Marysville Race Park (Marysville, CA) by Bob Burbach -- New York Driver Harvey wins Mini Sprint gold.
Milford New Yorks Don Harvey led wire to wire in a star studded Mini Sprint National that was also presented by Paul and Kathy Hawes over the same weekend. The Mini Sprint National was a runaway for pole sitter Harvey. He led every lap and was never challenged. Harveys trip to California from New York for the National Series surely paid off.
On Friday, the Mini Sprint National field put on a full program that sent the top 10 into Saturdays National Mini Sprint final. The Mini Sprint field presented a truly national representation of drivers and even a few from Canada. One driver was here from Australia. BCRAs Rick Holbrook flipped wildly in the final preliminary race for the Mini Sprints and quickly walked away. Fridays events were run in swift fashion and the 50+ entrants received the final checkered flag just before 10 PM.
The race on Saturday night behind Harvey was a barn-burner as British Columbias Aaron Fell, and Washingtons Brock Lemley sliced and diced their way to the front. Early on in the race Lemley flipped on a restart. He was relegated to the back for the restart and began a titanic drive to the front in his twisted and battered machine. Lemley got as high as 4th before a couple of late race passes dropped him to 6th. Still it was a ride worth watching. Fell got to 2nd in the late laps after his notable run to the front. His dice with Holmwood was a thriller and the end wasnt decided until late in the race.
Friday night Oct. 5th
1 11T DOUG NUNES 20 - 2 22X JUSTIN JOHNSON 20 3 20 JASON SNEEP 20 - 4 15 AARON FELL 20 - 5 76H JOEY HOOVER 20 6 44X BRENT SEXTON 20 - 7 11 CAMERON BEARD 20 8 10 BROCK LEMLEY 20 9 44 DON HARVEY 20 10 22 ERIC DRAKE 20 11 17 DEREK HOLMWOOD 20 12 18A CHRISTIAN STOVER 20 13 23 DAKOTA ALBRIGHT 20 - 14 53C SCOTT MALES 20 15 BUTCH JOHNSON 20 DNF 15C CODY ANDERLINE 18 DNF 71 JEFF SCOTT 17 - DNF 27B NICK CHIVELLO 12.- DNF 6 JASON BLOODGOOD 7 DNF 18 CASEY MCCLOUD 7 - DNF 62 MARSHALL SEXTON
Saturday Night Oct. 6th
1 44 DON HARVEY -2 15 AARON FELL3 17 DEREK HOLMWOOD -4 15C CODY ANDERLINI5 11 CAMERON BEARD6 10 BROCK LEMLEY7 6 JASON BLOODGOOD8 18A CHRISTIAN STOVER9 20 JASON SNEEP10 44B BUTCH JOHNSON11 23 DAKOTA ALBRIGHT12 76H JOEY HOOVERDNF 22 ERIC DRAKEDNF 00 RICK HOLBROOKDNF 44X BRENT SEXTONDNF 11T DOUG NUNESDNF 22X JUSTIN JOHNSONDNF 53C SCOTT MALESDNF 11X CHRIS GLASSDNF 27B NICK "NITRO" CHIVELLO