Stephen allard obituary chico, ca chico enterpriserecord. He was the first american to race automobiles successfully in europe in the postwar era. Stephen richard allard stephen richard allard, a wellknown dirt track sprint car driver in northern california, died monday, december 24, 2012, in cameron park, ca. International sprintcars palmerston north eventfinda. Donny schatz world of outlaws sprint car car hauler in the pits at the legendary bullring river cities speedway in grand forks nd. With the exception of stephen taylor all are south island drivers. Tribute to stephen allard fall nationals this weekend. No one ever plans on getting hurt, states narc benevolent fund spokesman jim allen. Fall nationals wraps up silver dollar speedway season chico. Western sprint tour, oregon, washington and california.
The list also includes brad bumgarner, steven allard, danny faria jr. Dirt is different than pavement and the cars cost just as much to upkeep takes more skill on dirt than pavement sprint car racing quotes, 104 best here is racing quotes for you. Howard, 61, passed away on december 16, 2014 at home in lakewood. Jan 04, 20 stephen richard allard stephen richard allard, a wellknown dirt track sprint car driver in northern california, died monday, december 24, 2012, in cameron park, ca. Myracepass tm is your ticket to the online motorsports world. Sep 18, 2015 steve cannon, one of the most proficient shorttrack midget drivers in usac history, passed away in danville, ill. Kent passed early leader and eventual runnerup robert ballou to score his eleventh career amain triumph at. According to reports, popular california sprint car driver stephen allard has died. David penny and bobby huddleston sprint car driver. John cooper fitch august 4, 1917 in indianapolis, indiana october 31, 2012 was an american racing driver and inventor.
Dec 25, 2012 twotime silver dollar speedway sprint car track champion stephen allard, a chico native, reportedly died monday in cameron park where he lived. California sprint car civil war series 2000 standings. Local sprint car driver kramer williamson has died. Browse a variety of news articles or submit your own. Only one person does the driving in a sprint car race, but it takes a team to get on the track every week. Get the latest stats, news, and much more exclusive content from the sprint car community.
Michael dupuy is first in salute to 360 nationals sprint poll knoxville, iowa june, 2002 michael dupuy of amite, louisiana, is the toprated 360cubicinch sprint car driver in the nation. The official website for sprint car driver terry mccarl. A part of the recurring the wheatley chronicles series of articles on. Allard wins in front of hometown fans silver dollar speedway. Knoxville, iowa sprint car driver kevin swindell was airlifted to a hospital after his car flipped at the start of a heat race at the knoxville nationals swindells wife and father said in. News, photos, results, and more from dozens of associations. It will be allards first time behind the wheel of this car. Butler was highly regarded for his technical skills and performed chief mechanic duties on several of his winning race cars. Stephen richard allard, a wellknown dirt track sprint car driver in northern california, died monday, december 24, 2012, in cameron park, ca. Four times a top10 points driver, including 5th in the 1974 standings, he posted 21 feature victories between 1971 and 1981 for car owners let tetrault, math schneider, roy koehler and dick. The most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the web. Driver bios jamestown speedway wissota dirt track racing.
Petersen media utilizes multiple tactics to help you reach your intended audience, and boost awareness. June 30, 2014 it was an extremely hot day at southern oregon speedway in white city on monday june 30th as the american sprint car seriesnorthwest region would be on. Browse hundreds of tracks for news, events, photos, and more. Photo courtesy of northwest racing productions ben deatherage medford, cal. Well, more for stock car racers, but you get the idea. Sprint car racing archives page 20 of 25 norcal car culture. The wst features the best sprint car drivers in the west at some of the best dirt track facilities in the entire country. Allard follows up win by fellow californianative carson macedo, to complete a california sweep of the gold cup. Driver profile sprint car racing news, schedules, results. Trey starks racing ascs national sprint car series. Sprint car racing archives page 20 of 25 norcal car.
Series stats the following data is compiled from all races run with this series. Stephen allard has parted company with the mcmillen family. He reminded me why i love sprint car racing with his brave moves with a razor thin margin for. Wayne johnson was doing everything he could to work by jason johnson when dollansky was also working himself back into the mix as everyone was chasing allard for second. This was the first pacific 360 fall nationals race and they only. Some lucky driver will sip coors light from the cup in victory lane saturday night. Suggs claims sprint series of texas victory at devils bowl. Saturday night we got off to a slow start and after coming from the b, we started rolling really well in the feature, tiner said. Championship points standings for the golden state king of the west sprint car series 2000. Allard wins gold cup race of champions world of outlaws.
He had battled serious health problems and was hospitalized several years ago for a liver problem. Gary scelzi, driven driver development, knoxville raceway, in loving memory of stephen allard, factory kahne, chili bowl. Finishing in the runnerup position was the morrie williams owned ten down bowling of roseburgb. Petersen media is an agency that can handle your public relations, marketing, and any other media needs. Once his car was taken back to the pits, the race tried to restart. Despite a huge wallop in a two car flip at hanford saturday night, steve kent is feeling better. Tim kaeding sprint car racing news, schedules, results. Jaffas will also gladly claim jonathan allard and sammy swindell who are as american as. Aug 16, 2011 sprint series of texas feature winner. Wayne brown motorsports, full service international. Mrp is a globally recognized login across a vast network of motorsports websites including this site. Civil war series opens 62nd annual gold cup race of. Allard, 40, tied chico sports hall of fame driver sh. Though he has ran with the series sparingly in 2015, peterson should again be.
International sprintcars, the big international sprintcar series. Steve butler born september 26, 1956, in amarillo, texas won six national driving championships in usac sprint car and silver crown openwheel racing. Rolling thunder series sprint car driver list springs. As the cars raced three wide down the back straight on the opening lap mike herring suddenly flipped high into the air in turn three bringing out the red flag. Tired of having to remember your user name and password for countless different racing websites. Winged 360 sprintsimca pepsi sport modified fall nationals invitational. Trey starks racing ascs national sprint car series, world. Stephen allard racing career profile driver database. He raced hardtops at madera and kearney bowl against howard kaeding and remained in racing long enough to hire howards grandsons. Suggs claims sprint series of texas victory at devils. Steve siegel racing career profile driver database. Broken part sent car into a fence by rob gray des moines register staff writer august 11, 2006 knoxville, ia. Jonathan allard has been racing 410 winged sprintcars for the past 20 years.
Golden state challenge points leaders jon allard and brent kaeding both. Jamestown speedway, wissota jamestown, dirt racing. Steven tiner puts on pair of hard charges with sprint car. Its not very often that a race car driver complains about too much speed. Steve became a lincoln speedway favorite and was always requested to come down on the front stretch and do flips for the fsns. Stephen richard allard stephen richard allard, a wellknown dirt track sprint car driver in northern california, died monday, december 24, 2012, in. News ascs sprint car racing american sprint car series.
Daryn pittman had the gold cup race of champions win in his sights saturday night but jonathan allard had other ideas. Steven allard claimed his first career victory at calistoga speedway saturday night, declared the official winner after being the second car across the finish line in a cautionfilled and. The 2015 world of outlaws sprint car series season was the 37th season of the winged sprint car series in north america. Thanks for stopping by the most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the planet.
Join facebook to connect with tyler walker and others you may know. Jonathan allard, 2008 fall nationals champion, has secured a ride for this weekends tribute to his brother. Stephen richard allard, a wellknown dirt track sprint car driver in northern california, died monday, dec. Last weeks north island title winner stephen taylor, the crowd.
Napa county fairgrounds dirt halfmile why he is one of the finest sprint car drivers. Jonathan allard completes california driver sweep of gold. Allard, the older brother of king of the west sprint series champion jonathan allard died shortly before the christmas holiday and details of his death remain sketchy at this time. Shane stewart draws first blood in international sprintcar series. He finished a wellearned fourth with fellow sprintcar young guns stephen taylor. After a 31year career, veteran sprint car driver stevie smith announced wednesday that he is calling it a career and retiring from driving. Allard worked at the harris ranch in wilton and previously at north state auto parts in chico, but his passion was racing sprint cars. The american driving the kiwi sprintcar of 3nz michael pickens who was. During the 20 edition of this race, sanders was the car to beat until a late flat tire derailed him. Championship points standings for the california sprint car civil war series 2000.
L to r standing steven janek sitting in blue david penny. Restrictor, most respected driver lonestar 600s 2017, lonestar shootout champion, jr. Twotime silver dollar speedway sprint car track champion stephen allard, a chico native, reportedly died monday in cameron park where he lived. Veteran sprint car driver stevie smith has retired after 31 years in the sport. He races in new zealand and also in the united states of america. The 50yearold sooner state native and longtime member of the famed pennsylvania posse made the announcement on his facebook page. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the.
Winged 360 sprintsimca pepsi sport modified fall nationalsnon point. The racing legend, from palmyra, lebanon county, passed away sunday evening at york hospital. On the track, he was a furious driver capable of winning any sprint car race he entered. In the final turn, on the final lap, allard got around the reigning series champion to score one of the biggest prizes on the world of outlaws stp sprint car. The friday night race in chico saw allard and tim kaeding share the.
Look forward to catching the friday portion of the fall nationals in tribute to stephen allard this friday. Jonathan allard racing career profile driver database. Mar 26, 2017 sprint car driver david steele was killed after a crash at desoto speedway in bradenton, fla. The sprint series of texas 20lapper got off to a rough start. Going to war with the sprint car challenge tour on saturday night in placerville, ca and on sunday night in petaluma, ca steven tiner would put on two hard charges that culminated with two ninth place finishes. The season began with the dirtcar nationals at volusia speedway park on february, and ended with the bad boy buggies world of outlaws world finals at the dirt track at. Golden state king of the west sprint car series 2000 standings. Racing quotes i need some inspirational racing quotes any good ones out. Kent sweeps calistoga weekend with tribute to gp win by bobby gerould calistoga, ca. Stephen richard allard 19722012 find a grave memorial. May 28, 2006 steve kent, a seventime calistoga speedway track champion.
Chicos jonathan allard returned to his home track for the first time in 2010 and won the 25lap sprint car main event. Three times, his zero emerged as top car in california with jonathan allard, then once more with bud kaeding. I was the pr man at lincoln at the time and the 76 was a crowd pleaser. Eggleton was behind stewart, veal in pursuit, with murcott and allard following. A plethora of 360 sprint cars from drivers across the west coast will take the. Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. Late models midgets chico, ca 5710 theres no place like home. Amateur video posted to youtube shows steeles car trying to make a pass going. Jonathan allard completes california driver sweep of gold cup. I remember a time when you couldnt cry to the world on facebook and twitter and instagram about why you got your ass kicked racing the night before. He fought back and operated his longtime family businesssocal racing products in downey. After running near the front of the formula ford pack racing a van diemen in 1993 ellery moved his familyrun team into the australian manufacturers championship later known as the australian super touring championship, driving first a ford sierra in 1994 then a bmw 318i in 1995.