This Saturday night, September 17th, the West Coast Late Models will make their first and only appearance at Petaluma Speedway this season for the annual Maselli and Sons Classic. The night will also feature Wingless Sprint Cars and Dwarf Cars for their final point’s race of the season.

Steve Drake is the series point’s leader going into the weekend over “The California Kid” Clay Daly. The San Luis Obispo native won the most recent series feature event on June 11th adding his name to Calistoga Speedway’s history book winning the first ever Super Late Model feature event on the scenic half-mile.  

Daly, 44 points behind Drake, will be aiming for his first West Coast Late Model feature event of the season. The twenty-two year old from Hollister currently holds the points lead at the Santa Maria Speedway where he recently won two consecutive races.

El Segundo’s Nick Bartels sits in third in points just two points behind Daly. Bartels recently visited victory lane at Bakersfield Speedway and won the West Coast Late Model season opener at USA Raceway on February 18th. Mike Kirby and Jason Papich complete the top five in points. Both drivers are also looking for their first feature event victories this season within the series.

Chris Kearns Presents and the West Coast Late Models would like to thank Hoosier Tires, Pro Power Racing Engines, DFT Transportation, RoadRunner Fabrication, Dart Machinery, Manley, CP/Carillo, Isky Racing Cams, Five Star Grafix and Matt Mussell Designs for their support for the 2011 West Coast Late Model season.

For more information on Petaluma Speedway visit www.Petaluma-Speedway.com. You can also visit the West Coast Late Models on the web at www.WestCoastLateModels.com.

West Coast Late Model Points
1 11x Steve Drake 771
2 32b Clay Daly 737
3 27 Nick Bartels 735
4 5k Mike Kirby 644
5 91p Jason Papich 518
6 91t Tony Toste 499
7 2 Bobby Hogge IV 464
8 7 Mike Johnson 447
9 10n Rob Sanders 438
10 37 Rob Mayea 417
11 75 Tommy Malcolm 406
12 5x Dino Napier 373
13 29 Andy Obertello 372
14 18 Cody Barnett 312
15 77 Bill Bartels 308
16 7c Chris Barnett 302
17 2 Trevor Glaser 301
18 15b / 1p Brad Pounds 299
18 8p Lonnie Parker Jr. 299
20 14m Dean Moore 287

NAILIT wrote on 09/15/11 at 9:17am:


I'll offer the flipside to that.  I really like it when there are gaps like this.  Those guys get to race wherever they want during the downtime, but then when they come all together it truly IS a big show, because it doesn't happen too often.  Sure everyone wants a weekly schedule of Late Models like the traveling Outlaws, but then there wouldn't be a bigtime feel to it.  Why go one place when they're at a place you can just as easily get to one week later?

I'm pumped to see these WCLMS guys at my home track, and even more pumped to get to call it for the first time.

Thanks...

Yeah I understand... with the economy and the car counts etc  teams can't travel  on a regular basis like they were able to a few years ago...

Chris Kearns wrote on 09/15/11 at 8:13pm:






is this something you learned from Morgan.....lol

You rock Jim!   That's awesome.