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- Written by: Nadine Strauss
EUREKA, Calif. – Coming back from his wins at Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, Oregon, on Aug. 24 and Lakeport Speedway last weekend, Darrin Knight of Kelseyville did it again at Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka Saturday night during race number 11 of the North State Modified Series, presented by Protect the Harvest.
The three-time NSMS champion pocketed another $1000 for his impressive win over points leader Scott Winters of Tracy and Randy Houston of Medford, Oregon.
The points battle was close heading into the 60-lap event with Cameron Austin moving ahead of Winters by one point when he clocked in fastest in qualifying. Austin’s 16.511 second lap beat Winter’s time (16.512) by one-one thousandth of a second.
But lady luck was not on Austin’s side as just before the green flag flew in the main event the upper rear suspension link on his car failed.
A temporary fix allowed him to start the race, but his tenth place finish boosted Winters into a 15-point lead with only one race left in the 2019 season.
The starting grid saw Houston move up to the front row when Keith Bloom Jr’s car suffered a broken transmission and had to retire to the pits. Houston forged ahead of pole sitter Rich Cobb at the start with Knight tight on his bumper. Houston pulled back in line, but Knight continued his outside run until he pulled along side of Houston and stole the lead on lap four.
Terry Deal, who drove his final race with NSMS before his move to Tennessee, ran fourth behind Cobb. Winters swapped places with Deal on lap six, and drove under Cobb for third on the tenth circuit.
As Knight was pulling away, Winters caught Houston, and when Houston gave Winters an inch, Winters poked his nose under Houston’s car to take over the runner-up slot on lap 14. Three rounds later Deal dove under Cobb, and when Cobb pushed high, Deal, Jeremy Nowlin and Richie Potts all drove by.
At this point Knight began lapping the slower cars while Winters car gained ground. By lap 40 Winters was running inches behind Knight in the hopes that Knight would make an error that Winters could take advantage of. But Knight’s run was flawless in the non-stop event as he drove to victory like the champion that he is. Winters settle for second with Houston third, Deal fourth and Nowlin fifth. Sixth through tenth went to Potts, Cobb, Sal Lopez, Rick Avila and Austin.
Bloom was the $100 winner in the Lucas Oil Dash for Cash over Deal, Potts, Lopez, Avila and Houston. Winters passed the most cars to earn the Keyser Manufacturing Hard Charger award. The Naake Shocks certificate was given to Houston. Knight, Lopez and Nowlin received the Frank's Radios awards.
The final event for the 2019 North State Modified Series will be on October 5 at Shasta Speedway in Anderson. The event will be the 4th annual “Against the Wind Lloyd Burton Challenge with $1,500 going to the winner of the 60 lap main event.
The North State Modified Series is presented by: Protect the Harvest, Lucas Oil, Hoosier Tire West, Sunoco Race Fuels, Naake Suspension, Five Star Bodies, Racer Bling, Keyser Racing Products, Scribner Plastics, and Franks Radios.
HOOSIER TIME TRIALS:
Cameron Austin 16.511, Scott Winters 16.512, Darrin Knight 16.554, Jeremy Nowlin 16.744, Randy Houston 16.777, Terry Deal 16.817, Keith Bloom 16.966 , Rich Cobb 17.024, Richie Potts 17.071, Rick Avila 17.354, Sal Lopez 17.477
LUCAS OIL DASH FOR CASH:
Keith Bloom Jr, Terry Deal, Richie Potts, Sal Lopez, Rick Avila, Randy Houston
PROTECT THE HARVEST R.A.R. FALL SPECTACULAR:
Darrin Knight, Scott Winters, Randy Houston, TerryDeal, Jeremy Nowlin, Richie Potts, Rich Cobb, Sal Lopez, Rick Avila, Cameron Austin
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Come learn from state champion, Javier Castaneda, and friends on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 9 a.m. at Highlands Springs Dam Frisbee Golf Course, 3600 E Highland Springs Road in Lakeport.
To register, call Mary Borjon at 707-279-1050. There is room for 20 students.
LCSAL board members will be present to facilitate the activity. Equipment for the hour-long session will be provided, but if you want to stay and play the entire course, bring your own Frisbee.
Registration deadline is Sept. 30.
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Even though recreational boating season may be drawing to a close, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 88 of Lake County, reminds all boaters who are 25 years of age and younger must have a California Boaters Card to operate a motorized vessel in California waters.
This law, which became effective on Jan. 1, 2018, also includes the popular personal water craft sometimes called jet skis. Persons 16 years or older who operate a jet ski without a boaters card must be supervised by a person with a valid boaters card.
Most important, please be aware that as of Jan. 1, 2020, all boaters 35 years or younger must carry a valid boaters card.
Flotilla 88 of Lake County is offering an approved boating safety class on Sunday, Sept. 29, at the AWP building, 1375 Hoyt Ave., Lakeport. The cost is $25 per person.
For additional information and reservations for the class, please call Flotilla Public Education Officer Betty Strack at 707-657-3029.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A packed house was one hand for the 2019 grand finale at Lakeport Speedway Saturday night and the action was anything but calm.
Three-time North State Modified Series champion Darrin Knight of Kelseyville was the $1000 winner in the NCRA modified Majestic Landscaping 45 lap feature.
Joe Aiken, also from Kelseyville, came back from a 10-year retirement to claim the Taco Bell bomber feature race, and Cody Winchel of Sebastopol took home the top prize in the D&P Pools Legends Cars Invitational.
The final stage of the 2019 Fiberglass 500 Boat Race Series saw Danny Carpenter of Lakeport the crowd’s choice as the overall winner in his “Wicked Sounds” entry. Johnny Barker of Upper Lake finished second in the “Last Mile” team boat, and Korey Dugger of Clearlake was voted third best in his “Tank Car.” Tom Humphrey once again earned the best nautical theme award with his popular “Shark Car.”
Two-time season winner Jeremy Nowlin of Kelseyville clocked in fastest in the 13-car modified field with a 12.887 second lap. The inverted start saw Mike Neilson and Robert Schmidt in the front row, and when the green flag dropped Schmidt’s car went side-ways and bounced into Neilson’s car. This caused a chain reaction that ended with Mike Sullivan’s brand new car, Mickey Snider’s borrowed car, and Eric Johnson’s championship car all in the front-stretch wall.
Johnson pitted for repairs, but Sullivan and Snider suffered enough damage that both cars had to be towed to the pits.
With not even one lap in the record books the yellow flew again for contact between Schmidt and Richard Knight. When racing finally got under way Neilson forged ahead but Darrin Knight was on a mission and rode the high side all the way to the front in only six laps. Ian Elliot ran a strong third with Dustin DeRosier fourth until he got caught in the high groove and lost ground to both Johnson and Nowlin.
Johnson drove by Neilson for second on lap 14 and Nowlin moved into third on 16. Nowlin continued his forward motion and passed Johnson for second just before the race was slowed again for a Richard Knight spin.
The restart saw Darrin Knight continue his domination, as trophy dash winner Chris Salmina joined the front-runners. The final yellow flew on lap 28 when a confrontation between Elliott and Neilson resulted in Neilson spinning in turn two.
Salmina drove by Johnson on the restart. The final laps went without incident with Darrin Knight crossing the finish line first. Nowlin placed second with Salmina third, Johnson fourth and Schmidt fifth. Rounding out the top 10 were Anthony Esberg, Richard Knight, Elliott, DeRosier and Neilson. Heat wins went to DeRosier and Salmina. Majestic Landscaping
At the end of the event Eric Johnson was crowned the 2019 NCRA modified champion.
The Taco Bell bomber main event saw side-by-side action the entire 30 laps with Darrin Silva, driving for Evan Smith, fighting off Aiken to hold the number one spot. While this battle was brewing Donovan Cox found his car sticking in the outside groove, passing both cars and into the lead on lap two. But Cox cut down too early, clipped Silva and looped his car on the back stretch.
This put Silva and Aiken side-by-side for the restart where the duo rubbed fenders for two laps before Aiken pulled ahead. Forrest Kuecker, driving for Mike Sullivan, came from the back and swapped places with Silva on the fifth lap. The following round Amber Portlock lost control and stalled in turn two.
Snider snuck under Kuecker on the restart and set his sights on Aiken. Snider moved to the outside groove where he inched by Aiken until he was ahead by half a car. But Snider tried to cut back in line too soon, clipped Aiken’s car, lost control and spun on lap 23.
Aiken fought Kuecker’s advances the remaining laps and drove to victory. Kuecker finished second. Snider rebounded to take third ahead of Rick Jelton, John McCullough, Trevor Abella, David Jones, Portlock, Seth Chew, Cox, Jimmy Shankles, and Klinton Waite. Silva’s car overheated early and did not finish.
Snider set fast time of 14.165 seconds. Cox won the trophy dash. Heat wins went to Chew and Kuecker.
Snider earned enough points to claim the 2019 Taco Bell Bomber championship.
Only three legends cars were on hand for the finale’ with James Stillman the trophy dash winner, upsetting Cody Winchel’s chance for a clean sweep. Winchel set fast time of 14.202 seconds with Stillman a close second at 14.238. Winchel also won the heat race and led all but 2 laps of the D&P Pools Invitational to claim the $300 top prize as well as the NCRA Legends Car championship. Stillman finished second and Dave Allen placed third.
Landon Snider of Kelseyville earned the 2019 NCRA Bandolero champion.
The Northern California Racing Association looks forward to racing at Lakeport Speedway in the upcoming 2020 racing season. The NCRA races are presented by Hillside Honda, Anderson Logging, Taco Bell, D & P Pools, Lake County Tribal Health, Lake Parts, Carlton Tires, Don Anderson Law Firm, Clearlake Redi-Mix, Steve Taylor Construction, Detail Plus, , KXBX 98.3 FM, Lake County Welding, Perkins Pumps, Sheldon Signs and 707 Graphics.
