By David Prickett

 

The BCRA Midgets head north to tackle Silver Dollar Speedway Friday night, August 6th, and then join with the Midget Lites at Placerville Speedway Saturday night August 7th for their Hall of Fame weekend.

 

The BCRA Midgets enter Friday night’s event at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Ca as the first night of their two night Hall of Fame weekend. Saturday takes them down to Placerville Speedway where there will be the Jack London Hall of Fame picnic followed by intense racing action with the Midgets and Midget Lites. Hoosier Tire West has climbed on board to offer a free tire to any Midget team that can win both nights!

 

Among entries received so far are 2008 BCRA Champion and current point leader Nick Foster Jr. in the #1 Beast/Esslinger owned by 2008-2009 BCRA owner Champion Jim Fowler. Nick won the April race at Placerville this year. Joining him will be 2^nd place in current standings Dillon Silverman driving RAM Racings #12 Spike/Ecotec. Dillon’s best finish this season with BCRA was a 2^nd at Chowchilla Speedway in June and 3 wins at Silver Dollar Speedway with the ASCS Pacific Midget Division. Others attending will be 7 time BCRA Champion Floyd Alvis in his own #83 Stealth/Chevy, 2009 BCRA Champion David Prickett in the #15 Neverlift Motorsports TCR/Van Dyne, 2 time winner this year Greg Bragg in Dave LaMott’s #0 TCR/Honda, 2 time winner this year Shannon McQueen in her own #7 Spike/Esslinger, 1999 BCRA Champion Matt Streeter in his own #14jr Spike/Chevy, June Chowchilla winner Jimmy Sills in Dave Thurston’s #17 Spike/Esslinger and March Chowchilla winner Scott Pierovich in Lance Pierovich’s #35 Spike/Wirth Mopar.

 

Also expected is Randi Pankratz in Wally Pankratz’s #8 Edmunds/Fontana, Lonnie Alton in Lana Alton’s #5a Stealth/Ford, Sean Dodenhoff in his own #9d Spike/Fontana, Danny Parker in Bob Roza’s #28 Stealth/Esslinger, Rob Lindsey in the Lindsey Motorsports #23 Ellis/Pontiac, Steve Dickenson in his own #99 Edmunds/Pontiac, Rick Young in RAM Racings #14 Spike/Ecotec, Jeff Perry in his own #28 Ellis/Pontiac and Chris Ennis in Calvin Martins #97 TCR/Esslinger.

 

Drivers who may be there are Ryan Kaplan, Richard Haugh Jr., Tom Dogherty, Ryan Shupe, Britton Bock, Pete Davis, Josh Lakatos, Jonathon Henry, Jake Swanson, Wink Schweitzer and Cole Peard. Rumor has it Mike Sala who has won many events may be entering 2 cars as well.

 

Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway start with gates opening at 4:00, racing beginning at 7:30. Saturday night at Placerville Speedway gates open at 2:00, with racing beginning at 7:00. Saturday’s picnic at the Fairgrounds is from 10:00-3:00 with BBQ lunch served at noon and inductions at 1:30. Advance tickets for the lunch are $15 for Adults/ $5 for children, $20 for Adults the day of the picnic.

Go to www.bcraracing.com for any information and news and results, past and present.

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08-06-10 Chico, CA

By: Joe Lindsey

BCRA Midgets

Friday night saw 29 midgets invade Chico’s famed Silver Dollar Speedway for the BCRA sanctioned event!

After a full racing program that included a 12 car “B” Main, Chico’s Ryan Kaplan came home the Main Event winner. Following Kaplan to the finish line was Washington’s Evan Margeson in 2^nd and Jonathan Henry in 3^rd place.

Finish: Kaplan, Margeson, Henry, Ennis, Lakatos, McQueen, Pierovich, Foster, Prickett, Chivello, Parker, Pyle, Alvis, Gehringer, Pankratz, Sills, Bock, Streeter, Bragg, Swanson, Haugh, Whitchurch

Summary

Heat 1: Pankratz, Bock, Ennis, Bragg, Foster, Prickett, Lindsey, Hallmark

Heat 2: Lakatos, Streeter, Sills, Gehringer, Swanson, Silverman, Whitchurch

Heat 3: Kaplan, Margeson, Haugh, McQueen, Chivello, Dickenson, Young

Heat 4: Henry, Pierovich, Parker, Alvis, Pyle, Alton, Sarale

“B” Main: Swanson, Chivello, Whitchurch, Foster, Pyle, Prickett, Silverman, Lindsey, Dickenson, Alton, Hallmark, Young

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08-07-10 Placerville, CA

By: Joe Lindsey

BCRA Midgets

On the second of a two night BCRA West Coast Midget Extravaganza, 26 Midgets took to the red clay of the famed Placerville Speedway!

For a second night in a row, a “B” Main Event was required to set the 20 car BCRA Midget Main Event. Visalia’s Greg Bragg claimed the winners laurels to conclude an accident marred feature that was finally ended with a Red/Checkers on the 27^th lap after Washington’s Evan Margeson attempted to squeeze between another car and the front straightaway wall and contacted both sending his midget flipping high in the air knocking out the start/finish line light with the Margeson #50 ending up in turn #1 on top of Bill Lindsey’s #8x. At the end, it was Jake Swanson finishing 2^nd, followed by Matt Streeter in 3^rd place.

Finish: Bragg, Swanson, Streeter, McQueen, Ennis, Foster, Silverman, Doherty, Pankratz, Davis, Parker, Margeson, Alvis, Bill Lindsey, Rob Lindsey, Donaldson, Pyle, Chivello, Prickett, Sills

Summary

Qualifications: (1) Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, McQueen #7 Stealth/Esslinger – 11.984, (2) Pete Davis, Pleasanton, Davis #00 Stealth/Esslinger – 12.113, (3) Matt Streeter, Galt, Streeter #14jr Spike/Van Dyne – 12.131, (4) Josh Lakatos, Portland, OR, Lakatos #4x – 12.154, (5) Jimmy Sills, Elverta, Thurston  #17 Spike/Esslinger – 12.166, (6) Nick Foster, Jr, San Jose, Fowler #1 Beast/Esslinger – 12.283, (7) Britton Bock, Angwin, Bock #62 – 12.411, (8) Jake Swanson, Anaheim, Swanson #05 Stealth/Honda – 12.495, (9) Greg Bragg, Visalia, LaMott #0 TCR/Honda – 12.550, (10) Randi Pankratz, Atascadero, Pankratz #8p Edmonds/Fontana – 12.626, (11) Rob Lindsey, Wilsonville, OR, Lindsey #23 Ellis/Pontiac – 12.704, (12) Tim Pyle, Beaverton, OR, Pyle #71 Spike/Brayton Ford – 12.738, (13) Floyd Alvis, San Carlos, #83 Stealth/Esslinger – 12.955, (14) Steve Dickenson, Corvallis, OR, Dickenson #99 Edmonds/Pontiac – 12.958, (15) Dillon Silverman, Chico, RAM Racing #12 Spke/EcoTec – 12.974, (16) Bill Lindsey, San Carlos, Donaldson #8x Stealth/Pontiac – 13.039, (17) Rick Young, Shingle Springs, RAM Racing #14s Stealth/EcoTec – 13.404, (18) Tom Doherty, San Jose, Walker #10 Stealth/Esslinger – 13.513, (19) Mike Donaldson, Pleasant Hill, Donaldson #5b Ellis/Gaerte – 13.527, (20) Lonnie Alton, Cameron Park, Alton #5a Stealth/SuperFocus – 14.097, (21) Danny Parker, Oakdale, Roza #28 Beast/Esslinger – NT*, (22) Jonathan Henry, Stockton, Graunstadt #88 – NT*, (23) Nick Chivello, Manteca, Blackwell #27c Stealth/Gaerte – NT*, (24) Evan Margeson, Tacoma, WA, Margeson #50 Beast Esslinger – NT*, (25) David Prickett, Fresno, Neverlift Motorsports #15 TCR/VanDyne – NT*, (26) Chris Ennis, Bakersfield, Martin #97 TCR/Esslinger – NT*

NT* - Qualification time forfeited due to exceeding sound limits

Heat 1: Donaldson, Bill Lindsey, Chivello, Doherty, Silverman, Young, Alton, Dickenson, Alvis

Heat 2: Pyle, Pankratz, Bragg, Swanson, Prickett, Bock, Parker, Foster, Rob Lindsey

Heat 3: Sills, Streeter, McQueen, Ennis, Lakatos, Henry, Margeson

 “B” Main: Rob Lindsey, Alvis, Parker, Margeson, Davis, Foster, Bock, Dickenson, Alton, Young

By June Wheeler-Ferreira
On Saturday February 27th, Norcal Racing Expo 2/Reunion was held at the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo.

Hosted by Steve and Bobbie Hazelton, there were many things to see, racing boats, ¼ midgets, old hardtops, dwarf cars, drift cars, go-karts, sprint cars and midgets from BCRA, modern and vintage.

There were lots of vendors on hand and displays. There were model miniature motors that ran. There were racing books for sale and videos to view.

The crowd was good considering the weather was a little rainy in the morning. People seemed to enjoy looking at all the cars. They were able to sit in some of them and take pictures and talk with the owner’s. There was lots of PR going on, schedules being handed out for the 2010 season, and some autographs signed.

Steve and his wife Bobbie and their group really went all out to make sure things went really well. It was a whole lot of work for them, but itreally paid off, everyone had a fun day and went home happy.

Members of BCRA, who participated in this event were:
Linda Manning
Frank Goularte #00
Frank & Jayne Fuentes #2
Rick Holbrook #6
Stu Donaldson #8 & #8
Harold Dickerson #11
John Kunstal #20
Paul Ferreira #36
Good job, Steve, hope we can do it again next year, June