The action at Stockton 99 Speedway just keeps getting better and better.
This Saturday NASCAR DODGE Weekly Series fans are going to get a double dose of 50- lap main event action! First, from the HAVOLINE Western Late Model drivers, then from the Grand American Modified competitors! But thats not all, also on for DODGE Night Saturday are the CL BRYANT American Limited Stock Cars and the Pro-4 Trucks.
Stocktons Pete Anderson Jr. continues to lead the Western Late Model points race (477), but by only 4 points. After winning last week's 100-lap main event, Granite Bays John Moore moved up just behind Anderson Jr. with 472. San Rafael's Allison Duncan is in third place with 460, Turlocks Chris Monez is holding steady at fourth with 438 and Eric Humphries rounds out the top five with 390.
These division top-5 drivers have all proven that they have the skill and cars needed to win a main event. With the exception of Monez, each driver has won at least one this season, but all have qualified at least once with the fast time.
From week to week, this field of five has been providing thrilling race action, because no one can ever tell whos going to win until the very end. In last week's race, it seemed as if Duncan was going to walk with her second checkered flag, but in lap-85 Moore made a move, nabbed the lead and ended up rolling to victory lane. In weeks past, it seemed that Monez was headed for victory at times, but bad luck and collisions ended up sending him in a different direction.
These five aren't the only drivers that are providing topnotch motorsports entertainment on Saturday nights. Also running hard each week are Stockton's Gary Shafer Jr., Los Altos Mark Holeman, Lodi's Arron Shankel and Tracys Brandon Trevethan and Ryan Philpot. These six through 10th place points holders also have the skill and cars necessary to win, and in races that can be marked at times by significant inverts and caution flags, it is only a matter of time before one of them does.
The Grand American Modified drivers will be back on the fastest, quater-mile paved NASCAR oval west of the Mississippi Saturday night for a 50-lap main event. This season the drama and excitement in this division has been unrivaled. So far, fans have seen tempers flare to boiling points and wins earned in the final laps following violations that have forced leaders to the back.
Dixons Jerry Dubach is leading the GAM pack with 295. Modestos Kyle Gottula is in second with 295, Sacramentos Jason Philpot is at third with 281, Salidas Sam Solari is in fourth with 259 and Ripons Mike Regelman is in fifth with 247. These top five positions have been well earned, but there are a number of other drivers in this division that could easily end up with a win.
Sitting in the 10 place points slot is Citrus Heights Jay Linstroth. He's pushed the field to its limits more than once, and likely would be a top five competitor had he not been black- flagged in one race and then suspended.
The CL BRYANT American Limited Stock Cars 30-lap main event is going to be filled with a talented group of drivers this week.
Leading the division is Modesto's Charlie Clawson with 568. Clawson came close to sweeping the division last week, winning both the dash and the main event. He has a comfortable lead over second place follower Chad Holman of Stockton (506), but when the green flag waves, points are the last thing on these drivers' minds -- it's all about the win at that point!
Both Clawson and Holman have won main events this season, but so has Escalon's Darrell Hughes who is in third with 488 and Stockton's Joe Allen who is in fourth with 486. Stocktons Donny Darter and Kannai Scantlen, neither of whom are in the top five, have also won main events, as has Mantecas Boyd Camper who sits in 13th. The odds in this division, from week-to-week, are favoring no one.
The Pro-4 Trucks drivers have been putting on great weekly shows. These super-mini trucks are quick and agile, giving fans an opportunity to watch drivers take chances as they maneuver in and out of tight situations. Mark Henslee of Lathrop is currently leading the pack with 501, he won last weeks main event an is looking forward to taking on second place holder Mike Curry of Lodi (478), third place holder Ron Robeck of Milpitas (432), fourth places Nathan McNeil of Oakdale (420) and fifth places Brian Hitchcock (358) of Manteca. Schedule and prices
ADULTS $15; FAMILY PACK $29.99; SENIORS $12, 65+ ; JUNIORS $10, 13 - 17; KIDS $5, 6 - 12; KIDS 5 AND UNDER ARE FREE WITH A PAYING ADULT. MASTER CARD AND VISA ARE ACCEPTED AT GATE 2.
PITS OPEN AT 1 PM; GRANDSTANDS AT 3:00 PM; QUALIFYING AT 4:30 PM; NATIONAL ANTHEM & TRIBUTES AT 6:00 PM; RACING AT 6:10 PM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
On Saturday, July 16 CL BRYANT will be on hand handing out a free cases of motor oil to patrons that purchase a family pack during the NASCAR ELITE AUTO ZONE SOUTHWEST SERIES AUTOZONE STORES STOCKTON 125 BY HAVOLINE. When you buy your family pack, take the coupon that you receive from the ticket seller to the HAVOLINE truck and redeem it for one case of HAVOLINE motor oil.
NASCAR DODGE Weekly Series Div. II Points
HAVOLINE Western Late Model: 1 Pete Anderson Jr., Stockton 477 2 John Moore, Granite Bay 472 3 Allison Duncan, San Rafael 460 4 Chris Monez, Turlock 438 5 Eric Humphries, Chowchilla 390 6 Gary Shafer Jr., Stockton 373 7 Mark Holeman, Los Altos 333 8 Arron Shankel, Lodi 316 9 Brandon Trevethan, Tracy 270 10 Ryan Philpot, Tracy 262 11 Joey Stearns, Stockton 246 12 Steve Magana, Galt 170 13 Scott Masellis, Modesto 149 14 Shannon Mansch, Roseville 146 15 Danny Guibor, Manteca 145 16 Dwight Pilcher, Stockton 128 17 Wes Miller, Turlock 127 18 Mike Garcia, Lodi 102 19 Dave Byrd, Monterey 82 20 Travis Combs, Sacramento 68 21 Walt Haas, Antioch 52 22 Guy Guibor, Manteca 47 23 Chad South, Lake Dallas, TX 42 24 Chris Drysdale, San Jose 36 25 Mike Regelman, Ripon 34 26 Eddie Wilcox, Modesto 32 27 Jared Eaton, Modesto 28 28 Jeff Streeter, Chowchilla 28 29 Doug Rocha, Oakdale 26 30 Kevin Gotulla, Modesto 24 31 Joe Williams, Manteca 20 32 Danny Contessotto, Stockton 18 33 Michael Wendt, Lodi 18 34 Todd Corral, Modesto 15 35 Paul Dorrity Jr., Modesto 12
CL BRYANT American Limited Stock Cars: 1 Charlie Clawson, Modesto 568 2 Chad Holman, Stockton 506 3 Darrell Hughes, Escalon 488 4 Joe Allen, Stockton 486 5 Richard Harper, Stockton 461 6 Donny Darter, Stockton 412 7 Dave Ball , Stockton 396 8 Steve Brown, Lake Comanche 310 9 Kannai Scantlen, Stockton 306 10 Jeff Ahl, Lodi 295 11 Tom Dahl, Stockton 282 12 Jim Vosberg, Stockton 241 13 Boyd Camper, Manteca 232 14 Mike Brooks Jr. , Manteca 228 15 Jacob Cardoza, Manteca 219 16 Tony Smith, Angels Camp 214 17 Allen Ryder, Stockton 214 18 David Holman, Stockton 195 19 Johnny Cardoza, Manteca 149 20 Bryan Jones, Lodi 148 21 Leroy Hunt, Stockton 138 22 B. Tommeraason, Galt 128 23 David Anadon, Sockton 126 24 Danny Snow, Stockton 88 25 S. Haeseker, Elk Grove 86 26 Garland Tyler, Modesto 86 27 David Sullivan, Lodi 80 28 Greg Tyler, Modesto 64 29 Jason Nieto, Oakdale 56 30 Jim Bowerman, Stockton 50 31 Perry Jefferson, Murphys 48 32 R. Johnson Jr., Stockton 44 33 Steve Bryant, Lodi 40 34 Steven Fraser, Lodi 32 35 Doug Lane, Stockton 32 36 Sheila Wall, Oakdale 32 37 Ross Strmiska, Stockton 32 38 Fred Clement, Stockton 29 39 Ken Ratcliff, Stockton 28 40 Larry Carpenter, Stockton 26 41 Tim Hoke, Elk Grove 22 42 David Joachim, Lodi 19 43 Scott Lutz, Lodi 18 44 Robert Daniel, Lodi 18 45 Marc Borges, Manteca 18 46 Gary Osburn, Stockton 12 47 Fred Rathjen, Stockton 12
B MAIN: 1 Sheila Wall, Oakdale 322 2 Rob Daniels, Lodi 196 3 S. Haeseker, Elk Grove 194 4 David Anadon, Stockton 186 5 Tim Hoke, Elk Grove 174 6 Danny Snow, Stockton 130 7 Gary Osburn, Stockton 130 8 Brian Miller, Railroad Flat 116 9 D. Sullivan, Lodi 114 10 Leroy Hunt, Stockton 84 11 B.Tommeraason, Galt 72 12 Ed Clawson, Ceres 60 13 Tim Bender, Lodi 60 14 Fred Clement, Stockton 42 15 Ross Strmiska, Stockton 40 16 Joe Allen, Stockton 38 17 Stephen Fraser, Lodi 38 18 Jim Brown, Escalon 38 19 Jim Vosberg, Stockton 36 20 R. Johnson Jr., Stockton 36 21 Jason Nieto, Oakdale 36 22 Tom Dahl, Stockton 34 23 Perry Jefferson, Murphys 32 24 David Joachim, Lodi 30 25 Larry Carpenter, Stockton 30 26 Steve Bryant, Stockton 28
Pro-4 Trucks:1 Mark Henslee, Lathrop 501 2 Mike Curry, Lodi 478 3 Ron Robeck, Milpitas 432 4 Nathan McNeil, Oakdale 420 5 Brian Hitchcock, Manteca 358 6 Paul Murarik, Stockton 356 7 Tim Fernandes Sr., Ripon 317 8 Walt Bruegger, Hayward 304 9 Chris Drysdale, San Jose 274 10 Danny Basto, Lodi 204 11 Bret Barney, Rhonert Park 189 12 Carrie Miller, Saratoga 100 13 Graham Blackburn, Santa Cruz 50 14 Troy Ermish, Fremont 41
Grand American Modified:1 Jerry Dubach, Dixon 295
2 Kyle Gottula, Modesto 289
3 Jason Philpot, Sacramento 281
4 Sam Solari, Salida 259
5 Mike Regelman, Ripon 247
6 Chris Mays, Stockton 204
7 Ted Montague IV, Newark 200
8 Greg Pace, Waterford 198
9 Mike Beeler, Modesto 195
10 Jay Linstroth, Citrus Heights 172
11 Steve Lucas, Fresno 170
12 Stewart Cullom, Stockton 148
13 Tony Noceti, French Camp 132
14 Ryan Baumgartner, Citrus Heights 128
15 Russ Cazier, Gardnerville, NV 110
16 Ed Cullom, Stockton 98
17 Craig Swim, Elverta 74
18 Chevy Collier, Stockton 60
19 Jeff Stephens, Sacramento 51
20 Gary Swim, Elverta 46
21 Joey Stearns, Stockton 32
22 Buzz Devore, Stockton 26
