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Date Sanction A-Main winner Winning Car Notes

5/27/00

NARC

Steve Kent (6)

Henderson Jr. #7n (4)

Tommy Tarlton runs 16.961 for quick time honors.

5/28/00

NARC

Steve Kent (7)

Henderson Jr. #7n (5)

Kent's 3rd GP win.

7/1/00

NARC

Ronnie Day (8)

Weldon Offill #88w (5)

Dry-slick.

9/2/00

WoO

Jac Haudenschild (5)

Jack Elden #22 (2)

feature was to run on 9/1/01 but was rained out in A-main. Haudenschild won from 10th.

9/2/00

WoO

Jac Haudenschild (6)

Jack Elden #22 (3)

Slick/Hard track- lots of passing.

9/3/00

WoO

Danny Lasoski (2)

Dennis Roth #83 (2)

Heavy and Fast. Haud - radius rod broken.

05/05/01

GSC

Damion Gardner

Gardner #20

WoO Rookie of the Year candidate, Jason Meyers was rained out in Nebraska - so he flew home to drive the Carter #14. He was 2nd.

05/26/01

GSC

Jim Skinner

Skinner #73

First win for Skinner on super-fast track. 3 GSC cars in the 16 second bracket.

05/27/01

GSC

Brent Kaeding (20)

M&M Racing #2m (2)

Tribute to GP. Jon Allard survives wicked front chute crash. BK's fourth Tribute to GP win.

06/30/01

GSC

Steve Kent (8)

Roger Henderson Jr. #7n (6)

Brian Coelho, quick time for third race in `01 season.

08/31/01

WoO

Jeff Shepard

Guy Forbrook #5

Shepard made his `Stoga debut and won. Johnny Anderson paces the field in vintage sprinter.

09/01/01

WoO

Andy Hillenburg (2)

Hillenburg #2

Steve Kinser led the first 11 laps.

09/02/01

WoO

Jeff Shepard (2)

Guy Forbrook #5 (2)

$20,000 win for Shepard. Hannagan suffers broken leg on lap 2 crash. Herrera bends the cage in B-Main, and walks away.

05/04/02

GSC

Eric Rossi

Filipich #98x

2002 season opener, 410 winged sprint cars. 21 cars. Rossi held back Kevin Pylant, and Jason Meyers in a entertaining feature. Steve Kent was awarded the 2001 Calistoga Speedway Scarborough Trophy, named after the late, Jim Scarborough who was killed in a crash at the track.

05/25/02

GSC

Sammy Swindell (7)

Jason Roth #83 Jr.

A GREAT RACE! Tim Kaeding was passed by Jason Meyers, then passed him back. Tim then looked like a sure winner when caution came out with a half lap left. Swindell moved around Tim after the restart, for a last lap win. ...Johnny Gray won heat two but flipped hard in the feature. Stuart Krum also flipped. ...Johnny Anderson, Ron Horton, and Jim Perry paced the field three-wide in a salute to Indy.

05/26/02

GSC

Jason Meyers (3)

Carter #14 (3)

Clean sweep for Meyers. Fast time 16.9, heat win, and feature win from 8th. ...Stout top five: Meyers, Tim Kaeding, Steve Kent, Brent Kaeding, Sammy Swindell.

08/30/02

WoO

Mark Kinser (2)

Karl Kinser #5m (9)

Mark led every lap (25). Tim Shaffer had quick time.

08/31/02

WoO

Tim Shaffer

Dennis Roth #83 (3)

Shaffer was super fast. Peter Murphy crashed the Morrie Williams #0 very hard on the front-chute but was not injured.

09/01/02

WoO

Daryn Pittman

Woodburn #21

Pittman took the lead when Brad Furr popped a right-rear while leading on lap 25. ...22 cars. $20,000 to the winner. ...Jason Meyers wrapped up the Calistoga Speedway Track Championship.

05/24/03

GSC

Tim Kaeding

Cowan #7T

Tim's first win. ...Yellow lights around track didn't work at start of night so hot laps started at 9:23 PM. ...A long night with too much water on the track. ...Toni Lutar quick time. ...A long, forgettable night for all except Tim Kaeding, and Lutar. 31 cars. ...Joey Magaruh stuffed it hard in turn three and four.

05/25/03

GSC

Dennis Moore Jr.

Williams #0

Morrie Williams first car-owner win. Only Moore's second night of racing at Stoga. 24 cars. Bone dry track took rubber.

06/21/03

Civil War vs. Rebel Cup

Greg DeCaires (2)

Kumar #1K

60 cars! DeCaires led every lap of the 20 lap feature.

08/29/03

WoO

Danny Lasoski (3)

Stewart #20

Joey Saldana had quick time. ...Steve Kinser crashed in the feature in turn three when Brian Paulus got sideways and spun in front of him. Steve's chassis was bent. Scott Gerkin and crew repaired him to restart but he pulled in. ...Lasoski dominated the 25 lap Harvest Classic prelim. Late start led to a late finish, after 11pm. ...Craig Stidham destroyed his #3 in a turn three crash.

08/30/03

WoO

Danny Lasoski (4)

Stewart #20 (2)

Clean Sweep! Lasoski recorded quick time, won his heat, drew a "zero" pill for the dash, won it, and then cruised to the 25 lap Harvest Classic prelim win. ...Steve Kinser again got into the wall in turn three during the feature. His tire popped, and he hit the wall hard enough to damage the frame for the second night in a row.

08/31/03

WoO

Danny Lasoski (5)

Stewart #20 (3)

A weekend sweep similar to Sammy Swindell's 1997 feat. Lasoski spanked them using a Kistler-MOPAR engine, and Eagle chassis. ...Mike Benson walked away from a hard flip.

05/01/04

GSC

Kevin Pylant (3)

Pylant #14p (3)

Kevin Pylant last won at Calistoga 11 years ago to the day. He led all 25 laps. Car-owner Don Pylant missed his son's victory while attending the Cup races in Fontana.

05/29/04

GSC

Tim Kaeding (2)

Dennis Roth #83 jr. (4)

Tim started ninth and was able to pass where others could not. The drive was dominant! 23 cars. Brad Furr had quick time. Show ended early with the checkered flag falling by 9:40 PM.

05/30/04

GSC

Sparky Howard

Howard #6

Sparky achieved a lifelong dream by winning the Tribute to Gary Patterson. Blake Robertson was second, Brent Kaeding third. BK had his elbows up, racing without Billy Albini who is going through radiation therapy for throat cancer.

06/19/04

Civil War / Rebel Cup

Mike Wagner

Kumar #1k (2)

Pennsylvania driver Mike Wagner hopped into the #1K, did a great job, and won the 20-lap feature in his first appearance ever at the track. Chuck Gurney Jr. broke the 360 winged track record, turning the half-mile in 17.846 seconds.

09/03/04

WoO

Tim Kaeding (3)

Roth #83jr. (5)

The track took rubber but before it did, Tim put on a show! A good night of racing. Very warm night. 76 degrees after 11 pm.

09/04/04

WoO

Donny Schatz

Schatz #15

A frustrating night. Too much water on track led to a long delay. Schatz won his first ever Calistoga feature. ...Sparky Howard crashed hard on the back chute, wiping out his own #6.

09/05/04

WoO

Danny Lasoski (6)

Stewart #20 (4)

Steve Kinser led early but a souring powerplant led him to slow down. Lasoski was fast and he pounced on the wounded #11, and won handily.

05/28/05

GSC

Brent Kaeding (21)

Kaeding #69 (7)

Brent Kaeding led all 25 laps. ...27 cars.

05/29/05

GSC

Steve Kent (9)

Henderson #7n (7)

Kent passed Blake Robertson to win the 25-lap Tribute to Gary Patterson. ...BK was second. ...Johnny Gray and Pete Murphy flipped on the night. ...Kyle Hirst, a 17 year-old Calistoga rookie, won his heat race in a runaway.

09/02/05

WoO

Steve Kinser (10)

Steve Kinser #11 (3)

Steve Kinser handled the field with relative ease. Brandon Wimmer finished a career best 2nd with Joe Gaerte tuning his #7TW. Stephen Allard flipped hard in turn four destroying Rick Wright's #35.

09/03/05

WoO

Danny Lasoski (7)

Tony Stewart #20 (5)

Steve Kinser was the show - charging from the back after a crash while leading. With a bent race car - he passed high and low and got back to fourth. BIG TIME performance. ...

09/04/05

WoO

Donny Schatz (2)

Schatz #15 (2)

Best race in the last three years at Calistoga. Kinser passed Schatz - and then Schatz passed Kinser back running the tip-top of the track. Super impressive run by Schatz with Ricky Warner tuning. Steve Kent wraps up seventh track title.

5/27/06

GSC

Steve Kent (10)

Henderson #7n (8)

"The driver formerly known as the Sock" - Steve Kent - walked away with his tenth career `Stoga feature win. ...Dry track took rubber. Jon Allard had quick-time. ...Allard flipped early in feature but roared from the rear back to a fourth place result. 32 cars. ...Brad Furr suffered a wing malfunction on the left side panel and flipped hard breaking his frame. Robert Ballou was also upside down in the feature.

05/28/06

GSC

Steve Kent (11)

Henderson #7n (9)

Kent showed his form in the Henderson Motorsports Eagle/Bailey #7n. Kent passed early leader and eventual runner-up Robert Ballou to score his eleventh career A-Main triumph at the historic half-mile dirt track. Ronnie Day finished third in the Tribute to Gary Pattersonfeature with Sean Becker fourth, and Jason Statler fifth. Golden State Challenge points leaders Jon Allard and Brent Kaeding both posted DNF's Sunday night. Allard's #0 suffered a U-joint failure, and Kaeding fought ignition and engine woes. 27 cars timed-in, led by Day who ripped the track in 16.868 seconds.

06/17/06

Civil War

Jesse Hockett

Flachman #55

Warsaw Missouri driver Jesse Hockett flew in to run Mark Flachman's #55. He walked away with a feature win in his first try at the 1/2-mile. ...39 cars. ...Andy Forsberg had quick-time.

08/12/06

Civil War

Jason Statler

Statler #00

“I’ve been coming up here since I was five years old sitting on the backstretch and watching them grade the track,” said Statler, the 2004 California state sprint car champion. “But I thought I was never going to win here." ...Statler won when Brent Kaeding ran out of fuel while leading on the last lap. ...34 cars.

09/02/06

World of Outlaws

Danny Lasoski (8)

Roth #83 (6)

Lasoski saved a win by holding off Paul McMahan on a late-race restart. Terry McCarl raced from 18th to 8th. Jeremy Campbell started 20th and finished tenth.

09/03/06

World of Outlaws

Craig Dollansky

Karavan #7

Dave Yingst and Rob Hart are the wrenches on Craig Dollansky's car right now. The 'Crowd Pleaser', said his car was "so perfect" at Calistoga that he felt he HAD to win the race. He did just that. ...Jason Statler won the 2006 Calistoga track title.

05/26/07

GSC

Jason Statler (2)

McMillen #10 (3)

Jon Allard had quick-time at 16.878. ...Willie Croft had his best `Stoga finish ever with a runn-up run in the A-Main. Jason Statler won. He started 14th but crossed the line first when leaders ran out of fuel.

05/27/07

GSC

Jon Allard

Williams #0

Allard scored his first Calistoga win after years of trying. Allard also had quick-time at 16.828. Allard led all 25 laps of the 24th Tribute to Gary Patterson. The Chico driver withheld Brent Kaeding for the victory. Sean Becker finished third followed by Ronnie Day, and Jason Statler. Bud Kaeding started 15th and finished sixth driving a Dan Simpson backup car. Bud's Wright One Construction #35 was a late scratch before the feature. ...Brandon Wimmer crashed hard into the turn two fence when his front suspension failed on the opening lap of the Dash... .Only 15 cars in the feature event. ...Heat winner were Bud Kaeding, Becker, and Ronnie Day.

06/16/07

Civil War

Mike Benson

Benson #77

Benson became the first hometown winner in ages when he drove his own #77 to the 360 winged win. Kyle Larson made his Calistoga debut a good one with a third in the B-main, and a run up to 14th in the feature. ...Kevin Pylant shattered the 360 track record with a lap of 17.341 in the Walt Branco #6x.

08/11/07

Civil War

Jimmy Trulli

Trulli #33t

Roger Crockett had quick-time at 17.957 in the Henderson #7n. ...Alissa Geving won the B-Main and then drove into ninth in the feature. ...Top-five in A-Main were Trulli, Andy Gregg, Jason Statler, Brent Kaeding, and Sean Becker.

09/01/07

World of Outlaws

Danny Lasoski (9)

Roth #83 (7)

Lasoski joined greats Phil Pedlar, and Mike Andreetta as nine time winners at the historic half-mile. Said Lasoski, “We got it going tonight. Steven Tiner, Rob Hart and Dave Whitworth have been working very hard and have not given up. They have been plugging away and I am very proud of them.” ...Roger Crockett posted his career best WoO finish with a runner-up drive in the Henderson #7n. ...Randy Hannaganhad quick time at 17.028 seconds.

09/02/07

World of Outlaws

Danny Lasoski (10)

Roth #83 (8)

Lasoski swept the weekend in the final appearance of the World of Outlaws at Calistoga. The event went 25 laps non-stop with Lasoski swapping the lead with fellow front row starter Jason Meyers. Daryn Pittman was third followed by Jason Sides, and Joey Saldana. ... Justin Henderson’s night came to an early end, when he received second degree burns to his face and elbow, after his engine exploded during time trials. He was transported to the hospital and released later in the night, returning to the track after the checkered flag had flown. Craig Dollansky paced the 31 cars that timed-in @ 17.052 seconds at 105.559 mph. ...Another win at `Stoga for mechanic Rob Hart.

06/14/08

Civil War

Tyler Walker

SC Racing #24

Walker beat Sean Becker, Brent Kaeding, Jason Statler, and Kyle Hirst to score his first career win at Calistoga. Jason Johnson had quick time in Paul Silva's #57. ...Heat race winners included Bradley Terrell, Walker, Becker, and Colby Wiesz.

08/09/08

Civil War

Jason Statler (3)

Statler #00 (3)

Statler stormed to his third career win at the BIG half-mile ahead of Brent Kaeding, Ronnie Day, Jeff Parady, and Sean Becker. ...Myles Bishop posted quick-time. ...A surprise entrant was Anthony Simone!

08/30/08

USAC-CRA Sprint cars, and USAC Western Midgets

Tim Kaeding (4) / Johnny Rodriguez

Roth #83 jr. (9) / Mitchell #87

A great night at the track! The wings came off for the first time in 23 years in the sprint car division. Tim Kaeding and Jesse Hockett had a shootout that delighted the large crowd. Kevin Swindell was also spectacular - "almost losing it" trying to catch TK. ...32 sprint cars timed in. ...The midget race was the best four-car feature ever! Attrition widdled down the field to just four cars but the battle for the lead between Johnny Rodriguez and Scott Pierovich was spectacular.

08/31/08

USAC-CRA Sprint cars, and USAC Western Midgets

Kevin Swindell / Johnny Rodriguez (2)

Rolfe #10 / Mitchell #87 (2)

Track records fell on night two of the Louie Vermeil Classic. Nic Faas went 20.723 in a midget to break Tony Stewart's 14 year-old record. ...The Midget feature was great again with Rodriguez making a last lap pass for his second straight win. Again Scott Pierovich was J-Rod's victim. ...Kevin Swindell ran away with the sprint car finale on a tire-eating track. ...Visiting Missouri driver Jesse Hockett called Calistoga Speedway "The nut sack track."

05/23/09

GSC

Tim Kaeding (5)

Roth #83JR (10)

After a one year hiatus - the Golden State Challenge returned for the traditional Memorial weekend races. Tim Kaeding wound up being the best of 21 entries. He also had fast time at 17.226. Jonathan Allard was A-Main runner-up and Bud Kaeding finished third. ...There was also a companion Modified show.

05/24/09

GSC

Kyle Hirst

Gary Perkins #6

Kyle Hirst won his first A-Main at Calistoga Speedway. Brent Kaeding finished second followed by Jon Allard, Tyler Walker, and Bud Kaeding. ...Only 19 cars showed up.

08/08/09

Civil War

Andy Forsberg

Forsberg #92 (3)

Andy Forsberg captured his first `Stoga feature win. That makes four of the last five races where either a third or second generation driver has won. ...Greg DeCaires finished second. Shain Matthews, Wes Gutierrez, and Sean Becker completed the top-five. ...Track was hard and dry in HOT LAPS.

09/05/09

USAC/CRA and USAC Western Midgets

Kevin Swindell (2) / Garrett Hansen

Roth #83 (11) / Bondio #47

Kevin Swindell of Germantown, Tenn. passed Matt Mitchell on lap 24 and led the final seven laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic”. Mitchell finished second behind’s Swindell’s Roth Racing special, with Blake Miller, Bobby McMahan and David Cardey rounding out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. Miller set a new track record during qualifying at 19.335 seconds. Danny Sheridan led the first 12 laps and Mitchell the next 11 before Swindell took over. Keith Bloom and Austin Williams flipped during the feature. ...In the midgets Hansen drove the Andy Bondio entry to victory, winning the 20-lap contest. Alex Schutte led the opening lap and finished second behind Hansen, who led the last 29 laps for the win. New track record holder Shannon McQueen (20.470) finished third ahead of Evan Margeson and Dennis Howell.

09/06/09

USAC/CRA and USAC Western Midgets

Mike Spencer / Josh Ford

Chaffin #50 / Ford #73

Bloom flipped during qualifications, Miller and Hawkins flipped during the third heat. Griffin, Hockett and Larson flipped during the feature. ...In the midgets - Josh Ford of Oxnard, Calif. led all 20 laps to win. Josh and his Temecula Valley & Pipe/V-Mac Ellis/Fontana were trailed at the checkered flag by Hansen, Margeson, Scott Pierovich and fast qualifier Schutte. ...Shane Golobic was named track champion.

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