Antioch Speedways Opening Weekend Results

by: Candice Martin

This was crazy this week. The rain that we had last week left the track crew making a decision. They tried for a couple days, but they decided on Tuesday night that the Figure 8 wasn’t going to work.

We needed more time to prepare the track for the oval with the BCRA Midgets coming and this being their Triple Crown Series race. The Figure 8 will run during the fair on May 20th. It was further decided on Thursday night to add the Mini Stocks.

Opening night never fails to have different things going wrong. We started just a smidgeon late, and there were little things happening here or there. However, the good part was the candy giveaways for the kids coming in worked out well as did the Easter Egg Hunt and bike giveaway at intermission. Lots of smiling faces on the kids, which is the point.

The racing was good, and it was very nice to see the BCRA bringing 20 Midgets for their race. This organization has been around since the 1930s, and I have much respect for them. We even had a couple of Vintage Midgets, meaning all three groups under the BCRA banner were represented.

All in all, it was good racing, and we’ll dial out the bugs that went wrong. We beat curfew, which was nice. We’ll get this fine-tuned and better next time.

Next week, we get a look at the Hunt Wingless Spec Sprint series, which generally brings quite a few cars and has a nice purse and contingency money. The IMCA Sport Modifieds are also on the bill, and there could be an addition. I’m not sure about that yet.

In any case, I’m dusting off the cobwebs on myself and going forward to next week. The photos included are by Katrina Kniss.

Unofficial Race Results

BCRA Midgets FT-Jake Andreotti 14.312. Heat Winners (8 laps)-Jake Andreotti, Jake Morgan, Bryant Bell. Main Event (30 laps)-Jake Andreotti, Caden Sarale, Blake Bower, Jake Morgan, Bryant Bell, Michael Snider, Sage Bordeneve, Logan Mitchell, Danika Jo Parker, Kevin Box.

Pacific Coast General Engineering Hobby Stocks
Heat Winners (8 laps)-Jared Baugh, Danny Wagner, Matt Kile. Main Event (20 laps)-Matt Kile, Grayson Baca, Danny Wagner, Jared Baugh, Kevin Brown, Ken Johns, Colten Haney, Michaela Taylor, James Graessle, Aidan Ponciano.

BCRA Lightning Sprints
FT Greg Dennett 13.852. Heat Winners (8 laps)-Greg Dennett, Dakota Albright. Main Event-Greg Dennett, Dakota Albright, Harlee Aguilera, Joseph Ferolito, Cody Meyer, Scott Kinney, Hunter Kinney. Daniel Caughran DNS.

Delta Dwarf Cars
Heat Winners (8 laps)-David Michael Rosa, Danny Wagner. Main Event (20 laps)-David Michael Rosa, Chance Russell, Ellie Russo, Travis Day, Pete Piantanida, David Rosa, Joe LeDuc, Danny Wagner, Devan Kammermann, Bobby Motts Jr DNS.

Print Club Mini Stocks
Heat Winners (8 laps)-Dana Gardner, Eddie Humphrey III. Main Event (20 laps)-Dana Gardner, Tom Brown, Tony Quinonez, Max Finley, Don Abitz, Cody Bolles, Eddie Humphrey III, Laina Bales, David Carson, Roberto Monroy DNS.

Hardtops
Heat Winner (6 laps)-Joel Hannagan. Main Event (15 laps)-Joel Hannagan, Brad Coelho, Ronnie Ruiz, Joe Shenefield, Ken Clifford.