Calistoga Speedway , Calistoga, CA Sunday Night May 28th
By Ed Williams
Trevor "the Tornado" Montgomery dominated the NSRA field Saturday night to win his second consecutive feature event - this time a 30 lapper on the ½ mile tri-oval at Tri-Cities Raceway in West Richland, WA. Fast timer Craig Deaver finished second with Randy Bauer, Mike Baisch and Allen Goetz rounding out the top five. Montgomery lost a motor in hot laps but the Lemonty Racing crew was up to the challenge and the three time NSRA titlist was ready for the night's racing action. The feature, which ran green, white, checker proved just how ready.
Pole sitter Baisch grabbed the lead at the drop of the green with Deaver, Montgomery, Goetz, Geoff Wade, Bob Beck and Rick Brown filling the top seven at the end of the first lap. The top three broke away from the field early with Montgomery getting past Deaver for the second spot on the 3rd lap. Baisch held the lead with Montgomery all over him until lap 15 when Montgomery grabbed the front spot.
The mid-portion of the event featured battles throughout the field as the top three worked through traffic, fourth running Goetz held off Bauer who had worked his way up from 11 starting while Wade, Brown and Beck went at it wing to wing for 6th.
Montgomery pulled away over the final 10 laps with Deaver regaining 2nd as Baisch faded with a worn right rear tire. Bauer grabbed third from Baisch on lap 28 with Goetz running alone in fifth. Brown, Beck, Brian Smith, Wade and Mike Sullivan filled the top ten.
Deaver's fast time was 14.822. Brown won the first heat over Montgomery and Beck; Montgomery and Bauer made contact early in the event with Bauer pitting. Goetz took heat two over Deaver and Todd Coleman when leader Randy Dubois lost his motor on the white flag lap. Baisch won the A Dash and Mike Sullivan took the B Dash.
Summary: Fast Time: Craig Deaver, 14.822
Heat 1 (8 laps): Rick Brown, Trevor Montgomery, Bob Beck, Mike Sullivan, Brian Smith, Harold Anderson, Randy Bauer
Heat 2 (8): Allen Goetz, C Deaver, Todd Coleman, Geoff Wade, Mike Baisch, Ralph Deaver, Tyson Cross, JR Murphy, Randy Dubois
A Dash (4): Baisch, C Deaver, Geotz, Montgomery, Beck, Wade
B Dash (4): Sullivan, Anderson, Brown, Smith, Cross, R Deaver
Main (30): Montgomery, C Deaver, Bauer, Baisch, Goetz, Brown, Beck, Smith, Wade, Sullivan, Cross, R Deaver, Coleman, Murphy, Anderson
DNS Main: Randy Duboise, Rick Togstad
End of May 6th Results.........................................
NORTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACING ASSOCIATION
By Ed Williams
Defending champion Trevor Montgomery picked up his first NSRA win of the season Sunday afternoon at the super fast ¼ mile Wenatchee Valley Super Oval. Craig Deaver led the 18 car starting field from the start with Mike Baisch, Allen Goetz and Rick Brown, who opened the afternoon action with a quick time of 10.970, challenging. Montgomery joined the battle at the front by lap 8 and continued to move, taking the lead from Deaver on lap 13. Baisch and Goetz moved into the second and third spots by the 17th circuit and Baisch pressured Montgomery for the lead throughout the final ½ of the event. Montgomery was up to the challenge and took the checker with Baisch leading Goetz, Deaver and Kenny Haskell to the checkered flag. Brown dropped out with mechanical problems and was credited with 17th.
In preliminary events, Randy Bauer took the 10 lap B Main over James Grantham and Randy DuBois; Geoff Wade bested Baisch in heat 1; Haskell won heat 2 over Bob Beck; Deaver took heat 3 over Montgomery and Brown won the Dash over Deaver.
Summary: Fast Time: Rick Brown, 10.970
Heat 1 (8 laps): Geoff Wade, Mike Baisch, Michael Newman, Todd Coleman, Jody Pries, Randy DuBois, Mike Basher
Heat 2 (8): Ken Haskell, Bob Beck, Allen Goetz, Rich Leighty, J. R. Murphy, Tyson Cross, Rick Leighty, Randy Bauer, James Grantham
Heat 3 (8): Craig Deaver, Trevor Montgomery, Rick Brown, Gene Jones, Dave Smith, Brian Smith, Harold Anderson, Rick Togstad, Mike Sullivan
Dash (4): Brown, Deaver, Montgomery, Goetz, Baisch, Coleman
B Main (10): Bauer, Grantham, DuBois, D Smith, B Smith, Ralph Deaver, Anderson, Togstad, Basher, Cross, Pries, Murphy, Sullivan
A Main (35): Montgomery, Baisch, Goetz, C Deaver, Haskell, Coleman, DuBois, Newman, Wade, Jones, Beck, B Smith, R Deaver, Grantham, Bauer, D Smith, Brown, Rich Leighty
WENATCHEE VALLEY SUPER OVAL, EAST WENATCHEE, WA
APRIL 16, 2000