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Fernley, NV....July 12......Climbing
within 9 points of the track point lead as he struggles to overcome an opening
night disqualification, IMCA Modified Nevada State point leader Robert Miller
from Gardnerville raced to his fifth local win of the 2003 season Saturday night
at Reno-Fernley Raceway. The victory was also an incredible 9th straight on the
traveling schedule for the D&M Performance Chassis racer, a former NASCAR
Pacific Coast Divisional Champion when he lived in San Jose CA. Miller won
Friday night in Hawthorne to open his weekend. With nearby Rattlesnake Speedway
going dark for the month of July, Fernley is racing the IMCA Modifieds weekly
this month and Miller was chased to his win by defending track champion and
current point leader Nick Rogers. 2002 Western Region champion Mark Allison
traveled up from Las Vegas to race the Hawthorne and Fernley races and finished
third ahead of former point leader Conrad Wilson. Rogers moved just a single
point ahead of Wilson with his 2nd place run in an 18 car field. The NCMA
Modifieds appeared with a solid 14 car field and Tracy CA's Danny Olmstead
picked off his 3rd win of 2003 in clean sweep fashion. A former winner of the
prestigious Johnny Key Classic at San Jose, Olmstead won his heat, the dash and
the feature with point leader Scott Holloway second in the main ahead of Rick
Eversult. On the same night that son Gene Kay was racing his dirt late model to
a $1000 third in the prestigious Nevada Hotel 50 at Great Basin Raceway, the Kay
family's elder statesman Frank Kay picked off his third Open Wheel 318 main
event win in clean sweep fashion in that new class. Wally Looney gained ground
on point leader Larry Silas with a 2nd place run. The BCRA Vintage Midgets
appeared with 13 cars and Ron Dunn beat Dick Nelson in their feature race.
The 18 IMCA Modifieds
were divided into a pair of heat races. Doug Adams won the first ahead of former
street stock racer Russell Rosario and young incoming point leader Conrad
Wilson. Wilson is the son of former Watsonville Speedway street stock star
Dennis Wilson. Rogers won heat 2 ahead of Rick Davis and Western Region Rookie
of the Year hopeful Bill Smith III. Wilson then captured dash honors. Miller ran
4th in his heat, but raced to yet another feature win with Rogers second ahead
of Allison, Wilson, Friday night third place finisher James Thibodeaux, Wayne
Richards, Allison's Las Vegas travelmate Joe Farre, Smith and Rosario. Friday
night runnerup Rich Hill started the night third in points, but ran 16th to fall
behind Miller and Smith and lose ground to point leader Rogers.
The NCMA turnout
included additions like veterans Gary Koster and Charlie Correia along with
Eversult and James Postell. Holloway won the first heat race ahead of
Bakersfield CA long tow John Fenton and Koster. Olmstead beat Bill Felver and
Correia in heat 2. Olmstead uses Wesmar power in a 2003 Stealth Chassis. He is
sponsored by Stealth Motorsports West, Penske Shocks and Alpine Stars. He
prefers the unwinged action and would like to join the Kings Speedway based
Bandit series. Olmstead won the dash and then raced to the feature win ahead of
Holloway, Eversult, Koster, Mike Johnson, Jim Janssen, Michael Zarevich, Fenton
and Ed Amador.
In it's first
year of action, the Open Wheel 318 class has climbed to 7 cars. Kay won the heat
race ahead of Troy Crawford and Rick Looney and he also took dash honors. In the
feature, it was Kay on top of second ranked Wally Looney and point leader Silas.
R Looney ran fourth ahead of Crawford, Keith Michaelson and Mike Bowman.
In the BCRA Vintage
Midget action, Frank Goularte beat Stu Donaldson in heat 1 and Mike Donaldson
topped Tom Belfiore in the second heat. M Donaldson also took dash honors. Dick
Nelson missed his heat and Sammy Belfiore was a main event scratch. Nelson got
his car running to finish second to Ron Dunn in the feature. M Donaldson ran
third ahead of Michael Luddon, Goulate, T Belfiore and Pete Bray.
Summary Vintage Midgets
Dash-Mike Donaldson.
Heat 1-Frank Goularte, Stu Donaldson, Paul Ferreira, Joe Jansen, Bob Munier.
Heat 2-M Donaldson, Tom Belfiore, Ron Dunn, Michael Luddon, Pete Bray.
Main-Dunn, Dick Nelson, M Donaldson, Luddon, Goularte, T Belfiore, Bray, Paul
Faragran, Jansen, Ferreira, S Donaldson, Munier.
Open Wheel 318
Dash-Frank Kay. Heat-Kay, Troy Crawford, Rick Looney, Larry Silas, Wally Looney.
Main-Kay, W Looney, Silas, R Looney, Crawford, Keith Michaelson, Mike Bowman.
NCMA Modifieds
Dash-Danny Olmstead.
Heat 1-Scott Holloway, John Fenton, Gary Koster, Ed Amador, Russ Wullenwaber.
Heat 2-Olmstead, Bill Felver, Charlie Correira, Burt Siverling, Mike Johnson.
Main-Olmstead, Holloway, Rick Eversult, Koster, Johnson, Jim Janssen, Michael
Zarevich, Fenton, Amador, Felver, Siverling, James Postell, Wullenwaber, Correia.
IMCA Modifieds
Dash-Conrad Wilson.
Heat 1-Doug Adams, Russell Rosario, Wilson, Bob Boles, Galen Reese.
Heat 2-Nick Rogers, Rick Davis, Bill Smith III, Robert Miller, Wayne Richards.
Main-Miller, Rogers, Mark Allison, Wilson, James Thibodeaux, Richards, Joe Farre,
Smith, Rosario, Adams, Steve McGee, Boles, Davis, Gene Parrott, Darren Manning,
Rich Hill, Shawn Marlow, Reese.
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