Sonoma Raceway – November 30th

[Larry Dobbs]

120 entries for the last two years.  Let’s see if we can top this!

Two hours of practice in the morning, seven races in the afternoon, and food and companionship at the awards supper in the evening.

Who will receive the Jeff Edwards Memorial Sportsmanship Award?

Dean Martin had the fastest lap  1:39.3 .

Who will win in 2013?

Boyd Ferry won the two 80cc shifter races.

Joshua Veloz won the TaG race.

Chris Hegar and Erik Maxfield won the stock 125cc races.

Anthony Williams won the 250cc superkart races.

Blair Nelson won the 80cc laydown race.

Michael Estrella won the Yamaha Sprint race.

Chris Abbas won the World Formula race.

Want to know more about the place?  http://www.racesonoma.com/

Want to know more about the nonprofit club and volunteers who make this race happen?  http://www.nckroadracing.com/

No safe kart will be turned away if you really want to try roadracing(we will help you at the track, but go to the web site and get all your answers now so that you have all the race day time for practicing and racing!).

Western States Road Race Classic Sonoma

Hope to meet you there!

 

 

 

[Dean Martin]

Larry I believe this is going to be the biggest drawing event this year out west. SoCal will be invading the north with  Tim Musch and Fred Pinczuk currently paying to the Gods of  Honda , and Anthony Williams is polishing his rod end.

I always love this event and this will be my tenth year attending it!

[Larry Dobbs]

We are going to have a new 250 racer!  Someone bought Brad Davis’ PVP and they are planning to bring it to Sonoma so it is starting to look like we might have around 18 superkarts!

Who’s planning to race  Stock Moto?

Is Rus and Martha bringing the laydown 80’s?

[Tony]

Hey Larry – if you count one more of the Vegas Mafia boys along with the guy out in Palmdale whose name I can’t remember (sorry) who just bought a new Cobalt – I believe they are planning on coming out to race – SO we will have 20 Superkarts!! Yeah baby!

And yes Dean I have been polishing both my rods – so I will be bringing my spare engine!! :)

Looking forward to racing and hanging with a bunch of good friends!

PS Hey Rob H and Dave C – Don’t take this the wrong way – BUT the new ekarting news sure is difficult to use – I prefer the old format by far!

[Larry Dobbs]

1Anthony Williams

2Dean Martin

3Tim Musch

4Jim Fanning

5Eric Gossard

6Dave Fultz

7Joe Street

8Eric Johnson

9John Benson

10Ryen Miller

11John Stafford

12Dean Darwin

13Paul Band

14Paul Traver

15Jim White

16Mark Morrison

17Luis Gularte

18Mark Jauregui

19Brian Tilseth

20Doug Gossett

21Larry Dobbs

 

 

 

 

[Dean Martin]

Larry your prediction for ICE results is interesting. I do agree that Wozzer Williams may win and that you may be last but I think Benson and Johnson will place higher  :-)

Actually I think you missed a couple of people so there may be more that 21……

 

[Larry Dobbs]

Very funny Dean!  Jim and Doug are picking up the kart today in WA.  Luis says Joshua might  come and race too.  I haven’t spoken to everyone on the list but I just might!

Who else is coming to this race?

[John Benson]

Thanks for the vote of confidence Dean, but to finish 9th, first I have to finish, and I  may have to drive it remotely from Bakersfield . :(

[Larry Dobbs]

John let us know if we can help, i.e., you could leave your trailer at my house, etc., if that would help.

[John Benson]

Thanks for the offer Larry (  and John Stafford ) but i was pulling work trailers all ready.

[Dean Martin]

Just spoke to Joe Street and he confirmed he will be racing Sonoma :-)  

JB I hope you can make it, I know you dont want to miss the best perenial event in the west.

Tim Musch is ready after an extensive power/reliablity rebuild.

[Larry Dobbs]

We may not be racing in Austin, TX, but we are racing in Sonoma, CA, and we probably will be next year too IF we race there this year :)

Get your entries in and bring anybody you know with a kart!

[Larry Dobbs]

The weather has been upgraded to 56 and sunny:)

Jim White and Doug Gossett came over to get parts to finish up Doug’s gorgeous kart, so come on people get your entries in; that means you too Doug and Jim!!!  Karters helping karters!  What will they think of next:O

[Tony]

Thanks for the weather update Larry – what was the temp last year – that was a great weather day?

Ok, so where are the photos of Doug’s new kart?? And what are they getting from you – PVP parts or singing lessons!?

I am trying to finish my kart off – Dean has made some Hi-Tech parts for his Martin-i kart which I am sure he will be bragging about at Sears!!

By the way does anybody read ekarting news since the change?

[Kerry Matthews]

I still read it all the time.  I’ve adjusted to the change.

[Mark Morrison]

Well I have everything  ready looks like we will have 15-20 Superkart field should be a great day of racing

[Tony]

Glad to hear your kart is ready Mark – were you able to take the kart out and test the motor before the race – I hope so??

I will be working on mine today while watching F1 from Austin – unfortunately we all know who is going to win – I am hoping Weber takes him out on the first turn!! That would be GREAT!!! :)

[Russell]

Looking forward to racing at Sonoma for the first time. My Dad and I are coming over from Las Vegas. We need a little help as a good starting point for gearing. We have a stock Honda 125 and a stock TM K9B.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

[Jason Santander]

i’m supposed to sit this one out, dont know if i can do it, its my favorite track.

would i re-injure a broken collar bone if i ran? been 4 weeks, slowly getting healed.

dont know if i can wait till september to run sonoma again.

Birel CR32SR Complete roller $2k
set of new tires on wheels, extra set wheels, freeline large & small rad, tons of freeline components

TWO CRS ICC motors complete- rebuilt $3k
Custom Pit Cart

[Larry Dobbs]

Hi Jason,

Sorry to hear about your collar bone.  I broke my collar bone and raced 6 weeks later, but that was in a KT100 Yamaha.  If you try it and it is too painful, you could always take photos and write some articles on social media.  NCK can always use positive exposure to get the word out about roadracing.  As you are well aware, it’s darn near impossible to work on your kart, race, and take pictures and write anything about the day.  I will have my Gopro on and would be happy to contribute that if you or anybody else is willing to help NCK out.

[Debbie Kuntze]

In RR there is a relief driver rule. You could always do a lap and let someone finish if doing club points ;)

I should know-the rule was written for me when I had a broken collar bone :) (And other things at the time) Did a lap and then put Scott in the kart coz I was in a points battle!

[Kerry Matthews]

ATTENTION ALL RACERS COMING TO SONOMA RACEWAY:

I have a friend that wants to build a retaining wall using old kart tires, and he’s asked me if I can help him in acquiring used kart tires.  So please bring your used tires to the Western States race next weekend, and I will take them home.  No need to worry about disposing of them!  I will have my F 250 there with a shell, so I can haul plenty of tires back!  So when loading up your trailer, don’t forget to throw all those old tires into the trailer too!  Thanks in advance!

[Larry Dobbs]

Sunny, 65 degrees, lots of entries, what more can we ask for?!

[Tony]

Hey Kerry – are you serious about bringing tires? If so I have quite a few sets I would love to unload!?

Larry the weather is looking good – thanks for all the updates! I tried to get on the DLB site last night and had no luck! Some thing must have a taken a shit! I was trying to look at our class to see who is going to show up for a great day of racing!! I will try later on today!

Just finishing off a few details on the kart – mount some tires then loading up the trailer!

Happy Thanks giving to all my racing Buds! :)

[Tony]

Sounds good Mark and what a great turn out – do you know who the other 4 competitors might be?

Cheers! :)

[Ray Chiappe]

Just made it home a while ago! Long drive, but as always it was worth it. If there is a more fun Road Race course I haven’t seen it. Thanks to NCK for putting on this race!!

 

[Roger Miller]

Thanks to everyone that came out and supported the event.  Several new faces attended which is great.  Didn’t move the ambulance all day which is always a good day.

Pictures, results and the 2014 season will be posted on our website and Facebook over the coming days.

On behalf of NCK we wish you a safe and wonderful holiday season!

[Kerry Matthews]

Big thanks to everyone that brought me their old kart tires!  Nate says we delivered over 200 tires!!  And that’s about a 1/4 of what he needs, so it looks like I’ll be collecting your old tires for a while…  Thanks again!

 

[Larry Dobbs]

Well done folks!  Racers did a good job on track.  New workers did a good job on grid and in support roles.  Roger still had his voice by the end of the day.  All in all it was a good day for almost everyone!

I need to share a few things I heard while I was too busy to be too upset that my race day ended in morning practice.  Read this with the attitude that it is just information to reinforce what you already know.  Racing with NCK is a privledge.  You must follow the club rules in order to provide a safe place to race for everyone.  Never drive counter course on the track, which includes the hot pit lane.  Never argue with the Race Director on track (you can discuss your view point with him another time).  Do not drive your kart in the pits (sometimes we provide an extension of the hot pit lane to get to the scales).  How would you feel if you accidentally hit someone’s child?  Inconvienent, yes, but someone actually spun his tires leaving a garage to get out for practice!  Never stay on the racing line if your kart is experiencing problems.  The universal sign that you are not up to speed is to put your hand up.  We only race a few times a year don’t expect everyone to be perfect;  even Sebastian Vettel makes poor choices sometimes!

Man, I love to drive my kart!  March 28th can’t get here soon enough!

[Randy Rothweiler]

Here are a few video’s from the weekend. Had a Great Time!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdAJLJxkZ3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9zU73kAeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkHKI7qd8VI

 

[John Benson]

Thanks NCK for another well run event. Looking forword to the next one. Laguna March 28 ??? (Larry started it)

[Roger Miller]

Thunderhill, Friday, March 28th, 2014

[John Benson]

Cool ! Never been there and it’s only 4 hours from the house.

[Greg Lindahl]

Thanks all!

[Mark Morrison]

The unofficial  results are now posted to Mylaps

[John Benson]

Im looking forward to this !Kart is loaded in the trailer and ready to go still! ( for the grands that I didn’t make :( )

 

[Larry Dobbs]

Partly Sunny Hi 54 says Accu-Weather :)  Looks like another gift of wonderful weather!

Get those karts ready and don’t eat too much turkey dinner :O

Jim and Doug are working on Doug’s new kart.  Paul Band is trying to help Mike Grajalva get his kart back in shape for this race.  Mark M. has his kart ready.  Less than 4 weeks to go.  Let’s shock the registration volunteer and get our entries in early!!

 

 

[Kerry Matthews]

If the weather’s nice, I’ll be down in the Mustang to mingle and schmooze for a while.  I see Paul Traver is bringing out his Superkart.  Maybe I can talk him into letting me take a couple of laps in it.  I’ll bring my driving gear along in case that’s a possibility.

 

 

[John Benson]

Things are looking up, I’m a definite maybe……..

Russell, I ran a 125 Honda there a couple years ago, and ran a 19-22. It was a little tall, but I was not exactly on wt. or on my game!  :)

[Larry Dobbs]

Hey Tony, you got your kart done yet?!  I provided some seating to a fellow karter, kinda like girls who have skinny jeans in there drawer hoping to fit back into one day?!  As far as Martin’s ikart goes, I will be all over it to steal all his secrets, or I could just ask him!  As far as weather goes, after this year’s Grand Nationals, I can race in anything! Sunny and 57 is the latest about the same as last year, but I have a bad memory and I never write anything down so I would ask someone else!  About this ekarting site, I miss the old forum but the young guys running this thing have a vision . . . See you at the races!

[Kerry Matthews]

Bring them tires!  I need a couple hundred of them, so the more the merrier!  I’m hoping to fill my truck and maybe some more that I can talk one of my fellow Sacramento racers into taking home in their trailer and I can come pick them up on Sunday.  I’ve been told by a few racers that they are bringing several tires (5o in one case)  to the race for me.

[Mark Morrison]

Here you go, should have  about 4 more walk in

Jim White   Black 2000 Anderson Maverick  Terry Ives Industries, Steve White

3  John Stafford   Red 2006 Anderson Maverick  Droffat’S Garage, Horsley Vineyards

4  Mark Morrison   White 2012 Anderson IC/E  M & M Racing Products,Hoosier Racing Tires,

5  Anthony Williams   RED 2011 ANDERSON MAVERICK  AWI exhibits & displays

7  Paul Traver   Blk/Yel/Org 2013 S&T Enterprises   S&T Enterprise

9  Brian Tilseth   Orange 2001 Anderson CR250  Bwizz Fabrication, Midnight Mechanics, Berkeley Honda

11  Larry Dobbs   Black 1999 PVP  Rotax 257  Terry Ives Industries

12  Dave Fultz   Black/Red 2011 Anderson Maverick  Fultz Machine

33  Dean Martin   White 2010 Anderson Maverick   Martin Racing

86  Dean Darwin   Red 2007 Anderson Mirage  Horsley Vineyards / Droffat’S Garage

101  Doug Gossett   Black 2000 PVP superkart  Terry Ives

119  John Benson   White & carbon 2004 PVP   J&S Metals

127  Mark Jauregui   Orange/White 2007 Anderson Maverick  Montgomery Plus Auto Clinic in San Bruno

188  Steve Landreville   green/silver 2001 Swift ICE  Jauregui Racing

217  Tim Musch   Blue 2000 Anderson Mirage  WSR, Design 500, MadStreet Racing

990  Joseph Street   Red 2004 Anderson Mirage – Honda  MadStreet Racing, Johnson Speed Shop, Brothers Powersports, Westbay Auto Parts

 

[Kerry Matthews]

The turnout was good, the racing was great in several heats, and the weather was absolutely gorgeous for Thanksgiving weekend. It was just an all around good day of racing!

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