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SEAN BECKER BATTLES FROM C MAIN TO RED BLUFF WIN

Red Bluff, CA -- After a sixth place heat finish forced him to battle from the C Main, winged sprint car champion Sean Becker thrilled the NAPA Night crowd as he drove from 13th starting to win Saturday night’s 25 lap Open Outlaw Kart A Main as the Red Bluff Winter Indoor Season resumed after two dark weekends. S Becker won that C Main and placed third in the B Main to earn his back row starting spot for the 25 lapper. Another sprint car racer Beau Perkins was second in the 25 lap A Main ahead of Cody Braund. Tyler McCain protected his narrow point lead with a fifth place run behind Brandon Aldred after earlier timing in second quick. Having convinced her crew chief father Kelly to make an engine change, Nevada’s Mackena Bell enjoyed a big night as she won her heat race and then battled from fifth get the Open Intermediate 20 lap A Main win. M Bell was be doing her summer racing in the area also as the closure of the Carson City track will see her running the Legend Car class in Anderson starting in March. After winning the B Main, Kyle Larson battled from 10th to get second, just 1/3 of a second behind the winner. Heat winner Jake Park was third. The only flaw to Trevor Tennison’s night was timing in sixth fast in the Intermediate action. He then won the dash, his heat and the 25 lap main event. Tennison was nearly four seconds ahead of point leader Brian Southers at the checkered flag. Colby Copeland started the night just 2 points back of Southers in the three way track title duel and ran third in the feature ahead of heat winner Thomas Bruckenstein. Bruckenstein was only 8 points out of first when the night started. Having made a very successful Intermediate debut at Lakeport the previous weekend, Cameron Bartlett returned to his normal Box Stock ride and won their 25 lap feature after earlier winning his heat race. The Yuba City racer was 7th quick. Nevada’s Kellcy Bell maintained her narrow point lead with 2nd quick time, a third in the dash, a second in her heat and another runnerup finish in the 25 lapper. Dash winner Tyler Seavey placed third. K Bell was just 2 points up on Casey McClain and five ahead of Bartlett starting the night. McClain ran fifth in the feature behind Nevada’s Tanner Thorson. After only timing in 11th quick, Richie Carrel won both his heat and the 25 lap feature for the Beginner Box Stocks. He had just an 11 point lead over Chase Majdic starting the night. Jesse James Colwell finished a career best second in the 25 lapper and Bryce Acquistapace edged out Majdic for third. Majdic and Acquistapace had to come from the fifth row after their 1-2 run in the B Main. Paul Baker was again the F200 feature winner as he finished that 15 lapper 1.5 seconds ahead of championship duelers Braedon Enos and Alyssa Hogan. Hogan had earlier set fast time. P Baker was second quick.

Justin Grant was quickest of the 44 Open Outlaws as he ran a 8.370 lap. That easily paced the 8.558 of T McCain. Oregon’s Jason Mendenhall ranked third at 8.627 and the dash field was rounded out by Brent Hamilton, John Michael Bunch and Steven Gannon. Bunch won the dash by a half second over Gannon as Hamilton ran third. The usual five heat format only transfers the top two finishers from each into the A Main. Perkins was 16th quick and won the first heat over Gannon and Reyna Krueger. 12th quick Aldred won heat 2 over T McCain and Eureka’s Troy Combs. A tight finish in heat 3 found winner David Tarter just ¼ second ahead of Mendenhall as championship hopeful Brett Miller settled for third, just 1/3 second behind the winner. Hamilton impressed with his heat four win ahead of 24th quick Braund and Garret Morton. S Becker ran sixth in this event after timing in 19th quick. Pavement late model star Ryan Foster won heat 5 ahead of Bunch and Shawn Amos. Tyler Wolf started the night just four points back of T McCain, but timed in 13th and struggled in his heat race. Wolf did capture the D Main ahead of Tyler Ritcheson and Brian McCain. S Becker was forced to race in the C Main and he won that race ahead of 7th quick Bubba Hill, B McCain and Wolf. Just missing the transfer up was fast timer Grant and Ritcheson. The pressure filled B Main fills those final four starting slots in the 25 lap A Main. Amos won the B Main ahead of B Miller, S Becker and Wolf, who again gained the last transfer. Just missing the move up were T Combs and B Hill. S Becker was the only kart to get into the 8’s as he won the 25 lap A Main from his 7th row start. His best lap was an 8.922 and he won by ¾ of a second ahead of Perkins. Tarter was out on lap 11 and Foster retired on lap 15, but the other dozen starters all finished. Braund ran third ahead of Aldred and T McCain. B Miller managed a sixth ahead of Hamilton, the busy Wolf and Mendenhall. The second fastest feature lap was a 9.164 by Perkins and Tarter had a 9.174 before retiring.

Fourth ranked Garrett Mills was the quickest of the 22 Open Intermediates with a 8.484 qualifying run. Point leader Mason Moore ran 8.536 and Derek Copeland edged out Larson for third quick. D Copeland ran 8.544 and Larson a 8.598. Brad Patchen and Dillon Silverman also made the dash. Patchen won the dash from the front row over Larson and Mills. This class runs three heats and takes the top three from each. Park won the opening heat over Mills and Andrew Cumpton. M Bell was just ½ second ahead of Moore at the checkered flag in heat 2 with 17th quick Michael Forslund getting third. Silverman won heat 3 over Nevada’s Daniel Thorson and Robert Marcos. A fourth in his heat forced Larson to race in the B Main and he won that ahead of back of the pack starter Keith Bloom Jr and Matthew Davis. D Copeland also transferred with a fourth as Kenny McArthur and Alissa Geving just missed. M Bell got her first feature win of the winter from fifth starting. Larson came from the fifth row to get second with Park nearly two seconds behind the winner in third. Silverman actually had the quickest feature lap with a 9.282, but ran 8th as M Bell ran 9.321 and Larson a 9.302. Mills ran fourth ahead of Cumpton, Marcos and Forslund. 12 of the 13 starters finished on the lead lap as Bloom fell out on lap 5. Larson was 43 points back of Moore starting the night and just one ahead of Bloom. Moore ran 10th in the 20 lapper.

The Intermediate class fielded 27 entries with young Chase Hill the quickest at 8.549. Shane Graham ran a 8.590 and Colby Copeland clicked off a 8.682. Tyler Reddick was coming off a couple impressive Lakeport runs and placed fourth at 8.684. Southers ranked fifth ahead of Tennison as Oregon’s Seth Nunes just missed the dash in 7th. Perpetual Trophy Night winner R J Johnson was 8th quick. Tennison had a 8.754 best lap in his dash win over Southers and C Copeland. Bruckenstein was only 13th quick this week, but won heat 1 with a 8.754 best lap. Nunes ran second ahead of Jonathan Hoheisel. Graham impressed with his heat 2 win ahead of Max Adams and Southers. Tennison stands just 14th in the season points, but he won heat 3 with a best lap of 8.787. Oregon’s Dylan Pemberton was second ahead of C Copeland. Johnson had a tough heat race, but won the C Main ahead of C Hill, Kenny Allen and Justyn Cox. The night ended for top runner Josh Keheley with an 8th in the C Main. He had been 10th quick. Johnson then drove the pack to get second in the B Main behind Reddick’s Sprint Kart Enterprises entry. Also transferring up with a strong runs were back of the pack starters C Hill and Cox. Tyler Taylor ran fifth ahead of Allen. Tennison was again flying in the 25 lap feature with a best lap of 8.911 as he won by the four second margin over Southers. C Copeland was just nipped by Southers for second and Bruckenstein ran fourth ahead of the busy Johnson, Pemberton, Graham, Hoheisel and Reddick. Nunes was the only dropout on lap 5 and the top ten finished lead lap.

McClain was the quickest box stock at 9.683. Only K Bell managed to also get in the 9’s with her 9.951 lap. Eureka’s Brandon White ran a 10.018 and the dash was filled out by Logan Seavey, T Seavey and James Edens. T Seavey ran a best lap of 10.025 as he out dueled fellow front row starter Edens for the dash win. K Bell ran third. Since this division is allowed a 16 kart A Main, the three heat races transfer the top four in each. Bartlett was 7th quick, but ran a 9.634 lap as he won heat 1 over McClain and Ukiah’s Kyle Tellstrom. McClain ran a 9.670 in the same race. Nevada’s Jennifer Purcell won heat 2 by just 1/3 of a second over fellow statesman K Bell. Lain Baker ran third. T Thorson won heat 3 ahead of Edens and Brandon White. L Seavey had a tough heat but captured the B Main in front of David Lee, Tony Rossi, Tayler Baker and Reilly Gillingwater. Feature winner Bartlett was the only kart in the 9’s with a best lap of 9.887 as he won by 2.3 seconds over fifth starting K Bell. T Seavey just edged out T Thorson in a photo finish for third. Only David Lee’s dropout on lap 20 kept everyone in the clean feature from finishing. McClain ran fifth ahead of Brandon White, L Baker, Edens and L Seavey. K Bell clicked off a 10.089 lap and T Seavey had a 10.092. The top 8 finished on the lead lap.

The Beginner Box Stocks grew to a 29 kart entry. Devin Lee was quickest at 11.459. Brian Hubert ran a 11.528 and Michael Call posted a 11.587. Colwell’s best night started in fourth at 11.590. Also making the dashw ere Jarrett Gillingwater and Katina Baker. Majdic just missed the dash in 7th. Devin Lee came from last to win the dash with a best lap of 10.938. K Baker and Majdic ran 2-3. Majdic got to run the dash when B Hubert scratched. Only two karts each transfer from four heat races. Devin Lee won heat 1 over Zachary Rushing and Cory Combs. K Baker beat A J Sauer and B Hubert in heat 2. R Carrel only had a 11.909 qualifying run, but he won heat 3 over Call and Majdic. Colwell then won heat 4 ahead of Nevada’s Samantha Schultz and Carley Dougherty. Jr Raczko won the C Main in front of Morgan Sandhagen and Jake VanBoekel. The hotly contested B Main found Majdic the winner ahead of Acquistapace, J Gillingwater and C Dougherty. Acquistapace had been 10th quick and ran fourth in his heat. Just missing transfers were Colby Cates and Justin Bradway. All 12 starters finished the 25 lap A Main with just J Gillingwater a lap down. Carrel won with a best lap of 11.223 and a winning margin of ¾ second over Colwell. Acquistapace and Majdic drove through the pack to finish 3-4. Call had the quickest feature lap at 10.973, but ran sixth behind C Dougherty. After his impressive early night, Devin Lee’s bid for a clean sweep ended with a 7th place feature run ahead of Sauer, K Baker and Z Rushing.

Hogan was the quickest of the 9 F200s at 10.442. P Baker ran a 10.556 and Enos had a 10.633. Also making the dash were Vic Hannan, first time racer Tammy Hannan and Jeff Rushing. T Hannan was the dash winner in front of Enos and P Baker with a best lap of 10.541. Both Jim Dearmond and Chad Hembree were out on lap 3 of the 15 lap main event. P Baker ran a best lap of 10.300 and won by 1.5 seconds over Enos. Hogan ran third ahead of V Hannan, J Rushing, Cody Smith and the lapped kart of T Hannan.

The long point season concludes with races on Feb 11 and Feb 18, but remember that the West Coast Nationals will run on March 17-19 this year.

Summary F200 Fast Time-Alyssa Hogan 10.442 Dash-Tammy Hannan, Braedon Enos, Paul Baker, Vic Hannan, Hogan, Jeff Rushing. Main-P Baker, Enos, Hogan, V Hannan, J Rushing, Cody Smith, T Hannan, Jim DeArmond, Chad Hembree. Beginner Box Stock Fast Time-Devin Lee 11.459 Dash-Devin Lee, Katina Baker, Chase Majdic, Jarrett Gillingwater, Jesse James Colwell, Michael Call. Heat 1-Devin Lee, Zachary Rushing, Cory Combs, J Gillingwater, Morgan Sandhagen. Heat 2-K Baker, A J Sauer, Brian Hubert, Bryce Acquistapace, Jessica Baker. Heat 3-Richie Carrel, Call, Majdic, Justin Bradway, Jessica Chambers. Heat 4-Colwell, Samantha Schultz, Carley Dougherty, Colby Cates, Colton Able. C Main-Jr Raczko, Sandhagen, Jake VanBoekel, J Chambers, Marisa Carrel, Able, Joe Mosher, John Tirri, J Baker, Lucas Tellstrom. B Main-Majdic, Acquistapace, J Gillingwater, C Dougherty, Cates, Bradway, J Chambers, Hubert, Sandhagen, Combs. A Main-R Carrel, Colwell, Acquistapacew, Majdic, C Dougherty, Call, Devin Lee, Sauer, K Baker, Z Rushing, Schutlz, Gillingwater. Box Stock Fast Time-Casey McClain 9.683 Dash-Tyler Seavey, James Edens, Kellcy Bell, McClain, Logan Seavey, Brandon White. Heat 1-Cameron Bartlett, McClain, Kyle Tellstrom, Mason Millard, Jake Morgan. Heat 2-Jennifer Purcell, K Bell, Lain Baker, T Seavey, Keith Combs. Heat 3-Tanner Thorson, Edens, Brandon White, Tanner Thomson, Brittney White. B Main-L Seavey, David Lee, Tony Rossi, Keyler Heinze, Tayler Baker, Reilly Gillingwater, Alyssa Heathcoat, K Combs, Brittney White, Chris Bartolomeu. A Main-Bartlett, K Bell, T Seavey, T Thorson, McClain, Brandon White, L Baker, Edens, L Seavey, Purcell, M Millard, K Tellstrom, Heinze, Rossi, Thomson, David Lee. Intermediate Fast Time-Chase Hill 8.549 Dash-Trevor Tennison, Brian Southers, Colby Copeland, Tyler Reddick, Shane Graham, C Hill. Heat 1-Thomas Bruckenstein, Seth Nunes, Jonathan Hoheisel, Tyler Taylor, Reddick. Heat 2-Graham, Max Adams, Southers, Wyatt Pruitt, Nicholas Bellamy. Heat 3-Tennison, Dylan Pemberton, C Copeland, Jeremy Andreason, Jason Mittry. C Main-R J Johnson, C Hill, Kenny Allen, Justyn Cox, Jacob Miller, Thomas Bellamy, Brannen Franco, Josh Keheley, William Fielding. B Main-Reddick, Johnson, C Hill, Cox, Taylor, Allen, J Andreason, Stephanie Yannazzo, Danny Andreason, Mittry. A Main-Tennison, Southers, C Copeland, Bruckenstein, Johnson, Pemberton, Graham, Hoheisel, Reddick, Adams, C Hill, Cox, Nunes. Open Intermediate Fast Time-Garrett Mills 8.484 Dash-Brad Patchen, Kyle Larson, Mills, Dillon Silverman, Derek Copeland, Mason Moore. Heat 1-Jake Park, Mills, Andrew Cumpton, Larson, Keith Bloom Jr. Heat 2-Mackena Bell, Moore, Michael Forslund, Matthew Davis, Patchen. Heat 3-Silverman, Daniel Thorson, Robert Marcos, Leana Kenyon, Kenny McArthur. B Main-Larson, Bloom, Davis, D Copeland, McArthur, Alissa Geving, Patchen, Kenyon, Brannon Asch, Jake Waddell. A Main-M Bell, Larson, Park, Mills, Cumpton, Marcos, Forslund, Silverman, D Thorson, Moore, D Copeland, Davis, Bloom. Open Outlaw Fast Time-Justin Grant 8.370 Dash-John Michael Bunch, Steven Gannon, Brent Hamilton, Grant, Tyler McCain, Jason Mendenhall. Heat 1-Beau Perkins, Gannon, Reyna Krueger, Scott Burgess, Grant. Heat 2-Brandon Aldred, T McCain, Troy Combs, Kevin Gaines, Bubba Hill. Heat 3-David Tarter, Mendenhall, Brett Miller, Joe Weststeyn, Scott Morton. Heat 4-Hamilton, Cody Braund, Garret Morton, Pete Johnston, Daniel Becker. Heat 5-Ryan Foster, Bunch, Shawn Amos, Michael Hubert III, Zack Mason. D Main-Tyler Wolf, Tyler Ritcheson, Brian McCain, Dean Bare, Derek O’Bannon, Billy Butler, Britt McDaniel, Kevin Juvenal, Chris Marquis. C Main-Sean Becker, B Hill, B McCain, Wolf, Grant, Ritcheson, Bare, Travis Stopplemore, Chris Rytting, S Morton. B Main-Amos, B Miller, S Becker, Wolf, T Combs, B Hill, Johnston, G Morton, Burgess, Gaines. A Main-S Becker, Perkins, Braund, Aldred, T McCain, B Miller, Hamilton, Wolf, Mendenhall, Bunch, Gannon, Amos, Foster, Tarter.

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