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The Western States,
Fosters Raceway, Santa Maria, CA, September 28th and 29th 2002
September 28th and 29th the Western
States Championships were hosted by Foster’s Raceway in Santa Maria,
CA. SoCAL USRA would like to extend a special thanks to Steve Foster
and Bill Vanderziel and all the local racers who helped with the
BBQ and preparations of the raceway. You are to be commended for
doing such an excellent job!
A note from my dad: He had a few
comments to make about the tear downs and results that you will
notice resulted in disqualification’s. At no time did he think any
racer was deliberately trying to cheat. He definitely expressed
his displeasure with the poor quality of the manufacturers of the
16D arms that he kicked out. He would hope that ProSlot and RJR
would do a better job in checking the length of their "supposed"
USRA legal arms before shipping them to raceways for purchase. This
has been a major problem since the NATS this year and hopefully
it will be corrected soon.
On to the race report.
4 in. AM Nascar:
Twenty
three entries in this race. Results for the move-ups in the B Semi
were: Joey Hudson 167 laps, Steve Foster 161, Jake Koens 160, and
John Estopellan 158 making the moves. Followed by Gary Jones, Casey
Scott, Ernie Funez, Terry Thompson, Alex Freund, Pat "wing
car" Ularte, Paul Abbey, and Gene Martin. A Semi making the
move were Dennis Rios 165 laps, Alex Mollen 162, Ben Feliciano 161,
and Gerrit Vanderziel 159, followed by Rick McLeod, Lars Wolfe,
Phil Phillips, Jody Freund, Brian Johnson, Bob Abbey, and Art Schmidt.
On to the main! After the 1st heat the board was all full of 31's
laps that is, Jake, Ben, John, Dennis, Steve, and Joey all tied
for first, Alex and Gerrit were only one lap back with 30. After
2 heats it was Jake and Ben with 62, Alex, Gerrit and Joe with 61,
Dennis and Steve 60, and John 59. Jake took the lead with 93 in
the 3rd heat a log jam in second Gerrit, Joey, Alex, and Ben with
92, Dennis 90 Steve 89, and John 87. After 4 Jake still held on
to that one lap lead at 124, Gerrit ad Joey 123, Alex and Ben 122,
Steve and Dennis 120, and John 117. This is just one tight race
after 5 heats it's Joey, Gerrit, and Jake with 153, Alex 152, Ben
151, Steve and Dennis 150, and John 146. It's still all jammed up
at the end of 6th Joey, Gerrit, Alex, and Jake 183, Ben 182, Dennis
180, Steve 177, and John 175. After 7 heats it's Alex and Joey 214,
Jake 213, Gerrit 212, Ben 211, Dennis 210, Steve 208, and John 203.
After everything is said and done the three top drivers turn 244
laps Alex came out on top, followed close by Jake, and then Joey,
Dennis in 4th with 241, Gerrit with 240, Steve 237, John 231, and
Ben having problems in the last heat ending with 217. After the
tear downs we had 3 drivers disqualified and your eventual winner
was Joey Hudson followed by Dennis Rios, Steve Foster, John Estopellan,
Ben Feliciano, then Alex Mollen, Jake Koens, and Gerrit Vanderzeil.
4 in EX Nascar:
Twelve
entries, so it's round robin time... oh joy! After the 1st heat
we have a tie with Mike Hudson and Bill Vanderzeil 31, Chris Radisich
and Duran Trujillo 30, Roy Hood and Jonathan Forsyth 29, Ira Stoker
(welcome back!) 28, and Gil Rivera 26. Heat number 2 had my dad
came in on red and turned 29 and your race leader is still Mike
with 62 followed by Chris and Duran with 61, Roy 59, Jonathan 58,
Ira 56, and Gil 54. Heat three has Steve Forsyth coming in on red
and turning 30, Race leaders are Duran and Chris 92, Mike 91, Roy
89, Ira 85, Gil 82, and Jason 58. In the 4th heat Greg Gilbert turns
30 on red race leader Duran with 123, Chris 121, Roy 119, Ira 113,
Gil 107, Jason 86, Steve 60. Moving on to heat 5 Paul Sterrett coming
in on red 29, your race leader is Duran 151, Roy 148, Ira 142, Gil
133, Jason 123, Steve 89, and Greg 57. Heat 6 your race leader is
still Duran with 180, Ira 170, Gil 156, Jason 141, Steve 118,
Greg 86, Bill 60, and Paul 58. If you were looking at the race report
you could see that there must have been some problems going on even
if you weren't there... I've been told that there were power problems
so we will give you the final results of the race: Duran 233, Roy
and Steve 227, Chris and Bill 225, Greg 222, Ira 219, Paul and My
Dad 217, Jonathan and Gil 202, and Mike 192. After all the tear
downs Roy was disqualified and everyone moved up one spot. As my
dad said before I hope these manufacturers get on board and fix
their problems with the short arms. It shouldn't be costing people
podium spots that they have worked hard for.
4.5 in AM Nascar:
Nine
entries. After the 1st heat it's Daniel Hudson with 31, Art Schmidt
(from No. Cal) 30, Phil Phillips, Alex Freund, John Estopellan,
and Jody Freund 29, Jody Hudson 26, and Paul Abbey 25. Heat 2 Steve
Foster coming in on red and turning 29, race leaders are Art and
Phil 59, Daniel and Jody 58, Alex 57, Joey 51, and Paul 49. After
5 heats Daniel 147, Jody 146, Alex 142, Paul 123, Art 118, Steve
117, John and Phil 112. After 8 heats Jody puts the number up to
shoot for 233, Art 205, Daniel 204, Steve 202, John 198, Phil 196,
Joey 174, Paul 171. At the end Art 235, Daniel 234, Jody 233, Steve
230, Alex 227, John 226, Phil 224, Paul 196, and Joey having problems
with 174. After the tear downs Art is moved down to last place and
everyone moved up one.
4.5 in EX Nascar:
Ten entries.
In the first heat Duran Trujillo turned 32, Ira Stoker 31, Mike
Hudson, Roy Hood, My dad, and Chris Radisich 30, Gil Rivera 29,
Phil Roberson (good to have you back!) 27, 2nd heat Paul Sterrett
coming in on red turning 29, your race leader Duran 62, Mike and
Chris 61, Roy 60, Jason 59, Gil 55, Ira 34 with problems. Greg comes
in on red in the 3rd heat and turns 30, race leaders Duran and Chris
92, Roy 90, Jason and Mike 89, Ira 60, and Paul 59. After 6 heats
it's Chris with 185, Duran 181, Jason 173, Paul 146, Greg 125, Gil
112, Phil 107, and Ira 88. After 8 heats Chris puts up the number
to shoot at 246, Paul 207, Greg 187, Mike 175, Gil 173, Phil 165,
Roy 164 and major problems he pulls out, Ira 149. In the end Greg
comes on to win with 249, Chris hangs on for second 246, Duran
in 3rd 241, then Gil, Mike, Jason, Phil, Ira, and Roy. My dad was
glad to report that no one was disqualified in this race. So the
results stood as posted.
It's Sunday, and 1st up it is
AM G-T 1:
B Semi After
the 1st heat on the paperclip local Dennis Rios is your leader with
37, close by Jason Stone and Alex Mollen 35, Rick McLoed 33, Art
Schmidt 32, Phil Phillips 31, Gene Martin 28. Mid race in the 4th
heat it's still Dennis 142, Jason 140, Alex 137, Phil and Rick battling
for the last move 129, Art 121, Paul 109, and Gene having problems
94. In the end Dennis 281, Jason 277, Alex 270 and Phil 261 those
are your moves. Rick, Art, Paul, and Gene round out the field. A
semi after the 1st heat your race leader is Alex Freund 35, Terry
Thompson 32, Casey Scott 31, Gerrit Vanderzeil 30, John Emmons and
Brian Johnson 27, Daniel Hudson 24, and Bob Abbey 23. After 4 heats
it's still Alex 134, Casey 132, Gerrit 127, Terry 124, John 119,
Brian 117, Daniel 116, and Bob 105. In the end the move ups for
this semi were Casey 271, Alex 268, Terry 253, and John 250 followed
by Brian 248, Gerrit having problems in the last heat 223, Bob 207,
and Daniel pulling out with 148. In the main: after the 1st heat
it's Denns your leader with 53, Alex F. 52, Casey 51, Phil and Jason
at 50, Alex M. 47, John and Terry 46. In the 2nd heat Dennis stretches
his lead with 107, Alex F. 103, Casey 102, Jason 101, Alex M. and
Phil 97, John 96, and Terry 94. After 3 it's still Dennis followed
by Casey, Jason, Alex F., Alex M., Phil, John, and Terry. The order
doesn't change much in this race until the end of the 7th heat when
the race once again becomes close. Dennis with 376, Casey hot on
his heels 375, Jason 370, then Alex M., Alex F., Phil, Terry, and
John. To the end Casey played catch up but just didn't quite make
it Dennis finishing half a lap ahead of Casey both at 431, Jason
422, Alex F. 403, nipping Alex M. 402, Phil just beating Terry
both with 397, and John finishing with 381. This race was action
packed in the last few heats as Casey made a desperate charge to
try to catch Dennis but came up short. My dad was ecstatic with
all of Sunday's teardowns, as he didn't have to disqualify anyone.
yay!
EX G-T 1
Twelve cars. After
the 1st heat Greg Gilbert is your leader with 55, Mike Hudson and
Duran Trujillo 54, Alan Ohren 53, Jonathan Forsyth and Roy Hood
52, Jason Holmes 48, Bill Vanderzeil with problems 18. Paul Sterrett
coming in on Red turning 43, race leader Duran at 109, Greg 108,
Alan 106, Jonathan 105, Roy 104, Jason 101, Bill with 50. Steve
Forsyth turning 50 on red, your race leader Duran 165, Alan 159,
Jonathan 158, Jason 156, Roy 153, then Paul, Bill, and Steve. Gil
coming in on red and turning 48, race leader is Duran 221, Alan
216, Jonathan 212, Jason 209, Roy 206, then Paul, Steve, and Gil.
Chris coming in on red during the 5th heat turned 54, your race
leader is still Duran with 274, Alan 270, Jonathan 266, and Roy
259, followed by Paul, Steve, and Gil. After 6 it's still Duran
followed by Jonathan, Roy, Paul, Steve, Gil, Chris, and Mike. After
8 heats Duran puts the number up to shoot at 441, Paul, Steve, Greg,
Mike, Chris, Gil, and Bill. In the end after all was said and done
that number stuck ad Duran was your winner. Followed by Alan with
439, Greg 437, Chris 432, Mike and Jonathan at 430, Jason 422, Roy
419, Steve 411, Paul 398, Gil 369, and Bill.
AM G-T 12:
B Semi results:
Move ups Casey Scott 305, Joey Hudson 287, Alex Freund 286, and
Terry Thompson 269, followed by John Emmons, Phil Larcom (another
wing racer coming down to play w/ us), Paul Abbey, and Art Schmidt.
A Semi results: Move ups Alex Mollen 302, Pat Ularte 285, Gene Stafford
284, Brian Johnson 275, followed by Phil Phillips, Dennis Rios,
Ben Feliciano, and Bob Abbey. Main: Casey jumps out to a quick lead
59, Gene 57, Alex M. 55, Brian 54, Alex F. 52, Joey 51, Pat 49,
and Terry 44. Casey still your race leader after 2 with 119, Gene
111, Brain 109, Alex and Alex 107, Pat 104, Joey 98, and Terry 95.
After 3 heat's it's still Casey 179, Gene 171, Alex M. 161, Alex
F., Brian, Pat, Joey, and Terry. After 4th and 5th heats everything
stays pretty much the same, but in the 6th heat people start having
problems, except Casey and he benefited from it with 360 laps, Pat
and Gene, and Alex F. 326, Alex M. 324, Brian 315, Terry 295, and
Joey 282. Casey won the race with 480 laps but Gene just wouldn't
say die,fixed what was wrong, and finished strong for second with
444, Alex F. held on with 440, over Alex M. with 439, the rest of
the field had their problems that they couldn't recover from in
the last three heats the order of finish was Brian, Pat, Terry,
and Joey.
EX G-T 12:
Thirteen entries
we're gunna call this one a little bit different than normal we're
gunna use my dad's memory as faded as it may be to close out this
race as he recalls the race was very tight between two racers Roy
Hood and Greg Gilbert, doing battle from heat to heat not to far
back were Chris Radisich and Alan Ohren. On a good day their finishing
total would have been good enough for a win, but today was not a
good day you had the also rans my dad, Duran Trujillo, Jonathan
Forsyth, Jason Stone, Mike Hudson, Monty Ohren, Steve Forsyth, Paul
Sterrett and Gil Rivera. The lap totals were high and close for
your top two Greg turning 498, to hold off Roy's 496. Chris and
Alan finishing on the same lap but inches apart with 484, Duran
477, my dad 474, Jonathan 470, then Jason S., Mike, Monty, Steve,
Paul, and Gil all having numerous problems to finish with under
400 laps.
Again thanks to all that participated
in the races. The new racers that we got to meet from Downtown Don's.
A special thanks to Parma/RJR/Downtown Don's/Champion/Eagle Distributing
for the race prizes they sent and JK say's he'll send his for Las
Vegas so see you all there!
The
Prez's Kid <><
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