Story and Photos by Joe Myers
NORRCA'S 1998 Paved Oval series made its first trip to Bakersfield'sSHOWTIME R/C SPEEDWAYthis past weekend. El Niņo looked as it may be a factor again, with the skys cloudy and rain looked very possible.
Showtime is a fast, short high banked concrete oval. Setup is trick here, but for the ones who have it down, it is very fast.
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Second time Around
Dyer pulls one off
Sportsman WIN goes to Nalley
Turney wins Sportsman Stock
ERTRACHTER Wins!
Expert Modified
Daryl Silva set the qualifying pace this weekend with three laps on the field. Silva qualified with a 49/4:03.53, while second place had a 46/4:01.28. The story was written a little different in the main however, with Jason Ertrachter taking his first series win of the season. Following Ertrachter was Derek Povah, Duane Silva, John (Dr.J) Ligons, and rounding out the top five was Roger Pane.
Modified Nastruck
Joe Myers tq'd for the Modified truck class for the third straight race, and picked up his second consecutive series race win. Rounding out the top three were Tom Kendall, and John Hobson.
Expert Stock
Victor Garcia set the pace in qualifying with a run of 44/4:03.64, but in the main it was Mike Dyer who pulled out the victory. While Garcia finished in second and the third spot went to Arnold Brittian. Brian Bond, Larry Ruby, Buck Van Patten, Brian Blaser, Roland Chavarry, David Souza, Tony Gammel made up the top ten finishers.
Sportsman Modified
It was Andy Jacobsen just narrowly beating out Todd Nalley for the top qualifying in sportsman modified, Jacobsen's 42/4:03 to Nalley's 42/4:04. In the main, however it was Todd Nalley won this his first series race of 98. Jacobsen ended up second, with Cortney Able, Tim Price and John Hobson making up the top five spots.
Sportsman Stock
Ed Turney took the top quailfying spot and went on to win the main as well. Turney was able to hold off Roy Nesvold who finished second, Ron Scott, Sam Choloupka and Craig Kaplan made up the top 5 spots.
-- SPORTSMAN STOCK - A MAIN -- pos car laps time name id 1 4 39 4:05.02 ED TURNEY 18 2 7 38 4:01.97 ROY NESVOLD 3 3 6 36 4:04.88 RON SCOTT 14 4 8 33 4:00.60 SAM CHOLOUPKA 4 5 0 31 4:03.57 CRAIG KAPLAN 17 6 5 30 3:26.75 JOSH BARRY 45 7 2 30 3:34.23 DENNIS HALL 47 8 9 25 2:44.08 SCOTTY GARRETT 32 9 3 17 1:48.05 TIM LOPES 12 10 1 14 1:34.56 MATT ARTIN 26
-- EXPERT STOCK - A MAIN -- pos car laps time name id 1 5 43 4:04.76 MIKE DYER 15 2 2 42 4:01.95 VICTOR GARCIA 11 3 3 41 4:03.88 ARNOLD BRITTAIN 53 4 0 40 4:04.41 BRIAN BOND 50 5 6 40 4:04.92 LARRY RUBY 46 6 9 39 4:04.21 BUCK VAN PATTEN 10 7 7 30 3:17.35 BRIAN BLAZER 1 8 1 20 2:01.34 ROLAND CHAVARRY 23 9 4 9 0:51.61 DAVID SOUZA 31 10 8 1 0:09.17 TONY GAMMEL 7
-- SPORTSMAN MOD NASTRK - A MAIN -- pos car laps time name id 1 3 41 4:00.46 JOE MYERS 49 2 2 31 4:00.69 TOM KENDALL 19 3 1 28 4:03.34 JOHN HOBSON 29
-- SPORTSMAN MODIFIED - A MAIN -- pos car laps time name id 1 3 42 4:05.76 TODD NALLEY 8 2 7 41 4:04.38 ANDY JACOBSON 39 3 4 33 4:02.28 CORTNEY ABLE 24 4 6 28 3:37.21 TIM PRICE 25 5 1 1 0:08.60 JOHN HOBSON 30
-- EXPERT MODIFIED - A MAIN -- pos car laps time name id 1 1 47 4:03.52 JASON ERTRACHTER 56 2 5 46 4:01.23 DEREK POVAH 16 3 2 43 4:03.26 DUANE SILVA 35 4 0 43 4:05.15 JOHN "DR. J" LIGONS 28 5 4 40 4:01.50 ROGER PANE 27 6 6 38 3:18.21 DARYL SILVA 36 7 9 11 1:37.82 FRANK KILLAM 54 8 7 7 0:48.16 BRIAN BOUDAKIAN 55 9 8 6 0:38.92 GARY HAMILTON 5 10 3 1 0:09.10 TONY GAMMEL 51
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