Tim Bost of Roseville, with 18 years of racing experience at All American Speedway, won the debut of the West Car Late Model Series at the quarter-mile paved oval track, Saturday.
Bost, who has many wins in the former Norcal series and in the prestigious Rose Classic, took the lead from Dan Knight of Ukiah on the opening lap and never looked back in the 100 lap race that was ended prematurely at 82 laps.
West Car did a great job, Bost said. We had a good turnout and the officials ran a good show.
22 cars took the green flag for the race that paid over $8,000 in awards.
Bost charged to a half-lap lead before he made contact with Richie Crowell of Redding sending Crowell spinning to bring out a yellow-checkered on lap 82.
I had no brakes after lap 20 and I just held on, Bost said. The new asphalt was great it provided two lines of racing tonight.
Bost drove a team car with Gary Glenn, who was the ast-time qualifier on the night with a 13.13 second lap on the newly paved track.
After taking the lead at the start, Bost met lap traffic on the 34th lap. Melissa Davis of Santa Rosa and Don Lehman of Rio Linda made heavy contact in turn three and Bost narrowly avoided the incident.
Midway through the race, Chris Baker of Carson City spun, sparking a chain reaction wreck that send Jay Bradley of Carson City into the wall.
Mike Lehman of Rio Linda spun across the race track and was hit by Glenn. Glenn retreated to the pits for quick repairs, but Lehmans car suffered heavy damage and was done for the night.
On the restart, Travis Combs of Sacramento found a way around Knight for the second position after a five lap battle.
2003 Pro Stock champion Byron Gonzales of Carmichael and Scott Chappell of Lodi had a strong battle for the fourth position after getting around Mike Mansch of Roseville.
Late in the race, Glenn raced his way up to Gonzales and took the fourth position with his heavily damaged car.
I had to use my tires to get around Mansch, Gonzales said. I still feel like I would have had a shot at the lead, but I spent too much time on Mansch.
West Car Late Model Series 4-9-05 All American Speedway Running Order: #35 Tim Bost Roseville #12 Travis Combs Sacramento #52 Dan Knight Kelseyville #50 Gary Glenn Orangevale #98 Byron Gonzales Carmichael #15 Scott Chappell Lodi #3x Chet Danburg Carson City, Nv #9 Mike Mansch Roseville #4 Don Lehman Rio Linda #32 Richie Crowell Redding #z2 Steven Gannon Redding #24 Kenny Crome Carson City, Nv #21 Virgil Miller Carson City, Nv #71 Melissa Davis Santa Rosa #56 Bobby Butler Citrus Heights #07 Al Draper Rocklin #05 Chris Baker Carson City, Nv #67 Mike Fishtrom Sacramento #96 Mike Lehman Rio Linda #49 Jay Bradley Carson City, Nv #71 Christina Davis Santa Rosa #60 John Perras Sacramento
Accompanying the West Car Late Model Series race were the Thunder Valley Casino Championship Cup Series divisions of Street Stocks, Bombers, and Mini Stocks.
Doug Wade of Sacramento won a special 50 lap Street Stock main event. The race had four different leaders.
Mark Sharp of Rocklin led early before being passed by Mario Rios-Davis of Sacramento.
Dick Meadows of Sacramento nailed the turn one wall on
lap 19, and Phil Wilkins took the lead from Rios-Davis on the restart.
Sharp and Dan Patton of Citrus Heights got hooked together coming off turn four on lap 21. After much of the field got under the chain duo, Wayne Clark of El Dorado Hills made contact with them, and was immediately hit by Chris Paulsen. Clarks car flipped as a result. No drivers were injured.
Wilkins and Wade had a bad restart and made contact. Officials moved Wilkins to the back giving Wade the lead.
Patton made a quick run through the pack and challenged Wade to the finish.
The top-five were: Wade, Patton, Rios-Davis, Mykyl Ensor of Citrus Heights, and Chris Lambert of Loomis.
Rick Anable of Rocklin passed Travis Lewis on lap 25 after a six lap battle to win the Bomber main event.
Anable was followed by Lewis, Ken Givens of Sacramento, Roy Smith of Roseville, and Lucas Kaper of Lincoln.
Jim Badeker of Citrus Heights passed Richard Trethewey of Grass Valley on a lap 11 restart, then held off Jason Romero of Cameron Park for the Mini Stock win.
The top-five were: Badeker, Romero, Trundy, Terry Shannon, and Earl Lee of Elverta.
Next week the weekly divisions take the week off for a 200 lap Enduro race. Racing starts at 6:30 p.m.
For full results and photos from each week's races, visit www.allamericanspeedway.com
