CALIENTE, Nevada -- Native Las Vegan T.J. Flores ran a flawless event here Saturday and captured the overall and Class 1 categories of the annual Dusty Times Caliente 250.
“We started first and stayed out front,” said the 30-year-old Flores, whose Class 1 entry is prepared by Butch Dean of Valley Performance.
“It was a fun race, and reminded me of Mexico.”
Flores had a four-lap effort of 4 hours, 53.52 seconds to take the overall and class victory. He had lap times of 1:08.59, 1:12.31,
1:14.22 and 1:18.00 to capture the triumph over 54-mile laps about 180 miles north of Las Vegas.
Flores had an average lap of 1:13.28.34
“There was a bottleneck that we needed to get around, but it was a good race,” he said. “No flat tires or anything.”
The victory was Flores’s second win of the year on the 2008 Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts (SNORE) schedule. He also won Class 1 in the Mint 400 March 29.
Other class winners included Fernie Padilla in 1-2 1600; CJ Hutchins in 10; Steve Fuller in 12; Eric Palacios in 5; Wesley Stephens in 15; Brandon Hughes in 9; Rulo Solano in 5-1600; John Carreon in 18; Mark Murrell in Stock Bug; Mark Alden in 1450; Steve Schwab in Stock/Full; Richard Blunk in 7; Monte Tibbets in Heavy Metal; Michael Licari in 8; Wesley Stephens in 15; and Jeff Carr in 13.
The event had a total of 87 starters and is part of the 2008 Kartech SNORE series.
SNORE’s next event is the KC HiLites Midnight Special Aug. 8-10 in Jean. Further information can be found at www.snoreracing.net.
| Class 12 |
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| 1. No.100 T.J. Flores, 4:53.52, four laps; 2. No. 120 Kevin Curtis, 6:54.50; 3. No. 116 Pat Allen, 6:21.41,three laps; 4. No. 117 Jeff Perkins, 4:55.31, two laps. |
| Class 10 |
| 1. No.1000 C.J. Hutchins, 5:09.17, four laps; 2. No.1032 Todd Bauman, 5:18.10, four laps; 3. No1025 Courtney Whipple, 5:29.00, four laps; 4. No. 1020 Kyle Woodward, 5:34.41, four laps; 5. No. 1015 Rick Lance, 5:39.36, four laps; 6.. No. 1065 Nic Lyon,, 6:07.56, four laps; 7. No.1098 Garfield Davies, 6:24.03, four laps; 8. Dave Terrell, 6:28.07, four laps. |
| Class 12 |
| 1. No. 1255 Steve Fuller, 5:45.53, four laps; 2. No. 1206 Rob Fiege, 6:21.41, four laps; 3. No. 1211 Frank Beard, 7:27.37, four laps; 4. Clay Lenard, 5:53.36, three laps; No. 5. No. 1214 Jessica Freeman, 3:49.17, two laps. |
| Class 1-2 1600 |
| 1. No. 1609 Fernie Padilla 5:13.32, four laps; 2. No. 1601 Kenny Freeman, 5:15.39, four laps; 3. No. 1677 Jay Shain, 5:24.39, four laps; 4. No. 1621 Orlo Cox III, 5:33.00, four laps.No. 1676 Gerard Iribe, 5:34.44, four laps; 6.No. 1608 Ken Cox Jr., 5:36.53, four laps; 7. No. 1634 Jasper Dyer, 5:47.38, four laps; 8. No. 1682 Brian Collins Jr., 5:50.55, four laps. 9. No. 1624 Tom Burns, 5:53.32; 10. No. 1619 Rick Gutierrez, 5:57.47, four laps; 11. No. 1612 Blaine Conrad, 6:21.16, four laps; 12. No. 1623 Sam Chambers, 6:23.11 |
| Heavy Metal |
| 1. No. 850 Monte Tibbets, 5:44.57, four laps; 2. No. 853 Sheldon Paul, 1:35.03, one lap. |
| Class 8 |
| 1. No. 808 Michael Licari, 1:39.43, one lap. |
| Class 15 |
| 1. No. 1528 Wesley Stephens, 4:22.59, three laps; 2. No. 1511 Alex Koons, 6:52.42, three laps; 3. No. 1537 Jason Semmens, 4:26.51, two laps; 4. No. 1582 Alex Pate, 2:17.45, one lap. |
| Class 9 |
| 1. No. 903 Brandon Hughes, 4:25.47, three laps; 2. No. 915 Jack Randall, 5:04.56, three laps; 3. No. 921 Kevin Ellis, 6:06.30, three laps; 4. No. 999 Rick Moran, 6:47.55, three laps; 5. No. 923 Mark Bass, 3:24.50, two laps; 6. No. 971 Ryan Tyler, 4:24.56, two laps. |
| Class 5-1600 |
| 1. No. 550 Rulo Solano, 4:28.44, three laps; 2. No. 575 Patrick Dailey, 4:37.45, three laps; 3. No. 559 Joseph Doak, 4:42.06, three laps; 4. No. 555 Mark Clifton, 4:44.56, three laps. |
| Class 18 |
| 1.No. 1899 John Carreon, 4:10.35, three laps; 2. No. 1898 Ken Redelsberger, 4:37.18, three laps; 3. No. 1811 Bob Dziurawiec, 4:41.03, three laps; 4. No. No. 1848 Alan League, 4:45.01, three laps; 5. No. 1803 Lonan Pies, 4:45.07, three laps; 6. No. 1807 Mac Marmon, 4:55.40, three laps; 7. No 1824 Rusty Ruby, 5:15.31, three laps. |
| Class 13: |
| 1.No. 1350 Jeff Carr, 4:34.40, three laps; 2. No. 1304 Briana Bradley, 4:36.49, three laps; 3. No. 1391 Kacey Barlow, 5:04.53, two laps; 4. No. 1301 Henry Vasquez, 2:04.29, two laps. |
| Class 7 |
| 1. No 712 Richard Blunk, 4:17.45, three laps; 2. No.701 Robby Woolworth, 4:27.50, three laps; 3. No.767 Travis Bozzano, 4:50.54, three laps; 4. Ben Williams, 1:27.43, one lap. |
| Stock Bug |
| 1. No. 1100 Mark Murrell, 3:51.07, 2 laps; 2. No. 1189 Ed Mahoney, 4:19.21, two laps; 3. No. 1102 Richard Nichols Jr., 2:42.13, one lap. 4. No.1165 Derek Krumm, 6:14.39, one lap. |
| Class 1450 |
| 1. No. 1431 Michael Alden, 6:24.14, three laps; 2. No. 1488 Frank Napoli, 3:20.25, two laps; 3. No. 1499 Bryan Ziegler, 6:24.29, two laps; 4. No. 1440 Brian Trochenski, 2:28.26, two laps; 5. No. 1414 Andrew Leavitt, 2:49.49, two laps. |