Jammers get free transponder rental.

The Ukiah Speedway hosted the next “King of the Hill Challenge Series” event last Saturday night. Featured were the Pro-4 Modifies, Legends Car Series, and Bandoleros. King of the Hill racing included the Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Bombers.

The “Things That Go Bump In The Night” event, a novelty race for cars decorated with lights run while the track floodlights are turned off, was canceled due to conditions caused by the extreme heat: a very slippery track, car technical problems, and track electrical problems. A “Dash For Cash” Bomber race was run instead.

Dash For The Cash

Danny Helm and Jimmy Sorrels led Brenton Smith, Kevin Brackett, and Andy Norton (you read right, KC let her dad drive a car!) to the green. Sorrels took the lead as the slower Helm pushed Bracket back behind Smith.

After a few laps, Smith got to and held the outside of Sorrels while Helm followed looking for an opening. Smith finally finished his pass on the frontstretch, but Helm just couldn't hold the slippery groove outside Sorrels.

The only caution was for Norton spinning out in turn four (KC might wanna rethink this). Smith won $100, Sorrels $75, Helm $50, and a good time was had by all.

The Lakeport Speedway hosted the next “King of the Hill Challenge Series” event last Saturday night with a “'50s and '60s Nostalgia Night” after a day with the Kulture Shock Car Show in Lakeport.

Kulture Shock exhibitions included some of the vintage cars and bikes, booths, and shows from the earlier show in the Lake County Fairgrounds. The B.C.R.A. Vintage Midgets were also on-hand to perform several exhibition races.

Jammers

This special Kulture Shock night Jammer race was not run for points and included some veterans just racing for fun like Rick Tommila (Modified 28, Bomber 19) and Andy Norton (Bomber 69 before his daughter KC took over).

The raffle winner from last week was Daniel Barrett from Kelseyville. A life-long race fan at Lakeport Speedway, he was outfitted and trained Friday for Saturday racing.

Nolan Forsythe and Kevin Asman led the standing start. Carl Gronroos stalled and Darrel Lavier, showing typical Jammer sportsmanship, push-started him.

While the pack shuffled and adjusted around the slow cars or those that missed a shift, Barrett took the high road and ran with the wall all the way around the track, passing the jumbled pack until he found himself in third behind the blue truck of R. Tommila chasing Asman.

As Barrett passed R. Tommila low, Gary Judd passed both of them high to challenge Asman for the lead. However, Asman drifted high in turn four slowing them both and allowing Barrett to move up on the inside through the frontstretch.

In turn one, Asman came down too soon and caught himself on the nose of Barrett. Barrett slowed and moved up and around Asman as Asman turned sideways momentarily blocking Judd and the rest of the field. There are no yellow flags with Jammers and, when they had gotten themselves untangled, Barrett found himself, in lap seven of his very first race ever, in the lead by over half the track.

The rest of the race saw Asman, James Adkins, Lavier, and Judd battling for position with each other while chasing Barrett. In the final lap, Judd, who had been side-by-side with Lavier, made the inside pass on both Lavier and Adkins. Asman lost grip in turn one and drifted high into R. Tommila sending him into the wall.

Barrett claimed the checkers. With both Asman and Lavier down a lap, Judd finished second followed by Adkins, Hayley Bishop, and Norton.

Barrett says driving a Jammer is “Freakin' Awesome” and immediately turned to series promoter David Furia and said “I gotta build me a Jammer!”. He credits his victory to all of the other drivers who helped train and advise him. “They told me to rev it up, keep it in low gear, and pass high in the corners. I took them seriously and it worked.”

Barrett, age 23, said he's never won anything before in his life, even when he was in 4H. The thing he most looks forward to now is taking his trophy home to, and showing this article to, his mother who did not attend to watch him: “... and then I won. Ha!”.

This July 4^th, Lakeport Speedway and the Lakeport Chamber of Commerce bring you the Best Seats In The House.

The famous Lakeport Fourth of July Fireworks On The Lake show is an annual event fired off from a barge on the lake that can be seen from all around the lake.

As part of the community involvement policies created by the new management team, Lakeport Speedway has been helping out with fundraising for this event. The location of the barge has been shifted and racing fans will find that the Lakeport Speedway grandstands are now a perfect location from which to see this show.

During the Kelseyville Lumber Deake Lyndal Memorial and ALS Racin' For A Cure benefit, a break will be taken at 9:30pm to allow all of our fans, racers, and families in the Lakeport Speedway grandstands to enjoy this spectacular pyrotechnics event from the Best Seats In The House.

Anyone can become a Jammer racer - even you!

At each Lakeport Speedway event, a raffle will be held and the winner will get to race a Jammer in the next event (at least 2 weeks from when the raffle was held).

You'll be provided with all the safety equipement (firesuit, helmet, gloves), a Jammer race car, and some training to get you out there racing with the Jammer kids.

Raffle tickets are $10 and you must be 13 years of age or older.

C'mon, you know you wanna! Fulfill that dream and race a Jammer at the Lakeport Speedway.

Something is new at the Lakeport Speedway. You want to watch the exciting racing, and you want to chow down on the delicious Snack Shack food, but since everyone else has the same idea you can not do both.

Well, now you can. A large plasma monitor has been installed above the Snack Shack that will be connected to Video Joe's live coverage of the racing. Never again miss a moment of the on-track action while loading up on your favorite goodies.

And what about you beer drinkers? Yes, there is another monitor above the beer booth so that neither snacks nor suds will keep you from a moment of the racing at the Lakeport Speedway.