Ukiah Speedway has busy race weekend

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UKIAH, Calif. – The racing action consisted of another two night show at Ukiah Speedway, with the race weekend starting off with the Go-Karts running on Friday night.

In the 250 Division it was Ren Eberhart who set the fast time with a 9.578 lap time, and that placed him at the rear of the main event.

Colby Furia jumped out to the early lead but got caught up in an early race caution, sending him to the rear. On the restart Eberhart jumped out to the lead, didn't look back and took the main event win.

In the 500 division Matt Black set the fast time at a 9.741, placing him at the rear of the main event.

Johnny Small, starting in the front row, jumped out to the lead, followed by Chris Annas. Small held the lead until he was forced to pit with mechanical problems.

On the restart it was Annas who took the lead, but the guy who was on the move from the rear of the field was Chance Hawkins, who took the lead on lap No. 20, going on to take the win of the main event.

In the Beginning Box Stocks Kylei Keown set the fast time, which placed her in the rear of the field.

On the drop of the green Blaine Baxter jumped out to the lead, but it was Cole Brown who was working his way up through the field, making the pass for the lead on lap 11, taking another win for the 2013 racing season.

In the Box Stock division it was Kaiden Butler setting the fast time with a 10.525, starting him at the back of the pack.

Kera Tellstrom jumped out to the early lead followed by Kimberly Sorrels. Butler was making his way to the front, making the pass for first on lap No. 9, but he lost the lead to Tellstrom.

At the drop of the checkers it was Sorrels who made the pass for the lead and went on to take the main event win.

The racing action continued on Saturday night where the Legend division saw some out of town driver’s show up to the race night.

Scott Sabol jumped out to the lead after the cars shuffled back and forth on the first two laps. Sabol held the lead for a while until being passed by Luis Tyrell, who went on to win the main event.

In the Modified division Alex Andrew started on the pole of the race with Taylor on the outside with Andrews jumping to the early lead. Andrews was able to hold off many challenges by Taylor until Taylor took the lead.

Taylor was then forced to pit with mechanical problems. On the restart it was Potts who took the lead and went on to win the main event.

The Pro-4’s were back in town and it was Murrell who jumped out to the first lap lead before being passed by Nick King. Sorrels eventually passed King to hold the lead until being over taken by Barba, who went on to win the main event.

In the Mini Stocks it was James Stillman who took the fast time and went on to take the heat race and main event wins as well.

In the Bomber division it was a full field of cars. Brian White started on the poll and jumped out to the early lead. He was able to hold off the challenge of a lot of drivers until Tim Buzzard Jr. made a pass for the lead.

After an early race caution it was Bradley Bracket who took the lead from Buzzard. Gino Buchignani then took the lead on lap No. 24. After a few more cautions at the drop of the checkers it was Mike Collins taking the main event win.

The racing action continues this next weekend as part of the Redwood Empire Fair at Ukiah Speedway, with the continuation of the 2013 Lakeport Ukiah Fair Bomber Challenge on Sunday.

For complete event details please visit www.redwoodempirefair.com .

The next full night of racing action continues at Ukiah Speedway on Friday, Aug. 9, at the dirt track and on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the asphalt track.