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David Childress Racing In The News
& Race Summaries...
DCR
Team Members Are Highlighted in Yellow
David Childress's
Brothers Are Highlighted in Blue
David Childress's
Niece Is Highlighted In Purple
9/27/2008; Santa Maria, CA
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (September 27) - Super Late
Model Stocks wrapped up their 2008 point chase Saturday night at Santa Maria
Speedway.
Steve Drake, of San Luis Obispo, who claimed his fourth Super Late Model
Stock championship two weeks ago, ran second to Buena Park's Billy Griffin
who picked up his first 30-lap feature event victory of the season. Doug
Thompson, running only his second race of the year on the 1/3-mile oval was
third, followed by fellow Bakersfield driver David
Childress, and Lompoc's Dana Beattie. Griffin set fast time of 14.582
seconds as-well-as winning an 8-lap heat race to make it a perfect night.
Drake and Beattie captured the other heats.
RACE SUMMARIES:
Super Late Model Stocks:
Fast Time - Billy Griffin, 14.582.
Heat 1 - Griffin, Bill Bartels, Rob Sanders, Devin Crockett, Dennis Souza.
Heat 2 - Dana Beattie, Nick Bartels, David Childress,
Anthony Barket, Willy Oathout.
Heat 3 - Steve Drake, Doug Thompson, Jim Giardina, Logan Drake, Donnie Hampl.
Main Event - Griffin, S. Drake, Thompson, Childress, Beattie, Crockett, B.
Bartels, Barket, L. Drake, Sanders, Giardina, N. Bartels, Souza, Oathout,
Hampl (DNS).
POINT STANDINGS:
Super Late Model Stocks: 1. Steve Drake, 475 (Champion) 2. Devin Crockett,
400 3. Billy Griffin, 396 4. David Childress, 349
5. Anthony Barket, 329.
9/27/2008; Bakersfield, CA
Mini Stocks
A Main
1. #4 Mike Pilatti
2. #62 Tate Loftis
3. #44 Chris Holloway
4. #13 Kolby Bianchi
5. #74m Miranda Dotson
6. #3A Aaron Montgomery
7. #45 Teena Childress
8. #1 Josh Nord
9. #13x Billy Winchester III
10. #44w Lloyd Wren Jr
11. #19 Kris Daves
12. #70 Bobby Brown
13. #23c Dylan Hagar
14. #6 Jessica Barlow
15. #86 Chelsea Henry
16. #11 Nathan Flud
17. #17 Jason Person
18. #38 Brock Crawford
19. #1t Eric Farris
20. #99j Jordan Hagar
21. #0 Johnny Winchester
22. #77 Russ Enos
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Heat 1
1. #45 Teena Childress
2. #11 Nathan Flud
3. #38 Brock Crawford
4. #17 Jason Person
5. #1 Josh Nord
6. #77 Russ Enos
7. #26 Amy Martin
8. #11E Ron Porter
9. #83 Jon Majors |
Heat 2
1. #62 Tate Loftis
2. #13 Kolby Bianchi
3. #4 Mike Pilatti
4. #0 Johnny Winchester
5. #6 Jessica Barlow
6. #94 Ronnie Buehring
7. #86 Matt Surber
8. #16 Michelle Smith
9. #5 Jeff Berger
10. #15 Jessica Robinson |
Heat 3
1. #3A Aaron Montgomery
2. #13x Billy Winchester III
3. #74m Miranda Dotson
4. #44 Chris Holloway
5. #32 hris Inglis
6. #9c Charles Morrison
7. #19 Kris Daves
8. #81A Michael McKinley
9. #20 Garrett Mouser
10. #72 Darren Reed |
Heat 4
1. #99j Jordan Hagar
2. #44w Lloyd Wren Jr
3. #70 Bobby Brown
4. #1 Josh Nord
5. #77x Gary Smith
6. #21g Gary Kauk
7. #3 Jarod Schweitzer
8. #12 Abraham Flores
9. #86x Matt Surber
10. #23c Dylan Hagar |
American Stocks
A Main
1. #01 Jackie Wood
2. #24 Tyler Johnson
3. #1 Scott Cason
4. #7A JR Garcia
5. #21 Eric Standridge
6. #26 Steven Johnson
7. #79 Dale Frye
8. #12H Brent Hosfeldt
9. #18 Traci Childress
10. #37 Daniel Frye
11. #45 Melissa Childress
12. #25 Jeremy Sly
13. #35 Kyle Wood
14. #72 Kevin Irwin
15. #86 Mike Waters
16. #29 Austin Tillema
17. #67 Jake Vermeer
18. #03 ?? New Driver
19. #42 Jerry Mayall
20. #53c JR Daves
21. #82 Mark Hogue
22. #9 Jason Wilson
B Main
1. #29 Austin Tillema
2. #7A JR Garcia
3. #18 Traci Childress
4. #37 Daniel Frye
5. #67 Jake Vermeer
6. #79 Dale Frye
7. #25 Jeremy Sly
8. #12H Brent Hosfeldt
9. #03 ?? New Driver
10. #45 Melissa Childress
11. #23 Sean Lanser
12. #88 Randy French
Heat 1
1. #21 Eric Standridge
2. #86 Mike Waters
3. #24 Tyler Johnson
4. #35 Kyle Wood
5. #79 Dale Frye
6. #67 Jake Vermeer
7. #18 Traci Childress
8. #12H Brent Hosfeldt
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Heat 2
1. #42 Jerry Mayall
2. #72 Kevin Irwin
3. #53c JR Daves
4. #82 Mark Hogue
5. #29 Austin Tillema
6. #7A JR Garcia
7. #25 Jeremy Sly
8. #37 Daniel Frye |
Heat 3
1. #9 Jason Wilson
2. #1 Scott Cason
3. #26 Steven Johnson
4. #01 Jackie Wood
5. #88 Randy French
6. #45 Melissa Childress
7. #23 Sean Lanser
8. #03 ?? New Driver |
9/23/2008; Santa Maria, CA
9/20/2008; Bakersfield, CA
Race results for the Western Allstars DirtCar
Late Model Series at Bakersfield Speedway.
Main
1 2 12K AJ Kirkpatrick Castroville, CA $2,000
2 1 32S Chris Shannon Merced, CA (2008 Champion)
3 12 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA
4 6 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA
5 4 22X Dick Shepherd Bakersfield, CA
6 7 29 Andy Obertello Hollister, CA
7 17 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA
8 8 1 Zack Forster Bakersfield, CA
9 11 8 John Lowrey Bakersfield, CA
10 10 12 Ron Bartels El Segundo, CA
11 3 28 John Piker Bakersfield, CA
12 13 22 Jason Selvidge Buttonwillow, CA
13 5 5x Dino Napier Corona, CA
14 14 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA
15 18 77C Johnny Cardoza Merced, CA
16 9 9 Doug Thompson Bakersfield, CA
17 15 10 Donnie McGowan Bakersfield, CA
18 16 45 David Childress Bakersfield, CA
19 19 59 Anthony Barkett Bakersfield, CA
Heat #1
1 22X Dick Shepherd Bakersfield, CA
2 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA
3 29 Andy Obertello Hollister, CA
4 12 Ron Bartels El Segundo, CA
5 22 Jason Selvidge Buttonwillow, CA
dns 59 Anthony Barkett Bakersfield, CA
Heat #2
1 12K AJ Kirkpatrick Castroville, CA
2 28 John Piker Bakersfield, CA
3 1 Zack Forster Bakersfield, CA
4 8 John Lowrey Bakersfield, CA
5 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA
6 45 David Childress Bakersfield, CA
Heat #3
1 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA **
2 32S Chris Shannon Merced, CA
3 5x Dino Napier Corona, CA
4 9 Doug Thompson Bakersfield, CA
5 10 Donnie McGowan Bakersfield, CA
dns 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA
dns 77C Johnny Cardoza Merced, CA
** dq'ed from heat win for not reporting to the scales
Qualifying
1 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA 12.653 NTR
2 12K AJ Kirkpatrick Castroville, CA 12.863
3 22X Dick Shepherd Bakersfield, CA 13.013
4 8 John Lowrey Bakersfield, CA 13.064
5 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA 13.066
6 22 Jason Selvidge Buttonwillow, CA 13.120
7 29 Andy Obertello Hollister, CA 13.122
8 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA 13.154
9 32S Chris Shannon Merced, CA 13.317
10 5x Dino Napier Corona, CA 13.645
11 45 David Childress Bakersfield, CA 13.713
12 1 Zack Forster Bakersfield, CA 13.725
13 12 Ron Bartels El Segundo, CA 13.736
14 28 John Piker Bakersfield, CA 13.743
15 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA 13.757
16 59 Anthony Barkett Bakersfield, CA 14.157
17 10 Donnie McGowan Bakersfield, CA 14.543
18 9 Doug Thompson Bakersfield, CA 14.567
19 77C Johnny Cardoza Merced, CA 17.648
9/15/2008; Santa Maria, CA
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (September 13) - Super Late
Model Stocks, D&S Automotive IMCA Modifieds, Fox 11 First at Ten East vs.
West Super Streets, and Mini Stocks raced in memory of Bill Baker for the
31st time Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.
Steve Drake, of San Luis Obispo, led all 30 laps of the Super Late Model
Stock feature event to clinch the 2008 championship and move into second
place in career late model titles at SMS with four. This is second only to
the legendary Danny Simkins of Santa Maria who scored eight stock car
championships during his career, a record that may never be broken. Second
in points Devin Crockett, of Arroyo Grande, who finished fifth in the event,
said before the race "I kept waiting for him (Drake) to have a bad night,
but he never did." Billy Griffin, of Buena Park, was second in the event,
followed by Corona's Dino Napier and El Segundo's Nick Bartels. Bartels set
fast time of 14.222 seconds and Drake, Griffin, and Napier won the 8-lap
heat races.
RACE SUMMARIES
Super Late Models: Fast Time: Nick Bartels, 14.222.
Heat 1 - Dino Napier, N. Bartels, Carla Laney, David
Childress, Jim Giardina.
Heat 2 - Billy Griffin, Devin Crockett, Dana Beattie, Willy Oathout, Anthony
Barket.
Heat 3 - Steve Drake, Ron Bartels, Bill Bartels, Doug Thompson, Mike
Riccardi.
Main Event - Drake, Griffin, Napier, N. Bartels, Crockett, Beattie,
Childress, R. Bartels, Giardina, B. Bartels,
Thompson, Oathout, Barket, Laney, Riccardi.
POINT STANDINGS
Super Late Models
1. Steve Drake, 428 (Champion) 2. Devin Crockett, 361 3. Billy Griffin, 344
4. David Childress, 308 5. Anthony Barket/Willy
Oathout, 292
9/10/2008; Santa Maria, CA
Press Release
Santa Maria, CA 9-10-08...Super Late Model Stocks, D&S Automotive IMCA
Modifieds, Fox 11 First at Ten East vs. West Super Streets, and Mini
Stocks will provide the racing action for Saturday night's 31st Annual
Bill Baker Memorial.
San Luis Obispo's Steve Drake has a 56 point lead over Devin Crockett,
of Arroyo Grande, as the two former Super Late Model champions vie for
the 2008 crown. Drake could clinch the title Saturday night with a win
in the 30-lap feature event. Third place Billy Griffin, of Buena Park,
still has a numerical, if not realistic, chance at the championship.
Griffin trails by 80 points, followed by David
Childress (-107), of Bakersfield, and Anthony Barket (-117) of
Templeton.
Santa Maria Speedway Race Summary
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Late Model Stocks: Fast Time - Steve Drake, 15.009.
Heat 1 - Devin Crockett,
David Childress,
Carla Laney, Steve Drake, Nick Bartels, Mike Riccardi, Danny Bohard.
Heat 2 - Mike Kirby, Chet Buckley, Bill Bartels, Willy Oathout, Anthony
Barket, John Crow, Billy Griffin.
Main Event - Steve Drake, Devin Crockett, Mike Kirby, Billy Griffin, Nick
Bartels, Bill Bartels, Carla Laney, Willy Oathout,
John Crow, Anthony Barket, (Cars taken out by Drake) Danny Bohard, Chet Buckley,
David Childress,
Mike
Riccardi.
POINT STANDINGS
1. Steve Drake, 290 2. Devin Crockett, 262 3. Billy Griffin, 230
4. David Childress,
203 5.
(Tied) Anthony Barket/Willy
Author: Mike McKean/Sports Writer
Drake finally got by Forster for third on lap 28 and went in immediate
attack mode for a shot at the win, but it was halted
when he got into the
back of Shannon on the final lap. That helped Crockett cruise to the win,
followed by Shannon, Drake,
Forster and
Bakersfield’s David Childress.
Author:
Californian Staff Writer
Hometown salute: Harvick holds his own in first race around clay
oval
BY MIKE GRIFFITH , Californian staff writer
Jun 19 2008
Kevin Harvick didn't pull off a victory Thursday
night in his very first race at Bakersfield Speedway.
Kevin Harvick appeared to be having a fun
time seeing old friends and racing on the dirt at
Bakersfield Speedway.
But
the home-grown Sprint Cup star did nothing to embarrass himself
in a rare dirt-track appearance. Driving a new Larry
Shaw car
built for Larry Hood, Harvick had plenty of top-notch advice in
the pits, including Shaw and Minnesota driver
Steve Arpin, who
actually built the car for Larry Hood and was on hand to set it
up for Harvick. That effort paid off for the
NASCAR Sprint Cup
star with an eighth-place finish on the third-mile clay oval. Harvick qualified fifth in the 47-car IMCA
Modified field and
won his heat race before starting seventh in the 30-lap feature.
He ran fifth for much of the race before
falling back late and
finishing eighth. Alex Sanford passed Clay Daly in the final turn
to get the win. "I've had as much fun
tonight as any time I've
had in a race car," Harvick said. "I wrecked it a bit there on
that first caution and had to fight hard.
These guys race hard
and I just hope everybody comes back, whether it's on a dirt
track, a go-kart track or the new Kern
County Raceway out there.
We got to just make sure we keep racing alive. "It was pretty
cool to win the heat. We had a lot
of help with Larry Shaw and
Steve Arpin. I want to thank the whole Hood family and Terry
Henry for all the help they put in.
It's fun to come back, see
all your friends and get to race their car." Harvick started his
day by signing autographs at his
merchandise trailer inside the
front gate. After that, he stopped by the mandatory drivers
meeting where chief Stewart Ivan
Crawford gave a handful of
racers a chance to meet Harvick face to face. "For all of you
who said you were going to take him
out, here he is now,"
Crawford said. "Go over and introduce yourself so he can see
your face." There were no takes on the
offer as the meeting
resumed. At the end of the meeting, Harvick stepped forward and
into the spotlight.
"Thanks to all of you guys for coming up," he said, "I grew up a
mile and a half from here and this is my first time racing. It's
going to be a pretty cool night. I'm not the best at this. I'm
not looking to run anybody over. I'm here to enjoy myself and
have
fun " Part of that fun included sitting in the middle of
the pit grandstands and watching the remainder of qualifying
after he took
his two turns around the track. He also found time
to wave the green flag to start the two Mini Dwarf feature
races. In American
Stock action, Jeremiah Van Scoy took the lead
with two laps to go then pulled way for his first win of the
season. Tyler Johnson,
who had led most of the 20-lap race,
finished second. Jackie Wood placed third, followed by Mark
Hogue and David Childress.
Bakersfield
Speedway Points Standings
BAKERSFIELD, CA. Race results for the (WAS) Western All-stars Super Late
Models @ the Bakersfield Speedway Main
Event
1 2 Bobby Hogge Salinas, CA $3,000
2 12K A.J. Kirkpatrick Castroville, CA
3 32s Chris Shannon Merced, CA
4 75 Mike Johnson Lompoc, CA
5 11X Steve Drake San Luis Obispo, CA
6 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA
7 12 Ron Bartels El Segundo, CA
8 22 Brad Pounds Bakersfield, CA
9 28 John Piker Bakersfield, CA
10 1 Zack Forster Bakersfield, CA
11 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA
12 5x Dino Napier Corona, CA
13 17 Larry Childress Bakersfield, CA
14 32 Chet Buckley Lompoc, CA
15 45 David Childress Bakersfield, CA
16 77 Johnny Cardoza Bakersfield, CA
17 95 Doug Thompson Bakersfield, CA
18 10 Donnie McGowan Bakersfield, CA
www.westernallstars.com
Author: Chris Kearns
Everyone with the Western
All-stars has the same passion for Dirt
Late Models, likes to have fun, and has
the same feelings
that I do about
treating the racers like customers. I
think it is great that they all hang out
and mingle with the racers and crews
after the races. Here are the winners
from Bakersfield on 8-18 Drum of fuel
sponsored by
www.inSureItForLess.com Phillip
Priddy INDIANA TRUCK SALVAGE $100 Fast
Time Award: Chris Shannon (12.959)
Hoosier Tire to the first non transfer
in heat race sponsored by WESTERN
ALL-STARS: Zack Forster, John Piker, Jeff
Dunham, Ron Meyer Case of oil to last
place in each Heat race and B-Main
sponsored by WESTERN ALL-STARS:
David Childress,
Doug Thompson, Marcus Aue,
Bill Bartels, Terry Hershberger (2) PIONEER MERCANTILE
Fast Dash: 1) Chris Shannon $100 2) Chet
Buckley $75
3) Dick Shephard $50 4)
Billy Griffin $25 $2000 A-MAIN WINNER:
Mike Johnson LITTLE DARLINS CHILDCARE
$100
Hard Charger: Ron Meyer
(16 spots)
www.PhotoFinishPhotos.com $100 Hard
Luck Award: John Piker See you all Sept
1st
@ Bakersfield Speedway for the final
points race of the season $3000/win
$500/start. We will be giving away the
Victory
Circle Dirt Late Model, the
Steel Co. 1200 square foot race shop and
the CJ Rayburn Chassis at intermission
on the front
straight away.
www.bakersfield.com
Author: Californian Staff
Report
Jason
Bannister, still seeking his first
feature win, leads the American Stock
points race; Roy Duncan, with four wins,
is atop the mini stock division and
two-time winner
Teena Childress
leads the Junior Mini Stock points race.
Racing will start at 6 p.m.
Inside
Groove
www.racingwest.com
Author: Unknown
Inside Groove
www.racingwest.com
Author: Gary Jacob
06/28/2003
The IMCA Modifieds had a 21 car turnout, but
Smothermons engine woes in his own mount struck early and he moved over to
the
Mendenhall car. R Childress won the dash from the pole ahead of Jeff Miller. M
Hood came from 4th to win heat 2 over
Steve Morrison. Rookie Robert Sanders won
heat 2 from an outside front row start with Scott second ahead of last starting
Billy Griffin. Miller and Pounds were 1-2 in heat 3. The scheduled 25 lap main
event had the usual 12 car inversion using the
drivers point averages and that
put Morrison and Sanders in the front row ahead of Brady Bell and Cox. Sanders
paced the
first five laps. Cox took second from Morrison on lap 2, but lost the
spot to Pounds on a lap 4 restart. Bell and David
Childress
had hooked bumpers and Miller crashed into
D Childress as
they broke free. An outside pass on the backstretch netted the
lead for Pounds
on lap 6 and M Hood also moved by Sanders for second. M Hoods car was smoking
heavily as Griffin raced
into fourth. Griffin took third from Sanders on lap 10
and he drove the Ken Hobson owned Xtreme by M Hood for second on
lap 13. Sanders
spun out of fourth and was clipped by Gary Dutton and Griffins great run ended
as he pulled into the infield.
Dutton had to pit with a broken front end and the
restart saw Pounds leading M Hood, Cox, R Childress and Smothermon.
The R
Childress motor continued to run worse and worse as the laps wore down. A brake
fire on runner-up M Hood brought
out a lap 19 yellow flag. Afraid that the fire
would re-occur, the officials sent M Hood to the pits and elected to race just
two
more laps. Bell was slowed with a flat tire as Pounds won ahead of Cox,
R
Childress, Smothermon, Scott, L Hood, Tommy
Gregory and Kenneth Cleveland. L
Hood ended the night 7 points ahead of Smothermon and 10 ahead of defending
champion
R Childress.
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