ANTIOCH SPEEDWAY NOTES OF INTEREST

REID HOLDS OFF MAUPIN FOR VICTORY
BY DON MARTIN II

ANTIOCH, CA After a scary moment in traffic cost him the lead to Mel Maupin, Bart Reid repassed him and held him off to win the 25 lap All Pro Series Dirt Modified feature Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. The win paid Reid $600 aboard his West Coast Motorsports Cobra Chassis and made him the only repeat winner so far this year. Maupinsettled for a career best $300 second place finish aboard his Dunn-Wright Appliance Services sponsored Harris Chassis as Chad Chadwick racked up several passing points from the back of the pack to take the point lead with a third place finish in his Pro Chassis. A tricky racing surface kept Promoter John Soares Jr. busy on the grater working the quarter-mile clay oval into shape all night long.

Reid and Maupin shared the front row for the 20 car Dirt Modified feature, and Reid raced into an early lead over Maupin. A Turn 2 pileup forced a lap two caution flag, and Reid continued to lead Maupin and Mark Schrader on the restart. Dennis Furia Sr. and Chris Wadsworth moved in to battle Schrader for third, but a tangle between the trio on the front stretch of the eighth lap left Wadsworth facing the wrong way. Reid picked inside on the restart option and continued to lead Maupin and Furia. B Main transfer Chadwick gained fourth on lap 11 with Schrader's spin. Working heavy traffic in Turn 4 of the 17th, Reid got caught up in one of their tangles. Maupin led the pack back to the caution flag as Reid quickly recovered in second. The crash eliminated Bert Elworthy. Maupin wisely chose the inside on the restart option, but he had drifted up off the line with Reid forcing a side by side battle. By the time they exited Turn 2 of the 18th lap, Reid had the lead again as Chadwick was third. There was no stopping Reid from there as he sped to victory ahead of Maupin, Chadwick, Furia, Chris Elby and Mark Hannum.

There were 24 Dirt Modifieds on hand for this event, and a thrilling last turn pass gained Schrader a heat race victory ahead of Reid. Elworthy, Elby and Wadsworth were other eight lap heat winners, and Wadsworth won a thrilling battle with Elworthy for another trophy dash victory. Hard luck racer Jerry Harless won the ten lap B Main ahead Chadwick and Debi Clymens.

RACE RESULTS
DIRT MODIFIED
H 1-Chris Wadsworth, Ed Leis, Nick Caughman Jr., Brian Curran, Ed Daviess.
H 2-Chris Elby, Mel Maupin, Tim Kennady, Mark Hannum, Jerry Harless.
H 3-Mark Schrader, Bart Reid, Keith Brown Sr., Bill Wallace, Debi Clymens.
H 4-Bert Elworthy, Mark Garner, Dennis Furia Sr., Don Shelton, Bob Grenier.
DASH-Wadsworth, Elworthy, Elby, Schrader.
B MAIN-Harless, Chad Chadwick, Clymens, Daviess, Madden, Grenier, Clay Twigg.
A MAIN-Reid, Maupin, Chadwick, Furia, Elby, Hannum, Wadsworth, Brown, Kennady, Garner, Caughman, Shelton, Daviess, Wallace, Clymens, Schrader, Harless, Elworthy, Leis, Curran.

LAVELL WINS THIRD, GARDNER NEW POINT LEADER
BY DON MARTIN II

ANTIOCH, CA Despite a few scary moments during the race, Jimmy Lavell impressed with his third 20 lap Pure Stock feature victory of the season Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. Lavell had earlier won his heat race and is actually trying to sell the car as he makes plans to move up to the Wingless Spec Sprint division. Rich Gardner Jr. made a late race pass to finish second and take the point lead as Jim Robbins was a third.

Dean Plambeck and Robert Ackerman drew front row starts for the 20 car Pure Stock feature with Plambeck setting the early pace in his Dodge. A lap two restart saw Lavell make his move around Plambeck for the lead, and Robbins gained second a lap later. Gardner took third from Plambeck on lap eight. Lavell got sideways in Turn 2 of the eighth lap, allowing Robbins to race into the lead. However, a low pass in Turn 2 of the ninth lap regained Lavell the lead. The leaders were in heavy traffic in a race that only had one yellow flag. A low pass in Turn 2 of the final lap gained Gardner second from Robbins. In Turn 4, Lavell nearly got taken out by traffic as Gardner closed in quickly. However, the veteran Lavell kept his cool and brought it home to victory as Gardner was a happy second in front of Robbins, the steady Plambeck and Keith Brown Jr. Eight lap heat races went to rookie Dennis Leis, Todd Clymens, Robbins and title hopefuls Lavell and Gardner. Incoming point leader Jeremy Prince was running his last race for about a month as he prepares for a trip to Alaska, and he came from the back of the pack to win the 12 lap B Main ahead of John Gordon and Ray Deitrick.

RACE RESULTS
PURE STOCK
H 1-Dennis Leis, Keith Brown Jr., Joel Kramasz, Jerry Mincey, Chris Sorensen.
H 2-Todd Clymens, Dean Plambeck, Michelle Botsford, Ken Rhoades, Nathen Gonderman.
H 3-Jim Robbins, Mike Sites, Robert Ackerman, Don Slaney, Sheila DeMotta.
H 4-Rich Gardner Jr., Trevor Clymens, Dennis Hayes, Norm Matteson, Lana Liptrap.
H 5-Jimmy Lavell, Dean Cline, Tommy Clymens Jr., Dee Marie Brown, John Gordon.
B MAIN-Prince, Gordon, Ray Deitrick, Matteson, Rhoades, Liptrap, Beth Lyster, Gonderman, Slaney, D. Brown.
MAIN EVENT-Lavell, Gardner, Robbins, Plambeck, K. Brown, Leis, Ackerman, Prince, Todd Clymens, Trevor Clymens, Deitrick, Tommy Clymens Jr., Sites, Botsford, Hayes, Rhoades, Matteson, Kramasz, Cline, Gordon.

FRASER SCORES FIRST CAREER VICTORY
BY DON MARTIN II

ANTIOCH, CA...Holding off the pressure of veteran Kahl Rodriques during the latter stages of the race, Billy Fraser scored his first career 20 lap All Pro Series Modified Street Stock feature victory Saturday night at Antioch Speedway. The win paid $150 to the second year racer aboard his Antioch Mufflers sponsored Cline Camaro as Chris Harless was second ahead of back of the pack starter Gary Hetrick.

Rodrigues and Jimmy Duke shared the front row for the 20 car Modified Street Stock feature, and Duke paced one lap before an inside move down the back stretch of the second lap gained Rodrigues the lead. Fraser settled into second, and an inside move doen the front stretch of the third lap gained Fraser the lead. Harless was third ahead of David Rosa on lap seven as a red flag flew for a fire in the Andy Angelo car. Fortunately, he was not injured, but Angelo joined Jim Capoot, Mike Mendenhall and Eric Watts on the sidelines. Fraser chose the inside on the restart and continued to lead Rodrigues and Harless. A caution flag flew on lap ten for Duke, and fourth place Rosa pitted right before the restart with a right rear flat tire. Fraser led Rodrigues and Harless on the restart. Rodrigues briefly took the lead from Fraser, but Fraser had the lead by the completion of the lap. When Rodrigues lost power on the back stretch, the race was ended after 16 laps, and Fraser scored the victory ahead of Harless, Hetrick, Mikey Slaney, Dennis Moore and Ronnie Fuller.

There were 20 Modified Street Stocks on hand for this event, and Fraser, point leader Tim Spurgeon and Ron Condon Jr. were heat winners. Rosa took advantage of a Mendenhall mistake to win the final eight lap heat race.

RACE RESULTS
MODIFIED STREET STOCK
H 1-Billy Fraser, Gary Hetrick, Mikey Slaney, Ronnie Fuller, Jimmy Duke.
H 2-Tim Spurgeon, Dennis Moore, John Gildersleeve, Bill Bihn, Jim Capoot.
H 3-Ron Condon Jr., Tom Chapman, Kahl Rodrigues, Mike Jacobsen, Andy Angelo.
H 4-David Rosa, Mike Mendenhall, Eric Watts, Chris Harlewss, Chuck Johnson. MAIN EVENT-Fraser, Harless, Hetrick, Slaney, Moore, Fuller, Condon, Rodrigues, Gildersleeve, Johnson, Chapman, Rosa, Bihn, Duke, Jacobsen, Spurgeon, Angelo, Capoot, Mendenhall, Watts.

ANTIOCH SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES FAIR RACE DATES
BY DON MARTIN II

ANTIOCH, CA For the first time, at least in the last 20 years, Antioch Speedway will be holding motorsports events during all five nights of the Annual Contra Costa County Fair from July 28th through August 1st. Promotor John Soares Jr. has worked out the deal to run five events under the All Pro Series banner on the quarter-mile clay oval, which has recently received several new loads of clay.

On Wednesday, July 28th, a rollover contest has been scheduled. The object, of course, is to see how many times each competitor can roll their cars, and a point system will be in place to determine the winner. Also on the card that night is the All Pro Series Dwarf Cars. On Thursday night, the Dirt Modifieds and Pure Stocks will make up their rained out main events and trophy dashes from April 17th. On Friday night, July 30th, the new Wingless Spec Sprint division and the Modified Street Stocks will run a regular program.

Saturday night, the Dirt Modifieds and the BCRA Midget Lites will run a regular event. On August 1st, Sunday night, the County Fair will end with the Annual Destruction Derby. However, that's not all. The Figure 8, absent from the track since 1990, makes its return amidst a buzz of excitement. Already, Jim Robbins, Debi Clymens and Bob Brown Sr., three competitors from the Figure 8 when it last ran at the track, have made commitments for the popular race. It should be very exciting.

Those who enter the Speedway through the normal fan entrance will pay the usual admission fee and be allowed into the County Fair for free. If you're looking to have a fun family night of auto racing and carnival rides and games, come on out to Antioch Speedway from July 28th through August 1st. For further information, call the Antioch Speedway hotline at (925)-779-9220.

SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS MADE AT ANTIOCH SPEEDWAY
BY DON MARTIN II
ANTIOCH, CA As if he and track maintenance man Frank Louis weren't busy enough make the numorous improvemts to the Antioch Speedway, Promoter John Soares Jr. has been busy fine tuning the schedule for the remainder of the 1999 season at Antioch Speedway. The racing on the quarter-mile clay oval this year has been close and exciting as the track has received several loads of new clay. Other improvements include new lighting and speakers on the pit area, new bleachers in the pits, improved concession stands and the newly cut X in the infield for the Figure 8, among other things. As aleady announced, Soares has added a Figure 8 on August 1st to the race schedule during the County Fair. After a last minute decision to run the 360 Sprint Cars earlier this season brought a 23 car field, Soares has added the division to the schedule on June 26th. With new clay on the race track, the racing surface should be in prime shape for the the 360 Sprint Car show, which will pay $800 to win and $125 to start the main event. On August 14th, the lone appearence of the North State Civil War Series at Antioch will see many of the best Sprint Car drivers in the state try their luck on the quarter-milke clay oval. Joining the Civil War Series as a support class that night will be the Dwarf Cars. The Ladies Race for Pure Stocks and Modified Street Stocks has been moved up to August 28th. A date has not been set as of yet, but racer Tim Spurgeon has put up $250 for a winner take all 12 lap race for the top ten drivers in Modified Street Stock points. The Annual 50 lap $5,000 to win Dirt Modified feature is still scheduled for September 24th and 25th and will run the same format as last season. More information on this race will be forthcoming, but a huge field of racers from Californina and Oregon is again expected. On October 2nd, the Modified Street Stocks and Pure Stocks will run their 50 lap features with the BCRA Midget Lites scheduled as the third division. A race is also being considered for October 9th, and more information on that will be forthcoming. The season will wrap up with the Annual Awards Banquet on October 30th.

All Pro Series
Antioch Speedway Points

Dirt Modified
Chad Chadwick   270
Chris Wadsworth 247
Don Shelton     239
Bart Reid       229
Mark Garner     195
Bert Elworthy   191
Chris Elby      189
Mark Schrader   157
Keith Brown Sr. 145
Mark Hannum     144

Modified Street Stock
Tim Spurgeon    310
David Rosa      283
Daniel Hodges   277
Rob Waldrop     249
Billy Fraser    246
Mikey Slaney    201
Chris Harless   198
Bobby Motts Jr. 182
Dennis Moore    177
Kahl Rodrigues  138

Pure Stock
Rich Gardner Jr. 270
Jeremy Prince   265
Jimmy Lavell    240
Trevor Clymens  221
Jim Robbins     163
Fred Baker      161
Dean Cline      122
Keith Brown Jr. 120
Jack Aiello     109
Todd Clymens    109