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NADCAR News 20108/28 - A fast Prescott Valley Raceway only yielded one caution flag at the start of the K&N Custom Concrete & Landscape main event. From then on it was Mike Williams on his way to his 7th win of the season. Early leader Butch Dunn driving his back-up car battled with Randy Dutra #27at the front while Williams worked his way forward to take the point with half of the laps remaining. Dutra passed Dunn to take the 2nd position finishing with his best drive to date. Rounding out the top five was Mike Dunn and Todd Bennett visiting from the DDCC. Heat race #1 winner Brian Comley out ran his brother in law Mike Dunn with Fred Defibaugh taking 3rd. Heat race #2 saw Helen Henesey drive her Coconino Motors backed pick up to the top spot followed by Randy Dutra and Todd Bennett. Heat Race #3 was a runaway by Mike Williams with Pat Henesey and Butch Dunn 2nd and 3rd. 8/30 - Another Update !! The sponsors keep rolling in for the N/S Shoot Out!! There is quite a bit of money and trophies to be had at this years event!!!
Really excited for a fun night of racing and BarBQue Afterwards!! $20 Entry Fee for the Weekend!! See everyone there!! Heather 8/24 - The North / South Shoot-Out Festivities are coming along!! New sponsors for the event!! Black Diamond Auto Glass - $250.00 C & C Auto Repair - $200.00 Rick & Kim Fernau - $100.00 (That's an extra $550.00 towards the purse!! Woo hoo!!!) Coconino Motors is also sponsoring 2 Long Haul Awards @ $50 each! Dwarf Car Company will be sponsoring the always exciting Trophy Dash's (1 each night!!) and JBJ Trucking has stepped up to sponsor the top 10 in trophies for weekend!!
8/14 - Everyone was ready to race on saturday at Thunder Raceway with no sign of rain in sight! 23 Cars competed in the 4 heat races. The JBJ Trucking Trophy Dash was an exciting one with the Top 4 Ranked drivers, by average, Pat Henesey and Steve Kapaun went side by side for the first 3 laps with Mike Williams waiting for his chance to strike. Mike found the opportunity on lap 3, he split Henesey and Kapaun and took the Trophy Dash Win!! See everyone on the 28th at Prescott Valley. Congratulations to Rick Hasse and his Sponsor E & E Services out of Show Low, AZ for Winning the 1st Annual NADCAR Tire Give-Away. 8/11 - It’s that time of year again! The North South Shoot-Out is back!! September 4th & 5th at Thunder Raceway in the cool White Mountain Pines. Please come and enjoy some competitive racing, great BBQ, and even better company!! The Shoot-Out Rules: And of course….Overnight camping is welcome at the track!! Planning on still have the Long Haul Award, Hard Charger T-Shirts, and maybe Top 5 or 10 Trophies??
7/24 - The threat of rain could not hold back the 29 car NADCAR field from invading PVR for race #10 of the series. Some of the DDCC boys showed up from the south. More entrants drove all the way from Show Low, Az. and the Tatum's came from Kanab, Ut. again!. The track proved to be in exceptional shape considering all the rain in previous days. The hi-lite of the race for some of the crowd was the end over end flip by David Cook Jr. in the hot laps after he tangled with Ryan Henesey in his rebuilt coupe. David walked away but his car needs repair work. Heat #1 ironed out with Mike Dunn taking the win followed by Helen Henesey and Russ Madden fresh off a motor swap. Matt Decker returned to NADCAR driving the Mike Williams "Flinstone Ride" to the final transfer spot. Heat #2 was a runaway for Mike Moyer with John Ogden of John Ogden's Custom Painting in tow. The battle was behind them with Brian Comley out dueling AJ Breu and Ryan Henesey just missing the transfer spot. Heat #3 Randy Deines and his new "candy apple" red wheels swapped the lead each lap with Gilbert, AZ native Rick Godsey to finally hit the checkered flag and take the heat win with Butch Dunn on 3 cylinders taking third. Seth Gatson transfered to the main with a fourth place finish. Heat #4 was all about series champion Mike Williams at the point and series points leader Tim Cotherman chasing him. Pat Henesey and Todd Bennett rounded out the transfer positions. The B Main looked to be a run away for Ryan Henesey until he had to resign to a leaking oil line which sent a few cars spinning. The main was cut short due to the oil slick around the entire track. The John Ogden's Custom Painting sponsored Main Event started with Mike Moyer on the pole and he took command for almost the entire race. Russ Madden running in the top 3 had to retire at the first caution. Helen Henesey and John Ogden ran side by side dicing for second place for a number of laps early in the main with Brian Comley, Mike Williams, and Mike Dunn hunting for a way around. Moyer & Ogden took up the fast inside line while Williams, Comley, and Dunn drove all the other lines looking for a way around. The last restart proved to be the race decider as the starting order was Moyer, Ogden, Williams, Comley, and Dunn. With the drop of the green, Williams jumped to the outside and powered by Ogden into turn one then around the outside of Moyer. Dunn got by Brother in Law, Comley for fourth. followed by Helen Henesey, AJ Breu, Randy Deines, Storm Phillips and Heather Henesey. Williams ran away from the field to take another perfect score of 80 points. Sponsorship Tire Give Away July 31st @ Thunder Raceway- The 4 NEW tires will be given away to one of the drivers who brought in a Sponsor for the NADCAR 2010 Season Sponsors / Driver's Entered
6/26 - Weather was perfect for a great night of racing at Thunder Raceway!! Frank Phillips started off the night with a dominating performance in the JBJ Trucking Trophy Dash, leading from the green flag to the checker! Heat #1 went to Tim Cotherman who out ran teammate #60 Russ Madden and John Ogden. Two of our new rookies Seth Gaston and Jason Craner had a battle of their own and finished 4th and 5th. Heat #2 went to Mike Williams who out ran AJ Breu and Neil Etter. Heat #3 was taken by Pat Henesey who out ran fast Frank Phillips and Rick Hasse. #63 Rick Hasse started on the pole for the 20 lap feature and lead the field to take the green. Hasse was unfortunately victim to the wreck in turn 3 of the first lap. This allowed #10 Helen Henesey to move into the front row and restart the field for the 20 lap main. The #10 was finally hooked up and she ran away from the field after every caution and restart. Pat Henesey was gaining ground on the #10 Pick-up while also trying to hold off the #43 of Tim Cotherman. With about 8 to go Pat and Helen were swapping the lead and side by side for every lap. After every slide job Pat gave Helen, she showed him that she wanted her first win and drove right under him and took the lead back. With 3 laps to go the unthinkable happened.... Pat Henesey drove in hard on the bottom, Helen Henesey held her line in 1st on the top. Pat... her husband, took her out, ran right into the side of her, broke her shock, gave her a flat tire. The crowd was silent, except for Tim Cotherman who lead the final 2 laps ahead of Neil Etter, Mike Williams, Randy Deines and Heather Henesey. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July Weekend!! 6/19 - 15 Race ready drivers made the haul out to Mohave Valley Raceway this weekend. Even though the weather was hot, all participants had a great time racing on the fast dry slick track. Mike Williams jump out front in the first heat with Mike Dunn and Helen Henesey trailing close behind. A caution on the 5th lap tightened the field up and gave the crowd an exciting green, white checker finish with Mike Williams staying just ahead of Dunn to take the first heat! The 2nd heat race had Pat Henesey and Heather Henesey starting on the front row, Pat had an early steering rack problem which took him out of the race and into the turn 4 tire barriers. Heather held on for the first few laps before surrendering the lead to Tim Cotherman. Tim grabbed the checkered flag, followed by Brian Comley and Heather Henesey. Randy Deines and Heather Henesey had the front row for the main, but were ill prepared for the always fast advancing Mike Dunn, Tim Cotherman and Mike Williams. Dunn had the early lead until the point’s leader, Cotherman, came in turn 1 a little “hot” which spun Dunn around and sent Cotherman to the rear for rough driving. This pushed Mike Williams, Heather Henesey, Melanie Williams, Brain Comley and Randy Deines into the top 5 spots. With 8 laps to go could Dunn and Cotherman regain their front positions?? Melanie Williams was fighting for the front spot side by side with Heather Henesey with Brian Comley nosing in to join the battle. The side by side action was great for the fans but allowed Cotherman and Dunn to prove their driving skills and sneak back to the front of the pack. The top 5 contenders at the checkered flag were all neck and neck coming across the line with Mike Williams in 1st, Mike Dunn in 2nd, Tim Cotherman 3rd, Brian Comley 4th and Heather Henesey rounding out the Top 5. Thank you to all of the long haul drivers from the Show Low / Taylor area for making the 10+ hour round trip, and thank you to the drivers who also made the 6+ hour round trip from Prescott, Prescott Valley and Flagstaff. See you all in Show Low for some much cooler weather!! 6/12 - Saturday nights race at Thunder Raceway was another great event! The track was smooth and tacky, thanks to the late models rolling it in from top to bottom! George Cooke started off the evening with a flawless JBJ Trucking Trophy Dash Victory!! Pat and Helen Henesey switched rides for the evening, Pat to take the #10 truck to the front to win the first heat race ahead of the 2 local guys Frank Phillips and Neil Etter. Rick Godsey and Ben Ritchy made the drive from the valley and both drew the front row of heat 2. Godsey took off with the early lead with Heather Henesey's #11 and the #60 Russ Madden in tow. Godsey got a little loose out of 4 and gave Henesey the win. Godsey recovered to finish 2nd with Russ Madden in 3rd. The track was still holding moisture for the main from bottom to top, Heather Henesey took the early lead using the high line. Pat Henesey drove the #10 truck threw the track with Tim Cotherman following closely behind. Pat tried to show Heather a wheel on one of the restarts, but she out ran him on the high line. Pat Henesey wouldn't give up. Pat drove in harder on the next restart and "pushed" into the 1st position ahead of Heather. Pat Henesey never looked back, he finished just ahead of Tim Cotherman and Heather Henesey. Neil Etter finished 4th, ahead of Russ Madden, Randy Deines, Helen Henesey, Rick Godsey, Rick Hasse and Ben Ritchy. The 2010 Rookie of the Year battle is starting off strong!! #25 Rhett Butler out of Show Low is the top contender so far. Others contending for the honor this year will be #77 Josh Randall, #68 Tom Weglin, #52 Jason Craner, #23 Seth Gaston, and #48 Keith Herring. Quick Reminder!! There is still an opportunity to bring in new Sponsors for the 2010 NADCAR Season. We have a NEW set of 4 tires for raffle. Each $250 sponsor brought in will get a ticket entered into the drawing. The drawing will be held in early July!!! 6/5 - With a good track for all at Prescott Valley Raceway, the NADCAR racers put on an aggressive show for the fans. Multiple yellow flags in the main event couldn't stop Mike Williams from scoring another victory. Brian Comley driving the Black #66 held off Mike for the first few laps. Mike Dunn then challenged Comley but brought out a yellow with a failed pass attempt putting him to the back. Pat Henesey was next in line to challenge as he waited until the last lap for the "bump n Run" move giving him second and Brian Comley taking third. Dunn and Tim Cotherman rounded out the top five.
5/22 - It was another exciting night of racing for NADCAR at Prescott Valley Raceway. 22 drivers from all over Northern Arizona showed up for battle. Pat Henesey #12, Russ Madden #60, and Tim Cotherman #43 swept the 3 heat races. AJ Breu held on to the early K & N Custom Concrete and Landscape Main Event lead from the always charging Mike Williams in the start of the main. Mike slowly picked off positions with each yellow flag that waved. Aj reluctantly surrendered the top spot to finish 2nd right behind Mike Williams' long travel machine. Tim Cotherman rounded out the top 3. The hard charging Mike Moyer and Helen Henesey came in 4th and 5th. Thank you to all of the 2010 Corporate Sponsors: JBJ Trucking of Flagstaff, AZ, NAPA Auto Parts, Arrow Redimix of Flagstaff, AZ, Phillips Racing, White Mountain Cafe of Show Low, AZ, Iron Horse Coating of Flagstaff, AZ, Black Diamond Auto Glass of Show Low, AZ and Al's Rim Auto Parts and Service Center out of Heber, AZ. 5/1 - Round 5 of the 2010 NADCAR season drew 27 entries at Prescott Valley Raceway. Tim Cotherman took heat 1 with Mike Dunn on the prowl at the checkers. Ryan Henesey held off Mike Bracy in heat 2 for the win. Heat 3 saw Brian Comley lead all but the last lap as Mike Williams worked his way up from a rear start to take the win. Pat Henesey got around visiting DDCC member Rick Godsey to win heat 4. The B Semi Main was all Mike Moyer driving the Moyers Heating and Cooling backed machine. AJ Breu and Heather Henesey were in tow but John Ogden had something for them. With an engine that was backfiring in the beginning of the race, John managed to wait it out until the misfire cleared up and then he proceeded to head to the front. Eight cars transferred out of the semi into the main. The Coconino Motors of Flagstaff Main Event went off with only one caution at lap 12. Up until that point it was Brian Comley leading the way with Mike Williams and Ryan Henesey running side by side for 2nd position. Williams made his way around Comley just before the caution. One lap after the restart, Comley over rotated and blocked Ryan's line. Mike Dunn was able to pull into 2nd due to that minor slip. Pat Henesey and Tim Cotherman battled until the last turn for the third position with Cotherman taking the spot. NOTE - PVR is bumping the NADCAR Main event starting grid back up to 24 cars for our future events.
4/24 - The opening event at Thunder Raceway for the 2010 Season brought some exciting racing for the NADCAR drivers! 17 cars showed up to compete on the dry-slick 1/4 mile for the Saturday afternoon race. Helen Henesey had her #10 truck hooked up to take the trophy dash just ahead of the battling Frank Phillips and AJ Breu. Tim Cotherman managed to drive around the quick Mike Bracy and his JBJ Trucking teammate Russ Madden to take the first heat. John Ogden held on to the 1st place victory just ahead of the hard charging #22 Neil Etter and #11 Heather Henesey. Storm Phillips out of Cornville, AZ started outside front row for the main event in the car he built in 1995. When the green flag flew Storm took off and never looked back. Tim Cotherman, Neil Etter and Mike Bracy had nothing for #25 Phillips as he showed them the way to the checkered flag! Next race is May 1st at Prescott Valley Raceway.
4/6 - Racing at Mojave Valley Raceway seems to be getting more competitive as the NADCAR racers get more laps on the track. And the fans at MVR go crazy when the dwarf cars parade the track. The heat races started with Mike Moyer breaking out front in heat one with Pat Henesey in the 2nd slot. A mid race yellow proved to be Mike's undoing as Pat stuck his nose down low in turn three sending Moyer around the high side surrendering more than one spot. It was hard work in heat race two for Mike Williams starting in the back. JBJ Trucking sponsored #60 Russ Madden lead all but the last lap as Williams finally put the pass on him. The main event proved to be a pure dominate performance by another JBJ Trucking backed entry of Tim Cotherman. Getting to the front early, he was never challenged for the lead despite a couple yellows. Mike Williams just couldn't get there so it was all Tim Cotherman in the 40 Ford Dwarf Car Company Truck pulling away with every lap. 4/6 - A couple notes on upcoming events. The NADCAR Points Race #3 scheduled for April 24th at Thunder Raceway will be a "Day Race" Gates open at 8am racing starts at 1pm. The NADCAR Non-Points Race scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend will be as follows; 3/22 - The NADCAR opener was a great success with 18 dwarf cars in attendance. Another smooth track at Mojave Valley Raceway but the conditions were slippery this time. The NADCAR drivers still put on a great show appreciated by the large crowd. 3/16 - The NADCAR season opener at MVR is this coming weekend. If you have not joined yet, bring your Annual Membership Application with you. The MVR track does not have fuel suppliers on site. Here is a little hotel info for Mohave. The Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada is offering a racer's rate on rooms to all Mohave Valley Raceway competitors. The rates of $19 weekday standard rooms and $30 weekend standard rooms is available by calling reservations and asking for the "Racer's Rate." Call reservations @ 800-634-3469 to book your stay for our races this weekend. 3/10 - Prescott Valley Raceway is in need of our help. The track is facing some financial trouble and will be holding a Benefit Practice/Race @ 12pm on April 10th. Pit passes will be $20.00 per person and front gate will be $10.00. All proceeds will go directly to the track to off set track costs for the 2010 season. If we can show up with 10 or more cars we will have heat races and a main event race, instead of just practice laps. The winner of the main event race will receive a $150.00 pit gate credit for the 2010 season from PVR. Also, all pit passes will receive 1 raffle ticket for the chance to win a 2010 season pit pass. Lets show PVR that NADCAR will always be there to support the track!! Lets also keep our car count high at PVR and get some laps in before the first race there! If you will be able to attend please send me a confirmation email heneseyheather@yahoo.com 1/18 - The 2010 NADCAR Racing Schedule - Click here ( Updated 1/19 ) 12/15 - Letter from our new president - To All Northern Arizona Dwarf Car Members: I am honored to have been accepted as the President of Northern Arizona Dwarf Car Club. I wish to thank you all for the confidence demonstrated in me and I look forward to serving you for the next two racing seasons. I will strive to do my very best to be your spokesperson with the tracks and sponsors. Your level of professionalism will make this task an enjoyable experience that I’m looking forward to. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for the support you have given me, from my Rookie year through today and into the future. I would particularly like to extend my thanks to the executive team for the past two years Butch Dunn, Frank Phillips and Storm Phillips for their many contributions throughout the 2008-2009 Racing Seasons. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Tim Cotherman as Vice President, Heather Henesey as Treasurer/Secretary, Mike Dunn as “the” webmaster, Randy Deines and Mike Witt as Board Members. They all should be commended for volunteering their valuable time to our club. Based on the club meeting held Dec. 5th 2009, we have only one rule change to our Rule Book this year (See Below). As we move forward, I will do my best to keep the lines of communication open with each of you, and I further ask for you to provide feedback to Tim, Heather, and myself as this year unfolds. I believe as a club we all have interests in the track side operations. It is one of my goals to have two non-driver personnel at each race as a Tech Inspector and a Track Steward. Your help in this endeavor would be greatly appreciated. In the coming weeks, we will be communicating with the Desert Dwarf Car team to receive the Winter Series Schedule. I will have that information available sometime after the first of the year and will update our website accordingly. Thank you for your friendship, good will and loyalty. May the happiness and good cheer Mike Bracy 12/5 - The NADCAR 2010 Membership form is now Available - Click Here 12/5 - The general meeting vote produced only one new rule. The Radius Rods, Tie Rods, and Control Rods are now legal to be manufactured from Aluminum. RODS Only. Mike Bracy was voted in as the new President, Vice President is now Tim Cotherman, and Heather Henesey is the Secretary/Treasurer. Mike Witt and Randy Deines are the new Board Members. Bill Currier will take on some of the Tech. Inspection duties with the help of other club volunteers. All members are welcome to volunteer. The 2009 NADCAR Awards Banquet and General Meeting was held with top honors for the season being awarded. Club sponsors were on hand to enjoy the festivities and receive their awards of gratitude. Many donors provided great prizes this year toward the banquet. Special thanks to them;
Promote the club at your local car shows, special events, or just hand out flyers. We've made it easy. Just download the new 2009 flyer PDF file and print out some copies. As club members, we are always interested in Corporate Sponsorship for our club. We have developed some sponsorship hunting material for you to print out and submit to potential Corporate Sponsors. Click here to get the forms in PDF format. All proceeds from Corporate Sponsorship goes directly into the points fund. Download a Blank Set-up Sheet to record your set-up for reference. The file is in PDF format. Click here. Welcome to the NADCAR Web Site. If you would like to contribute material to the site such as pictures, videos, driver info, etc... send it to the webmaster. Click here. |
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