RED BLUFF, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2003) - The winter indoor outlaw kart action in Red Bluff resumed after a couple weekend break with Pete Johnston winning the Open Outlaw A Main event. Defending champion Sean Becker kept his track title hopes alive with a 2nd place run as point leader Brian McCain ran 14th. S Becker is 25 points back of B McCain with just the Feb 15th season closer remaining. With just the one race remaining, the Open Intermediate championship fight is still a five way duel. Justin Reinolds won the A Main and stands third just 25 points back of point leader Michael Hubert III. Hubert ran 12th and holds just a five point lead over David Wilson, who ran 13th. Steven Rogers collected his first feature win in the 125 Intermediate class and climbed into fifth place in points. Oregon's Chadd Noland ran second and stands just 26 points back of point leader Matt DiBenedetto, who ran third. Brett Miller placed 9th and dropped 19 points behind DiBenedetto. The Box Stock title fight will also go down to the final night as Keith Bloom Jr won the A Main and stands just 7 points behind season long point leader Brian Southers. Southers was 7th and the third player in the title fight, Jonny Lentz ran 6th and is 31 points out of first. Jason Mittry from Redding had a huge night in the Beginner Box Stock action as he won his heat and the A Main after posting fast time. Only a second in the dash kept him from perfection. Tyler Reddick used a second place finish to increase his point lead to 23 points over Casey McClain, who ran 10th. Another huge 170 kart turnout competed with several visitors from the idled Lakeport track. The night's racing was sponsored by Wade Lentz's NAPA Auto Parts and each of the five feature winners received a Bag of Gold award.

S Becker was the fastest of the 44 Open Outlaws with his 8.882 qualifying run. Previous race winner Mitch Mootz ran a 8.966 and Ryan Kaplan was the final 8 second qualifier at 8.995. B McCain was sixth quick behind Kyle Cattanach and Ryan Foster and he won the dash ahead of Foster and S Becker. They elected to expand the A Main grid to 16 karts this week, taking three transfers from each of four heat races. Todd Carmichael beat Foster in heat 1 and B McCain charged to a win in heat 2 over Robbie Whitchurch. Steven Gannon and Johnston ran 1-2 in heat 3 and C W Tiner beat Bubba Hill in heat 4. The final four slots in the A Main were determined in the B Main and Kaplan won with S Becker second ahead of Cattanach and Tyler McCain. Oregon's Richard Weststeyn just missed the move forward in 5th and Nevada's Jay Dargert was 6th. Cattanach had won the C Main in front of female racer Jaime Becker and Mootz, who took D Main honors ahead of Tyler Schaaf. Daniel Becker dropped from point title contention as he couldn't advance out of the C Main this week. Johnston was chased to his A Main win by S Becker, Tiner, Gannon, Kaplan, Carmichael, Whitchurch, Kyle Hirst, Clint York and B Hill. B McCain leads S Becker by 25 points and D Becker hung onto third, just 18 points ahead of Kaplan and 30 in front of Gannon.

Wilson was the quickest of 19 Open Intermediates with a 8.940 lap. Hubert ranked second at 8.952 and Garet Morton was the final 8 second qualifier at 8.968. The dash field was rounded out by Quintin Crye, Michael Tarter and J Reinolds. Tarter beat J Reinolds in the dash and Crye ran third. Two heat races were run with the top five advancing out of each. Oregon's Joe Weststeyn won heat 1 over Morton and Cody Braund. Austin VanKeuren beat Michael Helwig and Hubert in heat 2. Four more karts moved forward from the B Main where Micah Parmer beat Crye and Brent Hamilton. J Reinolds made the cut with a fifth in his heat and was the A Main winner ahead of Tarter, M Helwig, Braund, Chad Widener, J Weststeyn, Parmer and VanKeuren. Hubert's point lead is five over Wilson, 25 ahead of Reinolds, 28 in front of Crye and 37 ahead of Parmer.

The 125's had their biggest turnout of the 2002-2003 season with 32 karts in action including the division debut of Box Stock star Derek Copeland. Oregon's Noland paced time trials with a 8.975 lap and DiBenedetto ranked second at 9.036. Lakeport regular Bradley Terrell was third quick at 9.083. Brett Miller saw his string of fast times snapped as he ran fourth quick at 9.186. Sixth quick Mason Moore won the dash ahead of fifth quick Alan Ambers. The field was split into three large heat races with the top four in each advancing. Napa's Richard Bailey won heat 1 with Nevada's Tom Purcell second. DiBenedetto and Cody Miller were 1-2 in heat 2 and improving Christopher Phillips won heat 3 ahead of Rogers. Young Lakeport Box Stock graduate Andrew Wiley made his Red Bluff debut with a win in the C Main ahead of Cameron Mendes and Brandey Eiler. Noland missed the move forward out of his heat with a fifth, but won the B Main in front of Matt Vallarino and Amanda Reinolds. Brent Hamilton also moved forward and Lakeport's Kayla Mincey just missed with a fifth ahead of Mendes. Rogers was chased to his A Main win by Noland and DiBenedetto. Nic Helwig ran fourth as Bailey, C Miller, A Ambers and Tyler Wolf rounded out the top 8. DiBenedetto clings to a 19 point lead over B Miller with Noland another 7 points back. N Helwig is 50 points out of the lead in fourth and just 5 points ahead of Rogers.

Bloom also enjoyed a big night with fast time honors over a 34 kart Box Stock field as he ran a 10.107 lap. That snapped the fast time string of Dustin Jenkins, who ranked second at 10.219. With two straight feature wins, Copeland was third quick at 10.322 and defending champion Derek Kennemore ranked fourth. Sixth quick Andy Menne won the dash with Lentz second. Four large heat races transferred three karts each. Bloom won the first heat over David Chaves. Doug Kennemore, the previous season Beginner Box Stock champion, won heat 2 in front of A Menne. Southers won heat 3 with Copeland and Kyle Larson close behind. Derek Kennemore beat Robert Tophan and Nevada's Mackena Bell in heat 4. Brad Patchen won the C Main in front of Matt Lyons and Christian Steele. The B Main moved four karts forward and Lentz won that with Jesse Red second ahead of Patchen and Riley Gomes. Just missing were Andrew Cumpton and Bryanna Powers. Bloom won the A Main with Derek Kennemore second ahead of Larson, Copeland, Dillon Silverman, Lentz, Southers and Riley Gomes. Southers' point lead is just 7 over Bloom and 31 in front of Lentz. Derek Kennemore stands fourth, but 72 points out of first.

Mittry was easily the fastest of the 40 Beginner Box Stocks with his 11.165 qualifying run. Usual dominators McClain and Reddick were 2-3 with an 11.410 and an 11.472. Nevada's Jay Primm was fourth quick and won the dash with Mittry second. The ten kart heat races in this class moved just the top 2 forward. Mittry beat Wyatt Pruitt in heat 1 and McClain won heat 2 ahead of Nicholas Bellamy. Reddick and Tristan Miller were 1-2 in heat 3 and Trevor Tennison won heat 4 ahead of Primm. Four transfers came from the B Main were Thomas Bellamy beat Sean Martin, Braedon Enos and Tyler Seavey. Nevada's Kellcy Bell won the C Main ahead of the busy Dougherty. Dougherty ran second to Jake Morgan in the D Main and won the E Main with Jake Back second. Dougherty failed to move out of the B Main with a 9th. Mittry was the feature winner ahead of Reddick, N Bellamy, T Miller, T Bellamy, Martin, T Seavey and Pruitt. While Reddick and McClain are the only drivers in contention for the track title, there is a duel for third with N Bellamy leading Mittry by 16 points and Pruitt by 18.

RESULTS

BEGINNER BOX STOCK
Fast Time-Jason Mittry 11.165
Dash-Jay Primm, Mittry, Nicholas Bellamy.
Heat 1-Mittry, Wyatt Pruitt, Tanner Thomson, Jonathan Hoheisel, Bryce Perry.
Heat 2-Casey McClain, N Bellamy, Sean Martin, Tyler Seavey, Katina Baker.
Heat 3-Tyler Reddick, Tristan Miller, Thomas Bellamy, Kaylee Eiler, Cameron Bartlett.
Heat 4-Trevor Tennison, Primm, Wyatt Finley, David Lee, Logan Taylor.
E Main-Wesley Dougherty, Jake Back, Cyle Allison, Cameron Perron, Bradley Wullenwaber, Logan Seavey, Trevor Cobabe, Trevor Dorman.
D Main-Jake Morgan, Dougherty, Kyle Tellstrom, Jordan Miller, Back, Brenden Lewis, Steven Nelson, Zack Rushing, Matt Morrison, Allison.
C Main-Kellcy Bell, Dougherty, Braedon Enos, Perry, Morgan, Taylor, Baker, Devin Lee, J Miller, Tellstrom.
B Main-T Bellamy, Martin, Enos, T Seavey, Eiler, Finley, Perry, Thomson, Dougherty.
A Main-Mittry, Reddick, N Bellamy, T Miller, T Bellamy, Martin, T Seavey, Pruitt, Enos, McClain, Primm, Tennison.

BOX STOCK
Fast Time-Keith Bloom Jr 10.107
Dash-Andy Menne, Jonny Lentz, Derek Kennemore.
Heat 1-Bloom, David Chaves, Dillon Silverman, Lentz, Dylan Greenleaf.
Heat 2-Doug Kennemore, A Menne, Raymond Close, Dustin Jenkins, Andrew Cumpton.
Heat 3-Brian Southers, Derek Copeland, Kyle Larson, Cory Lyon, Spencer Stutesman.
Heat 4-Derek Kennemore, Robert Tophan, Mackena Bell, Jesse Red, Jennifer Purcell.
C Main-Brad Patchen, Matt Lyons, Christian Steele, Chase Hill, Jared Martin, Jesse Taylor, Alyssa Hogan, Ashley Lusk, Riley King, Jacob Miller.
B Main-Lentz, Red, Patchen, Riley Gomes, Cumpton, Bryanna Powers, Lyon, Leanna Kenyon, Steele, Jenkins.
A Main-Bloom, Derek Kennemore, Larson, Copeland, Silverman, Lentz, Southers, Gomes, M Bell, Red, A Menne, Chaves, Tophan, Doug Kennemore, Close, Patchen.

125 INTERMEDIATE
Fast Time-Chadd Noland 8.975
Dash-Mason Moore, Alan Ambers, Matt DiBenedetto.
Heat 1-Richard Bailey, Tom Purcell, Tyler Wolf, Brett Miller, Noland.
Heat 2-DiBenedetto, Cody Miller, A Ambers, Ryan Gomes, Brent Hamilton.
Heat 3-Christopher Phillips, Steven Rogers, Moore, Nic Helwig, Bradley Terrell.
C Main-Andrew Wiley, Cameron Mendes, Brandey Eiler, Shane Graham, William Lyons, Alex Cartwright, Klint Simpson.
B Main-Noland, Matt Vallarino, Amanda Reinolds, Hamilton, Kayla Mincey, Mendes, B Eiler, Ashley Eiler, Michael Forslund, Terrell.
A Main-Rogers, Noland, DiBenedetto, N Helwig, Bailey, C Miller, A Ambers, Wolf, B Miller, Hamilton, Vallarino, Phillips, Purcell, Moore, Gomes, A Reinolds.

OPEN INTERMEDIATE
Fast Time-David Wilson 8.940
Dash-Michael Tarter, Justin Reinolds, Quintin Crye.
Heat 1-Joe Weststeyn, Garet Morton, Cody Braund, Wilson, Tarter.
Heat 2-Austin VanKeuren, Michael Helwig, Michael Hubert III, Chad Widener, J Reinolds.
B Main-Micah Parmer, Crye, Brent Hamilton, Robbie Ritcheson, Tyler Ritcheson, Jerryd Stanley, David Maples, David Taylor.
A Main-J Reinolds, Tarter, M Helwig, Braund, Widener, Weststeyn, Parmer, VanKeuren, R Ritcheson, Crye, Hamilton, Hubert, Wilson, Morton.

OPEN OUTLAW
Fast Time-Sean Becker 8.882 Dash-Brian McCain, Ryan Foster, Sean Becker.
Heat 1-Todd Carmichael, Foster, Beau Perkins, S Becker, Keith Hill.
Heat 2-B McCain, Robbie Whitchurch, Kyle Hirst, Tyler McCain, Brian Boswell.
Heat 3-Steven Gannon, Pete Johnston, Jason Schuppert, Ryan Kaplan, Richard Weststeyn.
Heat 4-C W Tiner, Bubba Hill, Clint York, Chris Mansell, Jason Webb.
D Main-Mitch Mootz, Tyler Schaaf, Troy Combs, Josh Chartier, Kurt Simpson, Karl Pavlik Jr, Branden Mansfield.
C Main-Kyle Cattanach, Jaime Becker, Mootz, Jay Dargert, Todd Boyd, Kevin Juvenal, Daniel Becker, Andy Cumpton, Schaaf, Kyle Whitley.
B Main-Kaplan, S Becker, Cattanach, T McCain, R Weststeyn, Dargert, K Hill, J Becker, Boswell, Chuck Herman.
A Main-Johnston, S Becker, Tiner, Gannon, Kaplan, Carmichael, Whitchurch, Hirst, York, B Hill, Perkins, Cattanach, Foster, B McCain, Schuppert, T McCain.