Posted by Lynn Hensley on October 5, 2014, 1:30 pm
Aztec Speedway closed out the 2014 racing season last night with the Cancer Benefit Race. A sparse crowd still managed to contribute to the cause, along with some driver's sponsors, to the tune of $1100. And more is on the way by way of one more item we have to sell. In case you're interested in making a purchase of an autographed drivers uniform; just give me a call at 505-787-7742. The uniform is signed by the WoO drivers that competed at El Dora Speedway in the King's Royal this year. The Nascar autographed uniform sold for $500 last night. Thanks to Pierce Enterprises (Batterys Plus), Mann's Motorsports, King Consultants, Western Tool Crib and Mr. Oliphant of the Canacer Foundation.
The racing was good and wild at times with a small car count except in the Sport Modifieds. Many dirvers take this night off or let someone else drive their car. No points were on the line.
In the modifieds, Aaron Spangler took the win after getting by Jeremy Farley early in the race. Farley held on for 2nd with Dereck Neil bringing his brand new car home in 3rd. Allen Bradley was 4th followed by Ryan Spangler in 5th and Charlie Felker 6th. Felker was trying to pass Spangler on the last lap but spun out in turn 2. The rest of the field was somewhere else. Heat race winners were: Farley and Aaron Spangler.
The O'neil banks $2500 at Aztec Speedway's Witten's Warriors Weekend
Posted by Lynn Hensley on September 21, 2014, 1:15 pm 166.137.209.19
Witten's Warriors Weekend concluded Saturday night with two repeat winners and two new winners for this two night show. But the big winner was the Carey-Tingley Foundation. Witten's Warriors weekend raised more money for the foundation to help children with disabilities. Thanks to all the fans and drivers for participating.
The CDM late model feature had 25 cars competing for the top prize of $2500. Jake O'neil of Tucson, Az. had won the pole dash earlier in the night and cashed in on that front row start. O'neil took the lead on lap one and kept his #0 Ford powered late model in front for the 30 laps. Ronnie Warman of San Angelo, Tx. managed to get up beside O'neil on the last lap but fell short when the checkers flew. The race saw a few cautions with the first one involving 4 cars on lap 10. Zane Devilbiss drove Alan Bowers #59 and ran 2nd until Warman slipped by him around lap 20. Devilbiss held on for 3rd with Jeep Berry of Grand Jct., Co. (Friday night's winner) in 4th. Fifth went to Dean Moore of Denver. Sixth on back were: Terry Boushee, John Hanson, Rick Ortega, Dakota Berry, Jeff Whyman, Scott Cimfl, Brad Williams, Daniel Shepherd, Nita Deetz, Nate Beacham, Corey Cox, Larry Jackson, Mercedes Abercrombie, Andy Hockenhull, Clff Hansen, Sean Bray, Fito Gallardo, Dave Deetz, John Ortega, and Steve Francis. Five cars did not finish. Heat race winners were: Terry Boushee, Jake O'neil, Ronnie Warman, and Jeep Berry. Race winner O'neil donated $500 of his winnings to the Witten' Warriors Fund.
The Stock Car feature had 23 cars take the green for a 30 lap feature. Seven cars out of 30 were already out due to attrition or wrecks. The race saw some side by side action as several cars had a shot at the lead. Bruce Plumisto of Kansas was in front for the first 23 laps until local favorite Kenny Hendershot slipped by and held on to take the win. Plumisto hung on to 2nd with Brandon Hopper of Lubbock, Tx. in 3rd. Fourth was Dustin White of Lemesa, Tx. and Colby Deming of Hobbs, N.M. finished 5th. A four car crash on the front straight on lap 10 eliminated Friday night's winner, Jake Masters of Iowa. Also out in that crash were Travis Southerlin and Butch Reid,jr. These three cars were badly damaged but the drivers were ok. Sixth on back were: Gary Kerr,jr., Tony Hill (in Glen Bray's car), Jeramy Bradley, Colin Deming, Cody Kays, Larry Bradley, Richard Trujillo, Traci Jennings, Carbie McClearan, Aaron Corley, Steffan Carey, Danny Stevenson, Race Fisher, Jacob Masters, Butch Reid,jr., Travis Southerlin, Dillon Hill, and Ron Brewer. The last 8 cars did not finish. Steffan Carey was the B main winner and the heat race winners were: Jacob Masters, Kenny Hendershot, Michael Farley and Brand Hopper.
The Modified feature was shortened to 25 laps for the 26 car field. John Hanson of Brush, Colo. wrapped up his weekend by winnng his second modified feature. Hanson chased Dereck Rhoden for four laps before taking over the front spot. From there Hanson cruised to his sweep of the weekend in his red #8 modified. Zane Devilbiss and Ricky Alvarado dueled for the next spot for the rest of the race before Devilbiss finally took down 2nd with Alvarado in 3rd. Regan Tafoya was 4th with Austin Huskey of Lubbock, Tx. 5th. Sixth on back were: Aaron Spangler, Allen Bradley, Matt Ratzlaff, Darrell Deming, Tyrone Yazzie, Jason Gallardo, Jody Cornell, Mark Rodgers, Wayne Soares, Shane Devilbiss, Ed Mangum, Wyatt Howard, Julian Garcia,jr., Dave Davis, Jeremy Farley, Nick Nelson, Derreck Rhoden, Danny Bradford, Phillip Houston, Ryan Spangler, Trevor Combs DNS. Heat race winners were: Danny Bradford, Zane Devilbiss, Allen Bradley, and Wyatt Howard.
The sport modified feature was cut to 22 laps for 25 cars. Jessie Baldwin completed his sweep of the weekend with another seemingly easy win. Joey Klemish was 2nd with rookie of the year, Luke McCormick 3rd. McCormick was in front for the first 10 laps. Fourth went to Jordan Eddleman and Dakota Kibel took 5th. Sixth on back were: Julie Boettler, Robert Gallegos, Dylan Terry, Richard Baldwin, Glenn Spangler, Jason Hockinhull, Darrell Cordary, Brian Carey, Christina Gallegos, Calen Wilkins, Jay Kibel, Anthony Ludwig, Joe Esquibel, Bill Ferguson, Paul Miller, Brandon Tenski, Juanita Faddis, Rex Higgins, Kevin Faddis, and Robert Cody. Heat race winners were: Julie Boettler, Brian Carey, Jessie Baldwin and Joey Klemish. This race saw 7 yellow flags.
The sport compact feature was taken down by Josh Smith. Camron Spangler 2nd with Ranai Toler 3rd and Michael Cody 4th. Camron Spangler won the heat race.
The Best of the West Dash in the modifieds was won by Regan Tafoya. Tafoya picked up $500 for this 8 lap shootout.
Track Champions at Aztec Speedway this year were: Brian Carey in the sport modifieds. Zane Devilbiss in the modifieds...also the Border State Racing Series modified Champion. Kenny Hendershot is the stock car champion. Freddie Brooks is the hobby stock champ. Ranai Toler is the sport compact champion. Andy Hockenhull is the late model champion. And Julie Boettler is the Border States Racing Series Champion in the sport modifieds.
Zane Devilbiss and Julie Boettler both have a chance to win the national championship in IMCA for modifieds and sport modifieds. Zane is leading in his division and Julie is 2 points behind the leader in her class. Advance congratulations to Jason Keeler and Julie Boettler. They will get married next weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.
That's our Witten's Warriors Weekend for 2014. Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting this cause and the track. We will run our last race for the 2014 season on Oct. 4th. This will be the Cancer Benefit Race. Come on out and help close out this season of racing at Aztec Speedway.
The sport modifieds brought 20 cars with 19 taking the green in the feature. Jessie Baldwin continued his undefeated run at Aztec as he took the lead on lap 2 and never looked back. Baldwin brought this new car out about 5 races ago and has simply dominated the sport modifieds. Running a very good 2nd was Juanita Faddis with Darrell Cordary taking 3rd and Robbie Halland of Albq. 4th. Fifth went to Glenn Spangler. Sixth on back were: Joe Esquibel, Jason Hockenhull, Donald Scott of Albq., Paul Miller, Mike Thiessen, Bub Hughes, Tom Dutton, Clint Proffitt, B Baldwin, Calen Wilkins, Jay Kibel, Kevin Faddis, Tom Melloy and Burk McCormick in Luke McCormick's car. Heat races were won by: Jay Kibel, Darrell Cordary and Jessie Baldwin.
The hobby stocks fielded their largest group of cars this year. Fourteen hobbys lined up for a 15 lap feature. A familiar green #13 car jumped in front on lap 3 and went on to another win. Randy Dorsett was at the wheel and enjoyed his last ride in the hobby division as he will move onto the sport modifieds next year. His dear old dad, Paul Dorsett finished 2nd with Brooklyn Kibel 3rd and Shelly Griffin 4th. Rounding out the top five was Lynnette Antonio of Grants. Sixth on back were: Leo Antonio of Grants, Ranai Toler, Kelly Klemm, Danny Gross of Las Lunas, Madison Conrad, Adam Solkup, Luke Klemm and Dennis Spencer. Heat race winners were: Randy Dorsett, Luke Klemm, and Paul Dorsett.
Four Corners Family Dental and Mann Motorsports sponsored the $200 Dash for Cash in the hobby stocks. Randy Dorsett took the money.
The Mini stocks and sport compacts ran together with Tom Gallagher taking the win for the mini stocks and Camron Spangler winning the trophy in the sport compacts. Camron gave his trophy to his little brother Colton as a birthday gift. This was Camron's 2nd feature win this year.
The Mini Sprints had 7 cars racing to end their 2014 season. Patrick Hurtado took the win and the championship in this club and the state of New Mexico. Finishing 2nd was Jason Grady with 3rd going to Bradley Huish followed by Eric Smith and Robert Turner in 5th. Kevin Vick and Tyler Greer were awarded 6th and 7th. These two got together on lap 6 with Greer taking quite a tumble off turn 4. He was ok and ended up 3rd in points and the rookie of the year. Eric Smith was 2nd in points. Hurtado also won the heat.
The stock cars had 10 cars put on a great race to end their season. Jeramey Bradley took his second feature win of the year as he moved past Rick Heath,in Skyler's car, on lap 4. Bradley never looked back as he took the checkers. Tony Hill was trying to run him down but could only pull within a car length of the leader. Hill finished 2nd with Rick Heath in 3rd. Fourth went to Larry Bradley and fifth to Race Fisher. Sixth on back were: Travis Southerlin, Traci Jennings, Freddie Brooks, Steven McDaniel and Richard Brewer. Heat race winners were: Tony Hill and Traci Jennings.
That's it for 2014 at Aztec Speedway.....Take a break y'all and come back next season to the fast little track in northwest New Mexico.
on October 5, 2014, 1:30 pm