Kings County weekend racing results from Lemoore Raceway and Keller Auto Speedway; Abreu, Myrick big winners

Abreu grabbed the lead from Mitchell Faccinto shortly following a red flag warning, and he held a decent lead as he brought his car home for the checkered flag. Bud Kaeding settled for second, finishing ahead of Cory Eliason, Chase Johnson, Dominic Scelzi, DJ Netto, Ryan Bernal, Willie Croft, Geoff Ensign and Colby Copeland.

There were 21 competitors, and Eliason was the only driver in the 12-second bracket with a 12.936 effort. Eliason, Johnson and Craig Stidham won the 10-lap heat races. Faccinto was the six-lap Trophy Dash winner.

Cole Macedo won the 30-lap King of Thunder/Sprint Car Challenge Tour Main Event. His impressive victory comes on the heels of last year’s Civil War Sprint Car championship, but this was his first win with either tour this year. Macedo trailed Justyn Cox who raced into the early lead. Macedo held second behind Cox through the first half of the race. Following a yellow flag, Macedo made his move on the restart and passed Cox and raced to the win.

Macedo led through two yellow flags during the final and raced to the win. Cox settled for second. World of Outlaws veteran Jac Haudenshild made a late move around recent Petaluma Adobe Cup winner Sean Becker to finish third. Becker settled for fourth ahead of Michael Faccinto, King of Thunder point leader DJ Netto, Tucker Worth, Kalib Henry, Danny Faria Jr, and Zane Blanchard.
Michael Faccinto qualified with the third group and set the fast time of 13.442, beating the 13.550 of Macedo. 10-lap heat race wins went to Becker, Blanchard, Tucker Worth and Tim Kaeding. Ben Worth won the 12-lap B Main finishing ahead of Sprint Car Challenge Tour point leader Kyle Hirst and Colby Johnson.

The racing season will conclude on November 16 with a special Turkey Night event featuring the King Of Thunder Winged 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars, IMCA Stock Cars, and Central Valley Mini Stocks. For further information, go to www.racekingsspeedway.com.

Lemoore Raceway Results

Dan Myrick won the 25-lap Central Valley Mini Stock Main Event Saturday afternoon at Lemoore Raceway. Myrick was impressive all afternoon. Only a second-place finish in his heat race blemished an otherwise perfect effort.

Myrick currently leads the championship series, currently sponsored by Clovis and Morro Bay’s House of JuJu.
Fresh off of his impressive feature victory at Kern Raceway a week earlier, Clinton Massey hoped to derail Myrick, but the talented Myrick charged into the early lead ahead of Massey in the main event. Driver Randy Brown Jr. settled into third behind Myrick and Massey.

Central Valley Mini Stocks point leader Dan Myrick is the third winner in three different mini stock races this season in Lemoore.

Photo Courtesy CVMS

As Massey kept up the pace, Myrick didn’t flinch as he continued to lead the pack. Yellow flags slowed the race, but Myrick managed to maintain his lead. Myrick went on to become the third different winner at Lemoore in as many races. Massey settled for second, finishing ahead of Randy Brown Jr, Brent Myrick, Gene Glover, Ryan Blank, Jeff Durant, Darren Wilson, Greg Baronian and Randy Brown Sr.
Dan Myrick also looked impressive in his qualifying heats, besting the 15-car field with a 14.419 on the one-fifth mile dirt oval. Myrick continued his winning ways, holding off his brother, Brent Myrick, to win the four-lap trophy dash. However, Durant prevented Myrick from scoring the clean sweep as he outran him to win their 10-lap heat race. Brent Myrick and Blank were the other heat race winners.

Tommy Velasquez III won the 25-lap VRA Dwarf Car Main Event in a close battle at the front of the pack throughout the entire race. Thomas Velazquez paced the first five laps before Jeff Brink moved into the lead. Even after a yellow flag, Brink continued to lead Tommy Velazquez III and Thomas Velasquez, making a quick move on the restart.

There were three yellow flags during the midpoint of the race with Brink still leading a close battle with Vasquez. But Velazquez briefly took the lead from Brink on lap 16, but he surrendered it again on lap 19.

Velasquez III took over on the restart following a yellow flag. He led the rest of the way with Brink settling for second ahead of VRA Dwarf Car champion Nick Velazquez, Thomas Velazquez, Tony Pellegrino and Kobe Kerns.

The final CVMS point event of the season will be at Keller Auto Speedway on November 16th. In addition to the CVMS Mini Stocks, the King of Thunder Winged 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars, and IMCA Stock Cars will also be competing. For further information, go to www.centralvalleyministocks.com.