ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY RECAP AND PREVIEW

The All American Speedway in Roseville will feature 50-lap Modified, and Street Stock plus Mini Stock and WSRA races. Since becoming a NASCAR Whelen All American Series track, seating is at a premium and fans are encouraged to arrive early for the best seats. Gates open at 3:00 pm for qualifying and racing begins at 6:00 pm.

Race Re-Cap 8/25/07 by Chase Montgomery, track announcer. Schmidt Returns To Winning Ways!

Roseville, Ca.- Golden State Racing’s Eric Schmidt won the Riebes Auto Parts 75 for the Late Models Saturday night, August 25th at The All American Speedway.

In qualifying, Gary Glenn, fresh off his first victory two weeks ago, topped the speed charts with a fast time of 13.742/ 87.323mph. Paulie Harraka was second (13.756/ 87.234mph) with Benny Moon third (13.813/ 86.874mph) and Bobby Grewohl fourth (13.825/ 86.798mph).

In the four lap trophy dash, Grewohl out-dueled BMR teammates Harraka (2nd) and Moon (3rd) with Glenn fourth.

In the A Main, Glenn pulled the invert that put Schmidt on the pole. Seventeen year old Jonathon Hale started second with Grewohl and Moon third and fourth. Grewohl got to second on lap three. Harraka moved to third on lap four. From there the race was on. Schmidt was smooth as Grewohl and Harraka battled it out door-to-door as laps clicked off. Then, in a strange turn of events, the two teammates collided on the back stretch and went head-on into the wall on lap fifty-seven taking both contenders out of the race.

Glenn restarted second and was strong but neither cautions nor restarts could stop Schmidt on this night. He led all seventy-five laps on his way to victory. The win gives him eight in his pursuit of the championship. Glenn’s run was good enough for a second place finish. Jason Romero crossed the stripe third. Moon was fourth and Jessica Helberg was fifth.

Rounding out the top ten:

6th Jonathon Hale 7th Juan Pitta 8th Craig Swim 9th Jake Holland 10th Harold Long

Jessica Helberg was the recipient of the weekly RPM Indoor Kart Racing “Hard Charger” award for gaining the most positions from where she originally started the race.

The Late Models are back at The All American Speedway for The Riebes Auto Parts Twin 50’s on Saturday night, September 8th!

In Street Stock action…

Lodi’s Jeff Ahl in his #31 Miller’s Meats Street Stock led all qualifiers with a circuit of 15.177/ 79.066mph. Doug Wade was second at 15.187/ 79.014mph. Nitro Norris was third at 15.191/ 78.993mph. Josh Whitfield was fourth at 15.194/ 78.978mph.

Those four fast qualifiers battled it out in the division’s four lap trophy dash. In the end, Nitro Norris won the brawl over Wade, Ahl, and Whitfield respectively.

In Heat Race Number One…

Winner: Matt Cockrum

2nd Doug wade 3rd Mel Wilson 4th Ray Mood 5th Chris Lambert 6th Richard Trundy 7th Michael Renteria Jr. 8th Josh Whitfield 9th Dick Meadows

In Heat Race Number Two…

Winner: Ryan Steele

2nd Bryon Tommeraason 3rd Nitro Norris 4th Dan Patton 5th Jeff Ahl 6th Mickey Owens 7th Roger Ward Jr. 8th Ralph Caouette

In the A Main…

With the invert, Ahl started sixth of the eighteen cars to take the green flag. Lambert was on the pole and led the first seventeen laps. Norris started fourth, got to second on lap fifteen, and to the point on lap eighteen but his lead was short-lived. Lambert battled back to regain the lead on lap twenty-two and looked as if he might hold off the field. That is until lap thirty, when Ahl made the pass on him for the lead and the eventual win. Ahl led forty-six laps on his way to victory.

Lambert settled for second place on this hot August Saturday night. Josh Whitfield crossed third, back on the right track after several DNF’s in this season. Dick Meadows had a season best fourth place finish. Doug Wade’s finish completed the top five.

Rounding out the top ten were:

6th Dan Patton 7th Nitro Norris 8th Ray Mood 9th Matt Cockrum 10th Richard Trundy

Don’t miss the return of the Street Stock’s for 50 laps of action this Saturday night, September 1rst!

In the Bomber division…

Final results for this week were marred by three cars found to be in violation of the rules in post-race inspection:

#0 Mike Sherrill- aluminum flywheel Result: DQ’d

#04 Mike Kelly- declined inspection admitting to having illegal rod bearings Result: DQ’d

#23 Eric Bockberger- refused tear down Result: DQ’d

Adjusted results were as follows:

In qualifying…

Jason Poppert grabbed fast time with a lap of 16.112/ 74.478mph. Poppert was teched in post race inspection and found to be in compliance of the rules. Mike Sherrill Jr. was second fast at 16.203/ 74.060mph. Erick Ray was third at 16.234/ 73.918mph.

Poppert is given the trophy dash win over his three DQ’d competitors. The win gives him four trophy dashes in a row.

Jim McCully won Heat Race Number One.

2nd Jason Poppert 3rd Jeff Thomason 4th Kimo Oreta 5th Erick Ray 6th Gary Eisenhour

Harry Lambert won Heat Race Number Two.

2nd Mike Sherrill Jr. 3rd Troy Whitlow 4th Keith Hopkinson Jr. 5th Luke Kaper 6th Richard Schmarm Jr. 7th Todd Clapham 8th Kenny Beaumont

In the A Main, Jim McCully gets the adjusted win in this seventy-five lap feature. Keith Hopkinson Jr. is given the second place finish. Luke Kaper is third. Troy Whitlow is credited with a fourth, his best of the year. Mighty Mike Dickson claims fifth.

Rounding out the top ten were:

6th Kimo Oreta 7th Kenny Beaumont 8th Richard Schmarm Jr. 9th Randy Owens 10th Erick Ray

The Bombers return to the Speedway again for fifty laps of action on Saturday night, September 8th!

This Saturday night, September 1rst, it’s the Modifieds and Street Stocks going fifty laps. And, it’s the return of the Mini Stock’s with the WSRA!

*Don’t miss Radio Disney Kid’s Night, Saturday night, September 22nd, with special promotions and giveaways!

*Make plans to join us Saturday night, September 29th for All American Speedway Fan Appreciation Night with The Brand New 101.9 The Wolf!

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