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Day two of the Lemoore Sand Drags May event saw some great racing action down the 300’ in Central California. The Top Eliminator (2.95 Index) class was contested for the first time at Lemoore this weekend and the racers adapted quickly with Paul Taylor pulling off a final round hole shot win over Aaron Bailey 2.98 to 2.97. The Pro Bracket classes saw familiar faces in the Winners Circle as Stacy Bolton took the Pro 3 category and Taylor Marchant was the Motorcycle Pro 1 winner. The Gambler’s classes were also hotly contested with young Tessa Nunes winning the Motorcycle Gambler while Brian Phillips piloted his Jeep to the Pro Gambler victory. Other winners on the day included Cole Tschacher (Motorcycle Pro 2), Jayden Pena (Juniors) and Dathen Hodson (Peewees). Run Sheets and Highlight Videos from this event are now posted.
Top Eliminator
1st-Paul Taylor
2nd-Aaron Bailey
3rd-Jim Rossi
Top Eliminator Qualifying Data Log & Eliminations Run Sheet
Top Eliminator Saturday Eliminations Video
Round One Eliminations (Driver ET RT)
Aaron Bailey (W) 3.000 .227 def. Jim Rossi 3.029 .232
Paul Taylor (W) NT
Final Round
Paul Taylor (W) 2.988 .167 def. Aaron Bailey 2.974 .236
Pro 3
1st-Stacy Bolton
2nd-Sam Montgomery
3rd-Chris Pintor
Pro 3 Eliminations Run Sheet
Pro 3 Saturday Eliminations Video
Motorcycle Pro 1
1st-Taylor Marchant
2nd-Carlos Correia
3rd-Dylan Taylor
Motorcycle Pro 1 Eliminations Run Sheet
Motorcycle Pro 1 Saturday Eliminations Video
Motorcycle Pro 2
1st-Cole Tschacher
2nd-Tessa Nunes
3rd-Dylan Holmes
3rd-Rondale Ivins
Motorcycle Pro 2 Eliminations Run Sheet
Motorcycle Pro 2 Saturday Eliminations Video
Pro Gambler
1st-Brian Phillips
2nd-Chris Pintor
3rd-Stacy Bolton
3rd-Steve Luis
Pro Gambler Eliminations Run Sheet
Pro Gambler Saturday Final Round Video
Motorcycle Gambler
1st-Tessa Nunes
2nd-Marcus Riedel
3rd-Colin Michaelson
Motorcycle Gambler Eliminations Run Sheet
Juniors
1st-Jayden Pena
2nd-Tyler Tschacher
Peewees
1st-Dathen Hodson
2nd-Kendra Hodson
Friday
The Friday night crowd at Lemoore Sand Drags in Lemoore, CA saw a great evening of 300’ sand drag racing action. In the Top Eliminator (2.95 Index) class, Paul Taylor set the best time with a very nice 2.968 ET on his first pass down the Lemoore track. The Heads-Up Open Truck & Open ATV classes put on a great show with Mike Argentieri’s flame belching Blazer the Truck winner and Greg Fukano topping the ATV category. The Sportsman classes failed to disappoint with lots of racing separated by mere thousandths of a second. Sportsman bracket class winners were Stephen Chase (Sportsman 1), Chris Pintor (Sportsman 2), Josh Beaty (Sportsman 3), Greg Fukano (Sport Quad 1) and Israel Guerrero (Sport Quad 2). Rounding out the night’s docket were the Kids classes were Hayden Broughton (Juniors) and Dathen Hodson (Peewees) took home top honors. Racing action kicks off Saturday morning with a full day of racing at Lemoore Sand Drags.
Top Eliminator
Qualifying Order (After 2 of 3 Sessions)
1. Paul Taylor 2.968
2. Jim Rossi 3.008
3. Aaron Bailey 3.024
Top Eliminator Friday Qualifying Video
Open Truck (Heads-Up)
1st-Mike Argentieri
2nd-Stephen Chase
Open Truck Eliminations Run Sheet
Open Truck Eliminations Video
Open ATV (Heads-Up)
1st-Greg Fukano
2nd-Taylor Marchant
Open ATV Eliminations Run Sheet
Sport Car 1
1st-Stephen Chase
2nd-Brian Phillips
3rd-Dave Parker
Sportsman 1 Eliminations Run Sheet
Sportsman 1 Eliminations Video
Sport Car 2
1st-Chris Pintor
2nd-Michael Abatti
3rd-Josh Luna
Sportsman 2 Eliminations Run Sheet
Sportsman 2 Eliminations Video
Sport Car 3
1st-Josh Beaty
2nd-Abel Garcia
Sport Quad 1
1st-Greg Fukano
2nd-Carlos Correia
3rd-Nikki Bailey
Sport Quad 1 Eliminations Run Sheet
Sport Quad 1 Eliminations Video
Sport Quad 2
1st-Israel Guerrero
2nd-Kevin Ruiz
3rd-Mike Serpa
Sport Quad 2 Eliminations Run Sheet
Sport Quad 2 Saturday Eliminations Video
Juniors
1st-Hayden Broughton
2nd-Kaden Ivins
Peewees
1st-Dathen Hodson
2nd-Jacob Pena
Preview
National Sand Drag News will be at Lemoore Sand Drags in Lemoore, California over the weekend of May 4-5 for Race 2 of 4 in their 2018 sand drag series. We will be posting our normal event updates on the NSDN Facebook page throughout the event at www.Facebook.com/NationalSandDragNews and on our Twitter Feed at www.Twitter.com/NSDN as well as our Daily Race Coverage each night on this page. There are no plans for NSDN Live Streaming this weekend, but keep an eye for a possible Live segment or two on the NSDN Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/NationalSandDragNews. This NSDN Daily Race Coverage is brought to you by Lemoore Sand Drags. Racing action kicks off Friday early round Heads-Up (TE & 3.95 Index) Qualifying & Sportsman Car/Quad Eliminations. For any questions throughout the race weekend or to inquire about future Daily Race Coverage sponsorship opportunities, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..