The most recent Norcal Kart Star making the next step up the motorsports ladder was Trevor Schmid of Stockton, Ca. Trevor raced 80 shifter karts in the Norcal IKF Regional series as recently as two years ago. In 2009 he has put all his focus into his Micro Midget Sprint Car and racing at Delta Speedway located next door to the Stockton Kart Track. The next step in Trevor's career was racing a 360 Sprint Car at Marysville Speedway in the annual Sherm Toller Gold Fever Open.
Trevor was making his first ever appearance in the Sprint Car at an open competition race that gathered 33 of the area's best Sprint Car drivers. Trevor got the opportunity from fellow racer Chris Scribner, who had raced the Sprint car in 2008. Schmid did not disappoint in his first career start nearly winning his first heat race in the car. Trevor led the majority of the 12-lap race before a caution flag bunched up the field. On the Green Trevor was passed by Tyler Walker and held his position to the checkered. Schmid was happy with the second place finish, and backed it up by finishing in the fifth position in the second heat. This secured the sixth starting position for the A-Main. Trevor Schmid was poised in his Sprint Car debut and captured a top starting position for the A-main in a 33 car field.
Trevor lost a few spots on the start, but quickly got them back and drove up to the seventh position by lap three. From there Trevor was making up ground on the cars in front of him when bad luck struck on lap 11. The seal for the left rear shock busted and this ended Trevor's night. "It was unfortunate losing the shock seal, but we're real happy with our performance in the first race. We were fast and ran with big teams that have been running strong all year," said Schmid. "We were looking for a solid Performance our first race, we were fortunate to keep it clean which was our number one goal coming in."
Trevor Schmid looks to run a few more events before the year is out. Schmid Racing would like to thank the team sponsors Zamp Helmets, Scribner Plastics, MMI and RMG-Race Media Group for the supports of their racing endeavors.
