Siskiyou Speedway News And Results June 28

Yreka, CA...The special Firecracker Challenge race is scheduled for Tuesday, July 3rd at Siskiyou Motor Speedway. It's a night that offers not just great racing action, but a Fireworks Display to end the show. Scheduled to compete that night will be the IMCA Sport Modifieds, Mini Stocks and Calculated Comfort Outlaw Pro Stocks.

Third place point competitor Matt Sanders had his sights set on becoming the first repeat winner in the IMCA Sport Modified division last week. He came very close at the checkered flag, losing by inches to Keith Brown Jr. The amazing thing is that there are now eight different winners in eight races. Sanders is on that list along with Brown, Jorddon Braaten, Tim Elias, reigning champion DJ Bottoms, Justin Foux, Jimmy Lipke and point leader Trevor Tiffee.

It's a close battle for the championship as Tiffee leads Ryder Boswell by 15 points. Also close is the battle for third between Sanders and Lipke. Sanders now leads 2016 champion Lipke by just eight points. The big question is, will there be a repeat winner, or will we get our ninth new visitor to the Winner's Circle? It's anticipated that there could be a few drivers visiting from Medford this week for the special show.

The SCMA released the Mini Stock point list, and it shows three-time winner Marilyn Yawnick leading Terry Kendrick by six points and "Magic" Mike Whitaker by nine. Yawnick is the two-time reigning champion looking for three in a row. However, Whitaker is hoping the numbers are on his side. He won his first championship in this class of 2010 and added to that four years later. As another four years have gone by, he's hoping this will be his year. At the very least, Whitaker and Kendrick are hoping to join Yawnick and David Steele in the win column this week.

Steele indicated the possibility that he could be there for this race if things go okay at Medford, where he currently leads the championship battle. David is a four-time winner at Siskiyou Speedway this season. When teen racer Zac McMurray beat Jason Frost to the finish line for fourth the last time out, he took a three point lead over him in the battle for fifth. Zac also leads the rookie race. Other drivers to look for this week include Darek Alford, Mike Frost and Tiffany Cobb.

The Outlaw Pro Stocks round out what should be an exciting racing program. BD Hammond Construction has added an additional $500 to their purse this weekend. So far, reigning Series champion Dr. Scott Lenz, Steve Borror and Mike Learn are the Main Event winners. Lenz just picked up a strong third place finish in the Gordon Russell Sr Memorial race at Cedarville. A look at the point listings finds Lenz leading Scott Flowers by just 18 points in the championship battle. Scott's son James Flowers is only 22 points behind him as Matt Harlow and 2016 champion Borror make up the Top 5 in the standings. Other drivers to watch for this week include Johnny Cobb, John David Duffie, Ginny Flowers, Julia Flowers and Bryan Hammond.




Yreka, CA...June 22...Nick Trenchard opened the 2018 IMCA Wild West Modified Speedweek Series with a 30 lap feature win at Siskiyou Motor Speedway. Trenchard won this event at the speedway last season as he also won his second division championship at the track. The win was worth $1,000.

The IMCA Modified drivers ran two sets of 10 lap heat races, and there were no repeat winners as Aaron Sheelar, Ryan McDaniel, Collen Winebarger, CJ Putnam, Mark Wauge, Gray Ferrando, DJ Shannon and Trenchard were the winners. The Top 8 drivers in heat race points redrew for their feature starting spots, and Trenchard took the pole position. Trenchard led through a few yellow flags during the first 13 laps. The rest of the race went without a yellow flag. Despite catching traffic and getting brief challenges from Winebarger, Trenchard brought it home to the well earned victory. Winebarger settled for second, followed by Bricen James, McDaniel, Shannon, Ethan Dotson, Ferrando, John Campos, Sheelar and Jessie Williamson. Darrell Hughes II outran Dustin Cady and Jeffrey Faulkner to win the 15 lap B Main.

After winning the Trophy Dash in his visit last week, Antioch area racer Keith Brown Jr returned and won the 20 lap IMCA Sport Modified Main event. Brown got a serious challenge from recent winner. Matt Sanders in the waning laps, but he won in a photo finish at the checkered flag. Brown is the eighth different winner in eight races at Sanders settled for second. A pair of Antioch area racers, Brent Curran, and Kenny Neu, finished third and fourth, respectively. Point leader Trevor Tiffee settled for fifth, just ahead of Jimmy Lipke as Ryan DeForest, Sean Hulsey, Ryder Boswell and Ethan Killingsworth rounded out the Top 10 finishers. Eight lap heat race wins were recorded by Lipke and Boswell. Sanders captured four lap Trophy Dash honors.

Racing will resume with the big Firecracker Challenge event on July 3rd. IMCA Sport Modifieds and Mini Stocks will be there along with another appearance of the Calculated Comfort Outlaw Pro Stocks. Hammond Construction has offered a $500 first prize to the Pro Stock feature winner that night. For further information, go to www.siskiyoumotorspeedway.com.