(Nov. 22) Mike Dunn completed a perfect weekend as he led all 20 laps in he Dwarf Car Nationals Saturday night at Manzanita Speedway. Dunn also led the entire distance in Friday night’s feature. He won his heat Friday night and won the Dash for position Saturday night. The win in the dash put Dunn on the pole and even though he was challenged midway through the race by Brian Stehr he never faulted and Stehr had to settle for second. Mike’s father, Butch, finished third after starting 13th. Clifford Lee took fourth ahead of Kevin Cain. Rounding out the top ten were Mike Williams, Chad Stewart, Brian Comley, Gareld Hardy and Pat Henesey.

Forty-four cars were on hand for the Nationals which marked the end of the 2008 season at Manzy. The top eight from Friday night’s feature were locked into the main event and the remaining 26 cars ran four heat races with the top two in each heat securing positions in the "B" feature. Aaron Jones won the first heat with Butch Dunn in second. Gareld Hard and Randy Haugen finished one-two in the second heat. The third heat went to Chris Snyer over John Ogden. The final heat put Kevin Cain and Mike Williams in the "B".

The dwarf cars ran two 15 lap "C" mains with the top eight from each transferring to the "B". Eddie O’Neill had the pole in the first "C" and led all the way. Denny Dowty, Todd Bennett, Tim Cotherman, Helen Henesey, Jerry Hartnett, Fred Difenbaugh and Ken Caskey earned their way into the "B". The second "C" added Ryan Henesey, Benny Tufts, Randy Haugen, Brian Comley, Casey Cain, Robert Ostrom, Melanie Williams and Daniel Lamm to the 24 car "B" main.

With 16 spots still open in the "A" feature the track was crowded as the field fought for positions. Chris Snyder came out of the second row and took the win but was under pressure from Kevin Cain with Aaron Jones in third ahead of Hardy and Butch Dunn.

The Dwarf Cars ran in the final race of the night and the feature marked the 194th main event run at Manzy in the 2008 season.

STULTS TURNS FAST LAPS IN WINNING THE MINI SPRINT CAR NATIONALS

The Wayne Keizer Mini Sprint Nationals 30 lap feature race went to Kurt Stults who was by far the quickest car on the track. He was continuously turning laps in the low to mid 14 second bracket with his fastest timed lap at 14.35 for an average speed of 83.613 m.p.h.

Stults topped Kiley Fellers to come out on top of a series of two lap match races featuring the top eight drivers from Friday night’s feature. The first race had Dustin Cormany eliminating Dennis Parks. Stults then put Dalton Gabbard out. Fellers eliminated Austin Quick and Jan Ballard fell victim to Garrett Guilkey. The Stults beat Cormany and Fellers topped Guilkey. Stults became the winner when he beat Fellers.

An inverted start from the match races put Stults in the fourth row. Quilkey had the pole and led the first three laps before yielding to Ballard who led four laps before Stults, who started eighth, took command and left it to the rest of the field to battle for the lesser positions. Three of his main threats were eliminated on the 22nd lap when Guilkey, who was running third, spun and collected Friday night’s winner Fellers and Cormany who ran second in the preliminaries.

Jan Ballard had a good weekend with a second place run after finishing third Friday night. Josh Shipley got a great start at the green flag after the three car crash and shot to third after starting 14th. Dalton Gabbard, the 2008 modified midget champion matched his fourth place finish in Friday night’s feature and Brandon George place fifth. The rest of the top ten, in order, were Quick, Parks, Tyler Keesler, Mike Visser and Paul Martin.

Visser won the first eight lap heat race over Martin, Matt Jackson and Katherine Aragon. The second heat went to Keesler over Cliff Cormany, Jody Higginbothom and Geno Thomas. The final heat was won by George who finished ahead of Shipley, J. Bernal and Brian O’Donnell.

Jackson won the "B" main with B.J. Arntz second, Justin Quinn third Thomas fourth and Bernal fifth. Also earning main event berths were Aragon, Jacob Hawkins, Grant Garagnon, Brian O’Donnell, Travis Keesler and Ronnie Smith.

The Nationals marked the end of the 2008 racing series at Manzanita.

SUMMARY

DWARF CAR NATIONALS

Main Event: (20 laps) 1. Mike Dunn 2. Brian Stehr 3. Butch Dunn 4. Clifford Lee 5. Kevin Cain 6. Mike Williams 7. Chad Stewart 8. Brian Comley 9. Gareld Hardy 10. Pat Henesey 11. Aaron Jones 12. Denny Dowty 13. Randy Haugen 14. Ken Caskey 15. Tim Cotherman 16. Todd Bennett 17. Ryan Irish 18. Helen Henesey 19. Benny Tufts 20. John Ogden 21. Jesse Patterson 22. Chris Snyder 23. Jake Jones 24. Ryan Henesey

Lap leaders: laps 1-20 M. Dunn

1st Heat; (8 laps) 1. Aaron Jones 2. Butch Dunn 3. Eddie O’Neill 4. Steve Kapaun 5. Ken Caskey 6. Matt Decker 7. Rick Kochanowski 8. Tom Peck 9. Jeffrey Schoeb (time: 2:43.91)

2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Gareld Hardy 2. Randy Haugen 3. Ryan Gilliland 4. Casey Cain 5. Brian Comley 6. Melanie Williams 7. Chris Goodin 8. Jeremy Dentler 9. John Stafford

3rd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Chris Snyder 2. John Ogden 3. Todd Bennett 4. Helen Henesey 5. Denny Dowty 6. Tim Cotherman 7. Jerry Hartnett 8. Fred Difenbaugh 9. Randy Anderson

4th Heat: 1. Kevin Cain 2. Mike Williams 3. Ryan Henesey 4. Benny Tufts 5. Robert Ostrom 6. Heather Henesey 7. Johnny Nelson 8. Daniel Lamm 9. Mike Bracy

1st "C" Main: (15 laps) 1. Eddie O’Neill 2. Denny Dowty 3. Todd Bennett 4. Tim Cotherman 5. Helen Henesey 6. Jerry Hartnett 7. Fred Difenbaugh 8. Ken Caskey 9. Steve Kaupan 10. Matt Decker 11. Tom Peck 12. Jeffrey Schoeb 13. Mike Bracy 14. Rick Kochanowski

2nd "C" Main: (15 laps) 1. Ryan Henesey 2. Benny Tufts 3. Randy Haugen 4. Brian Comley 5. Casey Cain 6. Robert Ostrom 7. Melanie Williams 8. Daniel Lamm 9. Chris Goodin 10. Heather Henesey 11. Jeremy Dentler 12. Johnny Nelson

"B" Main: (12 laps) 1. Chris Snyder 2. Kevin Cain 3. Aaron Jones 4. Gareld Hardy 5. Butch Dunn 6. Mike Williams 7. Denny Dowty 8. Ryan Henesey 9. John Ogden 10. Benny Tufts 11. Ken Caskey 12. Todd Bennett 13. Tim Cotherman 14. Brian Comley 15. Randy Haugen 16. Helen Henesey 17. Robert Ostrom 18. Casey Cain 19. Jerry Hartnett 20. Melanie Williams 21. Ryan Gilliland 22. Eddie O’Neill 23. Fred Difenbaugh 24. Daniel Lamm

Dash for Position: (8 laps) 1. Mike Dunn 2. Jesse Patterson 3. Clifford Lee 4. Brian Stehr 5. Chad Stewart 6. Pat Henesey 7. Ryan Irish 8. Jake Jones. (time: 2:32.83)

WAYNE KEIZER MINI SPRINT NATIONALS

Main Event: 1. Kurt Stults 2. Jan Ballard 3. Josh Shipley 4. Dalton Gabbard 5. Brandon George 6. Austin Quick 7. Dennis Parks 8. Tyler Keesler 9. Mike Visser 10. Paul Martin 11. Cliff Cormany 12. B.J. Arntz 13. Brian O’Donnell 14. Grant Garagnon 15. Garrett Guilkey 16. Kiley Fellers 17. Jacob Hawkins 18. Dustin Cormany 19. Matt Jackson 20. Katherine Aragon 21. Travis Keesler 22. Jody Higgenbothom 23. Geno Thomas 24. Justin Quinn

Lap leaders: laps 1-3 Guilkey, laps 4-7 Ballard, laps 8-30 Stults

1st Heat: (8 laps) 1. Mike Visser 2. Paul Martin 3. Matt Jackson 4. Katherine Aragon 5. B.J. Arntz 6. Mark Miller 7. Robbie Britton 8. Chris Perea 9. Ronnie Smith

2nd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Tyler Keesler 2. Cliff Cormany 3. Jody Higgenbothom 4. Geno Thomas 5. Justin Quinn 6. Travis Keesler 7. Pat Wing 8. Ken Caskey 9. Josh Castro

3rd Heat: (8 laps) 1. Brandon George 2. Josh Shipley 3. J.D. Bernal 4. Brian O’Donnell 5. Ryan Walter 6. Grant Garagnon --DNS Jacob Hawkins, Jim Mattison

"B" Main: (12 laps) 1. Matt Jackson 2. B.J. Arntz 3. Justin Quinn 4. Geno Thomas 5. Jody Higginbothom 6. Katherine Aragon 7. Jacob Hawkins 8. Grant Garagnon 9. Brian O’Donnell 10. Travis Keesler 11. Ronnie Smith 12. Pat Wing 13. Ken Caskey 14. Mark Miller 15. Ryan Walter 16. J.D. Bernal 17. Chris Perea 18. Robbie Britton 23. Josh Castro

Match Races for Position: 1. Kurt Stults 2. Kiley Fellers 3. Dustin Cormany 4. Garrett Guilkey 5. Jan Ballard 6. Austin Quick 7. Dalton Gabbard 8. Dennis Parks