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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 lC
SPORTS
AND
RE CREAT I O N
Chase Nieman, competing
in the sport class, is just
about to lap Alicia Youngblood.
Nieman took first place out
of 14 cars Saturday night.
Photos by Da n McGee
Local drivers race to occasion
Larry F. Douglas
Contributor
americanvalteyspeedway.com
Giants from the Western
states and our local drivers
converged at the Quincy fair-
grounds for the Dwarf Car
Regionals on Friday and Sat-
urday night. One of those
quiet giants is Quincy's own
ChaseNieman .who became a
David among the Goliaths.
Chase is in, his second season
as a competitor in the Dwarf
car series. He is an example
of growth from child of a rac-
ing family to a quiet man
making his mark in their
sport.
The skies were filled with
the dust of three classes of
Dwarf cars and the screams
of their engines.
Novices like Chase drive
in the Sportsman class. Ex-
perienced drivers like Quin-
cy's Jason Crosby and Porto-
la's Jesse Van Kol drive in
the Pro class. Veterans of the
sport like Truckee's Dave
Richardson and Zephyr
Cove's Skip Hempler drive
in the Vet class.
The Sportsman class is
demonstrating the future di-
versity in Dwarf car racing.
One size or sex does not fit
all in the Dwarf cars. Sports-
man are individuals with
cars of all colors and shapes.
Tasia Hamann, from Vernal,
Utah, makes a statement in
her hot pink car.
Friday night was the be-
ginning of two nights of
points competition to lead
the winners on to the Nation-
als. Friday night had 43 cars
in competition. Each class
had heat races to warm up
the drivers to the track and
to establish the starting or-
der for their main event.
On Friday night the
Spoz2sman. class :had. 13 cars
running. Cecilia Dillie, of
Henderson, Nev., was the
victor: John Chrisman, of
Yreka, was in second with
Alan Heeney, of Oakdale, in
third. The Pro class had 18
c~rs competing. Reno's Joe
Frocks. took the checkered.
"Spanky" Grenert, of Fair-
field, was second with Rod-
ney Sweet, from Winnemuc-
ca, Nev.; in third. The Vets
had eight cars. Kelly Gutch-
es, from Central Point, Ore.,
was first. Henry Corbin, of
Molalla, Ore., was second
with the Russian Igor
Gandzjuk, of Prunedale, in
third.
The Mini Stocks did not
scream like the Dwarfs on
Friday night but had a good
race with four cars. The
Maddbuzzes had brothers in
stinging competition. Roy
Busselen won with Jon Bus-
selen in second.
Saturday was the sequel to
the Friday night races with
points still up for grabs. The
Sportsman had 14 cars in the
class. Quincy's Chase Nieman
drove furiously from start to
finish to win the checkered
for local fans. Brock Peters,
from Eagle Point, Ore., was
second with John Chrisman
in third. The Pro class grew to
10. Teams from San Jose took
the top three spots. Ryan Diat-
te won the main with Shawn
Jones in second. Gene Pires
was in third. The Vets class
agaia had eight,ears..Kelly
Gutches took the checkered
and Henry Corbin took sec-
ond with Igor Gandzjuk in
third. It was a replay of Fri-
day night.
On Saturday Chris Nie-
man separated the Maddbuzz
team in the Pure Mini class
with Lance Bain winning. A
grudge match was made near
the end of the Saturdgy night
races. Lance Bain, of Quincy,
challenged the 427 Pure Hob-
by Stock driven by Joe
Wirtz, of Portola. Track offi-
cials made a four lap handi-
cap race with Lance getting a
100 yard lead at the start.
The four laps were just
enough for Joe to pass before
the checkered.
August has been a full
month of racing for Ameri-
can Valley Speedway fans.
The season is coming to a
close with the Timber Cup
Sept. 10. It will have a lirieup
of Dwarfs, Pure Mini Stocks
and IMCA Modifieds. For
more information call 283-
2175 or visit american
valleyspeedway,com.
Ryan Diatte won the main in the pro class on Saturday night at American Valley Speedway.
Quincy's fire rescue crew extracts Cody Gibson after the crash. The rescue truck is on hand at all
the races.