the heat race over Chris Olson and Butcher. Copley started on the pole in the feature and won ahead of Butcher, Olson, Ramon Rivas and Michaela Stanton. 

Junior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Matt Orozco, Chase Lippert, Joey Freshour, Eddie Vasquez, Kayle Brazel. Heat 2-Riley Helland, Austin Figueroa, Tanner Kershaw, Devin McCree, Emma Alderman. Heat 3-Tyler Jerman, Juan Acevedo, Tommy Velasquez III, Cris Noe, Elysse Blade. B Main-McCree, Velasquez III, Ricky Lewis, Noe, Alderman, Brazel, Vasquez. A Main-Austin Figueroa, T Kershaw, Jerman, Chase Lippert, Orozco, Freshour, Acevedo, Helland. Senior Dwarf Car Heat 1-Ed Niedzwiecki, Tom Bellinger, Dave Revard, Gary Conditt, John Haag. Heat 2-Jon Prechtl, John Lynch, Ben Hoskins, Wes Harris, Jerre Hinton. Main-Lynch, Bellinger, Bill VanPraag, Glen Monk, Linda Taylor, George Sack Jr, Prechtl, Hinton, Niedzwiecki, Harris, Revard, Mike Bailey, Conditt, Steve Addison, Cindy Addison, James Soltis, Haag, Jim Stutzman. Pro Dwarf Car Heat 1-Brian Saxton, Chris Taylor, Carl Behmer, Cole Milton, Delaney Bakke. Heat 2-Rob Anderson, Jeff Shelton, Curt Cook, Chad Kincaid, Tom Sera. Main-Saxton, Chuck Lippert, Taylor, Shelton, Milton, Kincaid, Ben Sheen, James Johnson, Sera, Michael Allawos, Lars Wolfe, Diana Marshall, Jason Jordan, Cook Bakke, Michael Sweeney Jr, Jeff Fillingame, Behmer.