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NEWS July 3rd Action Packed Saturday Night Even though there were no fireworks show Saturday night at the Weston County Speedway in Newcastle, that doesn’t mean there was any lack of excitement. Even before racing got underway, during hot laps, the #88 car of rookie driver Travis Reber tangled with another car and ended up-side down, and this was just a sign of things to come. Reber was ok, but his machine was done for the night. In the first heat race, an all rookie field, driver Preston Bennett in his #12 car had his steering break coming out of corner 4 and drove straight into the front stretch fence, also getting up-side down. Preston was taken by ambulance to get checked out, he was shaken but released with no apparent injuries. In the next heat, Ron Faulk #9 also gave the crowd a scare as his car drove off corner 4 and into the fence, coming to a rest with the nose pointing skyward. He was ok and would return to action later. Feature time offered more racing action as the 20 car field attempted to tackle the dry-slick track. Pole sitter Jeff Mount #39 was overtaken quickly by Alliance, NE driver Jeff Wignall, who looked like he had the field covered until a faulty fuel pump sidelined him for the night. After a handful of yellow flags for spinouts, spin-offs, and just general 20-car-dryslick mayhem, Newcastle’s Anthony “Home-skillet” Farnsworth captured the lead from Mount and held on for his first feature win of the season. Doug Napier in his RAACE Foundation #3D car, made a late race charge, but settled for the runner-up spot while Mount finished 3rd. Last week’s feature winner Ed Wagoner #51 ended up 4th and John Garrigan #95j rounded out the top 5.
June 26th, Wagoner Takes the Cambria Coal Miner’s Shootout
Saturday night turned out to be a perfect night for the Cambria Coal Miner’s Shootout in Newcastle, WY, especially for hometown veteran racer Ed Wagoner. With thunderstorms all around the area, the weather held off and the 16 car field of the Black Hills Mini Sprint Tour put on a great show for the pack house. Eric Darrow started with the pole position and had what look to be an easy win, but with 2 laps left, his 8D machine ran out of fuel, giving the lead and win to Newcastle’s Ed Wagoner #51. After taking a number of years off from racing, Wagoner decided to jump back in to racing last year with his son-in-law Jason Dean #00, joining an ever-increasing number of mini-sprint racers out of Newcastle. “All the years I have been racing, this is the first feature win at my home-track” beamed Wagoner. “it was a good night”. After the feature, with plenty of time left in the evening, the decision was made to take the wings off and “go racing again”. The BHMST put on a wingless show for the Cambria Coal Miner’s crowd, who couldn’t get enough sprint car action. The #3D RAACE Foundation machine of Doug Napier started on the pole position, but lost the lead mid-race to Larry “The Outlaw” Reub in his red #59 self-built chassis, showing the factory chassis guys how it is done, and landing his second feature win of the season. Reub had a rough start to the night losing a wheel in his heat race causing his car to tip-over “easy” in classic “Arty Johnson” style. (a reference to Laugh-in show for you youngsters) June 19th, Great 22 car field in Sturgis! Saturday night in Sturgis, 22 Mini-sprints from SD, NE, WY, and MN, good fast track, almost perfect weather, and a good sized crowd at the Jackpine Gypsy short track. Almost perfect. Who could ask for anything more? The decision was made to split the large group into 2 equally matched 11 car features. The first feature was won by the up and coming hot-shoe from Newcastle, WY Danny Benshoof in the Farnsworth Services #01 car, leading it wire to wire as the rain started falling. Finishing out the top 5 were John Garrigan #95j, #23 Doug McIntosh, #51 Ed Wagoner, and #3d Doug Napier. Taking the second feature was the ever popular Mother Nature in her wet colored H2O machine. As the rain started falling in the first feature, it just increased and didn't let up, drenching the field and the crowd........ Almost a perfect night. June 5th Doug McIntosh Takes Sturgis Capturing his first feature win with the Black Hills Mini Sprint Tour, Doug McIntosh #23, starting from the outside front row, soon took the lead from pole sitter #7b Brooks Garrigan and never looked back, taking the first race in Sturgis, SD. Veteran racer Larry "The Outlaw" Reub #59 made a late charge but had to settle for the runner-up spot. Jeff Wignall #19, Alliance, NE, had a strong 3rd place finish after a heat race win, and Anthony "Home-skillet" Farnsworth #10 Newcastle, WY, finished 4th. Garrigan in his bright orange 7b machine settled for the 5th spot. The race was halted for 2 cautions, both by Doug Napier's #3D RAACE Foundation car, once for a spin and the second for losing a front wheel in corners 1 and 2. Saturday Night was also the debut race for 16 year old Karon Deshaw, BHMST's first of hopefully many female mini-sprint drivers. Keep your eyes on Karen. May 15th Newcastle opener turns into a racing clinic
After a long cold winter, the weather finally let up enough to let the Black Hills Mini Sprint Tour get underway Saturday night in Newcastle WY. The newly configured track was well lit under better lighting, so it was easy to see how rough it was from all the moisture from the past week. Other than the bumpy track, the only thing harder to handle was #59 car piloted by the veteran racer Larry “The Outlaw” Reub, who put on a driving clinic for all the other drivers. The Newcastle opener showcased plenty of fresh paint and new cars, but Reub who has always built his own chassis wasn’t intimidated. Reub put on a dominating performance, winning his heat race, the trophy dash, and the feature event. Coming from a last place starting position in the main event, “The Outlaw” made daring move to take the lead from Anthony “Home-skillet” Farnsworth on the outside through the ruts and bumps and he never looked back. Jason Dean #00 in a spark-throwing show from his rear brakes finished 2nd, Farnsworth #10 finished 3rd, Napier #3D ended up 4th, and Doug McIntosh #23 rounded out the top five. The only incident during the evening was midway through the feature, #51 Ed Wagoner and #27 Robert Bandy got together in corner 1 both violently flipped. Both men climbed from their mangled machines under their own power, but Bandy was taken to the hospital in Newcastle for observation after complaining of vision problems. Bandy in his detailed shark paint scheme, was the only driver other than Reub to win a race all evening, winning an exciting heat race, swapping the lead with Doug Napier in his #3D RAACE Foundation car.
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