Author: Tim Newey

Here are the race results for Northern California Drivers competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Truck, the K&N Pro Series and other stock car series during the past week.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing this past weekend.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, March 31st, the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

Matt Crafton from Tulare is currently in 21st place in the points standings.

Mike Skinner from Susanville is 30th in the points standings.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing this past weekend.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, March 31st, Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

Kyle Larson, the 19 year-old USAC Champion from Elk Grove, is in 9th place in the points standings after his first start in the series.

 

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing this past weekend.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, April 14th, the Toyota/NAPA 150 at Havasu 95 Speedway.

Trevor Cristiani from Ukiah: Another 17 year-old rookie, is in 25th place after the first race.

Brady Flaherty from Wilton, is in 21st place in the points to start the year.

Justin Funkhouser from Paradise: Justin starts the year in 28th place in the points.

Cameron Hayley is a 15 year-old from Calgary, Albert and drives for Bill McAnnaly in Roseville. Cameron is in 22nd place in the points standings.

Eric Holmes from Escalon, the 3-time Champion, is in the 8th spot in the points.

Dylan Hutchison from Fair Oaks: The 17 year-old rookie is currently in 23rd in the 2012 standings.

Ryan Philpott from Tracy, is in the 16th position in the points standings.

Jack Sellers from Sacramento:The 67 year-old veteran racer and team owner struggled in the first race of the year and is in the 29th spot in the standings.

Derek Thorn from Lakeport, is in 5th place in the 2012 points standings.

NASCAR Nationwide Series

Last Weekend’s Race: Saturday, March 24th, the Royal Purple 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA.
Upcoming Race: Friday, April 13th, the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

T.J. Bell from Sparks, NV started 27th and raced to a 27th place finish. T.J. is still 21st in the Nationwide points standings.

Scott Speed from Manteca: Scott qualified in the 23rd position and finished 41st after a vibration caused him to drop out after just 4 laps.

Brad Sweet from Grass Valley in his first race of the year, qualified 14th and raced to a 6th place finish. He is in 30th place in the points and will only run a partial schedule.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Last Weekend’s Race: Sunday, March 25th, the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.
Upcoming Race: Sunday, April 1st, the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.

A.J. Allmendinger from Los Gatos qualified in the 25th spot and finished in 15th place. A.J. remained in 26th place in the points standings.

Jeff Gordon from Vallejo qualified 21st and finished in 26th place. Jeff dropped 4 spots to 27th in the points standings.

SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing this past weekend.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, March 31st, the SPEARS Manufacturing 125 at the Stockton 99 Speedway.

Ken Benhamou from San Ramon

Dave Byrd from Los Gatos

Jacob Gomes from Manteca

Jonathan Mawhinney from Sacramento

Jim Pettit II from Prunedale

Michael Sandoval from Ripon

Ross Strmiska from Stockton

Derek Thorn from Lakeport

Carlos Vieira from Atwater

 

 
Note: Please let us know if there are other drivers from Northern California who compete in NASCAR either by leaving a comment or emailing us at tnewey@norcalcarculture.com.

Here are the race results for Northern California Drivers competing in the World of Outlaws, USAC and other National and Regional Sprint Car Racing Series.
 
 

California Sprint Car Civil War Series

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Races: Saturday, March 31st at Placerville Speedway.
 
 

Golden State King of the West Sprint Car Series

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Races: Saturday, April 7th at Antioch Speedway.

 
 

Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Sprint Shootout Series

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Races: Saturday, June 23rd, at Placerville Speedway.

 
 

USAC Amsoil Sprint Car National Championship Series

Last Weekend’s Race: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Races: Saturday, April 14th, at Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, IN.

 
 

USAC Mopar National Midget Series

Last Weekend’s Races: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Races: Friday, March 30th and Saturday, March 31st, at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, NC.

 

 

USAC Silver Crown Series

Last Weekend’s Races: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, May 19th at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

 
 

USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series

Last Weekend’s Races: Saturday, March 24th at Bakersfield Speedway.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, April 7th at Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA.

Kevin Barnes from Fresno started 12th and moved up 5 spots to finish in the 7th position. He is now 8th in the points standings.

Ryan Bernal from Hollister won the Hard Charger Award by racing from 16th to a 3rd place finish. After 2 races, Ryan is in 3rd place in the 2012 points standings.

Chris Ennis from Porterville, CA started back in 17th and raced his way to an 11th place finish and 11th place in the points.

Danny Faria Jr. from Tipton, CA started 7th and finished in 8th place and is now 7th in the points.

Justyne Hamblin from Hanford qualified 13th and finished 13th and is in 13th place in the points standings. He better buy a lottery ticket!

Bud Kaeding from Campbell, CA won his heat and led the last 3 laps to win his second race of the year. He is also the early points leader.

Peter Murphy of Clovis started 5th and finished in the 6th spot and is now in 6th place in the points standings.

 
 

USAC Western Classic Racing Series

Last Weekend’s Races: No racing last weekend.
Upcoming Race: Saturday, March 31st at paved Merced Speedway in Merced, CA.

 
 

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series

Last Weekend’s Races: Friday and Saturday, March 23rd and 24th, the Mini Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico (Saturday was rained out).
Upcoming Races: Friday, March 30th at Merced Speedway and Saturday, March 31st, at Calistoga Speedway.

Rico Abreu from St. Helena started 22nd and finished 21st and is in 30th in the 2012 points.

Jonathan Allard, the hometown boy from Chico started 2nd and finished in 2nd. He is currently in 25th place in the points standings.

Shane Golobic from Fremont, started 23rd and finished in 20th place.

Kyle Hirst from Loomis, started 17th and finished in 22nd place.

Tim Kaeding from San Jose, a 2-time winner already this year started 4th and finished in 4th place. Tim has 4 top 10’s in 4 races with 2 wins. He is in the 17th spot in the points.

Kyle Larson from Elk Grove started 13th and spun out on lap 24 and finished in 24th, last in the field.

Jason Meyers from Clovis, the 2010 and 2011 Champion started in 18th and finished 18th. Jason is currently in 7th place in the points standings.

Paul McMahan from Elk Grove started in the 19th spot and moved up to finish 17th and is now in the 24th position in the standings.

Evan Suggs from Scotts Valley, finished 6th in the B Main and failed to advance to the A Main.

Brad Sweet from Grass Valley was in Fontana racing in the NASCAR Nationwide series but is still in 21st place in the points standings.

Robbie Whitchurch from Chico started 21st and finished 23rd.

Other Northern California drivers who attempted to qualify for the A Main include: Bobby McMahan from Elk Grove, Willie Croft from Sacramento, Cody Lamar from Rio Linda, Sean McMahan from Elk Grove, Pat Harvey Jr. from Grass Valley, John-Michael Bunch from Paradise and Brenton Nugent from Placerville.

 
Note: Please let us know if there are other drivers from Northern California who compete in National or Regional Sprint Car Racing Series either by emailing us at tnewey@norcalcarculture.com.

Here are the race results for Northern California Drivers competing in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series during the month of March.

Last Race: March 8-11, the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals presented by NapaFilters.com in Gainsville, Florida.

Upcoming Race: March 30 – April 1, the 13th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Top Fuel

Ron August Jr. from Pleasanton, CA has not raced yet.

Steve Faria from Tulare, CA. Steve did not race in the Gatornationals and is currently in 17th place in the 2012 points standings.

Mike Salinas from San Jose, CA has not raced yet.

Hillary Will from Fortuna, CA qualified in the 9th spot with a 3.847 at 312.50 mph. Hillary was eliminated in the first round on Sunday by Spencer Massey and is in 16th place in the points.

Funny Car

Robert Hight from Alturas, CA qualified in the 3rd spot with a run of 4.057 at 313.66 mph. He then defeated Blake Alexander, Ron Capps, Jack Beckman and finally Johnny Gray. It was Robert’s second victory of the season, the 25th of his career, and his first win ever at the historic Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville.

“I’ve won Indy, and I’ve won races at home in Pomona, but next to Indy, our biggest event, this is where you want to win,” said Hight, who moved to second in the points standings and now trails series leader Mike Neff by seven. “You don’t want to retire and not have a Gatornationals win. That’s two in a row, that’s huge and a great way to start the season.” Robert is now in 2nd place in the 2012 Points Standings.

Jeff Diehl from Monterey did not race, and is in 21st place in the points.

Brian Thiel from Pleasant Grove has not raced yet.

Pro Stock

Ben Watson from Sonora, CA has not raced yet.

Pro Stock Motorcycle

Karen Stoffer from Minden, Nevada qualified 7th with a run of 6.894 at 192.58 mph. Karen lost in the 2nd round on Sunday to Hector Arana Jr., and is now in 7th place in the season’s points standings.

Katie Sullivan from Corning, CA, was in an accident during testing for the Gatornationals and destroyed her bike.

Charles Sullivan from Corning, CA failed to qualify but ran a 7.302 at 179.49 mph.

Matt Guidera from Loomis, CA, has not raced yet.

Top Alcohol Funny Car

Bret Williamson from Campbell, CA did not race is now tied for 20th in the points standings.