INSIDE LINE INSIDE LINE INSIDE LINE MIDGET • MIDGET LITE • VINTAGE Official Monthly Newsletter of the Bay Cities Racing Association Volume 24 • No. 3 • MAY 2016 The 2016 Vukovich Classic By Kevin Tripplett There were threatening skies early in the day on Saturday, but the 2016 Vukovich Classic at Madera Speedway was never affected as skies cleared away for a sunlit track for qualifying. Per- haps due to the weather, the car counts for the eight open-wheel divisions (which included three exhibition classes for vintage cars) were smaller than expected, but all the features ran quickly and showed the fans some great racing. The featured class for the Vukovich Classic was the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) midgets which featured twelve cars on the entry list. 2014 BCRA champion Chad Nichols was the fast qualifier at 13.702 seconds, with the top five qualifiers all within 2/10 seconds of Nichols’ time. Most impressive was just-turned 15-year old rookie Courtney Crone in her first race in a pavement midget - Courtney’s racing resume includes speedway motorcycles, go-karts, and most recently 360-cubic inch wingless sprint cars. Courtney qualified sixth in Jerome Rodela’s Toyota-powered Gerhardt sponsored by Tom Malloy’s Trench Shoring. Continued on Page 3 Gerhardt Grabs Vukovich Classic
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INSIDE LINEINSIDE LINEINSIDE LINEMIDGET • MIDGET LITE • VINTAGEOfficial Monthly Newsletter of the Bay Cities Racing Association
Volume 24 • No. 3 • MAY 2016
The 2016 Vukovich Classic By Kevin Tripplett
There were threatening skies early in the day on Saturday, but the 2016 Vukovich Classic at Madera Speedway was never affected as skies cleared away for a sunlit track for qualifying. Per-haps due to the weather, the car counts for the eight open-wheel divisions (which included three exhibition classes for vintage cars) were smaller than expected, but all the features ran quickly and showed the fans some great racing. The featured class for the Vukovich Classic was the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) midgets which featured twelve cars on the entry list. 2014 BCRA champion Chad Nichols was the fast qualifier at 13.702 seconds, with the top five qualifiers all within 2/10 seconds of Nichols’ time. Most impressive was just-turned 15-year old rookie Courtney Crone in her first race in a pavement midget - Courtney’s racing resume includes speedway motorcycles, go-karts, and most recently 360-cubic inch wingless sprint cars. Courtney qualified sixth in Jerome Rodela’s Toyota-powered Gerhardt sponsored by Tom Malloy’s Trench Shoring. Continued on Page 3
Gerhardt Grabs Vukovich Classic
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2016 Board of DirectorsPresident.....................................................Rick Holbrook(707) 451-4398.................................Cell: (707) [email protected]
Bay Cities Racing AssociationP.O. Box 398 • Tracy, CA 95378
(209) 830-9928 • Fax: (209) 836-2297
BCRA board meetings:The BCRA Boar of Director meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. Members are welcome to attend the “open” session of the meeting from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. At 8 p.m. the meeting will be closed to Board Members and Staff only. If you wish to address the Board, notify the President in advance so that you may be placed on the open session agenda.
Newsletter Editors:Midget Editor..............................................Floyd P. BusbyMidget Lite Editor...................................... Vintage Editor.................................June Wheeler-Ferreria
Newsletter Publisher................................Floyd P. Busby(925) 825-1043 [email protected] Media Director:.............................Floyd P. Busby
MIDGET LITE DIVISIONChief Referee.............................................Dave LaMannaPit Steward ................................................Rose Jorjorian
MADERA continued from page-1 The re-draw after the heat races would have placed Crone on the pole position for the 30-lap feature, but new BCRA Steward Karl Hokanson elected to place her at the rear to start the feature due to her inexperience. That put seventh fastest qualifier Cody Gerhardt on the pole for the fea-ture, and Cody out-dragged David Goodwill into the first turn and held on as the action was fast and furious behind him. Goodwill, Nick Chivello, 2015 BCRA champion Frank Guerrini III, and Nichols staged a pitched battle for position behind Gerhardt but none of those drivers could sustain a charge to challenge Gerhardt. Gerhardt was trailed across the finish line by Guerrini, Nichols, Chivello, and Goodwill. Courtney Crone finished in seventh place after her race-long battle with Michael Faccinto who drove the Tres Van Dyne owned midget after a seven-year absence from pavement racing. Nine cars finished the feature, as only Scott Pierovich, JR Williams and nine-time BCRA champion Floyd Alvis retired with mechanical gremlins. The BCRA midgets will be back in action on May 21 at the ¼-mile paved Ukiah Speedway on the grounds of the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds. The author spent an enjoyable afternoon at the races with Stewart Van Dyne, who shared stories of drivers Lance Reventlow, Mark Donohue, and AJ Foyt and working with engine building legends that included Jim Travers, Frank Coon, Dale & John Drake, and Leo Goossen. In his years at TRACO Engineering Van Dyne worked closely with Penske Racing on engines that included the five-liter Ferrari 51M V-12 and the turbocharged Offenhauser engine that won the 1972 Indianapo-lis 500-mile race, Roger Penske’s first of sixteen Indianapolis ‘500’ victories. In this writer's opinion, If there is any one person in racing who needs to write a book to share his life stories, it is Stewart Van Dyne.
Frank Guerinni III leads Chad Nichols at MaderaM&M Photos
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Fernley 95a Speedway • April 23, 2016By Bob Roza
On a cold Saturday, several Midget car owners traveled over the Sierras into Nevada for the first BCRA dirt Midget race of the season. Several other car owners decided not to make the trip due to the snow and rain storm a day earlier. It also was the first race for BCRA’s new Referee, Karl Hokanson, a former race official and a former BCRA car owner and driver. Due to the questionable travel conditions, the light field of seven cars entered the race under a pill-pull format. Hot laps revealed a very fast track…and resulted in Gentleman J R Williams having a fuel issue. The heat race started 6 cars with JR in the pits working on his car. The line-up had Brian Gard in the Arata Brothers Ellis/Chevy on the pole and Alex Schutte in the family Spike/Esslinger on the outside. Gard took the early lead and led for 2 laps until Schutte, who was fast and smooth all night long, took the lead and continued on for a dominate win in the 8 lap heat. Bobby Wilson in his new TCR/Ford pulled into pits on lap 3 with an engine miss, so finishing behind Schutte was Sean Dodenhoff, Gard, Taylor Simas in the potent Doug Bock entry, followed by 9 time time BCRA Champion, Floyd Alvis, and Wilson. Next, a pill-pull of 4 called for an inversion of 4 for the 25 lap Main, which resulted in Simas on the pole, and Gard on the outside front row. Gard took the lead with Schutte moving into 2nd position while the field settled into a tight line behind the leaders on the slick and abrasive track. Dodenhoff and Simas trailed Schutte in a close battle as the top 4 cars seperated themselves from the rest of the field. While the leaders were racing in a very tight 4 car formation, Wilson drove his car to the pits with a miss in his motor. On lap 11, Schutte and Gard made contact while contesting for the lead, with both cars spinning in turn 1, collecting 3rd place runner, Dodenhoff. All three cars were able to continue, with restart order: Simas, Alvis, JR Williams, Schutte, Dodenhoff, and Gard. As the racing resumed, the last three cars returned to a fanatic pace as the moved around the cars in front of them, while Simas continued to lead the race. Schutte eventually retook the lead while Simas was running a close 2nd over Dodenhoff and Gard. On lap 23, Simas experienced a flat right rear tire, bringing out the yellow flag. The restart order was Schutte, Dodenhoff, Gard, Alvis, and Williams, who was having a solid run. The restart was clean and fast, and at the checkered flag, the finishing order was:1. Schutte, 2. Gard, 3, Dodenhoff, 4. Alvis, 5. Williams, 6. Simas, and 7. Wilson.
Midget Lite Results: Placerville Speedway • April 23, 2016Heat 1: 1. #5 Bradley Dillard, 2. #9 Scott Males, 3. #14s Craig Dillard, 4. #25k Hunter Kinney, 5. #20d Roy Moody, 6. #7f Dan Foster, 7. #15 Ryan Souza, 8. #76 Doug Hunting (DNS)Heat 2: 1. #25 Scott Kinney, 2. #51 Greg DeCaires V, 3. #78 Terry Bergstrom, 4. #37 Tim Kinser, 5. #2k Kyle Offill, 6. #88 Nate Buffa, 7. #14e Emilee Lindgren, 8. #35jr Dakota Albright, 9. #75c Chris HansenMain Event: 1. #2k Kyle Offill, 2. #14s Craig Dillard, 3. #9 Scott Males, 4. #35jr Dakota Albright, 5. #51 Greg DeCaires V, 6. #78 Terry Bergstrom, 7. #20d Roy Moody, 8. #88 Nathan Buffa, 9. #14e Emilee Lindgren, 10. #15 Ryan Souza, 11. #7f Dan Foster, 12. #25 Scott Kinney, 13. #5 Bradley Dillard, 14. #25k Hunter Kinney, 15. #37 Tim Kinser, 16. #75c Chris Hansen (DNS), 17. #76 Doug Hunting (DNS)
MIDGET RESULTS:
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DRIVERS • PAVEMENT1 Chad Nichols 1502 Nick Chivello 1493 David Goodwill 1394 Mike Snider 1315 Scott Pierovich 1276 Bobby Wilson 1167 Floyd Alvis 1068 JR Williams 1009 Cody Gerhardt 9610 Frankie Guerrini III 7411 Michael Faccinto 6312 Darin Snider 25
DRIVERS • OVERALL1 Bobby Wilson 1692 Floyd Alvis 1673 JR Williams 1524 Chad Nichols 1505 Nick Chivello 1496 David Goodwill 1397 Mike Snider 1318 Scott Pierovich 1279 Cody Gerhardt 9610 Frankie Guerrini III 7411 Alex Schutte 7312 Brian Gard 6613 Sean Dodenhoff 6514 Michael Faccinto 6315 Tyler Simas 5716 Darin Snider 25
DRIVERS • DIRT1 Alex Schutte 732 Brian Gard 663 Sean Dodenhoff 654 Floyd Alvis 615 Tyler Simas 576 Bobby Wilson 537 JR Williams 52
CAR OWNERS • PAVEMENT1 Chad Nichols 17 160 2 Bob Rosen 4 159 3 David Goodwill 3g 149 4 Lauren Snider 6k 141 5 Morris Motorsports 17k 137 6 J&J Associates 47 126 7 Floyd Alvis 11 116 8 J&J Associates 74 110 9 Paul Eskesen 29 106 10 Frank Guerrin Jr 63 79 11 Lauren Snider 2 30
CAR OWNERS • OVERALL1 Floyd Alvis 11 182 2 J&J Associates 74 167 3 Chad Nichols 17 160 4 Bob Rosen 4 159 5 David Goodwill 3g 149 6 Lauren Snider 6k 141 7 Morris Motorsports 17k 137 8 J&J Associates 47 126 9 Paul Eskesen 29 106 10 Frank Guerrini Jr 63 79 11 Carl Schutte 28 73 12 Sean Dodenhoff 9d 70 13 Storcks Garage 88 66 14 Doug Bock 62 62 15 Vukie Wilson 87 58 16 Lauren Snider 2 30
CAR OWNERS • DIRT1 Carl Schutte 28 73 2 Sean Dodenhoff 9d 70 3 Floyd Alvis 11 66 4 Storcks Garage 88 66 5 Doug Bock 62 62 6 Vukie Wilson 87 58 7 J&J Associates 74 57
DRIVERS1 Craig Dillard 14s 2112 Kyle Offill 2k 1943 Roy Moody 20d 1634 Nate Buffa 88 1595 Tim Kinser 37 1556 Scott Kinney 25 1397 Scott Males 9 1388 Dakota Albright 35jr 1369 Greg DeCaires V 51 12310 Chris Hansen 75c 12011 Terry Bergstrom 78 11312 Bradley Dillard 5 10813 Emilee Lindgren 14e 10614 Dan Foster 7f 10115 Hunter Kinney 25k 9116 Charlie Caraccilo 87 7117 Frankie Guerrini 47 5418 Ryan Souza 15 5019 Alan Souza 14 45CAR OWNERS1 Craig Dillard 14s 2112 Kyle Offill 2k 1943 Roy Moody 20d 1634 Nate Buffa 88 1595 Tim Kinser 37 1556 Scott Kinney 25 1397 Tony Fonseca 9 1388 Dakota Albright 35jr 1369 John Taylor 51 12310 Pete Hansen 75c 12011 Terry Bergstrom 78 11312 Rod Browning 5 10813 Emilee Lindgren 14e 10614 Dan Foster 7f 10115 Hunter Kinney 25k 9116 David Caraccilo 87 7117 Larry Lavattiata 47 5418 Ryan Souza 15 5019 Alan Souza 14 45
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Madera • May 7 • Turn-1 midget action.M&M Photos
BCRA Vintage at The Vukovich Classic Madera Speedway May 7th 2016
Hi Gang, well we’re up and running again, Paul and I made the trip to Madera to watch the show. It was the 2nd running at Madera this year for the BCRA Vintage cars. 9 of the old beauties made the call, and as usual they put on a
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great show. The weather was a little scary Saturday, as it was cloudy and looked like rain all day, but the rain never happened. The Vintage ran the usual warm up, a heat and a 10-lap main. There were 9 other groups running as well, so the racing went on all day. The pits looked good with race cars all over the place. It was Paul’s first trip back after his health problem. He was a little tired, but he soldered through the day. The 2016 Schedule card was passed out. Our schedule is looking good, but make sure you check the dates before each event. The regular Midgets put on an outstanding main event that the fans really love to watch, Cody Gerhardt finish first, congrats Cody. Also our director Tommy Belfiore showed up with his beautiful, just recently purchase RV, and was smiling all day long with a cup of coffee in his hand. As for the vintage cars go our new member Tom Piana showed with his Beautiful V8-60 midget for his first time and did a great job. The BCRA Vintage that were present with their cars; Harold & Nancy Allen #04 with Doug biting Ruby, Tommy & Sammy Belfiore #16, Jim De Jong #4. Paul Farajian #14, Norm & Brian Gray #30, Bob Pena & Jamie Hood #57, Tom Piana #7, Doug Shanoian #17, JP Shanoian #2 and Richard Walsh #8 static display..
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APRILApril 2 Madera Speedway - Madera P MAY May 7 Madera Speedway - Madera P May 21 Ukiah Speedway - Ukiah P JULYJuly 9 Madera Speedway - Madera P Gerhardt ClassicJuly 16 Petaluma Speedway - Petaluma D Hall of Fame Picnic AUGUST August 6 Stockton 99 - Stockton P August 13 Lakeport Speedway - Lakeport P OCTOBER Vintage Weekend:October 20 All American Speedway - Roseville P October 21 All American Speedway - Roseville P October 22 All American Speedway - Roseville P
2016 VINTAGE SCHEDULE
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APRILApril 2 Madera Speedway - Madera PApril 23 Fernley Speedway - Fernley, NV D MAYMay 7 Madera Speedway - Madera P May 21 Ukiah Speedway - Ukiah P JUNEJune 3 Ocean Speedway - Watsonville D June 11 Petaluma Speedway - Petaluma D June 18 Marysville Raceway - Marysville D JULYJuly 2 Placerville Speedway - Placerville July 9 Madera Speedway - Madera P Gerhardt ClassicJuly 16 * Petaluma Speedway - Petaluma D Hall of Fame Picnic July 23 Placerville Speedway - Placerville D AUGUSTAugust 6 Stockton 99 - Stockton (Pavement) August 13 Lakeport Speedway - Lakeport P August 20 Placerville Speedway - Placerville D August 27 T Stockton 99 - Stockton (Dirt) SEPTEMBERSept. 8 * Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico D Thursday of Gold Cup Week Sept. 17 Madera Speedway - Madera P Harvest ClassicSept. 24 Placerville Speedway - Placerville D OCTOBEROctober 1 Madera Speedway - Madera P King of the Wing October 15 T Stockton 99 - Stockton (Dirt) T= Tentative / *= CoSanctioned with USAC
2016 MIDGET SCHEDULE
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APRILApril 2 Antioch Speedway - Antioch W April 9 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W April 23 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W MAYMay 7 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W May 14 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W JUNEJune 4 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W June 10 Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico W June 11 Marysville Speedway - Marysville W June 18 Marysville Speedway - Marysville N/W JULYJuly 9 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W July 16 Petaluma Speedway - Petaluma N HoF/Picnic JULYJuly 30 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W AUGUSTAugust 6 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W August 20 Antioch Speedway - Antioch W August 27 Placerville Speedway - Placerville W Tracy Taylor SEPTEMBERSept. 3 Marysville Speedway - Marysville W Sept. 17 Marysville Speedway - Marysville W OCTOBEROctober 29 Marysville Speedway - Marysville W
2016 LITE MIDGET SCHEDULE
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Midget Lite ResultsPlacerville Speedway • May 7, 2016 - Heat 1: 1. #87 Charlie Caraccilo, 2. #2k Kyle Offill, 3. #51 Greg DeCaires V, 4. #7f Dan Foster, 5. #37 Tim Kinser, 6. #20d Roy Moody, 7. #78 Terry Bergstrom Heat 2: 1. #9 Scott Males, 2. #25 Scott Kinney, 3. #75c Chris Hansen, 4. #14s Craig Dillard, 5. #14e Emilee Lindgren, 6. #88 Nate Buffa, Main Event: 1. #87 Charle Caraccilo, 2. #14s Craig Dillard, 3. #2k Kyle Offill, 4. #75c Chris Hansen, 5. #51 Greg DeCaires V, 6. #9 Scott Males, 7. #14e Emilee Lindgren, 8. #78 Terry Bergstrom, 9. #37 Tim Kinser, 10. #88 Nate Buffa, 11. #7f Dan Foster, 12. #20d Roy Moody, 13. #25 Scott Kinney
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGDate: Monday, April 11, 2016 - Time: 6:30 PMLocation: Del Morris’ Residence, Ripon, CA 95366
Board of Directors Present: Rick Holbrook, Del Morris, Mark Maliepaard, Bob Roza, Ken Hoover Absent: Tommy Belfiore, excused, Craig Dillard, excusedGuests Present: Linda Manning, Linda Hoover, Robyn Morris
Call to Order: by Rick Holbrook, President, at 6:45 PM Approval of Minutes: March 8, 2016 Minutes approved by unanimous consent. Motion to accept by Del Morris, seconded by Ken Hoover. Motion Carried. Financial Report: Business Manager Linda Manning presented and gave an overview of the report. Motion to accept by Ken Hoover, seconded by Bob Roza. Motion Carried. New Business: A. Linda Manning reported that memberships are down over the first quarter of 2015. Associate members are down over all three classes. Driver and owner memberships are expected to be comparable to last year. B. Midget Referee. A couple names were presented to be the 2016 referee with Karl Hokansen being approved as he does not plan to field a car this year. Motion to accept per a contingent agreement with Karl by Bob Roza, seconded by Del Morris. Motion Carried. C. Don Strauch hearing update was presented by Del Morris. D. Courtney Crone, 15 years old, submitted paperwork to be granted approval by the board to race with BCRA in 2016. Consideration was given with her past racing accomplishments, letters of recommenda-tion by predominant racing individuals, and proposed schedule. Motion to approve Courtney Crone to drive with BCRA in 2016 by Bob Roza, seconded by Ken Hoover. Motion Carried. E. Midget Division muffler rules on pavement proposed to be temporarily amended for 2016. The listed mufflers are to be removed temporarily on pavement only, while continuing to meet dB readings per track. The board has the right to re-introduce the complete rule at the request of any concerns from pavement promoters. Dirt midget division muffler rule remains as approved for 2016, every car must run a listed approved muffler and also meet approved dB levels. Motion to accept by Del Morris, seconded by Ken Hoover. All board members for with one member obstaining. Motion Carried. F. The Midget Division pavement tire rule was reviewed. With feedback by members and reviewing results of the first Madera race, it was proposed to update the rule to remove the Hoosier tire grandfather rule and proceed directly to the American Racer rule. A possible contract offer with Hoosier Tire is in consid-eration. No change to the rule was made.a. AMENDUM 4/13/16. A three (3) year contract between Hoosier Tire and BCRA to provide pavement tires per agreement at a discounted price, along with providing a new right rear pavement tire each race for one car owner, as long as that car meets contingent requirements has been approved.b. With this agreement, effective immediately, the 2015 pavement tire rules have been re-instated. Ap-proved tires are listed per the 2015 rules of American Racer or Hoosier. G. The Vintage Division amendments to the rule for 2016 were presented. Motion to accept by Ken Hoover, seconded by Bob Roza. Motion Carried by unanimous consent.
Division Reports:A. Midgets: a. A design for a memorial decal in memory of Tom Manning was presented and all present supported it. - b. It was announced that the Stockton 99 Pavement race on August 6th will be the 1st Annual Tom Manning Memorial Race.B. Midget Lites: a. The Wayne Albright memorial races has been moved to July 30th at Placerville Speedway. Lites drivers and owners have agreed to the date change.C. Vintage a. 2016 rule changes were presented by the general vintage members group in writing. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by Bob Roza at 9:01 PM, seconded by Ken Hoover. Motion Carried.
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Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2016Time: 6:30 PMLocation: IHOP – 3120 Naglee Rd, Tracy, CA 95304
Board of DirectorsPresent: Mark Maliepaard, Bob Roza, Ken Hoover, Tommy Belfiore, Craig Dillard Absent: Rick Holbrook, excused, Del Morris, excusedGuests Present: Linda Manning, Linda Hoover, Frank Goulart, Karl Hokanson
Call to Order: by Bob Roza, Sergeant at Arms, at 6:25 PM
Approval of Minutes: April 11, 2016 Minutes approved by unanimous consent. Motion to accept by Ken Hoover, seconded by Tommy Belfiore. Motion Carried.
Financial Report: Business Manager Linda Manning will present for review by email, the current financial report.
New Business: A. Linda Manning reported that memberships are still slightly down over this time last year. Midget mem-berships are expected to increase prior to the next dirt race.B. 2015 Champion T-Shirts are on order and should be available before June.C. Don Strauch hearing update was presented and all correspondence is to be through legal representa-tion.
Division Reports:A. Midgetsa. Reno- Fernley had 7 cars show up with Alex Schutte the victor.b. Madera had 12 cars with Cody Gerhardt claiming the win.c. It was suggested that we look into a BCRA winners board for photographs.B. Midget Litesa. Placerville was won by rookie Kyle Offill.b. The second Placerville race was won by Charlie Caraccilo.C. Vintagea. 9 cars were on hand for Madera.
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by Ken Hoover at 7:47 PM, seconded by Craig Dillard. Motion Carried.
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Mark Maliepaard, Secretary
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