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By Robert Haugh
Piloting the #3c, fast-timer Chris Rahe emerged victorious in the 30-lap DMS
Race Products BCRA Midget feature at the speedy 3/8-mile King’s Speedway in
Hanford on Saturday, August 4.
Rahe overtook David Prickett on lap 23, leading the final seven laps en route to
claiming his first BCRA Midget feature victory. Rahe becomes the tenth different
BCRA feature winner in as many races.
Following Rahe to the checkers were Prickett in the Neverlift Motorsports #15
Stealth/Van Dyne, 7-time BCRA champion “Ageless Wonder” Floyd Alvis aboard the
“Green Beret” #18 Champion Automotive Stealth/Esslinger, 16-year-old BCRA points
leader Justin Grant aboard the Dave and Wendy Thurston #17 Spike/Esslinger and
Ryan Kaplan in the Ken Kaplan #21 Stealth/Mopar rounding out the Top Five.
Third-place BCRA pointsman David Prickett had his best BCRA Midget outing to
date, leading several laps behind-the-wheel of the #15 Neverlift Motorsports
Stealth/Van Dyne. Prickett, who lost his regular dirt engine at a recent race,
campaigned the Van Dyne engine usually only campaigned in his pavement Midget.
Alvis surged from the rear of the field in claiming third place after gently
rolling over entering Turn 2 on Lap 10.
Rounding out the lead lap finishers were Steve Roza aboard Bob Roza’s #20
Stealth/Esslinger in sixth and Rick Faeth aboard his #3 Stealth/Chevy V4 in
seventh.
After starting outside the front row in the feature, Grant passed Alvis on the
opening lap, stretching out to a wide lead early, leading the first 13 laps
before rescinding his lead, pitting the #17 Thurston Spike/Esslinger while under
caution for a flip by BCRA visitor Joey Fabozzi aboard the #84 on Lap 13. Car
owner and crew chief Dave Thurston quickly repaired the damaged left front shock
in time for Grant to return without losing a lap. Fabozzi’s crash is believed to
have been caused by a broken left front shock. Fabozzi was uninjured.
With Grant temporarily exiting, Prickett took control of the top spot, vying to
become the fifth first-time BCRA Midget feature winner of the season. Continuing
to outpace Rahe and pursuers hugging the bottom groove, Prickett led through Lap
24 when Rahe catapulted around Prickett on the outer line en route to the win.
Rahe had been delicately picking cars off on the high-groove all race, avoiding
several tangle-ups.
After running in the Top five, two-time reigning BCRA champion John Sarale
dropped out in his Sarale Farms #32 Stealth/Riolo-Chevy after breaking a left
front shock, winding up in eighth in a field depleted by chassis and engine
woes. Hanford’s Jared Little pitted at the halfway mark, returning later several
laps down to score a ninth-place run aboard his #23 Stinger/Mopar with BCRA
visitor Quinton Crye coming home tenth aboard the #15x Glenn Crye mount. Crye
dropped out because of blowing oil out of his oilpan that later proved to have a
hole in it.
19-year-old BCRA rookie Kevin Morris was running third behind Grant and Prickett
prior to making heavy contact with the front stretch wall aboard father Del’s
#17k Spike/Esslinger mount on Lap 13, ending his evening prematurely. Morris
managed to avoid severe catastrophe, slowing the car and eluding overturning the
car. Morris was uninjured.
Ralphie “The Racer” Cortez had a strong run going aboard the #31 Cortez/Walker
Motorsports Stealth/Esslinger before dropping out with engine oiling problems,
relegating him to his fourth dirt DNF of the year in as many races. Cortez had
been running in the Top Seven up until he dropped out.
Sarale claimed Heat 1 over of Alvis, Cortez, Faeth and Grant.
Ryan Kaplan captured Heat 2 over Jimmy Voitel, Rahe, Morris, Prickett and
Quinton Crye.
Rahe topped the clocks, catapulting around the slick 3/8-mile oval with a time
of 16.040, just four hundredths from breaking into the 15-second bracket.
The 2007 DMS Race Products BCRA Midget series continues its season Saturday at
John Padjen’s ¼-mile Placerville Speedway in the beautiful Sierra Nevada
foothills on August 11. Prior to the evening’s racing, the Annual Jack London
Bash Hall of Fame & Picnic will be held on the picnic grounds at the El Dorado
County Fairgrounds, adjacent to the pit area.
Visit www.bcraracing.com for additional information on the BCRA Midgets.
Summary:
Feature, 30 Laps, (laps completed)
1. Chris Rahe (30)
2. David Prickett (30)
3. Floyd Alvis (30)
4. Justin Grant (30)
5. Ryan Kaplan (30)
6. Steve Roza (30)
7. Rick Faeth (30)
8. John Sarale (25)
9. Jared Little (22)
10. Quinton Crye (13)
11. Ralph Cortez (13)
12. Joey Fabozzi (13)
13. Kevin Morris (13)
14. Scott Nail - DNS
15. Jimmy Voitel – DQ - Weight
Heat 1:
1. Sarale
2. Alvis
3. Cortez
4. Faeth
5. Grant
6. Roza
7. Nail - DNS
Heat 2:
1. Kaplan
2. Voitel
3. Rahe
4. Morris
5. Prickett
6. Crye
7. Little
8. Fabozzi
Qualifying:
1. 3c, Chris Rahe, 16.040
2. 15x, Quinton Crye, 16.271
3. 21, Ryan Kaplan, 16.352
4. 17k, Kevin Morris, 16.549
5. 84, Joey Fabozzi, 16.622
6. 23, Jared Little, 16.752
7. 15, David Prickett, 16.915
8. 11, Jimmy Voitel, 17.046
9. 17, Justin Grant, 17.055
10. 18, Floyd Alvis, 17.057
11. 32, John Sarale, 17.111
12. 31, Ralph Cortez, 17.332
13. 20, Steve Roza, 17.410
14. 3, Rick Faeth, 17.579
15. 87, Scott Nail, 18.795
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