New Stars Emerging At Siskiyou Motor Speedway

Yreka, CA...Racing continues at Siskiyou Motor Speedway this Saturday night with the IMCA Sport Modifieds and McDonald's Mini Stocks both in action.  From 11:00 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon, there will also be a playday on the new banked, eighth-mile clay oval Outlaw Kart track.  The smaller track is where the future stars of the bigger track will come from.  Some of those drivers may some day be the ones challenging the stars who are now emerging on the big track.

Last week saw young Colton Cheffey score his third Main Event win of the season in the O'Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Sport Modifieds.  Nobody has more wins in this division this season than Cheffey, who also won the Patriot Series championship with his latest victory.  The reality is that the competition in this class is so fierce that there are a dozen different Main Event winners so far.

Another of the up and coming drivers, D.J. Bottoms, gave sign of things to come when he won his first Trophy Dash earlier in the evening.  D.J. will be hoping to challenge for a Main Event victory this Saturday night when point racing resumes.  At the top of the point ladder is Jimmy Lipke, who has been fairly consistent in finishing in the Top 5 this year.  Lipke also got his first win earlier this season as he leads Garrett Hamilton in the IMCA championship battle.

The SCMA also keeps a point race for it's members, and Hamilton leads last year's association champion, Doug Franklin, in that race.  These three front runners and the two rising young stars could be joined in battle this week by reigning championship Colter Boswell, Jack Waldon Jr., Randy Wright and others.

Another talented teen burning up the scene in McDonald's Mini Stocks is 14 year old Ethan Killingsworth.  After several second and third place finishes, Killingsworth emerged with his first win last week.  Ethan and fellow Mini Truck racer Terry Kendrick are battling fiercely for second in the standings, and the young leadfoot won a heat race and the Trophy Dash last week in a near perfect evening.

Having lurked in the Top 5 in the standings for the past several seasons, Marilyn Yawnick is having her best season yet as the point leader.  Marilyn now has three feature wins and picked up a Top 5 finish last week.  It should be another competitive race this week as these three racers are joined by such hard chargers as reigning champion David Steele, 2014 champion Mike Whitaker, Mike Colson, Mike Frost, Amber Waldon and others.

Fans will want to mark September 24th on their calendar as the Annual Rod Restad Memorial race closes the championship season.  This big race will pay $3000 to win for the IMCA Modifieds and should attract some of the best drivers in the area with that kind of money.  Two time race winner, Nick Trenchard, point leader Duane Orsburn, six time Medford champion Mark Wauge and two time Medford champion Albert Gill are just some of the racers anticipated.  Nevada visitor Jake Holland won the race last season.

In the meantime, it's O'Reilly Auto Parts Sport Modifieds and McDonald's Mini Stocks this week.  The track will be "going gold" in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  There will be kids games and prizes during intermission.  Gates open at 5:00 p.m. with the first race starting at 7:00 p.m.  Adult tickets are $9, Seniors and Veterans are $7, Juniors (6-12) are $5 and kids five & under are free.  For further information, go to www.siskiyoumotorspeedway.com.