Action at the Lakeport Speedway was exciting under last weekend's full moon. Courtesy photo.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – The fans that were on hand for the Kelseyville Lumber-Lake County Car Audio Fan Appreciation Night at Lakeport Speedway last weekend really got a show put on for them by the drivers.

They were treated to all the delights that come out when the moon is full and the drivers get their feathers all fluffed out like a bunch of old roosters.

The action got off to a fast pace in the evening with the Taco Bell Bombers taking the track, where Travis Thorn picked up his first trophy dash.

The main event for the bomber was slowed after the initial green with race contact between Evan Smith and Robert Taylor, breaking the rear axle on Smith's car sending him hard into the outside retaining wall.

After the car made contact with the wall the fuel pump went up in flames, sending the speedway safety crew into action to douse the flames and make sure both driver and passenger were OK. Everyone except Smith’s borrowed car came out of the wreck unscathed.

The race restarted again with Anthony Esberg sitting on the pole and veteran driver Andy Norton sitting on the outside of him. After the green fell Norton jumped out to the lead, followed the next lap by Thorn right on his rear bumper.

On lap 12 Thorn got trapped passing for the lead by a lapped car, to be pushed back to fifth place before he could recover and pass the lapped car.

That misfortune left the hole open for Mike Swaney of Nice to pass Norton for the lead never to look back taking the main event win as well as the points lead away from a very successful weekend.

The Clover Hydro Jammers always put on a very exciting show at Lakeport Speedway, as they did again this past weekend.

The weekend saw Hayley Bishop starting on the pole with Jason Hunter on the outside pole. At the green it was Hunter who faded, with Bishop pulling out to the lead.

It did not take long for the veterans to weave their way up through the field, but they had a challenge on their hands because the point’s leader for the Jr. Jammers, Jackson Long, had made a break away run and was putting distance on the veteran drivers.

Weaving in and out of slower traffic Ellis Thornton was making his way up through the field of race cars with Eddie Klein right on his tail.

They were weaving in and out of traffic, when Klein at one point almost had Thornton pinned behind a slower car, but Thornton made a move through the infield to make the pass maintaining his lead in the Pro Jammer main.

Long was passed for the lead on lap No. 14, and at the checkers it was Thornton taking another win for the Pro Jammers, and Long taking another win for the Jr. Jammers.

The Lake County Extreme Asphalt Outlaws fast time was set by Charlie Collins of Lakeport and after pulling for the inversion, which turned out to be a straight up start, it saw Collins starting on the outside pole since he won the race last weekend, putting Kyle Tellstrom on the pole of the race.

This was bound to be an interesting race from the start, and it left nothing to be desired for the fans on hand to watch it.

The pair battled sided by side for over 20 laps before the tires on the Collins' car finally gave up, forcing him to retire behind Tellstrom for second spot.

The two drivers put on a very class act race, where each took every bit of room there was and left enough not to crash each other. At the flag it was Tellstrom, Collins, Sweeny and Mike Smithhart.

Being the last race of the night the Coor’s Light Modifieds were getting set to take the field. They also have the fast car draw for an inversion, which this week was a nine, sitting fast time setter Richie Potts in the ninth starting spot on the grid.

Sitting on the pole of the race was the Tom Lyndall of Kelseyville and Alex Andrews of Lakeport. They ran to the green flag, but after the flag person did not like the start that the two had given it was called back to only go again the next time by.

It did not take long for the action to take place during this race, and any one that left early missed an exciting race.

The next start was good and it saw Lyndall jump out to the lead after the first round, but the action was halted by contact between Potts and Collins on the front straight, sending Collins spinning, along with Justin Dutcher.

The race restarted with all of those involved starting in the rear of the race, and on the pole again it was Lyndall, but on the outside it was Smithhart waiting his turn.

Smithhart jumped out to the lead after the second lap of the race setting a face pace, but Aaron Hicks was moving his way up through the field, as well as Potts who this time had to start all the way at the rear of the race.

The race continued at a very fast pace, seeing Potts pass again for the lead on lap 18 as the pair of Potts and Hicks was catching the slower traffic of Collins and Olvera.

Going into turn one contact was made between the car of Collins and Potts ending up with the wreck finishing with Collins hitting the wall hard coming out of turn three ending his night.

Potts retired to the pits to make some repairs to return and start at the rear of the field again. This left Hicks in the lead followed by Smithhart who battled for a few laps, until Sweeney made his way up through traffic and was putting the challenge on Hicks.

The two battled side by side for laps, their battle to be interrupted by contact between Keucker and Potts, sending Potts hard into the outside retaining wall collecting both Taylor and Lyndall ending the night for all three drivers.

The race restarted single file with less than 10 laps left in the race with Hicks in front of Sweeney. The two drivers battled back and forth leaving not very much room for each other, but enough not to crash, and the at the checkers it was Hicks, followed by Sweeney and Smithhart.

The next race at the speedway is on Saturday, July 23, with the BCRA Midgets, Coors Light Modifieds, Taco Bell Bombers, INEX Legend Cars, and Lawn Mower Racers.

For complete event details and current information visit the Web site at www.lakeportspeedway.com or call the speedway office at 707-279-9577.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 6:30 p.m.

Lakeport Speedway is your community-based, not-for-profit speedway. It is located at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St., Lakeport.