RYAN TIMMONS ADDS PLACERVILLE TO WIN LIST
By Lance Jennings
PLACERVILLE, CA – OCTOBER 10, 2020… Charging from sixth, fast qualifier Ryan Timmons (Pleasant Hill, CA) topped the non-point USAC West Coast Sprint Car debut at Placerville Speedway. Racing the family owned #29T Timmons Auto Truck & Repair / Evergood Fine Foods CS9, Timmons took advantage of a “Wild” Billy Aton bobble to lead the final twelve laps of the “Prospector Pandemonium.” Ryan earned his third career series win over Jake Morgan, Aton, Kaleb Montgomery, and Oregon’s Rob Lindsey.
Earlier in the night, Timmons was the Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier and set a new track record with a time of 12.243 over the 12-car roster. The former rookie of the year placed fifth in his heat race and claimed the Rod End Supply Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job honors.
The 10-lap heat race victories were claimed by Lindsey (Extreme Mufflers / Competition Suspension Incorporated First Heat), and Tanner Boul (Sway-A-Way Torsion Bars / Ultra Shield Race Products Second Heat). Lindsey qualified ninth overall while Boul was tenth quick and finished sixth in the main event.
Next Saturday, October 17th, the traditional 360 sprint cars will invade Petaluma Speedway for a special non-points event. The USAC Western States and BCRA Midgets will join the action packed card that will be broadcast live at floracing.com.
The USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series thanks AMSOIL, Chris Kearns Presents, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Extreme Mufflers, Five Star Grafix, Hoosier Racing Tire, Loudpedal Productions, Rod End Supply, Sway-A-Way Torsion Bars, Ultra Shield Race Products, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.
For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on westcoastsprintcars.com and the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2020 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California – “Prospector Pandemonium”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-12.243 (New Track Record); 2. Tony Gualda, 73T, Ford-12.424; 3. Jake Morgan, 45, Morgan-12.438; 4. Kaleb Montgomery, 8, Richardson-12.483; 5. Shane Hopkins, 51, Sperry-12.500; 6. Michael Sellers, 15, Sellers-12.583; 7. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-12.585; 8. Daniel Whitley, 32, Johnson-12.636; 9. Rob Lindsey, 23, R&R-12.848; 10. Tanner Boul, 99T, Boul-12.898; 11. Austin Ervine, 21, AJ-12.938; 12. Chad Lindsey, 48, R&R-13.561.
EXTREME MUFFLERS / COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPRATED FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Lindsey, 2. Aton, 3. Hopkins, 4. Morgan, 5. Timmons, 6. Ervine. NT.
SWAY-A-WAY TORSION BARS / ULTRA SHIELD RACE PRODUCTS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boul, 2. Gualda, 3. Whitley, 4. C.Lindsey, 5. Montgomery, 6. Sellers. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions) 1. Ryan Timmons (6), 2. Jake Morgan (4), 3. Billy Aton (1), 4. Kaleb Montgomery (9), 5. Rob Lindsey (7), 6. Tanner Boul (8), 7. Daniel Whitley (10), 8. Shane Hopkins (3), 9. Michael Sellers (2), 10. Austin Ervine (11), 11. Chad Lindsey (12), 12. Tony Gualda (5). NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Sellers, Laps 5-17 Aton, Laps 18-30 Timmons
ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Ryan Timmons (6th to 1st)
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT: October 17 – Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, California
Image courtesy of Devin M Photography
SCOTTY FARMER STORMS TO FIRST WIN AT PLACERVILLE By Lance Jennings PLACERVILLE, CA – OCTOBER 10, 2020… Racing from third, Scotty Farmer (Brisbane, Australia) took command on lap fifteen and sailed to his first non-point USAC Western States and BCRA Midget win at Placerville Speedway. Driving the Six8 Motorsports’ #68 PAC Springs / Wilwood Disc Brakes Stewart, Farmer inherited the lead of the “Prospector Pandemonium” after a spin knocked Alex Schutte from contention. Brody Fuson, hard charger C.J. Sarna, Frankie Guerrini, and fast qualifier Shannon McQueen rounded out the top-five drivers. McQueen earned the night’s Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award with a time of 13.032 over the 17-car roster. The former champion ran fourth in her heat race and recovered from a first lap tangle to finish fifth in the main event. Sarna took the Placerville Rod End Supply Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job honors with a third place run from tenth. The former co-rookie of the year qualified eighth overall and was fifth in his heat race. The 10-lap heat race victories were claimed by Dylan Ito (Extreme Mufflers First Heat), and Fuson (Competition Suspension Incorporated / Ultra Shield Race Products Second Heat). Ito was eleventh quick and placed sixth in the feature while Brody qualified tenth overall. Next Saturday, October 17th, the “mighty midgets” of the USAC Western States and Bay Cities Racing Association will clash at Petaluma Speedway for the non-points “West Coast Stock Car / Motorsports Hall of Fame Challenge Race #1. The race will be broadcast live at floracing.com. The USAC Western States Midget Series thanks AMSOIL, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Extreme Mufflers, Five Star Grafix, Hoosier Racing Tire, Loudpedal Productions, Rod End Supply, Ultra Shield Race Products, and Woodland Auto Display for their support. A special thanks goes to Matt Wood and Elk Grove Ford for sponsoring the “Prospector Pandemonium.” For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC Western States Midget Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2020 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California – “Prospector Pandemonium” – co-sanctioned with BCRA WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.032; 2. Blake Bower, 10, Walker-13.041; 3. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.118; 4. Scotty Farmer, 68, Six8-13.143; 5. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-13.249; 6. Colton Raudman, 28C, Schutte/McElwee-13.257; 7. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.269; 8. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-13.466; 9. Ashlyn Rodriguez, 37M, Mitchell-13.468; 10. Brody Fuson, 51, Carlile-13.488; 11. Dylan Ito, 73, Ford-13.602; 12. Floyd Alvis, 18, Champion-13.904; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.225; 14. Kyle Beilman, 31K, Beilman-14.856; 15. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-15.129; 16. Jackson Dukes, 1X, LKK-15.433; 17. Robert Carson, 99, Segur-NT. EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ito, 2. Schutte, 3. Rodriguez, 4. McQueen, 5. Guerrini, 6. Cofer, 7. Andreotti, 8. Pankratz, 9. Carson. NT COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED / ULTRA SHIELD RACE PRODUCTS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fuson, 2. Raudman, 3. Farmer, 4. Bower, 5. Sarna, 6. Alvis, 7. Beilman, 8. Dukes. NT FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions) 1. Scotty Farmer (3), 2. Brody Fuson (7), 3. C.J. Sarna (10), 4. Frankie Guerrini (4), 5. Shannon McQueen (6), 6. Dylan Ito (8), 7. Alex Schutte (2), 8. Ashlyn Rodriguez (11), 9. Randi Pankratz (13), 10. Floyd Alvis (12), 11. Jake Andreotti (15), 12. Maria Cofer (9), 13. Blake Bower (5), 14. Kyle Beilman (14), 15. Jackson Dukes (16), 16. Colton Raudman (1), 17. Robert Carson (17). NT ---------------------------- **Raudman flipped on lap 1 of the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Schutte, Laps 15-30 Farmer ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: C.J. Sarna (10th to 3rd) NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT: October 17 – Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, California – “West Coast Stock Car / Motorsports Hall of Fame Challenge Race #1” – co-sanctioned with BCRA Image courtesy of Devin M. Photography
