10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic

10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic

Posted by bryangapinski@att.net on Sep 1st 2017

September 1, 2017 -Volume Three Issue Twenty

Six Events highlight Labor Day weekend

The September 2-3, at Calistoga Speedway will host the "10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic." Promoted by HMC Promotions, the event honors the former NARC director and will also have a vintage car show, driver autograph session, raffle, wine tasting, silent auction, and a beer garden for fans to enjoy. The USAC Western Midget Series event will pay $10,000 to win each feature. The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and Vintage Cars will share the spotlight.

NEMA and the NEMA Lites continue on Saturday with the "Iron Mike Scrivani Memorial" at New Hampshire's Monadnock Speedway. Randy Cabral leads Jim Chambers by 37-points, with three events remaining.

Three Montpelier Midget Series events remain including Saturday's event at Montpelier Motor Speedway. Logan Arnold holds a 26-point lead over Chase Jones.
An open competition midget race will be held Sunday at Kokomo Speedway as part of the Vince Osman Season Champion. The twelfth race of the season at Valley Speedway is slated for Saturday feature the Lucas Oil All Star POWRi Midget Series.

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Faccinto; Shebester; McIntosh; Garrett feature winners

Michael Faccinto scored a clean sweep winning the BCRA event at the Stockton Dirt Track. Faccinto finished ahead of Scott Pierovich, Alex Schutte, BCRA points leader Maria Cofer, and Danny Carroll.
Popular BCRA driver J.R. Williams was involved in a serious accident on his trip home when another driver crossed the highway centerline and struck JR's truck just behind the driver's door. JR's truck and trailer were both demolished, but thankfully JR was unhurt. Tragically one of the occupants in the other car lost his life in the accident. Williams plans to be at the next BCRA event Sept. 7.
The Lucas Oil POWRi West Midget League ran a doubleheader "The MO-KAN Shootout". Friday night at Kansas's Humboldt Speedway Steven Shebester finished ahead of Wesley Smith, series points leader Grady Chandler, Matt Moore and Cannon McIntosh. The following evening at Springfield Speedway McIntosh scored his first career feature victory. Following McIntosh were: Kory Schudy, Joe B Miller, Tucker Klaasmeyer, and Shebester.
Carson Garrett scored his first career feature victory topping the 18-car field for the Rocky Mountain Midget Series at El Paso County Raceway. Glenn Waterland, Zach Taylor, Paul Babich, and Bob Harr completed the top five. No results have been yet been received from Kokomo Speedway for the Aug. 26 event at the track.

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2017 Race Numbers

NMDOTY Points

1. Bayston 1194

2. Thorson 1178
3. Courtney 861
4. Daum 836
5. Grant 727
6. Golobic 719
7. Bacon 680
8. Robinson 651
9. Shelton 541
10. Boat 501
Top 20, Owners pts, Manufacturers wins

Upcoming Events

9/2--Calistoga, CA
9/2--Montpeiler, IN

9/2--Grain Valley, MO

9/2--Winchester, NH

9/3--Calistoga, CA
9/3--Kokomo, IN

Complete Schedule

Western MDOTY

1. C. Elliott 293
2. R. Gardner 215

3. Faccinto 196
4. Cofer 187
5. Crone 139 Current points

2017 Feature Wins
7 wins: Bell,

6 wins: Courtney
5 wins: Thorson
4 wins: Pickens, Bayston, Elliott.

2017 Car Count

outdoor events only

under 12 cars: 18

12-19 cars: 31

20-32 cars: 30

33-49 cars: 17

50 plus cars: 4

Average: 22.1

Manufacture Wins

Chassis

1. Spike 47
2. Bullet 17
3. Beast 12
4. Boss 8
5. Stealth 6

Engine

1. Esslinger 39
2. Toyota 34
3. Stanton SR11 13
4. Gaerte 9
5. Fontana 4


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