Wednesday, January 11, 2012

West Coast Wednesday Chili Bowl Qualifiers

By Robert Haugh

West Coast entries topping Wednesday’s Chili Bowl qualifying night include 2011 A-main starter and 11-time A-main starter Jason Leffler (Long Beach, CA) in Keith Kunz Motorsports’ #71 Great Clips-ASE-TRD-Toyota-IWX-Advanced Racing Bullet/Speedway Toyota, three-time A-main qualifier Josh Ford (Oxnard, CA) in Keith Ford’s #73 King Racing Products-A&A Precision Machine-Berry Pack-JFM-Pacific Coast Maint. Spike/Bob Wirth and past A-main starter Gary Taylor (Snohomish, WA) aboard the Loyet Motorsports #05T Vacuworx International-Loyet Landscape Maintenance Inc.-Meramec Heights Collision Center-Butler Built Professional Seat Systems-Beaver Stripes & Graphics Spike/Esslinger.

Previous series champions competing on Wednesday include 1999 BCRA champion Matt Streeter (Galt, CA) in his #14JR S&S Automotive-T&T Trucking-ART Enterprises Spike/S&S Chevy, 2010 BCRA champion David Prickett (Fresno, CA) in the Neverlift Motorsports #15P Crysalli-Manitowoc-Fruitful Juice-Prickett's Dist. Spike/Van Dyne Chevy and USAC/CRA Sprint Car champion Mike Spencer (Temecula, CA) in the Proflyer Enterprises #51S Pecon Builders-Proflyer Racign Engines-Weiler Farms Spike/Proflyer.

Additional West Coast entries include Matt Hummel (San Jose, CA) in the Kasey Kahne Racing #9H Factory Kahne-Ollie’s Bargain Outlet-ASE-Sage Fruit Spike/Speedway Engines, Cole Peard (Quincy, CA) in Gordon & Alisa Peard’s #58 Peard Trucking-Yeley Racing F5 Twister, Chris Ennis (San Diego, CA) in Calvin Martens’ #86E Woodworks Unlimited-Ryni Mfg.-Awesome Raceware-Hooker Harness-Spy Optics TCR/Esslinger, Kevin Michnowicz (Lomita, CA) in Ron Bach’s #21JR Ron Bach Const-T-Shirts by Timeless-Fabozzi Metal Works-Doug's Auto Body Spike/Gaerte, Josh Pelkey (Peoria, AZ) in Robbie & Gaye Allen’s #12 JR ABC Body Shop-NAPA Martin Seniour-Electromotive-Total Seal Rings Spike/Esslinger, Dustin Weland (Parker, CO) in Erich Weland’s #88W Boesel Ent-Bad Company-Threaded Ink Media Beast/Scat V4, Brent Camarillo (Camarillo, CA) in Bill Camarillo’s #51 Agromin-UniCor-Roy's Towing-Waste Management-Open Range Spike/Ed Pink Chevy, Jimmy Voitel (Covina, CA) in his own #21V So-Cal Performance-Arts & Letters Signs-KAR Construction-E&R Glass-Tony Maro Auto Body Ellis/Van Dyne Chevy and Shaun Insley (Royal Oak, New Zealand) in Californian Andy Bondios’ #47x Barnes Oil Pumps-Advanced Suspension-Kenny's Components-Brown & Miller Bondio/Barnes.

Of Wednesday’s West Coast entrants, only Leffler made the 2011 A-Main.
Rookies entries include 16-year-old Harli White (Lindsay, OK) aboard Shannon McQueen’s (Bakersfield, CA) #7W American Waste Control-Waurika Truck & Tire-Quantum Consulting-K&N Filters-Eibach Springs Spike/Esslinger, Tyler Reddick (Corning, CA) aboard the 2B Racing Champion Oil-Integra Shocks-Benic Enterprises Beast/Fontana, Mike Lapp (Goodyear, AZ) aboard his own #8 Stealth/Chevy II-Fontana, Ricky Wright, Jr. (Ponca City, OK via San Jose, CA) in Doug & Britton Bock’s #35W GetSom Sports TCR/Esslinger, Jace VanderWeerd (Visalia, CA) aboard Ron Vanderweerd’s #8V VanderWeerd Construction-Battery Worx Spike/Stanton Mopar, Robbie Whitchurch (Chico, CA) in the Whitchurch & Sons Trans. #82W Whitchurch & Sons Trans.-Cycleland-Fauver Race Engines Stealth/Mopar and Bob Lawlor (San Carlos, CA) in Floyd Alvis’ #83X B.L. Transport-Champion Automotive-Lindsey Enterprises-F&D Welding Stealth/Gaerte.

Visit www.chilibowl.com for complete information on the 26th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, and check back here at Western Open Wheel Racing News for detailed West Coast results, http://wowracingnews.blogspot.com




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