HUBERT HAULS AT LAKEPORT LYNDALL MIDGET MEMORIAL RACE

LAKEPORT, CA., JULY 2: Michael Hubert III broke from the evenly-matched front-runners to score the midget feature win of the season at the 17th Annual Kelseyville Lumber Deake Lyndall Memorial race at the Lakeport Speedway. This marked the second Bay Cities Racing Association midget feature win this season for the second-year midget driver, his first coming at the Champion Speedway in Carson City, Nevada in May.

With the top twelve qualifiers within 335/1000th of a second of each other, passing on the fast quarter-mile semi-banked oval was going to be difficult.
That proved to be the case as Hubert gunned the Judy Hubert Gaerte Chevy powered Beast into the lead from the pole at the drop of the green. The quick field gave chase with first Bobby Dalton and then John Sarale pressuring the leader to no avail. Garratt "Surfer Dude" Boyden immediately dropped out with a problematic differential problem.

With Hubert setting the pace, Dalton made several attempts to overtake the leader in his Beast/Ed Pink Ford, but could not seriously challenge as Sarale's Early Bird Produce Beast/Chevy began looking for an advantage over Dalton. Travis Berryhill held fourth over Eric Mostin, Pete Davis, Brian Gard Shannon McQueen, Steve Roza and Joe Lindsey.

At the conclusion of the 13th lap Berryhill's Stealth/Fontana suddenly pulled to the infield at the front straight. As the cars raced to the caution flag McQueen spun her TCR/Esslinger in turn-three infield.

As the race resumed the order remained the same with little opportunity to pass in the evenly-bunched group, except for McQueen who was able to pick off the back markers to move back into seventh.

Entering the first turn on the 23rd round Roza's Stewart/Esslinger got into the back of McQueen, sending himself rearward into the wall and causing McQueen to limp along the wall to a stop. Both cars were eliminated.

At the green Sarale again put the pressure on Dalton as Hubert opened his lead advantage. Entering the third turn Dalton ran a tad higher than the proceeding laps, just enough for Sarale to stick his wheel under the second-place runner. That was all Sarale needed as he forced the issue and Dalton could only see his advantage slip away as Sarale powered under to take second. Shortly after Lindsey pitted.

Seven laps later Hubert glided under the checkered flag, scoring a very rare pole-to-pole victory over Sarale, Dalton, Mostin, Davis and Gard.
It was Gard who scorched the track in qualifying, not quite duplicating his track record from the June race in an abbreviated field due to four BCRA regulars who were competing at the Pikes Peak mile in Colorado.

Sarale topped the first heat race over Roza and Hubert.

Berryhill took the second ten-lapper over Boyden and Mostin. Mostin topped the trophy dash. Current USAC Western States sprint car point leader Tony Hunt was eliminated in the first heat when a steering problem put the Rosen "Mr. Espresso Coffee" midget into the turn-one wall.

During the preliminary Deake Lyndall Memorial ceremonies, the midget owned by Bob Rosen, with Tony Hunt driving, made two memorial laps in remembrance of the late Dave Strickland. Rosen's 1967 BCRA car owner championship came at the hands of the talented Strickland, who later went on to tie Parnelli Jones in the USAC National midget win column.

On Saturday, July 9 the BCRA midgets make their first appearance at the Antioch Speedway in several years. Following a weekend off, the midgets travel for a two-night July 22-23 "Pacific Northwest Midget Championship Series" event at the Meridian Speedway in Idaho, so-sanctioned by WMRA and IMRA. Then, its on to the Twin Cities Speedway in Marysville on July 30 for all three BCRA divisions, midgets, midget lites and vintage.

Proceeding the evening of racing will be the annual "Jack London Bash" picnic and Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, held at the Peachtree Golf and Country Club a mere half mile from the speedway. All are welcome. For information call the BCRA office at (209) 830-9928 evenings. Be sure to check out the BCRA website at: BCRAracing.com.

SUMMARY:
QUAL.: 1. Brian Gard, #57 12.114; 2. Shannon McQueen, #7 McQueen 12.194; 3. Pete Davis, #00 Davis 12.254; 4. Eric Mostin, #12 Mostin 12.304; 5. Garratt Boyden, #42 Boyden 12.322; 6. Travis Berryhill, #11 Berryhill 12.335; 7. Tony Hunt, #4 Rosen 12.344; 8. John Sarale, #32 Sarale 12.393; 9. Bobby Dalton, #36 Dalton 12.393; 10. Michael Hubert III, #56 Hubert 12.432; 11. Steve Roza, #20 Bob Roza 12.449; 12. Joe Lindsey, #23X Lindsey 13.276; 13. Mike Donaldson, #87 Donaldson N/T.
DASH: Mostin, Davis, McQueen, Gard.
HEAT-1: Sarale, Roza, Hubert, Dalton, Lindsey, Hunt.
HEAT-2: Berryhill, Boyden, Mostin, McQueen, Gard, Davis.
MAIN: 1. Michael Hubert, 2. John Sarale, 3. Bobby Dalton, 4.
Eric Mostin, 5. Pete Davis, 6. Brian Gard, 7. Joe Lindsey, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Steve Roza, 10. Travis Berryhill, 11. Garratt Boyden.